Mantra

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If any you have ever seen our philosophy page, you'll see that one of my style mottos is "Quality over Quantity". Maybe it's because I'm watching Project Runway and seeing a huge spectrum of craftsmanship, but I'm rethinking my closet in terms of quality. When I was in middle school, my weight and body shape fluctuated so drastically that I have pieces that are 2 sizes above what I wear in my closet. Whenever I went shopping, my mom would panic about me not be able to wear the piece in the future so she would make me buy it a size up (even if I was paying for it). Now that my body has more or less evened out, I'm starting to be able to start collecting more pieces that fit me well, but I still have so much that I need to weed out. Little to none of my jeans fit correctly, my denim jacket is too big, and I still have pieces from Abercrombie & Fitch that don't match my personal style at all. I'm starting to realize what I truly like and how to find quality yet affordable pieces. 

Shop some of my favorite affordable and not-so-affordable pieces 

What's your style mantra?

xoxo

HBM

Blue Skies From Here On Out...

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Holy Wow.

So in the past week, I've watched 42 episodes of crash course (John Green, here's to you!), taken an AP world history exam, and found out that I'll be one of 2 low brass/winds section leaders for the 2014-15 marching band at my school (Biggest deal of my entire life so far). While this may seem like not too much, for a high schooler of my caliber of boring-ness, it's like the world is ending. I've gotten behind on exercise, eating right, sleep, and my room is an indescribable state of mess right now, but I'm DONE and that's all that matters. Honestly, I don't even care about all of that stuff that I'm behind on, all I care about is that I'm more or less done for the year...

with, you know, the exception of finals and wind ensemble tryouts...

ANYWAYS

What matters is that I have less than 30 days (including memorial day and weekends) until I'm done school and can sit back, take a deep breath, start reading real books again, and work on the load of AP work I'm sure I'll have to prepare for my junior year. And because of this, I'm basically stuck in the position of the girl in that picture in order to express my elation. T-minus 28 days (and no more AP world!!!): We can do it sophomores (gahhh almost 1/2 way through high school...)

xoxo

HBM

Ps, shoutout to Mady who's graduating really soon. Congratulations and good luck in college!!!