Outfit Post

Okay so once again Jessica over at Lovely Little Things nailed it on the head.  I always love all of your outfit posts and I like to think that I am pretty fashion savvy as well! But I don't have a fancy camera, or a tripod, or a cooperating boyfriend who will take pictures of me early in the morning! (He is NOT a morning person when I'm up and he works till late at night so therefore morning is the only time the pictures could be taken!!) So I decided to be a little Myspace-ey and post little collages of my outfits like Jessica did until the day that I can convince my boyfriend to take pretty pictures of me at 7am! Great idea girl!

To all you girls who live in warm climates, I am so envious of you!! But I do love a good scarf, sweater, UGG boot combo! This outfit is from Tuesday of last week (2/7) but read my post from tomorrow to see WHY I am just now posting it!! So, while you girls are posting beautiful pictures of sandals and cute dresses, I'm thinking bring on the scarf because it's 15* here today!! BRR!!!

Scarf: Target

Jeans: Fossil (I adore Fossil Jeans)

Shoes: UGG boots

Sweater: Gap

Earrings: Elisabeth Ashlie

(if you haven't checked out Lauren over at From My Grey Desk and 

her sister Kate from The Small Things Blog's jewelry shop, 

Elisabeth Ashlie, you are seriously missing out!!)

Watch: my beautiful rose gold Fossil Watch

Hair: just a little high five moment for myself; I have

not been able to put my hair in a messy bun in THREE YEARS

people!! So here is documentation of it! YAY!

Hope you've all had a wonderful week, better than mine at least!!

xox,

Technologically...Challenged

Hello to all, and happy Tuesday.  I hope it is going better than mine! I seriously think Tuesdays are worse than Mondays sometimes but maybe that's just my opinion.

I am currently blogging from work, so don't tell :) please.  But I'm having one of those days and just felt the need to blog. Plus, from the v-log link up yesterday I gained TEN NEW FOLLOWERS!!!  This may not seem like a lot to you but that is almost triple the amount that I had before the v-log. So, if you are a new follower to my blog, THANK YOU!!  You guys seriously made my day!  I tried to follow all of you back but if I missed anyone just let me know!!

Anyway, there is a point to this post I promise (other than me complaining)

Okay so:
I used to think I was pretty technologically savvy and up on the times but once I got into this blog world I realized that unfortunately I am not.  That I have zero website building skills. All of you have these adorable blogs with all these cute creative side bars and mine is just plain, template boring.  So I'm asking for some help...

How on earth do you guys know all this stuff?!?

Feel free to leave me a comment...send me an email...or a smoke signal whatever works on any advice you all might have on sprucing up this blog a bit! Thanks so much!!

xox,

Smell the Roses

It's time to link up with Jessica over at Lovely Little things! One of my favorite girls, blogs, and link ups that happen every week!  This week the task included a list of 5 things we love about ourselves.  So here we go!!

One: 

I am me.

I am never afraid to be myself and I am pretty proud of that fact.
It took me a long time to get to this place and I love that about myself.

Two: 

I am strong.

I have some difficult things going on in my life and I always seem
 to find the strength somewhere, somehow.
(Jesus has a lot to do with this)

Three:

I am a do-er.

I put my mind to something and it gets done.  I am OCD to a certain extent
and I just love to make lists and cross things off.  It puts my mind at ease.

Four: 

I am funny.

I like to think that I have a good sense of humor.  I literally LIVE to make
my friends and family laugh.  It is the best feeling in the world.

Five: 

I am very optimistic.

No matter how hard my life gets I stay positive.  Kind of goes along with
my blog name.  No matter what there is always tomorrow.



Link up! You know you want too!
Hope you all had a fabulous Monday!

xox,

Vlog...holy cow

Okay so I'm back and I'm doing something I never thought I'd do....v-logging.  So I am linking up for the Girl Behind the Blog link up with Erin and Ashley and I am super excited.

So I was super nervous and I seem really awkward on this but oh well I did the best I can.  You have been warned!!  Okay so here we go...

xox,

A Week Without Words

I feel like Jessica over at Lovely Little Things in my week without words posts.  I post about food and my roommates dog mainly.  Oh well, I like my life :)

1. snugglin on a rainy day

2. fresh delicious salad after I 

finally went to the store!

3. my roommates amazing choc. chip cookies

gluten free of course!

4. gluten free pasta with homemade alfredo sauce, yum 

5. she just stares, all the time. weirdo :)

6. my new favorite scarf

7. my new favorite flats

8. found out starbursts were gluten free.

bad news bears.

9. sushi date with my man last night

10. SOAPing this morning 

(read more of what it is here)

xox,

H54F #2

Guess what?! It's finally FRIDAY! I don't know about anybody else but this was a long week for one reason or another and I am excited to do my second High Five for Friday! 

1. my roommate made me some of her famous 

chocolate chip cookies gluten free just for me!

she's the best!

 2. my roommates dog that I just love.

it's been a little chilly so she's been

extra snuggly lately

 3. my new infinity scarf from target. i'm obssesed 

with it! (I even have it on now)

 4. My Elisabeth Ashlie jewelry came in the mail!!

So excited!! I'm in love with them!!

 5. My new nude flats from Target.

Also obsessed with them as well!

Happy Friday! 

Link up with Lauren over at From my Grey Desk!

You know you want too!

xox

Thoughtful Thursday

Okay, so I realize I just posted about my Smell the Roses task but I wanted it to have its own post as well as my post for Thoughtful Thursday to not have to share the spotlight.  So here's another little tidbit about myself:

I have a disease called celiac.  If you're not quite sure what that is let me try to explain it in more understandable lingo.  Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease associated with a toxic reaction in the intestines to gluten.  Gluten is the common name for a protein found in specific grains, most specifically wheat.  Incase you were wondering, wheat is in everything.  From chips to crackers to bread to beer to even certain beauty products.  I'll spare you the details but it prevents my body from being able to absorb the necessary nutrients from my food.  I have to scrutinize every piece of food I put in my mouth.

When I was first diagnosed with this, I was relieved.  I had been feeling pretty terrible and it felt good to have a reason behind the misery.  But that feeling quickly left. Lately, I feel discouraged.  I used to love food, all kinds, and now I must watch everything I eat. Although, I am trying to just be thankful that the medicine for this disease is simple, a gluten free diet. Hopefully in time, my body will rebound from all the damage I was doing to it by blindly eating gluten not knowing it was the cause of my misery and I will feel back to normal.  Until then, its a day to day battle.

no more wheat products for me!

On a happier note, I am thrilled to announce that the jewelry I bought from Elisabeth Ashlie finally came in the mail.  Most of you who read this also read The Small Things Blog and From My Grey Desk and they have a jewelry business over on Etsy.  All of it is to die for.  I seriously have to try and not order every single piece of jewelry on there.  Heres a little peek at my new treasures:

I could hardly contain myself to take this 

picture before opening them to find....

these beautiful pieces of art well jewelry

but they're so gorgeous.

xox,

**UPDATE** I just ordered more jewelry from Elisabeth Ashlie.  I love their unique style of earrings and necklaces!!  I think I have a problem!!