A Breath of Fresh Air

By the title you may be very confused. This is me saying that I need to get my priorities straight. Lately I have been online too much.  I have been watching youtube videos, shopping, reading blog posts, tweeting, going on Instagram, you name it. I have lost track of the things I truly love, becoming engulfed in a world of competition and openness. Everyone nowadays has such an urge to share every personal detail of their life. I too am a part of this, just look at my twitter. I want to get back to the things I miss. Writing, reading, and getting lost in my own thoughts. Things that made me more well "me".

Don't worry this isn't goodbye. I will still be blogging, just not right now. By right now I mean for the next week. I have final exams this week, and am feeling very stressed. I was taking a study break and came across a movie on Netflix. I watched the whole thing, I have terrible self control. It was about a family and the father was as best selling novelist. The daughter came home from college to tell the family that her first work was to be published. Now I won't spoil it for you, but if you want to watch it it's called "Stuck in Love". It really is a great movie, I would highly recommend it! Needless to say the movie spoke to me in a way. It had to do with writing and how literature can take you to another world, open your eyes. Once again, this is not goodbye. This is just me saying that I will be gone while my final exams approach. Please stay with me, I quite like you.

Thanks For Reading, 

Rachel 

Hopes and Dreams

Last time I told you that I had hopes of taking the plunge and moving to London. Today I am sharing my hopes and dreams. You can bet that each and every one of these makes me grin from ear to ear. Hope I don't bore you as I share them.

1) expand my business:

I would like to open an online store, and expand on my products. 

Look for koozies, and croakies, and bow ties to name a few.

A new design should be out soon, and by soon I mean hopefully

by the end of the month. 

2) pursue new experiences:

I have already started a blog, and am planning so many upcoming

 holiday's. I am also planning on joining the golf team at my 

school(Lucy convinced me)and I would like to have 

a more eventful summer, and maybe meet some of my favorite

bloggers! 

3) start seriously looking at colleges:

I have been looking at colleges for the past few years. 

I have narrowed the list down to about 20 schools. That is way

too many, but I have only been on a few college tours, and have 

already taken a few off of the list. I'm hoping that I find 

the perfect school, and I pinky promise that I will 

take you along! 

4) Get a job, if not a the lovely and perfect Fox News, then I would 

like to move out of the country. That may seem very very irrational, 

but moving to London has been a dream of mine for as long as

I can remember. I won't talk about it too much, I have already

touched on the subject in my last post called Taking A Dip! 

I can say that the phrase "London Calling" describes 

my situation perfectly. 

5) Fall in love. Every single human being on the entire planet 

wants to be loved. It is a basic fact and a basic human need. I 

being the most hopeless of all hopeless romantics want it all.

I mean all of it. I want a love stronger than anyone else, 

and yes I know that the movies aren't real. Sorry, but

I want someone to love me, and I want to have a lovely 

wedding in a chateau with peonies, and I want to have 

a cute little live, with love. That's all, oh and 

my husband will obviously wear bow ties. 

Those are all of my hopes and dreams. I could go on all day 

talking about them, but I'm going to keep it brief for your sake. 

Thanks For Reading,

Rachel 

Taking A Dip

I am absolutely smitten with traveling, and hope to be able to have the ability to leave at the drop of a hat sometime soon. Let me rephrase that to a more blunt version, I want(which means that I am going) to move to London. I am obsessed with it to say the least. I don't know why but I have always, and I really do mean always wanted to live there.

As I grew up aka had a whopping one more birthday I started to research the idea more and more. My plan as of now is to attend university there and see where that takes me. Maybe in one year this will all change and I will be going as far as U of M aka in my home state. I really don't know, but I am excited to see what time will bring me!

Thanks For Reading, 

Rachel 

I think this really applies to my situation, because 

if I want to live my dreams I have to take the plunge. 

Gimmie Gimmie GImmie

I have been online shopping too much recently, and I have found a few things that I am absolutely smitten with. It's easy to say that I need all of these things in my life ASAP, and plan on making them mine.

Journal//Notebook//Flats//Striped Shirt//Leather Tuxedo Leggings//Watch

Work Lazy

Lately I have been lazy. Being honest, it's winter. I live in Michigan. It's cold. When it's cold I become lazy aka staying in my bed watching gossip girl on Netflix all day, no judgement you do it too. I would say that I have mastered the stay in bed all day but still be productive way of life. Sadly, I can't do this all the time. I swear I'm not lazy naturally, but if it was  -2 outside you would be too. Take a peek at my lazy day necessities, but don't get too hung up, remember we still have to work!

A bed like this is the perfect one to get cozy in! In my opinion a bedroom should be a sanctuary, and having crazy things going on makes for a not so calm sanctuary, no thank you! A bedroom was made to be a bedroom, you go there and rest, not work.

Despite wanting to be lazy, you have to get up and get out of the house. I do enjoy this, but when it's a little warmer than it is currently. When the winter blues hit you hardest, make it a priority to get out of the house. Make a lunch date, go to Starbucks, move to Florida...I wish! Just make yourself actually LEAVE the house.

This closet should be the motivation you need to get rid of your winter blues. I literally do not know a girl who would not want this closet. It's all shoes. If you look at the shoes, a good majority of them are Louboutins need I say more. Looking past the designer of the shoe, this is just the shoe closet. That makes me think about what the real closet looks like. 

Finding a place to work is key. You need to sit at a table or desk when you work. It's even better when the desk you work at is cute! Add a personal touch to your workspace, but make sure it's not too much to the point where you are being distracted, remember this is work!

So the point of this lengthy post is to say that if you work hard maybe one day you could live in a bungalow in paradise, or a chateau in France, or a country estate in England, or an apartment in New York City, whatever floats your boat. Work hard and you can have anything you want. Just set your mind to it and you can achieve greatness, sorry to go all cliche on you.

Thanks For Reading, 

Rachel 

quote of the day! 

Stick To The Schedule

Hello everyone! I have recently decided that I am in need of a schedule. I need set times when certain posts are going to go up! I would say I'm a pretty organized person, and my Lilly Pulitzer agenda is right next to me! I think that posting on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday/Sunday will be favorable! I think that giving myself a 2 day grace time will be quite helpful for adding finishing touches! I will be starting this lovely plan tomorrow, because tomorrow is Thursday and on Thursday's we blog about whatever our heart desires! Then on Saturday's we discuss how the week went, but this isn't a boring time! I'm talking about what I wore, what I read, what I ate maybe, and what I did, finishing off the week with a quote! Today's post may be a little random, buttttttt it's Wednesday and Wednesdays are free days. Now Tuesday's, you will have to wait and see what Tuesday's mean.

Thanks for reading, 

Rachel 

Cold Weather Wear

As you may or may not know, I live in Michigan aka the arctic circle. It has recently been freezing, like -4 freezing. Here are a few of my favorite pieces that I have been wearing lately, maybe a little too much if you ask me, but that's ok. Sorry today's post was so short, I have been so busy recently! I promise that there will be some longer posts coming soon!

J. Crew Popover//Long Champ//Frye Boots//Marc Jacobs Watch

xoxo, 

Rachel 

New Year. New Me.

In 2013, I didn't take enough risks. I was too worried about what other people thought about me. Don't get me wrong, 2013 was great, but it wasn't what I wanted it to be. I had expected a great year, and once again my too high expectations let me down. I loved every minute I was happy, and hated every minute I wasn't. I became obsessed with writing, arguing about politics, Walk the Moon, and J.Crew. I figured out who my real friends are, and started a business. I overcame heartbreak, and loss. I danced on tables with staff, and sat in my room writing.

In 1014, I will change, I won't stay home, I will become more involved, do something, make new friends, travel the world, decide where I want to further my education, have a great year, and won't forget the man above who makes it all happen. 2013 was a year of learning. I found who I am, and what that means. In 2014 I want to show the world what that means.

Thanks for reading, 

Rachel