Five Things (Sixxx)

Hello all! Look at who's being consistant with the camera! This week was long, very very long. I had 8 tests total throughout the week, 2 tennis matches, and only 4 hours of sleep Thursday night. But I made it! And now it's Spring Break! Which means I'll have time to clean my disaster of a room, come up with some new designs, catch up on all my favorite blogs, and have time to eat sleep and breathe! But here were the things that got me through the past seven days:
1. This coca-cola cap necklace I finally got around to making. The cap has been sitting on my desk since June, awaiting the day I would finally put it on a string. The reason? There is a darling pizza place at my mall where they have big, and tasty slices of pizza and coca-cola in glass bottles. All summer my best friend and I would venture over to beat the heat with a cool glass bottle of beverage and some pizza. We decided we should make necklaces out of our memories, and here it is!

 2. These beautiful daffodils blooming. I've loved these flowers since I was little because my mom had framed some pages out of her childhood flower poem book and one of them was daffodils. I'm tempted to find those picture frames again adn hang them on my wall for a spring and vintage feel.

 3. Girlscout cookies!! I love them-who doesn't? And no little girls came to our door this year, but I found some being sold at school and Walmart and picked up a couple of my favorites. My ultimate favorite is the peanutbutter ones-the Tagalongs!

 4. I found this in one of my school's bathroom stalls and thought it was so touching and true. Whoever did this is wonderful and certainly made my day!

 5. This big blue beautiful sky, clear and signifying the amazing and warm weather we've been blessed with! There is no sky bluer than Colorado's.

6. People can be wonderful and uplifting! And also thanks to the peole who were understanding of my less than pleasant mood Friday from the stress and sleep deprivation. Hopefully that will not be a recurring theme.

I hope everyone's enjoying break or hanging in there till theirs starts!

-Leah

St Patty's

I generally am one of the least spirited people you will meet, mostly because I often wait till the last minute and can't pull it together. On St Patrick's day this results in me digging frantically through my jewelry box two minutes before I have to leave for school, desperately seeking some green earrings so no one will pinch me. However, much to my luck today, I realized the dress I'd already been planning to wear is green! So no pinches, and I really enjoy the versatility and fresh feel of this number, paired with my favorite go-to cardigan.

Dress-Forever XXI, Cardigan-Urban Outfitters, Shoes-by Jessica Simpson

We conveniantly stumbled upon a cheerfully green wall.

Look how versatile! Perfect for fall/spring unpredictabilities when paired with a cardigan adn perfect for hot summer days when worn solo. I don't own many green things, nor do I own many tube top things, but I greatly enjoy this piece.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

-Leah

True People and Free Religion

I decided that for the upcoming seasons involving warm weather that fully permit dresses everyday, I would like to find less feminine jackets to rough up a super feminine dress. Paired with some killer heels, and I will be set. So browsing Free People and True Religion I found some possible dress/jean jacket combinations that I would love to wear if I only had $400 to spend on one outfit. Sigh, at least good inspiration for browsing the more affordable stores.

Parisian Bouquets Halter Dress
Free People
$128

 I like the halter and the fun print that seems to completely encompass Spring itself, and let's be real, who doesn't want a Parisian inspired dress?

Solid Lace Neck Dress
Free People
$98

 This fuels my love of lace and all it's class, and I've also been very intrigued by high necklines lately. I think it's nice that fashion is taking a turn away from the scandalous and bare-it-all mentality.

Summer Flora Dress
Free People
$168

 This has an eclectic vintage feel that I adore. Also feeling the off the shoulder sleeves. I kinda of like that it isn't a super organized dress, and it makes me feel like I would really enjoy skipping in it because of the feel it gives. Odd, but if I feel like skipping in a dress, I know it's a winner.

Womens Emily Western Jacket
True Religion
$196

The jacket is classic, dark wash, fitted and would look good with a dress, particularly the halter one is what I'm thinking. For the Flora dress I would probably pick a denim vest, but I'm really tired and have a lot of tests so I'm going to just leave that to y'alls imagination rather than find a new picture.

Is anyone else so ready for Spring Break? (2 more days!!)

-Leah

Denim Dress At Last

Finally, I have come around to posting the denim dress that I've been talking about for a while now. I like the versatility of denim dresses, and how mine in particular does a good job at giving me a waist. I also really enjoyed the fact that due to the more simplistic styling of the apparel, I was able to pull out some crazy tall and very unique shoes, which have been my new obsession. Overall today was surprisingly good. So good that I forgot it was a Monday. Besides frustrations in math today was just overall pleasant. The weather was even great at a gorgeous 65 degrees.

Urban Outfitters denim dress, Nordstrom belt, Chinese Laundry shoes

These shoes were the result of multiple hours of violin playing with which I earned them. While my mom was at first skeptical of the nearly six inch heel, I was so smitten that she allowed it. Note: These pumps have a platform, which significantly reduces how high the heel feels. I also like that the top is cloth so it's super comfy.



I had on red lipstick but it faded throughout the day



Colorado has beautiful scenery. Another thing I loved about this dress was that unlike many denim items, it was well within budget in the sale section of UO at a shocking $20. The delicate pleats, unique neckline and metallic buttons are also a plus.

I hope you all had as good a Monday as I did. Keep it classy!

-Leah

Soles 4 Souls

As most of you know, a devastating earthquake hit Japan yesterday. As many of you also know, I love shoes. The corrolation?
A month ago my mom showed me a charity called Soles 4 Souls, a nonprofit organization devoted to giving children and adults in poverty stricken countries a pair of shoes. They've given out over 13 million shoes since 2005, a rate of about 1 every seven seconds.
Why are shoes so important? 300 million children are barefoot right now. Without shoes they are more at risk of diseases and parasites that are life threatening and unlike the paved roads we're used to, they're walking on dirt roads littered with broken glass and metal.
 In Japan right now, there is debris covering the country and many people no longer have shoes.
With Soles 4 Souls you can donate shoes, or money. A one dollar donation provides one pair of shoes. The shoes should be gently worn, or new if you're feeling generous. And they can be any type, whether that be pumps or sneakers or sandals or boots. And if you have an orphan shoe that you can't find the partner to, they accept half pairs as well.
This is the link: http://www.soles4souls.org/ and you should click it.

{Bombshell, Lying} 100!!!

So I said previously I was going to post something about a denim dress, and I'm not because with everything else I had going on this week I wasn't able to pull it together. However, I pinky promise it will be done within the next week. And I'm pretty pleased with this look anyways. The top part of it reminds me of a beach bombshell from the fifties and I really like the cutout in the back. Not to mention I'm jumping at any opportunity to wear spring and summer clothing even though it's only March. And this is officially my 100th post! Yippeee!

Pac Sun shirt, Charlotte Rousse Jeans, Nordstrom Cardigan, Juicy ring, Franco Sarto shoes

yay for cut outs!

Really small floral patterns have been showing up everywhere from shoes to tops and I really like them. Classic and spring-y. I also like where the waist of this top hits. It's quite flattering in my opinion.

It was extremely windy earlier in the morning but luckily it died down before we had to brave the weather for photos. Colorado is really unpredictable.

Playing with my hair, how typical.

Hope y'all had an easygoing Friday and fun weekends planned!

-Leah

5 Things, (But Really 6)

Look who's being better about toting her camera! That's right, it took less than three weeks for a new five things! (Btw, I finished the CSAPS! Forever! Yayyy! I never have to take them again!)
1. I made brownies all by myself without burning them or the house, and I even remembered to turn off the oven when I was done. Just in case you did not know, I am a terrible cook.

2. Going shopping at Urban Outfitters with a couple fun people, such as Mr. Isaac here, who was dragged along. I got some great new stuff that will be featured soon and by that I mean Friday so don't forget to check it out!

3. My new nail polish, (from Urban) that is a pleasant purple and grey combination that I've been searching for all winter. In case you'd like to buy it it's only five dollars and the color name is Nude 4.

3. This delicious pasta with shrimp at Cheese Cake Factory. The lunch portion was perfect for three people to share.

5. Getting to spend the entire weekend with this lovely person while both my parents and my siblings were out of town skiing. I didn't get to go because I was not able to skip school and tennis practice, but I definitely didn't mind getting to go out for meals and watch lots of movies and Friday Night Lights with one of my very favorite people.

Kara driving the Durango

6. People are quite pleasant, particularly when they comment on your posts! (The comments have been much appreciated:)) I also like people in argyle. Just saying.

Hope everyone else had joy similar to that of finishing craptastic annual tests for the rest of their lives!

-Leah