It's almost my favorite month!!!!

Oh delicious and glorious SUMMER!!!!! There are about a million things that I love about summer... the smells, the flowers, the birds chirping in the morning when I wake up perfectly chilled from having the window open, the makeup styles, the hair, the clothes, the shoes, the food, the cocktails, the showing skin, the masses of bike riders, the jewelry, the fabric prints, and the energy I receive from the sun... just to mention a few:) I had a bit of a clothing dilemma today. I have, in the past, been a very matchy matchy kind of girl. I have since realized the absolutely insane amount of time that it takes to dress this way. I have spent countless hours matching styles, then matching colors, then trying to match by completely not matching, and eventually going back to what is most comfortable for me... which is being ocd about matching and completely losing vision of my look as a whole. So, lately I've been trying to step out of my little fashion box and it has been so much fun! Today, I decided to go with the sundress look. This dress was given to me for my 26th birthday from my adorable little friend, Sharayah.




It was originally all solid colors but some bleach somehow leapt onto the bottom of the dress. So, i took a squirt bottle full of bleach water and had my way with the dress. Turned out to be a brilliant idea, I believe:) Then I have these shoes that my sister ordered and wasn't fond of. They would have never made the cut originally because the pinks of the dress and the shoes do not match and the polka-dots are so different from the block shaping and block coloring of the dress. But, my theme for the day was light and fun... and I think that in order to have fun with this dress it required a little spark from the shoes. So, here they are in all of their cute and
fairytale glory.



I love these shoes... I think that if a converse and a ballet shoe had a polka-dotted baby that this is what it would look like :) What I love about this outfit choice is the blend of reds, pinks, and patterns. I think that it was out of the box enough for me to feel slightly uncomfortable and perfectly summery. Which, is awesome.

Saving the world, one hair at a time.

Today was a crazy day. It has been raining in Bozeman for what feels like an eternity. If you are going to be a full-time pedestrian you have to be prepared for rain. It's not hard to look good in rain gear if you have a polka dot umbrella and pink rain boots from Germany. Lucky for me, I have both! Here's our delicious backyard lilacs and my rainy day gear.



I have been enjoying going to sleep at night with my window open, one foot out of the blankets, Sigur Ros on the ipod, and the rain beating down on the gorgeous plant infestation outside my bedroom window. I love the sound that the rain makes when it hits the leaves and the grass... it's just delicious sounding! My plants have been loving the window being open for days and having a fresh mist on them all the time... here they are! Clark is the big succulent that has really flourished in this window. The little jade remains nameless, and the cutie in the middle is Gable... Clark's brother:)



And these are the beautiful bushes outside my window that make me so happy and have such a delightful sound when rained upon.



Well, enough about my plants... more to come on them later! Today was also a crazy day because I have been thinking alot about the absolutely devastating and downright awful oil spill happening in the gulf. It is the 57th day of the spill and millions of gallons continue to spill every day. But! BUT! Today I found a way that I can help and be a part of the solution... which is all anybody really ever wants when something so terrible happens. I am joining up with a non-profit here in Bozeman called Montana for the Gulf... an awesome group that is raising awareness and lighting fires under people's asses all over the place! What am I doing to help, you ask? Well, I will be collecting hair. Salons and beauty schools all over the place are collecting hair to send in nylons to the gulf to soak up this mess. I believe that the goal is to build a 20 mile barrier with hair-filled nylons. It's genius. It's renewable. It's taking the resources that we have and doing something awesome about something un-awesome. So, if you feel like you need a haircut for a good cause, give me a ring! We'll get you a new summer "do" and we can save the planet... one hair at a time:)