Oh, What to Do...

{ F21 top, shorts, & necklace; Target wedges; Aldo belt }

Welp, the boyfriend is out of town tonight, and all my friends are either working, on vacation, or have prior engagements. You know what that means?! Aw yeahhhhh... movie night with my parents! Haha. My stepdad wants to see the new Harry Potter movie (I feel like I mention HP on my blog a bit more than a normal person would...) so looks like I'm seeing it again! Which of course I don't mind. Then, who knows? I'll probably just watch Hey Arnold and Rocko's Modern Life (cartoons from my childhood) on netflix while stuffing my face with ice cream until I fall asleep. I know, I'm a real party animal.

xx

English Wonders

( F21 shorts, Kohls top, Target sandals and bracelet )

My cousins from England have been having a great time while visiting America, but it's weird for me to be a tourist in a city I spend almost every day. They've been taking pictures of things I see to be mundane, yet to them, they've never seen anything like it. For example, yesterday we went to Walmart to pick up a couple things, and they said, "Take a picture of us!" In my mind I think, why on Earth would you want a picture in front of a Walmart... granted they have great low prices, but really? ... Then I remembered they don't have Walmarts in England, but they know what they are due to news, television, and movies (I'm guessing). My cousin Matthew even wanted a picture with a box of Lucky Charms cereal. I told him to next time go for the box of Frosted Flakes... they're much more photogenic.

So far I've taken them downtown to see the Alamo, the Riverwalk, and up to the Tower of Amreicas. One thing they noticed is how many drive-through places we have, and that they're not all McDonald's (which is the only one they have in England) haha. I want to take them to my city's theme park and maybe even take them to Austin to show them where I go to college. We all went and saw the Green Lantern last night which was pretty cool. I told them about the certain theaters we have that serve food during the movie (other than popcorn, hotdogs, nachos, etc) to which Matthew responded, "why is this country always eating?" ...ummm..... because it's good!





These pictures were taken on Father's Day, so of course I had to sneak a picture of my dad in here! Don't we look alike? Some people say I look like my mother, but I think that's just because they can't look past my hair and skin color (which matches my mother's exactly). With no makeup on and my hair pulled back, I look just like my father. We even used to have the same teeth! But in high school I got braces, so I didn't have a huge gap anymore. Trae said it best when he told me I'm like "a female sketch of my dad, but with my mom's coloring" haha he is so right. My dad is an amazing person, and I'm so grateful to have him in my life. I am my dad's one and only child, so it's nice not having to share him :) Love you, Dad.

xx

The Face of Fury

Urban Outfitters top
F21 skirt and shoes
Ring was a gift

Sometimes I can mask my emotions so well. In this photoshoot I am so pissed off haha. Why? Well let me tell you! I was running late to Trae's house, and when I got there, we had about 40 or so minutes before the sun fell. So, I rush inside and Trae is playing some computer game which is fine, but for 5 minutes I needed him RIGHT THEN. I begged him to please come outside for a moment to take pictures to which he said, "Okay hold on, this game will only take a few minutes." Nooooooooooooooooooo! Okay. So I wait a few minutes. Then some more minutes. He eventually finishes (25 minutes left), and as soon as he does, he gets a phone call which took an extra huge chunk of time. 

By this point, I'm not only anxious, I'm starving! We planned to go out for pizza and I was just about ready to pass out! Finally, with minutes to spare, we leave the house and got a couple shots just before sunset. I'm the type of person where when I have an empty stomach, I am cranky. Like a baby, but instead of crying about it, I sat there in a silent state of rage. I know it's because I'm super impatient...  which I'm trying to work on! Props to Trae though; this boy wonder is always able to make me smile even when I refuse to talk out of sheer anger. Gotta love the kid.

As you can see, we did make it to the restaurant, and all was right with the world again. There was live music and the pizza was pretty tasty, so who am I to complain? That smile in the last photo isn't fake or forced, for I finally got my pizza! Who could be mad with pizza in their belly... No really, WHO??

If you ever read this, Trae, thanks for putting up with my impatience and crabbiness :)

xx

Market Square

Dress from unknown shop in England
F21 belt
DSW shoes
Necklace was a gift

Today was my dad's 49th birthday. He wanted to go downtown where the Market Square was to eat, shop around, and listen to some live music. If you can't tell, I get my looks (as well as personality) from my dad. He's a crazy fellow haha. It was so hot today though, even my sundress couldn't keep me cool. Days like today make me wish I had short hair! Still, I can't believe my dad is going to be 50 next year. I was telling him that I feel like he's been in his 40's all my life so to be another decade older is bizarre! Sigh. I wish my parents would stop getting older! It makes me sad for some reason.

Tomorrow Trae and I are off to Washington DC, so the posts for the next week are going to be minimal. But we're bringing the camera and his laptop, so I'll try to squeeze in as much as I can! I still haven't packed. I don't know what to bring! What if it rains all week while I'm there unexpectedly? Those unlucky situations tend to happen to me often. What are you guys doing for Memorial Day?

xx

Weekend Escapades

It's here!

I drove home on friday night, and on my way there all of the headlights passing me by were starting to reallyyy irritate my left eye. I thought it was just because I was tired or something, but right when I got to Trae's house it started to hurt BADLY. Like, it hurt when any kind of light was in the room. Trae would turn on a lamp and my eye would flinch in protest. It was horrible! I immediately went to the eye doctor the next day and he told me I caught some sort of virus in my left eye. My first thought was "Great. Right before all of my finals." I was given medication, so it's feeling better now, but still! Just my luck, right?

ANYWAY-

Saturday was moving day! My parents bought a new house, so I had to tear my room apart in order to get all my crap in my car! The one cool thing about moving is that you find stuff that you lost years ago! I found a bracelet, some flips flops, and a purse that I was missing for ages! I also got to finally see me and Trae's camera! I love it! I need to read up on the manual.




Whilst cleaning, this sucker below (beware) was hiding under a giant stuffed bear I have and scared the !@#$% out of me!! I got up and ran screaming into the other room! Usually Trae thinks i overreact when it comes to bugs, but even he admitted those things are creepy. Luckily, it was dead already, but I didn't know that when I started freaking out haha.


I hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day! Here are some pictures of my family and I at a restaurant called Little Red Barn which we went to for lunch. Every time I go there I ask for a menu, and they tell me the menu is on the walls. Doh!







You're probably sick of looking at pictures by now, but hold on! I was able to take a couple of mediocre outfit shots Saturday night; I didn't have my closet to work from, just a dress I had to grab on the go while Trae was rushing me! Don't worry, this is just a sneak peak!




F21 dress & shoes
Target sunglasses
Agaci bag


xx

Partying. Partying. Yeah?

Fun fun fun. Sorry, that stupid song has been in my head all day!
Last night a few friends and I had a little party for Rene's birthday. My friend Jorge has this really nice camera, and I've been wanting to get one like it for awhile. The pictures are just so much more defined. I need to start saving my money so I can get one! Here are a few pictures he took:

This last one is from my camera. 

What I wore:
Forever 21 sandals, skirt, and necklace
Express black tanktop
Express chunky cardigan

"That's how I roll. You ever hear that expression? 'That's how I roll' ... That's stupid."
- my italian prof.

A Saturday for studying...

I didn't plan on spending my whole weekend studying, but I guess along with college comes sacrifices, right? I have a Sociology exam Monday, two exams on Tuesday for History and a class called Race, Ethnicity, & the Media, THEN (as if it weren't enough) on Wednesday I have an Italian exam. Torture. On the bright side, last year my boyfriend bought us tickets to see Lady gaga for April 6th which coincidentally falls on the night of my last exam, so that will be a really nice reward for a tough week! I'm excited. Because my boyfriend lives an hour away in San Antonio, he will usually drive up to Austin on the weekend to hang out with me; however, because of all the studying I knew I'd be doing, he had to stay home this time. So, today when I was just about ready to fall asleep from reading my history book, my roommate comes in and said I got a letter! I never get mail, so after singing the "We just got a Letter" song from Blues Clues (weird, I know), I opened it and was surprised to see a just-because card from my boyfriend! It's those little things that make me love that boy more and more each day. After that I was feeling all lovey-dovey so I made this collage hehe.


He even drew a little version of himself to keep me company while I study haha it actually looks just like him! I hope everyone else is having a better weekend than me! Back to the books....