(sweat)shirt

With just about 4 months until the wedding, I've been trying to get more serious about working out. Trying being the key word. I need some serious motivation sometimes, but I'm glad to say that I've been getting my butt on the treadmill more than before. Oooooh and I've been catching up on Bates Motel as I'm on the treadmill, so that's definitely a plus that's keeping me going. 

AHHHHH only 4 months?! Holy cow....

missing middle school

After being at the Jr. High for the past 6 weeks, is it wrong of me to say that I don't want to go back to elementary? These past two days at the elementary school have been rough.

Oy.....

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Paddy's Day, my lovely readers! I'm enjoying the holiday of my people, by taking a nice walk on my treadmill and watching Dancing with the Stars. Pretty festive, am I right?! No, but I did try to be kind of Irish-y (is that a thing?) today. I actually remembered to wear green. This shirt is totally green, btw. I swear! These pictures give the color no justice. 

hello, again

Oh my goodness, it's so good to be back! These past two weeks have been so busy in the library. I gave a booktalk this past Monday on 7 different books, so I was busy spending most of  my free time reading some new books and rereading the ones that I haven't read in a few years. It went very well, I think. I was extremely long winded. Really, when am I not. But, the assistant principal told me that the kids seemed really attentive and engaged the whole time and I was thrilled when I had multiple students check out the books from the booktalk! I even had lots of students put holds on the books because other students had made it a point to check some of them out right away. So that made me a very happy librarian!!

Neutrals

Looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend at home. Wishing all of my readers a happy and safe weekend, especially if you are enjoying the festivities of IUPatties! 

Happy belated b-day Stephanie!

Happy belated birthday to my beautiful sister, Stephanie!! Stephanie is like the yin to my yang. We're pretty much the same person. We're both librarians, both love math, both love science, both love reading, both bad at spelling, both redheads... you get the picture. Steph, I hope yesterday was great! Love ya!

new crush

This weekend I had another wonderful time in Indiana with Evan and my beautiful theater friends. Saturday Evan and I went to look at wedding rings and we ended up picking them out in just a few minutes! We're getting them from the same shop that Evan had my engagement ring made. After we left the jewelers, I saw this really neat little store that I've never seen before. It's called Chateau Christine and it was so cute! I definitely was crushing on it. It was a small boutique right on the main street downtown. They had some awesome necklaces in there that pretty much had me squealing.

3 weeks in and 3 weeks left

"Blind Date with a Book" was a success! We have officially wrapped, bar coded, described, displayed, and checked out 90 books in our library! After having school only 7 days the past two weeks, and only 1 of those being a full day, we successfully managed to check out all 90 books!! I was so excited today when the last two books were checked out. My aide worked her tail off to help me get those books wrapped up and coded. She is amazing. My first three weeks as the librarian is almost up and I'm feeling so sad. 

coming together

Oh my goodness....so many things are happening lately! All the girls have their dresses ordered, Evan picked up his suit last night, our first gifts arrived at my house today, and my dress came in today! Oh my gosh. This is making me so excited!! It's actually happening. Before, it seemed like it was an eternity away. But time has seemed to go by in such a blink. I feel like I could ramble on about this forever, but I'm just so excited to marry my best friend. It makes me smile so much. I feel so happy. 

charming romantic

I almost forgot to post tonight! I was watching the Olympics with my grandpap and it completely slipped my mind. I love spending time with him so much. 

Tonight's look is a romantic yet slightly more casual take on Valentine's Day. I adore this skirt from Windsor. It could be paired with so many things. I have so many ideas that I can't wait to try out! It kinda makes me giddy thinking about it. I've been seeing tulle skirts all over Pinterest and blogs that I read, that I knew I needed to get one for my own closet. It really can be such a versatile piece. WHOOO!

casual 2-14

Evan's working tonight so I'm spending this particular Valentine's day in my room catching up on Downton Abbey and Vampire Diaries. And taking blog pics, of course! This V-day look is my casual everyday wear that'd be cute for a day out shopping or in watching PBS on your computer. Cough cough. We won't be able to celebrate until Monday or Tuesday, but I'll be putting up my date look tomorrow! Be sure to come back and chchcheck it out!

Classic

The third Valentine's Day look this week is a classic pairing. An a-line skirt worn with a sweater reminds me of the 50's. Add in a polka dot blouse and you have a great retro vibe going on. To me, this feels so feminine and classy. It reminds me of something that my grandmother would have worn in the 1950's, but with a modern twist due to the lace and pink underskirting.  Complete the look with a red lip, pearls, and softened, finger-combed curls that flow around the face. 

purple...pink's sophisticated, cute sister

Valentine's Day gives all the love to pinks and reds, but I like the thought of bringing purple into your Valentine's Day wardrobe to give it a fresh feel. I paired these pastel pink jeans from Target with a deep, rich purple top from New York and Company. I didn't think I would love it as much as I do, but it's great! If you're trying to pull off this look without looking too much like a young girl, mix the light pink with a darker purple shade in a nice lush fabric. This shirt is like a dream. It's dressy enough that I can wear it to work, but I could dress it down for a night out with the girls. And the best part was that it was recently on sale for less than $10!!

girly things

Hi everyone! I hope you're all having a great weekend so far! I just got back from church, but I wanted to quickly post before I go shopping today for some more wedding things. This week I've decided to do some Valentine's Day inspired looks. So here's my first pairing! :)

pappy

My outfit of the day - minus the scarf and combat boots. I had a student tell me today that I actually looked like a librarian. Must be the grandpa sweater. Is that a thing? Librarians and grandpa sweaters? I'm so already on board!

the librarian

As some of you know, I ended up turning down the long-term subbing position for kindergarten. However, I was lucky enough to get one in my home district for a 6 week term for middle school library. The librarian had her second baby this past Saturday, and she is the cutest thing ever!!! Her little cheeks are so cute and chubby. It makes me excited to think about having kids. Oh my! :)

over it

I'm completely over this cold weather. Barf. All I want to do is dress for spring! Spriiiiing! Elsa totally needs to stop this craziness that is happening. LET IT GO, ELSA! Preferably far away from here. But if the snow and cold are gonna stick around, I may as well enjoy my beautiful jacket from T.J.Maxx. 

6 months

6 months. 6 months. 6 months. 6 months!!! :)

closet shopping

I think I need to start going shopping in my own closet more often! I had some sweaters and other winter items stored away and I just got them out today. Ya know, out of sight out of mind. And as I was looking through the box, I was just imagining all of the amazing pairings I could do with my sweaters that were once forgotten. Oh man, I used to love this baby! 

grey and burgundy

I forgot that I wore this outfit to school but I didn't show you guys! I hope you like it! I received so many nice compliments on this skirt that day. I'm in love with it. The only kind of cruddy thing is that it's a little too big to sit at my natural waist, so I have to wear the belt kinda tight around my waist to keep the skirt in place. I should probably get this thing tailored.