Window Shop Wednesday!

Today is my first ever Window Shop Wednesday! The store (sort of?) of choice for this week is...

Even though I am aware that the only people who read my blog ( if anyone ;) ) already know my friend Katie, I'll go ahead and throw this out there: she's awesome, funny, and smart and has one darn interesting blog. Click here! and check her out!:

I looooooves Etsy. I could spend hours trying to find all the little things that I want for my life if I were cool enough to have a life filled with cute handmade Etsy products (*breathe*)

1. Oh yeah. This is a tutu. For adults. How incredible is that? It's also $175 dollars. Which is why I'm only window-shopping... And I can't think of one event that it would be appropriate for, except maybe twirling around my house, twirling around the supermarket, twirling around work... ahhhh possibilities!

Adult tutu by pinkgiraffebowtique

2. I just think these are absolutely beautiful.

Cornwall Ivory Pillow Covers by FestiveHomeDecor

3. I would probably wear this with pants...

Paisely Tunic by EarthlyThreads

4. I love flower crowns. I think this one is so elegant... I might actually get it for my wedding.

Juliet Flower Crown by peacelovevintageshop

5. Sigh. So pretty.

Gold triple orchid anklet by beadxs

6. I really like petite necklaces I can wear everyday. I would want this in a yellow gold color, though.

A Duo of Petite Initials in Sterling Silver by ElementalWorkshop

Love,

How I see it: The Casey Anthony trial

My facebook and twitter feeds are blowing up with people being angry about the verdict with the Casey Anthony trial. I don't feel like getting into debates on those types of settings, but I do want to put my opinion out into cyberspace.

God bless our judicial system.

I'll admit that I haven't been following the case religiously. Actually, the only thing I've heard about it were little tidbits on talk shows until today. But today, I started researching more into the case.

My opinion is that the media got carried away with convicting Casey before the verdict was out. Even after she was found not guilty, the reporters were hooping and hollering about how Caylee was wronged and how Casey should not have been found not-guilty. I won't get into the fact that reporters are supposed to deliver the news unbiasedly (is that a word?), but I'm assuming y'all know all about that already.

I think the problem lies in the difference between not-guilty and innocent. Like I said before, who am I to know if Casey killed her daughter? I haven't even been watching it on the news. But in the court of law, she is not-guilty of her accused crime. The fact of the matter is that the prosecution had the task of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that she killed her daughter. And they didn't do that soundly enough, so Casey walks. It isn't a fact on if she did it or not, because honestly, I don't know. I know a little girl was murdered, and that's awful and terribly sad. But we don't know who did it. We don't know how they did it; we don't know when or where they did it, and we don't know how they did it. But the point of the matter is that our justice system is set up in a way to make sure that the least amount of innocent people go to jail. This woman was facing the death penalty. I would much rather her walk free and get her just desserts later, either in this life or the next (if she did commit the crime), than have her sentenced to death only later to find out Joe Schmo down the street is the one that killed the little girl.

Now that the jury reached a verdict, it seems more to me like people found out about this cute little Caylee who was murdered and they want someone to pay for it. They don't seem to care whether or not the evidence points to her or if the case isn't strong enough to accuse, they just want someone to pay for it. Maybe Casey was a crappy mom, but that doesn't mean that she killed her. Maybe she was a liar too, but that doesn't mean she's a murderer either. Think of what our world would be like if police officers and lawyers and reporters could sentence someone to death just because of circumstantial evidence. I wouldn't want to live in that kind of a world.

I do hope they reopen the case and make sure they have exhausted all of the possibilities of who killed Caylee. But if they can't build a solid case, they can't build a solid case.. and that's all there is to it.

Love,

Barefoot and... getting married?

Sorry I've slacked off on the blogging! My second session of summer school has started and for my Spanish 4 class, one of our assignments is to blog. In Spanish. I string about 3 sentences together if I can and hit post... and it's still takes a lot more time than if I were to jump on here for a quick post. (If you want to laugh at my awful kindergarten level Spanish, Click here.)

I've had a lot going on lately. My dad (who I live with right now) got laid off, my hours at my job got cut way low, my tire busted while I was driving down the interstate, and our venue for the wedding fell through.

By "fell through," I mean they asked us for a mandatory $5000 event planning fee that they did not tell us about, nor can we afford. Isaac and I decided a while ago that if we can't get married there, we will just elope. There aren't many options for wedding venues here that fit our personality and budget, and we never really wanted a huge frilly doves and tulle and white roses kind of wedding anyway.

The same day I was fighting back tears about not being able to afford our venue, my dad told me that he's been wanting to take a vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We used to go every year, and if you haven't been yet, you need to go. Over a hundred miles of beautiful beaches and sand dunes, and best of all, you aren't sitting on top of someone else's towel because there's no more room on the beach. Because it's so spread out, depending on where you are, you aren't likely to see more than ten people around you enjoying the beach. And that is my kind of place. Relaxation at it's finest! Not to mention all the pretty lighthouses and the wild horses. Okay, that's the end of my OBX commercial. Bottom line, it's my favorite place on Earth.

My dad told me that if we wanted to, he would rent a beach house for the week of the wedding and we could have our reception there if we wanted to get married on the beach in the OBX. How exciting! I about piddled on a rug. Of course, this is going to cut our guest list severely. We are probably going to go from having 80 people to about 10-15. I'm not sure how I feel about that. When we were planning the bigger wedding, I was going back and forth about whether I wanted a big to-do or if I would rather just no one show up. I think I'm more comfortable this way. I'm not very good at the romantic stuff, and I especially wouldn't feel comfortable with everyone staring at me while I tried to be romantic. It's better this way.

I still want to have everything that we would have with a larger wedding. I want decorations and music and catered food. I want a pretty dress and I want to get my hair done. The only thing that is changing is the amount of people that are there. And the price tag. I wish we could have everyone there and still have the same intimate feel, but really it isn't possible... and we can't afford it. So instead we're going with a tiny, bohemian beach wedding. And I am very excited about it.

I'll keep this blog updated with a checklist of what we're getting done and DIY projects I'm working on and how and where we're saving money. It's going to be a beautiful thing. :)

Love,