This blog post is dedicated to the birthday girl herself, Skylar. As of today, Skylar and I have shared a friendship for 23 years. She is my cousin, but we grew up together, so she has always felt more like a sister. I never believed my mother at the time, but family really is all you have, and I am so happy to have Skylar as my best friend.
Like sisters, we have shared everything; stories, secrets and most importantly, clothes. Whenever I could not find a certain piece from my closet, I always know where to look next…hers. And it was always there.
Skylar became very sneaky in high school. She always knew my favorite pieces of clothes that I never wanted anyone borrow. So when she wanted to wear them, she had to avoid seeing me until we were already at school, because at that point, there would be nothing I could do about it. This didn’t become a huge problem until one day when she walked out to my car at the end of the school day. She was walking faster than I ever thought she could. When she got into my car, the first thing I noticed was the giant chocolate stain on the left leg of her white jeans. It took a whole 3 seconds after that to notice that these were my favorite white Bullhead jeans from Pacsun. In the heat of the moment, I was convinced they were ruined. I told her she was never allowed in my closet again and her “borrowing” days were over. That never lasted.
She managed to stain a lot of my favorite things, but it took me attending college to realize that I was going to miss her stealing from my closet daily. Instead of her asking to borrow my clothes, it was my friends, and it just wasn’t the same. I missed hearing the stories she made up to convince me that it was NEVER her fault for ruining a shirt or jeans. It still amazes me how many things I can find in her closet today that I thought I’d never see again.
Today, I wore a new shirt I bought for her birthday. When I went to her house to visit her and tell her, “Happy Birthday,” the first thing she said was, “Oh my gosh! That shirt is so cute, is that new?” She knew the answer before even asking me. I’m going to hang this shirt in my closet tonight, but when I can’t find it the next time I want to wear it, I know where I am going to look first…her closet.
Steal my look today: Katie shirt: Carson’s, Capris: TJ Maxx, BCBG Wedges: TJ Maxx