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: My Computer Hates Me

 {sweater: H&M, dress: Target}

Why hello there! You probably thought I disappeared didn't you? Well I fooled you! Reality is that I have a stupid computer that is refusing to work and I have been incredibly busy. Spring break I went and visited some family and saw awesome wolves at a place called Wolf Haven. I'm telling you it was a dream come true. I'm actually quite grumpy because I wanted to share some pretty pictures of some of the wolves. But no. Computer wont let me. I have been enjoying this month so far though, despite it's frustrations... *cough* I want to punch my computer right now *cough*.

Oh, and my favorite polka dot tights in this outfit, they ripped. Why must tights always die so quickly? I do love that dress as a skirt though. Positives, look at the positives. Hopefully I get my computer fixed soon and come back a happier, less frustrated Amanda.

I have to go before my computer dies! I hope everyone survives their Mondays and have a good week!

Life in an Instagram

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1. Lazy day sweatshirt for my future school. I can't wait to graduate high school. 2. My beautiful, gorgeous, fantastic Misty who never fails to put a smile on my face. 3. Yet another nasty-weather day which required a big sweatshirt and braids. 4. My first attempt at actual beading-jewelry-making. I'd say it was a success! 5. Top knot bun from The Shine Project. 6. My early birthday graduation present ring from my family. I'm still in love with it.

It's quite apparent why I haven't posted an outfit lately, I haven't really put much thought into what I'm wearing because the weather has decided to hate us again. Hail, snow, wind, a little sun, and then rain. Yesterday power-lines fell on my friends house and she had to seek shelter at my place. So, as soon as the weather decides to at least be a little nicer- expect to see Amanda wearing nice clothes again!

Outfit: Back to Old Tricks

     The weather has played it's normal trick of giving us a few days of sunshine before bringing the normal February rain. Unfortunately it'll stay a little dreary for the next few months, but I was able to escape it the last couple days. I was on a trip with some of my favorite people, the a Capella group I'm a part of, to a jazz festival. It was a great break from the slightly monotonous routine I get in about this time every year. I also discovered today (in a break from finishing Catching Fire) that I don't have school on Monday, making what I thought was to be a four-day-weekend a five-day one. Things might not be so gloomy after all! Well...apart from the rain making my hair even more frizzy than normal. Oh well! Everything is good because Zooey Deschanel and Karmin are on SNL tonight.

Have a great rest of your weekend 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!

January Playlist

    I have been gone for almost a month! It's been crazy in my neck of the woods lately! My sister was home visiting for the holidays, and shortly after she left we got some intense winter storms. My town flooded! All is calming down though, and all is well. This upcoming week is finals week, (woo-hoo) but even despite that I plan on getting an outfit posted. I've been slacking on getting nicely dressed lately, being more concerned on not getting drenched or frozen... For now though, just enjoyed some music hand-picked by yours truly for the dreary month of January.

New Look: Back to the Old

    I told you that things were going to change around here! I'm back to how I started this blog, simple. It's good to go back to simplicity, because honestly I get distracted way to easily. I feel like I was trying to make my blog into something it's not. Well no longer! It's my place to express myself and now it reflects that better. I still have some slight adjustments to make (like my about me page) but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I'm looking forward to the New Year and another year of blogging here!

For now I'm off to read Pride & Prejudice, play some piano and then get ready for a Girls Night (playing a Harry Potter game on the PS2 is included in that)!

I don't exactly understand what's going on in this picture. My thumb's freaking out. Oh well, I'm trying to express my approval so I'll include it anyway.

Time to Start Anew

I feel like lately I've blogged myself into a corner. I've lost my voice and inspiration. Neither of those things are okay with me! Considering that fact, expect some major changes around here soon. With the new year will come a new outlook, and new look in general. I'll go back to the image I had when I first started this blog about a year ago. It shall all be good though! I will hopefully start writing and dressing more like myself. I'm going to get myself out of this slump!

2012 will be a big year for me after all: Eighteenth birthday, Highschool graduation and starting college! Eep! Stay tuned for updates!

Week of Sweaters

I (and a few others) declared this final week of school Sweater Week. It was unfortunately interrupted by a couple events- but I still got to wear some pretty kick-butt sweaters. My Giant Pillow-Blanket sweater is seriously heaven to wear, my Steve sweater let me live out a childhood dream. Cause it's Blue's Clues, Blue's Clues! And my Grandma Christmas Cat Sweater had a actual functioning bell and says: "Grandkids leave pawprints on our hearts". Yes, this made my week bearable.

Goodness gracious I am so behind. This week has been constant activity- that I'll have to fill you in on later: Job fair, Winter Concert, Bell-ringing, Piano recital. Super crazy week but all good! You'll hear about it all soon as soon as I can get a break! Anyone else feeling the Holiday craziness?

Outfit: Boots, Dog & Leaves

I didn't forget about you all I promise! I have been so busy but I have some pretty awesome things to blog about in the upcoming days (Mumford & Sons concert, the Grotto, etc.) so that's exciting! And I updated the whole blog! Do you like it?

I actually braved the cold and went outside to take these pictures- my backyard was too pretty too miss out on. The leaves are mostly all down now, it's winter here now. I have to share the boots. I got those boots at a thrift store, brand new for $20. I almost died. They are so warm and I love the print on them. Thrift stores are the place to be!

Last but certainly not least- Misty says hello! You're lucky to get the virtual hello, because the real hello smells pretty bad.

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!

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!

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!

Outfit: Leopard

Jacket & Scarf: Old Navy

So I've been a little internet-absent lately. Life has been pretty jammed packed and unfortunately life comes before my blog (that is, when I have a life). Over this past week I had my first piano lesson, a visit to OSU and a football game. I am loving piano, my instructor even told me that I'm not a beginner, which made me feel pretty darn proud being self-taught and all. The Oregon State University Preview day was great- it just reminded me how much I love it, and motivated me to get my application done (which I still haven't...) So much to do, so little time right?

Also, keep Misty my Golden Retriever in your prayers. I think she may have had a little seizure this afternoon and is a little confused still. She's doing a little better now fortunately. Send positive thoughts our way please! :)

October Playlist

So my blog has been lacking a little in the music category of late which really is sad because music is such a huge part of my life. To remedy this travesty of lack of music I am going to start doing Playlists of the Month. Quite like the title implies, once a month I will be posting a playlist- a playlist that I will be living to for the month. I hope that y'all will enjoy it and maybe discover some new favorites along the way.

Also on the note of music (no pun intended, but I kinda dig it) I just got all signed up for actual, real, student to teacher piano lessons. I'm self-taught up till now and am feeling a mix of emotions about this, mostly excitement. My first lesson is on the 13th!

I can't capture a good picture of my slightly new hair-color and it is so frustrating me. Oh well!

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. :)

My Nails are like Pumpkin Glitter

I LOVE FALL!
My apologies, just thought I'd get that out of the way. Fall is by far my favorite season. The cool weather, boots, scarves, sweaters, Pumpkin Spice Lattes (YUM), just everything about it.

Well except school. I'm really tired of school already. Sad, right? It's been about three weeks. I've been toiling away at college application essays and reading and yada yada yada. I'm ready to be done with high school.

I do take some time to do my least favorite activity: painting my nails. Does anyone hate nail painting as much as I do. It's a chore for me. But this color makes me very happy and reminds me of what a pumpkin were to look like if it were glittery. So the task-reward balance is pretty okay.

Well, I'm off to work on my OSU essay questions! I should be getting my new glasses sometime this week! I'm very excited for that and even more impatient. Catch all you lovelies later!

The polish is Sinful Colors All About You #921. It's a little more yellow in some lights, a little more orange in others. Either way its glittery and fantastic.

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!