Win!

Win!

Today I slept in, read, and then went out with the family/"school" shopping. Parentheses around school because after years of shopping for the perfect back to school outfits, I said "fuck it!" because really, who am I trying to impress?What does it matter if I have new clothes for the first week? I very well know, even though I won't admit it,that the first week could go great and then I run out of new clothes to wear. I've started to learn that you don't have to have new clothes and a lot of money to have great style.It just takes buying quality pieces or just ones that you can wear over and over. Following trends is fun and all, but I just can't afford it.So from now on, I just want to develop a style I can really call my own. And If trendy pieces are a part of it,so be it!

Anyway,now that I'm done with ranting, I managed to buy the madison biker boots from Payless!!! I'm serious when I say that I have been thinking day in and day out about these babies! I know, I know,it's not good to valuse material things like this,but I REALLY wanted these!Ok,I'll calm down hehe,but yes, these are a lot more reasonably priced then the Jeffree campbell one's that are just as forfeous but way out of my budget at $200. When I saw this $50 Alice+Olivia pair on nitrolicious , I knew it was destiny for us to meet. They are 100x cuter than in the picture,by the way.

As for the books, this is what I'm reading right now. Annie Leibowitz's book,Annie Leibowitz at Work,is great and so is Sara Gruen's "Water For Elephants". The first offers alot of insight on Annie's life as a photographer and on certain photographs she has taken throughout the years. At the end she has a Q&A section as well as an equipment section,so people can find out the tools that a great artist uses. I've learned quite a bit from this book! As for the latter, I find it hard to put down because Sara Gruen has written such an addicting novel- I find it hard to imagine details in a book sometimes,especially when every little thing is described! But with this novel, I can picture everything so clearly and it has a great plot while not being confusing at all. As for Slaughterhouse Five, it's a summer reading book.Certainly interesting but not quite my cup of tea. Almost finished though and then I have to write up a summary. Ah, I love reading...