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My Second One Lovely Blog Award

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My Second One Lovely Blog Award

Hiii everyone and happy weekend! I hope that everyone is having a fabulous day so far. On Thursday I was so flattered to be nominated for My Second One Lovely Blog Award by the sweet Juliet at: notcapulet! I’m so appreciative to everyone who has been nominating me for all of these fun awards lately – believe me, it does not go unnoticed! As always, with these awards comes some rules for the nominees to follow, so take a look:

The Rules:

  • Thank the person who nominated them, including a link to their blog.
  • List the rules and include the award badge in their acceptance post.
  • Add seven facts about yourself.
  • Nominate fifteen other bloggers and notify them of their nomination.

Now, I suppose I have to think of some new fun facts about me – which is actually kind of difficult! I’m really not that exciting. Let’s see…

All About Me:

  1. I currently have over twenty days worth of music on my iTunes and my collection is always growing. I’m looking forward to adding Enya’s newest album, Dark Sky Island, as well as some Fleetwood Mac next.
  2. I absolutely adore the Despicable Me movies! I usually don’t care for anything animated but those movies are definitely the exception. Minions are my spirit animals and thanks to my boyfriend and sister I have a collection of Despicable Me stuffed animals including: Agnes, Kevin, Stuart, fluffy unicorn, and Kyle!
  3. My two favorite television shows are Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David is a genius.
  4. I love to read and am about to start rereading Neil Gaiman’s Sandman graphic novels for the second time. Sandman is easily one of my favorite series and I plan on getting a tattoo from the amazing artwork that it boasts eventually.
  5. I was completely heartbroken over the deaths of the great David Bowie and Alan Rickman this past week. The world lost two great talents and I am so sad to see them go.
  6. One of my goals is to become fluent in French and I’m working very hard to achieve that.
  7. I’ve gotten over thirty piercings in my twenty-one years of living. I now only have ten – five on my nose, four on my ears, and my bellybutton. I also have four tattoos and I can’t wait to get more soon!

My Nominees (I’m only doing three):

So there you have it, all of the details from My Second One Lovely Blog Award! Thank you so much again to my friend, Juliet, at: notcapulet for nominating me! What is everyone up to this weekend? What are some fun facts about yourself? I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

One Lovely Blog Award

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One Lovely Blog Award

Hey everyone and happy Thursday and the last day of 2015! My pal, Matthew, over at Ignite18 nominated me for the One Lovely Blog Award so here’s to you, Matt! Thank you so much! There are some rules that come along with this award, so take a look and then check out some fun facts about yours truly!

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About Me:

  1. I’ve been a proud vegetarian for as long as I can remember.
  2. I got my nickname “Lil Red” from one of my old coworkers at PacSun thanks to my bright red hair and lipstick. The name has stuck ever since.
  3. I used to be a competitive figure skater and now I coach skating for the Special Olympics.
  4. I desperately want to travel to Europe after I finish getting my Associate of Arts degree next fall.
  5. I have a collection of over fifty pairs of shoes and I love them as if they were my children.
  6. My blog, http://www.lifewithlilred.com, is read in over one hundred and fifty countries and I’m super thankful to all of my readers!
  7. I live for Taco Bell and actually got it right before I started writing this.

My nominees:

  1. My friend, Carlie, at Bombshell
  2. One of my cherished readers at migueltio
  3. The darling Luiza at Style on Board

Thank you again to Matthew for nominating me for the One Lovely Blog Award! It’s very much appreciated and I hope all of you learned a new Lil Red fun fact today! How is everyone celebrating New Year’s Eve tonight? Do you have any family traditions for ringing in a new year? I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Extra, Extra! Read all about me!

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Extra, Extra! Read all about me!

Well since it’s my one month blogiversary, I thought it would be fun to drop some Lil Red knowledge on you guys. So here we go. I haven’t lived the most charmed life. My teenage years basically sucked. I had a really hard time struggling with cutting and bulimia for years. I’m very proud to say that I’ve been completely self harm free for over a year now, so that’s really exciting. As awful as my experiences were, they really did help shape me. My near successful suicide attempt made me appreciate life. Quitting cutting and seeing old scars fade made me see my outer beauty. Quitting purging made me feel extremely clear mentally because my thoughts are no longer clouded with worries of gaining weight, and eating, and when’s the next time I can stick my finger down my throat. There’s so many things that helped make my over seven year depression streak possible that I couldn’t imagine listing them all. I don’t plan on listing any either to maintain the privacy of everyone in my life. So sorry you won’t get to know those dirty details 😉 . Once I finally stopped feeling sorry for myself and stopped feeling like I deserved to be punished was when I began healing. That was the day I quit all of my self mutilating cold turkey and never looked back. I live a pretty awesome life now. I have great friends, amazing family, college, and a cool job. Things are looking up.

BUT WAIT! There’s more 😉 Now that we cleared the air of my dark and depressing past, you guys can learn some actual fun facts about me. Such as:

  • I worked at PacSun from the time I was 16 until about two weeks ago. It was a great time….but I’m so glad I don’t work there anymore! Ha!
  • I have a lot of loves in my life – like my deep love for music, red lipstick, Vidal Sassoon’s Runway Red hair dye, and CLOTHES!
  • I have an amazing clothing collection from working retail for four years. I paid for everything I own on my own, which makes my wardrobe very rewarding to me. I have articles of clothing and accessories that dabble in every type of style. From punk, prep, boho, club girl, wannabe model wandering the streets of Akron, Ohio, you name it – I got it.
  • I’m the baby of the family – I have two older brothers, one older sister and my fabulous mom and dad. We also have two dogs, a golden retriever named Gem and an evil Yorkie Shih Tzu mix named Winston. Both are rescue dogs and I love them very much. (Note: Winston is evil because he only likes my sister, so you can’t go near her without him barking and biting. So annoying!)
  • I’ve kept a journal from the time I was twelve, and I love my online journal that is http://www.lifewithlilred.com !!

So there you have it! If you have any questions or concerns – leave me a comment and let’s chat! -Sarah

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