Unicorns and Raptures

I love unicorns! (Which is why my blog is called "Ugly Sweaters and Unicorns") Anywhere I go, I always look for unicorn items: Walmart, Goodwill, Target, Ross, Forever 21... Seriously anywhere I go, I look for Unicorns.

One day I was at Walmart clothes pinning (This is a game where you have clothes pins and you try to pin them on people without them noticing. Fun, right?), a normal everyday adventure in the life of Rachel. Anyway my buddy Brenda loves raptures. She always does "the rapture": she puts her hands up in a rapture-esque pose. While we were at Wallymart clothes pinning, we found a bike helmet that was a unicorn and one that was a dinosaur and we automatically assumed it to be a rapture of course. Here are some pictures from this fun little adventure of ours:

If someone were to buy me this unicorn helmet, they would probably become my best friend and I would actually wear a helmet while I rode my bike.... And around my house.... And when driving in my car.... And whenever I had a hott date. Pretty much I would wear it all the time.

Confidence

Confidence in a woman is not shown through exposed skin and skanky pictures. Quite the opposite. Confidence is shown through actions, not needing the attention and approval of peers (but hoping to please those you truly do care about), and feeling happy and content with who you are while still striving to be better. Confidence can be quiet or loud, and can come in as many different varieties as colors. Some are similar, and some are complete opposites.
To show that one is truly confident in their body, they don't need to post pictures of themselves wearing next to nothing in their bedroom mirrors. I think we have all seen those pictures on facebook. Ultimately, confidence comes across far superior with pictures of people doing what they love with whom they love.

Baby Boy Dates

For the past two weeks I have gone on a date each weekend.

 Good right?

Exciting right? 

Wrong.

 Both of my dates have beeen with my two best friends younger brothers.

Who are both still in high school.

 And I was both of these boys first dates.

 One of these first dates happened to be two weeks ago and the other one happened to be a year and a half ago.

These were actually super fun dates and it was nice because neither date had any pressure attached to it and I know both of those boys really well. But it was just kinda funny because I am 19 years old, been graduated from high school for a year, and I went on two dates in two consecutive weeks with little baby boys.

 My goal for this week: Get asked on a date by a boy that is graduated. Preferably the cutie boy in my ward who I have a crush on (also known as Mystery Man or M&M), but regretably have never talked to.