February Snapshots

This is my month at a glance, according to my instagram pictures! I really wish I had pictures from Flannel Fest. It was such a fun and cute night with some of my most important friends. Other people took pictures but I haven't seen any yet! Gr! I hate that. Anyway, I am so excited that this is the last day of February. This was a rough month, my friends. I definitely had some fun times with Mike and Em and other great friends. But overall, I am very excited for a fresh month with less school and less snow and less stress in general. Last weekend it was actually sunny when I got off work at 5, which is an excellent sign!! I was starting to forget what the sun looked like! Hopefully March holds lots of good things for everyone :)

• I took a Detective Fiction class last year, and ever since, I have had a huge appreciation for Agatha Christie. I'm an old woman.
• One slow day at work, Mark, Jenna, and I made a huge rubber band ball. It was actually hilarious and I will never be able to explain why.
• We celebrated my Nonno's 84th birthday! He and my Nonna paused mid-arguing to take some adorable pictures together hehe :)
• I bought this cardigan with studs on it, and I absolutely love it! The fact that it is a cardigan makes it very Angela-ish, but the studs are something I wouldn't typically wear. It's so fun to wear with my girlier clothes.
• I wore sooo many heart patterns in preparation for Valentine's Day.
• I made Mike cookies for V Day :) One of the only things I'm capable of doing in the kitchen!
• Em, Mark, Mike, and I had a colouring night. Mark and I found this colouring book at work one day and NEEDED to buy it. It's the funniest thing, you guys, for real. It was so fun, and Em and I have the greatest boyfriends who will colour with us.
• I wore my duck skirt.
• I won a $100 Tim Card on Roll Up the Rim!! So crazy and awesome!! I've never won anything so big, it was extremely exciting :D
• Mike bought me lilies, my favourite flower, for Valentine's Day.
• I boldly went where no me has gone before and buttoned my shirt up all the way.

The End of Reading Week

I'm currently blogging at you all from work! How fun. Today is the last official day of my reading week, and tomorrow I'm back at school. I'm not exactly looking forward to it considering my reading week consisted of very little reading, and I'm a little behind because of it. I did have a nice break though! When I wasn't at work I had lots of time with friends and whatnot. On Friday night, my friends and I had a very successful February Flannel Fest. We all wore flannel and listened to country music and drank quite a lot. It was extremely fun! And I doubt the pictures will ever meet this blog, because while I haven't seen them yet, I'm quite sure they'll be hideous.

I wore this outfit last night, after work, to do absolutely nothing, avoid homework, and to be as lazy as humanly possible. And also to shop online. I discovered River Island last week, and made a purchase that I'm already regretting. I mean I'm super excited for it, because I purchased oodles of cute new clothes and a fun bright blue frilly bathing suit, so that's awesome. But I was hoping to save money for the next little while and I'm not doing that well on that front! Wish me luck friends, because in the battle with my awful, ugly shopping addiction, I'm going to need it. Le sigh. Anyway this outfit is super comfy, the polka dots are fun, and this top only cost me $6 so that's a bonus!

(I don't know what I'm doing in that last picture but I look a little insane. Which I suppose is accurate) Anyway I should go back to work and make some money to replace the funds I spent this weekend! So long y'all!

Outfit Details
Earrings- Forever 21
Scarf- Smart Set
Polka Dot Top- Forever 21
Jeans- American Eagle
Flats- Urban Outfitters
Bracelet- Unknown

What the Duck!

Today was the first day of my reading week! I am hoping to actually get some reading done, but it's hard to find the motivation with days off from work and mornings begging to be slept through. My friends and I are planning a fun little get-together at the end of this week (Flannel Fest, to be specific) which I'm very much looking forward to! It's nice to have some time off from school and get to relax. Things have been especially stressful around these parts lately, so I'm hoping this week is a successful break.

I wore this outfit today to go for a sushi date with Mike (which was fun and delicious and resulted in tummy aches from too much food). And then later in the evening, I went to hang out with Em and our good pal Erin. Reading week may not be as exciting as it was in first year, but it's always so so nice to catch up with close friends! We had an excellent evening of girl chats and almost forgot that we needed to go home and sleep at some point.

I remember I first laid eyes on this duck skirt three years ago in the Urban Outfitters in the Mall of America. I fell in love with it, but at the time, I felt it was too quirky/daring to wear (there was a point when that was actually a concern for me, imagine that) and I didn't want to spend that much money on it. After months of stalking it online, I finally bought it when it was on sale, and I'm SO glad I did. It's so fun and quirky and it's remained one of my favourite pieces all these years. I even wore it one year for Halloween as part of a "hunter" costume (it was a hilarious costume both because I am a vegetarian, and because it was about as un-obvious and awful as costumes get... people thought I was a Russian mobster).

I'm doing well remembering to wear my dresses and skirts more often so bully for that. Also I've been watching Downton Abbey every second of free time I get, so phrases like "bully for that" have slowly worked their way into my vocabulary. Does anyone else like Downton Abbey? I don't really know anyone else who is as into it as I am, and mostly my friends have just called me an old woman or laughed at me when I describe the plot! IT'S SO GOOD THOUGH, I feel that the world needs to understand what a quality show it is. I've just started season 3 so I won't spoil it for you and you don't spoil it for me either ;) Thanks all of you for reading and I hope you're having a wonderful reading week/ normal regular week so far! xo

Outfit Details
Cardigan- Joe Fresh
Circle Scarf- Smart Set
Skirt- Urban Outfitters
Shoes- Urban Outfitters
Earrings- Forever 21

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Mike made me a YUMMY meal and bought me flowers and it was altogether adorable! I baked him heart cookies. Because Valentine's Day is the perfect excuse to make everything into hearts :) I know not everyone loves Valentine's Day, but I seriously have too much fun with this holiday. Sidenote, I'm going to apologize right now for the quality of these photos. I took timer-shots on my phone in absolutely horrible weather and they look like absolute crap, UGH. I hate looking at them. This post is bugging me. I really want a new camera MEOOOWW. < /end whine >

This outfit was really fun to wear! I'm not used to red, or bright colours in general, and when I left the house I was not at all happy with this outfit. But as the day progressed I started to like it more. I also got comments from every one of my profs about how I was the only one dressed for Valentine's Day, which was slightly embarrassing (insert hashtag smalluniversityproblems here). There's just something about this holiday that makes me want to go all out! I'm the same way with St. Patrick's Day (which by the way I can't wait for)!!

These days I have been absolutely exhausted. What with work and school and stress and attempting to maintain a social life, I haven't been getting any sleep. I'm really hoping to squeeze in some nap time this weekend between shifts at work! Wish me luck hahaha. I hope you are all luckier than me and have a relaxing weekend :)

Outfit Details
Panama Hat- GoJane
Red Lace Dress- Urban Outfitters
Belt- Forever 21
Oversized Cardigan- Nonna's old
Shoes- Urban Outfitters
Satchel- Aldo