Thanksgiving in Instagrams

Thanksgiving was very small - just Josh and myself. I did all the cooking, we made an ornament to celebrate our first holiday season together, and put up the Christmas tree. The Instagram pictures are just some random highlights of the past few days.

30 Days of Lists days 1-9

A few of you asked if I was going to post my lists... I was hesitant to do so. This is my first attempt ever at any type of prompted journal and any type of "art" journal (aka a journal where I do more than just write as fast as I can when I'm really ticked off).

But, I figured what the hell. It's fun.. and I'm having fun doing it. So.... here we are with days 1-9 of 30 Days of Lists:

Day 1 - A Few Things About Yourself

*Shy and awkward
*Cat-mom
*Book worm
*Writer
*Cleveland Girl
*Wanderlust
*Soft on the inside <3
*Fighter
*Music lover
*Loyal
*Random
*Volunteer
*Activist


Day 2 - Things I'm Good At

Procrastination
Making salads
Obsessing
Dreaming big
Remembering/knowing weird/random things
Being a cat-mom
Being messy
Being organized
Being a mess
Trying my best

Day 3 - I Am Looking Forward To...

Vegas with my momma (just found out about the trip today!)
Relay for Life
Summer
Reaching my goal weight
Autumn
My ever after... whatever it may be...

Day 4 - Today's Playlist

Born This Way - Lady Gaga
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
Rolling in the Deep - Adele
Chrome - VNV Nation
Cinnamon - Ron Pope
Everyday and Every Night - Trailer Park Ninjas

Day 5 - Weekend Goals

Get Relay for Life FB Page up
Gather some courage...
Organize around the apartment
Finish The O.C. Season 2
Update blog
Develop work photos

Day 6 - Least Favorite Words...

Biscuit
Many words that are onomatopoeic...
i.e. crunch, sizzle, plop...
Panties
Moist
Irregardless

Day 7 - Blog Goals

Find a design I love
Focus on fashion some and a lot of home (design, tips, etc) and Books (subsidiary)?
One weekly segment
Other segments periodically
Update at least twice a week
Incorporate tumblr and pintrest

Day 8 - What's In My Bag?

Wallet
Check book
Coach coin purse - to hold gift cards
Planner
Pens
Chap stick
Lip tint
Rose Salve
Meds
Tampons
Inhaler
Book
Keys
iPod
GPS
Camera

Day 9 - Favorite Blogs and Websites

Facebook
Tumblr
Etsy
Youtube
Google Feed Reader (does that even count?)
Daydreaming on Paper
Goodreads
Lakewood Library Online
Amazon
Cleveland Craigslist

Not so much excitement, but I'm alive!

Once again I've been MIA. I have been trying to keep up on my feed reader though... trying being the operative word here. Yikes!

The reason for my absence: life. Babysitting a lot on the side to save up money for....

LAS VEGAS!!!

This girl has been to only four states, including the one I live in. This girl has had only one "major" vacation in her life (Disney when I was like 7 years old). So this is exciting. My mom and I are going with some other friends in October. Woohoo!

I am keeping up with 30 Days of Lists. Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to get a really nice journal to use for it... but the old notebook with pages ripped out is working fine :) It's my first venture into any type of "art journal"... and it's interesting to say the least so far. Pretty much magazine cut outs and my own handwriting.

It has inspired me though (along with Lauren who did something similar for her 30 Days journal) to use my Christmas 2010 TOAST catalog as a journal of sorts. Quotes, lists, reminders, etc. It's a HUGE work in progress... but I'm hoping I can turn it into something special.

My Bookshelf page is updated... not with much though... I've been addicted to watching The O.C. on DVD. And Greek on Netflix instant. I'm trying to make time each day to read though so I can pick up the pace again. I usually drop off a bit later in the year, but hopefully this will be my only slump.

I finally got my invite to pinterest and have been pinning like crazy!! I've also been working on making my tumblr more of a photo collage of this blog.

And in the interest of winter ending and hopefully soon (Go away, Lion!! Bring on the Lamb!!)... I thought I'd post one of my recent winter ensembles... so comfy!

Dress - Forever 21
Black cami - Thrifted
Belt - Came with a dress from Kohls
Leggings - Marshall's
Boots - Target
Necklace - H&M

Vintage lusting

I spent a good portion of the day with my dear friend Jess hitting up a few thrift stores in the area. I was really excited for some vintage fabulous-ness in both clothing and housewares. Sadly, not much was to be found.

I found these two dresses that I absolutely fell in love with. Sadly though, my boobs are too dang big. They fit great everywhere else, just not so great in the bust. But, I did at least get a quick picture of each dress. The plaid dress, the skirt looks much like the top, just the way it falls has it look like teal stripes, haha. They both had matching belts, as well.









I found two sets of Corelle Butterfly Gold cups/saucers, but since I can't be certain the set is in the attic still, I decided to pass. I also found a Pyrex dish in the Gold Leaf pattern, but it was missing the lid, so I passed on that as well.

The goal for tomorrow is to try to get over to the house to snag the Pyrex bowls and hopefully find the Corelle dishes. Maybe even hit up one more thrift store that we didn't make it to today. Also, to get to Crocker Park to maybe spend some gift cards at several different stores.

That said... any good recommendations for books or music I should purchase?

Deck the halls with vintage pyrex

(my tree)

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas. I know I did, and I still have a week off of work to enjoy things and to get things done.

I received a lot of gift cards from the kiddos at work as Christmas gifts, and so I'm sure I'll be heading out to spend some of those (I have a ton that go towards two bookstores and I'm really excited about that!).

The goal is to get a few errands run that need to get taken care of as well as cleaning and organizing a few things, such as my big closet, around the apartment.

(my favorite word, found several times in my apartment, also adorns my tree)

I'm quite excited to do some thrifting this week to search for some new and unique clothing as well as household things and hopefully some records since I got a turn table for Christmas from my dad.

I'll be heading over to the house I grew up in, and attempt to snag a few things from there such as...

Dishes! Growing up we had this particular set of Corelle dishes (Butterfly Gold is the pattern name). Sometime in my pre-teen/early teen years my parents replaced it with a plain white Corelle dish set. The theory is that these dishes are still up in the attic somewhere. Now, I've been up there several times in the year and some change that I've lived in my apartment and I haven't come across them. However, I wasn't ever looking for them either. So here's hoping that they are still there.

I know where these are, so I'm really excited to get them out of the house. Pyrex Orange Harvest Wheat nesting mixing bowls. Another staple in the house I grew up in, that until recent years I never really appreciated. I'm quite psyched about this.

Both the dishes and the bowls aren't hard to find at a local thrift store or even online. I'm well aware that there are many rarer Pyrex and Corelle sets out there, but for now I'm going with what I can (hopefully) get my hands on easily and for free :)