Because this cold weather has me feeling a little snarky {
I mean...it IS supposed to be the most depressing week of the year} and wanting to change things up a bit, I thought it would be fun to do a list today of things that I am most definitely NOT feeling.*
Cake balls. OK, first of all, I can't say "cake balls" without giggling like a 10-year old. Sorry, you cannot say "cake balls" with a straight face. And if you can, I probably don't want to be your friend.
Second, EW EW EW EW. I should preface this by saying that I don't have much of a sweet tooth and I think there are few things more disgusting than most every type of frosting/icing, ESPECIALLY if it comes from a can. I have to stop myself from gagging every time those Duncan Hines frosting mix-ins commercials come on. SO GROSS. We had pie at our wedding because there was no way in hell frosting was going to be a part of our special day. So taking cake, mixing it with copious amounts of frosting-from-a-can, and then dipping it in that weird "chocolate" you can buy at Michael's is just not something I understand.
Chevron. I kind of love/hate that now it's trendy to hate on chevron. I have been hating on chevron since chevron became a thing again. I am so tired of seeing it everywhere. Dresses, pillows, rugs, shoes, monogrammed cell phone covers, and on and on and on. How is it that so many people wear chevron tops and don't realize that they kind of look like Charlie Brown? When little old church ladies talk about how "hip" chevron is, you know it's no longer hip. Time to find a new pattern and move on, people.
Wedding blogs. I NEVER thought there would be a time when I said that. I love weddings and my dream job is to be an event planner. But every wedding blog and every wedding on it looks exactly the same to me these days. It's either "hipster-Anthropologie-quirky" wedding with craspedia {
ugliest flower ever} and succulents or "I AM FROM THE SOUTH LOOK HOW SOUTHERN I AM" {
I say that as someone from the South who served biscuits and grits at her wedding} or "fancy ballroom affair that requires use of rhinestones and a lighting scheme". Even the photography is uninspiring. It's all of the same detail shots. Everything seems so contrived and impersonal and just DONE. I don't think that I had the most unique wedding ever; there are definitely things I copied or pictures I wanted taken because I had seen them on a blog. But seriously...no more yellow-and-grey color palettes with a typewriter for a guest book and drinks served out of Mason jars with stripey straws.
Overly styled Instagram photos. Maybe this is just the green-eyed monster rearing his head because I have zero talent for styling things. I can appreciate a lovely photograph and I also appreciate the aesthetic necessity of styling. But I am over every.single.picture on Instagram being styled to death. If I'm doing my nails, you can bet that I don't have five different shades of blue laying just so, on a pure white background, next to an open window to catch the light perfectly. Like, if you're doing your nails, just take a picture of it. You don't need to make it a big production {
unless you're a professional blogger or photographer and that's how you make your monies}. It just feels disingenuous. Ditto for these alleged vignettes. Most of the time it seems more like a way for you to show off your expensive candle/perfume habit.
Anyone else feeling snarky today? What's one of your Friday Un-Favorites?
*Please note that this is meant to be all in good fun. Don't get your panties in a wad if there's something on here that you love. We can still be friends and not agree on everything. No, really, it's true.
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and 
books have long held a place at the tippy top of that wish list. Earlier this week I learned that a new book had been published, 
, and I hopped on over to Amazon to add it to my wish list. And stumbled upon this...
