Monticello

Shirt - Thrifted // Skirt - Charlotte Russe // Necklace - Modcloth // Tights - Walmart // Shoes - Rocket Dog // Jacket - Thrifted

I think these are the last photos from the trip to Virginia. The lighting was nice when we went to Monticello so I took some senior pictures of Laura too! 

We did a few tours, which were great, and the house was absolutely beautiful! There were a lot of books as well. I even bought a mug with the Thomas Jefferson quote "I cannot live without books," combining my love of mugs and books. 

Comfy

Dress - Charlotte Russe // Shoes - Payless // Tights - Marc's // Sweater - JCPenney // Necklace - Modcloth

I rarely wear the same outfit twice, because I like to remix, but I have worn this multiple times. This is the best travel outfit ever--I would know,'cause I wore it on several 20 hour car rides last year!

The Swing of Things

Shirt - Thrifted // Skirt - Charlotte Russe // Tights - George // Boots - Madden Girl // Belt - Nine & Co.

So, the first day of classes is over! I have a weird schedule, so it'll be interesting to see how things turn out this semester. I know I'm wearing all neutrals, but black, navy, and brown all together? Yeah, I'm a rule breaker. Anyways, I set up my tripod and have a sort of decent spot to take pictures now. Even if the pictures aren't fantastic, I just like having a record of what I've worn. It's so fun to go back and see everything!  Well, after the craziness of yesterday (see post) I am ready for a better nights sleep!

The Week Before . . .

Skirt - Charlotte Russe // Shirt - J. Crew (Thrifted) // Cardigan - H & M // Socks - Target // Shoes - Payless

I tell you what. Finals week ain't got nothing on the week before finals. It's so much crazier and there's just so much more to do. But I did it! Finished my last class for the semester! I still have to go in for two finals next week and turn some stuff in, but other than that . . . I am very much done. You know what my favorite part of being done is? Not setting my alarm for tomorrow. NOT SETTING AN ALARM. People, I do not have to get up tomorrow. And most likely won't be.

Welp, in celebration of the end of the semester I am going to Netflix binge for a bit. Oh! And I'll probably waste a bit of time on Pinterest. I . . I can't believe I've avoided Pinterest for so many years. It's awesome! The amount of homework I was avoiding may have contributed to an increased interest in Pinterest. But still, I think it's pretty cool!

Anyways, if any of you have finals soon, I hope they go well! Have a great weekend!

Learning is Fun...Sometimes

Shirt & Scarf - Thrifted // Skirt - Gander Mountain (seriously) // Tights - Merona // Boots - Charlotte Russe // Coat - Delia's

Wow, I have been extremely busy the past couple weeks! Even though I've had a lot of homework, I'm actually really enjoying it! (um, most of it...) For example...I just spent 10+ hrs restoring a really damaged b&w photograph. And even though it was a bit tedious I really loved that kind of work! That was for my Digital Imaging class. Honestly, that's been probably my most useful class so far. I've been practicing a lot out of class as well. So, since I only have a crappy point-and-shoot camera, I took some of the pictures I took in the summer and edited them. Here's my favorite shot...I didn't realize how bad the original really looked until now. But hey, that's what editing's for :p

What do you think?

Jeans Again

Shirt - American Eagle // Jeans -Buffalo Jeans // Scarf - Thrifted // Boots & Hat - Charlotte Russe

As you can tell from the title, I am still not feeling creative. You know when I'm the most creative? In the shower. I should take a notebook in there with me. I have a few poster designs, but I'm really gonna have to spend the weekend coming up with more ideas.

Couch Superhero

Dress - Max Studio // Hat - Charlotte Russe // Jacket - Unknown // Boots - Lower East Side // Necklace - Forever21

Pictures by Laura

So I can't believe I totally forgot to tell you what happened to me on Tuesday! So Tuesdays and Thursdays are like my long days on campus. I have classes from around 9am to 8pm. Although if I get out of photography on time I can go home for about an hour so it's not so bad. No...that's still bad. Anyways, as I was trying to drive home for that hour for lunch my car would not start. Well, it's not that it wouldn't start...and more that the key wouldn't turn. It's been really difficult to turn the key for awhile and it seems that things completely broke that day. And since I was expecting to be able to go home I had no food with me, no homework to do...and no headphones. So I couldn't even just watch Netflix or anything. Oh, and Laura was visiting me and since she didn't have a phone with her I couldn't call her to tell her I wasn't going to be home! (she also said to not do the picture of the apple in my hands 'cause it's too reminiscent of Twilight :p)

Normally I would just have my dad fix it (and he would totally drive an hour just to fix my car...he's awesome like that). But...my dad's currently recovering from leg surgery and can't drive yet. So I'm just stuck at school. Thankfully my dad called around and found a locksmith to drive out and change the tumbler or something. Whatever the guy did my car works now! It was funny though because the locksmith called me so I could direct him to my car in the parking garage. Ha. Me giving directions to someone. Yeah, I don't really give directions that well :p What's worse is I could barely hear the guy over the phone! 

I ended up missing half of my web design class. But it's ok, 'cause my car is fixed now and the class is super easy and I caught up really quickly. I'm so thankful that I have such an awesome dad who was able to help even if he couldn't even get off the couch! That's why he's the couch superhero. He's awesome.

No Idea What I'm Doing...

Dress - Tocce (Thrifted) // Shirt - American Eagle Outfitters // Boots - Charlotte Russe // Balm Stain - Revlon Crush

No seriously. I don't. Isn't that camera cool though? And look at the strap! It's so cool! Anyways, it's a Miranda camera that I'm using for my photography class this semester. Honestly though, that class is so difficult 'cause I have literally no idea what I'm doing. I've never really used a camera until I started blogging...and that's just a point and shoot. Film camera? Wow...yeah. A bit confusing. 

This is how dorky I am. I cannot even load the film in the camera. The instructor showed me how to load the film and it took her around 5-10 seconds. Me? After about 20 tries and the film was just flying right back out of the camera I was about to give up...when 30 minutes later I finally got the film loaded. People, I read the instruction manual and then looked up a bunch of tutorial videos and I still could not get it! This is going to be a fun semester....

Oh well! Do you have any awesome stories from a difficult class?

PS - I know I have dirt on my knees :p I don't remember why...

Out of the House

Shirt & Cardigan - Thrifted // Hat - Charlotte Russe // Jeans - Levi // Boots - Charlotte Russe // Balm Stain - Revlon Crush

I've felt like this recently

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...I've also been watching a lot of Arrested Development.

Anyways, I finally was a wee bit social this weekend. And I'm wearing pants today. This is because I went hiking with one of my friends today. It was actually really fun! I enjoy being outdoors, but I've been kind of indoorsy the past few weeks :p So I'm thinking I might start going to parks close to my house for pictures 'cause I'm so tired of crappy indoor pictures! Today's for example? Booooring! And yet I keep posting them and then complaining about them...it's a vicious cycle.

Girls In White Dresses

Dress - Modcloth // Shoes - Montego Bay Club (Payless) // Glasses - Charlotte Russe // Cardigan - borrowed from my mom...and I forgot to check the label before I gave it back // Lipstick - Revlon Sky Pink

No, I'm not wearing a white dress...just trust me, the title will make sense in a minute.

Don't know about you, but I had a pretty awesome day. I just got this dress from Modcloth and it is seriously my favorite dress ever. I mean it's not like the most flattering dress I own. But the pattern...the pattern's just so beautiful! I'm basically planning to wear this dress every day now.

On to less ridiculous reasons for this to be the best day ever. So this afternoon I went with my friend Rebecca to see The Wolverine...finally. I love any X-Men movie, but seriously, Wolverine is one of my favorite X-Men and probably one of my favorite Marvel heroes overall! Anyways, the movie was great! No spoilers here though. Go see it!

As if that wasn't enough after I got home from the movie I went with my mom and sisters to see a local production of The Sound of Music! (Does the title make sense now?) I haven't been to Rabbit Run Theater in so long, but it's a really fun place. It's a converted barn theater and they just put on wonderful plays. This was no exception. I actually knew some of the cast members so that made it very enjoyable, but either way I would have loved it. So. Well. Done. So yeah, favorite dress, The Wolverine, and The Sound of Music? Awesome Day.

So, I finally got an outfit post up! Not my best pictures...still I got an outfit post up! But, just as a heads up, I'm heading out to Camp Friedlander with some girls from my American Heritage Girls troop next week...so I'm not planning on blogging. I do, however, have some pictures that I'll probably schedule to post while I'm gone. Anyways, other than one last vacation in August, I'll be back to regular outfit posts soon!

Oh and I'm linking up with Passion for Fashion

Festivities on the 4th!

Outfit 1 - Dress - Adrianna Papell (Thrifted) // Scarf - Thrifted // Shoes - Hot Cakes

Outfit 2 - Dress - LOFT (Thrifted) // Scarf - Thrifted // Shoes - Payless // Sunglasses - Charlotte Russe

Well, here are the rest of the pictures from the fourth! I hope y'all had a wonderful Independence Day. I'm so thankful for the freedom we have in this country!

In the morning we went to the annual parade in Thompson. Don't you just love us all in red, white, and blue? It's kind of awesome when you get 10 people in the same family to do it. Oh and I loved all the classic cars in the parade! I tried to get pictures of some of them :) Anyways, there's a thrift store in the same square as the parade so we checked that out before heading home. I got two pairs of vintage shoes for $3. No joke. I have super wide feet so I can never find vintage shoes that fit me (or shoes that cheap!). It makes me sad when I find awesome vintage shoes, but I can't buy them. But not today!!

The 4th is also my mom's birthday so when we got home from the parade we surprised her by dressing up like this. I thought of doing this because she loves the show White Collar and they had these really inexpensive FBI playsets at Dollar Tree. I wish I'd taken a picture when everyone was still dressed up. It was so hot that a few people changed before we could get the picture. It was fun to do though and my mom enjoyed it :) ...then we changed back into our red, white, and blue outfits and had some amazing turtle cheesecake that I made for her!

Later in the evening we went to Ohio Chautauqua to see a reenactment monologue of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. It was really well done! Although I couldn't pay attention as much as I wanted to because I had to watch a couple of the kids and...well, they were bored :p I liked it though.

We went straight to Geneva-on-the-Lake to see some fireworks and even though we were more than an hour early we almost didn't get a parking spot! We just barely made it into one lot that had plenty of parking, but was super muddy. Right after we drove in, a couple cars got stuck and they closed the lot! The fireworks were great though and it was fun seeing them with my family. And yes, we sit on top of the car to watch fireworks 'cause we're awesome. We only live like 10ish minutes from Geneva-on-the-Lake, but in the post-firework traffic it took an entire hour! But, we did get to see another firework show from the car window while we were stuck in traffic :)

Hope your 4th was great :)