october 31st

Happy Halloween! 

Here are my favorite photos from my favorite month, in chronological order.

Four Simple Goals Before 2013

Elsie over at A Beautiful Mess created a fun challenge for her readers! Four simple goals before 2013 is a fun way of staying inspired and on track during the upcoming season. I always feel these surges of energy and creativity during this season change, and I'm completely down for this challenge! Especially since they're "simple goals", things to make your life feel more full and happy. Here are mine!

1. Learn a new crochet technique - Right now I'm working on a gray circle scarf for myself, and when that is complete I'm going to take on crocheting beyond single and double crochet. Video tutorials on Youtube should definitely come in handy for this!

2. Eat 3+ vegetables daily - This should be easy, considering I eat a salad almost every single day. But seasonal vegetables like squash, brussels sprouts and yams are so delicious and will help me accomplish a bigger goal - learn more recipes.

3. Take a few yoga classes - It'd be great if I could get into a weekly yoga class, and especially bikram every once in a while. My schedule gets nutty, but I need to make more time for my mental and physical health. Yoga is perfect for reflecting, and releasing all of that negative energy.

4. Visit a new place every weekend - I'd start on this right now, if I weren't having an Arrested Development marathon while waiting for a special someone's birthday bicycle to arrive at our door. I've barely broken the surface of Nashville as far as exploring and adventures go. There are one million cafes and coffee shops and boutiques and parks just begging me to visit. I'm going to make a point to do this every weekend and fully immerse myself in my city.

If you decide to partake in this Four Simple Goals challenge, let me know! I'd love to read yours. And also share your links with Elsie, because they're going to select a few readers goals to feature on A Beautiful Mess! Which is one of my favorite, most inspiring blogs.

Here's to staying fulfilled and motivated this season!

Thrift Haul: The Sweater Edition

I haven't done one of these in a while, but this past Sunday I struck gold at Southern Thrift. Not two, not four, but SIX color tags were half off this weekend! It felt like Christmas.

 Maybe too much like Christmas, because I wound up mainly buying big chunky sweaters :)

Tell me that eagle crest is not totally rad? I've been finding a lot of amber colored home goods and trinkets, which is great because it's pretty much my favorite color.

Lately all I want to own and wear is cable knit? Conveniently I found this basic black sweater for just around $2. The gray thing is sweatshirt material and hooded. The lazy girl in me could not help but bring that home for cold days in the office when I don't want to look like a total bum.

Belts! And a bucket that will serve as a home for a future plant.

These sweaters weren't thrifted. The green one (which is definitely a kelly green in real life) is from Urban Outfitters and the brown cardigan is from Forever 21. Just further proof that the cable knit bug has bitten me hard. It's all stemming from Mad Men. I can't wait to wear these with ankle length black skinny slacks (so many adjectives!) and embody the goddess that is Megan Draper. The frames are from my recent Tortoise & Blonde home try-on kit. The style is called Rivington, and they will be mine. Oh yes, they will be mine.

Then I decided, since I'm sharing, here are two more fantastic items I've picked up recently during Free People employee appreciation. The shorts will be paired with tights and boots this fall (and cost me ELEVEN dollars) and that scarf? Yeah that's just an American flag print with dogs all over it. Just the most awesome scarf ever, that's all.

xo, Corinne

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