SPLURGE OR SAVE?!

I have always had a jar that i have put stray money in to save up for something big.

when I was in eight grade i saved ALL of my babysitting money for my Nikon. I literally put every single penny that i earned from baby-sitting into the jar. I knew that all that i wanted was a "professional" camera. but when i had saved enough money i started to second guess my decision to spend all of my hard-earned money. 

i questioned whether or not I really in truly needed a camera. 

i wondered if i was making a huge mistake. 

i wondered what else $800 could buy. 

in the end i ended up purchasing the camera. it was one of the best decisions i have ever made, and i still use the camera and treat it like my baby. 

well for the past few months i have been following the $5 bill savings plan that i found on pinterest. basically you can't spend your five dollar bills, you can only save them. i thought that was a pretty cool idea. now I can't remember that last time i have spent a $5 bill. weird how it works haha. 

the reason i started this savings plan was because i wanted to buy a chanel purse. i love the simplicity of the black quilt with the two white c's. so dreamy. buut i realized that a chanel purse isn't that practical for a teenager. i would be too afraid to wear it for fear of ruining it..

so i decided on another purse. the tory burch robinson middy satchel. it is pretty expensive with the $495 price tag, but i loove it! it's gorgeous and simple and perfect in every way. 

right now it's on sale for $346 and i have enough money in my savings to buy it. 

but i'm going through the second guessing process right now..

do i need such an expensive purse?

will i regret it?

will i ruin it quickly?

don't make fun of my outfit/hair/facial expression

i realize how bad/ugly/interesting this looks 

so i need your help! 

should i buy my dream tory burch purse during this once in a lifetime sale?! 

what do I do??

thanks for reading! 

Car Vlog #1

I hope y'all actually like me making vlogs

if not that would be pretty awkward with the amount that i've been making recently 

i feel like i've been writing so much for school and popcosmo that when i am working on this blog i just want to film myself

but here's my first ever car vlog 

tell me if you like them or not so i can know if i should keep making them or just not make them at all

my feelings won't be hurt either way

Thanks for watching! 

should i make car vlogs more often?

like once a week or something?

yes, no, maybe so?

childhood story 1

I had a pretty awesome childhood. I moved around a lot, but I always liked the adventure. I have met some awesome people in all the places I've lived, and learned even more awesome things about life.

that being said, I'm going to sporadically share some random stories from my childhood. sometimes these posts might even include pictures... so stay tuned 

At my house in Alabama we had a Kumquat tree in our backyard. 

(If you don't know what kumquats are, they are small teeny tiny orange-like things. They might be cute, but they taste like stale oranges.) 

Anyway, this tree was huge. I'm talking 6 feet tall and a 4 foot circumference. When my family first moved into the house, I was super stoked about awesome this tree was. I thought about all the possibilities these tree could bring me. I mean I'd never owned a tree/bush that actually produced something edible. I thought that I might even be able to sell the Kumquats in a local grocery store. 

I think when we first moved in I was still in the honey moon period with the Kumquat tree. I loved how cute the little orange fruits were, and how cool I thought I was to basically be a farmer. 

Then one day it all changed. I did something to provoke my mom. I probably talked back or wouldn't turn off the computer and stop playing on disneychannel.com. And that was when it happened. The first time my punishment was to clean up all the Kumquats that had fallen of the tree. 

Let me tell you something, Kumquats fall of the tree often. Like very, very often. Once the kumquats fall, they get moldy. Once the kumquats get moldy, flies and gnats start to swarm their insides. 

Picking up the kumquats was no easy job. It took at least two hours to make it look like I had done anything at all. I had to fill garbage bag after garbage bag full of this pesky rotten orange things. 

ugh, thinking about it is making me itch.

My brother and I were ALWAYS on our best behavior the second my mom told us that picking up kumquats would be the punishment if we didn't listen. 

Maybe this kumquat tree is the main reason i'm so obedient and such a perfect child ;)

or not. why am i even giving this darn tree any credit?

that being said, when I moved to Kentucky we discovered that kumquats are sold in the grocery stores. like, what?

everytime i go down the fruit aisle i have to avoid the kumquats for fear that i might catch a whiff of one and... i can only imagine.

"CLEAN UP IN THE FRUIT ASILE"

my parents still frequently joke about this punishment, but there still hasn't been enough time for me to seriously be able to laugh about it. 

all in all, i hate kumquats. 

what was your childhood punishment? 

thanks for reading! 

SPRING HAUL : ITS A VLOG

it's spring time, and i just can't get myself out of my super shopping mode 

especially now that i have my license. 

i can go anywhere i want, whenever i want and stay as long as i want 

it's a great thing until my money starts disappearing 

anyway here's a little (read: huge) vlog to get y'all into the shopping mood as well

you can thank me later 

what have you been lusting after?

any spring trends i should know about?

best store to snag the best deals?

thanks for reading! 

photography update

hey y'all! 

way back in november i posted about a free three week camp that I was auditioning for, for my photography (see that post here)

i mentioned in that post that 150-200 people were auditioning for the New Media group - the one I was trying to get into - and only 10 people can get it. 

in order to audition you had to have a portfolio of ten pieces. 

the hardest part of the whole process for applying was probably picking out my ten best pictures.

that being said i wanted to let you all know that i was selected as an alternate

i basically started crying tears of happiness when i read the letter that said i was an alternate

i know it might not sound like a big deal, but only 10 people can go to the camp and there are only two alternates selected. 

only sophomores and juniors can apply so juniors usually have the better chance. 

anyway i'm SO ecstatic that i maybe possible have the chance of attending such a prestigious camp.

i find out in mid-april if i get to go! 

fingers and toes and eyes crossed 

here are a few of my portfolio pieces if you're interested 

**i love critiques/comments**

please leave critiques/feedback on my pictures

thanks for reading!