Favorite Outfits from the First Year

Last week you saw my favorite posts from my first year of blogging. Today I am sharing my favorite outfits that I wore throughout the year. 

On the Palouse

Fresh Flowers and Playgrounds

Fields of Flowers

I Saw Bigfoot

My Fall Uniform

A Tree That Smells Like Cotton Candy

Closet Staples

Joules Wellies

The Farm

Merry Christmas

Rain, Rain, Rain

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Expect More

Something different I am doing this year with this blog is planning more in advance my posts. I really didn't plan at all last year and when I took pictures would be when my next post would be. But this year I got myself a planner and a brand new journal. Aren't new journals just the best? Anyways, one day I sat down and planned out the entire month of January. Holy cow. Why didn't I do this earlier? I am finding my posts coming up having much more substance and thought put into them. Now I am carrying around this journal everywhere I go and whenever I have the time, start jotting down notes and ideas for upcoming posts. Its been the best. Expect a lot more from this blog this year. 

Outfit Details

Skirt, Shirt & Necklace || Forever 21

Tights & Socks || Target

Boots & Cardigan || From my moms closet (Thanks Mom!!)

Favorite Posts from the 1st Year

Next Tuesday I will have had this blog for one whole year. In anticipation for the big day I am looking back on some of my favorite posts from this past year. 

A Few of My Favorite Things 

Spring Has Arrived

Graduation Day Recap

Growing Seeds in Drain-less Jars

Vegas Road trip in Iphone Pictures

Exploring the Okanogan Hills

Flower Pressing

Happy Halloween

Halloween Ghost Stories || 1 || 2 || 3 ||

Shop Pretty Lovely

Zermatt, Switzerland

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Rome, Italy

After our short stay in Zermatt, we made our way down to Rome, Italy. I am going to be completely honest. My first impression of Rome wasn't the best. It probably didn't help that we just got done staying in a perfect little town, with no hustle and bustle and getting off of the train in a crazy busy station at night. No, that definitely didn't help. I was expecting more from Rome and didn't quite get it. However, looking back at these pictures, there was a little magic in Rome.

Christmas lights were EVERYWHERE. You knew what streets had something important down them, because the lights told you so. They were just draped over the streets, creating a ceiling that sparkled. And the fact that every restaurant had outdoor seating was so amazing.

The first full day we were there, we didn't have anything planned and just wanted to explore the area we were staying in. We were only a street away from Vatican City and wandered there that morning. When we got there we found a whole crowd of people standing around looking like they were waiting for something. No one was walking around and they were all facing the same direction. Obviously waiting for something. So we decided to stick around. We were there for an hour, when the Pope shows up in his window for the Sunday Blessing. It was an incredible welcome to Rome.

Adventurin

Sometimes (all the time) you want to look presentable but don't want to have to do deal with the fuss of it. Maybe you just want to take a nice walk in the woods, and your usual attire isn't practical. Thats when I like to layer a sweatshirt over an easy, comfortable dress and add a pair of comfortable shoes and you've got yourself a nice little outfit to go on an adventure in.

Outfit Details

Dress (Worn as skirt) & Tights || Target

Sweatshirt || Old Navy

Jacket || Nordstrom

Shoes || Topshop via Nordstrom

Rain, Rain, Rain

While the rest of the country is experiencing endless amounts of snow and negative temperatures, we are here in the rain. What else is new, right? Actually, this is the first time it has rained in a long time. But it looks like it is here to stay for at least a week. But thats alright, I would rather have rain, than have to endure 20 below. I can't even imagine. Thats just cold.

Outfit Details

Jacket || Francescas

Sweater & Socks || Kohls

Dress || Modcloth

Tights || Old

Wellies ℅ Joules

Scarf & Umbrella || H&M

2014 Goals

I'm not one to make yearly goals, but I thought I would give it a shot this year now that I have this blog to keep track of my progress and you guys to hold me accountable. So we'll see how this goes this year.

Get a job that uses my degree: Right now I'm not doing anything that uses the degree I spent A LOT of money on and FIVE years to get. That needs to change. For those of you that don't know, my degree is Landscape, Nursery and Greenhouse Management and I would really like a job at a florist, but if that doesn't work out soon, then a job at a nursery. I just want to work with pretty plants and flowers again. Its been to long.

Clean out the greenhouse and use it again: Many years ago, my dad built a greenhouse in our backyard. I can't ever remember it being used as a greenhouse, but more for storage. See the problem? So in the next couple of months I would like to clean it out and start growing some seeds! It is so satisfying watching flowers and vegetables grow that you started from seed.

Work on flexibility: Once upon a time I was able to do the splits. Not so much any more. I've wanted to be able to do them again for quite some time but have never put in the time to work on it again. Not being flexible is so restricting, I feel… old. So hopefully this is the year. But if I were to pick a goal that I wouldn't follow through with, this one would be it. Just saying.

Take a picture a day: Well so far I have achieved this one! Follow me on Instagram and you can see my daily pictures. They may come a couple days late but they were taken on the day I say they were. I just think it would be so neat to have an album with a picture for everyday of the year. With this goal I plan to have monthly updates on it.

Learn more about photography: I have always loved taking pictures and just really started to get into it this year. This upcoming year I would like to get more comfortable with the manual setting on the camera and use the auto less. Learning what all those numbers mean would be a good place to start.

Identify trees and flowers around me: I took a plant identification class in college and completely loved it. But you know, you study just for the test and forget things after the final. So now I'm looking at all of these trees around me and I know I know what they are but the name isn't coming to me. Except, of course, for the cotton candy tree, won't ever forget that one. Its time to break out my old textbooks and identification cards and get back out there identifying these trees and flowers.

Write more letters/postcards: Who doesn't love getting mail the old fashioned way? Its just fun.