Pretend

Today I bought some new nail polish. I'm really excited about it. It's OPI Show It and Glow It and it's in the glitter line. I painted my nails already and I really really like it!

So let's pretend that I took a picture on Friday. In the picture, I was wearing my black dress pants, my blue sweater, my gray booties, my great grandmothers old owl necklace, with curly hair and a yellow headband made by my friend. Wasn't that fun? Good, that was day 25.

So this weekend has been full and crazy. Friday after work I went to the youth girls retreat at church, called Unify. It was really cool. It's student led and the whole thing is about how to be unified as girls in the youth group. I thought they did a great job!

Saturday, I went to a wedding shower for a sweet friend that is getting married in 2 weeks. Her wedding will be my first experience as a wedding director/coordinator. FUN! This is what I wore to the shower (Day 26 part 1):

Later that evening, our college ministry was invited to a game night with the singles group from church. We played bunko and this random fact get to know you game. It was really fun. This is what I wore to that (Day 26 part 2):

Today was a great day at church. We've been in Ecclesiastes this week. We talked about how everything in life is really meaningless unless you are following God. True purpose comes from Him and Him alone. We can pursue lots of things and be really successful at them, but it is useless outside of a relationship with God.

Great reminder for motive and why we do what we do. Thankful for purpose!

Not in the mood to talk...

Yesterday, Day 24:


Five Things Friday:
1. Ethan. Cause he's awesome.
2. My relationship with Jesus. Cause he's awesome too.
3. Salads FULL of vegetables.
4. A perfectly timed hug.
5. A really good laugh!

Glimpse of Plaid

My heart is full and my brain is tired. I've given God quite an earful over the past few days! Let me state this: Ethan and I are both totally fine! There is just a lot going on around us and with people who are close to us and on top of school and work it can get a little bit overwhelming. Thankfully for us, our God is good and is in control. We are so glad that we don't have to handle anything on our own. He's got it and he's much better at that stuff that we are. We can't heal people. He can. We can't change people. He can. We can't patch up other people's relationships. He can. So we cling to him and cling to each other for support and we push through.

So, here's day 23 of 30 for 30:

(shirt: target - dress: target - shoes: uo - bracelets: mom's 80's jewelry)

This is a new outfit for me. I've never worn them together and I'm glad I did. I liked it. It was highly complimented so I think I will probably end up wearing it again or trying something like this again.

My friend, Patti, just told me that my favorite jelly beans are now in stores. I cannot wait! Sweetart jelly beans are the best!!! They make me miss my sweet friend Michelle.

I hope you all have had a great Thursday and Friday is great for you too.

Finally...a blog post!

Today is Wednesday and I've been a terrible blogger lately. I have not had a lot of time to post, we've been so busy!

Actually, I really hate being busy. I don't like always feeling rushed and feeling like I don't have enough time to dedicate to the things that really need it, i.e. my husband and my school work. We don't have much going on for a few days so I plan on taking advantage of this break and getting a lot of work done.

I have a few things to tell you:

1. My parents are awesome. They are on this really cool, super healthy diet. And by diet, I mean that they have just changed their eating habits to be really healthy. It's all stuff anyone can do! Ethan and I used to be better about our food intake and we are inspired to be better again.

2. I love the show Parenthood. I really enjoy the characters and think it's a great show.

3. I bought this new product:

I tried it this morning and I think I'm going to love it. I put too much in my hair and I don't have the right kind of brush. My round brush did not do a good job of getting the powder out of my hair so I ended up washing it in the shower anyway. Which was my back-up plan in case it was an epic fail. I think I might get a cheap flat brush and try again. I'll update.

And now on to 30 for 30...

I hit a wall this weekend. I am really tired of the pieces in my 30 and I have run out of creative ideas. Apparently, I'm not the only one because the few other blogs I have read all said the same thing this weekend. Kendi, who is hosting the challenge, actually blogged about how to get past this wall we've run into. I read it on Monday afternoon, so I think my outfits will get better.

Here's day 21:

(sweater: khols - skirt: gap - tights: walmart - shoes: uo - bracelets: forever 21 - tired eyes: caused by monday)

I didn't wear the tights to work. I thought they might be...too much. What do you think? Too fishnet-y?

Day 22:

(blazer: wish nola - shirt: wish nola - jeans: target - shoes: ? boutique in nola)

I love this outfit. It's my New Orleans one because everything but the jeans came from there. Love it. I did not wear this to work. To work, I had on black tights and a black pencil skirt with the shoes, shirt tucked in, and blazer. I went to a Premiere Jewely party last night so I through on jeans. I really liked the jeans version much better.

Ok. I'm done now with my ramblings. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

Monday Monday

Today felt kind of crazy to me. It was a really good day, but it was busy and fast.

We have some ministry stuff going on tonight, i.e. playing church dodgeball, what what?!

Actually, I do not like dodgeball, but I'm excited about going with our college students and hanging out.

I did take my picture for today, but I'm not in the mood to edit/upload/write about it, so I'll do it tomorrow. Is that ok? Thank you.

For the record, the black belt seen in my Day 20 outfit in the previous post is borrowed. I'm not usually all about borrowing clothes, or lending for that matter, but with some people, it's just different. My sweet sweet awesome friend, DeAnna, is someone I trust. She has borrowed a dress from me before and I borrowed this belt from her this weekend. I needed it to wear with my recruiting attire, but since I had it in my possession on Sunday, I wore it again. I returned it today. :(

I'm off to finishing eating dinner and get ready to head out to dodgeball. Wish me luck!

Home Sweet Home

This past weekend was a whirlwind. A really fun whirlwind.

I work in the Admissions Office for our school and was given the opportunity to recruit at the college where Ethan and I met. We flew in a day early and spent the afternoon with my parents, eating a lot of good food my mom cooked. Friday, we went out to the college and got all set up. We spent the whole weekend recruiting in the room where we met and where our wedding reception was. It was really neat to spend the whole weekend there. We got to meet a lot of really cool people and make some really good contacts. We were able to see several professors and catch up with them. We were able to see a few of our great friends from college who were kind enough to take time out of their Saturday to see us. We are always thankful for the people God has brought into our lives over the years. We are blessed.

The flight home was a bit scary. We had one of those pilots who likes to take the descent quickly. There were at least 4 distinct times I thought we were going to die. But alas, he was a good pilot, just taking us down more quickly than I like. We made it. Thankfully. :)

So, now for 30 for 30...

This is Day 16. Ethan was dressed up that day so we took the picture together. Isn't he handsome? (Do not be alarmed by my extremely white legs. It is February people.)

Day 17, I forgot to take a picture. Let me tell you what I wore. My denim skirt. My striped short sleeve shirt. My yellow cardigan. My TOMS (not in my 30, don't hate. I needed comfy shoes for the plane).

Day 18-19 were spent wearing my recruiting attire, which consists of my wide leg jeans (in my 30), a blue button down with the school logo embroidered on it, and a plethora of accessories, namely a great necklace and/or scarf, earrings, bracelets, fun shoes. Whatever. This would also have fallen on Five Things Friday, which would have gone something like this:

1. Ethan.

2. Ethan.

3. Ethan.

4. Ethan.

5. Ethan.

Day 20 is today. This is what I wore to church. It was VERY windy today so my hair is lookin a mess. Oh, Texas. I love you and hate you all at the same time.

Again, I really had such a good weekend. A lot of time with my Ethan. A lot of fun visiting. A LOT of good food. And I love Mississippi. What a great place to be from! I love the South!

Travel

This weekend Ethan and I are on the road for work. We were given the opportunity to go back to Mississippi for my job so that is always nice. We just finished a delicious belated birthday dinner made by my momma who is an amazing cook. And she bought me king cake. Delicious.

So, where are my pictures for 30 for 30? Good question. They are still on my camera. It's kind of a funny story actually. Let me explain:

Yesterday when Ethan and I got home around 3 (because I got off work early because we're working this weekend), our electricity was out. Weird. So I called the school to make sure they knew and someone had already reported it. We were told that it was being worked on. At 5, it still wasn't on so we ran out to get some dinner on our way to church. When we came back around 8:30, still no electricity. So we took my daily picture, which turned out weird, but I'll post it later anyway. We were sitting at the table talking about what was coming up this weekend with our trip and we noticed what was going on outside: someone was getting arrested. It was fascinating to watch and not something you see everyday at the seminary. Made for an interesting evening!

I'll post the pictures later from the 30 for 30 challenge. I'm kind of getting stuck with my options. I'm going to need to get creative or ask for help!

Happy day, everyone!