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Blue

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Blue- that's how I'm feeling, and coincidentally what I'm wearing. Yup, blue shirt, blue jeans and....err, green socks. I can't really explain the mood I'm in, but it's been a few days now.

I try hard not to be pessimistic or depressing on my blog, because no one wants to read that. But today, I just need to write this all out for myself.

On Wednesday, I got caught in the rain and a driver decided that rather than slowing down or avoiding the large puddle, he would race through it and splash the well dressed pedestrian, aka me. I'm pretty sure that one incident describes the past few days pretty well.

Hopefully a nap and a shower will take my blues away.

The science of pink

Happy Pink Thursday, muffins!

Megan, my fabulous roommate from last year, sent me this photo of her bio notes. I think it's particularly fabulous, and very fitting, because Megan is coming up to visit this weekend.

I miss her tons, and I'm so excited for a great weekend filled with food, costumes, coloring, the mustache game, debauchery, shopping, pumpkins and reading some very interesting poetry from our favorite 15 year old- don't ask.

Anyway- I hope you all have a great weekend and a fantastic Halloween. Be safe and have fun. Oh, and send me/post your costume photos- I want to see what you all come up with!

Things are looking up!

Well, not to jinx it, but life is going pretty well right now. A close friend of mine from high school just got engaged and another friend got into med school. I'm so excited for both of them. It's ridiculous to think we're old enough to be getting married, graduating from college, going to med school/grad school, looking for our first jobs...

On a much smaller scale, a few exciting things have happened to me this week:

• I finally worked up the courage to try out for a solo in a cappella, and guess what? I got it! I'll be singing the main part in Liz Phair's "Why Can't I" in our fall concert.
• I was stopped at the SOWA open market and photographed by a local fashion blogger. Check out my outfit here. Thanks Allie!
• My dad brought me his extra flash, and Kristyn/Izzy are going to show me how to use it. This means I'll be able to share some of my favorite recipes, complete with photos. 

So ladies and gents, how is your week going? Anything exciting going on? Do share!

Announcing the Blog Friend Crush Award!

Hi everyone- I've been wanting to acknowledge some of my favorite bloggers and their fantastic blogs for a while now.  So, I've come up with a fantastic award that I like to call The Blog Friend Crush award!

Hooray!!

What exactly is this award, you ask? Let me give you the history:

I first heard the term "Best Friend Crush" from my friend Jess. Basically, it's someone who you secretly want to be best friends with....no romantic feelings involved.

A "Blog Friend Crush" is a blogger who you secretly (or not so secretly) want to be friends with.

I'll be keep track of my BFCs on a special BFC Award page, located at the top of my blog, so check back soon for more winners!

So without much further ado, the first BFC award goes to:

Sunday Confessional: I hate white socks

Check out my previous confessions

If you take a look in my sock drawer (or my underwear drawer, actually), you'll notice the absence of the traditional abundance of white. I admit, I think I have 1-2 pairs of non-colorful socks, but other than that, it's purples and pinks, greens and blues and the occasional argyle pair.

Don't worry, I can justify my affinity for colorful socks with a completely logical explanation: they take less time to pair together after I do laundry.

Unless all of your white socks are the same brand and same exact design, you probably spend too much time matching sock lengths and toe-designs in order to put the correct socks together. I, on the other hand, simply have to find two socks of the same color. It's a time saving device I discovered when I started doing my own laundry after high school.

Oh, and in case you're wondering- my socks don't typically match the outfit I'm wearing. If they're hidden in boots- who the heck cares?

Does anyone else do this, or am I just a sock freak?

Wellies for London!

I caved and bought a pair of Hunter boots today, as my last two pairs of more inexpensive rain boots have since died. These new rain boots- actually, let's call them wellies because I will be wearing them in London next semester- are amazing.

Yes folks, in addition to scoring a great pair of boots, I also just got accepted into the BU London program.

You know what that means- very exciting blog material for you!

I'm particularly excited about these wellies  because I got them marked down from $149.99 to $49.99!

I know, I know, I'm your favorite bargainista!

Now how the heck did I save about a gazillion percent on these babies? Because I bought them on my new favorite site, Rue La La:

"Rue La La is... an exclusive, invitation-only online destination where Members discover premier-brand, private sale Boutiques, each open for just a brief window of time. Our focus is a well-edited collection of sought-after offerings from the best brand names in the world - combined with helpful service."

Basically, you have about 5 minutes between the time they first "open" the boutique until all of the great stuff is scooped up. 

So if you want in, just use my invite code. Trust me, you want in, even if it's just to ogle the goodies.

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Pink gets posh

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From the press release:

"A unique celebration of style with substance, the world-leading White Cashmere Collection is crafted entirely in 100 per cent pure, soft and luxurious sheets of Cashmere Bathroom Tissue, Canada’s best-selling brand. The Cashmere BT (bathroom tissue) Couture collection also heralds the return of limited-edition Pink Cashmere, a fund- and awareness-raiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, with twenty-five cents from the sale of every package of Pink going directly to the Foundation."

I love this idea! It's sort of like Project Runway, but for a cause. If we didn't go through toilet paper so quickly in my 4-girl apartment, I'd try to make a dress of my own.

Too bad this campaign is only in Canada. It's times like these that I wish I lived in Victoria with Jenni.

Props to Paula for sharing this.

The ladybugs are taking over!

Is anyone else dealing with a ladybug infestation? Our windows are covered in them! They're darting about everywhere and are, um...sort of disgusting.

I just read that ladybugs can literally freeze overnight and then come back to life when they warm up. I'm assuming that's why they're here.

And to think I used to find them cute....

Night Walk

 

Last night I decided to take my camera with me to a cappella practice. This may not sound like a big deal, but let me tell you, it was. Instead of throwing it in my purse (like I would throw that camera anywhere, come on), I hesitantly wore it around my neck.

 It was probably just in my head, but I felt everyone's eyes on me. What was such a tiny girl doing with such a huge camera? 

Though I desperately wanted to take pictures of the swarms of BU hockey fans making their way to Agganis Arena, I just couldn't. I couldn't even take non-people photos, for fear that I would be watched and asked to show the pictures I'd just snapped.

When I finally made it past the crowds, I decided to alter my route to walk by the river, with the hopes of having a little more privacy to take photos. Though I'm still unclear on how to use all my camera settings in different situations, I really enjoyed playing around and trying different ways to get the same shot.

I even captured a crew boat venturing out in the night. It was really hard to keep the camera steady and also capture the boat before it rowed away, but I tried my hardest!

 

Though I hadn't been keeping track of time, I finally realized that my fun photo time needed to come to an end. Content with the photos I had taken, I walked towards the Hillel building, only to stop and take yet another photo. Although the leaves looked like they were on fire, it was actually just some kind of light fixture. It sort of reminded me of a cross between the burning bush and the fire pit in Are you Afraid of the Dark?.

 

Oh, and I just had to include this photo of Big D. I think she looks adorable! I couldn't help but take photos of some of my favorite girls once I got to practice!

 

So anyway, here's to hoping I'll learn tons and become a fantastic photographer. And more importantly, hopefully I'll get over my phobia of taking pictures around strangers.

Commercials make me cringe...and smile

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I've been watching a lot of TV lately with my roommates. It's sort of like a bonding activity, I guess. Wednesday nights are for Glee, and Thursday nights are for Vampire Diaries (Izzy's choice), Grey's Anatomy (Kristyn and Izzy's choice) and Private Practice (mine and Kristyn's choice).

In addition to specific "scheduled" TV time, we've also spent a lot of time vegging in front of the TV and doing other things. Take Friday, for instance, while Kristyn did some reading (I have no idea how she can do that), I brought my straightener into the living room and did my hair while watching What Not to Wear.

Basically, I've watched a lot of TV and have seen a ton of commercials. Because we've been watching the same channels typically at similar times, we've seen the same commercials over, and over and OVER again.

I've gotten to the point where I want to mute the TV and scream. I have too many jingles stuck in my head. I know all of the punch lines. These commercials are getting old.

But, as much as I hate most of the commercials I've been taking in, their are a few that still make me laugh:

• I love the idea of voting for your favorite happy cow. It's sort of like a Miss America pageant...but for bovines. 
• I also love Kleenex's "Get Mommed" campaign, where you can choose your ideal mom. Apparently, my favorite mom type is "Jessica," who is  more of a friend than a mom (think Lorelai Gilmore). 
• Finally, I love Visa's "Super Freak" commercial. It's very catchy:

Just curious- which commercials are you currently loving...and which make you cringe?