(Easter) Sunday

It was quite the weekend with the Viking visiting. We walked around the city and took pictures, and ate tasty food which is everything a weekend should be. This garden is around the corner from my apartment and I've been dying to take a picture of it on a sunny day.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday! 

Easter Outfit Ideas

Easter was always a special time of year for me growing up. It meant that spring was finally coming, even if it was a little chilly like it normally is in the midwest. We always celebrated with spending time at my Grandma's house, Easter egg hunts, getting to enjoy countless jelly beans and chocolate bunnies, and the new Easter outfit!

Mom and I would go to the mall and pick out a new outfit for Sunday morning. It usually consisted of a bright spring pattern or a soft floral, and might even be accompanied by a new pair of shoes and a cardigan to go over top. Getting to church and watching everyone walk through in their new outfits was easily one of the best parts of Easter...that and the peeps obviously.

So in the spirit of Easter weekend, I wanted to put together some festive outfit ideas like I did for St. Patrick's Day. I honestly can't let an occasion go by without dressing for it.

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I love all of these outfits, but my favorite part was scrounging up the Easter-inspired accessories. Than bean necklace is to die for! The last outfit with the yellow jeans is probably the closest to what I'll actually be wearing, but which one is your favorite?

Cinderella Post

If I post this before midnight central time does it still count for a Friday post?

I think so.

More importantly, my Tuesday Instagram rant was answered!

It's encouraged me to take more pictures and the filters are so much fun to play with! You can follow me @kileykate if ya want...



Hair Circle of Life

I posted about my "great hair debate" back in January and it took me until March to work up the nerve to chop my strands.

When I first had it cut I loved it! Flipping it around, combing my fingers through it, and not feeling annoyed enough to pull it back. But just two short weeks later I am already missing my long hair. Am I crazy?! I just spent countless hours of my life that I will never get back wrestling with the decision to cut my hair, but now I want it back?

 

Hair grows at an average rate of a half inch per month, never mind that my thin strands grow slower than most. I cut at least four inches off. So, in November after having painstakingly grown it out, will the "chop or not to chop" decision be causing turmoil again? That's the Hair Circle of Life. When you grow it out you get tired of it, need a change, and go in for a shorter cut. This cut amuses you for some time but then you start to miss the flexibility of long hair (despite the fact that you never did anything with it when it was long except throw it up in a pony tail) so you grow it out again!

So until my hair completes its cycle, here are a few fun things I plan on doing with it:

Glamour.com has a great slide show of 27 April hair ideas.

The Floppy Bow Headscarf tutorial from All This Happiness

I can always draw inspiration and tips from Sidewalk Ready.

Now that my hair is one length I might try my hand at a messy french twist from Real Simple

The Small Things has awesome ideas for shoulder length hair

More than likely I'll just be rocking a stubby pony tail until the weather heats up and my hair starts growing out, but if anyone has any sage advice about how to stop the cycle, I'm all ears!

Cell Phone Artist

Was in the spring cleaning mood and thought I'd release some pictures from my phone.

//That puppy? Not mine, just hanging out with him (we named him Teddy!) // First signs of Spring. // Although this picture of the Viking has been here before, it reminds me of how depressed I was after I lost a potential job and I rolled out of bed to find him playing the gutair for me. He's pretty much the raddest. // A sneaky crayon hiding on the crown molding at Giordano's// Teddy! // The viking hates Steak and Shake so it took much persuading to get him to come with me. // Viking trying on thrift store coats for his acting class. He too is a frustrated stylist and jacked this up to look like a victorian era suit // Just a pigeon, taking a nap on the el platform // My hair, oh my //

Like many doomed people out there I don't actually own instagram. I'm sure I could download some kind of knock off, but up until now I've just been using Picnik, but they shut down on April 19th so then what will I do?