My second week of WIWW (What I Wore Wednesday)! I tried to remember to take pictures again, but a few of the days were only travel/cleaning, so I didn't get pictures of those. Remember to go over to The Pleated Poppy and link up!
Thursday: Hanging out at on the beach.
camo hat: college bookstore
t-shirt: dorm t-shirt from 07-08
blue jacket: no idea
hot pink sweats: WalMart
New Balance sneakers
Thursday Evening: dinner at a local seafood restaurant
green and white striped shirt: a gift from Kohl's
light grey sweater: WalMart
new Diva skinny jeans: Old Navy
black flip flops: Old Navy
I was frustrated when I realized I left all of my cuter shoes at home. I had the perfect shoes to go with this outfit, too.
Friday: Biking around the island
T-shirt: old shirt I got at Bethany Beach, DE, at least eight years ago
blue jacket: same one that I've had for years
black shorts: belong to my sister
Not pictured: New Balance Sneakers
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday: I wore sweats all four days. I know, that's not the point of WIWW. But I was on vacation! ;]
Wednesday: Lunch at Chick-fil-A and shopping with my sister
Dark purple sweater: Christmas present from Old Navy
Necklace: borrowed from my sister
Jeans: Old Navy
Black flats: The Shoe Depot
And up top you'll notice a new haircut. I wasn't so sure about it yesterday, but I think it's growing on me. :] I could tell it was time for a new haircut because (as you can see from my first few photos) I was wearing my hair up too much. That's always a good sign for me.
Make sure to go link up your WIWW over at The Pleated Poppy. Happy Wednesday! :]
My room is in the basement of my house. Basements are cold. Therefore, my room is cold. Very cold. During the winter months I somehow manage to spend a minimal amount of time down here because every time I'm in my room I feel the beginnings of frostbite on my toes (ok, maybe not that extreme, but close). Which brings me to one of my favorite things: my space heater.
Aren't you loving the unmade bed and piles of clothes? ;]
Oh, my glorious space heater. It works so hard to keep me happy and un-frozen. So, on this first Monday of 2011, I have to say thank you to this hunk of metal for keeping me warm.
P.S.- This is the first installment of a new idea I'm trying that involves reader participation! I'm super excited about it, so stay tuned. I got my idea from The Pleated Poppy's weekly WIWW linky party...any guesses about what it is?
Yeah, I'm still thinking about 2010. I mean, I'm totally happy to be in 2011, but I love thinking about what happened in the past. If I could sing, I would be breaking into "Memories" from the Cats soundtrack right now. Alas, since I cannot sing, we'll move on to a very fun top ten list: media!
I was thinking about songs, movies, etc., that I discovered in 2010, but I couldn't come up with ten things for each category. Since I'm a genius, I decided to lump them all together and make this list. Enjoy hearing about some of my favorite albums, movies, and TV shows of 2010, and then please comment with a link to your own list. I love reading about other people's favorites; it's how I discover new things!
One of my friends on tumblr posted this song early in 2010 and it was love at first sight (listen?) for me. I found all of their songs that were on YouTube and listened to them over and over and over again. Buying their CD was one of the best music decisions I've made this year. Fun. is definitely one of my favorite bands.
My good friends Seth and Julie made me a mix CD for my 22nd birthday and included this song by Ben Kweller. Eventually I procured the whole album and then proceeded to make it one of my road trip CD's. Wonderful stuff!
I hate jumping on the bandwagon, but that's kind of what I did with Mumford and Sons. They were popping up everywhere (tumblr, facebook, conversations with friends) and I couldn't ignore them anymore. One thing that really made me fall in love with them is their music video for The Cave. So strange but so intriguing.
If you didn't discover this from my other favorite albums, I really only listen to male singers. Therefore, when I realized that I really liked Florence and the Machine, it was like an epiphany. I listened to this album so many times on Grooveshark before I made the commitment and found it at Target (the holiest of all stores). Florence Welch is just the right mix of incredibly talented and incredibly strange. :]
Movies:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1
Seth, Julie, and I went to see HP7 in imax and it was completely worth the $20 ticket. I've grown up reading Harry Potter, so the quality of the movies has been very important to me. The first installment of the last movie was amazing. No joke. If you haven't seen it, you're missing out.
Alice in Wonderland
Seth and I had to drag Julie to this movie (obviously I only see movies with these two, haha). Many, many thanks to Julie for suffering through the movie for us. I loved the trippy aspect of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, as well as Depp's portrayal of a truly Mad Hatter.
Television:
Raising Hope (Tuesday at 9PM on Fox)
A wonderfully hilarious show all about a new dad raising his daughter with the help of his parents and senile grandmother. This show is a family favorite at our house. We can't help but laugh the whole time it's on.
Doctor Who, series 5
This was the year I fell in love with Doctor Who. I found a website where I can watch the episodes the day after they air in the UK, so I'm officially back in Doctor Who mode (especially after watching the Christmas special last night). If you like sci-fi/fantasy shows with a little bit of cheesy-ness, then Doctor Who is for you. If you ask nicely I'll even share the link to the website where I watch all the episodes. :]
Community (Thursdays on NBC)
I finally got into Community this past fall and I can't believe that I waited so long to being watching it. I have to say, my favorite character is Abed. The stop motion episode that was (supposedly) all in his head, is also one of my two favorite episodes.
Stop motion Abed breaking into song.
The other episode of note? The one where they have a giant, fight-to-the-death, paintball war.
I can't end the top ten of '10 multimedia list without one of the top YouTube videos of the year. Without further ado, "The CRCT Rap" starring Abby and Sarah. Enjoy.
It's official! We're all living in the year 2011! So crazy...I can't believe that 2010 is over. It was a great year. In honor of the end of twenty-ten, I decided to make some "Top Ten" lists. Without further ado, check out the...
Top Ten Photos of '10!
Our Saturday tradition: burgers and college football.
My roommate and I recording "The CRCT Rap."
Our last picture together before two of us graduated.
We did it!!!
The happy graduate. :]
Enjoying a night on the town in Chattanooga.
Let's go Braves!
Skyping with Sarah and her sugar glider all the way from Thailand!
I've been following "The Pleated Poppy" for several months now, but somehow I put off WIWW (What I Wore Wednesday) until now. We're on vacation this week, so I'm definitely in my "casual" clothes. Not the best week to start taking pictures of my outfits. I figure everybody's got to start somewhere. :] Maybe things will improve once I go back to work next week.
Friday/Christmas Eve
Shirt- Target (one of my favorites)
Jeans- Target
Shoes (not pictured)- Shoe Depot
Saturday/Christmas Day:
Purple Sweater- Old Navy
Jeans- Target (yep, I'm a jeans repeater)
Jacket- Kohl's (several years ago)
Shoes- Target
Fingerless Gloves- Christmas gift from "Santa" (i.e. my Mom bought them from Claire's)
Sunday:
Travel day, so I don't have any pictures of that.
Monday:
Sat in the condo all day in sweats and a t-shirt. Believe me, you don't want to see pictures of that either.
Tuesday: Walking on the Beach
Hat- college bookstore
Sunglasses- JCPenny's
T-shirt- self-made tye dye :]
Sweatshirt- Target
Jacket- No idea...I've owned that jacket for at least 6 years
Sweats- WalMart
Sneakers- New Balance
Wednesday: Shopping with the fam
Sunglasses- same ones from Penny's
T-shirt- Clemson t-shirt a friend gave me...go Tigers!
Jacket- same one from yesterday
Jeans- brand new jeans from Old Navy!
Shoes- Target
Obviously I'm missing a few days, but hopefully next week I'll have more. So excited to be linking up with everyone over at The Pleated Poppy! Read this week's WIWW here.
Hello from sunny Florida! My dad, sisters, and I went on a walk this afternoon and it was freezing. Seriously. Still, it was a beautiful day to be on the beach.
You'll probably see more posts from me this week because I am on vacation with my family. Typically we'd be hanging out on the beach all day, but it is strangely cold down here. My dad and I went on a walk and I found myself wishing I wore my super cool winter hat.
See, super cool winter hat...and my cat.
I know what you're thinking: "Abby, you're on vacation with your family! Why are you on the computer?" That would be because it is too cold on the beach. And there's only so much reading/watching tv/playing games we can do. It's so hard to keep up with blogging after work every day, so I figured I would try to catch up a bit while I have the free time. In fact, I was very inspired by a guest blogger on my of my favorite blogs: Gussy Sews. Jess of Allora Handmade talked about fostering community through blogging. Check it out here.
The idea of fostering community through blogging isn't a new thought to me. I've been thinking on it a lot and struggling with the "how." How do I foster community through my blog? One conclusion I've come to: it isn't easy! You have to make an effort to interact with other bloggers or else you won't get any traffic on your own page. It's been kind of weird to me to put myself out there and talk to people I've never met before, but that's what you have to do to achieve community online!
So tell me, what do you think about finding community through blogging? Any tips you want to share?
-Abby :]
And just for fun, here are the books I'm reading this week:
