TOMS aka Orphan shoes

So I was looking on the internet today and realized I know what I should buy myself for Christmas, let alone I do buy myself something once in a while just for the hell of it and I feel that everyone should get something nice for themselves once in a while just to make you feel better. 
        Or maybe this is my over-shopping feelings kicking in. 
        Anyways, I was on Journey's website about over an hour ago to look at getting a new pair of Vans or simple tennis shoe that's cheap so I could buy a couple pairs to match some outfits that I don't have shoes to match. I feel that shoes really do make the outfit. So I was looking around and came across some TOMS that were on sale, and there were my thoughts in this order.
Hey, they're on sale!
Why not click on them?
Click
Oh, these are those shoes those hipsters wear
Not even hipsters, just people
People who aren't mainstream
Why is it mainstream?
These look like shoes orphans wear
Poor orphans can't afford shoes
But these are $54?
Jesus, those are rich orphans
They probably killed their parents for money
And bought Toms
Oh that's horrible.
But they are cute.
And orphan-y.

As you can read, I probably have ADD because I think of all these weird things when in reality I should just be focusing on the shoes. But so I was looking at them, and even they do look orphan-y, they are cute and come in a lot of different colors and designs. So what do you think of them? Are they worth the price tag to look like my parents don't care about me? 

Now I don't have to sell my kidney!

I'm just kidding about selling my kidney. Not really, I was getting broke off my ass.

And by me saying, 'broke off my ass' I really do mean that. 

I like shopping too much and have an impulsive attitude when shopping which encourages me to buy things at the spur of the moment that I really didn't need. COUGH WHITE FUR BOOT THINGS THAT SNOOKI WEARS COUGH. Oh goodness, does anyone have the over-spenders anonymous number? 

Anyways, this weekend while I was at the mall with Ben I was joking saying, "Oh I should work at Victoria's Secret! Than I could find some more boyfriends." (I was being completely sarcastic and laughing about it) and he was like, "You really should, you could easily get a job there!"

So about 15 minutes later after looking at the new sparkly hoodies, new yogas and the new perfumes I went up to one of the sales ladies and asked if they were hiring, and she said she didn't think so but she would ask. 

       While waiting for her answer, one of the managers said that she was hiring about a week ago but said I should still fill out an application. While I was filling out the application, the other manager and me had a great conversation about working and the hoildays and basically everything involving Victoria's Secret. So after filling out the paper work, which everyone hates, she said that she wanted to give me an interview. 

          Long story short, the interview went great and she basically hired me on the spot! :) She scheduled me as a seasonal worker for the semi-annual sale and said if there were no problems I would stay with the team. 

         So I went back in today for her to schedule me and we set up my hours, (basically after school on Fridays and Saturdays) and explained how I got paid $7.47 an hour, I get a 30% discount, how to schedule days off, where everything is, showed me my locker, and basically explained how I was going to get trained. Everything is going great so far and I've always wanted to work at this store since I do shop there all the time and basically could fill up their store with my closet. I hope I stay at this store for a long time.

Did I mention I got the job at Victoria's Secret? 

Reasons you shouldn't be kidnapped and delete your Facebook.

What would you do if you were talking to a guy you didn't know on the internet, and he kidnaps you than he lures your friend in and kidnaps her?

That's basically what this movie is with SPOILERS.

Before you jump to conclussions thinking that I'm some creeper who spends my free time watching movies about kidnapped people and all of that, let me explain.

It all started one night when I was bored and was searching through Netflix for something new and scary to watch, (I shouldn't watch scary movies because I think they won't bother me when in reality, I'm scared and never want to go outside for a few days or even sleep with the lights off.) so I saw 'Megan is Missing' as one of the titles about a 14 year old who talks to a guy online and how it esclades from there. After watching this movie all I can say is

OH MY GOD.

It starts out about Megan who is 14 and really popular in school and has a horrible home life, with her mom saying that she never wanted her, blah blah and she has a best friend named Amy who is 14 also but is more shy and has a great home life. Megan is talking to one of her friends on Skype and her friend said that she should add this guy named Josh because he's really hot and everything, but he can't Skype because his dog chewed the camera. So Megan decides to start talking to Josh and when she asks about being able to Skype, he says that his brother broke it. SKETCHY, YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED TALKING TO HIM MEGAN. BUT YOUR 14 AND THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING RIGHT?
But so she decides that it's not a big deal. So they keep talking every day and he invites her to this party he's going to where she lives, so her and Amy go to this party where you have to pay $10 to get in. IF IT'S YOUR FRIEND'S PARTY YOU SHOULDN'T PAY TO GET IN. I WOULDN'T PAY OR LET ALONE GO TO A 14 YEAR OLDS PARTY IN A EMPTY HOUSE.
So while everyone is drinking or doing illegal drugs, poor Megan waited over 4 hours to meet Josh while Amy is feeling awkward and doing nothing. So she goes home that night and she messages Josh saying, "I waited over 4 hours for you to show up and you never did." and he replies by saying he was there and explains her outfit exactly and says he was to shy to talk to her by how pretty she is. So she buys it and they decided to meet behind a diner that night. WHO DOES THAT? YOUR ASKING TO GET KIDNAPPED IF YOUR MEETING SOME GUY BEHIND A DINER. WHY DIDN'T YOU MEET HIM SOMEWHERE PUBLIC AND SAFE? Jesus.
So a few days go by and no one has heard from Megan and now she is declared missing and the news are all over it saying the last time Megan was seen was in a security tape that shows her being grabbed by some guy. Now her mom is acting like her daughter meant so much to her and blah blah blah. So now people are looking at Amy because they're best friends and think she had something to do with it. So being the good friend that Amy is, she messages Josh saying that she thinks that he kidnapped her and he denies it saying he's worried about her too. OKAY OBVIOUSLY HE'S GOING TO SAY HE DIDN'T KIDNAP HER. ANY CREEPER WOULDN'T SAY, OH YEAH I DID KIDNAP YOUR FRIEND. SORRY.
So than Amy starts talking to Josh and he's saying how she's so pretty and he liked her the whole time, and of course she's going to believe that because she's 14 and doesn't have much of a confidence which is sad. So she sends him tapes of her in her room and everything, a tour of her house like Megan did and she makes another tape and you see a shadow in the background moving and than she get's kidnapped. WHY WOULD YOU SHOW SOME GUY WHO TOOK YOUR FRIEND YOUR HOUSE AND EVERYTHING? AND YOU SHOULD HAVE DELETED HIM AS A FRIEND AND GONE ON WITH LIFE.
 
Than it esclades quickly.
If you're easily scared or don't want to know what happens to Megan and Amy, stop reading this now.

So I thought this was the end of the movie, but it wasn't. I'm not going to explain what happens in the last 20 minutes but it made me feel awful, almost cry and angry at 'Josh'. And also delete my Facebook and cover my webcam on my laptop. WARNING, - THE ENDING IS GRAPHIC, I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS ENDING AND I HAD TO LOOK A WAY A FEW TIMES.

The scariest thing about this movie is the fact that this film isn't fake, it's real. And it scared me for life. It's shot to look like a documentary of the conversations and tapes when it was filmed in Hollywood, but the story about Megan and Amy is REAL. The producer took 7 stories about missing children and their cases and combined them together to show people that THIS REALLY DOES HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. It's not just a freak incident, but things happen like this when you talk to people online you don't know. Especially this day in age. It changed how I feel about people online and made me go through my friends list and delete people, because honestly you've probably added a 'friend' that's actually a fake account someone made and you didn't know it or still don't know it. (958)

New Dr. Dre song with Brittney Spears?

So I usuaolly blog about whatever is on my mind at the time and this is LITERALLY something I'm listening to at this very moment.

Scream and Shout by Brittney Spears feat. Will.i.am

At first I didn't even know that this was even a real song because when I was watching tv I heard the song for a Beats by Dr. Dre commerical, and I thought it was a mash up just for the commerical. Because it was showing Lil Wayne, All American Rejects lead singer, some asian girl and just a mix up of people with their Beats. I was bored one night looking for new music and decided to look it up to see a new song from Brittney and Will.i.am called, 'Scream and Shout'

Before I even played it I thought, "Oh god, this is going to be so tacky or really good." And I was surprised. It was the song from the Dr. Dre commerical! :) And it's actually pretty good, compared to Brittney's other music which I'm not too big of a fan of. But there are some things I don't like about this computer made song.

1. Brittney's voice. In the song she sounds british. Just imagine a british person saying, "When you hear this in the club, their gonna turn this shit up." No. Just no. You're like 30 and have kids. I doubt you're in the clubs anymore after you're problems.
2. Will.i.ams voice sounds like a robot. Another huge sign of auto-tune. But that's personally me.
3. I also think that it's tacky their using her quote from a couple years ago which is, "It's Brittney, bitch." If she's still trying to stay classy you're not going to keep saying that. Let alone say that.

For the things I do like

1. The beat rhythmn of the song. It's on time and constant so it get's stuck in you're head easily because it sounds like club music. So because this is how I orginally got stuck into this song.
2. The chorus of the song that's really addicting is when they go, "I want to scream and shout and let it all out, we're saying "Ohhhh Weoooh Weoooh Weooooh" It's kinda annoying but it reminds me of the the football games. Don't even ask me why.
3. This isn't really a positive, but I feel like this is going to be the theme song of 2012. It's kind of a neautral feeling.

 What do you think about this song? (418)

This guy is so annoying.

This is so annoying. So this guy that I used to have a flirty thing over the last couple months, we were really good friends and basically best friends before and afterwards the whole sch-bang. But when we were texting the other night I saw that some other girl was posting on his wall saying, “I can’t wait to see you soon!! <3” And that really made me mad, and frustrated especially since she posted that on my birthday when me and him were supposed to hang out and go out for dinner. Which he ‘couldn’t come because he had plans with his family.’ No. You were probably hanging out with this other chick. So being the creeper that I am, I texted him saying,

“Can I be blunt with you? I don’t care if you didn’t want to hang and go out to eat on my birthday but could you do me a favor and not lie to me about it? Thanks.”

Him – “Uh.. I had plans with my family”

“So that’s that girl was posting all over your wall? Okay. I don’t care just don’t lie to me. That’s bullsh*t.”

Him -  “ I DIDN’T FU*KING LIE TO YOU. QUIT ASSUMING SH*T. I MET HER A FEW DAYS AGO AND I WANTED TO HANG OUT WITH HER OKAY? DON’T CALL ME A LIAR.”

Well. This is great.

So being the nice person I am, I send him 2 pages of text saying I was sorry, I’m sorry for assuming things, it just made me upset, blah blah blah. Only to have him not reply. I thought, Oh maybe he’s mad, I get that. (Not really because you’re being a douche.) So I tried texting him about a band coming to Iowa City he wants to see, no reply. This guy has basically gone missing. So I had a class to him and I thought, I’m not going to annoy him, if he talks to me great, if not it doesn’t happen. So he didn’t talk to me. Or even look at me. This is so stupid.

After the class I talked to one of our mutual friends and she told me that he’s telling people that, quote me on this, “She’s mad at me because I have a girlfriend.”

Uh, no.

That is not the problem at all. Sure, I’m mad. I won’t lie about that. But I’m mad at the fact you won’t talk to me, let alone look at me anymore. You never text me back. And you basically act like I don’t exist, which makes me feel horrible. I didn’t do anything wrong. I really don’t care that you have a girlfriend. (UPDATE: They broke up after a few days.) What? I’m not even hung up on this because I’m trying for us to be friends again, and you won’t even give me that all. Let alone talk to me. I miss my best guy friend. Why can’t it go back to how it was? I hate being in highschool.

I'm getting to the point when I'm about to confront you about this. Meh. But this isn't Jersey Shore and we have to stay classy. And also acknowlege I've been talking to someone else, so that should show you that I don't indeed care.

Screw me now.

I am so screwed.

The last few days I've been sick with something along the lines of the flu and my body hurting. It sucks. Because of this I wasn't able to go to the Wiz Khalifa 2050 tour in Des Moines on Saturday. Urgh. (I was excited but then I was thinking, I'm kinda white to be going to a rap concert thats about 'rolling blunts' and 'spending thousands on hoes' because 'this is the high life') But I love his music, but I listened to his EPs and CD and got over it.
                   But because of this, I decided before I started throwing up that I was going to go to the bookstore and creep around and see what they had. Over a hour later, I was checked out and got 2 books, "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" and the squel "Assholes Always Finish First". I'll post about those later.
                    Then I went to Target because they had really cute shoes that look exactly like Vans for $4.48, which I proceeded to buy 4 pairs. Which was a really good deal because I need more shoes to go with my outfits, and you can't even beat that price. So when I was walking to check out I was talking to this guy that worked there and said I should fill out a app to work there, and he was really hot so I couldn't resist myself and said I would. I still don't want to get a job. I'm such a bum.
                     Anyways, I proceeded to go home when that feeling hits you and you're like,
                    "Oh my god, I'm going to throw up, now."
                  So being the classy Cedar Rapidian that I am, I had a choice. Whether to roll my window down and get sick and look like Ke$ha, or hold it down. I held it down. I finally got home, took asprin, got sick and passed out. But the point is that since I've missed school, I've missed a ton of work. Literally, A TON. (And the guy I'm kinda in the friendzone with was filling me on what I missed, he's adorable)
                   Shit.
                    So hopefully I'll have everything done so I can catch up and work on other things in my life. So how was your weekend? :) (386)

The not so sure friend zone.

What is the difference in these two?

I can tell you. So I should probably give you some information before I go on to my normal rants. I've known this one guy for a few years now, I met him when I was a sophomore and he was freshman. It was that he was a friend of a friend and then we became friends. Normally when this happens you gain a good guy friend, but  I gained a best friend. At one time we were flirting with each other until I found out he was talking to another girl I couldn't stand. At all. So I cut things off. Some months later we began talking and I apologized by cutting off the friendship saying that 'I just couldn't stand her' in reality, I liked you and didn't want to really put that out there. So when we began friends again he was in a relationship with a girl that hated me for no reason, looking back on it I think it was because I spent more time with her boyfriend then she did. Because of this I got to know him more and more and we were always flirting. 

                   You can judge me, but it's whatever. I can't hear your thoughts from your screen. 

So the girl wound up just treating him like shit, she would be like "I love you so much!" to "I don't want you hanging out with Ashley, at all." But we still did. So one night when we were texting I said
"Can I tell you something just between us?"

Him - "Sure anything"

"I don't know why your with her when she treats you like complete shit when I know you could be with me and I would treat you so much, I've liked you for over a year."

                     So when I was waiting for his text, my heart was going ovber 1,000 miles an hour. During this whole situation I was listening to the song "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift. And guess what happened.

"I've liked you too."

                  OH MY GOD.

Anyways, we had a fling over the summer. We have a class together this term and we talk every day. I've made it clear that I still like him alot. He's single and I'm single too. So we hung out today and I was telling him how he's amazing and blah blah blah and he replied the same. I also told him that I was going to ask him to homecoming this year because I didn't have a date, and he said I should of because he would have said yes.
                   Am I still in the friend zone?

Its not that hard to do something nice for someone.

And when I say someone, I mean my parents.

I know that from experience of having a love hate relationship with my parents, which every teenager has when growing up and maturing, that you should apericate what your parents do for you. 

                Wait, I sound like an old person reflecting on life when I say that.

                 But its true. I take for granted for what my parents do for me a lot of the time because I feel like it's expected for parents to do those things. For me, that would be my parents paying for me to have a phone, even though I do pay for a portion of that, they support me in whatever I do and they also make me food. Which is actually really good food, which means I need to start working out. Fat kid probs.

                Anyways, because of all of the things that they do everyday that I forgot to say a simple 'Thank you' to them, I decided to do things for them that I should do more often, as giving the dogs a bath. It sounds simple, but it's hard when they try to drink the soapy water and run around the house wiping their bodies on everything because their wet. (don't even ask). I then did the dishes and started the dishwasher and took the trash out from the bathrooms and in the kitchen, and picked up the house simple things like that.

              It actually means a lot to them.

              So if you're bored and just sitting there texting or on Facebook or Instagram, do something nice and help your parents out. Maybe they'll love you even more, decide to keep you and maybe even feed you tonight. Haha. :)

Heres another reason I don't like Cedar Rapids

I have an another actual reason not to like Cedar Rapids

So I was bored today because on Sunday there really isn't too much to do, unless you have a ton of friends you can hang out with, which I don't really have and my friends were busy doing jobs and other things. My choices for this Sunday was to A.) Lay in bed, eat food, go back to bed and watch repeats of Jersey Shore or B.) Actually be inspired by something and find something to do besides be a bum. So, I chose to be inspired.
                      So I had bought these black, chunky, Candies heels from my ex-work place for about $6. I thought they would be a good closet staple piece, but I never really wear them. So I thought that I would get inspiration from a pair of Jeffrey Campbell shoes I wanted, I would buy them but I'm not going to throw $320 on a pair of heels, plus my parents would beat me..just kidding! But I thought I would be able to just go to Michael's and buy some studs and hot glue them on around they heel.
                        That's when life said, LOL no.
                     So I went to about 3 different craft and fabric stores today looking for spikes and studs, and none of them had them or even understood what I was talking about. So that kinda pissed me off but it's whatever. Cedar Rapids wouldn't carry studs to glue on stuff. Whatever. So when I finally got in my SUV I realize since I've been carrying around these heels, I lost one of the straps. Just awesome. So not only did I not get my studs, I lost a heel strap during my 'inspirational Sunday'.
                    Maybe I should have just went to church because I feel like this is karma kicking me in the ass.

That Awkward Moment. Sneeze.

I hate the cold and flu season.

I really love fall because of the leaves crunching under my feet, the crisp smell when you walk outside, and of course the pumpkin lattes. But theres one thing I hate about fall.

Colds and sneezing.

It sucks. Horribly. I'm one of those lucky people who get sinus infections and colds throughout the year. Which comes with the sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes and just that look you get when you look like a hot mess. So usually when I have a cold or sinus problems, I take cold pills and asprin and I should be fine. But not today.

I went home yesterday after 4th hour because I felt like my head was about to explode, my face was swollen, my eyes were red and watery and I kept sneezing. I don't know about you but I hate when it's awkward when you have to get up in the middle of class to get a kleenex to blow your nose and everyone watches your every single move. So I went home, took cold pills, ate soup and passed out. (Not literally passed out on cold pills but passed out because I felt awful and slept.)

So I thought I was going to be okay this morning because I felt great and everything was good until I walk into the school. My nose hurts and tingles. And it's that feeling you're about to sneeze but can't constantly, so my eyes get red and water. Ugh. I hate that because I'm walking through the hallways and I feel like people think I'm crying because my eyes are red, I'm almost in tears and I'm sniffling. No. I have a cold. Really.

So in this moment I can happily say that I can't wait for the cold months to be over with so I don't have to deal with my nasal issues. Sniff. (318)

What I Think Of Smoking Pot

 Before you read this post, I am not encouraging or discouraging people to try the drug marijuana.

I have heard about everything arguement in the books about marjiuana, aka pot, weed, bud. Some people want it to be legal while others want it to be illegal. I personally have my opinon on it but I don't want to influence you from you reading this. I'm friends with smokers and non-smokers alike and I've heard both views, so I want to know your view.

The points below are some of the reasons people want pot to be legal.

• It would bring the economy up because we would be able to tax it and our economy is horrible.
• It shouldn't be illegal because it's just a plant, and plants are eco-friendly
• It would help our relationship with Mexico because that's where a majority of drug leaders buy it, which would help with the problem of illegal shipping
• The police wouldn't have to patrol it as much because it would be legal so they could focus on other crimes that are more important.
• It doesn't cause an addiction, it just makes you laugh, be happy and lose track of time.

Here are the points below of some reasons that people want pot to stay illegal.

• Because there are alot of dangerous side effects
• Being could drive udner the influence and possibly kill someone
• It's not good for your body long term because to smoke you're inhaling hot smoke which burns your lungs
• Because people don't want to see people stoned walking around causing problems and trouble for other people
• It inhibts brain functions

Those are some of the reasons that people want it to be legal and illegal. Personally, I can see a bit on each side of their views because it could cause some dangerous side effects because you don't know how're your going to react, but then again people have been smoking this plant for years and no one has died directly from smoking. These are my thoughts though, so everyone might not agree with me. I also think that if they legalize it, that would be great so the goverment and police could focus on more important crimes, because in Colorado and Chicago if you're caught with less then a gram of weed, they can give you a ticket but you won't be arreseted and sent to jail. But on the illegal hand, if they legalize pot, when are they going to draw the lines on other drugs such as herione, meth, and cocaine? (424)

How is Makeup Fake?

How does makeup make you fake?

I see comments all the time on Facebook bashing girls who wear makeup every day or sometimes wear a little too much. I understand that it’s a hobby to most, and some girls wouldn’t dare leave their houses without it. If you do rely on makeup to feel better about yourself,

                  I don’t see a problem. 

                  I really don’t see a problem with that. Some days I can go out with no makeup on and be fine, but for the girls who use it as a confidence boost, what is so wrong with that? 

                   It's like your favorite pair of jeans. You always feel better when you’re wearing them because it’s one less thing you have to worry doesn’t look good on you. 

                   But aside from makeup being a confidence boost, a lot of people, like myself, use it as a creative outlet. It’s FUN. I’m sorry if my hobby is not as intellectually stimulating as you being in the advanced pre-calc classes or being in a club or sport, but that is how I enjoy myself. 

                    Anyways, I’m sick of hearing people go on and on about how fake people who wear makeup are, or how insecure they are, or how lesser of a person they are. (214)

I Skipped 1st Hour for UGGs

749I really don't like school, but I like UGGs.

This is something probably that every teenagers and even college kid say at least once in their school career. But I really don't like school. At all.

                    I usually don't complaion all the time, actually, I do complain some times, actually I do but today is different.  I was supposed to go to my first hour like I normally do, but I saw this pair of UGGs on eBay about a week ago and I've been checking the price about every 1 to 4 hours. So I thought the bidding was supposed to end today at 12:13 pm. Which would have worked perfect because my 4th hour teacher would have just let me left early, but I checked last night and it was 8:13 am.
                     Shit.
                    The time difference really threw me off. Which makes me mad too but I'm not going to rant about that. So I had to make a decision, either go to class like a good kid and not win the UGGs, OR figure out a way to stay home until atleast 8:15 am. So being the responsible student that I am, I made up some story to my mom last night about how the laptop wasn't working right and not saving my paper. For the record, my paper was done so don't judge me thinking I don't do my homework. Because I do. Sometimes. Anyways, she believed me and I got to watch the finale of Teen Mom last night.
                     Before I continue with my morning, let me tell you about my first hour class I don't like. I don't like it because it's Spainsh 1 and all the other kids my age are in Spainsh 4 or even AP Spainish, so I'm basically in a room with freshmen. Besides that, I'm never early or on time to my first hour because I like sleep. The most frustrating part of this class is the fact the teacher does not like me. At all. I think I don't like her because she doesn't like me because I don't like her because I know she doesn't like I don't come to class.
                     So I had it all planned out this morning about how I was going to tell my Dad about how the laptop still wasn't working, I was ready to go to school but I made a big deal about how 'frustrating' it was for the laptop not too work to 'send this file' and 'it won't attach to the file of blahblahblah'. My Dad isn't too smart about the computer, so he was basically feeling bad for me because it wasn't working. My Dad works the nightyard shift (6 pm to 6am) so he usually goes to bed after I'm already for school. So around 8 am he said he hoped it work and went to bed.
                   Here I am already to outbid whoever was bidding me, and I kept refreshing the page until it was around the last 20 seconds. So I put my bid in which was around $5 more than the person had bid. When I submit my bid, the page comes up saying I had already been outbid. So I frantically tried to put my new bid in and the auction was over.
                  That's just awesome. It's not like I was going to be late for 1st hour because someone got a pair of shoes I wanted. Whatever. So being the good daughter I am, I told my Dad and said I fixed it and I was off to school. He was already asleep so he didn't hear me.
                 When I was pulling out of the driveway this guy texts me, (We've both been in the friendzone together, either he's single when I'm with someone or I'm single when he's dating this girl I don't like. At all) saying 'Hey can you give me a ride today? :)' Well, of course I'm going to give him a ride and he doesn't live that far from me. So I gave him a ride and we talked basically about nothing. So by the time I dropped him off it was 8:39 am. There was no point going in for first hour. So I went to Burger King and got a large Mango smoothie. Then went to math class. And avoided the spainsh teacher all day and also the attendance guy, I'm surprised I haven't got called in yet.
                So how was your morning? (749)

I Need A Break From Clothes, Let's Rant.

I need a break from writing about fashion.

As you might have read I work in retail. Well I don't think I wrote that I work there specifically, but I do. I love it there because the people I work with are just the best. Usually. Unless 2 people get mad at each other and cause problems, it's basically like highschool. A thing I don't like about working there is the customers. I'm sorry if you've ever had to deal with me on a bitchy mood at work, but honestly I don't like the customers. At all.
                        You probably just read that and you're like, Oh my god she just wrote that? Yes, I did.
So let me go on a rant about why I don't like the customers.

1. Right when I walk into work with my Hello Kitty lunch box and water bottle, before I even have my name badge on, you ask me to do something. How do you even know that I work there and I'm not just someone carrying a lunch box with me? It's like they see me and target me. You ask me to get something out of the display case, get a shirt down, or ask some question you could have answered yourself if you thought about it. But you didn't, so you ask me. A majority of the time I'll smile and help you, but if you have a attitude acting like you deserve to have that Juicy purse down, I'm going to get snarky and say "You're welcome".
2. If I'm working on doing the return rack, yes we do have a return rack but a majority of you people don't seem to comprehend that we do so you leave your clothes on the ground or just throw them near it. Did your mother raise you like a wild animal? No. So being the nice worker I am, aka I'm getting paid $7.50 an hour to make sure you have a good shopping experience, so I'm going to fake a smile and not make my comments about how you obviously don't know how to use a hanger, let alone know how to hang a shirt. I should just take a hanger and beat you with one because your parents should have when you started to not hang clothes.
3. I don't mind if you bring your children into shop with you if they are well behaved and don't cry and howl like a screaming monkey. Don't get me wrong, I think kids are cute and adorable when their quiet but if your child is running around, screaming, knocking stuff down and just acting like a ratchet animal, please take your child OUTSIDE of the store and tell them to quiet down and have them calm down before you bring them back, if you do. Please understand that even though you are buying clothes, we're not a free daycare to watch your kids and to pick the clothes up the throw around.
4. When I'm checking you out at the register, it would be appreciated if you have a set budget ahead of time that you tell me that, otherwise I'm going take all the senors off your clothes you want to buy, scan them and already have them bagged. If you change your mind at the last minute then I need to re-senor those things, void out those items and have a manager approve. Please think ahead of time.
5. The last thing I hate about customers is when you continue to look around the store and shop even though you knoe that were closed or were about to in 5 minutes. PLEASE get the hint. That's why we turn the music off and start to vacuum, it might be hard for you to realize this but we have lives too outside of work, we don't really want to spend the whole night doing the list of closing things we need to do.  (663)

Fall Fashion Trends

Fall Fashion Trends

I don't know about everyone, but Fall is my favorite season. I think it's because I love the noise of the leaves that crunch under your feet, the taste of pumpkin lattes, and of course sweaters. I could write a who post about sweaters because I love them so much. But tonight I'm going to be writing about the fashion fall trends that I've been seeing, writing, or obsessing about.

                   Skinny jeans

I've always loved skinny jeans because personally to me, they are the most comfortable pants in the world. I shouldn't say the world because yoga pants are pretty comfortable too. But when I do take the effort to pull them on and zip and button them, they make me feel great. I've noticed too that the flared-leg jeans have been going out for a while, but in the fall you can't go wrong with a big over-sized sweater with a pair skinny jeans.

Here's a pair of skinny jeans that I own, I've had them for over 2 years and they still fit and feel the same, I deffiantly recomend these.



http://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?productId=0432_7593_887&catId=cat1990002

               Knit Beret

In about every fashion magazine or blog I've been looking at I've seen knit berets are always a "must-have" in everyone's closet. Especially for the fall when it looks cute and it also keeps you really warm. I also think that it's an easy way to warm up any fall outfit, and it's also nice when you either have a bad hair day and you just want to cover it up. Trust me, I've been there.

 

This is a cute beret, they have it under a beanie but a beret and beanie are almost the same thing. And you can't go wrong for $7.80

http://www.forever21.com/Product/Product.aspx?BR=F21&Category=acc_hat&ProductID=2019572906&VariantID

               Scarves

I feel like scarves, just like the knit beret is a perfect warm accessory to any outfit. I have a few scarves, but I think I need to get some more because their basically all leopard print, which I love but I need to take a break from, it's becoming unhealthy. I could probably out due Snooki with my obessison.

 

I think this is a cute and it's super cheap too! I personally like infinty wrap around scarves because they always stay in a circle.

http://www.forever21.com/Product/Product.aspx?Br=21MEN&Category=m_accessories&ProductID=1025101257&VariantID

I'm Sorry.

I'm sorry.

Before I start writing about the fall trends that I've been reading, seeing, and just observing, I want to say sorry for the people, if there is any reading this blog. I haven't blogged lately. I've been having some personal things going on in my life. You're probably thinking in your head, "But this is for your class! It's basically you're homework!" I know but I needed to deal with somethings and be a little late on my blog. But I'm back and ready to blog about the fashion and world. :) (90)

My Designer Best Friend

My Best Friend is a designer.

I know I just wrote about a post about myself, but I forgot to add something that goes along with fashion and with my personal life.

         My best friend is Chanel. I know what your thinking, how can someone be friends with a designer? Well, it's actually my Yorkie's name. I named her after we got her when she was only 3 months old, and I chose to name her Chanel because I was reading a book about the fashion idol, Coco Chanel and I've always been interested in her life. It also helps that Chanel is just classy, and I hoped my dog would be classy. Hoped.

        Don't get me wrong, I love this little dog with my entire heart but she's not classy or even well behaved. When you walk past her in the hallway or when you come home she bites your ankles or feet. I don't even know why. She also has this problem when she gets mad at something she decides to bark at it and chew it, whether its a blanket, vacuum cleaner or magazine. Especially magazines. My mom also bought a new couch for the living room and she nibbled on it. 3 times.

       So despite all of her naughtiness and her chewing abilities, she's still my best friend. She climbs in my bed every morning, goes to bed with me and keeps me warm with her soft fur, and always keeps me laughing.   (248)

So here's my designer best friend Chanel.

Denim and Denim

Denim and denim.

When I first read about the denim on denim trend in my Seventeen magazine, I thought it was a joke. While reading the article about how denim is going to be the new trend this season, I was thinking to myself, 'Seriously? I don't want to look like I came back from the 90s wearing something like this'. But I was wrong.
            I think even before I read this I always thought it looked tacky but maybe that was because I saw tacky people wearing the trend before it was even popular. It's also a hard and contersival trend. Some people hate it, like I did before, and some people love it.
            But I've complelty have changed my mind, somewhat.
            I feel like almost everyone can pull off this trend because it's not like you can go out and buy a denim shirt and match it with any jeans. So below I made a list of tips you should take into considertaion before you go out.

Below are some rules you should follow with denim

1. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DENIM SHIRT AND DENIM JEANS DO NOT MATCH IN COLOR. You need a contrast. Do I really need to write that?
2. Do not wear a belt with denim on denim. This trend is supposed to look like a quick put together but casual, and you don't want to tuck your shirt in and look like a semi-driver with a belt.
3. No flashy or gawdy cowboy boots, you don't want to be a cowboy.
4. You can either wear the denim shirt with leaving the sleeves long or you can roll them up. If your choosing to roll them up it would be cute to add a few bracelets or even a ring.
5. Add a femine piece to your outfit to give them a girly character look, an example would be to add a gorgeous bag, pair of dangling earrings, just something to add feminism.
6. Make sure that your shapes of each item don't match either, such as wearing a too tight of a denim button up and skinny jeans. It's either one or the other. I personally like the loose fit of a denim button up and skinny jeans.

          I really hope to see more outfits with this trend, below are the different ways you can pull this off.   (387)

Leather Jacket

The Leather Jacket

I love leather jackets because I think that they add a edge to any outfit and they're also perfect for layering and keep you warm during the fall season. I think that every person should have one because you can wear one with about any outfit too and they have always been around for ages. The leather jacket really came into the fashion scene around the 50s when everyone had the whole 'Grease' theme going on. Well, mostly the hot bad ass guys wore them and then later would let their girlfriend wear the jacket to show that they were dating. I would be lying if I said I didn't feel like a bad ass when I bring my leather jacket out of my closet around the fall. 

              If you're looking to get a leather jacket, if you don't have one already, you can spend either only around 5 dollars for one or you can either spend over four thousand. Personally I got my brown leather jacket at a vintage resale shop for around twelve dollars which is a good deal because I love vintage clothes and if someone wore it years before I did and it still looks good, I can wear it basically forever. For my black leather jacket I got mine last winter at Target for around $20 to $30, which isn't too high since it is faux leather after all, which I feel like is just a better choice, but that's my opinion.

              Below are some jackets you are able to buy and some outfit ideas to wear them with.

H&M faux leather jacket $49.95

http://www.hm.com/us/product/00723?article=00723-A

Target Coffee Shop faux leather jacket ON SALE $24.98

http://www.target.com/s/faux+leather+jacket

The ways to wear your leather jacket

 I noticed in all of the pictures I looked at of outfits with leather jackets, they either have a leather bag or leather boots. Something to keep in mind.   (293)

Who am I?

Who am I?

That's always the question that every single person has every been asked from someone or have asked your own self, whether its your teacher asking you to write a blog for your AP Lang class you chose to sign up for last year to challenge yourself, or whether you asked yourself this mentally because you did something bad like stole a candy bar. For the record, I've never stolen anything.
                                You're probably wondering what makes this blog special from another other blog about fashion, and it isn't. I'm just going to write and add pictures of the trends that I'm seeing around me, online and in magazines. Don't worry, I'm not going to write about how every single girl should go out and get a Louis Vuitton and carry a tiny dog and wear Chanel. No. I'm going to take my opinon on fashion and also add links to wear you can buy a look like for a alot cheaper.

                  Now since you're reading this wondering who is this person writing this blog for her class?

                   I can tell you all about my life story, which would be hundreds of pages and you wouldn't want to read for hours or I can give you a quick biography of me which would be easier for both of us.

                   My name is Ashley, my mom decided to name me that because she worked with someone who had a grand daughter named Ashley who always raved about her. I live in a town in Iowa which I really don't like living in, it's not horrible but there's literally nothing to do during anytime of the year, which every 17 year old teenager says about the town they live in. But it could be worse because some people live in the middle of no where in Iowa and have no internet or magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Glamour, etc.

                   I am an only child that lives with both her parents in the average white middle class neighborhoods, which isn't too far away from my high school which is convent so I don't have to rush to get ready in the morning, scratch that, me waking up at 7:10 and spending more time on what I'm wearing that day then the time I need to put makeup on, which I should make more time for that but I'm not trying to look like a model every day.

                 If all of that didn't stop you from reading to this point, that makes me feel great. So thank you. 

                 The reason I chose to blog about the trends going on in the fashion world is because I absolutely love fashion and makeup. Which isn't always a great thing because I work in retail and we get a 25% off discount, which I spend basically my entire paycheck on. But I always have thought that if you were on top of the trends and always, not always but a majority of the time, dressed nice it would make you look better. My example for this is that I've seen more people then I can count wear either ratty sweatpants or pajamas every single day in public, all year. I never understood why someone would do that, but it's really none of my concern. When I feel too lazy to put on regular pants, I prefer leggings. No zipper, no hassle. As long as I don't walk around with underwear lines all day, I'm good.
                 So I hope you enjoy reading my blog about the never ending fashion world, but if you don't, that's okay too.   (598)