Thank You Notes: Hima Hearts Edition

Hey y'all- happy Friday! So I saw this really cute and sassy post at Living in Yellow, inspired by the Jimmy Fallon Thank You notes segment, and I thought it would be a fun way to write today's post, because I'm clearly cute and sassy. 

Don't burst my bubble. 

Dear Blog World, Thank you for accepting my excuses for the abysmal quality of the below picture. I was clearly trying to get a picture in before the bell rang for class to start.

Dear Spirit Commissioners, Thank you for making Monday Pajama Day so I did not have to suffer through the end of break in the discomfort of jeans. I went the extra mile and went with the bed head look too! (Wait, is it even considered going the extra mile if it entails less effort? Let's not think about that) 

Dear California, Thank you for being sane while the rest of the US is a bunch of icicles thanks to that insane polar vortex. Thank you for amazing sunrises like this and warm winter weather and not being able to see your breath in the morning. It might be nice if we got a little rain- because of the whole drought situation, yaknow?

Dear Rest of the US, My heart goes out to you. I was jealous of all the snow for approximately 0.3 seconds until I read all y'all's bone-chilling (HA. Get it?) stories about it. For those of you who are freezing your butts off, I'm sending over warm thoughts! If it makes you feel any better, it is a whopping 41 degrees right now and I'm not wearing socks. 

Dear eyes, Thank you for not being able to tell the difference between dark wash and regular wash jeans, and making for very awkward #twinning pictures. They're dark wash if they're not white, right?

Dear Shruthi and Tulika, You obviously don't know what light blue means. "Wear light blue scarves!" And then the next day you walk into school with everything except light blue. Except I love you anyway because you're the bomb-diggity. Just swell!

Dear Maggie Smith, Thank you for being the sassiest grandma ever to walk the earth. Your one liners get me every time, but you've got a surprising amount of wisdom underneath it all. 

Dear Downton Abbey, Thanks for airing without ads, so a 2 hour show is actually two hours long. I love you because it actually takes me the whole week to get through the two hour episode. Thank you for attractive actors and plot twists. Nobody likes Thomas though. You should've gotten rid of him instead of Matthew. 

Dear Frozen, Thanks for being literally the cutest movie in existence. Never mind that I watched you on a Wednesday morning during a workout before school. I may or may not have changed my lock screen to a picture of Elsa. Also, Olaf is the snowman of the year.

P.S. I think Disney is moving away from the whole "damsel in distress saved by prince in shining armor" storyline and I'm loving it. 

Dear Frozen Soundtrack, I haven't stopped listening to you since Sunday. My favorite songs are "For the First Time In Forever" and "Do You Want to Build A Snowman?" because they're just so darn cute! For once, my desire to sing Disney songs in the halls of my school is acceptable because everyone else is doing it too! 

 Dear California,  Did I mention how thankful I am for your weather? It's what made this outfit possible in the middle of January.

Dear Short Hair, Thanks for being healthy again! I've come to terms with you, and I kind of love your bouncy curls.

Dear Hima, Thank you for having the confidence to wear socks and mocs. They're so warm and comfy and wonderful.

xo, Hima

Brick Walls Love Me

Not when I slip and run into them and bang my knee up. 

That does happen, but that's a story for another day. 

I've noticed that a TON of my outfit pictures in Instagram, are in front of brick walls. A lot of people have a standard area where they take outfit pictures..right? I mean Lauren and her beautiful deck, Kristin and her amazing deck- you get the deal. 

With me, it's brick walls!

Need evidence? 

Inverse matching?

Granted, these are all over the past 8 months or so, but that's really the only pretty feature of my school.

Also, I had a fantabulous birthday today (or yesterday, if you're reading this on Wednesday), so thanks for all of the wonderful wishes! A full(er) recap on friday- I promise!

What are you up to? I feel like I have ben a bit of a bad blogger lately- not commenting on all of ya'll's wonderful posts. I'm working on it!

xo, Hima

Color Coordination is for Babies!

So I went shopping this past weekend for Back-to-school/I haven't gone shopping in forever, and I'm pretty pleased with what I've got!

My friend and I hit up Forever 21, H&M, Nordstrom, and Urban Outfitters. The next day my mom and I made a stop at the motherlode of all things school supply, Target. 

And I was secretly hoping to get some clothes!

Target, ya'll, is my weakness. 

Seriously. 

I LOVE browsing through the clearance rack (Ummm $6 shirts? YES please!), and their dress section is to die for!

It was no big surprise when our bill totaled to $260. Don't worry- I only contributed to like...$45 worth. 

Is it just me or is it impossible to go to Target without buying more than you wanted?

Anyways, enough about Target. Tuesday was the second day of school, and since student government was required to wear our shirts on the first day, Tuesday was my day to look cute. 

DISCLAIMER: I'm an awkward person and have an inability to post for pictures. 

 My shoes were in the front and I was too lazy to go get them. 

And so you have shoeless Hima.

I was really having trouble finding a matching cardigan, so I decided to wing it and throw another bright color on top. 

What do you think?

Dress: H&M Cardigan: LOFT Necklace: Forever 21 Belt: Target...where else?

I'm also really in love with this eagle necklace I bought from F21 on Saturday! How cute is this?!

Seriously, I swear, F21 has the best jewelry, and it's pretty darn cheap too!

Happy Wednesday ya'll!

Lace Lovin'

It's Wednesday!

(Tell me, how many blog posts that you have ever read have started like that? "It's [insert day of the week here!]"

As if every day is their favorite day. 

Ha. 

The fact that it is Wednesday means two things: 

1. It's the middle of the week. (booo.)

2. It's time for my first Outfit post. 

Disclaimer: I am by no means an outfit person. When I'm not wearing jeans and a top, it is necessary that I document it. 

So cute, right? 

I'm totally obsessed with the whole polo on harem pants effect. 

JUST KIDDING. 

Here's my real outfit: 

Face looks weird, so 'twas covered. It happens. 

There you have it. 

Sidenote: my hair is getting long! I'm so eggscited! It's totally punny. 

Oh yeah, and I made this amazing pizza this weekend. 

How amazing does it look? 

Literally the yummiest thing ever. 

Wait...isn't some of it still in the fridge? 

YESS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I GET HOME FROM WORK. 

Sorry guys. Just thinking out loud there. 

love you all!

The Friday Five

I tried, friends. I really did. Coming up with a creative title for this post was just not going to happen. But that's okay, because this week was pretty darn awesome. 

Let's review, shall we? 

1. Clean Taco Tuesday- pretty amazing stuff. I learned that broccoli slaw is one of the world's most delicious things, and my favorite way to eat broccoli. I may or may not have eaten these tacos three nights in a row. 

2. I heard from another teacher at Breakthrough (confused? catch up on what I'm doing here) that a few students have told him that my bio class is their favorite class of the day. I posted about this earlier, but honestly, this seriously made my week. 

It's interesting to be on the other side of this. 

3. Doggy Play Dates

So cute!

4. The 4th of Ju-lylylylylylylylyly! 

Please tell me you got that reference? 

Miss Mary Mack? That old hand game? Anyone?

Anyways, I took a page out of all of your super creative books and decided to be a little fun with my food. 

Strawberries and blueberries on greek yogurt on a brown rice tortilla. 

Pure heaven.

YUM. 

5. I'm not a fashion blogger. 

Or a fashionista. 

I've got a slight obsession with clothes, but I'm definitely not super brave in terms of fashion choices. 

So when I put together this outfit for the 4th- I thought I was amazingly creative. 

Thanks to my brother for the photo!

Aaaaand just for your enjoyment, here are a couple of the outtakes. 

This is why I'm not a fashion blogger ya'll. 

I can't keep it together in front of the camera. 

Oh yeah, just so you don't have this ridiculous picture of me in your heads all weekend, here's another one. 

It's true. If you're here, obviously you are the bomb. 

What did you do for the 4th? Any fashion misadventures? 

Have a fantabulous weekend!

xo, Hima