(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....

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!!

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!

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. 

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! :)

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! 

long weekend

Due to mother nature's decision to have a huge snow storm directly followed by frigid temps, I'm getting the chance to enjoy a nice long four day weekend! YES! Can't complain too much about having to make up the days since I was able to spend an extra day with Evan, spend more time with my friends, re-watch Frozen, and play Mario 64 all day. Quadruple win!  

prepperstein

Prep. 

That is all. 

dat hat though

Another snow day, another day to make up. At least I got to sleep in and stay snuggled up a little while longer! PLUS, something else is keeping me pretty snuggly tonight. My wonderful cousin Chrissy purchased this super duper slouchy and spectacular beanie for me and it just arrived in the mail today. Yippee!!! LOVE YOU, WOMAN! :)

checking off the list

So, I didn't quite meet my goal of getting all of the save-the-dates sent out by the end of December. Yeah, I totally blew that deadline. And felt like blowing my brains out when I had to print out all the envelopes one by one by one.  But thankfully I only have a handful left to get out! That makes for a happy weekend and a happy me! Now I just need to make sure I get the rest of them made and out in the mail by Wednesday.  Maybe doing everything homemade wasn't the best idea I ever had....

I've got that reading problem

Lately I've been spending my free time catching up on my reading. Okay...when don't I normally do that? But I've had a little bit more time in the past few days to catch up and I just finished one of the most beautiful books yesterday! I devoured John Green's "The Fault in our Stars" yesterday afternoon. This book made me laugh and sob at the same time.

Slightly Grunge

A slightly new look for me - I'm daring to go a little grunge. I'm completely obsessing over this skirt that Evan bought me for Christmas! It could be dressed up or down, classy or grunge. This color is beautiful; it's a beautiful ox-blood shade. I'm so glad that I decided not to put this little guy back on the rack!

ladylike skirt

First day back at school and wearing my new skirt from Evan! I'm in love with it. I've seen skirts like this for a while all over the fashion blogs, but every time I went to buy one online they would always be out of stock. Windsor finally put one online and I'm obsessed!! Super good quality and looks so cute! It made me feel really good today getting lots of compliments at work and a little girl told me that I looked "really cute."

Ringing in the New Year!

2013 was pretty amazing. I got engaged, recorded my voice demo, got offered a couple of long term sub jobs, passed my mid-level math and library science praxis exams, made some awesome new friends, and wonderful memories. I know that 2014 will be just as great as 2013 was, if not better!! So much to look forward to!!!!!!

Happy new year, everyone!! Cheers!

okay, call me a hypocrite

I just showed my mother my outfit. She was extremely confused to see that I'm wearing shorts in the winter. Not gonna lie, she was laughing at me and pretty much told me I was weird, without actually saying it.