About Me

My name is Natasha and I was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. I have two great parents and four sisters (who can sometimes get annoying but I wouldn't trade them for anything). After attending C.A. Burke Elementary School my mom decided to home-school my sisters and I until my sophomore year in high school when she enrolled us into Blue Ridge Christian School. I made a lot of great friends there but I didn't want to get stuck in one town so for college I began looking at schools in Florida because we would come here for vacations and who doesn't want to go to school in a vacation spot?!

I am now a senior at the University of North Florida majoring in Journalism with a minor in biology and chemistry. I began my college career as a pre-veterinary medicine major at Jacksonville University. But after taking a writing class my sophomore year I realized that my love for writing was more than mere fascination. So, I transferred schools and changed my major and now here I am. I am more in love with writing now then I ever was before.

I graduated last July and have been taking writing jobs ever since. My hope is to get a job working for either a magazine or newspaper and one day work my way up to editor. I have a strong drive and I know that I can make my dreams into a reality. I created this blog as a place to share all that goes on in my life from finishing college to beginning my life as a member of the work force. I hope you enjoy!

    "Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air."

    Henry Anatole Grunwald

My Style:Lazy hazy days

I wore this outfit last friday as part of a dress down day (of course I should mention that I was the only one dressed down :). I was happy and comfy so that's all that really matters. Not much else to say so here are the pics.

Also, the boyfriend moved into an apartment a couple of months ago. He wanted to be closer to work and me and so far he's loving it. The only thing is he really doesn't have any furniture yet. So I told him if he gets the big stuff I would help him decorate (yay) since I pretty much spend all my time there and if everything keeps going the way it's going I will prob be living there once we decide to take the plunge and gasp! get married. But first things first. So I took some before shots of his place which I will post soon and then I'll post after shots when I get everything the way I want it. Probably in a month or so.

Speaking of in a month! So for Christmas you know I've been wanting a new Ipad and the boyfriend said he would buy me one for Christmas (and in exchange I'm getting him a flat screen TV) but he has decided that Christmas will be coming early and I will be getting my Ipad in about a month. I can't wait!!

 I am really dragging right now because I stayed up until 2:45 Sunday night watching Drop Dead Diva on Netflix (yes i know it was a bad decision but I thought I could make up for it Monday night and get to bed early) but then the boyfriend told me that he had invited his brother to the Jag's game but his brother ended up not being able to make it (his son had a football game and he didn't want to miss it, I thought that was a great reason...GO Dad's who care!) so I told him I would go. The game didn't start until 8:30 and by 10:30 we were just at the half. We finally left at 11  when the 3rd half started and I still didn't get home until 12 am. But the Jag's won!! I had fun but you know how I feel about football. I think I enjoyed the people watching more than anything lol. SO anyway, this morning I grabbed a can of Monster and I am forcing myself to stay busy so I don't pass out onto my keyboard :)

Happy Tuesday (date night if I make it till then lol)!!

Lots of love,

She's Got the Write Style:Olivia Palermo

Hey guys!

So I wanted to take a break from outfit posts to show you all one of my fashion inspirations. Olivia Palermo has such amazing style. I know that she was always the catty one on The City and yeah I disliked her as much as everyone else while watching it. But even then I was impressed with how put together she always was. In this post, I basically broke down a few of her outfits into their key elements. I believe that to achieve Olivia's style you can start out with these essentials: a great bag, a nice skirt, and cigarette pants (or the Audrey Hepburn pants).

 First, a great bag can go a long way. It can make any regular outfit look fabulous and it can last for years if you take care of it. I have to say I am a huge purse lover. Like, how some women love shoes...I love purses. I guess because no matter what size you are a purse will fit. I love that. So needless, to say I am always looking for a greta bag to complement my wardrobe. Olivia, has tons of great bags! Just look below.

Next, skirts are a staple in a girl's closet. Like I said in my old post, which you can read here, I went to a private school and the dress code was that girl's had to wear skirts. I have skirts that date as far back as high school and I still get wear out of them. Olivia also knows how to rock a great skirt. She wears long and short, tight and flowy, and they all look great! Check them out.

Laastly, a nice pair of cigarette pants. While I am no where near Olivia's size I still love a good pair of skinnies. Olivia takes those a step further with the cigarette pant. They not only are skinnie but also stop a bit above the shoe, which I love. I have been on the hunt for a good, cheap pair of cigarette pants. So if you know of a place let me know!

So, how about you? Do you find Olivia's style inspiring? Who is your style inspiration. I'll try to get an outfit post up soon and maybe I'll make these style inspirations a regular thing, I certainly have enough style icons :)

IT'S FRIDAY!! Any plans for the weekend?

Lots of love,











* all photos from google.com/images

My Style: One scarf...two outfits

This scarf has become my new baby. I found it in my mom's closet and have been finding new ways to wear it since. I used to hate animal print (still do to an extent) but I've been seeing a lot of cute leopard print stuff recently and it's kind of making me want to switch sides. Anyway, here are two looks that I've worn it with recently.

The first outfit was one I wore to work and the second I wore out and about on Saturday. Do you like?

So, I have been seriously contemplating getting an Ipad. My laptop is getting kind of up there in years and I was going to buy another one but it still works (kind of) so I don't want to trash it. I figured an Ipad is like a laptop but different. So that just may be my Christmas gift to me :) I'll def post pics of it if I get it! This is going to be a short post because I have to get to work.

Hey, it's Tuesday! Know what that means?! It's date night!!! And the boyfriend says he has something delicious in mind for dinner. I can't wait!!

Lots of love,

My Style: Skirting the issue

Hey guys!

It's been a bit since I've been on here. I haven't been too busy but I've been on the go. Visiting friends and such. I've really been slacking on the gym too. And I have no excuse, I'm not too busy to go but I usually go at like 5am and work out for an hour then head home, shower, get dressed for work and leave but when you go to bed at 11 or midnight it's hard to get up at 4:45. I've been debating whether to cancel my membership and just work out at home (because we have treadmills and weights in the garage) but I know how that will go. I'll never work out given the choice. I really do not like it at all but I hate gaining weight more so I'm pretty much stuck between a rock and a hard place.

I wore this outfit last week and the skirt is something that I've had since like high school (I went to private school and the dress code was no pants for girls so I have tons of skirts from then) and I probably haven't worn it since then but I pulled it out and thought I'd try it since my workplace is pretty strict on dress code. The shirt I got from Forever 21. I loved the material when I saw it but the buttons on it are so weird it took me forever to even figure out how to button it. But I finally got it and I guess it looks ok. What do you think? Ok well, without further ado...

My pup managaed to make it into about 90% of my pics lol. I tried this new hairdo by pulling back the sides and tying it with a ribbon. It actually turned out pretty good. Tonight is out-of-sequence date night since the boyfriend ditched me to have boy's night with his friends on Tuesday (but it's ok because I went and hung out with my bestie and gossiped, my fave!)
Side note: We were required to get the flu shot yesterday at work and my arm is killing me right now. Seriously, it was fine yesterday but today is just awful. Note to self, opt out if possible next time. Yikes!

One more fay to Friday! Whoop!
Lots of love,

My Style:Fall Fun!

I am so ready for fall. I'm serious, it is my favorite season. I love the colors of the leaves and the crisp weather (although in Florida we don't really get much crisp weather, steamy...yes, crisp...not so much). I chose this outfit in honor of fall. The shirt was what started this outfit. I found it at my thrift store for $1 and knew I had to have it. And then the rest of the outfit just fell into place. I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed wearing it.

I found this great headband from Forever21 that had feather coming down from it. And I really liked the feathers for this outfit because the colors were similar. So I took the chain with the feathers off the headband and instead put it on a bobby pin. And voila! I get the feathers without the headband. I guess you could call it a DIY but really I didn't do much.

Also, you know how I've been searching for a new bag? Well the search is over! I found this cute puppy on Sunday at Forever21. I wasn't planning to buy anything, I only went because my sister cannot shop alone (not sure why, I guess she just needs a second opinion) and we were about to leave when I saw it. It was gorgeous and I immediately fell in love. It slightly reminds me of a Birkin bag (except, you know, way cheaper) and so I marched right up to the counter and bought it and I haven't looked back yet. It literally goes with everything! I'm so obsessed with it. My only issue is that it's not very big, it's probably about a medium size bag and I'm used to huge ones so there is that but I knew that going in. I even asked at the register if it came any bigger lol (they looked at me crazy, then said no). But yes, if you are looking for a new purse as well I'm telling you now head to Forever21. Here are some shots of my new love.

Happy Thursday! It's almost the weekend yay. And I'm supposed to be doing something different this weekend. At least, that's what my fortune cookie said at lunch today. Oh, and in case you've been living under a rock and didn't know Happy National Noodle Day! I hope you got some noodles to celebrate like we did here at work lol.

Lots of love,

My Style: She works hard for the money

Hey guys!

I'm trying to start consistently posting but it hasn't been going so well for me yet. I'm working on it. I've also been working hard at work trying to keep all my bosses happy. I think I've finally settled into a routine between work, boyfriend, working out and managing to spend time by myself and with friends. I'm usually exhausted by the end of the week but I like being busy (for now). I definitelly don't want to do this forever.

So the boyfriend and I have decided that we need to schedule time with each other because otherwise a whole week will go by and I realize that I haven't seen him once! So now every tuesday, come rain or shine, is date night. Now don't get me wrong date night can mean a number of things. It can mean going out to dinner, it can mean staying in and watching a movie, or it could be going to the movies. For instance, last week he took me to see Dolphin Tales (OMG such a good movie! but more on that later) and since today is Tuesday (yay) we plan to stay in, cook dinner, and watch Bridesmaids. We both haven't seen it yet and I hear it's HIGHlarious so why not?

But yeah this outfit is actually pretty old (from a couple of weeks ago) but I like it so I'm putting it up late. Also, I haven't taken any pics recently because of my crazy schedule so that's also why.

So I went to see two movies this past week. On Sunday I saw Abduction with my little sis (because Taylor Lautner is hott) and because it looked like it had a good plot. And then on Tuesday I saw Dolphin Tales (because wounded animals touch my heart).

Both movies were actually really good but Dolphin Tales totally stole my heart. If you haven't seen it yet, you must! And Abduction was good as well. Lots of action and suspense. So very different genres but they both did well and kept me entertained.

Oh by the way, Winter (don't you just love her nub!) is in Clearwater which is only a few hours away from me, so guess who is going to go see her??!! ME!!  And trust me I will definitely post pics :)

Lots of love,