Wishing Upon a Star

Okay, so I am going to switch it up today...

I was recently inspired by two different projects: 30 Days of Lists and Day Zero Project. 30 Days of Lists is writing a list every day for 30 days and Day Zero Project is making a bucket list of 101 things to be completed in 1001 days.

Here is a small version of my bucket list (aka My Wish List)...

1. Scubadive 
2. Skydive
3. Have something published (article, book, etc.)
4. Read (and finish) War and Peace
5. Kiss in the rain
6. Drink Frozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity in NYC
7. Be in the first row for a concert
8. Go wine tasting at a vineyard (once I'm of legal age, of course)
9. Meditate with the Buddhist monks in Tibet
10. Pet a leopard or cheetah
11. Shake hands with a current or former President
12. Send a message in a bottle in the ocean
13. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go
14. Play Texas Hold 'Em in Las Vegas
15. Have a picnic in a hot air balloon
16. TP someone's house
17. Visit all 7 continents (yes, even Antarctica)
18. Kiss someone in Italy
19. Have a beer in an Irish pub (again with the whole legal age thing)
20. Put change in someone's expired parking meter
21. See a shark in the ocean
22. Complete a triathlon
23. Watch the ball drop one New Year's Eve in Times Square
24. Donate my hair to Locks of Love
25. Kiss a movie star
26. Give someone a 100% tip
27. Play the ukulele and sing (but cover your ears - I am tone deaf)
28. Take a picture of myself every day
29. Trace my family history back to the 18th century
30. Have 100 followers on my blog!

I tried to have it be a little unique and original... Kissing in the rain is a given for almost any girl that has seen The Notebook :)

I hope you liked my list! I will let you know as I start crossing things off of it...

Where You Lead, I Will Follow

I am obsessed with Gilmore Girls.

Seriously. I own every season and watch them repeatedly to the point of madness. It is quirky, witty, and downright hilarious. You will laugh, cry, and hope to god that you have that kind of relationship with your mother/daughter.

It is seriously one of the best shows and I would recommend anyone to watch it. You will not be disappointed.

Anyways... here is a Gilmore Girls inspired post...

1) Confession: Gilmore Girls started my coffee addiction habits. Lorelai (mother) and Rory (daughter) are coffee fiends. Coffee is a must at all times and is a major theme to the TV show. Lorelai and Rory often get coffee from Lukes - the local diner in the town. Lorelai and Rory are both avid coffee drinkers, but Lorelai is a tad bit more ecstatic and vocal about her coffee needs. Take a look at this video...

Mmmm... coffee coffee coffee!!! :)

2) Reading, reading, reading! Another central theme to the show are books! Rory is obsessed and she gets Lorelai hooked too. Here's another video about Rory's obsession with books (sorry for 2 videos in one post)...

Here's a list of most books Rory has read...

• Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
• Moby Dick - Herman Melville
• Mencken Chrestomathy - H.L. Mencken
• A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf
• Emma - Jane Austen
• The Group - Mary McCarthy
• Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
• The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
• Howl - Allen Ginsberg
• Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger
• Inherit the Wind - Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
• Letters to a Young Poet - Rainer Maria Rilke
• The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
• Snows of Kilimanjaro - Ernest Hemingway
• Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
• Atonement - Ian McEwan
• The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer
• Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
• The Art of War - Sun Tzu
• Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
• The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe
• On the Road - Jack Kerouac
• Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
• The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
• Farneheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

There are soooo many other books Rory or other characters have read or talked about... but I think this is plenty :)

3) Clothes are also a huge part of the Gilmore Girls' life. They love to look cute and always do. Lorelai has a more quirky and trendy style, while Rory's style is more conservative, classic, and feminine.

Lorelai dresses very business appropriate, because she works at an inn. She also loves to wear dresses and is seen wearing boots multiple times. Rory wears a uniform to school for the first 3 seasons and we see her in comfy clothes a lot. As she grows older and heads to college, her look becomes more refined and ladylike with many cardigans, blouses, blazers, and skirts.

Here are some looks I put together...

LORELAI

(Pink Dress, Jacket, Blouse, Vest, Red/Black Dress, Boots, Scarf, Jeans, Necklace, Coral Dress, Heels, Earrings, Purse)

RORY

(Oxford, Blazer, Plaid Skirt, Knee-Highs, Tennis Shoes, Messenger Bag, Sweatshirt, T-Shirt, Jeans)

 (Cardigan, Blouse, Black Skirt, Purse, Flats, Earrings, Necklace, Lace Top, Floral Skirt, Heels)

Thanks for reading! If you don't watch Gilmore Girls, maybe you'll start now... :)

Friday I'm In Love

Oh the joys of Friday! Cheers to the freaking weekend!

To celebrate the weekend and end of summer (it is labor day weekend, after all), I compiled my favorites of coffee, books, and clothes from the summer. Take a look...

1) Mmmm.... I love summer coffee. Blended drinks are by far one of my favorite coffee drinks and I love the caramel flavor :) I also love iced coffee (it tastes so good on a hot day) and I added smoothies, because they are soooo delicious.

2) Summer reading has come to an end :( No more reading, while soaking up the sun. But, here's some of the books I read this summer...

Harry Potter series - a classic favorite of mine that I had to reread this summer, for the last movie came out

The Beautiful & the Damned - a book I had been wanting to read, and I finally got around to it during the summer

Things Fall Apart - a sad, classic novel that I read for school

Sophie's World - this *required* novel for school was equally philosophically intriguing and confusing

Flipped - one of my favorite books in middle school that I wanted to reread this summer (see the movie too!)

Something Like Fate - it wouldn't be summer, without a little teen romance novel... :)

Whatever Happened to Goodbye - ah yes, Sarah Dessen, a guilty pleasure of mine (see this post)

Wuthering Heights - a novel I have always wanted to read, and finally got the chance to this summer for school summer reading

3) Check out my favorite pieces from summer...

1. Jean shorts... enough said

2. I wear cute sundresses all summer long

3. Neon nail polish is really in right now, and I love these two shades

4. Another cute dress, perfect for a summer night out

5. Tees - a summer basic

6. This cute tank is easy and cute to throw on with some shorts

7. Another cute printed tank

8. It wouldn't be summer without flip flops, but these flip flops are extra cute and meaningful to me. These are J*Flops, a brand my cousin started and is currently running. J*Flops are extremely adorable flip flops, and get this, there are wedding flip flops! I'm serious - they're so cute and perfect when you're heels are hurting your feet at a wedding. So hop on over to J*Flops to take a look at the fabulously fun flip flops!

9. A cute braided belt to wear with shorts or a sundress

10. Classic aviator sunglasses

11. A cute, colorful pair of shorts

I hope you enjoy your Labor Day weekend and bask in the last few days of summer goodness :)

P.S. The title of this post is the name of a great song by The Cure (an amazing oldie band).

Animal Inspiration

Leopards, Tigers, Giraffes, and Zebras... Oh my!!!

You're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy. You have entered the jungle, filled with wild, fierce animals. Here's the advice they gave...

1) Coffee!!! It's grown in the jungle, it has health benefits, and you can drink it in these cute mugs (tiger, zebra, giraffe, & leopard)...

2) Read The Jungle Book. Though must people think of the animated cartoon movie that we all know and love, but the book is even better! (Not The Jungle by Upton Sinclair about America's industries and manufacturers.) The novel is written by Rudyard Kipling following the adventures throughout the jungle and life in the wild. The novel also is of historical importance, for it shows a new view of nature that was popularized by Darwin's The Origin of Species. The Jungle Book is actually a series of novels that are different than the movie. This classic series is a must-read for a great adventure that will bring back childhood memories.

3) Animal print is your friend. Wear it!

Giraffe

(Dress, Belt, Earrings, Bracelet, Scarf, Shoes)

Leopard

 (Dress, Belt, Earrings, Watch, Shoes)

Tiger

 (Dress, Clutch, Earrings, Ring, Shoes)

Zebra

(Top, Skirt, Bangles, Earrings, Shoes)

I hope you have a cheetah-licious and wild labor day weekend!