Just One More Little Push, Warm Weather!

The weather this week is supposed to be in the 70's by the weekend... but today it was still hovering around being a little chilly. I realized I have NO light jackets to make any sort of good outfit with- but I think I have a jean jacket at home still (maybe?) so I'll have to try to find that next weekend when I go home for my birthday with the family.

Today I had to settle for a Victoria's Secret Zip Up Sweatshirt with layered black and yellow camis from Old Navy, and my purple light weight scarf from India. I really wish I would have bought more of those in different colors!!!! And as far as the sweatshirt goes, I'm a college student, so oh well, it happens! I've been doing lots of "Outfit making" in my head, trying to think of good key pieces I need to get to make the most out of things I already have. Soon I'll need to start the search for a good pair of warm weather sandals!!!


I've also been doing a LOT of crafting lately! Here are a few pictures of some of the Easter cards I've been making. I need to remember to get those sent out soon so they actually get to their destinations on time, sometimes I'm kind of bad about that.




My recent crafting blitz was actually brought on because I figured out what I'm doing for my giveaway... WHICH WILL START TOMORROW!!!! I've got the post set to go up at 10 am, so I'll see you all then! :-) I realllly hope you like it! I've been getting such sweet comments lately, and it's made me realize that my favorite part of blogging is interacting with all of you wonderful ladies from all over the world! So I'm excited to finally give something back to those of you who've been here a while, or even those of you who are new!!!

Easter Egg Dying!

Sunday afternoon some of the girls came over for Easter Egg dying! It was so much fun. We had two Paas kits, one for tie-dying and one with neon colors. Some of the colors didn't work out quite like they should have, but the eggs all still turned out really well. The neon colors kit also came with glitter, and we used some rubber bands and white crayons to do some different things with them.

Some of Lauryn's creations.

Peak a boo! Little Miss Easter Egg soaking for some more color.

Some of my little eggies!

Busy Saturday and Another Run In With Bloomington's Finest.

Saturday was a busy busy busy day. Woke up at 8am to volunteer in the garden at Wonderlab, which is sort of a fun-science related children's museum. Mostly we cut down dead prairie grass all morning, and I definitely felt it the next day. Who knew gardening could be such a workout? We were all SO sore!

After volunteering I helped my cousin move in and get settled in her new apartment, and then went over to Annissa and Lauryn's for some day drinking on the back deck. The weather was gorgeous, and it's my opinion that day drinking is something that must be taken advantage of in college... because let's be honest, that's not something we will just be able to do in real life.

Despite the fact that there were only 7 of us just hanging out on the back deck playing beer pong and listening to music (and that the other neighbors were doing the same thing), one of the other neighbors apparently called in a noise complaint. Yeah, the cops showed up at 6 in the afternoon on a gorgeous saturday. Do these neighbors have lives? I'm still just astonished that of all the parties I've been to in college, we've had the police called TWICE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS on very small gatherings where we were not even doing anything wild. The cops apparently thought it was ridiculous that they were called too, because they just asked us about how to play beer pong and left, saying they could hear our voices but didn't think anything was out of line at all.

(Lindsay and Lauryn)

So I guess this is my luck now. Thank goodness Bloomington Police are cool. I wore one of my new Old Navy high waisted skirts for the afternoon! Paired with light pink and yellow tank tops, also from Old Navy ($5 each... bargain!), yellow Anthropologie sunglasses, and my brown belt. Ran out the door in a bit of a hurry and ended up just throwing on the first flip flops I could find. I love this skirt, but it was kind of windy and kept blowing around... so I had to make sure I was careful not to expose too much!!!

Also- DEFINITELY a give away. Within the next week, at the latest. I've got one part of it done but want to do one more thing to give some options. I think you guys will like it, so get ready to tell your friends :-)

Picture Post- Spring Break Brunch with Steven

Over Spring Break my best friend Steven and I made brunch complete with Mimosas and French Bread French Toast (Recipe here, at Wonderland Kitchen. Given recipe uses Challah bread but French Bread works just the same!). SO delicious!!!

(And I finally have my camera back, obviously)


(Squinty eyes! It was so bright!)

Delias Deals!

As you can see I've yet again changed my layout. Truth be told, I'm just too OCPD (Yes, I'm convinced I really have this) and I know that last background, as much as I loved it, was a bit much on the eyes. Hopefully we'll stick with this one for a while.

I finally ordered some dresses from Delias... but they were out of BOTH of the ones I wanted in the size I wanted! Definite bummer. I like the ones I got, but I still liked the others better. Oh well, these are a little more simple, so hopefully I'll be able to do more with them. I'm still just crossing my fingers that they fit well, because you never know!





I also found a code to get $20 OFF WHEN YOU SPEND $75 OR MORE (See Here. Code is 20DISCD. Expires March 31st.) so because my order was a little under that, I threw in this pair of cheap sunglasses to push it over the edge. Plus, I just love sunglasses, and really needed a new pair anyways. Cheap ones usually last me a while, but I'm always misplacing them around the house so the more the merrier.

It's weird, because I haven't shopped at Delias since I was in like, Junior High or something, and I am not even sure if I'm "Too old" to be shopping there... but I think I'm ok with this purchase. Now I just have to wait for summery weather to arrive to really get the most out of the dresses! I'm just so awful at dressing for Spring weather! I WANT to wear dresses and skirts and fun flirty warm weather clothes, but it's always too chilly to go without a jacket and I have so few light jackets/sweaters that it makes it difficult to not give in to my summer side.

I've been thinking of more giveaway ideas too, so I think you'll definitely be seeing that soon. Especially if I lure one more unsuspecting blogger in to hit 20 ;-)

Easter and Tie-dye Fever

I've made up my mind that I am GOING to dye Easter Eggs on sunday. I love love love it! So now I just need to go pick out a kit. I think one year we tie-dyed eggs, and I've been really in the mood for that lately. I think we'll also probably tie-dye shirts soon... because there is nothing I love more than a soft tie-dye t-shirt to sleep in!

I am also contemplating some sort of give-away... because I'm almost to 20 followers, which is crazy considering that when I started this blog it was really only my Dad following it. (And it has evolved SO much since then!!!) I suppose my main hang up is that I'm not quite sure what I want to give! I've got a few ideas though, so check back soon.

Hopefully my camera gets here today (or might alright be at our apartment offices?) and I can finish up the last post or two from Spring Break. I hate being so far behind!

Health Care?

Wait, so Nancy Pelosi compared this whole Health Care vote to Social Security? Does this mean that by the time I'm 50, there won't be any Health Care available for me either? ;-)

On that note, I don't want to get too political, but I DO want to share this video. Just because it is really funny, and as they say, factual. Whether you're a right or a left or stuck somewhere in the middle as I am, you can't help but laugh at some of this. (Sorry it's going to temporarily take over half of my side bar!)

I Have Officially Lost My Marbles.

Ladies and gentlemen, my mind is subconsciously protesting this return from Spring Break to such extremes that it's a wonder I'm even level headed enough to post right now!

Big surprise that I left my camera at my parents' house AGAIN. And lost my phone about twenty times today. And got myself all worked into a tizzy trying to make the perfect schedule for next semester, thinking we registered this week for fall classes... when really it's not for another month. That's another story all together, I've somehow deluded myself into thinking it's perfectly ok to stress over my schedule until I have no classes that start before noon, Fridays off, and minimal breaks in between classes. Who knows how I'm ever going to deal with a real job.

I have, however, decided that Real Estate would be an ideal industry for me. I drove my cousin around Bloomington all day today looking at apartments I had found for her (and some she had found so as to not take ALL credit), and even carried a little notebook to keep track of what she liked, didn't like, and the high points of each apartment. Does everyone else love apartment shopping as much as I do? Because I don't think it's normal, but I LOVE IT. I could totally get paid to find houses with the desired features and walk around pointing out the wonderful overhead lighting, ample closet space, and spacious kitchen layouts.


Anyways. I guess I'll have some more Spring Break recaps in a few days when my poor little camera finally gets here. You think I would have learned by now to check for that coming back...

Play Date with LilyPop

Thursday afternoon, after braving the BMV to get my driver's license renewed, I went over to my friend Emily's to visit my favorite little kind-of niece, Lily Ann! I honestly feel like it was just yesterday that Emily was even telling me she thought she was pregnant, and now Lily is 14 months old!!! It's so crazy how fast they grow up!

She's one of the funniest little kids I've ever met, and is always laughing or trying to do something to make you laugh. She's also big on mocking, and when she kept trying to grab my sunglasses, I kept acting like I was going to bite her fingers... and she started doing the little chomping face too. It was so adorable... and my friend Katelyn actually got this picture of it.

We also tried to play with bubbles with her, but for a while she was mostly interested in just chasing the cat around instead of the bubbles. Finally she got the hang of it, and would kind of just wave her hands in the air trying to pop them, or maybe just keep them from popping on her head again.

Such a cutie! I still hope that when I have my own kids I like them as much as I like her, they'll have large shoes to fill! :-)

St. Patrick's Day

I'm normally all about themes, but this year I guess I just didn't have any green articles of clothing that I really was too fond of. SO, instead, when I went out to the Deerhead Tavern with some friends at home, I wore one of my new shirts from Forever 21. If it's any consolation, I threw on a green strand of Mardi Gras beads on my way out to door to ward away any pinches!



It was probably one of the calmest St. Patrick's Days I've had in a while... most of us didn't do a bit of drinking since they're cracking down so hard on drinking and driving this month. It was still nice though to just hang out and catch up with some of my friends that I don't get to see often enough!!!

I head back to Bloomington tomorrow. It's utterly depressing that Spring Break is over. I've got a lot to look forward to between now and summer, but the school part is taking it's toll as usual in the Spring Semester. I think I'll have to do some Easter Egg dying soon to lift my spirits, and maybe even some t-shirt tie-dying, because I've been wanting to do that for a while now. Though I guess I should also try to focus and get myself ahead if possible with classes, since 21 is right around the corner... and we KNOW that's going to bring some trouble!