I love pizza. I love blueberry poptarts. But I don't love blueberry poptart pieces on my pizza. Sometimes two things you love should be kept separate.

What do I need after a long, rainy day followed by a stressful doctor's appointment? Chocolate. Unfortunately, I don't have any. I did however come home to a package full of new clothes so that made me feel better. After the day I had (which stretched from 10 AM to 6 PM nonstop), I needed a pick-me-up and for a girl who uses online shopping as emotional therapy, new clothes was just the thing. I got a flowery top, a new purse, a pair of bug-eye sun glasses*, and a vintage-y ring today. Coming next week are two new pairs of jeggings, a pair of jean shorts, and another top.

Maybe my life sucks but at least I look cute.

In other clothing-related and uninteresting news:

Today I wore my saddle shoes to class. Most people assumed I was one of those hipster girls who thinks she's so much cooler and quirkier than the rest of the world. And while I can't deny that I fulfill many of the hipster criteria (vegetarian, English major, creative writing, indie music, Tumblr, cigarettes, photography, etc. etc.), I try not to be annoying. I don't presume to be cooler than anyone. I am sometimes ironic but not in an annoying, oh-I'm-so-funny-and-smart kind of way. I don't reject anything just because it's too mainstream. I don't try to be hipster and I don't try not to be hipster.

I wore my saddle shoes to class today because they are comfortable. Yes, Urban Outfitters is selling shoes of similar style to the alternative, hipster crowd, but my saddle shoes are actually 11 years old. I brought them to college because they are the most comfortable shoes I own and they just happened to be the shoes I wore every day for 4 years of high school. And before that my sister wore the same pair for her 4 years at our high school. I loved my saddle shoes when they were actually lame, long before hipsters tried to make them cool for being uncool. And I didn't love them just to be defiantly different from trends. I loved my saddle shoes because I loved my high school. Yes, my all girls Catholic school is small and old-fashioned and annoying...but it is still my high school. And I miss wearing our uniform** every day.


*Funny and too big but still cute. I mean, is there anything cuter in the summer than big sunglasses, long, flowing hair, jean shorts, and sandals?

*It hasn't changed since 1865. Blue dress with white Peter Pan collar (which is oddly in style now, too) and our beloved saddle shoes.