After-school Sunbeams

     This one time (yesterday), I wore a really cute outfit. And everyone told me how cute it was all day long. So I thought to myself, "Self, why aren't you doing outfit posts?" Then concluded that I probably should. So here's a lookie-loo!

Skirt/Boots/Dress-F21; Belt-Vintage

Yes, you read correctly. The flowery "shirt" is actually the dress from this post and this post. It's just been magically transformed (read: tucked in)!

Taylor took all of these pictures for me (Best Boyfriend Ever Award goes to him!) and he liked that he caught my hair in midair. I think it's reminiscent of Pippi Longstocking's braids.

     It took me much longer than expected to get these put up -I had a little run in with files not uploading in their proper orientation and having to Google how to fix it. Now that I know what's up, I'll have another outfit post coming in the next few days, along with our Sunday date night post and possibly a craft. Hope you have a romantic Friday! XO.

Shopaholics Anonymous

I've finally gotten my refund money from the University and have been so terribly good at not spending it on frivolous things. So good in fact, that I was feeling weird for not spending any money- the boyfriend and I went to the mall and I did not buy a single thing. Not a thing. We were there for three hours! The money is supposed to last me for awhile, but before I had gotten it I told myself I'd take a little out and spend a tiny bit on myself, that way I wouldn't go spending crazy the first time I went out into civilization. Finally, after a couple weeks of complaining that I hadn't bought anything, I took my 50$ budget and decided to head to Target on a night when the boyfriend was at rugby practice. Here is the story of that lovely shopping trip:

Sometimes I pose on top of ottomans in our extra room with the windows. At night. When the lighting sucks. With my phone which doesn't take super great pictures. Kind of a fail.

7:30 PM: Drive to Target, hoping they're open until at least 9 PM. Find a decent parking spot. Walk into the store and look at the dollar section. Don't even pick up one item. Sad face.
8:00 PM: Wander through the clothing, finding a couple things I like but nothing worth buying. Try on a super cute pair of boots, decide they're not really what I'm looking for.
8:15 PM: Find the Halloween section. Rejoice! Decide I don't actually want to decorate until October. See candy corn. Walk ALL the way to the other side of the store to find a smaller bag, find out they don't have any smaller bags, procede to walk ALL the way back to get the massive "Value" sized bag. Smell it a lot, because candy corn smell is amazing.

Bow headband and Candy Corn!

8:30 PM: About to leave with just my candy corn and decide to walk to the toys. Think about how I can't play Words With Friends because I don't have a fancy iPhone. Lightbulb Moment when I realize I could just buy Scrabble and force the boyfriend to play with me. Pick up Scrabble off the shelf and almost jump up and down. Conjure up a plan to make it a surprise from Cupid, complete with a cute note!

"Love, Cupid" Taylor thought it was interesting that Cupid and I have really similar handwriting. I said I thought we must have gone to Elementary school together. 

I won 283-263! Super proud of some of those words.

8:45 PM: Walk back to the front of the store, detouring through the accessories section, trying to buy at least one thing that will be really useful and slightly frivolous. Find a headband with a giant bow and plaid. Decide that I need an outfit to go with it. Wander the clothes again.

Headband! Wearing it kind of sideways so that the bow is on top.

9:15 PM: Finally decide on a black skirt and a blue shirt (over a plain black dress, jeans, stripey shirt, etc.) and get excited over wearing it to class on Friday. (Friday's are my favorite class days and always end up being date lunches for me and Taylor Frank, so I like to dress up.) Head back to the dollar section, find some cute hair ties. Pay and head home, where I proceed to try everything on and take some of these cute pictures.

YUM!

10:30 PM the next night: Make my cutie patootie boyfriend take pictures of my outfit. He told me that if I put them up on my blog I had to site him or else it would be plagiarism HA!. So here you go sweet pea: Pictures of my outfit were taken by Taylor.

P.S. My bum looks amazing in this skirt. Trust me, I checked myself out a TON.

Hope you enjoyed my picture heavy, somewhat silly post tonight. Boyfriend is out with the rugby boys  (Deadbirds won again!) so I'm here writing, homeworking, and watching crappy TV. We're headed out of town tomorrow to meet two parts of my sorority family for lunch (EEK so excited!), so I'm staying in drinking orange juice so I'm ready to drive. Back to being lazy now- XO, Skye.

Stealing is bad.

Which is why I'm gonna go ahead and link to all of the places I found images, stock, etc. for redoing my cutesy bloggy. Thanks goes out to all of these talented people for so kindly giving their work to people like me for free!







Pugly Pixel- So super cute and so many freebies!

MellowMint from deviantART.

And! I used Picnik and FotoFlexer to edit everything (bounced back and forth would be a better way of putting this). Both photo editing sites are free, they just have different features I like so I mix and match. Most fonts I use come free from DaFont or are found via the two editors. SO happy with how everything came out and can't even say how excited I am to start blogging again. I've neglected my baby for far too long. XO.

21 Before 21

Finally (Finally!) I've decided on twenty-one tasks I want to accomplish before my 21st birthday rolls around next March. A lot of things have occurred since March of this year and I've been horrendous to my poor blog, neglecting it until just yesterday. BUT! That shall change, I pinky promise. So here it is, the official (may possibly change again but probably not) list:

1. Pet a llama.
2. Go to Hogwarts.
3. Gamble at a Casino.
4. Buy and play a ukulele.
5. Have a picnic.
6. Go to St. Augustine.
7. Plan my 21st Vegas Trip.
8. Bake a rainbow layer cake.
9. Get an iPhone.
10. Go to NYC.
11. Perfect one dinner recipe.
12. Go to at least one big museum.
13. See a fortune teller.
14. Visit NASA.
15. Finish my Ariel cross-stitch.
16. Eat a yummy banana Split.
17. All A’s and B’s in my classes.
18. Find Sailor Moon on DVD.
19. Camp in a tent.
20. Revamp my clothing collection.
21. Buy a Diana Lomo camera.

There ya go! Now just to wish and wish all of these lovely things into my life. Some are slightly easy and others take a lot more work, but, if I'm sure of anything, this shall turn out to be one exciting year! XOXO.

If I were...

Taken from Shimmer Like Gold, the very lovely blog of Krissy that always has gorgeous inspiring photos. Enjoy!

If I were a colour, I’d be… pink.

If I were a shoe, I’d be a... summery pair of heels.

If I were a hairstyle, I’d be a… twisty braided up do.

If I were a tree, I’d be a... willow.

If I were a dessert, I’d be a… colourful cupcake.

If I were a time of day, I’d be… dusk.

If I were a day of the week, I’d be… Saturday.

If I were a city, I’d be… Haleiwa, Hawaii. 

If I were a flower, I’d be a… bunch of spray roses.

If I were a food, I’d be a… plate of eggs benedict.

If I were a material, I’d be… lace.

If I were an animal, I’d be a… narwhal.

If I were a direction, I’d be… West.

If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a… comfy reading chair.

If I were a musical instrument, I’d be a… singing bowl.

If I were a fruit, I’d be a… strawberry. 

If I were a planet, I’d be… Neptune. Teehee, Sailor Moon = love.

If I were an expression, I’d be a… smile. 

If I were a song, I’d be… A Fine Frenzy's Blow Away.

If I were a sound, I’d be… a sigh.

If I were a month, I’d be… March.

If I were a feeling, I’d be… love.

 Happy Monday/ Almost Tuesday! This was really fun to do and kept me busy all afternoon. See you tomorrow for Curious Tuesdays were you get to listen to me ramble about my life again. XOXO.

Let Them Eat Cake;

   I know this has been circulating around the blogosphere lately, but I had to share. Who wants to dress up a la dearest Marie and throw pretty pastries around with me?!

Enjoy! I'm off to Philosophy, XOXO.

Happy Snow Day!

 

I steal most of my pictures from here. How cute is this little snow-couple?!

    Oh my gosh you guys, it's actually going to snow tomorrow. REAL LIVE SNOW! (compared to that fake stuff at Celebration)Now, granted, I am in no way excited to be delivering flowers in it and driving around on yucky ice, but still. It's going to snow! And I can build snow-people and take pretty snow pictures and it'll be so sparkly out! Anyway, just thought I'd tell ya'll because it hardly ever snows here in mid-Georgia. Have a lovely snow day! XOXO.

One Ten in Twenty Ten! [Part 2]

So here goes, wish me luck! I'll be copying and pasting it all into the side bar so I can reference back and cross things off. Yay, lists!

1. Send Hunter beaucoup des lettres avec.. confetti!
2. Get my iPod all set up on my new computer.
3. Find myself some really fantastic new ringtones.
4. Watch stars come out on a Summer evening.
5. Go to a casino.
6. Get a massage. Or three.
7. Find a really good hair stylist.
8. Hang out at the fancy flat rock place again.
9. Have a bunch of picnics.
10. Visit the National Infantry Museum that's down the road.
11. Visit NASA and the Space stuff.
12. See a shuttle go off!
13. Take more pictures of things I think are worth capturing.
14. Build a sand castle.
15. Spend a day with someone under the age of 5.
16. Find another pair of "favorite black boots".
17. Drink more tea and less coffee.
18. Write a bunch of cute haikus.
19. Buy Sailor Moon on DVD.
20. Continue learning to play ukulele.
21. Buy my own ukulele.
22. Go to more hockey games next season.
23. Eat at home more often for lunch.
24. Send someone flowers.
25. Talk more to strangers and give them compliments.
26. Pledge a sorority during Rush week.
27. Ride on a boat.
28. Worry less and smile more.
29. Stay caught up on my TV shows.
30. Wear my tutu more often!
31. See another movie in 3D.
32. Sit in front of a fireplace and read a book.
33. Take railroad track pictures downtown.
34. Buy more earrings.
35. Wear heels more often.
36. Bring flowers home for myself at least once a month.
37. Make wishes on 11:11.
38. Learn to write some basics in Japanese.
39. Listen to books on CD while delivering.
40. Get some followers following my cute blog.
41. Pass my exams.
42. Paint something on a real canvas.
43. Revamp my makeup collection.
44. Organize all of the files on my laptop.
45. Collect lots of pretty fall leaves and make a collage.
46. See snow somewhere.
47. Learn how to cook my favorite meals.
48. Go see a movie all by myself.
49. Visit the big library in town.
50. Play with some sidewalk chalk.
51. Do a photo scavenger hunt. Or two.
52. Find some delicious signature scents.
53. Dance more.
54. Take lots of bubble baths with Lush!
55. Start writing a list for 2011!
    

Sparkly Saturday!

With my equally fancy Mamma.

   Alright, so it's techhhhnically not Saturday anymore, but I still felt like sharing; Our Saturday was a lovely array of fanciness. I finally took a day off of work and everything else. I awoke at noon and rolled out of bed and down the stairs. I spent the "morning" organizing my closet. It may not sound like the most relaxing thing ever, but it totally was for me. Walking into a neat, clean room is so relaxing. I feel like I'm so on top of it all now. (I'll have to add some fabulous photos!) And what better way to feel nice and relaxed than getting a shower with super yummy bath stuff from, where else? Lush.
   Apres, I talked to my Beau for a while and then Mamma cooked our dinner:

 

Tres delicieuse! Eggs Benedict is my very favorite breakfast, but even better as dinner!

   We began to watch Julie&Julia and Mamma began to make Vanilla Bean cupcakes. And those little sweet cakes? Absolutely delectable! I put extra pink sprinkles on mine, because I'm fancy. I went upstairs and made my bed, then crawled in and got comfy.

   And today? I did a LOT of work. I took off yesterday, but that meant I worked 10 to 6 today instead. I watched the Superbowl while painting my toenails (walking contradiction, anyone?) and Who Dat!? the Saints won! Dudes, you don't even understand how white I sound when I say that!!

   So let me show you a couple cute things that are totally Sparkly Saturday/Sunday worthy:

Tarina Taratino "Electric Koolade" necklace! It's so colorful! It's so hippie chic! It's AMAZING!

   And then I was looking around the web and found this super cute song, so I had to share the lyrics. I'd share the song itself, but I honestly err.. didn't really like it. It was cute, but I thought the lyrics were more worthy of a better song? If that makes sense? Anyway, here goes. The song is called "Boats and Birds" by Gregory and the Hawk:

"If you'll be my star
I'll be your sky
You can hide underneath me and come out at night
When I turn jet black and you show off your light
I live to let you shine
I live to let you shine

But you can skyrocket away from me
And never come back if you find another galaxy
Far from here with more room to fly
Just leave me your stardust to remember you by

If you'll be my boat
I'll be your sea
A depth of pure blue just to probe curiosity
Ebbing and flowing and pushed by a breeze
I live to make you free
I live to make you free

But you can set sail to the west if you want to
And past the horizon till I can't even see you
Far from here where the beaches are wide
Just leave me your wake to remember you by"

 XOXO.