Wednesday, February 27, 2013

sunday night



ok, i know, i'm like totally behind on the whole post about the Oscar thing. So instead of jumping right into best dressed (Anne Hathaway, Halle Berry, Kerry Washington) I wanted to show one of my favorite interviews.

you just gotta love it.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

from the poetic one

it's our friday night again. and i am so excited to spend the next forty-eight hours attached at the hip, because, in case anyone asks, we are there. we are a unit, friends, and creatives searching for the life we have always imagined.

now, we are here. with freedom at our fingertips. let's lounge around in the sweatpants no one thinks we own and flop on couches watching all the tv we have somehow come so far behind on. let's order those swimsuits we planned on buying and close our eyes as we hit "check out" because this is the first time either one of us have owned a two piece and we are scared a bit. no matter what let's drink large cups of coffee and too many spoonfuls of jave ice cream. can we shop for grown up going out tops and find you the perfect lipstick?

i'm going to swim in the loveliness that is your cooking and hope that we get to giggle until the wee hours about nothing in particular. i'm going to buy your bud's drink and make you share a cookie. 

i'm so excited because one day we are going to be in different places and have to schedule skype dates weeks in advance because we are both busy people. one day we will find each other on opposite ends of the computer screen and drink the same red wine to pretend we are having a girls night together. 

but not today. 

today, we are here. we've got each other. and we are happy. 

here's to us. 

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all the pretty pieces

Working some extra shifts and being overly attached to my computer these days has led to a heavy load of tabs and therefore, I must share. Here in northern Michigan it's still snowing, to the point where even I am dreaming of warmer days, and you know, seeing the grass. So, here's a mash of all kinds of goodies from across the web. 


Birthday splurge...maybe

Summer is right around the corner!

Can I pull this off? with my pink maxi skirt? 

Check out this brand. The models are real couples!


Libby says I need a little black dress

For my brother's college graduation

Is this a thing? I want to try!  

Super sweet

For the kitchen

Who doesn't love the movies? It's is Oscar Sunday after all!

It's a lot of clothes, so I hope you are in need of some retail therapy!

Now go watch the Oscars...it's red carpet hour!

(image via pinterest! don't forget to follow me amongst the purdy things!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

my closet

how dreamy...
i was at lunch the other day with a dear friend of mine--fellow fashionista and former city chick--and the conversation took a turn toward shopping. of course we leaned closer and started dishing on the state of our closets. living in northern michigan is not necessarily living on the catwalk, but that is no excuse for a lacking wardrobe! as we dreamed of lush sweaters and soft silks i casually mentioned what my closet was without...
me: "you'll never believe what i don't have..."
friend: eyebrow raised "what do you mean?"
me: "as much as i say i'm a clothes horse, i like don't have a lot of basics."
friend: "like what?"
me: "black dress pants...or dress trousers in general, a white oxford, or any oxford, sneakers, black pumps..."
friend: "geez...please tell me you have a little black dress?!"
me: "well, not really..."

and so started my inbox flood of delightful links to pretty things, something i will always enjoy, and me taking a serious look at what in the world i own.

currently sitting at a desk wearing my favorite pair of black jeans and ten year old denim jacket, it's hard to imagine that i could possibly need more things in my closet. at this point my mother is rolling her eyes...but i think that what matters is that getting dressed in the morning should be fun and above all it should be simple. basics provide that cushion to always have something to wear and to be able to mix and match everything. i own orange chinos and i wear them all the time, but i can't really wear them with everything. and the fact that the pants i'm wearing are no longer made makes me want to cry!

while there is a lot up in the air right now with what the next six months will look like and what my wardrobe will consist of, i can tell you i do have my eye out for some real grown up clothes.

after all, as much as i want to ignore it 25 is right around the corner. and who can ring in that kind of year not in the perfect black dress?

what i'm looking at right now:
my guideline
casual tunic
the little blue dress
the perfect tote (better price)
sneakers
neutral everyday flat
T-shirts
boyfriend cardigan

thoughts?
what are some of your favorite basics? how important is black? where should my next pair of favorite pants come from?

(image via pinterest)

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

wednesday/monday

thoughts when your wednesday is really your monday and you've made it past a morning of meetings and are nearing the evening when things get a little crazy but night time is near. 

sometimes all that is left is to breathe through it. 

and hang on tight. 

(image via pinterest)

the dream team



it's a rare thing to bond with over twenty twenty-somethings, and here i am having done it twice. the group of people that i work with here in residence life are pretty amazing (and crazy and weird and wonderful), so today, when we had a moment we made a dream team (our ever so humble name for ourselves) wordle

have you ever wordled?

it's great. you make a list of words, or take a webpage, or anything and it will transform it into a cloud. most used word is the largest. 

for us, it's a image of who we are, for better or worse. it's a story of long nights, bright mornings, deep conversations and endless dance parties. it's fighting and making up and doing it all over again. it's being twenty in the land of teen and figuring it all out one mistake at a time. 

being twenty something is kinda great. 
being twenty something with twenty something friends. 
now that's epic. 

Sunday, February 17, 2013

words

"When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You're seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you're worth."
--Haruki Murakami

(via TKoW and sellyourcleverness)
(source: durianquotes)

friday night

In the land of residence life, any day can be someone’s Friday and today is mine. And somehow, it’s been a weird daze of a week. 

So, tomorrow, as I wake up to my Saturday and everyone else has the Monday blues, I hereby promise to savor the moments. I will putter around in my pajamas until I guilt myself into running along to really loud Taylor Swift (not ashamed) and try my hardest to keep up with the running goals I’ve set up. I promise to not eat too much chocolate like I did today, and if I do, I will laugh until I’ve burned all the extra calories. I will wear my hair in a mess and seriously consider whether or not to put on makeup. Most likely I will end up in jeans and a faded denim shirt and if you want to call it a Canadian uniform, have at it, I’m totally comfortable in my camp socks and big glasses. I will run errands and listen to the radio. I am gonna try my hardest to not open my computer unless absolutely necessary. I may nap on my couch nestled in blankets with my new favorite mix of music playing softly in the background. If I have some time, I’m gonna pick up that block of Russian literature I WILL conquer and follow the treacherous footsteps of Anna and Vronsky.

Somehow the days will fade and dinner with friends and long conversations that lead to embarrassing stories will be past and Wednesday morning will be here requiring meetings and business casual and a focused brain.

But that is not right now.

Right now is silly heads and lots of pondering and planning. It’s sitting back and letting life happen. It’s daydreams and cold nights. It’s hope of hot chocolate and girl’s night with plenty of boy talk.

Somewhere it’s Sunday night.
But for me, it’s Friday. And the whole weekend is ahead.

Who’s in? 




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pretty things

i'm thinking of making this the new door dec for my girls. thoughts?

so, as sunday is actually my weekend and i've got a ton of links up on this little browser of mine, i thought i'd share! yay! here are some of the things i'm gawking at this week. hope you enjoy. :)

new blogs...follow along with these ladies: here, here, here, and here 

what every girl should have. check

i would like to pull off this first dress one day (loving the blue!)


i want all of the floral things

for my birthday. one side my mom at 25. the other side my grandmother (my namesake). totes brill 

wishing for this


speaking of shopping, i'm having a spring season dilemma. i haven't lived in a perfect four season place, like ever (this is what happens when you basically grow up at the beach) so i'm confused about what one wears on the feet. i have boots, and then i have TOMS. do i need a shoe that you'd wear with a sock? is that superfluous? yes, these are the things i think about. 

if i do, i'm thinking these. thoughts?

OH! and before I forget...come follow along with me in the world of pinterest...it's all the pretty things ;)

happy sunday!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

kicks and giggles

i mean, i just couldn't help myself.

grand romantic gestures.

check plus.

magic





true confession, i have never had a valentine on valentine's. unless your mom counts. and i adore my mother, but, alas, it's just not the same. and here we are at another valentine's day, and i am still as single as the day is long. 

but, i must say that my perspective on the whole shindig is changing. first of all, to quote a friend of mine, valentine's day is not specifically about romantic love--it's a day about love in all it's forms. and, hey, who am i to be up against that? 

and, oh, what's not to love about love in the first place?! maybe it's super girly, maybe it's super twenty-something. but just look at these pictures! love, even if for a moment, can be simply magical. 

so, whether you are spending tonight amongst candles and roses and a significant other, or a little more like me, surrounded by work, friends, and the dream of a good night's rest, happy valentine's day. enjoy. 

and you should probably still call your mom. ;)

(images via cup of jo)

Friday, February 8, 2013

hummm...

so, as you can see, i've been tinkering with the design on this little blog here. to be honest, i haven't touched much since the inception of evergreen soul, and i wanted to see if a little change fit. i am not really sure what i think of the small adjustments, but it was worth a little change. what do you think? how are the changes of the new year treating you?

i'll be back with more thoughts and musings. right now i'm finishing battling the flu. yeah. un-fun.

Friday, February 1, 2013

words

If you’re dating a writer and they don’t write about you — whether it’s good or bad — then they don’t love you. They just don’t. Writers fall in love with the people we find inspiring.
Jamie Anne Royce 

via TKoW