Thrift Obsession

I have a new obsession. I can thank my co-worker for it as well. I have officially become addicted to thrift shopping. I go once a week, which isn't much when I hear about these huge thrift woman that go once a day. But once a week has been great for me.  I have been pleased with all my finds as well.

 Have I mentioned that I got this gorgeous pink Cynthia Rowley wallet that is nearly new. It is in great condition.

Or this jacket that I love and have been wanting in this color for a while now. It fits me well and I love the cut.

I have to also brag about the plaid skirt. Now the plaid skirt I did have to get tailored, which I am ok with doing when I know I will wear the piece often.

Now I would love to write more but I need to run off to the thrift stores and find my new treasure.

xx, Michelle

Family weekend

This past weekend my entire family got the chance to be together and make a skiing vacation out of it. I love times like this when we all get together. It always turns into a madhouse, especially with all the nieces and nephews running around but I wouldn't change a thing. Well maybe the high pitch screams, but other then that nothing. We all got to go skiing, my brother helped out with teaching my littlest niece how to ski, snowmen were built, games were played, olympics were watching (rooting for Canada), and memories made.

First seen on High Heels and Tutus

Don't mind the middle snowman. One of my nieces (not shown) is a little to young to know what she was doing, but we all got a laugh when we noticed.

Kitty Photos

My husband isn't a fan of photos so during my nicole's classes I would have to rely on my cats.  Since my siamese cat was afraid of my large SLR camera and would run whenever I would point it at him I could only count on my Chloe girl.  I still get a kick out of pointing my camera at Malad though, I don't know why he's so afraid. But here are some of my favorites that I took of my furry little girl.

A lesson I've also learned from these photos. I really need to clean my windows. Gross.

New Years resolutions

I like to think of these as goals instead of resolutions. Resolutions are always depressing because I always fail within 2 weeks. Goals are something I work towards all year. Now I make a ton of goals and they might change throughout the year but right now these are my top 5 main goals of the year.

1. Travel

I love to travel and I try to go to at least 1 country I've never been to before at least once a year. But I also want to travel more around locally.  I want to take advantage of my weekends. I read a book last year that talking about making a vacation out of every weekend. To visit things local, do something you've always wanted to. Take back your weekends instead of laying around and wasting that time. I am going to try to do this more often. 

2. Start our remodel.

My husband and I bought an older home a little over a year ago that still has the original 1939 upstairs. We would love to remodel the whole upstairs but this year I plan to at least start on it. We did a lot of yard work last year but unfortunately every time we save up money something large breaks at the house. I've heard this is typical of homeownership though.

3. Write in a journal.

I use to write in a journal all the time. I always thought it would be something that I'd always do but once I took off for my study abroad, got married, and bought a house all in a year I stopped. I was too busy, but I did start blogging so in some way it's been my journal. But this was a point in my life when I would want to read back on that time the most and I didn't document it as well as I'd hoped. So I plan to write in a journal this year. Luckily my mother in law gave me this incredible journal that is for the next 5 years.  It asks a question for every day and gives you 5 slots to answer for the next 5 years. How fun is that to read back what you wrote for the next 5 years.

4. Learn to cook.

My poor husband has to deal with me who only knows how to cook about 6 things and they still aren't the best. I would love to know how to cook a turkey dinner with all the sides and dessert and host a dinner with our family or friends. That is my goal this year, to learn a meal I can be proud of and to learn how to cook better overall.

5. Reduce my spending on clothes. 

I have been making myself sick lately with how much money I'm just tossing by spending it on clothes. I am a firm believer of spending a lot of money on quality products because they last longer. I am never going to change that way of thinking. I have too many classical pieces that have lasted me 5, 10+ years so it's worth the money I spent on them. But I have also been turned onto thrifting and have found amazing products for just a few dollars. I am not saying that I can only buy thrifted clothes this year, I would have already failed that, but I would like to spend less then I normally do and I think if I thrift more often then online shopping then I will be able to achieve this goal as well as put that money towards traveling or my remodel. It's a win win all over.

Yes I'm late at posting these but I like to think about what I want to achieve for the year to come. What are some of your goals this year?

Thrifting

My coworker has got me hooked on thrifting lately. Yes, I am very late to jumping on the bandwagon but glad I finally did. We ended up meeting during lunch hour and browsing and I came out quite satisfied with my find. I found a brand new, tags still on, hardware still safely packaged BURBERRY make up bag. Yes you read that right, Burberry. Not only was it new Burberry but it was priced $1.99, which after a 20% off coupon I got it for $1.59. I walked out of that store with a shirt, blazer, make up bag, and wallet for around $15.00. I am now officially a thrift shopping fan. Take a look at this beauty.

Date night nitro circus

What's more fun the going on amazing date night with your husband? Going with your family that all lives here. My brothers put together an adventure filled night going to see nitro circus. Luckily everyone living here agreed to go and it made it that much better. We started the night out with all 13 of us eating at CPK which was a zoo in itself. Not only for the size if our party but I think everyone else had the same idea as us. After heading to the delta center and getting into our awesome seats the fireworks began. I was sitting on the edge of my seat most of the night. Around 9 they announced a 15 minute intermission. I couldn't believe the show was going to continue. I was so excited I didn't leave my seat. I lost my voice less then half way through the show and my hand was killing me from cheering on all the athletes. These guys and girls were unbelievable. I couldn't believe that they pulled people out of the audience and performed stunts with them. If you ever get the chance to see nitro circus I highly recommend it. I'm glad I didn't miss out. I didn't take many photos because I didn't want to miss a single thing but here are the ones I did.

Family Photos

I think its important to get family photos at least once a year. Or I think you should at least try. My husband, like most men, hate taking photos. Even though he is so photogenic.

So when I informed him that we would be taking family photos this year his response was. What family? Yes dear, you and I are a family, even though we don't have any children, except our 2 kitties, we are still considered a family.  After we took them I informed him this will be occurring every year in the future if I remember to plan it and that 1 hour out of 365 days isn't that bad to sacrifice to make his wife happy.  These were the results and I was quite pleased with the little cooperation and not going far to take them.

He seriously make me laugh so hard all the time.  Even when I am so upset he can some how make me relax and laugh about it.