MotoGP

I just woke up from my last "sleep in" of the summer, and boy did I go overboard. I woke up at 11, only because a picture frame fell off my wall, and then promptly realize that I will from now on be getting up at 9am every day (Still early for me, people, I am after all on a college schedule) and went right back to sleep for another two hours to savor it while it lasts.

For the last three years, my cap off to the summer has been heading up to Indianapolis for MotoGP. For those of you who don't know what this is, it's more or less just REALLY HOT (and quite often foreign) guys racing around on street bikes (My favorite being the Ducati, of course). So here's a little summary of what I'll be up to tonight and tomorrow:

(Nicky Hayden of Owensboro Kentucky, right next door to my own home city of good old Newburgh, IN, if I do say so myself. I'd like to think that this Ducati rider would make a nice future husband.)

Now just throw in plenty of beer and "Hoovers" (Red Bull and Vodka. Or make it Jager for a "Little Hoov"... that's me) in honor of my dad who unfortunately is traveling on business and will not be able to make it, and you've got my weekend!

Picture Post- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Here at The Jungle (our apartment) the end of summer means our Welcome to the Jungle party. Those of you who have been around a while may remember the Axl and Slash costumes from last year. This year we recruited two other friends and outfitted ourselves with homemade Sgt. Pepper Beatles costumes! It was a great time, and I was SO thrilled with all of the costumes people came up with! Today I'm exhausted and about to take what will probably be an epic nap, but it was worth it.

(Ringo Starr!)

(John Lennon)

(Ringo and George!)

(Janis Joplin)

(John Bonham death reenactment)

(Best Dressed Male: Billy Idol. Steven actually DIED HIS HAIR BLONDE for this)

(Best Dressed Female: Joan Jett)

(Ke$Ha and Amy Winehouse)

Finally a Job Interview!

So here we are, less than a week before school starts up again. Oh my goodness, where has the summer gone!? I guess time flies when you're living in three different cities and spending half your time traveling between them! Don't let that fool you though, I wouldn't trade it for the world!

I had a job interview on Monday with Bath & Body Works, and while I'm still going to continue filling out applications for other places, I REALLY hope I get the job. It will be a "seasonal" job, and I won't get many hours for the next month, but I'll be able to work a lot over Thanksgiving and Christmas Break, and I can always hope they would maybe need me to stay after January is over. If not, I'd still have some updated references and job experience! I'm not sure how many they are hiring, but I had a group interview with two other girls. I actually kind of liked the "Group Interview", because it was much more relaxed and conversational. The other girls were both REALLY nice, so it made it easier, but difficult because I have no idea what my chances of being hired are!!

For the interview, I wanted something not too dressy, but still cute and slightly conservative. I ended up wearing one of my go-to Target dresses with a 3/4 length cardigan. Even though the temperature was something like 84 degrees, that still seemed cool for what we had been experiencing!

Outfit
Dress: Target
Cardigan: Old Navy
Sandals: GAP
Bracelets: Charlotte Russe
Necklace: Chewlry
Locket Ring: Part of my GIVEAWAY win from Pearls Lace and Ruffles! I love it!!!

Last night I got back in the swing of things and went out for an "early night" with Claire and Lauryn, that turned into us meeting up with my friend Eddie and then staying out until after midnight. Oops! It's SO weird being a Senior.... I see all these freshmen walking around on Kirkwood while we're walking into the bars, and it just hits me like "Oh my god, where have the last three years gone!??" I'll definitely be sad when I leave this town!!!


Last but certainly not least, here's a little sneak peak of a post to come. Any guesses on what it may entail?

The Week Long Quarry Search

My roommate Kelly and I have gone several times this week to look for various quarries in Bloomington for lay-out purposes. Well, ok, she really wants to jump off of them, but I'm a big scaredy cat who HATES heights and probably wouldn't do it if you paid me. I guess you can see these said quarries in the movie Breaking Away, but of course I'm probably the worst Hoosier ever, and I've never seen it.

Outfit
Kelly's Hat and Flip flops: Charlotte Russe
Kelly's Coverup: Homemade
My Hat, Coverup, Swimsuit: Target
My Flip flops and Bag: Old Navy
My Sunglasses: Anthropologie

We ended up finding a few, but couldn't really GET to them. Next week we're going to try another one that we're pretty sure we know how to get to and where to park. Of course this is all illegal, as some of these are still active quarries and all are private property, but as Kelly's dad says "The worst they will do is tell you to leave!"

(Safari Kelly attempting to find a path to one of the quarries we found)

This week's quarries adventure just ended up at the pool in order to still squeeze in a little sun... and I didn't mind that one little bit! I'll keep you updated if we ever end up actually making it to these famed quarries!

Interior Re-Decorating

Hello Strangers! In lieu of the extreme heat waves we've been having, my resulting unwillingness to put any effort into making decent outfits, and the fact that my camera had been MIA, I've been a bit out of it the last week. My dad finally found my camera in the backseat of his car, so I've got that back now, and thought I'd jump back in with a re-decorating post. The weather is also GORGEOUS now, and hopefully will stay that way all week, so there may be an outfit post or two coming up.

This week I've found myself bitten by the decorating bug. I'm going to assume it's because my body knows that this time of year means going back to school, moving apartments, etc, and because we're actually staying in our apartment for another year, I need to do SOMETHING to fill my urge to decorate/rearrange. This started with a complete closet clean out that needs just a little more work, and has progressed into me wanting to completely redo my bathroom. I'm really just wanting to give it a little more of a "grown up" feel, and I based the whole plan around these votive holders from Crate and Barrel ($1.50), along with these little jars I now have filled with green and blue food colored bath salts (I think they were around $5 for three of them). Yeah, I mean literally came up with this entire plan JUST because those two votives happened to be the closest to the register and caught my eye.


I got around to putting up a floating shelf ($20 at Target) and have most of the linens picked out, I just need to actually buy them and get it all together. I still can't decide whether I'll do a neutral rug with green and blue towels, or green or blue rug with neutral towels and the other color as an accent. That will probably be a last minute decision, but here's how it has progressed so far.




While I was at Target on my little re-decorating binge, I came across these sheer black curtains (I've been wanting these FOREVER!) for only $5 each, and decided it was finally time to put curtains in my room. I have NEVER in my life had curtains, much to my dismay growing up in an east facing bedroom, but now that I do I absolutely love them!!! I feel like it just makes my room seem so much more pulled together. It's extra nice that today's weather is so gorgeous allowing me to have the window open and the curtains flowing in the breeze!




Anyone else out there been struck by any sort of home decorating bug lately? Or is there anyone who WANTS to redo a room and just doesn't have any idea what to do with it? You know I love that kind of thing and would love to throw out some ideas. ;-) I can only hope there's a career in it for me somewhere down the line!

A Little Catch Up

Summer has been unbearably hot lately, which hasn't left much room for attempting any decent outfits, or really doing anything all that exciting with the exception of a few trips out to the river in New Harmony. I'm also currently missing my camera... er... I know it should be laying around here somewhere but right now I don't have a clue where! The plan is to be heading back to Bloomington tomorrow, so I am hoping I find it before then. Maybe it will turn up when I finally pack up my many clothes that are strewn haphazardly all around my room.

I think I'm really ready to be back in Bloomington... I never actually planned on spending the whole summer in Newburgh, and right now my allergies from this dusty house are getting the best of me because I can never remember to take my medicine. I'm also just ready to get all of my clothes neat and orderly back in my closet so I'm not living out of a suitcase anymore! Not to mention I just miss my roommate Kelly, lots!

For now my cousin is in town visiting and we're off to lunch and then to see Charlie St. Cloud (Not really sure how I feel about this, I do kind of want to see it, but it also looks like it's going to be REALLY sad). I'm just glad I'm sort of catching up on this long list of movies I want to see!


I hope you're all having a great summer and beating the heat one way or another! I'll be back in the next few days with hopefully some sort of regular post, and probably a few recipes. There will also be a giveaway in the near future... still working on parts of that!

Belvedere Pink Grapefruit Cosmo

As promised, here is the recipe for the Belvedere Pink Grapefruit Cosmopolitan! It is a delicious twist on a classic cosmo, and adds an extra citrusy and subtle summer feel. Belvedere is a little more expensive than what I normally drink, but their Pink Grapefruit flavor is definitely worth a little splurging!

1.5 oz Belvedere Pink Grapefruit

¼ oz lime juice

¼ oz premium triple sec

½ oz Ocean Spray 100% Cranberry juice

1. Shake with cubed ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
2. Garnish with an orange twist or lime wedge.

Outfit Post: You Give Love a Bad Name

Friday night I got in touch with my inner 30-something year old, and went to the Bon Jovi show in Chicago. While most of the women fawn over Jon Bon Jovi, I've got to admit I'm more of a Richie Sambora fan. We pregamed (maybe a little too hard based on how I felt the next morning) at my dad's apartment with some of his friends from work, and I convinced him that we should try out Belvedere's new Pink Grapefruit flavor... so I'll be posting a Pink Grapefruit Cosmo recipe soon. SO GOOD!



The dress I wore is one of the dresses I picked up last time in Chicago at Forever XXI. I was a little hesitant to try it on at first (My dad actually picked it out... he's a surprisingly good shopping partner!) because of the horizontal stripes, but I ended up really liking it... especially the pockets. I also LOVE the belt, and I can't wait to try it with other things!

Outfit

Dress and Necklace: Faith 21/Forever 21
Leggings and Wedges: Old Navy
Bracelets: Charlotte Russe, Forever 21