Let my start of by saying, I love my mom. She's incredible at a lot of things, like making people feel at home, making friends, and making lasagna. However, as hard as she tries, she's just not very good at taking pictures. My sister and I have tried to teach her, but nothing we say really helps the fact that she can't tell if a picture is in focus or not. With that being said, all I could think to myself while going through these poorly focused photos were, "I cannot wait until my sister moves back home." She's the only person I trust to take a good picture when I need it. Although David is a close second and still working his way up, I just miss having my sister around to help me out. Hopefully she just doesn't decide to stay out in Ann Arbor forever.
On a different note: my hair is red! Last weekend, while Amanda was in town, we drove out to Sally's and I pretty much randomly grabbed a hair color and we headed home to dye it. I was pretty shocked when I first washed out the dye and I definitely had thoughts about immedietly changing the color. It was so bright! The color has either calmed down a bit or I've just become used to it because now it doesn't seem that bad. In fact, I've become to grow on it and I think I really love the color. I've always wanted to dye my hair this color, but I've always been a little too chicken to do it, so I've just been pushed into it now! In these pictures, you can't really tell just how red it is, but it's definitely different than what I was used to.
I don't know about anywhere else, but here in lower Michigan it started to (FINALLY!) warm up! The other day was so warm and mostly muggy, that I was able to get away with wearing a cut-off and still being warm! It was actually really fun to be dressed in summery-type clothes. Also, I've worked pretty hard on not only my body, but feeling comfortable in it and I felt empowered while wearing this shirt in a I-finally-feel-good-about-myself-after-twenty-years way. Of course, being Michigan, today is absolutely freezing outside with bitter wind that bites your nose. As long as it doesn't snow again and warms up soon, I'll be alright though. Having a really nice week weather-wise helped out a lot to get through the rest of this season. I can't wait until actual summer is here though!
top/Incognito // jeans/UrbanOutfitters // shoes/Target // pleather jacket/UrbanOutfitters // bracelet/Forever21
xoxo!
i love your blog! your pics are so great! :) btw, my mom is the same way with a camera. my hubby and i are both professional photographers and we always ask her to take a picture of the two of us with our dogs for our christmas card each year. i can always count on a good laugh with her taking them. i have her take a million in hopes there will be one good one in focus. too funny! :)
Posted by: nicole | Apr 20, 2013 at 09:16 AM
I love the hair colour! Plus that shirt is very very cute.
Posted by: Ellie | Apr 20, 2013 at 04:09 PM
Ellie: thank you very much! I'm still getting used to the color, but it's definitely starting to grow on me!
Nicole: Isn't it hilarious? I just always have to prepare myself that when I ask her to take pictures for me, not to expect the best and take what I can get out of it. I'm lucky I have such a nice mom who endures my teasing afterward. haha.
Posted by: Taylor | Apr 21, 2013 at 06:51 PM