Top: H&M (similar) Jeans: Old Navy (exact) Sweater: Target (exact) Boots: Sam Edelman (exact) Scarf: Gift (similar) (similar) (similar) Lipstick: Laura Geller (Plume Freeze) Hat: Forever 21 (almost exact)
5. When it comes to my closet I know everything. I know where every item is. I know what it is next to. I know where I got it. I know when I got it. I’m obsessive about it.
6. I hate tomatoes on sandwiches, salads, burgers, anything that isn’t Italian and meant to be in a food and masked by other flavors. If I order a sandwich without tomato but it still has tomato on it, I hate to take it off. No problem, right? No. The sandwich NEVER TASTES THE SAME WHEN YOU HAVE TO REARRANGE THE CONTENTS. People argue with me constantly about this but my taste buds and I know you are lying.
7. I loveeee oatmeal creme pies. I had forgotten about them since I was a kid and my grandma had them. This last fall I rediscovered this and now I have to actually ration them and hide them from myself.
8. I’m never going to be a true style blogger because my legs don’t have a four inch gap in my Hunters. I think it’s somehow a subtle shame when you seem someone wearing them and there isn’t a foot gap between the boot lining and twig of a leg. If you are that thin, great, you will probably be a much bigger blogger than I which wouldn’t take that much.
9. I’ve been asked to fish-sit twice and every time the fish have died on me while I was watching them. Please, for the love of everything, don’t ask me to watch your fish for you.
10. I don’t care for pie. I like the filling. I hate the crust. I realized this makes me un-American and thus have tried to love it. I can’t. I’m sorry. I love everything else that is bad for me and sugary though so does that count?
Alice Warren
I feel the same way about my diet coke (which I have given up since Jan). If a restaurant served Pepsi, I always had iced tea. And with pies, I am the total opposite, I only like the crust and not the filling so I generally do not eat them. So fun to learn more about you! Cute outfit too!
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com
Hope to see you for TBT Fashion link up.
Bree Aylwin
Your so right. Straws make everything better! That one is totally one I can identify with!
Elegance and Mommyhood
Loved reading this. The fish-sit comment made me smile and the thigh gap one (me neither) lol. I, unlike you super love tomatoes, especially on sandwiches and salads. You look adorable in that hat btw and I love the jeweled top.
Rachelle Pinksole
great facts about you and i love your black and grey look, perfect for wintee.
xo
PinkSole
Bogi RedReticule
Thank you for getting a little personal! I am also a straw girl for the same reasons. I raise a lot of eyebrows 🙂
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Ginny MyNewFavoriteOutfit
Ah, fish sitting and they died???? What a bummer! I really love this jeweled shirt, so pretty!
Laura B
Loved reading this! Your tomato comment cracks me up! Love that jeweled sweater!
Inge Jane
What a fun post! I adore this groutfit (that's a grey outfit, in laymen's terms haha.) And I totally feel ya on the mispronounced name! I generally offer it up after just a few seconds of hesitation.
molly wetta
girl I am with you on so many of these, but mostly #8 — except I think you are a true style blogger! i don't follow a lot of fashion-y blogs, and those that I do, are done by women who have different body types that those that are always in ads. I like seeing clothes and what different outfits look like on someone who looks more like my non-skinny self. I can look at tons of beautifully dressed women who are very thin and think they have amazing style, but it is not something that I would feel comfortable or find flattering. Don't think you're not a "true" style blogger. I'm sure a lot of women are like me and like blogs that aren't just a copy of magazine spreads. And you totally have style! I love how you rock sparkle and plaid.
Franziska
I am 100% on board with the straw thing…but girl, no pie?! I'm not even American, and I love pie.
Kiki Mincks
"Away with you thigh gaps!" Haha, I happen to think they are kind of creepy, and up until they were being talked about, I never ever ever thought "omg it's so cool to be able to drive a bus between your legs." Seriously don't understand the type.
Totally a spice addict myself. (;
kate @ a journey in style
Did you notice that you love oatmeal creme pies but not pies themselves? Just had to be a jerk and point that out 😉 No but seriously, in college people always wanted to go to Applebee's and I would always put up a fight (and often lose) because I didn't want to have Pepsi products. Now I don't care as much since I just order water. $3 for a cup of pop (because you know your waiter isn't on top of it and is only going to bring you that second one well after your food arrives) is extortion. It's also awesome that you know your closet so well.
Rachel Lynne
That's so awesome that you know everything that's in your closet – that's my new goal! And #8 girl – #8. I will never have a thigh gap. I don't think I've EVER had one. I do have to wonder if I were skinnier if I would have more opportunities, more page views, etc. but then I realize I am who I am and that's what I want to share. I have big thighs, I have a backside and hips that don't like to fit into all skirts or dresses and that's just how it is!
Closet Fashionista
Loving this gray outfit!
And this post is so fun!
1. I'm weird and I will drink coke or pepsi :p
6. That's like me and cheese and many other things. Ha ha. I HATE so many foods and if they are in things I get grossed out. (with sandwiches I only have bread and meat, that's how weird I am)
10. I don't like pie because it's mushy! Ha ha. The crust gets all wet and nasty from the inside…barf! But I do eat pecan pie on occasion and sometimes apple if the crust stays crunchy
http://www.closet-fashionista.com/
anrusso
I too am a straw drinker. I'm not sure why but it helps me drink more water too. Otherwise a water bottle will forever sit full on my desk. As for the name, I totally understand your pain. It actually makes me day when a stranger says my name correctly the first time. And lastly, I think you're an amazing blogger! I honestly don't read a lot of fashion blogs because I find them boring and all the same but I know your voice and personality and I think that makes you a million times better than a popular thigh gap fashion blogger 😉
Annica
http://www.lifemodifier.com
Karly @ Miss in the Midwest
I'm dying at #1 and #9 – no, Pepsi is not okay. I asked for Diet Coke for a specific reason. And, is fish sitting a thing?! I had no idea. Love the outfit, as always.
Jennifer Doerr
I am totally with you on the tomato thing! They do not belong on sandwiches, burgers, anything with bread or a bun. Yuck!
mary-katherine
i love these kinds of posts!! totally agree about the closet, i am the same exact way!
and now i am super curious if i have been mispronouncing your name in my head! i have been saying it like "alyssa", am i totally off?!
xo mary-katherine
gold-hatted lover
awhite
"Don't ask me to watch your fish for you." Lolololol, this was too funny. I mean, sad for the fish, but funny.
Love all the black, white, and gray, different textures, prints. Got it goin' on.
ROCK CHALK BABY. YESSSSS. Now this team better not choke in the tourney.
Answer to your question: I have a stylist I've worked with literally since high school who's based in Raymore (in Missouri). It's like a half-hour drive from my house, but I don't even care because she knows me, knows my hair (haha), etc.
-Ashley
Le Stylo Rouge
Darcy
I drink my coffee through a straw too and everyone thinks I'm crazy ahahha!
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Pamela {Sequins and Sea Breezes}
Haha I agree, everything tastes better to me through a straw too! And I'm the opposite, I like the pie crust, not the filling.
<3, Pamela
Sequins & Sea Breezes
Jessica
hahaha oh man, you killed the fish?! My step mom was changing the water in my fish bowl once when I was growing up and she didn't realize it had gotten hot. She slipped him back in the bowl and that was the end of that……eek!
26 and Not Counting
Adri Lately
This list cracks me up! And this outfit is spot on!
xo Adri
http://www.adrilately.blogspot.com
Rachel
#6 is so true. RAW TOMATOES RUIN EVERYTHING
Taramixandmatch
I'm with you on the tomatoes…and you look adorable!
theadoredlife
Other than #5…WE ARE THE SAME PERSON.
theadoredlife
Also, I once stepped on a dead fish that decided to jump out of the tank. Barefoot. Still scarred.
Keit
Bahahaha, tomato totally ruins everything forever, even if you remove it, it still leaves a bloody tomatoey ooze on the food! 😀 Could you come and clean my closet pleeeeeaseeeee? I'll give you an oatmeal creme pie 😀
I'm skinny as hell man, my blog is still far away from a fancy popular one, sigh…
Can't get enough of this gorgeous top of yours!
Shannon Jenkins
Omg I hateeeeee tomatoe too and the slime that it leaves behind is not ok! You look stinking adorable! Everything about this is perfect!
<3 Shannon
Upbeat Soles
Jeans and a Teacup
Hahaha…#9 is hilarious. I didn't know fish sitting was a thing. And Coke is definitely better than pepsi 🙂
~Jessica
Jeans and a Teacup
Alyssa
I'm totally with ya on the name thing—I cannot STAND when people call me Allison or Aliza!
Kayla Gilbert
HAHAHA fish sit! Love it – I totally killed my roommate's fish on accident! oops! You look fab!
Kayla
http://www.lovelucygirl.com
LyddieGal
How can you say you love oatmeal cream pies in one bullet and then in the next say you hate pies? That makes no sense! I've never had an oatmeal pie, but perhaps it's like the wheat pie? Every Easter we make four pies, cream, ricotta, rice, and wheat. The first two are my favorites.
I know how you feel about those damn skinny bloggers. They drive me crazy. I know deep down I can never be a successful fashion blogger because I do not look like a model. Somehow it feels both wrong and completely fitting that in my mind the fashion blogger was supposed to be fashion role model the average woman could relate to, but the most glorified ones are the most unattainable.
I also know where everything in my closet is. I completely freak out if I can't find something. If my sister is home I immediately assume she has taken it.
Chic on the Cheap
Breenah A
I was with you til you got to pie. I LOVE PIE. But if there's ever pie, I know who I'll "share" with 😉
Corbin Bruton
I love how most of your facts were about food hahaha cause that's so me.
XO Corbin Tate
Classy South Blog
Doused In Pink
How fun! Loved reading your facts about you! I'm also loving this adorable outfit! That had is so cute!
Jill
Doused In Pink
Jasmin daily
Love this post, so fun! I don't like pie either! I blame it on my being half British when people tell me I am un-American.
xo, Jasmin
http://www.jasmindaily.com
nancy @ adore to adorn
this was so lovely to read! I actually said "me too!" when I read your statement about spicy food. When I went to college, I had a roommate who LOVED everything spicy. She carried a bottle of hot sauce with her everywhere (no joke!). I still can't handle STRONG spice but I do love it on certain foods. =)
xo,
nancy
http://www.adoretoadorn.com
Fabulously Average
Love this entire look and no.8 made me laugh out loud! Preach!
Cheers,
Jo
FabulouslyAverage
Caroline @ Tasteful Style
I don't like pie crust either actually–I think it's because I really don't like butter all that much (gasp! blasphemy!). So I'm always the annoying kid who scoops out the filling of the pie sitting on the kitchen counter, leaving just crust. #sorrynotsorry
Nikki
I used to love oatmeal creme pies too!! I haven't had one in a million years. In fact, I think I pinned a recipe for one… I may need to attempt to make that some time… Also I will never have a thigh gap. Ever.
Nikki
thefashionablewife.com
Pat
Love this post! And the questions! What's weird about the pepsi/coke thing? Hubby loves Coke, not diet, just Coke. But he'll drink Pepsi if there is no coke! I'm like what? ha Hate Pepsi, love Coke myself. Your outfit rocks, as always!
Elle Sees
same way with tomatoes. get those suckers out of my sandwich.
Kristina
I hate pie too girl, except I'm fine with the crust and not the filling. Loving how many of these are food related 😉
Kristina does the Internets
Garaytreasures
Haha! I wish I lived closer to you as I am sure I would have a laughing 'party" in your company. I loved getting to know you through these answers. What a lovely cardigan and hat combo.
Rachel
Garay Treasures
Wishes & Reality
You are beautiful inside and out, girl! I've loved following along with your blog and I love your style and you are just so darn real!
Danielle Wallace
I love getting to know random things about others/bloggers! And I'm pretty sure we need to share a pie together some day because I love the crust and don't care for the filling!
Priya
I always love reading lists like this! Totally agree about straws and oatmeal pies, and I really like taking my sandwiches apart (not sure that's really what you were saying, but anyway, there's a fun fact about me…)
♥ perfectly Priya
LiveLaughDecorate
Haha we can't be friends. It's Pepsi only or I'm outa that restaurant.