Pray make no mistake, we are not shy; we're very wide awake

The sun, whose rays
Are all ablaze
With ever-living glory,
Does not deny
His majesty
He scorns to tell a story.
He doesn't exclaim,
"I blush for shame,
So kindly be indulgent."
But, fierce and bold,
In fiery gold,
He glories all effulgent.
I mean to rule the earth,
As he the sky
We really know our worth,
The sun and I.
Observe his flame,
That placid dame,
The moon's Celestial Highness;
There's not a trace
Upon her face
Of diffidence or shyness:
She borrows light
That, through the night,
Mankind may all acclaim her.
And, truth to tell,
She lights up well,
So I, for one, don't blame her.
Ah, pray make no mistake,
We are not shy;
We're very wide awake,
The moon and I.
-The Sun Whose Rays Were All Ablaze from The Mikado
I have had this committed to memory since I saw the film Brick in 2006. It translates wonderfully into poetry.

I tried to be like Grace Kelly

Uh, who DOESN'T want to be like Grace Kelly?
One of my favorite things to do is paw through my mom's old issues of Oprah Magazine. Seriously guys, it's a great magazine. Amazing book recommendations and cool fashion spreads.
I came across this specific spread two days ago and I've been in love with it ever since.
January Jones as Grace Kelly? What could be better??





All images from O Magazine, October issue 2008.

Everybody come outside

Starting up this blog again led me to my newest craze, trying to be more fashionable in a different way.
I get stuck in this rut of wearing the same 5 or 6 pieces of clothing until they become stale, or worse people notice. After reading countless blogs about fashion, I took a step and fished out a dress from the back of my closet. A dress I didn't think looked good on me and one I only wore once.

I got this back in my Paisley Period in ninth grade. I bought anything that was paisley. It was an addiction.

And can I just sing the praises of this belt? It was a hand me down from my Nan and I wear it with anything and everything

Dress: Forever 21, Belt:Talbots


So thank you, all of you wonderful fashion bloggers.

All year long we wait for sun. At the beach we come undone

My family and I made our 14 hour summer trek to Pawley's Island, South Carolina.
It's about an hour outside of Charleston and a truly beautiful place.

It was full of beautiful houses.


And antique stores...


I got a ton of reading done in this here hammock

And I'm just gonna plug the Old City Market in Charleston, S.C. It has maybe the best selection ever and I made these GREAT finds for fairly cheap!
(these finds will be a part of a separate post, as my camera is being stupid right now.)

I had to use this postcard as there were about 8 million people standing outside the Market and it didn't make a good picture!
Definitely go there if you are ever in the Charleston area. They have cheap Pashminas, sundresses and great jewelry!