Day Trip to Chicago

South Lawndale, Chicago: a.k.a Little Village

I took a nice day trip to Chicago this past weekend. 

Five Favorite Items

Perfume-Ulta
Phone-Verizon
Watch-Walmart
Cd-Target
Head Wrap-Walmart

Here are my five favorite items at the moment!

Halloween Costume Idea: Frida Khalo

This costume was easier to put together than I thought it would be. In late September I had the idea that I would like to dress up as Frida Khalo for Halloween. During one of my trips to Goodwill I came across the dress I am wearing in the pictures below. I thought the dress looked like something Frida would have worn, so I purchased it. If you have a floral embroidered dress or shirt, you can use it when recreating this look. I chose to go really simple with my jewelry. Frida was known for wearing over lapped necklaces and dangly earrings. You can also wrap a red scarf around your neck like Frida liked to do. As for my shoes I decide to wear my white cut out detailed oxfords. For my hair I made two braids on the side and pinned it to the crown of my head. I added some artificial flowers to the middle of my braids, similarly to Frida. To round off this look I of course had to pencil in Frida's signature unibrow. Hope you enjoy this look.

Dress-Goodwill
Shoes-Target
Jewelry-Unknown
Scarf-Walmart 

Have a Happy Halloween & feliz Día de los Muertos. xx

Goodwill Finds!

Here's some stuff I found at Goodwill yesterday. Hope your weekend has been lovely! x

Sweater-Polo by Ralph Lauren

One Direction Hoodie

Blouse-Carole Little

Sweater-Debbie Morgan

Long Sleeve Shirt-Eddie Bauer

Fall Outfit Ideas:

Dress- Forever21

Cardigan- Thrifted, Alternative Apparel 

Tights- Unknown 

Hat- H&M

Necklace- Pac Sun

The woods were closed, but we will be shooting there soon!

Knit Sweater- Thrifted, by Calvin Klein Jeans

Jeggings- Faded Glory

Boots- H&M

 Scarf: forever 21

Photograph by my girl, Mary Grace! Follow here on tumblr @ gratiagrimm

Hope you guys like my outfit ideas!  I love the fall season, perfect weather for layers!! The trees are starting to change colors on campus, so pretty. Have a lovely week! xx

Defeated my first college cold!

Celestial Seasonings Herbal Tea Sampler, Goya honey with comb, limes. 

Tea mug I used. (My friend gave me this before I left for school.)

I'm feeling much better after a week long battle with the cold. I typically don't get sick easily, but I guess there is no way of avoiding a cold when you're consitently in close proximity with hundreds of sick college students. (All I could hear while I waited outside of my lecture hall were the sniffles and coughs coming from my classmates.) I drank chamomile tea from the Celestial Seasonings Herbal Tea Sampler with a teaspoon of pure honey and half of a squeezed lime to help relieve my sore throat and cough. My grandma, Meche, would always prepare a hot tea like this for my sister and I whenever we felt ill as kids. I like making this Mexican remedy not only because it reminds me of home, but it also makes me feel instantly better. I definitely recommend preparing this tea if you are feeling sick. I usually make it before going to bed. Just warm up a cup of water (I sadly had to warm up my water in the microwave). Add your preferred flavor of tea. Then add your liking of honey. Finally squeeze half a lime. (If you don't like pulp, I would recommend using a lemon squeezer.) I hope this will also make you feel better. Ending thought: This past week I realized how a simple sickness as the common cold can easily effect my daily routine. I will not take any of my non-sick days for granted anymore. I hope you don't either. Be grateful you can breath clearly without having a congested nose. xx