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Every Real Grown-Up Should Have...

… the good sense to know when they need to slow down, which is the excuse I’m using for my lack of posts recently. I’ve been sick ever since I finished my final exams this weekend, but my illness really hit me today, like a club to the head. I usually like to let my body fight illness on its own, but with Christmas and my birthday only days away, I made the trip to urgent care...

Dec 22nd

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Playing Dress-Up: A New Haircut For Finals Week

The end of finals week is always a good incentive for me to pull myself together by putting a little bit of thought into my outfit. It seems silly, but it really is amazing what good clothes and a bit of lipstick can do for my motivation and confidence level, which are usually rock-bottom by this time each semester. Also, somehow I’m finding time to write this post between studying....

Dec 16th

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Every Real Grown-Up Should Have...

… the right to hole up in a candlelit bathroom for an hour, with a bit of music and privacy to boot. I’ve been in a bit (okay, more than a bit) of a funk lately due to end-of-the-semester stress, exams, etc., and at the end of my work day today I felt truly awful and sick to my stomach and like I was at the edge of a nervous breakdown. After eating a mediocre spinach salad and sitting...

Dec 15th

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All I want for Christmas is...

Because I spent last year in France, where I heard nary a carol leading up to the big day, I’ve recently had my radio station set not to the normal NPR, but to a station that plays Christmas music twenty-four hours a day. I keep waiting to tire of it, but the child in me secretly loves it, so it remains. As I result, I’m pretty sure I’ve finally succeeded in hearing most every Christmas song...

Dec 15th

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Playing Dress-Up: Flannel and a Mink Collar

I’m wearing leggings as pants again because I can’t be bothered, and also because I figure that if I’m going to take my exams from the comfort of my bedroom, I may as well take full advantage and dress as much like I’m in my pajamas as possible. Yet today’s outfit should serve as a lesson that even though I’m all grown-up now, wearing something...

Dec 8th

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Every Real Grown-Up Should Have...

Since I wrote my Santa letter and hung it on my family’s refrigerator, I have a few, slightly more specific ideas about what I want for Christmas and my birthday. I promise this will absolutely be the last time ever this holiday season I publish a not-so-subtle gift guide. I want… this dress, this dress, and especially this dress (in size 0, please)! a pair of moccasin slippers,...

Dec 7th

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Every Real Grown-Up Should Have...

… a couple of kids for best friends. I know I’ve horribly neglected talking about my ever-interesting job as a nanny lately, but I really cannot stress enough just how clutch Kai and Amélie have been in maintaining my sanity level over the past several months. It’s important for grown-ups to hang out with kids because they don’t take themselves too seriously. Which is...

Dec 2nd

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Pretty Little Things: Watch Necklace

This little watch necklace is obsession-worthy. Necklace, ebay; chambray shirt, borrowed from brother; leggings*, American Apparel; boots, secondhand. *I take full responsibility for wearing leggings as pants and maintain that it’s acceptable.

Dec 1st