OOTD: Khaki & Green

This Wednesday's post is my outfit that I wore last week! I still have my name tag on from my elementary school. I am loving everything about my experience. I have had every piece of this outfit for a long time, but I love the simplicity of it. A white shirt with a cardigan, flats and a scarf is perfect. 

Top Half

Sweater: Hollister 

Top: Hanes (Walmart) 

Jacket: Hydraulic (Kohls) 

Bottom Half

Pants: Be Bop

Shoes: Charlotte Russe

Whole House

I hope you have a wonderful day! Let me know some of your go to teacher outfits below! 

~Annelise

OOTD: Christmas Eve

This Christmas Eve I got to spend some time with my birth-dad's family and my family opening presents and going to Christmas Eve service! Christmas Eve is always when I dress up and Christmas Day is more causual (check out my Instagram on Christmas to see what I wore). 

Both the dress and shoes are by the brand Merona. I got the shoes at Target a few years ago and I just got the dress at Goodwill two days ago! 

I love the texture of this dress! (Sorry my camera strap got in the way.) 

 I hope you enjoyed this blog post. I love sharing my outfits with you all and I added some fun pictures. A video will be up soon showing you the outfit up close, as well as a better view of the booties. Have a wonderful day! 

~Annelise 

OOTD: Fall Floral

I loved this outfit! Enjoy! 

Cardigan: Massimo (Target) 
Dress: Fire Los Angeles 
Leggings: Walgreens 
Boots: Bongo (Sears) 

NOTD: Julep's Sheryl & Easter Outfit

Since this last week was Easter I wanted to choose a nail color that matched my dress. I found this orange-yellow color that matched perfectly. This color is Sheryl by Julep. I am not a huge fan of Julep nail polishes, I feel like they are so thick it is hard to apply them. I still use the ones I have, but I have to be patient because they are so thick they take a long time to dry.  

Inside- Natural Lighting 

Inside - Yellow Lighting

Inside- Flash 

Outside- Direct Sunlight

Outside- Shade 

For Easter this year my husband and I stayed in our college town instead of going home. With our jobs and our two kittens it would have been hard. I am going to see my parents this week because we are meeting half-way to get some dinner for my birthday. My in-laws might come up Sunday to bring us a lawn mower. But this is the outfit I wore on Easter! I have had this dress forever, but I finally got it fitted to me and it was warm enough to wear it. To see the outfit in more detail watch the Youtube Video Below!  

 

I hope you enjoyed! Have a great day! Let me know what you did for Easter? 

~Annelise

Valentine's Day!

Happy late valentines day ! During the day I wore a simple outfit of jeans, tennis shoes, scarf and a neon jacket which a picture is on Instagram. I filmed an outfit for when my husband and I went out to dinner which will be up on my YouTube channel it was a simple but festive outfit.

I stated in my outfit video that I answered Valentine's Day Would You Rather Questions so here they are! Even though it's after Valentines day feel free and answer these and let me know so I can see what you put! 

I hope you enjoyed this post! Thanks for reading, I hope you are having a great day!

~Annelise 

First Week Back & A Casual Friday Outfit!

This was the first week back to school. I am in the 2nd of 4 semesters focused on Elementary Education. This semester I am taking...

• Elementary Literacy Methods K-2 -- This class has the best teacher and is all about strategies to use with little kids to help them learn to read or read better. I love children's book and reading with them! I am excited for this class! 

• Teaching Science: K-6 --  Based on the title, I bet you can guess what this class is about. It is about how to teach science for elementary school, it goes with the Practicum class (see below). I don't remember science in elementary school. I did really liked science, for the most part, throughout middle and high school as well as college. I think this class will be lots of fun! 

• Teaching Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Learning -- This class seems like it will be super helpful! It is going to help answer the tough situations you might face as a teacher. One example is if there is a student in your class that is Muslim and needs to pray 5 times a day. Where does he/she pray? This class isn't necessarily about what is wrong or right but those gray areas that can get messy. 

• Practicum--  This class isn't really a class. It is where we go out to the elementary schools in the area and for the first half we are in grades K-3 helping them with reading and teaching a lesson. The second half we go into the schools and as a group teach a lesson on science (3rd-5th). I am SO excited for this class and being out in the schools! 

• Math for Elementary Teachers -- This class is the only one that is not one of the ones I have to take together. I could have taken this class anytime before I student teach. This class is going to be the hardest class to care about for a few reasons... 
• I know what the teacher is teaching
• The teacher isn't teaching us how to teach children, but actually teaching us the math
• The teacher is like all the negative (not funny qualities) of the Big Bang Theory characters (I love that show)    

Overall, I am hoping that I do learn to teach children better than prior to this semester! I am excited that I am getting close to a career I really have a passion for! Remember, even if you can do the classes of a major doesn't mean that major is for you!  

I am going to make a post on the organization I am using this semester, but one is picking out outfits before the week starts. The outfit I ended up wearing Friday was cute and casual. I loved it! Here is a link to the video I posted! Let me know what you think or if you are in school what classes you are taking! 

Thanks for reading! 

~Annelise

OOTD: First Day Back!

Yesterday, January 21st, was my first day back to school after winter break. I only had once class today it is one of my teaching classes. The title of the class is Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners. My teacher is 25 years old and get her doctorate in two weeks. She graduated high school at 16 has taught in elementary schools for three years! 

I thought I would show you my outfit. Just a side note it was FREEZING this morning! It felt like -6, when I was walking to class, way too cold! I set out four outfits on Sunday to wear this week! That helped SO much when I was getting ready, I would definitely recommend it. I didn't set an outfit for a certain day, but just made four outfits, that way I get to choose each morning.  

So let's get into the outfit: 

Jacket: I got this jacket two years ago from my mom for Christmas! I love it! My favorite neutral to wear is gray. It is not see-through like white can be or show everything like black. It is a happy medium. This jacket is a gray pea-coat from the brand Hydraulic! 

Scarf: I love wearing scarfs when it is cold, it keeps your neck cold when you are heading to class/work, but once you are inside you can still keep it on and it completes an outfit. I have had this gray zebra scarf for years!

Sweater: To add some color to this outfit, I added a bright red sweater by the brand Merona ( from Target). I wish it was a little longer, but overall it keeps me warm and adds some color to a bland winter day.

Jeans: I don't own a lot of jeans at the moment, my body has been changing (growing hips, etc.). This jeans seem to still fit me pretty well, they are pretty stretchy. The American Eagle Artist Jeans in a dark wash are very comfortable and are a perfect length for flats. 

Shoes:  My shoes are little gray booties, I have had them for years! I can't remember when or where I got them, they are the brand Xhileration. They do have some fun detailing on the side, which I really like!  

I have the same nails as my last post (Dove by Zoya). If you keep up with my YouTube beauty channel you might have seen, a video I posted recently about an outfit I was planning to wear the first day back. I decided to wear that outfit later in the week ( maybe tomorrow). 

I hope you enjoyed reading! 

Annelise