Sheer top: Target (Winter)/ Vest: Target (Current)/ Shorts: Gap 1969 (Current)/ Shoes: Nine West (Von Maur, Old)/ Bracelets: Bauble Bar and The Rad Market/ Sunglasses: Plato’s Closet, Lawrence
1. There is a song written about it and it perfectly sums up my life.
2. I get a summer break because I’m still in college.
3. I get to decide how dressy I want to be at work and have my own dress code.
4. I have literally never, ever been happier.
5. I have finally become comfortable with myself.
6. I no longer feel like I have to be friends with people who don’t support me.
7. You can eat pizza 5 times a day and no one judges you.
8. Real adulthood hasn’t set in so your optimism hasn’t been killed and soul stomped on.
9. Student loans are still something in the far, far future that you will have to deal with some day.
10. You realize who your real friends are and you are able to nurture those relationships.
11. You have time to spoil yourself just because you can.
12. Your metabolism is peaking so you can make sure you appreciate that.
13. Your friends randomly decide to come over at 9 p.m. and you stay up late into the night watching trash TV and wondering about the future.
14. You can do whatever you want with your hair because you aren’t in a corporate atmosphere.
15. Pizza is your life.
16. See #15 again.
17. You literally can wear pretty much anything you want a say you are “just trying to find my style.”
18. You have time to get lost in Target for 3 hours because you aren’t a real adult yet and are like a child in a toy store.
19. You, in my case, don’t have kids nagging at you to wake up at 6 a.m. on the weekends.
20. You walk 20 minutes to get donuts and considering that exercising.
21. The unknown completely makes you want to cry but also makes you super excited.
22. You still have time to mess up and get your crap together before you turn 30. 30 is when you really have to get yourself together.
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Annie
You are too cute! I love that you mentioned pizza at least 3 times 🙂 And yes – enjoy your 22 year old metabolism…heck, have a cupcake for me today if you can 🙂 Love that vest belted like that!
Annie
The Other Side of Gray
Ginny
Love this list, it looks like you're definitely enjoying your life, I love this 🙂
Ginny
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and u are rocking this look!
XO Meghan
Sandy a la Mode
mmm you have me hungry for pizza now hahah!!
xo,
Sandy
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Alyssa
Haha ok, now you're making me miss being 22 (and I just turned 24, so I'm really not that far away from 22 yet haha). Cute list!
Cassandra Too
I am turning 22 this year so I have to say your reasons are valid! 😀
Btw cute outfit too!
with love, Cassandra xx
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Ladies in Navy
ooh you look great! woohoo for 22! 🙂 i'm headed into 24 and just want to take a nap so cherish 22 😉
kw ladies in navy
Sara Estis
Yay! I still have just over 2 years to get my life together! 🙂 You are beautiful and inspiring and just incredibly awesome!
Rachel Lynne
Haha, drats. I know. 22 was awesome. Seriously… best METABOLISM EVER. And I just graduated at 22, got to travel to Vegas, Boston and Chicago and yeah I love that T Swift song about it!
You look adorable! Love this vest!
LyddieGal
So you are telling me I only have three more years to get my crap together and be a real adult? Damn, I'm running out of time.
Love those shoes.
Rebecca
Ohhhh to be young & 22…..I can faintly remember being 22 anymore cuz that was a long time ago….hahahah!!!! Live the life Alissa….you look GREAT!!!!!
Rebecca
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TheTinyHeart
Girl you are making me feel OLD! I'm turning 30 soon and I don't have it all together yet!
-Sharon
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Patricia Corona
love the post!!! I'm about to turn 22 years old!!
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Carly
That vest is awesome, I just bought it too!
Carly
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Meg B
I miss being 22!! I barely remember that year… Too long ago! I FEEL like I'm 22 still though, does that count for something?? Cute vest! I am loving vests these days, looking for a good jean one!
Melina
Aw, this is such a happy list! Though I will say, regardless of age, 18 is always applicable! Also I adore that vest… maybe a 3 hour Target trip is in my future…
Amy Shaughnessy
So cute! Loved this list too. Can you believe that I was in this position 10 years ago? I'm an old fart!!
Amy
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Little-Hat
Love the list of happy things!!! You rock girl; keep on loving life!!!
LOVE that vest, too! So chic!
xoxox
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TaraMixandMatch
That vest looks great on you!
♥ Sophia Peony
I LOVE THAT LIST!!! It's humorous, but you know what they say: there is some truth in the jokes we tell, lol. I'm right with you…1-22. Epic.
<3
Sophia.
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Elisabeth @ Bella
when i saw the title i hoped you mentioned the song – i love it …and how at 22 in my life its so totally different than what i'm living …but somehow i feel like its written for me (along with the other millions of 22 year olds this year..)
Jeans and a Teacup
Haha…I love #1. And I love this layered look with the blouse and vest! Really cute!
~Jessica
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Abigail
Love it! it's not about your age but how much you live! 🙂 You rock!
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Life's a shoe
great outfit! I miss being 22! enjoy!
Sarah Christensen
This is awesome, and pizza is still everything at 26!!
Alissa Kelly
Pretty sure I saw that vest at Target yesterday and thought "ew?" but I LOVE it on you!!! I guess I need to try things on lol
Alissa
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Design Eat Repeat
Omg, I want to comment on all of these. They are all my life. I was legit just talking to friends at dinner about how walking to Dunkin Donuts is exercise. Oh, and the number they gave us while waiting to be seated at dinner (Mexican, duh) was 22. Coincidence? NO.
I don't want to turn 23.
Marcela Gmd
Lovely!!!! would you like to follow each other?
Besos, desde España, Marcela♥
Julia Ralston
Enjoy being 22! That was the peak of my pizza days, too. And even if you don't have all of your stuff together at 30, it's still okay 😉
xo
Julia