a must-have for spring/summer

  

top: iris basic (ross)

sweater: down east basics outlet (favorite store in st. george!)

shorts: klique b (bohme)

shoes: bcbgeneration (marshalls)

sunglasses: steve madden (dillards)

watch: michael kors (recent b-day gift from my boyfriend)

some days, i wish i was a little taller.

barely reaching 5'2" is an outward quality that i seem to have a love/hate relationship with.

i love being little, and i love being able to wear heels and still be smaller than my boyfriend.

but sometimes, i just wish these legs were a little longer. 

especially when shorts weather comes along.

cause let's face it, it's hard to pull off heels with a pair of shorts.

there's a dangerous line there that we don't want to cross.

i wanted to find a way to wear shorts and heels at the same time without crossing into risque territory.

(a more harmless option would probably be to buy a pair of longer shorts, but hey, i'm a short-shorts type of girl.)

so as soon as the warm weather started appearing, i was on a mission to find a pair of classy wedges that would keep me on the safe side of the line. 

wedges are perfect, because for one- they are much more comfortable than a pair of stilettos, and two- they have a much more subtle look.

i also had my eye out for a pair in nude; cause it really is nice to have a pair of shoes that matches with nearly every outfit in your closet.

i searched high and low in nearly every shoe section of every store.

it wasn't until i stopped into marshalls that i found this beautiful little pair.

and of course, on a great sale!

 they are the perfect girly addition to a warm weather outfit.

 

my new love...

i am finally back to the blogging world after three weeks!

what's crazy is that it feels like it hasn't even been a whole week since i was last on here.

i hate that time goes by so fast.

during times like these when things are so chaotic, you look back and it seems like you missed the whole thing.

and people tell me that it's only going to get worse as i get older.

and i hate that...

definitely cause i'm a year older now.

yep, i turned 22 on the twelfth and it still just shocks me to say the number "twenty" in my age. 

there's just a part of me that wants to stay a little girl forever.

it's probably because i'm so spoiled by the people that love me and i just don't ever want that to go away!

(so if you're one of those people that love me and you're reading this, don't ever let that go away...you know who you are.)

hopefully within the next week or so i can get on here and share some special things from my birthday.

but for now, i have another outfit post- featuring my birthday present...to myself.

ahh these vince camuto boots.

i don't think i've ever loved a pair of shoes so much.

i was so excited when i found them on clearance at dillards.

one pair left, just my size.

it's one of the most exciting feelings in the world.

but that feeling was soon ripped from me when they couldn't find the matching boot in the back.

i was left standing there with one left boot, trying to decide if i should just buy it anyways.

but i decided to track them down online instead of awkwardly walking out of the store with one boot and not much of a plan of what i would do with the boot after that. 

so i found them on the designer's website.

not as much of a markdown but i didn't even care.

i was desperate at this point.

so now i have them and i'm never, ever going to let them go.

 

 top: downeast basics

shrug and bracelet: maurices

skirt: rue21

belt: calvin klein (marshalls)

boots: vince camuto

a piece of my past...

 

if you knew me, you would know that i hate change.

i become attached so easily and there are just some things that i wish so badly could last forever.

growing up, my grandparents owned a farm.

it was such a magical and happy place.

it was such a huge part of my family, and it was hard on each and every one of us when they sold it five years ago.

it was one of the things in my life that i thought i would have forever...

we drove out to the farm this weekend to take some pictures. 

several times throughout the years i've driven by, but i've never stopped to get out.

the current owners weren't home, so we took the opportunity to snoop around and look through windows of the house.

creepy?

nah.

as far as i'm concerned, it was mine first! 

the inside had been completely redone and it was hard to believe that it was the same place that i spent so much of my childhood.

however, as we walked around the farm, there were such familiar places; ones that made me feel as if time hadn't even even passed. 

it was very bittersweet.

probably more bitter than sweet though...

ok, definitely more bitter.

but even though it doesn't belong to us anymore, it will always be a part of me.

nothing can ever take away my memories that i have of this place... 

i felt that this song was appropriate.

and onto the fun stuff...

long sleeve top: rubbish (bought at norstrom rack)

(so excited that we are getting one in boise!!!!)

short sleeve top: downeast basics

jeans: l.a. idol (bought at bohme)

boots: ellie (bought online (for a rascal flatts concert!))

scarves: american eagle outfitters and unknown

 

and my favorite girl and greatest photographer...

what do you wish could last forever?

a little randomness for you.

i wanted to start this post by saying that i am so thankful for everyone's sweet comments and support for my blog.

seriously, it just makes me all giddy inside.

i love it so much.

however, somedays i just don't have much to say because my brain is fried from reading so much meaningless material in text books and literature books!

so to go easy on myself today, i thought that i would just share with you ten little random things about my life so that you can get to know me better.

and then of course, share with you my little get-up that i've got goin' on in the following pictures.

so buckle up because this is going to be craaazy!

just kidding.

although that would be fun.

ok here it goes...

1. i am a daydream-aholic.

2. i have a deep, deep love for southern california.

3. i wish that i was tough enough to teach in an inner-city school.

4. airports are probably my favorite places in the whole world.

5. i'm a nanny, and i cry every single time i think about leaving my job after this summer.

6. i desperately wish that 'the hills' was still being filmed.

7. my feelings are hurt way too easily, and i hate that.

8. someday i hope to drive a black denali (oh please, oh please, oh pleeeease!).

 9. i can't tell people 'no'; just can't do it.

10. i'm going to have all little girls and no boys (sshhh...don't tell my boyfriend/future husband)!

and that's just a lil' about me.

now on to the goods...

jacket: aeropostale

sweater shrug: maurices

dress: angel (i got it from a boutique in california)

socks: diy (see post below this one)

boots: buckle

scarf: unknown

headband: pink (boutique in downtown boise)

belt: forever21

DIY leg warmers (made to look like socks!)

boots, boots, and more boots!

they seem to be a girl's best friend these days.

and i am okay with that because i loovve boots.

however, everywhere i see boots i also find socks that are showing above the boots.

and sadly, i don't own one single pair of cute long socks.

so today i resorted to making a pair! 

although i don't think you can call them socks, since they don't actually cover your feet.

so lets just call them leg warmers.

let me know if you have a better name! 

 

so this is probably the most easy diy project ever!

my mom and i recently scoured some thrift stores and bought some sweaters that we thought would be cute to cut up and make into headbands.

well, with a lack of time, it hasn't happened.

but today when i was putting together my outfit for my next outfit post, i thought of the brilliant idea to make some false socks to go under my boots from one of the sweaters that we bought. 

yes, love it when that happens!

            so all that I did was took some handy fabric scissors and cut off each sleeve about half way up the arm.

                          next i just scrunched them below my knees and slipped on some boots! 

              this is such an easy way to add a little something fun and unique to any outfit.
            i will be showing off the rest of this outfit in the next day or two for my next post, so be sure to check back!