Style

I held a baby

- Melody

baseball tee: BF Old Navy $5 score, skirt: BF Kohl’s $8 score, boots: F21, necklace: old

Saturday we celebrated Thanksgiving with my family at my cousin’s fancy new house! Woo! The little cousins played football in the backyard, I held a baby, we all ate the greatest food ever, and just enjoyed being together. I could have hung out all.day. Seriously, how did I get born into such a rocking family? I don’t understand it.

So I wore this skirt and a comfy tee to accommodate the copious amounts of food I was to eat. It worked. Plus it was stylish. Right? Sure.

Happy Thanksgiving! (From your favorite procrastinating girl.)

Plaid galaxy + Black Friday stories

- Melody 2 Comments

shirt: my sister’s closet, dress: Target, boots: Urban Outfitters

I love this dress! I remember seeing it before it went on sale and thought it looked like a galaxy and loved it. My sister has really been into space since she took an astronomy class last semester. She’s pulled us all in too!

So did you brave Black Friday? After my horrific experience last year I swore it off forever. However… Jason’s aunts and cousins get really into it and have made shirts! They make a big list with a schedule so they can hit what they want. I was kind of on the fence about it after I had seen Ulta was having some pretty good sales. (Even though most of them are still going on!) I’ve never really wanted anything big like a camera or laptop so I haven’t had to fight for stuff (that’s crazy to do anyway!) but I was still very anxious about it! My sisters and our friend were going and I thought hey, why not?!
After Thanksgiving with Jason’s family that Thursday I drove back to my parents and mentally prepared for the craziness. We got to town about 10:30 and hit Target first. They opened at 9 and my stomach was in knots. I DID.NOT. want another experience like last year. I needed a buddy the entire time in the store but everyone was in a cheerful mood! Even most of the employees! IT WAS SO BIZARRE. Dare I say a pleasant experience. (Though I have friends that had to work it and I don’t think they’d agree!)

Next we went to Ulta since it’s in the same shopping center. Though we had to wait in line for 45 minutes or more to check out everything was well stocked and people were still pleasant. NYX was having buy 1 get 1 50% off and I stocked up. I’m loving their stuff so far!
Next was Kohl’s. That.store.is.HUGE. I kept getting lost trying to find my sister! I picked up a couple of things and then waited in the check out line for probably an hour. CRAZY. I got a dress in store but it didn’t fit so I had to rebuy online because their sale stopped at 1pm! At least I got my size and color! 🙂

Lastly was Old Navy. The mother of Black Friday hell. There was a HUGE line waiting to get in before midnight and then they closed to restock and then reopened. Thankfully we got there after all of that happened at around 3am. EVERYTHING was stocked. I even got the coat I wanted! Woohoo! We still waited in the check out line for forever but it was still fun. 🙂

Since we couldn’t feel our feet we naturally decided to grab drinks and fries (healthy fuel) for the ride home. Watered down Coke never tasted so good…

We got to bed around 7am. Best.night.ever. I’d do it again 🙂

Did you brave it? Was it worth it? Let me know what you got! My stuff will be popping up on the blog in the next week!

x

The girl who cried cheetah.

- Melody

jacket: stolen from my sister, tee: thrifted, skirt: thrifted, tights: Target, boots: F21

The leaves near our house are finally pretty enough that I want to take pictures of them. Thanks, leaves. When my sister left for college I raided her closet (twice…) and took most of what she left at home. 🙂 This jean jacket was one of the things I snatched! It’s worn in (thanks, Shel) and the perfect shade of denim. Not too dark! Not too light! I guess that’s what “perfect shade” means, eh? 🙂

I am off for the rest of the week from class for Thanksgiving! I mean, classes are still scheduled for today but lucky me I don’t have any! 🙂 Jason is off all week and I’m looking forward to lighting some fires and playing with Pepper.

PS. It’s our anniversary!
PPS. Please pray for my great aunt. She lost her husband this weekend very suddenly and I know she’d appreciate it.

The day after.

- Melody

sweater: Old Navy, skirt: F21, moccasin fringe boots: Urban Outfitters

I wore this yesterday which was the day after my recital. I had to be up early to observe an elementary music class not too far away so I wanted to be warm, my version of professional, and comfy. I had packed this as an outfit change after my recital but my sister and mom wanted me to flaunt that dress to the restaurant. 🙂

I bought this sweater during Black Friday (which I will NEVER.EVER. do again.) and this is probably the second or third time I’ve worn it. I don’t know why, I think I thought it looked different in my head! But it pairs pretty nicely with the long chiffon skirt and kept me very warm.

I couldn’t believe the lighting was decent enough to take pictures. I get home at almost 5 on school days and the sun is already setting! It was dark like 15 minutes after we took these. CRAZY.

Hope you’re having a good week! It’s almost THANKSGIVING! What?!

PS. Enter the giveaway! Tomorrow’s the last day!

She’s a lumberjack and she’s okay

- Melody

plaid: Stolen from my sister’s closet, jeans: Target, moccasins: Urban Outfitters, necklace: Target

I love plaid. I don’t actually own a lot of it, but I try to find some whenever I thrift. There just isn’t a lot out there! Whenever I’m over at my parents’ house I raid my sister’s closet. Since she moved away to college she left a lot of her clothes at home. This was my second raid and I was wildly successful. 🙂 So thanks, Shel. Even though you didn’t know I did that!

My recital is today. Squeeee! I’ve prepared all semester for it and can’t wait for it to just be over. 🙂 It’s going to be fun getting all dressed up and showing everyone what I’ve been doing in school for the past four years. I’ll sing French, Italian, and German with some English thrown in. I’ll get a CD of it and post it if you guys want to hear some!

See you tomorrow 🙂

PS. Did you enter the giveaway!? GO DO IT! Here!

Itchy shorts

- Melody

cardigan: JCrew, blouse: Rue21, shorts: F21, tights: Target, flats: Target

Is it seriously November already?! Where the heck did October go?! It kind of makes me depressed that I have only marked off a couple of my fall goals. No worries! This Friday I’m marking off at least four of them with a family dinner. 🙂

These shorts are surprisingly itchy. I think it’s the metallic thread. Whatever it was I didn’t stop itching all day!

So I haven’t showed you guys any recent pictures of Pepper! She is getting SO. BIG. Look!

I love to try and hold her like this even though she’s nearly too big for my arms. 🙁 She’s teething a lot more now and she loves to play. I’ve been taking more video of her so I can remember her at this playful stage. Though I’m sure that will never change. 🙂