Outfit: Safety Hazard

{jacket: aeropostle, boot socks: target, boots: fred meyer}

    I had two snow days guys! You have no idea how happy I was when the two-hour delay turned into another no school day on Thursday. We had so much snow for this area, a little under seven inches I believe, which is really crazy for us. The lovely school district did decide to send us to school today though, the day before Spring Break. If that isn't already asking for trouble, add in giant sheets of snow falling from the awnings, an outdoor campus and kids who rarely see snow and you have a recipe for disaster. I witnessed possible people-crushing, hundred-pound slabs of roof-snow avalanche multiple times, but I came out unscathed! The building, on the other hand was not so lucky; about ten feet of one of the gutters feel off, into a pathway for students none the less.

Sometimes I think that the district doesn't really think of us poor outdoor campus kids. We've had to go to school in quite a few dangerous weather conditions. Safety first? No? Whatever... it's Spring break now! 

Spring Snow

    Just to clarify: this pictures were taken today March 21, 2012. The second day of Spring. Oregon is obviously very confused, because it's been snowing non-stop since before I woke up at five this morning. I got a snow day finally! It's been a cozy day off, making snow-dogs. Right after taking that picture Misty proceeded to eat my snow-masterpiece. She just really likes ice...

While I do love the snow, I think I'm ready for some sun now. Actually I take that back, if this can keep up for the next two days so I can have an extended Spring Break that would be fantastic. Keep going snow!

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?

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!

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.

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.

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. :) 

Outfit: Last First Day

Shorts: Charlotte Russe Tank tops: Old Navy

That's right- it was my last first day ever as a k-12 public school kid. Yay? This time next year I will be a big bad college student. I can tell you already that this is going to be a fun-filled, but exhausting senior year for me. I have to be at school promptly at 6:45am... 6:45 AM. That's very early. All you early-birds out there: I hate you. Well I guess I don't hate you... I just really envy your ability to not be an awful, grumpy, emotional, giving-up-on-life, unmotivated monster like some people. Okay, like me.


Oh and since when does Oregon get a heat-wave in September. Actually when does Oregon get a heat-wave ever? It was almost 100 degrees today. It's supposed to be this hot all week. The combination of lack of sleep, lack of clothes that wont cause me heat stroke, and the extreme heat, and school of course, may just push me over the edge.


But I will just smile and laugh it off. Because that's what you do in life. Being grumpy just...makes you grumpy.

Country Music Festival: Days Two & Three

It's time for lots of pictures! SO, if you read my last post: Country Music Festival: Day One, you know I was at a Country Music Festival all weekend. It was hot and there were a lot of people- but it was so much fun! I am very "musically diverse" I guess you could say, I like all different kinds of music. 

My mom and I parked next to the same group of stupid boys again, we couldn't believe it. The chances of that happening were so slim, but it happened. I also got offered a light by a really cute guy...but I don't smoke. I was in-between a couple making out (ew, who wants to make out in the heat, all sweaty and just yuck) and this kid smoking and heard him ask, but didn't know he was talking to me. I wasn't aware I looked like a smoker, but this is the second time something like this happened. I'm not even 18 yet! 

Anywho back to music- all the performances were fantastic and Blake Shelton did an awesome job wrapping up the weekend. This was definitely a highlight of my summer!

Day Two Line-Up was: Steve Azar, Phil Vassar and Alan Jackson

Day Three Line-Up was: Amy Clawson, Little Big Town and BLAKE SHELTON.

Uh...Why is it SO HOT? + Evil Wedges

First off, I am currently dying of heat exhaustion and hyperthermia. It was over 90 degrees here today (believe me, that's really hot where I am) and I was walking around in it. Sweating like a pig of course, super attractive. I managed to catch the attention of the waiter at Red Robin and an old man in Target though- score! (Hey, the waiter brought us like, three extra kinds of dipping sauce for our fries...) I wasn't planning on walking but my friend didn't want to drive her new five-speed bug to the theater so we walked. And I wore those wedges. Ouch.


Now onto the pros and cons of those wedges:
Pros

• They were $3.50
• They're super cute
• They make me taller (average height)
• They're adorable
• They make my legs look killer, even if only my thighs are tan.*
• Did I mention they're really cute?

Cons

• Awful blisters on the backs of my heels. Enough said.

Oh well, you know what they say: beauty is pain.

Hope everyone has an alright rest of their Wednesday!

*Yeah...I don't know how that happened either

Eye Alaska: Outfit

Jacket & Jeans: American Eagle. Shirt: PacSun. Bracelets: Gift and TOMS.

This was from a few days ago, I think Thursday- when it was actually sunny! I'm disappointed I didn't get a better picture of the shirt, which has a wolf on the front and sheep! Said shirt is actually a band shirt for Eye Alaska. I bought this shirt more than a year ago and I am listening to the band for the first time currently. They are actually pretty good, don't ask me why I waited so long to figure that out.


I really wish it wasn't Sunday today, I'm not ready for another week of school. I still have some work to do today that I don't want to do and a solo to work on for choir. A solo I totally wasn't expecting to get. It's in Alice In Wonderland (the song in the opening title of the Disney version). All the rest of the girls who auditioned were great and I thought I did awful. I was happy I tried out because I didn't chicken out, and then turns out I get chosen to sing it. Life is funny, isn't it?


Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday and a great week! :)

I'm just full of excuses.

It's been a week since I last posted. A week! That's bad. I promise that once life slows down a little I'll start posting more often. Here's just a hint of the craziness lately:

• After miserably searching I finally found a truck! A '94 Ford Ranger. I'll post pictures tomorrow when I get it!
• I'm going to the OSAA State Choir Championship with Rebel Singers on Friday! Woo!
• Monday is the AP Biology Exam. I am so incredibly nervous. I really want to get the credit so I can skip basic college Bio. Eek!
• I have an essay to write tonight. Go procrastinators!

Along with all the usual insanity of life. 

I got a tan on Sunday, an actual tan. And an actual burn, on my chest which you can see. It hurts. Blah, I never burn. I love my earrings and that shirt because it didn't touch my burn. Best sign ever. In the woman's bathroom at The Electric Station in Eugene.

The Dogs! My Misty is on the left. Sedona is at the animal shelter. Maybe I'll do a Shelter Spotlight on her soon. We have awesome Garter Snakes in our yard. Nail stickers=my favorite.

It's Wednesday, Wednesday, I gotta catch up on Wednesday!

Oh what a curse it is to actually care about school. Being the 4.0 student I am;  missing school stresses me out to the maximum levels of stress. I wish I could be one of those kids that skips school all the time and doesn't have the slightest care, I really would, but I just can't. It goes against every fiber of my extremely eager-to-please and loyal being. Goodness, I sound like a Labrador retriever.

I missed school yesterday to go to a choir festival. Which Rebel Singers did extremely well at by the way. The festival was great fun but returning to a day of school today, not so much.

The things I missed:

- A lab in AP Bio. Instant death.

- A movie in Economics. Not bad but I have to somehow know the answers for a worksheet..?

- A movie and who knows what else in my Advanced Literary Studies Class. Yay    confusion!

Not to mention all the work I got assigned today and its Junior/Senior Prom this weekend. 

...It's like I'm being punished. 

My hair. Goodness gracious. It was straight this morning but everyone knows it hails and snows in Spring time. Oh you didn't? Neither did I. Until today. I managed to keep a somewhat positive attitude though. Hoorah!

H&M is love. Plain and simple. I got this cardigan there and I adore it...actually I just adore everything there. Why are the stores so far away?

Well, it's almost Thursday which means its almost Friday, which means it's almost Saturday. HEY! I sound like Rebecca Black! Where's my fame and fortune?! Haha :)

Speaking of which, a mid-week present for you: My favorite parody of Friday. If you haven't seen the real thing yet...well look it up because I'm don't want it on here. 

It's official- I've lost what little sanity I had left.

It's finals week...Yay! Not! There is my excuse for my brief hiatus from the blogging world (and complete insanity). Well, and life in general, people specifically. But that is unimportant. I'm back only for a short while because I'm going to the sunny state of California over Spring Break. I get to visit my sister, go to Disneyland all that good stuff.

OH ANNNND I GET AN iPHONE tomorrow! Woot! I'm very excited. My current Samsung Rogue is a worthless piece of technology, so it will be nice to have a functioning phone.

It is beyond stormy here near the Oregon coast, you know with the tsunami and all; what better time to wear the sunglasses I got at school today. Oh the paradoxes of life.

I'm totally ready for new experiences, new challenges, new boys, new people. Bring it life! :)