I'm excited to share this video today, because tomorrow I'm doing the color run! I've wanted to do one of these for a long time, and finally my city is having one! Matt, myself, and our friends Joel and Marquel (Joel was previously my drama teacher and I shot their wedding last year) are all doing it together as a team. It's a pretty low key run, which is good for Lauren because I never run voluntarily. ;) But it's going to be a blast and I'm so excited.
It has been so so hot these past few days. It's nice and cool in the office where I work, so I'm usually wearing tights during the day, but as soon as I get home it's time to strip to the bare minimum amount of clothing. It's on hot days like this that I wish I had more summer clothing in my wardrobe, especially crop tops. I currently have three that I've worn to death, so I thought, "Hey, might as well try to turn all of my tops into crop tops." A recently post junior high Lauren would have been disappointed that I'm now returning to the days of knotting long shirts into shorter ones, but when you're trying not to die from heat, is there really any other choice? Speaking of crop tops, I've had my eye on this one forever now, but I haven't yet been able to justify buying it. Every time I'm tempted, I think, "Now Lauren, you could use that money for so many other things in the future, like that dream wedding, or roadtripping across the United States, or buying new camera equipment, or buying plane tickets to every place in the world," and then I don't click on that buy button.
I recently read this arcticle and consequently posted it to my photography page. One day, one day I shall do this. The plan now is to save up money, and when the time comes, spend an entire summer living out of my (soon to be existent) car or on couches that anyone is willing to let me sleep on, and make art, teach photography, and sell my (also soon to be existent) novel. Doesn't that seriously sound like the greatest thing ever? I've always wanted to take a huge roadtrip across the United States. My family has done a lot of moving so we've driven through a lot of states both in the Northwest, Central, and South United States, but we never got to go to any of the national parks or touristy type of places. I've always wanted to go see the Redwood Forest, or Niagara Falls, or Yellowstone National Park, or the Grand Canyon. But really, I just want to see as much of the world as I can. Travel the world or a crop top? I'll take the travels hands down. Sign me up.
shirt: old navy // shorts: thrifted // shoes: target
Just a quick little post featuring my outfit from day two of our latest camping trip. My little sister snapped these photos of me during lunch. It was seriously the nicest weekend in the world to go camping. Last year it was cold and rainy, but this year the sun was shining, there were hardly any mosquitos, there was a freezing lake to cool off in (in five second intervals, but still) ... I even got sunburned! I can't wait to share with you guys more photos from this trip, because I am pretty sure this is now officially my favorite camping spot.
Sssh, just pretend you don't remember that I wore this dress in my last outfit post. That's totally beside the point here. Instead, take a peek at this awesome vest I got at the thrift store! In my pity party about not having enough clothes to wear (which I realize is crap now, because there are so many better things I can spend my money on and clothes are not that big of a deal to me), I pulled out some old bags of clothes from the back of my closet. This vest was in one of the bags, put there because I was going to sell it on my online store that never happened after I decided that I didn't like it as much as I did when I bought it. So I decided to give the thing another go around and I love it! Now I'm glad I held onto it for so long, because it's a really sturdy vest and pretty neutral that will go with a lot of things. Who knows, I may never be able to stop wearing it.
It's funny though, I always buy things that I end up never wearing until years later. Maybe my purchasing instinct is just ahead of my time, and I'm buying things that I subconsciously know I will like in the future. ... Though, I hope that's not always the case, otherwise you'll be seeing me in weird red patterned shirts and grandma (not cool grandma, but weird grandma) skirts. Oh what was I thinking when I bought those things?
Has that ever happened to you? Where you bought something but then never wore it? It's obnoxious, haha.
I hope you have a great day, and don't forget to enter my firmoo giveaway!
