You're all late for tea!

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

-White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane

One of the best parts of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was the costuming! Alice had some REALLY fun dresses. Regrettably, the only good pictures you can really find online are of her in my least favorite dress of the whole movie. My favorite, for those of you who have seen it, was probably the outfit while in the Queen of Hearts' castle.


I also completely love Johnny Depp, in practically everything, and he did not disappoint. It was one of those performances similar to Heath Ledger as the Joker, that with all the costuming and makeup on top of it, it was neary impossible to even realize it was him! The VERY end of the battle: best part. But you of course will have to see it to know why.

Had a bit of an outfit fail when trying to get ready, due to forgetting the dress I wanted to wear was in the washing machine, and realizing the belt I wanted to wear was M.I.A. I did, however, throw in the new bow headband from Forever 21 that definitely makes me think of Alice in Wonderland.

Outfit:
Dress- Target
Zipper Leggings- Target
Ankle Booties- Payless
Necklace- For Love 21
Headband Bow- For Love 21

Mr. Owl's Debut

I wore my new little owl guy today for the first time! I love him :-) I used to have an owl neckace that was made up of several body sections linked together, and had the prettiest jeweled eyes. That one broke, and I've been wanting another one ever since, so I was clearly delighted when I found this little guy for something like $4.80 at For Love 21!

New Obsessions: Polyvore and Delias dresses.

I think I'll probably end up ordering either this dress, the one in my last post, or another one I've also been looking at that is similar to this but with a bubble hem at the bottom. Who knows how I'll decide. Among old obsessions: Steve Madden shoes, such as the pair above, or the pair in the last post for that matter. Or one of the many other pairs I've posted before. I think it may be time for me to start networking my way into THAT company.

STATE, Some Shopping, and Some Future Olympians

It was a busy weekend for our family! I went up to Indianapolis Friday early afternoon because my little brother (Who's actually well over 6 foot and not so little) made it to STATE in Boys Swimming! So proud of him! I, of course, played the role of proud big sister and even painted my face for him. Better get some major points for that one... I didn't even show that much school spirit when I was IN high school!

(Dane and I! By the way, he's not always bald- they just bleach their hair for sectionals then shave it for State! Makes it hard to tell who's who when you're watching everyone swim, because they ALL do it!)

As a side note, while everyone else was waiting in line Friday to get in, my dad and I snuck off to the mall. Lord knows I can't resist Circle Center if the chance arises. We were a bit short on time so I did manage to drag him in to For Love 21, where I picked up these few little goodies, all for under $20!!


They did awesome in the 200 Medley Relay, but just missed the cut for Finals the next day. His 200 Free Relay kicked some serious ass and made it to to finals, but unfortunately they got disqualified... though no one is sure exactly who did what. I guess the judges don't tell you, which seems kind of stupid to me. Regardless, they all swam AMAZINGLY well, and it was SO fun to watch him compete against the best guys in the state!!! Had they not been disqualified, they would have been ranked 6th in the whole state.

I'm still so proud of him for coming so far this season, as he managed to cut several seconds off of his 50 Free time. I'm sure he'll be even better this summer and next year, so we'll likely be back at State again next year!

(The boys getting led in for their 200 Free Relay @ Finals to "Pour Some Sugar On Me". I approved.)

One of the guys from Chesterton, Kyle Whitaker, even broke some more State AND National records. This is a guy who, two weeks before swimming against my brother in a meet during the season, was swimming against Michael Phelps in Germany. You can expect to see him in the 2012 Olympics I'm sure.

(Dane trying to understand us telling him they made it to finals after their 200 Free Relay, and that's Kyle Whitaker walking in front of him!)