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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.

A Summer Sweet 16 Party

So I was invited to a friend's "Romeo and Juliet" themed Sweet 16...unfortunately while I looked like I was going to a summer wedding, everyone else was wearing clubbing clothes, but I still like this outfit!

Dress: Tabitha Pitter Patter Dress from Anthropologie

Shoes: Style&Co Muriel Sandals from Macy's

Bermuda Bag: Urban Outfitters Circa '04

Shawl borrowed from Shar

Hello Interwebz..

What a lot of you may not know is that there is another half to this blog- another sister- an underachieving, lazy sister when it comes to this blog :( Shar has done such a great job with this blog all by herself, but I feel terrible for not contributing. That is why I've decided that for this coming school year, I will try to post at least one thing every week. I realize making this promise to myself is like not making one at all, so I'm making it to you interwebz. Hold me to it!

Happy Bastille Day