Home Sweet Home Again!

Three weeks is a very long time to be away from your own deliciously comfy bed and hopping about the country. My trip to Colorado with the boyfriend was delightful, but it made my poor little Pisces fish bowl all shook up. In another day or two I'll post bunches of gorgeous photos I took, but for now I'm just relishing the fact that I'm snuggled in my own bed. So to keep you and me occupied til' then, here's a Curious Tuesday brought to you by Gala Darling*!


1. What is your style direction for the upcoming season?

I'm still debating! Sadly it will probably end up being recycled things from every season in my life, but maybe I'll come back to this question and do some research. All I know now is that I was comfy, cute, and unique.

2. What is your favourite song right now?

I'm really enjoying the new Paramore song they're playing, The Only Exception. I still really need to buy that CD, but I don't know if that's really my favourite. I just finally (!) found all of my CD's that I had hidden from myself during the move, so more than likely I'll be have old-new favourites in another week or so.

3. What’s your best love advice?

Just believe in your feelings and in your heart. Don't let anyone come between what you think might be love, life's too short for that. One of my favourite TV show quotes came from Cupid (which went off the air too soon): "Life is complicated. Love is simple." It's totally absolutely the truth. When you find love, don't overanalyze it and don't make it difficult.

4. Who is the most exciting person you’ve met recently?

Well I didn't technically meet her, but she had such an impact on me I have to say it was the adorable elderly woman on the bus back to Nederland from Boulder. She was Italian but spoke Irish and her English was beautiful. She was so well-spoken and made me want to travel the world and live a life like she had. She was vivacious and enthralling.

5. Are you doing anything wonderful this week? What is it?

 Not that I'm aware of. I've been doing wonderful things the last three weeks, so this week has become a lazy, run errands week. I need to schedule in some wonderful!

X's and O's forever mon petite chou chou's! 

*And just so you're aware, Gala Darling is doing an ah-mazing Podcast series called Love & Sequins. They're $12 a pop or $84 if you buy the entire series, but they're definitely worth every cent. She's already on Number 10 but I only just picked up Number 1 a day ago and boy am I in lurve. Her advice (and adorable accent!) are top notch. 

Shh.. Let's pretend it's Tuesday!

Drats! I was doing so well and then this week just snuck up on me! Here's my Curious Tuesday disguised as a Curious Wednesday:

1. What was your first kiss experience?

I was a late bloomer and didn't get mine until 8th grade. It was just an eh-I-sorta-like-you-and-you-just-asked-me-out kiss, nothing really special. I liked this boy and he asked me out after a dance, so he kissed me goodbye in the parking lot. (We broke up three days later. Oh the joys of Middle School, right?) I remember thinking, "Really? That's it?" I did the same thing after my first "make-out session". It wasn't until later that I began to really enjoy kissing. Luckily, the boys have all gotten better as I've moved on.

2. If you could work for — & learn from — anyone, who would it be & why?

Betsey Johnson. Well, if I pretend I'm fashionable and that creative. I'd like to learn from the Dalai Lama, though I don't think he gives one-on-one lessons. Honestly, I'd like to just work for myself.

3. Have you ever taken a Myers-Briggs test? (If not, do it here, it’s quick & easy!) What was your result? Do you think it was accurate? (Also, TypeLogic is a great resource for finding out more information about your type.)

I'm an INFP (Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving). I've taken this a few different times and in different settings and I always come up with the same answer. For the most part, I agree with it. There are a lot of similar personality traits in INFP's as there are in Pisces, like being a dreamer and living in a fantasy world, and looking at the world through rose colored glasses. I'm "The Idealist".

4. What is your favourite thing about your best friend?

Does that mean I have to pick a best friend? Last I checked Hunter and I were agreeing to be besties, so my favorite thing about him would be everything.

5. What makes you happiest?

Traveling. The boyfriend. When Mamma makes yummy food. Family. Laughing with people I love. Soft pink blankies and cuddling with Lana the Llama and Miss Charlotte Belle.

 XOXO and hopefully I'll have time to update in the coming weeks. Hunter and I are headed out to Boulder in one week! 

I'll think about that tomorrow.

Tuesday Number Two! Look! I'm actually staying on top of something! I've got lots and lots to do today, so this one's going to be cranked out quickly.

1. Where do you find inspiration?

Random things and beautiful things. On blogs I admire. In nature, flowers especially. In the people I meet and love. On sites like WeHeartIt where I get lost in photographs. In music and lyrics.

2. Have you got any hobbies or interests you’ve let lapse & wish you would take up again?

I've definitely not done enough yoga lately, I miss that. I've also really let my writing lapse, something I'm trying to get myself into again. I had for the longest time gotten out of my habit of reading every day, but I'm managing to make myself enjoy it again.

3. One tea party. Ten invitations. Who do you invite?

Ohh tough one. Mamma of course. And Hunter so he could experience a Skye tea party firsthand. His mommy and Suz. My great grandmother, Memire. Ma bichette Charlotte would roam around and beg for scraps of cake. Rachel et Ave so we could speak en Francais. And then two other people who were terrific at baking and tea making!

4. Who was your favourite teacher at school & why?

Madame Courtois for teaching me French even when I would rather just say "Je n'ai sais pas!" Mrs. Lewis for inspiring me to be an awesome English teacher. And Mrs. Nathan, my chorus teacher in middle school, for being an inspiration in everything. I couldn't pick just one!

5. Have you ever been in a long-distance relationship?

I am currently in a LDR. They're tough and they make you really think about why you deal with it, but with him, it's totally worth it. We see each other approximately six weeks out of the year, but text and talk and whatnot the rest of the time. It just makes our homecomings even more spectacular.

Amour et papillons et bisous! XOXO.

Welcome to Curious Tuesday!

   Cross my heart and Pinky Promise, I will start writing again. I annoy myself so much when I start something and don't finish it. I have a problem. Seriously. It doesn't matter what it is: laundry, homework, coloring books, journaling, calendars (Oh, especially the planner types!). I always end up stopping before I finish. One of these days I will perfect the art of list making and not procrastinating! Until then my dears, I will have to just take a cattle prod to my little behind and keep myself up to speed with this blog. BUT! That is beside the point.

   The point today is that I am (finally) starting Curious Tuesdays. The idea is from Miss Gala Darling over at www.galadarling.com. She asks five questions every Tuesday and she's been going at it for over a month now. I kept trying to tell myself "Skye, you must participate. You'll L-O-V-E it because you used to love surveys on MySpace and it's just like that. It'll get you writing in your blog again!" Nevertheless, I didn't do it and kept putting it off, but not any more! So here goes, the first installment:

1. If it was your birthday tomorrow, what would be on your wishlist?

Right now it would be that white Ecko Red strappy purse that got away from me. The most tragic thing happened; I was walking to the register to purchase it when a grommet from the side fell off! Now I can't find it anywhere. I would also really like some fabric so I can make myself a Moleskine cover. And honestly, money would be much appreciated at the moment. I can't seem to save fast enough for my trip to Colorado.

2. Do you look after your nails? Do you paint them? If so, do you have a colour that you keep returning to again & again?

I bit my nails up until February of this year. I would paint them but they were always scraggly looking. Now they aren't so terrible, but I don't keep them very long because I'm always breaking them. I paint them all the time though. I always end up with OPI Chapel of Love (a perfect mellow pink), OPI DS Reserve (the perfect in-between color, super shiny and goes with everything), or the hottest pink I can get my hands on.

3. What star sign are you, & do you think it is accurate?

I'm a Pisces fishy and I suppose it's accurate enough. Pisces are emotional, dreamy, and don't like their fish bowls tapped or shaken up. They swim in two different directions, but know how to go with the flow when need be. They're also supposed to be sentimental and shy. Pisces girls are especially feminine and like to be doted upon. Or at least that's what most of the astrological sites will tell you. For the most part, I agree with my Neptune star sign.

4. What is something you have recently learned to appreciate?

The price of gas on a military base! When I'm paying 2.45$ for gas it is such a shock to go off post and have to pay 2.70-something$ somewhere else. Granted, gas is cheaper in Georgia in general, but I love knowing that I'm not getting ripped off every time I fill up my Grand Am's tank.

5. What is your favourite city in the world, & why?

Haliewa, Hawaii, if that even counts as a city. It always seemed like a very magical part of Hawaii, all quaint shops and ocean views. It's one of those places that I think about when I hear someone say paradise, somewhere I would enjoy living. Haliewa Eats aka the best Thai food you may ever have outside of Thailand is another reason why I love the place. Oh now I want to go!

And there you have it! Check in next week for the next installment of Curious Tuesday brought to you by Gala Darling, and feel free to answer the questions in the comments or steal them for your own blog. XOXO.