music time!

one of my favorite things about my job(s) are the people i get to work with. they are marvelous. smart, funny, driven, and always keeping me on my toes. as a music generation, they always seem to be ahead of me in this department. so today, it was of no surprise that i find a new anthem.

i really like this song, not just for the adorable men and honest lyrics, but for the blending of artists and genres. a total joy to the ears. and something to bob up and down to.

thoughts? what other music have i been missing out on?

oh, hello weekend

i've been really lucky this week and gotten some much needed time off. (my own spring break if you will.) so in my head, it seems as though the weekend just snuck up on me! 

so here is what i've been up to, what i've been reading, watching, obsessing over...

the above (minus male counterpart) is what i've been doing lately. such an adorable print, how great would it look over a bed?

i want a boyfriend like this. like for real. 

finally talked my mom into being my date to the theatre...again. i've officially seen 7 of the 10 best picture nominations!! (such a wonderful film!)

new website! certainly adding this to the list of sites to check regularly. 

just finished this (so now i can see the movie) so i started a new one (just before it becomes a movie)

fashion week with my favorite designs and magazine.

sneak peak! oh la love!

wild(e) love

Men always want to be a woman’s first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man’s last romance. --Oscar Wilde

true story right? my mom is reading a super cute book about husbands and wives and this quote was above one of the chapters. something about it is sticking with me. something about expectations and desire. something about emotion and love as the biggest and baddest four letter word. 

something to think about. to sigh heavily over. perhaps to agree wholeheartedly and smile over. 

and when all else fails totally adore this picture. 

everyone needs a little...

i was on the phone with five today trying to give advice about surviving college, giving him the duad mantra of just breathe, when he said, ever so wisely "and same to you my dear. don't get too ahead of yourself." (he really does talk like that sometimes)

it struck me that as i was totally in the zone amidst my big sister advice lecture, my brother was totally right. 

so i'm stepping back. taking a little time. to hope. to breathe. to be. 

chercher

once upon a time there was a girl. she was strong and ambitious. she was shy and sometimes very funny. she had few friends and the ones she did have were lovely and she cherished them like gems. she had fight and spunk and seemed to know exactly what she wanted. 

lately all i seem to dream about is that girl. an ideal version of a character i know, but that doesn't change the fact that with the heavy dose of reality the past year has given me, i've begun to feel lost, rambling in the world of virginian suburbia. i'm pushing away people i love and huddling in the corner, hiding. 

i obviously have a lot more to learn. there is a reason for it all, all the confusion, the wondering, the lost-ness...

so right now i'm going to breathe. to hold on tight to those who won't leave me. to continue. 

i'm searching. looking. hoping. praying. 

anyone else out there feeling it?

source

do you like my party hat?

i've never been one of those women who ever wanted to be anyone's princess. but that certainly doesn't mean i don't appreciate one when i see it. 

plus, couldn't everyone use a little magic? and a crown never hurt...

what's your magic?

one foot in spring

journey is the destination

aren't these just adorable? with the weather freakishly warm for february i've been spending all my free time fretting over what to wear, which of course leads me to window and online shopping. so it was really only a matter of time before i came across the new styles for spring over at TOMS shoes.

 i'm totally digging on the elephants. i mean where would i add safari animals in my outfit if not on my feet? (plus, they're vegan shoes which adds to my attempt at being cool and socially conscious. kudos)

and i like to think that my spring motto should be as the first shoe states....journey is the destination. 

pearls o' wisdom, eh?