Outfit: Princess

{shirt: thrifted, shoes: Target}

My computer is working again! We'll see how long this lasts...hopefully a good while, because it's been way too long. Thanks for all the love that I've received from you guys while I've been MIA!  Ready for my list of exciting things that have happened since I was here last? Okay? Here we go..

1. I turned 18! I'm an adult now! Crazy I know.
2. I am now the owner of a Canon Rebel T3. That was my birthday present to myself. So be ready to see point-and-shoot pictures start to phase out. (Finally!)
3. I am going to the state competition with my choir this Friday! Yay!
4. I am a Princess for my Senior Prom! I was honestly completely surprised by this one. I had no idea that many people liked weirdo me. Kind of  a nice feeling I've got to say.

Good thing I was wearing princess-worthy shoes they day they crowned me....

Outfit: High Heights

     Guess what? It hasn't been nice weather yet. As a matter of fact it hailed yesterday and snowed today, but I managed to get dressed despite it all. I've decided that I like wearing heels, although they make me about average height and I'm not so sure how I feel about that. The urge to go shoe-shopping is very strong right now...actually any shopping would do. I've been wanting a dslr camera for a while now, but $500 is a lot for me and I'm hesitant to shell out all that dough. Maybe it will be a good birthday present to myself, only a little more than a month away anyway!

Crazy how times passes. Some months seem to go by incredibly slow, but I swear March is on like x3 speed. This month is really flying by. Maybe that's why the weather is still wintry..it's just lagging behind a little! Well, my brain is definitely slow this morning...I'm off to do some learning, and probably a lot of nothing. That's how Mondays should be, right?

Why I love Foxes and hate Knocking

    My reason for loving foxes should be quite obvious: they're absolutely adorable. I think that's all that needs to be said. I also love this fox sweater that I got for Christmas- that's surprising isn't it?

Now to move on to the more pressing topic: why I hate knocking. Now some for some context. I am talking about knocking on doors. Particularly the unexpected, I am going to break this door down, I'm ringing the doorbell until it bursts your eardrums, I'm probably a crazy mass murderer, knocking. Nothing terrorizes me more when I'm at home than someone knocking on the door. It transforms me into a nervous disaster. I look around at all the windows because I expect this person to get into the backyard and break in the back windows and kill me (this unstable ritual took place in the last hour). Not sure exactly what I'd do if I came face-to-face with the person though...haven't exactly thought that out.

I think I really need to invest in one of those cool security camera things. That way I could spy on the people and know whether they leave or not. It might help my mental health. Is anyone else like this? Or am I alone in my irrational ways?

Happy Day of Love!

    Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I may be single, but that doesn't make me bitter. Sure, Valentine's day is way commercialized, but at least it gets people thinking about each other. I have so many people I love and got to see a lot of them today- which makes me more than happy. I spent the morning at school with friends, the afternoon making blankets for kids at a children's hospital and the night with my parents (plus texting my wonderful sister as we speak) and expressing my love for all my readers/followers right now: thanks for being awesome! Sounds like a good Valentine's day to me! Spread the love everyone!

My Recent Thoughts

 
  Again, it's been a while, and quite the crazy week. It was the start of my last semester of high-school and there are currently a lot of things occupying important learning space in my mind- making it really hard to focus on much of anything. There are the things one would expect: I'm really tired, how am I going to survive my Probability & Statistics class, I wish he would like me, I need to learn a song in Tamil...you know, the usual teenage things.

Then there are the bigger thoughts in my mind, some I wish weren't there. Things like: what would have happened if I had done things differently, or if I had never met you. I have also been pondering how I'm going to make a mark on this world before I leave it. I saw Shen Yun, a Chinese dance group, perform on Wednesday night. Those young people are already making an impact by informing the world of the injustice going on in China, where they are not able to perform because what they believe. What will I do to make a difference?

To segue this random rant from my mind into something relevant to the blog world, I have an announcement to make. I am a teen columnist for Miss Unlimited by Aiming low, a blog by teenage girls for teenage girls, which posts it's first article February 6th. I am very excited to be writing for them, and hope that my words may help someone, you never know. I'll keep you updated and tell you when to check out my posts there!

I am back and I am excited!

You guuuuuuys! I've missed you! I am back from my fantastic Thanksgiving trip to California. It was lovely to see my sister and of course, go to Disneyland. But most of all- you amazing people gave me the best surprise possible:

I now have 100 followers! I've hit the triple-digits!

I realize that my little blog is still, well little, but you have no idea how much this excites me and makes me happy. Thank you for being awesome! I have a lot to post coming up, including my December (*cough* Christmas *cough*) Playlist and all my Disneyland pictures- which are quite amazing. Disneyland is beautiful during Christmastime- I almost lost my mind entirely.

Here's a little preview. Gorgeous right?

Onward to Disneyland!

{from here}

I'm off to California in a mere number of hours! I have to go back to school first though... While I'm typing this I'm also frantically trying to eat lunch and pack. It will be so worth it though- I'm so excited to see Disneyland with all the lights up!

I just wanted to let y'all know, because I won't have anyway to blog while I'm away. If you want to live vicariously through me I will be updating and posting pictures on twitter- so find me there: TWITTER!

Outfit: Scarves Make Me Happiest

Apparently I didn't want to look at the camera today...

I fell in love with the scarf the moment I saw it. I knew I had to have it right away... and I admit I have a scarf problem. I will never, never have enough scarves. My mom was nice enough to buy this one for me, but under the condition that she would wrap it for a Christmas present.

Wondering why I'm wearing it then? The answer: I'm totally impatient. I walked into my mom's room at about 6:30 this morning and asked her where this scarf was. She reminded me it was a Christmas present. My response:

"Well, I want to wear it today."

I think my mom knew she was going to be fighting a losing battle, so she just said she'd go get it, and something along the lines of I'm not going to have any Christmas presents left.

Oh well- I got to wear my cool horses-that-look-like-they-have-fish-bodies-and-a-little-bit-unicorn scarf. And I loved it.

My Wrists Were Cozy ♥

It was chilly today, which is perfect weather for some wrist-warmers. Now that it's getting to be winter I've started crocheting like crazy again. I love the holiday season, and because I'm a choir kid- Christmas started for me in October. It wasn't until this week that I started playing Christmas music, making Christmas lists, thinking up ideas for presents and declaring it time for Christmas....

...but first it's Thanksgiving time. That last dreary picture would be my view from my window into my backyard. That's not even half the leaves that I will need to rake. Yay!

Moral of the story- I warn you to be prepared! Holiday time is my favorite time- and I will embrace every happy, Christmas-y thing about it!

Happy Late Halloween

Halloween was spent carving my pumpkin that I designed myself (it's Eevee) and handing out candy with my best friend and mom. Oh and eating, lots of eating.

My favorite from the trick-or-treaters was a little boy who giggled, then asked me, "Are you being a vampire?" then pointed at and asked my best friend "What's your name?" and just stood there. His mom ran up and said "You don't have to ask everyone what their name is!"

Little kids are amazing.

A Sweater a Day Keeps...

...Amanda from freezing and killing innocent bystanders. I wore this sweater two days ago, when I woke up and forgot how to be an Oregonian. It was 28 degrees out when I woke up! That's just cold. Anywho, wanna hear a story about sweaters? Okay!

I love thrift store sweaters. I go to thrift stores and buy piles of giant sweaters for $3 a pop. It seriously makes my entire week. I get a great arm workout, and a bunch of really awesome sweaters, which is nice when you live somewhere with chilly winters. So yeah. Thrift sweaters, go do it.

I got accepted to Oregon State University today! Yay! They actually sent my "acceptance e-mail" at two in the morning... I'm not complaining about timing though, I'm just excited that there's one less thing to be worried about! Speaking of worry, I have not had any real homework homework for I don't know the past two weeks and my teachers decide that tonight of all nights they would give me a bunch of studying to do. And I have piano tonight. 

I'm just really tired guys. Haha. Who's with me that there should be nap-time in higher education and jobs? I know y'all are figuratively raising your hands and if not...well...share your energy with the rest of us!

French Braids and the Unexpected

Well today was kind of a crazy day. There were many surprises and I am trying to be as positive as I possibly can.

1. I woke up to having to complete a group members part of the project at six in the morning. Positive: I know I can write two sections of a cheat sheet in about five minutes if necessary.

2. It was absolutely freezing when I went outside and I wasn't expecting it. Positive: Cold weather= blankets, fireplaces, books, movies and cozy sweaters.

3. I hated how my french braid looked this morning, I hate my face. Positive: It pushed my comfort levels (aka my giant hair) and I got complimented on it multiple times. That makes me feel kinda stupid though...

3. There was some Oregon College Presentation that I didn't know about that happened at school. Positive: I got to hear more about OSU, and who doesn't need a little change in routine?

4. Who knows? There will probably be more craziness soon. Positive: I'm ready for it. Bring on the insanity.

I'm trying to get better at my french-braiding by they way. Do you have any magical tips besides just actually having skill that would help me out? I'd appreciate 'em!

Outfit: The World is Wacky

Yes, I am bringing you these outfit pictures from my bathroom floor. Yes, I am aware I don't match. Yes, my shirt does say "Bacon had a Mom" and has a little piggy on it. You are correct. Today was "Wacky day" for homecoming week. I'm not one to go all out on dress up days, so I thought what better way to dress wacky then layer as many patterns as I can to overwhelm my tiny self. Wacky outfit achieved.

I post this because it actually inspired me a little. I'm always afraid to mix patterns, even though I love when others do it. In a way, this over-done pattern clash pushed me out of my comfort zone a little...and it was actually pretty fun. I also have fantastic friends who tell me I look cute in everything. They flatter me too much, but it puts a smile on my face.

Do you like to mix patterns? Do you have any rules?

By the way- I am beyond seething mad about the hunting and killing of 49 exotic animals (18 rare Bengal Tigers and 17 lions included) in Ohio. Some unstable man was allowed to keep them, then let them all free and committed suicide. Funny how a man who had been charged on multiple counts of animal neglect and had 100+ guns in his possession was still allowed to keep these animals. And they died because of him. Come on US, get it together. Let the wild remain wild. We can't have everything.

Outfit: Apple Strudel

One of my favorite sweaters, from H&M of course.

You know, it's just a little sad when one of the only things that gets you through your day is food. That's pretty much my life. Today's life-sustaining food is Apple Strudel bread from Costco. If you have never had this- firstly I feel sorry for you, secondly just take my word that it is delicious. So delicious.

And that, my friends, is the rest of my night. Sitting on the couch, doing homework, watching tv and being distracted by my phone. The only thing that's missing is food.

And! I must share that I just finished reading Jane Eyre. I love that book. It is now one of my favorites. What are your favorites for when I can actually choose what to read?

Outfit: My Dog Thinks I'm Crazy

First off this post is to show off three of my favorite things: Misty (that is the face I come home too), purple and boots! Misty can't stand to take pictures, she is so camera shy. Just look how irritated she looks with me. It makes me laugh.


Today is my wonderful, fantastic, beautiful, funny just all around amazing, mother's birthday. I have eaten almost nothing today because we are going to Carino's; where I plan to gorge myself on pasta, bread and turtle cheesecake. I am very excited. I'm also excited to see my momma open her presents- I picked them out myself and I love them. I wont say what they are quite yet, just to keep it a complete secret. But believe me they are awesome; I'm a good shopper.

Outfit: Crochet & Glasses

I hardly ever shop at Aeropostale any more. I used to buy everything there in middle school and I was convinced their clothes just weren't that great. Well, I am not afraid to admit I'm wrong. We went into an outlet store to get my sister jeans and they were having a bin sale. I got this crochet crop top for $3! I'm sorry that I doubted you Aeropostale, you do have some cute stuff...

It's finally looking like fall outside! It's a little overcast, a little chilly and it is drastically improving my mood. Weird? Just a little. I've been relaxing in sweats and fuzzy socks, drinking a pumpkin spice latte (of course) and reading all day. It's a beautiful thing.

I got my hair done yesterday and got blonde highlights for the first time since elementary school. (We don't talk about that because we tried highlights from a box. NEVER AGAIN.) It's not really a drastic change, only to me I guess. It lightened up all my hair and my lovely hairdresser said it was honey. She loved it, so that's good. I'll have to get some pictures soon!

Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday. :) 

New Glasses!

Just a quick post to share my excitement. I just got my new glasses today! Yay! They're Dolce & Gabbana. Fancy right? It actually makes me nervous just wearing them...I'm kind of a klutz. 

I see a lot of new faces, well names, I see a lot of new names. Hi new people! I just wanted to give you a big thank you. I was having a really bad day yesterday (and I have a cold) and to come home to all your sweet words really made my day. Thank you thank you thank you. I hope y'all stay a while. :)

Outfit: Awake My Soul

 Poncho? Forever 21

Yet another outfit from sometime last week.


I am very very tired. To the point where I'm just a tad hysterical. You know- the whole laughing at things that aren't even the slightest bit funny. On top of being tired I am completely overwhelmed. And how am I dealing with that? 


By blogging and listening to Mumford and Sons of course.

Oh and we took our Senior Class Picture today- which absolutely no one new about. Good planning school, good planning. Oh well, I'm by my two best-est friends- so I can't complain.

Outfit: My Problem Free Philosophy

So I kinda lied about the Internet being back on the computer. It still hates me sometimes. I'm hoping that will get all figured out soon. I've actually been super busy lately and am staying busy with school-work. This past Saturday I went to the Oregon Zoo and H&M with my best friend and parents, then on Sunday I saw Lion King 3D which I loved. Lion King has always been one of my favorites. When I was little I would sing

"it's our problem preee, pill-os-o-pee!"

I didn't quite have the ph noise figured out yet. My family still all sings it that way. 

 Skirt: Forever 21

This outfit is from hrrmmm sometime last week? I think? In keeping with my Lion theme: last week a girl told me she "loved my hair and that it reminded her of a lion's mane. But it's awesome." Not going to lie to you, that made my day.

My wonderful school decided to switch schedules on me my senior year and now we have "early release". Because of my off campus that means I go to school at 6:45 but then have a huge chunk of dead time from 9:05-12:20. I spent that cleaning. I definitely did not want to go back. Ugh. 

I'm also having a tiny panic attack about college right now as well. I don't know where I want to go, I don't know what I want to do, I JUST DON'T KNOW! AH! 

Sorry about that...I hope everyone survived Monday!

Back-To-School Beauty Products

The internet on my computer is back! Hoorah! Now I can catch up on blogging again, because you know I have enough time for that... I thought I'd share some of my new favorite beauty products that I just recently discovered on here. Fun right? A little skin-care, hair-care and make-up. I can't live without these babies anymore. Descriptions are under zee pickchures. 

1. Seaweed Mattifying Day Cream from The Body Shop. This stuff is amazing. Pure magic. It is made for combination skin and of course "mattifies" to make putting make-up on way awesome. I use some pretty strong facial cleansers and creams for evil acne which dries out my skin, but I also get some lovely oil shine. This doesn't completely cure that, but it definitely helps and makes your skin soft. Oh and it smells good and is very cool & refreshing on early mornings.

2. John Freida Liquid Shine Color Glaze. If you have never used a home-treatment glaze in your hair (doesn't have to be a color one, there are clear ones as well) go buy one NOW! If you have never been to thebeautydepartment where I learned of my hair's new bff go NOW! I'm not kidding. I put this one every time I was my hair after I condition and it makes my hair softer and shinier and just AH! Just amazing.

3. Body Shop Eye Shadow. Unfortunately I don't know what these are called, but they are a fairly new line there and fun. Of course almost all Body Shop stuff is fantastic- so it doesn't really matter. This particular one is just perfectly metallic-y and sparkly without being over the top. In the last picture you can not only see me doing something embarrassing, you can also see what the eye-shadow looks like.

And that's all folks. Of course I have more products I love but these are just my favorites now. I had fun posting this today on the functioning internet and will be hoping that my computer/internet has forgiven me and will continue to work for me. Off to do homework! Yay! Hope everyone makes it through the rest of the week. Only one more day!