♥ me some good jeans

I'm organizing and cleaning out my closet in preparation for my big move to Utah in a few weeks.

I was going through my clothes and trying to get rid of a lot of the ones I haven't worn in awhile.

I have a confession.

I have a pair of American Eagle jeans that I can't seem to throw away. They are old, stained, full of holes, but they have always been my favorite pair of jeans...ever purchased.

I know it seems so silly to hold onto something like that, but I have tried a handful of times to throw them in the trash and I just can't do it.

I remember the day I bought those jeans. It was my very first pair of AE jeans and I saved up for them (50 bucks for a pair of jeans was a lot to me). I remember how good I felt in them. I remember how bummed I was when I got paint on them right under my left knee. I was wearing them when I had my very first kiss @ 16.

Isn't it crazy how many memories can be tied into a single article of clothing??

Maybe its just me.

I should make something out of them. Maybe a beach bag or something..? I don't know, but there they sit and with me they will stay.

WARNING: Venting taking place

I'm not typically a fighter, but right now..I could be.

I'm so, SO, SO mad right now.

Remember the post where I talked about the new swimsuit I bought?? Well, I received it and wasn't too happy with the color on me, so I sent it back to exchange it for another color.

This was about a month ago and I still haven't gotten my exchange, so I called DownEast and they said that they never received the return.

"...what..?"

I called the Packing and Shipping place that I mailed it from. The lady that I talked to was like Indian I think and I promise I'm not racist, but imagine how frustrated I already was feeling and trying to talk to someone with an accent wasn't helping.

I couldn't find my receipt (again, it was like a month ago), but I knew exactly what day it was that I mailed it. She told me that the only time someone sent a package to that location was back in 2007. She then went on to tell me that they didn't even have my name or number in their system so I probably didn't mail it from their location.

"No, I KNOW I mailed it from your store. How many employees work there?"

"me and one other person"

"a young girl?"

"yes"

"short?"

"yes"

"long dark hair?"

"yes"

"IS SHE WEARING MY SWIMSUIT?!"

I didn't say the last one, but I should have.

I mailed TWO items off that day and only one made it to their destination. I was angry..I am angry and towards the last part of our conversation I sounded like it. I should have tried a little harder to stay cool because I work in the service industry and I hate when customers take out their frustration on me. She asked for my number and said she would call if my swimsuit ever showed up. So thats it folks, my swimsuit is gone...lost. Probably on some daughter or wife of a FedEx delivery man.

I hope they look good in a black and yellow floral print halter.

HeLLo YeLLoW...

I don't do favorites.

It's really hard for me. I have never been the kind of girl that can choose a favorite anything. In fact, I hate when people ask me that question, "whats your favorite_______ (movie, book, band, color, meal, etc.)?" I always give them at least 5 answers.

However, sometimes I can go through a little phase where I can obsess over something. For instance, when I first heard the song Sort of by Ingrid Michaelson--she is the only artist I listened to for days.

Right now, I am obsessed with a color. It's a color that I NEVER have considered to be one of my favorites, but right now..it is.

Yellow

Anything yellow I completely am drawn to. Sunglasses, clothes, dishes, pillows, jewelry. Maybe because its summer and yellow is a summery kind of color. I love summer. I love yellow.

(Just realized its been nearly a month since I have blogged--whoopsie. Maryland trip still to come.)

whistle while you work(out)

This morning I went to the gym...

and before you high-five me and say something like "good for you!!" (because thats what we women do, we congratulate each other on working out) I should probably say that I haven't been to the gym in a really long time AND I ate 3 cookies today. So..thats that.

I have a love/hate relationship with the gym..mostly hate, but I DO always feel better after I have gone and I'm not constantly thinking about it the rest of the day.

I wish I was one of those people that actually enjoyed it.

I enjoy exercising when its hidden and I don't realize I'm doing it. Like dancing.

Dancing is SUCH a workout and I love dancing. I should dance.

ANYWAY, after my hour was up I started for the EXIT. Walking infront of me was an old man who just finished his workout as well. As soon as he opened the door and stepped out of the gym he started whistling.

I smiled...I felt like whistling too.

I got 10 bucks that says he wasn't whistling on the way into the gym.

Call me crazy...

but I L.O.V.E. the new shoes I bought today, like a lot, like I am wearing them as I write this post.

However, it's the kind of purchase you have to justify before you even pull it out of the bag. Not because you have spent a lot of money, but because the purchase is..lets just say...different.?

I am a thrift store shopper so there has been several "just listen to what I want to do with it" kind of purchases.

With that being said..just hear me out.

I have wanted gold shoes for awhile now. yes, gold. My brother got my sister-in-law a pair of gold glittered TOMS and I want them so bad, but they are like 50 bucks and I can't justify THAT right now.

They are cute though and I will own a pair of TOMS one day, but today is not that day. Today I found gold shoes, the ones I have been looking for. Most of you will not have any clue what I was thinking. Some of you will say what my mom said when I showed her my new shoes "hmmmmmm....ok."

Picture this... Grandma Shoes+Michael Jackson Shoes= MY NEW SHOES!!! :)

No? Don't see it? Don't care. The best part??

I bought them for 5 BUCKS!!

I know some of you may be thinking it was 5 dollars too much and that they should have paid me 5 to take them off their hands, but I love them.

I may stand alone on this purchase and that is ok because at least I stand alone in some ghetto fab, moon-walking, why-walk-when-you-can-dance kind of shoes.

Keeping Perspective

If you are apart of the blogging world you probably know who Stephanie Nielson is.
I read her blog every now and then and I love it. She is a quick reminder of how life can change in an instant. I watched this video and cried. Sometimes in a world filled with chaos its easy to forget your purpose. Sometimes we need to stop, take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

If I become even half as beautiful of a person as her then I will be happy.

New Swimsuit

So fortunately its getting hot and laying out while floating in the pool will be on my TO-DO list soon enough.

Unfortunately, good weather=swim suit season. Ugh...

BUT...I am in DESPERATE need of a new swim suit, so I bought this.

Too bad the bod doesn't come with the suit...