Pucker Up

I've become mildly obcessed with lip products as of late. I've never been one for sticky lip gloss so when people started raving about Baby Lips I had to see what all the fuss was about. I absolutely love them! They are perfect for everyday wear and they low maintenance color. Then I had to get the Sephora birthday gift which was the brown sugar lip treatment and I love those and that they are tiny enough to put in your pocket or wallet! Then I ended up in the Bath and Body Works sale after Christmas with a gift card and I went a little over board. But I really love the mint and lemon flavors and the quality is the best I've had! 

(ALL of these may or may not live in my purse)

Thrifting Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak look at some lovely prints I found thrifting yesterday. Can't wait to put my spin on them and share the results! 

Happy New Year!

I should be fired as a style blogger. I failed to take a picture of my New Years Eve ensemble last night. But I did take this lovely picture for your viewing. 

The reason for my lack of pictures has to do mostly with the fact that I was in a horrible mood due to an unnamed hair dresser that thinks 3 inches means 6 inches. So my hair and my confidence about my hair was in shambles last night. 

It seems like no matter how late I stayed up on NYE, someone always has to drag me out of bed for a family outing or breakfast. So this morning I found myself in an exhausted state, so here is the conversation I had with myself. 

"Hmm...yoga pants"

"Yoga pants? That's how you are going to start off the new year, yoga pants out of your dirty clothes hamper?"

I'm sure many of you found yourself in the same predicament. So here is my non-yoga pant outfit I came up with for the day. 

Sweater: $3 thrifted

Scarf: $5 Forever 21 (3 more months to shamelessly rock Forever 21)

Pants: $17 Forever 21

Boots: $20 at Shu Dealz

I know what you are thinking, Shu Dealz? Really Carlie? Let me explain, from time to time I need a pick me up in the form of great/cheap shoes. And this store, while hit and miss, always seems to follow through. Normal shoes start as low as 6.99 and then the most expensive shoes/boots are 19.99. You can't beat that. Obviously we aren't looking for quality at a place like this. Just something fun and unique!

Happy New Year y'all! 

What I wore: Disney World

I hate packing. I loathe packing. I despise packing. Perhaps it's left over anxiety from going back and forth from Texas to Hawaii during college and having cram everything I own into two suitcases. The impending doom of packing for trip can be so stressful for many reasons. Here are my reasons. 

You don't live there so you don't know what kind of weather to expect. 

Taking your entire closet seems rather frowned upon by fellow trip goers. 

Packing "light layers" means packing everything you own. 

You are already spending a fortune on this trip and you feel like you have nothing to wear. 

Finding shoes that are comfortable and stylish for all day outings in your feet is an impossible task. 

Given my feelings above, I'd say I did pretty well for this trip.  

Matching shoes with Peter Pan! 

I did the majority of my trip shopping at Forever 21. They had the perfect balance of Disney wear and this is practical I actually really need this. I only have three more months to ride that, "but I really am 21 train" and then its all down hill from there. 

peace. love. and anti-bullying.

Happy late Halloween

As we all know the life of a first year school teacher is a very busy non-glamorous one. So close your eyes and get back into Halloween mode. (Opening your eyes to check out the rest of this post will be necessary. 

First I want to talk abou how much I love Halloween. I mean it's just fun and that's all there is to it. So for school I was supposed to dress at someone from a children's book, I was torn between, Pippi Longstocking, Cruella De Vill, and Madeline. It just happened that the week of Halloween we were talking about voting, so I let my student vote for what they wanted me to be, and Cruella won by a long shot! 

As always I wish I would have taken more pictures of the details of this look, but again with the busy excuse. I wore a black maxi dress underneath with some black high heel boots. My kids loved it! 

I already had everything besides the scarf which my mom quickly sewed together. And of course I had to buy the temporary hair dye. I'd imagine that the whole look cost me about $10. So I'll call that a success. 

On another note:

Several years ago when I had just began to shop at thrift stores, I stumbled upon this beautiful vintage lace wedding dress. I knew it was not practical to buy but I could not pass it up. So ever since then it has just been sitting in my closet. In the back of my head I would love for somebody to get married in it. I mentioned this dress to Jenni from Big Shots. http://bigshotsphotography.zenfolio.com/

When she saw the dress she knew she had to do a photo shoot with it. So here is what she came up with. Remember, you are still thinking Halloweeny thoughts. 

Disney in a week!

I am road tripping to Disney World in one week and I could not be happier! Let's talk about all the reasons that this trip is amazing. In no particular order:

1.disney is fantastic

2.road tripping

3.I need a break from life

4.I get to spend time with some awesome people

5.its an excuse to buy new clothes

Forever 21 was on point today with their Disney themed attire options. 

Be looking forward to outfit of the day posts while I'm on my trip!