Day 75- lonely bird

Time for a lonely weekend. That's right my parents are headed on down to the big DETROIT CITY! They left today and are gone till Sunday night. So, I'm having a huge party Saturday! Everyone and anyone is invited!

Yeah... I'm a jokester. I'm not having a party. I am excited to hang with my pals though :)

Today's outfit was very sophisticated I feel. I got this shirt for Christmas and I really believe it's a "college look". I just thought I looked older.

Today's outfit came from..

Shirt- Khol's

Jeans- Forever 21

Shoes- JC Penny's

Tonight I am staying at my pal, Kelsey's. Should be a good time! It's also my first play practice tonight which I'm also geeked about!

Decided to do my hair straight today with a headband, not braided this time. hehe

Thanks for reading today's post :)

-alexa

Day 75

I decided not to go to my 1st hour art class today. I showed up to my second hour Spanish class though. That was not a good idea. Just not a fun time in there today I suppose. Next came lunch, I ended up spilling my contents on my tray. Not just spilling on the table though, let me tell ya. I was walking away after paying and my tray split in half and spilled down my leggings and on the ground! The nice lunch lady let me get another plate FO FREE

Today's outfit came from..

Sweater: American Eagle

Denim Leggings: DSW

Scarf: Charlotte Russe

Boots: DSW

Earrings: Charlotte Russe

I decided to wear my hair straight today, but I tried spicing it up a bit with a braided headband. But this wasn't a braided headband I bought, it was my  own hair.

Thanks for reading today's post :)

-alexa

Day 74- deals!

Today's all about good deals for this girl! I got great deals or didn't even have to pay for the things I wore today which is what I love!

Today's outfit came from..

Shirt- Meijer's $5.60!

Jeans- Coworker, Barb Nurenburg gave me these fine little pants for free!

Boots- Charlotte Russe $20

Earrings- Charlotte Russe $2

That means today's outfit was under $30. I know looking at $30 it seems like a lot of money but really when you think about it, most of your jeans cost $30. And a nice stylish pair of boots like this would usually cost more than my whole outfit. I'm happy with all of the things I wore today and I felt great.

My hair once again didn't work out like I tried, but it still looked nice in my eyes. I've realized that my hair uaually won't turn out like the pictures I'm looking at, but then again that gives uniqueness to my hairstyle for the day!

I've started tasks for my jar.. Here are 15 of the tasks that I have decided to put in, or that other people have told me to put in..

1. Pay for someone behind me at a fast food restaurant.
2. Write a letter to Kalli Barrone.
3. Give someone I don't know a compliment every day.
4. Donate something to Goodwill.
5. Give 5 homeless people $10 throughout the week.
6. Exercise every day of the week.
7. Wear sweats for a whole day!
8. Clean my car, inside and out.
9. Spend the weekend in Detroit.
10. Give Sawyers old clothes to a mother in need.
11. Go to Stanton and buy something that says Stanton on it.
12. No fast food all week.
13. Tell Aisha she's pretty and skinny.
14. Cook dinner for my friends.
15. Stay up all night to see the sun set and the sun rise.

Some of these tasks are stuff I've wanted to do but never really had the time or thought about it at the right moment. This is somewhat of a bucket list for the year as well, it's just easier for me to do these tasks.

Thanks for reading today's post :)

-alexa

Day 73

Today went well. I will start out with that. Not much happened, went to school, worked out, worked, and headed to my grandma's for dinner. It was nice spending time with my family today. 

There is no blog for Friday because I did not go to school Friday. I went to Business Professionals of America Regionals and I wore the business outfit from spirit week. 

Today's outfit is somewhat old fashion in my mind. I don't know why I'm into this sort of stuff. Hey, maybe it's not old fashion to anybody else but myself, but I like to think it is. If you follow my blog, you've more than likely seen this skirt before on Day 28- 50's. That look was vintage as I like to call it. It was also a summery look in my mind. I feel like today's outfit was made more of a wintery look with the added tights. Also, I still wore the scarf but in my hair this time :)

Today's outfit came from...

Shirt: H&M

Skirt: Lucky Brand Store

Shoes: JC Penny's

Tights: JC Penny's

Scarf: Vanity

Today's hair do was pulled tightly back with a slight curl in it. I curled it like i did on Day-70, then simply pulled it back into a tight pony tail and pinned my bangs back.

Thanks for reading today's post :)

-alexa

Day 71- snow bunny

I titled this blog "snow bunny" because I think this outfit well correlates with the snow, even though our neck of the woods hasn't really been the white winter wonderland I had been expecting. One of the big items I received for Christmas this year was Leg Warmers. That's right, I'm gonna try to bring em' back! My pal Aisha also got leg warmers for Christmas.

Today's outfit came from...

Sweater- Aeropostale

Jeans- Love Culture

Leg Warmers- K-Mart

Shoes- DSW

I'll admit, I'm not a big Aeropostale person. Don't know why, but I just don't like the store. Looking at the leg warmers I wore today, not many things would go with them. I really wanted to find something to match. Low and behold, I was watching TV and a commercial came on with a girl wearing this black sweater I wore today, and at the end it said from Aeropostale. I decided to go to the mall and see if they had the sweater. I saw a sweater I liked in American Eagle, and checked out the price. $50. HELL NO! (please excuse my language). On I went to Aeropostale to see if theirs was any cheaper. I searched for the sweater, and surprisingly found it... wait for it....... for $7.99! HOLEY MOLEY. Now this isn't some flimsy sweater, it's very warm and thick. I immediately grabbed it without thinking. Great buy am I right?

 

This morning I didn't quite know what I wanted to wear. I've come to find myself matching my clothes with my hair, not the other way around like most people do. I knew the hair style I was going for today and here's the finished product.

 

Not quite what I had in mind but I still loved how it looked in the front. the back on the other had was a little messy, but I was fine with it. I tried the braid down the back but it didn't quite work out. I was running slightly short on time this morning. Here's the picture I went off of from Pinterest.

Thanks for reading today's post :)

-alexa

Day 70

As I said in yesterday's post, I am doing a different hair style every day of the week for one of my new years resolutions. Today's hair was more of a vintage look.

I got this idea from Pinterest. Here's the how to..

Lauren Conrad's hair is a bit longer than mine so it doesn't look the exact same, but it still does look somewhat vintage. To go along with the hair, I wore a skirt that I think was also somewhat "old fashion".

Today's outfit came from...

Shirt- Forever 21

Skirt- Forever 21

Tights- JC Penny's

Shoes- Target

Thanks for reading today's post :)

-alexa

New Years Resolutions

Happy New Years

It's now 2012. This year will be such a big and important year in my life. I will officially become an adult. Turnin the big 18! I will be graduating. I will go to college, which means I will be moving out. Sawyer will learn to walk, crawl, talk, and eat regular food this year. I pray that I will be home when he does these things, but there's a chance I won't be.

Now on to New Years Resolutions. So many people make these resolutions, as do I every year. The more I think about it though, why do we do these? How many people actually stick with their resolutions all year long? I know I don't and I know many people don't as well. It is a good thing to look forward to doing though I'll admit. I thought long and hard about my resolutions this year, and here they finally are.

1. Different Hair. Pinterest will be helping me out with this one. I plan to do my hair different every day of the week. I will post pictures on here of the new, fun and exciting hair styles I start to try.
2. Jar full of Tasks. This is one I'm excited about. I plan on making a jar, and filling the jar with tasks. I will choose a task on the Monday of every week, and actually do the task. Since Monday has already passed for this week, I have decided to spend this week making tasks for me to do throughout the year.
3. Think Twice. This one is all about $$$$$$$$. I am going to think twice about spending money on unnecessary things.

I'm excited about these. #1, I'm sure I will get sick of, especially this Summer. #2, I'm very excited about. Some of the tasks will be big ones, and some will be small. Some as small as wear sweats all day long, and some as big as set a date in the Summer to go to Chicago for the weekend.

I'd love for anybody to give me ideas of tasks to put in the jar. every task anyone gives me will be put in the jar (unless it's totally unreasonable). Message me on facebook. or comment on here. I'd really love it!

Thanks for reading today's post :)

-alexa