Closet Organization: Cheap DIY Boot Fillers

I'm pretty sure it's not just me having problems with my boots not standing up. It's annoying because a) It is not cute to look at AT ALL, and b) My boots loses it's form. 

I have this weirdly organized room where my "closet" is not really a closet. Everything's exposed. Most of my clothes are on hangers and then I have a bunch of folded up items and then right below are my shoes. For the most part, I like it cos I can see all my clothes when I'm in bed. I like envisioning outfits before I sleep. 

This closet is right by the door so often times, if my boots are just slumped on the floor, it gets caught under the door and it gets pretty annoying. I feel like my boots always end up pushed around the floor.

I've looked at boot forms/ fillers online and they are not cheap. I'd rather save the money, thankyouverymuch. So here's an easy DIY solution that I did today.

I went to the dollar store and got 4 of these foam floater things.

I cut them up into 3parts (the 4 floaters were enough for 6 pairs of boots for me) You might need to adjust the cuts depending on your boot length. I used the longer ones for my thigh high boots

Stuff them in and ta-daaaaa!!!  

Easy AND cheap. My kind of projects.

I think I'll buy myself new boots from all the money I saved. 

Laters,

Take One Day 5: Tan Boots... A Cheat Day

I feel like I cheated a little bit today. I took the easy route and went with the shoes from yesterday. Just like what I did for Day 2. Originally, I was gonna take the (faux) leather jacket but I didn't anticipate the weather. Today was actually really nice and I felt that wearing a jacket was kind of inappropriate. Today felt like a light sweater day. As usual, I was running late so I took what I felt was the easiest to take from the last outfit: the tan boots.

sweater/ cardigan: Papaya

sweater top: Forever21

belt: gift

pants: Verdict

boots: Sears

cuff bracelet: flea market

Have a great weekend! (An extra fun weekend if you have Monday off, like I do! Yay!)

Take One Day 4: Crocheted Cropped Top

Belated Happy Valentine's day, dear reader! I wish you had a spectacular one! I made sure to tell my students that Valentine's day is a special day for thinking about people you love. Your family, your friends, even yourself. To me, it was also a day of indulgence. I've had one too many sweet treats. Oh, the curse joys of being a preschool teacher!

Here's yesterday's outfit. I made sure to add some red to valentinesify the yellow cropped top from yesterday.

One of my fashion goals when I decided to share outfit posts was to get outside my comfort zone and experiment more with items in my closet. I'm not one to necessarily be adventurous with mixing prints and textures so I was quite pleased with myself for pairing the dots with the crochet pattern with the mixed pattern grandma scarf and the crochet texture with the leather jacket. It all comes together, don't you think? 

faux leather jacket: Sears

sunnies: Aldo

cropped top: Forever21

tank top: old

pants: Forever21

boots: Sears

Have you tried the Take One Challenge yet?

Take One Day 3: The Long Dress Shirt

For today's outfit, I took the shirt from Day 2. I must admit that this was a little tricky. Both Day 1 and Day 2 only had a couple of items that I can take - that's what I get for oversleeping and rushing in the morning all the time.  Also, this dress shirt is so old and worn, it's borderline sloppy. Lol But again, my job lets me, if not requires me to wear items that I don't mind getting ruined. So anyway, to dress it up a little bit, I decided to also wear this cute mustard yellow crocheted top. It's perfect to cover up a tiny spot on my shirt that may or may not have been from the chocolate drizzle on my yogurt. I swear I'm like a three year old sometimes.

I bet if I hadn't said anything, you wouldn't notice I got a haircut huh? I still don't know how I feel about it. I've wanted to get legit bangs (not side swept) all my life and yesterday, I sorta kinda decided to go for it. I told my stylist to make it short enough that I can wear it like regular bangs but long enough to do it side swept if I didn't like it. As you can tell, the bangs freaked me out so I wore it mostly side swept today. I feel like this (sort of) new style makes my face rounder than already is. We'll see how I feel about it tomorrow.

OOOHHH, and guess who got a surprise flower delivery at work today?

They were beautiful!

Happy almost Valentine's Day, friends!

Take One Day 2: The Brown Boots and A New Favorite FroYo Flavor

This is yesterday's outfit. I took the dirty brown boots from Day 1 and paired it with a long dress shirt and tights. 

Sunnies: Eye2Eye (Philippines)

Necklace: DIY

Long Dress Shirt: H&M

Vest: Papaya

Purse: Nine West

Tights: Old

Boots: Body Central

And, yea, My boyfriend took pictures of me in the parking lot.... Of a commercial center...... At 4pm when everybody was out. No shame.

We went to get haircuts! Yay. You'll see my new do in the next post but for now, let me tell you about a new frozen yogurt place we discovered. It's called Menchie's and it's like a happy pink yogurt heaven. They have relatively the same flavors you'll find at Yogiberry but they have Dulce de Leche which is now my new favorite. It tastes just like the Haagen Dazs ice cream! Yum! They have fewer toppings than other yogurt places but they have cool whip! Double yum! I recommend trying it out if you're in the Rockville area!

Stay tuned for today's outfit post!

Starting Over: Take One Pass It On Part 2 Day 1

Is my title confusing enough? Ha. Here's day one of my second attempt at the Take One Challenge. Today feels like a chunky sweater, tights, and boots kind of day. It rained last night which left everything wet and gross and muggy in the morning. Ugh. But it wasn't too cold which was good. I'm tired of the cold. I only like winter when I'm snowboarding and since I haven't done any of that lately...Meh. I'm ready for the spring time.

Also, I'm not gonna lie. I absolutely ADORE this kind of outfits. It's so warm and comfy and has such a relaxed vibe to it. I'm lucky that I work at job where dressing up like this is completely acceptable.

Sweater: Cotton Forever (Thrifted)

Thermal Top: Forever21

Tights: Old

Boots: Body Central

Can you guess what item I'm taking to Day2? See you tomorrow!

The Take One Pass It On Remix Challenge

So, the genius that is Sarah from Sarah's Real Life came up with the Take One, Pass It On Outfit Remix Challenge. I've always thought wardrobe challenges are so much fun and I've been wanting to join in on a few since forever but a lot of them are a little bit too intimidating for a start up blogger (Do you hear me, 30x30 Remix? New Dress A Day (Reconstructed clothing)? You're too  intimidating! But I'll take you on one day, I promise, one day.) 

So anyway, for this challenge, you dress up for Day 1 like you normally would and then on day 2, you take an item from Day 1 and incorporate it in your Day 2 outfit. On Day 3, you take a different item from Day 2 and then incorporate it in your Day 3 outfit. Then on Day 4... you get the point, right? If you're still confused, my dear friend, read more about it here.

Fun, right? I decided I was gonna do it come February. And like many other things I do, it's a lot easier in the beginning when I'm all motivated and focused and then (insert a thousand excuses here) I stopped on Day 7. I lasted for one whole week. Good enough, right? Yep, I thought so.

BUUUUUUT since I find it to be so interesting, fun and challenging, I'm starting again next week. It's such a good way to help me use all the items in my closet and figure out the stuff that I will never use and therefore need to toss out.

Here, let me show you my Days 1-4. I'll post the rest next week.

Scarf: Pierre Bijoux ; Tank Top: Forever 21 ; Cardigan: J. Crew ; Necklace: Wet Seal 

Day 1 item to take: Loose Gray Top from Forever 21

Necklace, Rings and Belt: Aldo ; Knit Long Sleeves: Ross ; Tank Top: Forever21 ; Tights: Ross ; Shoes: Shoedazzle

Day 2 item to take: Knitted Black Long Sleeves from Ross

Scarf: AC Moore ;  Knit Long Sleeves: Ross ;  Bauble Necklace: Kissesories (available soon!) ; Pants: Verdict 

Day 3 item to take: Bauble Necklace from Kissesories (available soon!)

Bauble Necklace: Kissesories ; Thermal: Eddie Bauer ; Sweater: Iron Fist ; Pants: Forever 21; Boots: 15DollarStore

Such a good prompt for dressing up and for fashion posts, right? I'd be so glad if you'd join the challenge! If you share your pictures on Instagram/ Twitter, don't forget to use the hashtag #TakeOne so everybody can find your post/ pictures. Also, add me on both sites! My username is @hippiegypsy00(twitter and instagram) Let's be friends! I'd love to hear from you!

Here's Sarah's week 1 round up. Check it out!

And here are a few other bloggers doing the challenge:

AJ Wears Clothes

Franish.. Life Under the Lab Coat

Here and Now

Journey In Style

Grown Up Plus

Closet Strategy

Adventures of a Shoestring Fashionista

Grampsie Poodle

Just Another Smith

Have a great rest of the weekend!!

Meme Tuesday: I'm Choosing To Feel Thankful

I'm at the hospital right now taking care of my dad. He's gonna need surgery to remove his gall bladder. He's doing alright. Please keep us in your thoughts. Thank you!

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13.1 My Ass

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I'm saving all my energy for the zombie apocalypse. When running really matters.

Ciao.

Meme Tuesday: I've Been Feeling Inspired

You know that wonderful feeling where you feel inspired like you can do anything? Yup, that's where I am right now. I'm feeling inspired and motivated. Lots of plans! Cheers to making them reality.

I hope you're feeling marvelous!

Meme Tuesday

So I thought every Tuesday, I would do a quick post and share a meme summarizing pretty much my day or life lately. 

Wanna know how the past few days have been?

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Yup.

See ya,

Love Letters and Promises

Dear 2012, 

To tell you the truth, I don't really remember what happened between us. Sure, I know we had some good times and bad times but right now, I can't tell if you were one of the best I've had. I guess maybe... or maybe not. But either way, I'm glad we met and I'm thankful for the person that I have become because of you. I right this letter today, a little bit more sure of what I want for the next year and for that, Thank you.

Adios,

Mary

Dear 2013, 

I hear good things about you. I hope you don't disappoint. I'm facing you head on and I hope we get along. I'm stronger today than I was yesterday and I hope I come out of you even stronger. Please be nice to me. I'm looking forward to all our adventures. Let's make our days awesome. 

Love,

Mary

Happy 2013 to everyone!

Just a quick post to share with you what I have decided to do for 2013. I'm looking at the new year with bright eyes and high hopes. This year will be the year. I just know it. Help me remember my resolutions, will ya?

* PROJECT 365 - My first resolution is to take pictures every day this year. Aldene got me a brand spankin' new camera for Christmas and I'm in love with it. I've always loved photography but I've always been intimidated by all the great photographers around me. This time around though, I've decided that taking at least one picture that I'm proud about for a day will not only help me practice my photography skills but it will open my eyes a lot more to the beauty of my surroundings. Good creativity practice, don't you think?

* MONTHLY SELF PORTRAITS - In addition to taking pictures of random things, I've also decided to do monthly self portraits -cos I'm vain like that. Haha Kidding. I just thought it'd be a fun way to see the difference throughout the year. I've never done anything like this but I'm curious to see what it'll look like if I put the pictures side by side at the end of the year.

* 1 POST A WEEK - This is probably the hardest for me to achieve. It's been so hard for me to post regularly. Not because I don't want to but because I'm so intimidated. Honestly speaking, it's very hard for me to have the confidence in my self that I need. It's terrible. I've been reflecting a lot about my person and I really want to be able to work on achieving my goals and dreams. I realized that for the most part, it is really just me that's getting in the way. That's one of the changes that I want to do. I want to be able to trust in myself more. I want to be able to get myself out there and share with the world what I can do. 1 post is a good start I think. Hopefully I'd be able to do more. Slowly but surely will be the way to go.

So there you go. My promises. My goals for the new year. I'm so excited about all these so here's to me, to you, to us, and to all the world. Share with me what your resolutions are, I've love to know! And we can maybe even help each other keep them!

Talk to you soon,

My Influenster Holiday VoxBox!

Heyyy folks!

How was everyone's December 25th? I hope you had fun hanging with your family, loved ones, friends, eating unnecessary amounts of food, or whatever it is you do!

I had a blast just spending time with the people I love. Christmases get better every year! 

This year, to add and multiply all the Christmas merriment, Influenster sent me my Holiday VoxBox! I've been anxiously waiting for it since I got the email that I was gonna get one! 

If you haven't heard of Influenster, go check them out here. They are, for right now, invitation only but once you get in, boy, are you in for a treat! This is the 3rd box I got from them. The first one was the Blogger VoxBox which was AMAZING! I enjoyed everything they sent me and even fell in love with a couple of items! I'm doing a giveaway soon and it'll include my faves from my Blogger VoxBox. Yay! 

The second box I received was the Holiday Surprise Treat and if you follow me on Twitter, you'd know how excited I was about it! Wanna know what I got?

How lucky am I? I finished the whole box in a day but ya know, what's a girl to do?

So anyway, last week, I got my Holiday VoxBox and I thought I'd share with you the stuff I received. 

First thing is this card from Sole Society for $25 off on my first pair of shoes. The best part is, I get to share this with you guys! They offer free shipping both ways so that means we can get a pair of fab shoes for as low as $25! I've heard great things about Sole Society and I've been wanting to sign up. Good thing this came in! There's so many fun pairs, it's so hard to pick! 

What do you think? What should I choose? Do you have your favorites from the site yet?

And as for the rest of my box:

I received:

(1) Quaker Reel Medleys Oatmeal (MSRP: $1.79/cup)

(2) EBOOST Pink Lemonade, 20-Count Pouches (MSRP: $28/20) Find it cheaper here

(3) NYC Liquid Lip Shine Nude York City(MSRP: $2.49) Find 2-pack here

(4) Kiss Nail Dress, Fashion That Sticks, KDS10 #56708 (MSRP: $6.99)
(5) Goody Quick Style Paddle Brush (MSRP: $11.99) Cheaper with Amazon Prime here

I have to admit, I haven't tried most of the products but let me talk about the one that I did, shall we?

In my Blogger VoxBox, I received Spin Pins from Goody and I was floored! I've been using them too much ever since!

Goody did it again this time! This, my friends, is the Goody Quikstyle Paddle Brush. I'm not gonna lie, the first time I saw it, I thought it was weird. Just look!

Creepy looking, right? 

It's a mix of regular brush bristles and worm like looking absorbent microfiber things. It claims to reduce water by 30% to dry your hair faster.

I used it the night I received it and it works!!! It detangled my hair and dried it a lot faster! I towel dried my hair and went about my pm skin care routine and then used the brush and it worked really, really well. I would say it took off about 20-30 mins of my regular drying time. I have yet to use it on fresh out of the shower hair but I bet it does a lot on that too. 

Another thing I'm loving about it is that it didn't pull out too much hair. Even wide teeth combs tend to pull out a lot of my hair and this brush def didn't do  that. 

I'm loving it and I highly recommend you try it out!

I'm probably gonna try out the Kiss Nail Dress next. Animal print nails for NYE? Why, yes, please! I haven't tried any nail products that you stick on so that would probably be a challenge. Wish me luck! I'll let you know how it goes.

In the meantime, what product do you want to hear about next? Did you pick out a pair from Sole Society yet? Let me know!

Talk to you guys soon!

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