Why Halloween Costumes Aren’t Just For Kids

Why Halloween Costumes Aren’t Just For Kids

All my life I've been told there's a general age when things should begin to happen and when things should stop happening. There's physical things we're supposed to learn to do in our developing years. If you're three months behind getting potty-trained people freak...

Guerrilla Love Signs

Guerrilla Love Signs

My friend and fellow Uncustomary Babe, Kitty, approached me and asked if we could make an event happen where we hold up positive signs on the side of the street (similar to my Honk Series on Instagram), and I said hell yes! We scheduled a date for people to come to my...

Why Does Shopping Make You Happy?

Why Does Shopping Make You Happy?

For many people, there is a certain kind of excitement and pleasure that comes with shopping for new things. It might be clothing, books, homeware, technology, a custom iPhone case, or any number of other things – the point is not what is being bought (everyone’s...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Phew! This has been an incredibly busy week! Thursday I had people over to make positive signs for the Guerrilla Love Signs event Kitty and I hosted on Saturday, where a bunch of us stood on a street corner downtown and held those signs up to get cars to honk and...

Counseling Changed My Life

Counseling Changed My Life

When I was in my early twenties, I was at an all time low with my mental health. I was working full-time at a very emotionally demanding job, going to college full-time, and completely encumbered with symptoms of my multiple mental illnesses, specifically my...

6 Winter Trends

6 Winter Trends

While winter may seem dark and drab at times, it is also the season for fashion to be bold, sophisticated and sparkling. Fans of velvet and sequins can rejoice as these two winter favorites make their yearly return; however, for those who are after trends with extra...

Be Bald And Be Free Day

Be Bald And Be Free Day

Be Bald And Be Free Day is an unusual holiday celebrated every October 14th. I think balding is something that doesn't get talked about enough in the world of body positivity and has too many pre-conceived notions of negative connotations that go along with it! Why?...

I Love Yarn Day

I Love Yarn Day

I Love Yarn Day is an unusual holiday celebrated every year on the third Saturday in October. If you love yarn, chances are you really love it and you probably have a weird hoarder's nest of it somewhere in your house. I mean, even when we found my cat's treasure...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Hey babes! I had a great adventure this week with pumpkins, fairy tale characters, goats, abandoned churches, ahhh. It was so much fun. It's somehow the 10th of October and I still haven't put up all my Halloween decorations which is absurd, this month is flying by...