Monthly Archives: September 2014

(Shirt: Old Navy  Belt, Skirt & Boots: Thrifted)

I have a new 8th grade student that I met last week and she is a sweet girl. She did however have the brightest blue eyeshadow on and poorly placed lipstick. I want so badly to help her out and then I thought about how awkward I was in middle/high school and how that time in life is such a learning period. The awkwardness and makeup experimentation is such a key part of growing up and I’m so glad that I was so awkward because I’m sure it kept me out of a lot of trouble.

 (Necklace: Instagram Shop  Dress: Plato’s Closet  Shirt: Thrifted (Target)  Boots: JustFab)

I have lived in the same town my whole life (in fact, my parents still live in the same house I grew up in). I moved away for a brief period to go to college and travel the world some, but in the back of my mind, I always knew I would move back here, raise a family and grow old in this city. It’s a relatively small town and everywhere I go, I run into someone I know. And I love it.

But this town is rapidly growing and my heart dies a little every time a stop light goes in because that is just a visual confirmation that we aren’t as small as we used to be and that makes me so sad. Why do things have to change?!