Holiday Break

In light of how busy the holiday season is, I've decided to take the rest of the year off. My New Year's resolution is to post regularly here, and I have some really great posts planned for 2012. So everyone have a great holiday and I'll be back to posting again on January 2nd, 2012!

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Black and White and Red All Over // Daily Outfit

{dress//Shop Speedy Girl :: skirt//thrifted :: tights//Merona :: shoes//Urbanog :: cardigan//ModCloth :: bracelet//gift from my mom}

Ok, so these photos definitely aren't the best, but they're pretty good considering it was almost completely dark outside. I wore this outfit to the anual Christmas gift together with my dads family. Everyone on my dad's side of the family lives pretty spread out, so we've started having our Christmas get together in early December before everything gets too busy. 

I was planning on wearing a different dress, but had some zipper problems with it, so I fell back to my backup plan. I wanted something holiday-ish, so I chose a cardigan with gold buttons (I think gold is just so festive), my LBD, and some bright red shoes with big bows on top. I even liked how the tan tights looked with it all. 

What are you all wearing to your holiday parties?

Owl City's If My Heart was a House // Music Monday #23

Circle me and the needle

Moves gracefully back and forth

If my heart was a compass, you'd be north

Risk it all

'Cause I'll catch you if you fall wherever you go

If my heart was a house, you'd be home

Another Owl City song for you. I didn't really like this one the first few times I heard it - mostly because it's a much slower song, but lately I've been listening to the lyrics more, and I just can't get over what a sweet song it is. I hope that someday someone can feel that way about me. ♥

The Way You Love Me // Daily Outfit + Honest to Blog

{dress//ModCloth :: jeans//Old Navy :: shoes//UrbanOg :: cardigan//thrifted :: belt//thrifted :: necklace//ModCloth :: headband//D.I.Y}

"There's no one else who can love me,
 Quite like the way that you love me,
No, there's no one else."
~ No One Else by Breanne Duren
This is outfit is almost entirely composed of some of my favorite pieces of clothing and make up. ModCloth dress? Check. Indie shoes? Check. Bright fuchsia lipstick? Check. Bright blue cardigan, Peter Pan colar, DIY headband and (awesome) gold rockabilly car necklace? Check! I have an inkling that this outfit probably shouldn't work, but I don't really care. It's me and I like it. ♥
A couple years ago I had a friend that with low self esteem. She had to be the best and smartest at everything, and if I didn't agree with her then I had to be the one who was wrong. I know she didn't mean to be mean, because she's really a sweet girl, but I had low self esteem and being around her made me question myself. I felt like somehow I just wasn't quite as good as she was. She didn't except me as I was, and I wanted her to like me so much I changed who I was to fit in with her. I often wonder how far I would have followed her if I hadn't met my big sister shortly after. 
But this year has been awesome. I've made a lot of new friends (yes, Amber, I'm looking at you!) who love me and except me completely as I am - which is pretty crazy as the first picture clearly shows - and my confidence has grown in leaps and bounds.

Earlier this week I was telling one of my afore mentioned new friends about how irritated I am at not posting on my blog more often. I summed it up to my laziness, and half joking/half not reprimanded myself with an exclamation of "bad, Katie!" But what my friend said next caught me by surprise. He told me quite bluntly that he didn't think I was lazy and bad, but "sweet and good." I'm not going to lie: that totally made my day! I'm definitely a "words of affirmation" kind of girl, so hearing something like that -especially completely unasked for - pretty much sent my confidence soaring sky high, and if it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't have had the guts to post that first picture.

Catapult by Breanne Duren // Music Monday

I know this post is a day late, and for that I am sorry. This weekend was pretty busy, but I just had to share this song, because I am so in love with it! It's by Breanne Duren, and is by far my favorite song of her's so far - though I love all of her songs. I'm hoping to buy her EP on iTunes soon. She's so adorable and talented. ♥

I Would Make Like a Tree and Leaf // Daily Outfit

{tee shirt//District Lines :: cardigan//thrifted :: jeans//Old navy :: jacket//Wet Seal :: boots//DSW :: scarf//ModCloth :: flower clip//H&M}

I bought this tee shirt to go to the Owl City concert, but that didn’t actually end up happening. After we had got all ready to go the first time, we got a call that the concert had been cancelled, so we went out to dinner instead. i wore the outfit again several days later, which is when I got these pictures. But I washed the shirt before I got ready to go to the concert the second time, and, since it said it was pre-shrunk, I threw it in the dryer. Big. Mistake. It now fits my seven year old sister, and I am planning on calling the company to complain.

It’s all very disappointing since I really liked this tee shirt, and I could use more tee shirts in my life. They’re so comfy, and I’m actually getting the point where I’m happy with how I look in jeans, instead of thinking they make me look “the ‘F’ word” (no, not that ‘F’ word, I mean “fat”). So it’s pretty much a bummer that the shirt shrunk. Next time cool Owl City tee - next time...