friday's letters 7.0

welcome back for another session of friday's letters (favorite day of the week, obvs)

dearest new glasses, 

you are the greatest! you make everything brighter for everyone around. thanks for the smiles on all the faces i see :)

dearest little dino, 

you are the perfect addition to our little zoo we have going on in our living room. although, you do look really tiny next to your giraffe friend!

dearest week, 

so glad you are over

dearest friday, 

usually i like you but today you are stressing me out! i know it's not you, it's other people being anxious but i don't like it! tell them to chill out and relax 'cause you are here! 

dearest 4th of july, 

i am SO ready for you. couple days off to spend with family and friends. thank you very much!

dearest girlfriends, 

can't wait to drive 6 hours in a car with 5 people...this should be interesting. and all to see one of our friends get hitched. woot road trip!

have a wonderful weekend sweets! :)

case of the mondays

the beginning of this week, i struggled...monday, tuesday, and wednesday!

you could say i've had a case of the mondays for 3 days now...boooooo

"ari, how is that different from every other week" you ask?

welp, on monday my lips are burnt and i am over abusing my chapstick because of it

my hair was unwashed until yesterday morning from a particularly hot and curly day on sunday #thankgoodnessforbraids #imlazy

no idea it was supposed to rain monday, i was wearing white and didn't bring a jacket

i just wasn't feeling tuesday

really last night turned it all around for me. i went to a last minute dinner with some lovely ladies and it really let me sit back and say "wow, i really enjoy this life when i basque in it's joys" (i didn't literally say this out loud, though i kind of wish i did) 

this week i've dressed for how i want to feel (i try to do this everyday) but this week it helped to feel nice in what i was wearing. just realized that i wore white everyday this week so far

i just love white on a summer day. white and summer go hand in hand for me. 

i really have to learn to use the self timer on my camera....i guess i should find my camera first...#ihatemirrorpics

have a lovely thursday sweets! 

friday's letters 6.0

hello again :) if you don't already, you should go link up with ashley! 

but i think most of you came from there anyway! :)

dearest dad, 

i hope you appreciated the amount of effort it took to get my sister to help with that table. blood.sweat.tears(oflaughter)

dearest hair,

sometimes you are frizzier and poofier than you need to be, especially with this heat. knock it off.

dearest car insurance,

i'm not paying the $500.00 deductible. the little old lady side swiped my sister and pushed her into the guardrail. it is her fault. yes i feel bad but i don't want my wallet to feel the pain as well.

dearest friends,
thank you for asking me for styling advice. you make me feel so cool :)


dearest boy that i used to know,
we see each other every weekend but we don't look at each other, we don't speak and you don't deserve me, but i miss you anyway


dearest spartans,
i am excited for your opening weekend with our friends & family <3 you've all worked so hard, but keep on truckin' :) 


dearest life,
i am so thankful for all you bring, although i don't express that all the time. you are good to me. forgive me for focusing on the troublesome bits and pieces. i will do my best to refocus my attention


dearest self,
refocus your energies. sometimes you waste it. enjoy this life and all it has to offer! you are a good person, start to believe it! 


have a wonderful weekend sweets :)

clothes

it's no secret around my family and friends that i am obsessed with clothes and shoes
so i guess i'm coming out to the blog world?

seriously, i have a problem but i embrace it rather than shun it

i mean, clothes can make you feel beautiful, they can comfort you when you don't feel good, make you warm when you are cold. they do a lot! 

i've sort of been having a style debate

i'm not sure i stick to one style. actually, i know i don't

but here's my question...

why should we? 

i used to be a tom boy until my early twenties

and then i had a big breakup (duh), lost some weight and decided i would embrace some new clothes and explore some fashion sense (my sister was thrilled)

and i haven't look back since!

wearing my much love illy headband :)

same pose everytime...boring

i mean, i'm definitely no fashionista or style blogger

i just like to have fun with it! shouldn't we all? :)

weekending

oh monday...

you are just a total buzzkill sometimes! 

this weekend was spent teaching (like always), dancing, day dreaming, nightmaring, parading, father's daying...

it definitely had it's ups and downs but i like to concentrate on the ups :) 

warmth of the sun - my favorite

new lace shorts from urban <3

a family of turkeys crossing the street in brookline made my heart happy :) 

putting together this gem with my sister for father's day, quite eventful

my sister so happy that it is finally done and she can sit in the shade

putting together this table with her was quite the trip. she had me giggling so hard, i was snorting, tears streaming down my cheeks and belly aching. 

we are complete opposites, her and i

i love nature, the sun, being outside, laying in the grass...

she had a vitamin d deficiency from lack of sun exposure, hates the heat, despises bugs...

but she toughed it out and put together this table with me and enjoyed a little family dinner outside, all while making me pee my pants!

overall, this weekend was a keeper...hope yours was too sweets! 

friday's letters 5.0

here we are again! 

dearest work, 

you are about to get REAL busy on me....boo

dearest anxiety, 

you aren't too kind when work gets busy. ease up, okay?

dearest friends, 

haven't seen any of you this week, let's be friends again. honestly, this being busy thing is not sitting well with me!

dearest body, 

the time is coming to get some new ink. be prepared! 

dearest urban outfitters dress, 

you make me feel skinny and tan. mucho thanks! :) 

dearest sun, 

i think i proposed in a previous letter. what do you think? let's get married..mmmmkay? :)

dearest ashley, 

i received my much love illy headbands that i won through her giveaway on your blog. i am in loooooooooove <3

happy friday sweets! make it a good one :) 

an actual outfit post (that you can barely see)

today i decided i would do an outfit post 'cause really, why not? 

you can barely see the picture but this dress is pretty awesome. i got it a few months ago over the winter but this was the first time i wore it. 

don't mind my doorknob, promise i'll get better at taking self portraits

i wasn't too sure about the high low skirt when i first bought it, but it was on sale so i bought it anyway #can'tturndownasale

i don't think it looks terrible at all and i actually received a ton of compliments on it. dress is from francesca's and the shoes are steve madden probably from 2003 or 2004

the dress was a bit off the shoulder as well, which i didn't know until yesterday, and of course made me love it even more, 'cause i do like to show a little bare shoulder :0P

in other news, i am obsessed with shoes (isn't every girl?) and bought another pair this weekend. i saw these in store and after seeing a few of you bloggers rock them, i just had to get them myself

shoes from zara

i just think they are so sexy. i love feet (is that gross?) and i think a good shoe makes feet look so alluring and attractive

and to make this post completely random, last night we found a slug in the grass

how cute is that little guy? i wouldn't touch him (gross) but i do like to observe a good bug. his eyes and antennas were inside his body and then came out when he started exploring the pole we had him on. he was very entertaining for longer than he should have been, that is for sure!

ended the night laying in the grass, does it get better?!