New Year's Resolutions

I'm not a big fan of New Year's Resolutions, only because I forget about them after 2 weeks and then never re-address them after the year is up. The last time I set New Years' Resolutions was like, 2009, so I'm little tentative, but I'm going to try. Here are my New Year's Resolutions:

1. By far the most common goal set by Americans- lose 17 pounds. I don't care what anyone says about this, honestly- I'm well out of the healthy weight range for my height and age, and I need to once and for all try and feel better about myself.

2. Be happier- like one of my favorite YouTubers always says, "Choose happiness over anger"- I'm amazingly bad at this- I love to get angry and stay that way, so I have to learn to let it go-and even if I really do have a good reason to be angry, to at least pretend to be happy in school or in public.

3. Get a part-time summer job- a lot of kids my age are starting to get jobs working in the mall or something like that, and so I figure it's about time that I do the same- I need at least some kind of work experience before college.

4. Fix my skin problems- I've been suffering from disgusting eczema and rashes for as long as I can remember, and I'm so tired of it.

5. Strengthen my knee- since 2010, I have dislocated my knee, broke a little piece off my patella, and gotten a surgery for it, and my knee has just felt unstable ever since, and I'm so tired of being afraid of doing anything, especially exercise.

6. Post a YouTube Video at least once every week during the summer- I love YouTube so much, but I never have the motivation or courage to put myself out there and really get involved with the community (I mostly admire from afar), so this summer I want to explore my hobby of making videos and see if maybe I can make some new YouTube friends :)

That's all of the goals I can think of, or that I dare to set right now, considering that I am pretty much positive I will achieve none of these goals. Here's to hoping that 2012 is better than 2011.

New Year's Resolutions

1. Learn to figure skate ... again
2. Learn French so I can hold a conversation with Tazy
3. Get my Etsy store up and running
4. work on becoming a beach bunny :-P
5. which means i need to get over my fear of large bodies of water ... and sand
6. Learn to keep my cool and not get mad at all the slight provocations 
7. get through my stash of yarn ... I have so much knitting to do!
8. sew a dress
9. tackle each of the recipes i've been saving up

I will probably be adding to this list ... but this is the start.

On My Paper Anniversary My Sweetheart Got From Me .... *

*sung to the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas

A knit cover for his Touchpad [made from cotton yarn]

If you're into Steampunk ...

Modcloth has some great options right now ...

Not much spirit for Spirit Week :P

So I realize this Spirit Week post is way late, but I figure it's still ok considering our pep rally and homecoming were postponed to last weekend, a when I would be out of the state -___-. Still, even if I missed it, I always have next year!

For each day of Spirit Week we have a designated dress up day, so this year the schedule was like this:

Monday- Pajama Day

Tuesday- Twin Day (Find someone to dress identically with)

Wednesday- Mix and Match Day

Thursday- Character Day

For Monday, I was really tired, so I decided just to keep it simple by wearing a sweatshirt, some plaid black and white pajama bottoms, and my little stuffed goggy :)

This picture makes me laugh only because we took this in a seminar where we were having a visitation from a rep from Penn State.. so he was pretty confused as to why we were all wearing pajamas...heehee.

For twin day, I usually dress up with my friend every year, so this year we just found inexpensive matching shirts that we could even wear normally, and then I found a bunch of matching accessories.

I know it's not a full length picture, but the only good pictures that were taken of our outfits were by the yearbook photographers, so I'm not counting on ever seeing those... We were wearing matching scarves, silver hoop earings, shirts, and headbands.

Mix and Match day is one that's personally fun for me, only because I get to pull out some clothes that I wouldn't normally wear and not really care about if what I'm wearing coordinates or not. I also love it because my mom gets so embarrassed at how crazy I get with the mixing :)

I look super weird in this picture but I had no choice considering this was the only picture that taken of me that day, and I didn't bother to take any pictures of myself :P. If you're wondering, I was trying to explain some chemistry thing to my mini-bearded friend there.

Finally, Thursday, my absolute favorite day by far- CHARACTER DAY! I take a lot of pride in my Halloween costumes, and since no one really gets to see them very much, I like to show off my costumes in school during Spirit Week, heehee. So this year, I decided to go back to one of my favorite Halloween costumes... *drumroll*

THE MAD HATTER!

So yeah, that was pretty much my Spirit Week, rolled up into one tasty blog post :) Unfortunately I wasn't able to go to homecoming or the pep rally, but if I get chance when I get back home, I could just take a picture with my class t-shirt to show you guys the awesome-ness of it :)

Cat appreciation gone a little too far ...

So as much as I love my baby, Big Cat ... I don't love her to the point I would turn her into a source of crafting material ...

But apparently there are people out there that want to have a piece of their cat with them always ....

UPDATE:

2 months of procrastinating and struggling has come to an end ... DONE IS GOOD!

When art and literature combine

Went to a book event at Purl Soho tonight. Amazing display of embroidery skills in redesigning three Penguin Classics. I personally loved the cover for The Secret Garden.

Also ... Elda Rotor is AWESOME :-P

P.S. If anyone is interested in reading about the event, here is the link.

Polo Preppy

I'm back again with another post- I'm trying to be better about keeping up with these things. Well today was a yucky, cold day, so I wanted to be warm and comfortable, so behold- the Polo Prepster! This shirt is very special to me, because the last time I wore it I found out one of my dreams was about to come true, so I personally like this outfit a lot- I may be slightly biased though. :P

Dress: Ralph Lauren Polo

Tights: Apt. 9 black tights from Kohls

Boots: Madden Girl Zandora Boots in Tan Paris from Macys

Beret: Made with love by Shar :)

Little Schoolgirl

I know this post is very late...but better a month later than never I guess. Recently I ran for the position of SAC (Student Advisory Council) Secretary, so this is something like what I wore for the speech about 2 weeks ago. Fortunately I won the election, even though everyone thought I looked like a "Puritan Schoolgirl." The fact that we were reading "The Crucible" in English class and Puritanism in AP History didn't help...

(Yeah I know, it's pretty much the worst angle to take a picture from ever, but I needed a quick way to get my whole outfit in the picture, so my bookshelf served as a tripod...)

Dress: Dear Creatues Avalon Starburst in Cream (as seen here)

Tights: Apt 9 brand black stockings from Kohls

Shoes: White Mountain Icon (seen here)

Black beret from Target

Wardrobe Malfunction- My First Day of School Outfit Story

As promised, here is my very first post of the new school year..but off to a rough start. See, this was the original outfit I wore to school:

Dress: Macy's

Lace tee underneath from Kohls

Leggings from H&M

Ed Hardy Locket borrowed from Shar

Feather hair fascinator from H&M

Unfortunately, about five minutes after I got off the bus, the zipper that goes down the front of this dress completely split, and since the lace tee I was wearing underneath was practically see through and I only had a sweater to cover myself up, I was panicking. Fortunately, mom came to the rescue with a new shirt, and one sprint to the office and change in the nurse's room later-

Green/Black striped sweater dress from Forever 21

So yeah, that was fun.