OOTD: Feeling a Little British

I believe this is my very first OOTD (outfit of the day) post here on my blog! I am so excited.

The reason why I am doing this is because I was given a great honor to review a product.* I loved the look of the product and it felt great. More of my quick review on the product here!

When I first got this in the mail, I was very excited. I knew I wanted to wear it and give an example outfit to help people out. To be honest my first thought was, ‘Oh God, I don’t know how to wear this.’

It sounds weird, but it is true. If it was up to me, I would usually just pair it with jeans, and since it is cold and rainy out, wear a sweatshirt (which would defeat the purpose of the OOTD post, cause I wanted to showcase it) or I would have worn a really thick rain jacket. I had to wait for a day that wasn’t too cold, so I could just wear a jacket underneath. Eventually I decided just to wear a long sleeve underneath.

Now to the outfit itself!  

Top: Jordandene
Jacket: Forever 21 (2 years old)
Grey Jeggings: Walmart (2 years old)
Brown Boots: Thrift Store
Umbrella: My moms (she doesn’t remember where she got it)
Earrings: no idea, they are the oldest thing I’m wearing!

Looking back, the only thing I am still not sure I like when it comes to this outfit is the shoes with the grey jeggings. I didn’t have a pair of black boots since they were destroyed last year by the snow, they were stained and it already had some hole damage in them that even though I loved them so much I had to say goodbye. I had to stick with the pair of brown boots instead. Not perfect, but hey, I am just getting started in this part.

Another thing upon learning to do my first OOTD blog post is that I need a better camera, for now I will have to stick with my boyfriends new iPhone until it is possible to get a new camera. Can I just say that it is really awkward having someone take your picture while there are other people around you staring at you? It is very awkward.

Dying to have this shirt…well I have a giveaway  for you. Click Here

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*I am not being paid to review this product or sponsor it. I am reviewing this with complete honesty. If I didn’t like the product or how it felt I would have returned the product immediately after I had reviewed it. If unable to do that I would have given it away.

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I Was Into Geek Before it Was Chic

I know this sounds hipster and frankly this is one of the few times I don’t care.

I remember growing up when I would geek out about certain things I would be made fun of, but usually I would just get strange looks. If I had been walking around with this The Lion King sweatshirt on 10 years ago, I would have been laughed at and a walking target for bullies (not that I already wasn’t)

But not anymore. Geek is in, geek is cool.

While I am glad about the comeback that geeks have made, for I am able to buy more products now that I enjoy that help me embrace my geeky side, it angers me at the same time. I liked it before it was popular. I was into it before it was cool. I wore clothes from Disney before their face began appearing in forever 21, wet seal, etc. I loved Marvel and DC before hot topic began carrying their items.

I was into Geek before it was chic!

It’s just frustrating. I just get mad when people who haven’t even seen the movie or read the books wear these outfits just because its trendy. I used to be in the mentality of wanting to be trendy, but I have honestly grown out of it and while I love shopping at the mall, I have no problem shopping at the thrift store (and yes I shopped there before Macklemore made a song about it.)

I’m not expecting these individuals to know every single thing about the fandom, but I want them (and wish them) to be genuinely interested in the fandom itself, whether they are new to the fandom or they have been a diehard for years. It’s also frustrating because it feels like everyone is saying they are a geek now because it is cool, not because they are actually one.  I know that I can’t interview them and quiz them, for that would just be rude, but when you ask someone wearing an avengers t shirt what they thought of the movie and they say to you they didn’t like it because they don’t like superhero movies or stories with superheros, they just like the shirt….

WHY GET THE SHIRT THAN!
It’s like if I cought a shirt with a rapper on it just because he is cool, even though I don’t listen to rap. Makes so much sense.

I am a geek. I love reading, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, BBC Sherlock, Babylon 5, Merlin, bad sci fi movies, classic movies, musicals I love reading comics (Batman is my favorite from the comics, but from the movies Ironman is my favorite). I love Disney, Pokemon, Ouran High School Host Club, anime, manga, art, music, I really love everything (except sports.) I have within the past year got into Magic the Gathering, really hard, but a lot of fun.

While I am glad that it is more accepted now, it kind of ticks me off because everyone is dressing that way because it is accepted. Not because they are actually into it.

I was a geek before it was cool and I will still be a geek once it stops being cool.

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My Christmas!

So I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

My Christmas was amazing! I didn’t get a lot of sleep the night before because I was working on my dad’s gift. I will tell you all about dad’s gift here.

I had a great Christmas and not because I got awesome gifts. No it was just nice to be home after my first semester at UT. Thanks to my brillant idea to send the link to my pinterest board of things I want it helped with their Christmas shopping, so I did get a lot of awesome gifts.

My family and I went to Christmas Eve Mass, had dinner, and we opened our 1 Christmas Eve Present.

My Boyfriend & I

The Manger from the Church we go to.

It’s a tradition we have been doing for almost 8 years now I believe. We had started doing it because my dad and his family used to open one present on Christmas Eve. Every Christmas Eve I get new pajamas!

I love Onesies! Go UT!

All right so here is everything I got for Christmas!

I have been wanting a bubble umbrella.

Underworld Awakening, SIMS Medieval, Sims 3 University Life, Time & Eternity with the Soundtrack CD included!

Sally Hanson Complete Salon Manicure Overcoat 620 Glare Necessities, Sally Hanson Complete Salon Manicure Overcoat 610 Over the Rainblue, Hard Candy Top Ten Eyeshadow Palette Green with Envy, Hard Candy Lip Def 588 Bashful, some Makeup from Covergirl’s Hunger Games makeup Collection- Covergirl Flamed Up Mega Curl 800 Very Black Blaze, Outlast Stay Brilliant glostinis 600 Sulfur Blaze & 640 Black Heat, and 2 of these- Nail Art 105 Tawny Flame and finally Maybelline’s Baby Lips Electro Lip Balm Pink Shock

Those Wonderful Women In Their Flying Machines” The Unknown Heroines of World War II (nonfiction) & University of Tennessee: Campus Series History books

Writing Pad, Pen, and Disney Princess Tattoo inspired cell button. I already have the Belle one on my phone 🙂

From left to right:
“It’s only forever” by Karen Hallion t shirt, Sleuth of Baker Street by Winter Artwork, and the 50th anniversary Doctor Who shirt

From left to right:
Ouran High School Host club (love that show, look it up), Harley Quinn, and another Doctor Who shirt.

Black sweatpants, red and white socks with aloe in them, batman socks with batman, robin, the joker, catwoman and harley quinn on them, tan jeggings and a tan sweater!

My neighbor gave this ornament to me. Go Tennessee!

Beauty and the Beast IPhone case. My mom got this for me from Etsy. I love it so much!

Basic Japanese CDs for my boyfriend and I from his Sister, traditionally made Japanese shoes ( I don’t know what they are called, if you know please let me know), a scarf, a wristlet purse, and the rectangle with the sea painted on is actually a mirror on the other side.

My mom says there is another gift in the mail for me that has yet to arrive so you will just have to wait for pics of that.

After we opened presents we relaxed for a few hours until the stuffing war commenced. Every year around Thanksgiving and Christmas my father and I battle it out to see who will get the first bite of stuffing. This Christmas I won! I was very happy.

Soon after the stuffing war was over we had dinner. It was excellent.

From back left to right, like you are reading a book -In the far back on the left is a cheesy cheesy broccoli casserole ( really delicious), homemade apple pie right next to it, cranberry and mandarin oranges, rolls, pepper cabbage (its northern thing), regular cranberry in the weird turkey class container, sweet potatoes, turkey in the center of the table, green beans, cole slaw, gravy, and at the corner of the photo stuffing!!!!!

It was a wonderful Christmas. I can’t believe it’s already over. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

What did you get for Christmas? What did you do for Christmas? Let me know in the comments below!