Dressed for Success

A friend of mine recently noticed some of my more creative outfits and asked me to post a couple of pictures she took pictures of them. Read the description underneath to understand the point of each one.

More and More I am wanting to dress like people from the 50's, so to keep that going I even rocked a real flower in my lapel. What you don't see is that I wore navy socks with yellow, white and green colors in them to match with my tie and pocket square.

At work we were asked to go business casual since some clients were coming to visit. I wore a bow tie, which I tied myself...funny enough the clients saw me walking in with lunch for my team and LOVED the bow tie

A Little More Classy Than A Birthday Suit.....

(For the record I would have posted this a week ago, but my computer has been stupid, but I digress) This past year I have really become obsessed with wearing suits. I used to hate getting dressed up for church and events, but my attitude is completely different now. I feel more mature and snazzy in a suit. I kind of wish I had the type of job that required me to be a little more dressed up, because I wouldn't mind it at all, I look rather debonair these days.. This new attitude with dressing up has been inspired by some of my most recent idols of fashion. My brother would like to take claim to this, although I do bug him for fashion advice frequently, but not so secretly here are the men (both real and fictitious) that I try and model my style after; Gene Kelly, James Bond, Neil Caffrey (from the show White Collar)

Yes I bought an umbrella and fedora and want to learn to tap dance too

I almost always wear a pocket square now, and taught myself to tie a legit bow tie

No comments needed...so SICK!!!

My next suit purchase

Tie clip, another fun addition. I also rock colorful socks, but that's not necessarily shown :)

this is essentially what I look like every Sunday...but with curly hair.

Sadness, Grief, Disappointment, and Trials......

I really couldn't think of a creative title for this post. Often times I try to use a pun or something, but today seemed a little different. I have caught a cold and oddly enough I feel like my most profound thoughts tend to come when I am inoculated with cold medicine. However, today I was thinking a lot about trials and disappointments. Some people believe life is pre-planned while others feel we are master's of our own destiny. But regardless of what you think, nobody knows what tomorrow is going to bring. And tomorrow could be the best day of our life or it could be the worst day of your life. You NEVER know. But what you can try and pre-plan is how are you going to react to whatever life throws at you. But even that is hard to do as well. How do you plan for the unseen? Here's the deal; life isn't fair. It was never meant to be. If it was fair, than it would provide no motivation for the advantaged to stay on top or the drive for the underdogs to work harder to achieve greatness. Frankly, I am glad for all of the crap I have had to deal with and continue to deal with (to some degree). Mentally, physically, spiritually, financially; all of these have been tested and stretched to their capacity in my 27 years of life. I think sometimes the hardest stuff is what we build up to be awesome in our heads and the really we just disappoint ourselves with unachievable visions. One of the saddest things I have picked up on though is that often times when we are going through trials we often take out our frustrations and disappointments on those closest to us (sometimes without even realizing it). I know I have been a selfish friend, and when I am depressed, I have been a down right jerk to a lot of the people I love. They don't deserve it. Their biggest fault in the matter was knowing me and being around me at that time. Why is it that rather than cry on the shoulder of those closest to us, we tend to spit in their face instead? Is it pride? Is it the need to avoid being vulnerable? I can't explain why I have done it. And right now I would even like to extend an apology to anyone who was trying to help me in my time of need and got hurt by me. But for myself reading this post again in the future, or anyone reading this now who feels like life has handed you lemons, get over your pride. Life is too hard to let our pride get in the way of really letting others into our lives and help us. The people around you are around you because they love you and care about you. I am not ashamed to admit that in this year I have cried a few times to multiple people when things were rough. Pride is just dumb and makes you seem a lot more foolish than shedding some tears. Stop ignoring that fact and show some appreciation. Life in general won't stop slapping you in the face when you are down, trials won't stop coming, but through it all we all NEED the people around us.

Vertical Spooning

For some reason the couples in Utah tend to be a little over affectionate with one another. PDA in Utah runs rampant. I have nothing against a couple cuddling or holding hands, but what is incredibly awkward is what I have dubbed "vertical spooning." Vertical spooning is essentially when two people have an overly passionate and drawn out hug. And they aren't normal hugs; they tend to be a little more affectionate that it makes people uncomfortable when they see it. That type of hug only has place for a wife hugging a husband as he is about to go off to war or something dramatic. But instead, the students of Utah feel they need to do it when they are about to head off to class or are dropping them off after a date and so they must leave their boyfriend/girlfriend behind. Anyone who has lived in Provo knows what I am talking about, and if you have been one of those people then shame on you for subjecting the rest of the world to your awkward hugs. Here's the deal people, you going off to class is not a life changing event to where you feel you need to hold your significant other for an overly extended period of time. Just give your girlfriend/boyfriend a quick kiss, a 2 second squeeze and be on your way. If you are deeply embracing your significant other for longer than a couple of seconds; you have issues and you make life weird for everyone else. We all get that you are dating, but nobody wants to see you two awkward college kids pressed up against each other........gross.