New Beginnings

Hooray for a cliche blog title but hey it's the first day of "spring" semester and the first post to this blog (can I get a "what-what!"). Last semester had it's ups and downs but I think one of the things I learned the most about was finances. It was my first time living in an apartment, paying rent by the month and also paying other bills. I didn't have a ton of money to begin with after a wonderful summer spent as a camp counselor, but I did get a pretty hefty refund that was supposed to cover most of my rent. Turns out I have a big fancy for shopping and I'm a sucker for a good deal so the money didn't last long and now I'm an eternal penny pincher.

However, I do have a passion for fashion. It started when I was in high school and was obsessed with Teen Vogue, I'm no longer a teenager but definitely still a subscriber but my new mag of choice is Glamour. Despite my fondness of fashion magazines I have recently become more infatuated with blogs. So here's my ditty, I'm going to attempt my own blog. I plan on posting outfits, and pretty much anything else I find interesting or desire to share.

What does me being an eternal penny pincher have to do with me blogging you ask? Good question. I have decided I have so many new and wonderful things that I need to start wearing and mixing, but I have also delivered myself the challenge of any clothes I buy can't be new starting now, they must be thrifted, etc. I will still use all the other clothes I have that weren't previously used before I got it but I don't need to buy any more new clothes thrift stores are great and finding things are such a thrill. Out of the clothes I already have as I realize I don't really use them I will donate and get rid of things because hey, we can't take them with us once we are gone!

Luke 12:13-21

¹³ Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

¹⁶ And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully,

¹⁷ and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’

¹⁸ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’²⁰ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

²¹ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”