Knick-knacks, pets, and knick-knacks I consider pets

This post is dedicated to all of my pack-rattish tendencies, all my little trinkets and thingies, and to my collections of crap over all the years. I don't know why I keep things. It's not like I have some reason for it- like when I was young I didn't have anything, so now I must keep everything. Naw. I just like little things and I like displaying my little things. Here are a few little things.

It's Billie the Fish guys! He's such a busy body, he wouldn't stay still for the gosh darn picture. He's getting pretty fat. I dunno, he's a fish so he always looks bored- I try to please him with food. I'm probably killing him. Ugh.

My bamboo that I have not named yet. I'm thinking Bingo. What do you guys think?

My little Buddha figurine from my dad, my turquoise, (birthstone) acorns and rocks I have collected, and my kitty cat toy

My various stuffed animals. Believe me, I have more.

My Darth Vader action figure. It took so long to pose him like this, you don't even know. He looked cool in the end.

Vader is a cooler name anyway (who gets that reference) readers.

February 1

My hands are propped up on my knees by the way. I showed the picture to Amazon and she couldn't realize what my arms were on besides being awkwardly suspended in air. No. Looking wistful and sad today. It's February. I hate Februarys'. A lot. There are no worthy holidays, it's wet and snowy, everything is icy and gray. Ew. Today was pretty nice though. Sunny and somewhat warm- covered in ice and treacherous, but sun shiney. I walk a lady in our church's dog, and let me tell you: It is. Exciting. To be a dog. in  Spring. While on a walk. That dawg. Was so excited- she was skittering around on the ice, sniffing everything, she was so happy. She's fun to walk with. I was being affected by the weather too, it was so SPRINGY I just wanted to skip. Not skip like ditch school, but skip like joyful form of walking. Skipping in SPRING.
Have fun skipping, readers.

January 30

Thought I would do a theme today- childhood tv shows and stuff. Powerpuff girls, Hello Kitty, School House Rock, and My Little Pony. Also tried to do that perfect blogger half eye face. I think I will go back to smiling, thank you.
Have a magical weekend, readers.

Adult, It's warm inside Playlist

That's a weird title I know. It's my attempt at being funny. I hope you will get the joke.
Eventually

the view from the window by my computer

1.Small Town Moon- Regina Spektor
2.The Heroine- Unwoman
3. Closer- The Tiny
4. Seven Devils- Florence+the Machine
5.Swinging Party- Lorde
6. Forever Young- Alphaville
7.Meet you at the Gate- Jayne Trimble
8.Fireflies- Random Forest
9.Seventeen- Sjowgren

Style Crush: Zoe Schlacter

Zoe Schlacter, of Girl With the Flower blog, is a goddess. Honestly, how else can she justify wearing lipsticks every color of the rainbow, owning countless numbers of flower headbands (I want them all so bad- DIY come to my rescue) and her seriously BRILLIANT sense of color? She justifies it by being a goddess. And she uses her powers well. Always staring the camera straight on with that perfect serious face that looks ticked, but also looks mysterious (I wish I could pull it off-prepare for outfit photos of me looking bugged) Her personality comes through beautifully in her blog and I am amazed that a person can be so talented. Seriously. Talented people are simultaneously great because they are inspiring and everything but also can make me feel like a little rock all dressed up in mismatched clothes compared to their loveliness. Sigh. Still, here are some pictures for you all to drool over. I know I have.
Hope you don't have a RoCKy week, readers.
(do you get my joke....do you get...it)

Simple Pictures are Cool

Does anyone remember that one picture book by Tomie Depaola? Simple Pictures are Best? I remember that book for many reasons. 1. Because it was a childhood book. I always had good books to read when I was little and still do for the most part. 2. When I was going through my mismatched phase in seventh grade (my parents weren't a fan but I thought I looked great)

Anyway, this post isn't about that. This post is about actually simple pictures. I don't know how long ago this collection was ( I honestly cannot keep track of time or designers these days, sheesh) but the first time I ever saw a Jill Sanders ad it was a simple picture. It was so... clean and minimalist yet colorful and eye catching. There wasn't much clogging the picture or the runway so the clothes were a spotlight. Here are some of my favorite aspects of their 2015 thing.

First of all can I say POCKETS? I am so in love with all things that have pockets, not just because I like to look hip and cool (when have I ever been that, though?) but because I'm kind of a pack rat. I like to hide things away, and if I haven't ranted about this yet I will now: girl pockets- why are they so small?? I've seen the pockets of guys at my school- they're huge! I had a friend in band who fit two burritos per pocket when he got hungry during practice. Two burritos! I can barely fit my phone in my pocket!These pockets not only look delightfully deep enough to carry Taco Bell (never mind on that actually, their meat looks like it came out of a caulking gun) but it does really add that extra layer of cool. This whole collection was pretty chill looking with it's simple colors and minimalist silhouette.
   
I like the solid colors. I like the colors in general. Colors are nice. The palette (let me get all nerdy art student on you now) of cool colors like cobalt, emerald, pale green, white, and even black are all so SPRINGY. I really want spring right now. These colors cheer me up and inspire me for future SPRINGY outfits.

Again with the shoes. Eventually you guys will get tired of me talking about shoes. I know I won't though. I really like the solid colored shoes with the matching socks that actually look like tall 60s style futuristic boots. Very Jetsons. Very retro. Very should be in my closet.
How can something so seemingly normal-ish be so cool and new? So few people decide to take what seems like 'the easy' route, because that path has been taken before. Then they end up with too much and it's too crazy. I love crazy, but I also love simple pictures. The silhouettes, the clean lines, the SPRINGY colors- it's all very refreshing.
Have a hopefully SPRINGY week, readers.

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