Bedroom Make-over!

It is about that time.. & might I say way overdue. My parents are kind enough to convince me not to move out of the house just yet, for many reasons, but the deal was that I was going to redo my room.

Honestly? This should have been done about 6 years ago lol. It looks exactly the same as when I was 10. Same walls, same furniture, same terrible terrible window dressings. I just can't look as pastel striped walls anymore. It's driving me even more crazy then the fact that I am still living at home, but ANYWAY...

I am extremely excited to get this going. So far... Pintrest has been my best friend and interior decorator. I know that My walls will be a medium grey and my bed will have drawers in it.

One thing I don't like about my room now is there is just no room! The walls are literally lined with furniture. There was so much room to put things that now my space is overflowing with "stuff". Taking the storage space down a notch will make me clean out... & give me peace of mind.

Let's be honest... everyone needs that lol.

I'll keep you updated.

xoxo Meila

Camouflage

I've always been a fan of the camo persuasion. Most likely for no other reason that I look at sticks and fields every morning I wake up. One thing I always wished was that the fashion world would take more of a risk in that department.

I'm not talking about the camo that you see now. The so called "Army Print", which by the way.. they don't use anymore. I'd much rather see them used the "Real Tree" print instead... Let's see if we can't make something for that, shall we?

xoxo Meila

'Tis The Season!

Not only am I busy, busy, busy, but sickness is in the air! I go to a different school every day so I was bound to catch something.

Thankfully, I skated through the weekend without any symptoms!

I traveled down to East coast to Virginia to see a good friend of mine and see the sights. We went pumpkin picking and found our way through a corn maize! (See what I did there.)

(J.Crew shirt, American Eagle ripped jeggings, Jessica Simpson aviators, mother nature's pumpkin)

Of course, It was slightly cold out, & by slightly I mean it was absolutely freezing) so we headed back. Seeing as we had ourselves a great set of pumpkins... there was only one thing to do... CREATE!

(My secret is out... I'm a nerd.)

& just in case you thought I was tired of being cold, I decided to elongate the torture and sit outside in the rain the next night in the freezing cold. The only reason it was all worth it... I was watching baseball. Never mind the 3 hour rain delay and the fact that we lost... It was still great.

(Tulle jacket, Special military Orioles hat)

& here I sit with my weekend over, my work week already begun, and my immune system fully taking the hit. Tonight I will indulge in soup, Netflix, and some serious zzz's. Until next time =).

xoxo Meila

P.S. - Words to live by: Don't ever wear TOM's in the cold rain for more then 2 hours. You won't feel your feet until the next day.

Birthday Work Day!

& Happy Birthday to me! Good times.

Tonight, I want to talk about work attire. I see so many articles written and photo shoots shot for what to wear to work... at the office. I'm a photographer. More then that, I'm a photographer who works with kids... So the hot heels and pencil skirt is just not going to cut it for me.

Thanks to a wonderful store called Express, I have found the perfect work pants. They are sleek, comfortable, and professional. I have bought 3 pairs of these pants in black, 2 skinnies and 1 boot cut, and I wear them every day I work.

Next, the shoes. my choices are brown and black. I choose Sperry's because they are comfortable and easy to slip on, but I'd really like a nice pair of comfortable oxford. Much more professional rather then nautical (not that I'm getting sick of it or anything).

These 2 things are my staples. Every day I wear them to work & any other creativity found in my outfit will just have to be from the waist up.

This brings us to today's birthday suit!

Granted, this is me after a very long hard days work.

I wanted something fun, friendly, and professional.
I chose a Ralph Lauren no iron button up with a polka-dotted J.Crew button up sweater. It was awesome. It was only awesome because the only reason it all came together was because I was cold. This is a fact. Then I caught myself in a door reflection and realized it was meant to be. Especially because it was on my birthday.

Now I'm just rambling.

Now to figure out what else I can pair with my staples. I'll let you know what I figure out for tomorrow.

Good night all.

xoxo Meila