TiLT #22

Hi, lovelies! Only a few Things I Love this week, as I have been busy on phone interviews lately.. no complaints, but they MUST know how much more charming & delightful I am in person. I mean REALLY.

♥ More arts & crafts! ♥ Breakfast like a queen, lunch like a princess, dinner like a pauper ♥ Not making the bed! ♥ My 2-weeks-long queue on tumblr ♥ Dr. Oz (no shame) ♥ Girls' clubs ♥ Push ups ♥ Mad Men ♥ Leighton Meester "Summer Girl" (even though I am so NOT a summer girl) ♥ G+ ♥ Interviews (obviously!) ♥ Diet Coke ♥ painting my nails ♥ animal print ♥ Google Music Instant Mixes ♥ TiLT on other blogs! ♥ Heartsy ♥

I'm in a great mood today so I'm off to take advantage of it! Have a beautiful week, friends!

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TiLT #21

♥ Craft Spells "After the Moment" (addicted. cannot. stop. listening.) ♥ Stuff Parisians Like ♥ arts & crafts ♥ a good pair of hoop earrings ♥ starting over ♥ The Sims 3 (duh) ♥ breathe ♥ thunderstorms ♥ Bitter:Sweet "Dirty Laundry" ♥ True Blood Sundays ♥ GO Launcher ♥ brown sugar oatmeal ♥ Shannon's brilliant Why Not... series ♥ Grooveshark ♥ The Challenge: Rivals ♥ Surplus ♥ Target's Boyfriend v-neck tshirts ♥ frozen grapes ♥ Country Strong (be warned - it's SAD!) ♥ Dave Grohl ♥ hammocks ♥ productive mornings & lazy afternoons ♥ audiobooks on my iPod ♥

We're headed to Harry Potter tonight - part 1 at 9pm, part 2 at midnight! - and I'm sure I'll have an HP hangover tomorrow (a.k.a. be busy mourning HP), so posting is probably on hold till Sunday ;) In the meantime, tell me what you've been looking forward to!

Dirty Little Secrets

I love Diet Dr. Pepper, cupcakes, and pizza.

I don't go to the gym every day.

Sometimes I don't finish books.

I leave my laptop power cord and cell phone charger plugged in for days at a time.

I don't drink as much water as I should.

I do laundry and run the dishwasher too often.

I've left the house in sweatpants. More times than I can count. Without shame.

My iTunes includes Britney Spears' discography.

Get it off your chest - what are YOUR dirtiest secrets?

5 Reasons I Love My CamelBak Better Bottle

I've had all manner, shape, and size of reusable water bottle in my 26 years. I had a Nalgene in college that grew mold (and was probably full of BPA, the horrors!), too many glass Voss bottles to count, SubZero bottles, Evian bottles, recycled (and thoroughly washed) pickle jars... Seriously, I've had a LOT of water bottles.

my current collection

I've been pretty faithful to Klean Kanteen for a few years, but when I began student teaching in January, I needed something bigger and easier to drink out of - do you KNOW how embarrassing it is to completely miss your mouth when drinking in front of a room of 7th graders? ;) So after a bit of Internetting, I settled on the CamelBak Better Bottle. This decision may or may not have been influenced by the following picture of my queen, Leighton Meester, a.k.a. Blair Waldorf.

I have weighed the pros and cons of my Better Bottle and now present to you.. the Top 5 Reasons I Love My CamelBak Better Bottle.

1. The entire thing is completely dishwasher safe.
2. The bite valve & straw make it super fun. It also makes ice cold water tolerable for sensitive teeth!
3. I don't have to worry about denting my bottle (or the floor!) if I drop it. Dropping a metal water bottle sounds like the end of the world. Just ask my dogs.
4. I can see exactly how much water I've drank and how much is left.
5. I can drink from it while exercising! This is probably my #1 Klean Kanteen complaint; there are "sport" caps but they're.. weird and noisy.

I have to admit that I have a small obsession with reusable water bottles. My CamelBak is still new but I'm considering buying another Better Bottle in a different color or even the Groove, which has a built in filtration system. Oh boy.

Talk to me about water bottles! Do you use a reusable water bottle? If so, what kind?

Muses

Lately I've been really into SIMPLE outfits - solid colors, easy, basic pieces, clutches & envelopes, contrast - and tumblr has been a great help to my imagination.

Princess Kate? Oh yes. I. Did. I miiiiiiight be a secret Anglophile.
What's been influencing you lately? Style, food, ideas, anything!

Quote of the Week

Here is the thing about radical change: It changes your life radically. More importantly, it changes who you are radically. It forces you to be brave. It changes how you see the world, other people, and yourself.

- Susannah Breslin

TiLT #20

♥ 90210 ♥ fireworks ♥ Maru ♥ fruit salad for breakfast ♥ leggings ♥ handheld fans ♥ True Lemon (I'm addicted) ♥ Wilco in StL ♥ Primatene (life saver) ♥ F21's jewelry ♥ teaching myself French (any suggestions!?) ♥ Vignette & mytubo ♥ weird/scary/unexplained things ♥ Groupon ♥ homemade black bean soup ♥  Google+ ♥ the smell of new jeans ♥ hot dogs (whyyyy am I vegetarian!?) ♥ Midwestern friendliness ♥ good days ♥ motivation ♥ fresh flowers ♥ chocolate milk & Rice Krispies ♥ YSL Luxurious mascara ♥ open front cardigans ♥ Starbucks' PTL (always 'n forever) ♥ foursquare ♥

What's making you smile this week?