Top 5 Tuesday: Books!

Happy Tuesday!

Do you see this? This is me blogging two days in a row. I'm making improvements.

I'm linking up with Rachel from Just Peachy for Top 5 Tuesday! 

Now, go on over to her blog and join in on the fun.

Rachel {& her blog} is such a peach!

This week is books and at first I thought to myself, self, this is going to be hard.

I was never really a reader until recently. I usually spent my time in college reading textbooks and when I wasn't doing school work the last thing I wanted to do was read another book!

However, lately {and in the past few years} I have enjoyed a handful of books!

Here it goes..

1. The Help

This book is just amazing! It is one of the few books that stays true to the movie and really was just touching. I really can't describe the book and how it made me feel. I highly recommend it to everyone!

2. How Starbucks saved my life.

I read this book when I was at OU for book club and loved it. It is a true story about an executive who finds himself divorced and jobless all in a matter of days. It is  a story about how he can't find a job and rebuilds himself through working for Starbucks. It is very inspirational and slightly depressing in some parts because you really do feel bad for the guy but still a great ready, and an easy read.

The five people you meet in Heaven.

I have read this book probably 6 times and I enjoy just as much every time I read it. It is a really good book that makes you stop and think about after life and how you should live and treat people every day. I love Mitch Albom's books!

Classic romantic book! This book is about a group of girls chasing to find the perfect man and the perfect ring! When I read it the first time I wasn't sure how I felt about the book and went back and re read it and fell in love. I think I had sever ADD the first time and couldn't focus, haha. It is just a nice, romantic, light read! LOVE it.

I mean I think every girl loves her some Emily Giffin! I have read all her books and I think I tend to favor this one because I read it first! I love love love the movie and can't wait for the next one to come out! Another good book by her is "Heart of the Matter!"

There! Those are my favorite books!

What are your favorites?

Have a good one-

Kels

St. Patty's Day Marathon.

Hello Everyone!

I know I disspeared again. 

Shame on me.

Breaking news: I'm only 24 people away from 100 followers.

I'm already planning the giveaway and if you have any good ideas about what it should be, hit a girlfran up! It took me well over a year to get to 76 so I mean I think i have plenty of time to plan it!


I'm going to brag for a minute: BOTH colleges that I attended {Ohio University (OU! OH YEAH!) & OSU (O-H...) are headed to the SWEET 16!!!! The first time in NCAA history also that 4 Ohio teams are headed to the Sweet 16 (Xavier, OSU, Cincy, and OU.) 
So, take that to all those people who said we only know how to play football.
SO PROUD of my schools!

Ok, proud moment over.

In other news I survived the 10 hour long St. Patty's Day celebration! The little Irish leprechauns blessed us with a gorgeous day in Ohio! It was 76 and sunny! Not a cloud in the sky! It felt like early May and not mid March!
We didn't get to celebrate just St. Patty's Day but Holly's birthday too so it was only the most perfect day!
We started at a mexican place for food & margs {and a shot of tequilla for the birthday girl}
and then headed to Flannagans in Dublin where we did not sit, and I repeat did not sit for a solid 9 hours.
We danced, stood, danced some more, walked, danced some more, stood in line for booze, stood in line for food, and danced some more.
It really was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday and the picture overload begins...now.

all the girls. 

 birthday girl.

 like my stache?

 The lovely Katie & I

 All the ladies at Flannagans!

 Alicia makes a mean cake pop.

 bottoms up birthday girl!

 Priceless. Photo stolen from Alicia.

Birthday celebrations!

box blocking so no one would take our spots up front.

 
 The Personnel lead singer. Best band ever.

I love Sean.

What did you do for St. Patty's Day? 

xoxo-

Kels

Drawing a blank.

This post is what the titles says..

I am drawing a blank and have nothing to blog about.

PLEASE give me ideas.

Have a great day.

♡Kels

Spring Colors {Nails}

Happy Friday, ladies!

Working in a job that allows me to do nothing but stare at nothing but nail polish all day has really got me thinking about some nail polish trends that I have noticed lately and have been la-la-loving.

I'm that girl that tends to wear whatever color on her nails and whenever. 

I don't plan my outfit around my nail color or plan my nail color around the season.

I've been known to rock a bright turqouise in the dead of winter.

So, since I've been oober excited for Spring/Summer I've been loving some pale pinks, tans, and bright colors!

Here is what I'm obsessed with so far.

Neutrals

Zoya: Pandora

 I'm obsessed with this color because it has a hint of shimmer but not to much! Sometimes I have a hard time liking neutrals because I feel like after two days they look blah but this color doesn't because of the hint of shimmer.

Butter London: Tea with the Queen.

Butter London is a newer brand to me and I hadn't ever heard of it until I started working at my current job. However, I have officially am having an affair. I hope OPI doesn't find out and get to mad. 

I would like to refer to this polish as nail polish God. It is the best nail polish for your nails because it is free of the three main ingrediants that are terrible for your nails: Formaldehyde, Toluene, and DBP.

I like this color because it is the PERFECT nude shade. Ya hear that ladies, perfect nude shade. Two coats and it is the perfect I'm not wearing any nail polish color shade. You'll love it.

Pale Pinks

{My favorites}

I'm really diggin the pale pink fad that is goin on right now! I have found that pale pinks look better with shorter round edge nails. 

Essie: A crewed interest.

This is the color I have on my nails now and have had on for about three days! Which in nail polish world is a lot for me. I'm obsessed with it! Once I have a tan {that isn't a tan towel} it will look oh so gorg.

Essie: Fiji

I wore this color all of last spring, and by all of last spring I mean all of last spring. I was able to score another bottle of it and beyond excited. It is a really good mix between a pale/bright pink. Make sense? Didn't think so. It is such a different color and I get soooooo many compliments on it when I wear it!

Add it to your nail polish collection! You will not regret it.

Brights

Brights are always a nice way to spruce up an outfit in the spring! I have so many bright color nail polishs it is hard to pick!

Zoya: Charisma

Ladies, this color is my secret weapon, a game changer if you will. It goes on much much brighter than it looks in this bottle. It also goes on matte so you must use a top coat. But, it will just rock yo world. Yup, I'm this obsessed with a color. I will be rockin this on my toesies and fingers alllllll summer long. It screams pool party. 

OPI: Fly

This is a great bright color and will look fantastic with a tan! It always helps with my boring outfits and adds that nice pop of color! I will say it stains my nails even if I use a base coat which really errkkks me! 

What nail polish colors are you loving for spring/summer?

Have a fantastic weekend!

♡Kels

Everything is bigger in Texas!

Happy Thursday!

I can't believe tomorrow is Friday! Where did this week go?

This was a rather exciting week for me! Let me recap it for you.

Let's go back to Tuesday at about 1:00pm.

My bestie {Gabby} had sent me an email that Southwest was having a deal on flights and I should take a gander at them! I have been watching stalking  flights since she left in August and every airline has been hovering around 435.00 before taxes and those were with airlines who charge you to check baggage too!

Homegirl ain't got 435.00 bucks to spend. 

Sorry, I love ya Gabby, but that is a lot of Starbucks.

So, I scurried onto Southwest.com and there it was: angel's singing.

I could fly roundtrip for 370.00 bucks! Don't get me wrong that is still expensive!

But, I love love love Southwest and that I don't have to pay for my bags!

scooooore.

I hit book faster than my computer would allow and now my ass is headed to Austin!

I'm so excited to spend four days with her and meet her new friends and this life she has made for herself there. Gabby has fallen in love with Austin and I'm just so excited for quality bonding time with her! 

So, naturally my mind is now racing on what kind of outfits should I pack and what all accessories do I need? How many pairs of shoes can I fit in my carry on and my suitcase? 

I've been messing around with polyvore and trying to find similiar things on there that represent something in my closet to create some looks I could take.

Wahla.

Perfect airport outfit.

Outfit for night out at the "square" as Gabby calls it.

Perfect shopping/sight seeing outfit!

And feel like these are all neccessary as well.


Have any of you been to Austin? If so, did ya love it?
Hope you all have had a fabulous week.

Oodles of love
Kels

Braids galore!

Hiii my loves!

How was everyone's weekend? I hope it was just as fabulous as mine!

I got some wonderful friend & family time in this weekend.

Perfecto!

A few days ago I blogged briefly about how I was going to be a hair model in a local magazine here in Columbus!

{Columbus Alive}
They approached where I work and said they wanted to do a feature on our stylist and for her to come up with a few different style of braids because she felt that was a really big trend right now.
I tend to agree with her. Seems like everywhere I go someone is rockin a braid.
I've been known to rock a fishtail braid or loose braid every once in awhile.
These are the few she came up with.

Ladies & Gents..
This was the winner.

There is the master piece. 

Ok, yes, I know sista has got some major roots going on. 

Since then they have been fixed.

Thank you hair gods.

My homegirl Alicia blogged about this already and I needed something to blog about today so I wasn't a blog slacker.

I'm such a blogger thief.

But, seriously it was a really cool experience. Even though I do not have one shot of my face in the article {although I do get a slight cheek shot..I'm sure maybelline will be calling soon} it was kind of weird!

They had cameras and flashes and these hoods to eliminate lighting if needed.

Crah-zay.

It was very exhausting to say the least, and it took me days to recover!

I mean I'm sure if you would like I can get you a copy of the magazine and autograph it for you.

I'm sure one day it will be worth at least 50 cents.

{side note: the magazine is free to the puble.}

I'm TOTALLY kidding people.

If you want to read the full article and try it out here is the link!

I will say I have shoulder length hair and I think that is what it will work best on.

I for one have zero patience and talent to recreate this braid, but, if you do PUHLEASE show me pictures so I can show the stylist who created this masterpiece. 

That would make her day!

Do you guys agree with the article? Do you think braids are still trendy?

Oodles of love.
Kels

blog sale.

hiiii everybody.

I'm here to bring all of you great news! fantastic news possibly!

I went to plato's closet recently to try and sell some very very gently used clothing, purses, and shoes.

However, they apparently thought I had "idiot" written across my forehead! 

No sir! I paid good money for those duds and am not allowing them to give me 5 bucks for something I may have paid 30 bucks for but barely even wore. Specially when they are going to sell it for 15!

Most of the stuff is BCBG, Charlotte Russe, Forever21, rah rah rah.

Some coach purses thrown into the mix.

I'll put pictures up and if you are interested in anything email me and I can send you additional pictures if you like or want to see a better picture. My iphone takes such faaantastic pictures.

By when I say gently used. I mean gently used! Most of the stuff I may have worn twice..max.

Have fun!

 Charlotte Russe Blazer- medium. Tags still attached! I paid 40..you can have it for 25!

 White one button blouse from forever 21! Never been worn! Size small. I paid 24.00 yours for 15!

 BCBG Generation tank. Fringe detail on the shoulders. Size medium. Worn one time. I paid 70 for. Yours for 40!

 BCBG Pairs booties. Size 8. Worn twice. Platform on bottom for extra support. I paid 79.99! Yours for 35.00!

 Charlotte Russe tan pumps. Never been worn. I paid 29.99! Yours for 15! Size 8!

 Charlotte Russe booties. Wore a few times. Size 7.5! 10 bucks!

 Candies patent leather peep toed pumps! Never been worn. Size 8. I paid 50.00 bucks. Yours for 30! 

 Black medium size coach bag. I've used maybe 5 times. Just wasn't big enough to lug all my stuff around in! I paid 268! Yours for 150! 

 Smaller boho style coach bag. My very first coach purse! Has been used a lot but still in good condition!  All yours for 50 bucks!

 Smaller shoulder size black coach purse. NEVER been used. I got it for 168. You can have it for 95.00 buck-a-roos.

 BCBG tank. Size xs. Runs a little big but it's nice because you can wear a regular bra with it. I've worn this bad boy ONE time. This is the sad part..I paid 96 dollars for it after my discount. I also own it in three colors. I'm selling it for 60.

The back. It's a really cool criss cross.

 this is probably the coolest BCBG thing I ever purchased. However, being 5'2 it's really hard to pull off because it is long in the front and super short in the back. The print is gorgeous. It is called a cardi wrap and you can wear it probably 10 different ways. I use to belt it with a tank under. You can wear it as a shaw blah blah blah. 

Depressing part: After my discount I still paid 105 for it and I wore it ONE time. I think I need to see a therapist. It's a small. I'm selling it for 75.00! It really is a great piece to have. 

back view.

I have more clothes that I wasn't willing to sell for cheap in my car but currently am toooooo lazy to get. So, I'm sure I'll be having another one of these soon.

Look for it over the weekend! It will be more of my forever 21 stuff and probably some more shoes and maybe some jewelry!

Let me know what you think. I'm willing to work a little on the prices as well!

Hope you have fun doing some shopping! 

♡Kels