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.

Garage sale!

I haven't done a good post with pictures in quite a long time, so here it goes:

Brenda and I are awesome. Here is why: we don't have boyfriends! YAY! and everyone else does, so naturally we only do things with each other (it is one of our summer goals to get boyfriends, this means we will actually have to go to single activities). We do lots of random things, like crochet, speed walk, make fudge, and.... go Garage sale shopping!!! Seriously it's the best thing ever. I don't know why I didn't do it before. But here are some pictures from our first outing of garage saling and it was indeed a success.

We also went to Goodwill, but didn't buy anything. That is where most of these pictures come from.

A cool organ that both Brenda and I sat down and played with for a while because it's an organ.



I found a unicorn. It had a bow on it's butt and I found that funny.

Brenda aspires to be a flying squirrel one day. Especially a shiny one.

And then to top it off here are our finds for the day! I will also list them and the prices.

• Brenda's red suitcase for only $1 I believe.
• Rachel's grey suitcase for only $2.
• Brenda's picnic basket that looks kinda like a briefcase for only $2.
• Rachel's bigger basket for only $3.
• Brenda got a whole lot of yarn and ribbon for 25 cents each.
• Rachel got one thing of yarn that looks like autumn colors for 25 cents.
• Brenda got a roll of fabric for only $5.
• Rachel got a set of dishes for only $5.
• Brenda got a picture frame for 50 cents.
• Rachel got a purse for $2.
 

 

And that is why everyone should go garage sale shopping all the time. It is awesome.

Greasy pig

One of my little fourth graders said, "Let's get this greasy pig out of the oven" in referring to the class getting ready and leaving to go to Music. I have decided that I am going to start saying this phrase always.

Sparkly Parseltongue

Brenda and I have invented a new word. One day it will be in the dictionary and you will all feel so blessed that you got to read this blog post about it (that is of course if anyone reads this post). The word is.... drum roll please.... da-dda-dadum (that is my drum roll): sparkletongue. Similar to parseltongue, except for having the ability to speak to and understand snakes, Sparkletongue grants you the ability to speak to and understand ridiculous girls. You know the "sparkly" girls that say like every two seconds and OMG and BFF on a regular basis. You know who I am talking about. It is indeed a true gift if you poses the ability to speak sparkletongue. I salute you.

The Master of Awkward Situations

The other night, my friend Connor told me that I am the "Master of Awkward Situations." I am not sure if this is an insult or a compliment. He told me it's a compliment, but I am not sure if I believe him. According to Connor I understand awkward situations and how people will react to them or something. Oh Connor. Every time I see you, it is always memorable.