100 days. Free of Nothing New.

Horoscope for today reads "...this is also a great day to buy new clothes."

Well it's not. And neither will the next  264 days.

I've received a lot of criticism from many of you for the lack of blog updates! I APOLOGIZE and appreciate your continued interest in my blog and resolution!!!!

As many of you are firmly aware, I'm in my last semester of graduate school and things are crazy. I spend lots of my days staring at the computer and quite frankly the last thing I ever feel like doing during my spare time is stare at the computer. Although, a friend did suggest I shift my Facebook use towards updating my blog more regularly...ugh. Point well taken. ( Thanks, Jake.)  Dare I reflect on the amount of time spent on Facebook? Nah. I'll save the embarrassment and shame for another day...

May 12th is graduation...and until then, don't expect another post.

First, I want to hash out the water bottle issue from February. Yes, I bought the new water bottle. However, I felt so damn guilty about it that I arranged with Samantha for her to buy it off of me and I took her old one. Wait. It gets better.  I lost that water bottle shortly after and then lost two after that..including the water bottle that is attached to my bike (I was getting desperate looking for water bottles). Finally--as in last week-- the sun peaked through the dark clouds and God hit me upside the head with a recycled glass water bottle  Okay, not exactly.

I give full credibility to my wonderful place of employment, The Greenheart Shop. We constantly are getting neat fair trade and/or eco friendly products for the store. Behold... the water bottle.

Moving on, I have done little, but amazing second-hand shopping. Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood has done me well! One of my favorites is a dress I made from a long shirt (I think it was meant to be worn with leggings? The slits up the sides were up to my hips.) I loved the print. I stitched up the sides, took off about three inches from the bottom and voila! Got me a dress! 

I went to Target yesterday (insert groan). I definitely walked through the clothing and shoe isles...and electronics. Initially, I felt jealousy---of all you young ladies who will be buying those clothes/items from Target. You all will look super cute too...and you will all look a like. Welp, guess I'll be looking a little different. Perhaps rockin' last year's Target (pronounced Tar-jay) trends. And I'm totally okay with that!! After jealousy came inspiration. The stroll through Target (you can go back to the English version) provided me with ideas of what I would like small summer wardrobe to look like. I love oversized t-shirts. There's a hint...

If I had to sum up the last 100 days in one word it would be: easy 

Seriously. At this point, I see myself adhering to the nothing new policy not only during 2011, but 2012 and beyond. I am shocked at the things I have found second-hand. I'm also super impressed with my ability to distinguish between what I want and what I need. That was always a struggle. I'm still learning and analyzing my thoughts/opinions on nothing new...

...and I'll elaborate more come May 13th.