Happy New Year 2013!

Happy New Year!! Welcome, 2013!

L-R: Beth and I on New Year's Eve

Hello, dear readers,

Happy New Year to you all! It has been exactly two years and one day since I started this blog, and I don't intend to stop it now. Being the intelligent person that I am, I forgot to bring my camera home and didn't think to use my brother's camera. I'll have to do that, but in the meantime I thought I'd give you at least one photo to look at. 

After having my New Year's Eve nearly ruined by a poorly-timed delivery of bad news, I went to a party with my friend, Beth, and another friend whose name I'm not sure she wants posted all over the internet. It was pretty much the first time we'd actually gone anywhere besides someone's house for New Year's Eve, and it served to take my mind off anything negative. 

The actual transition from 11:59 p.m. in 2012 to 12 a.m. of January 1, 2013, was rather anticlimactic; it's still hard for me to process that the year went by so incredibly fast. Overall, 2012 was a good year for me, world's apart from 2011. Without going into detail, I can safely say that 2011 has been my worst year so far, and 2012 saw me enter a much better place in my life.

I don't set resolutions for the new year, but I did find a quote earlier in this year, when I sincerely needed inspiration and motivation to keep going, that I'd like to keep in mind: "Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it." - Bill Cosby

I'll end this post with a little bit of beauty-related information: On my nails, I wore OPI Skyfall Collection nail polish in Goldeneye on my ring finger and The Spy Who Loved Me on the rest. On my lips, I wore Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in In Vogue, a bright, matte, pink.

I hope you all had a fun, exciting, and/or relaxing New Year's Eve, and I look forward to starting off 2013 with you.

xEsther

Inspiration

 

Hello readers,

Today I thought I'd share an "inspiration board" that I created to use as my computer's desktop picture. I used pictures I found online and put the pictures into Microsoft Word, and, voila! Inspiration!

Here it is:

I think you can probably see a theme here: these are pictures of Audrey Hepburn, Anne Hathaway, Zooey Deschanel, and various actresses dressed as the one and only Audrey.  The quote is also by Audrey herself, who came up with a remarkable number of great sayings in her time. 

I chose this quote and these pictures because I believe they embody class and perseverance. I look at my computer screen every day. Most of my homework is on the computer, as is my syllabus, and of course my email and favorite blogs and websites. I decided that since I see this screen every single day, I might as well make it mean something to me. It's a reminder to never give up, and a collage of intelligent, classy women that provide inspiration. [I also happened to write the quote in a color reminiscent of Tiffany blue. Love it!]

I'm quite happy with it! I hope you enjoyed this little view into some of the things that inspire me.

Sending inspiration your way.

xEsther