I've become a little obsessed with rings lately. The more rings the better. I also tend to color coordinate my rings with my nail polish because apparently I'm a tad OCD. For those of you wondering, I've had the best luck finding rings at Urban Outfitters and H&M.
Decided to go for it and just chop off my hair into a long, blunt bob. Worked out pretty well, I'd say. Now if I can just get it to stop flipping out when it's straight...
Recently I've started teaching myself calligraphy. I've always had nice handwriting, so I thought it might be a fun hobby. I'm mostly interested in writing quotes, and this one by Rachel Zoe stood out to me in particular. This is exactly how I see style. Clothes allow you to change who you are each day based on what you're wearing. And to me, that is a beautiful thing.
I'm sure all of you have heard of the paleo diet, which basically just means that you only eat meat, fruit and vegetables. I first tried the paleo diet when I returned from France last year and it actually worked out pretty well. I ended up losing 3 pounds in a week and all I did for exercise was watch Netflix (my father would be so proud). It was relatively easy to cut out carbs the first time around because I was completely sick of bread after spending four months in France. Bread was the enemy.
Every other time since then, I've failed miserably. But now I've decided to try eating paleo again, because my eating habits have been pretty unhealthy as of late. Last weekend I only ate fast food. How is that even possible. The worst part was that it didn't even phase me. Which is a sure sign that I need to cool it and start eating better. So I'm going paleo. And I'm going to write about my struggles here. Day 1: 6:58 AM- "Oh crap I forgot to eat breakfast, but I can't eat honey nut Cheerios at work like I normally do. I'll just grab this frozen broccoli souffle. The zucchini one is delicious. I can do this! I can eat paleo. Woo! Great pep talk." 8:06 AM- "This souffle is a little too salty and it smells weird. Why is this so salty? Oh my god. Ok, I think I'll be fine if I only eat half of this 140 calories souffle. I should be able to make it until lunch. Also, I'm never eating broccoli again." 9:30 AM- "Well apparently a 70 calorie breakfast is not good for keeping hunger in check. Good to know. I'll just eat some mixed nuts. God, why are almonds so gross. I thought I liked almonds but these taste exceptionally terrible." 10:32 AM- "I just turned down a cookie, oh my god, I'm so good at this paleo thing. I'm basically a caveman. I'm so proud of myself. This is great." 12:17 PM- "Wow, paleo options are severely limited at restaurants. Ugh, I really don't want a salad. Especially one with sunflower sprouts. What even are sunflower sprouts? I bet those are paleo. Maybe I should just get this salad. Oh god, nope, can't do it. Pot roast it is, but I won't eat the potatoes. That's close enough, right? Wait- is everyone else ordering beer? NO BEER FOR MELANIE." 2:27 PM- "Ok, time for dessert. I will eat this Ghiradelli dark chocolate square and it will satiate all of my sugar cravings." 5:14 PM- "I can literally smell chips and salsa down the hall. Tortilla chips aren't the worst kind of carbs, right? Chips and salsa is a relatively healthy snack. Nope, I can't. I have more will power than this. Come on Melanie, you can do this. PALEO." 7:08 PM- "I am so hungry I think I might throw up. I need something before my Jimmy John's lettuce wrap appears. These black olives will do. Go paleo." *eats lettuce wrap in record time* 7:36 PM- "It's fine if I have a few peanut butter m&m's, right? I know they're not technically paleo, but they aren't technically carbs either, so as long as I eliminate carbs I'll consider this a successful day. But I'm only going to have five m&m's." 7:41 PM- "Ok, what's five more m&m's?" 7:44 PM- "Screw it, I'm eating a handful of m&m's. I've had so few calories today, my body needs these." 7:46 PM- "God damn it." We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Nothing quite says July like 50 degree temperatures. The *frigid* morning made it near impossible to wear sandals and short sleeves. Luckily I was able to pull this outfit together. I bought both the t-shirt and booties in Paris and they have been my favorite pairing for over a year now. It's so edgy and Parisian I can't even stand it. The boyfriend jeans (which are from Target and are frankly the best pair of boyfriend jeans I've ever had) add a certain "model off-duty" vibe, but the blazer and chunky watch class it up for work.
Since I've been putting off laundry for the last week or two, I've decided to challenge myself to wear what's currently clean in my closet. This has actually been a pretty efficient way of forcing myself to be creative with my clothes. I bought this hot pink dress for a party and I figured I would never wear it again. But with a blazer and a belt, it becomes totally wearable for work (luckily I work at an agency where you can pretty much wear whatever you want). Further proof that style is all about being able to transition pieces from day to night -- or vice versa.
I graduated college about a month ago, and a little over two weeks ago, I started working full time. As a child, you fantasize about adulthood. “How amazing will it be not to have to do homework!?” It turns out not doing homework is pretty damn amazing. Not having homework to do, on the other hand, is not great. Because now you have literally nothing to do.
Once you finish work for the day, you basically have to figure out how to kill time until you can go to work again the next day, repeating that process as a way to kill time until the weekend, where it is deemed socially acceptable to drink alcohol in mass quantities. I am proud to report that today (approximately day 28 of adulthood) my roommate and I stared at each other for a few minutes trying to figure out what to do before deciding that 1) 9:30 was totally an acceptable time to go to sleep and 2) that this revelation might make a funny, or at the very least, a relatable blog post. Conclusion: Maturity is a myth. Emma Stone must have a spectacular team of stylists, because her red carpet looks for Amazing Spiderman 2 have been on point. The yellow Atelier Versace dress she wore to the London premiere proves once and for all that girls with fair skin and red/blonde hair can totally pull off yellow. At the New York premiere Emma rocked a simple Prada gown, probably to highlight her chic new hair cut. Don't even get me started on her berry colored lipstick. Emma Stone is officially a style icon.
Taylor Swift has had quite the style evolution. From her early days as a teenage princess with curly hair, to her current state of glittery maturity (that sounds like an oxymoron), her transformation is rather noticeable. Not only has her hair transformed beautifully over the past few months from slick straight with bangs, to short layered perfection, but her style just keeps getting better. The sparkly mini she wore for the American Music Awards is literally perfect, especially when combined with her disheveled hair and sexpot eye makeup. But what really caught my attention was her look at the American Country Awards. That skirt paired with that top? LOVE. Good job, Taylor. I applaud you. Can we be friends now?
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