fashion weeeek!

yes, i know i'm way late. however, as they say, better late than never! ("they" being my bus driver. i have gotten to first period exactly once on time. :p) anyway, here are my favorite collections after a quick browseabout at style.com. (which, incidentally, is where all the pictures are from.) in no particular order, i liked...

1.) betsey johnson

betsey johnson was one of the first designers to get me into runway collections,  and i think think her s/s '10 show was the perfect mix of crazy and elegant. ;) plus, her headpieces were fabulous. i mean, who wouldn't want to walk around with a giant piece on neon tulle on their head?!

2.) luella (<3!!)

luella is one of my absolute favorite designers of all time. possibly my #1?... but let's not get too crazy here.  but it literally took every ounce of self control i have not to put every single look from the collection here. it's just all so perfect... the neutrals, sometimes soft and sometimes graphic, mixed with neons, polka dots, patent bows, and crazy eyeshadow... i want it all.

3.) marc by marc jacobs

i felt that the mark by mark jacobs was pretty much a huge mishmash of different things, not much of a unifying theme or anything... but i'm totally fine with that. :) the hairbows are cute but i adore the glasses. (click for a bigger picture of you have to. it's sooo worth it.)

4.) zac posen

i don't really have much to say about zac posen except that i liked the colors. and i think that's a pretty decent reason, don't you? 

5.) temperly london

in the total opposite direction, i liked temperly because of the lack of colors. the tophats were a nice touch, too. i just really like the androgynous feel of this collection.

6.) moschino cheap & chic

 yes, yes, and yes. again, i had a lot of trouble choosing which pics to include. everything's just so perfect. this collection pleases my inner girly-girl. but my outer girly-girl likes it too. ;) all in all, my favorite collection in addition to luella! 

7.) house of holland

yeah, i just thought the whole "house" thing was too clever. :) nice change from the normal old circular polka dots, in my opinion.

after a comprehensive study, i conclude that bows will be big this spring. and polka dots. you'd never guess that just from looking at the pictures, though, right? ;)

i also usually really love rodarte and d&g, but this time i thought they were a little disappointing. :( (what's with all the denim?!) and, of course, the alexander wang collection was all well and good, but shall be remembered for one thing alone: the wang braid.

i also saw a ton of collections i liked on other blogs too, none of which i can remember at the moment. which bothers me. bleh.

and totally switching topics, i tried bubble tea for the first time yesterday! the place i went had all sorts of flavors, from red bean (?) to strawberry. (i got sour green apple.) it's really weird, cos the tapioca bubbles and all squishy and chewy. and i thought the "tea" part would be, well, more like tea. or at least like a smoothie. instead it's more like a slurpee... but still, really good. :) if you've never tried it before, you definitely should!

who knew plastic wrap could be so classy?

the fabulous coco rocha

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sparse post, i know. right now i'm trying to catch up with ny fashion week, expect a list of my faves soon!

school, sports, homework, sleep, rinse and repeat...

i miss blogging so much... ugh, i hate being busy! school is seriously eating into my blogging time. :( my teachers are against students having social lives, i think... either that, or  i just suck at time management. (speaking of which, my dad sent me this youtube video on time management, and yesterday when he asked if i watched it yet i said no. when he asked why, i said because it's over an hour long! how ironic...)

here's what i wore today. yes, today. not yesterday. not last week.really, actually, today. i'm quite proud of myself. :)

 

i had the idea for this outfit in my head pretty much since i bought the sweater.

this picture shows the color of my sweater best. i used to avoid orange a lot because i thought it was super-unflattering, but now i think the burnt orange looks good with my hair color, if i do say so myself. ;)

sweater: marshalls, skirt: target, i think..., tights: ???, shoes: childhood closet (seriously. i've had these forever.)

also, i have the occasion to get more-than-usual dressed up for a thing in two weeks (ooh, suspense!), and i have my heart set on a one-shouldered dress. if anyone know where i can get a cute one for not-too-expensive (preferably under $100-$150), please let me know... i'd love you forever! ;)

taylor swift in her fabulous dress...

p.s. i updated my blogger account thingie, and everything works so much better now! i didn't know i could update, so if you haven't yet, be sure to do it. :) look! i can do strikeout! hee hee hee...

p.p.s. i just had an idea! i think i'll write posts on saturday/sunday (when i actually have the time) and schedule them to post during the week. so it's like i'm actually posting regularly again! genius, right?

p.p.p.s. (yes, i know this is getting kind of ridiculous.) can you guys see my sidebar? i've been messing around with the html and sometimes it just randomly goes away, even if i don't change it. verrrrry strange... and i'm updating my blogroll hopefully sometime this weekend! in case you were interersted...

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ok, first off i'd like to say i'm sorry for not responding to comments/posting! school just started for me, and i've been super-busy. i mean, i barely have enough time to finish my homework and then sleep is all i can think about. this means i might not be blogging as much for the next few weeks, but don't worry! i'd never totally abandon my blog. :) and i'll try to keep up with all of yours. deal?

anyway, this semester i'll be taking a photography course which i'm really excited for. we won't be doing as much darkroom stuff as i hoped, but maybe (hopefully?) blog pictures will improve!

(this would've been my camera if we were doing more film work. :( it's a 35mm nikon f65.)

rewinding to the back-to-school thing, i'm very proud of myself. i haven't worn jeans at all since school started. (this is a big deal for me. i used to live in my jeans.) i've been dressing more creatively, and people have actually come up to me in the hallways and told me something like, "yeah, i've seen you a few times this week, and you have awesome style!" :) which makes me go all, "aww, thanks!" and everything. but (and there's always a "but," isn't there?) i didn't take any pictures. not any worth posting, anyway. sorry 'bout that. :( i'll remember next week, i promise!

p.s. last post you guys broke my comment record! yay! (it might have something to do with the fact i haven't updated in like a week, but i'd just like to think you all actually like my blog and are patiently waiting for me to post.)

well, i have to go! bio homework's calling! and don't forget to check back soon for some more interesting posts. ciao!

wintergirls

(all pictures stolen from lovely girls' weardrobe accounts... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

i want one...

(women's wool-blend cadet jacket, $69.50 at old navy)

(military buttoned jacket, $37.80 at forever 21)

(military vest graphic tee, $10.80 at forever 21)

no other words necessary. now i think the only question is what color?

taggidy-tag

the lovely laura from kisses and curls gave my this tag! thankyouverymuch. :)

i'm supposed to list ten facts about me, so here they are:

1. i'm a leftie. i guess that doesn't matter much on the internet, most people are surprised when they figure it out. i have no idea why.
2. i can fly in all my dreams. my "superpower" would be flying, no matter how cliche it is! :)
3. if i can help it, i only write/type in lowercase. (i.e., on this blog, not on school papers, ect.)
4. when i was three i decided i was going to be the tooth fairy when i grew up. please note my mother did nothing to dissuade me at all from this plan.
5. i am not a morning person. at all. my family has learned this the hard way. ;)
6. i still don't know how to ride a bike. :( i feel that this is like some type of important skill i'll need later in life, but it's so hard! esp. since i never learned to when i was little.
7. i think i'd like a tattoo on the inside of my wrist/lower arm, but i'm not sure exactly what it would be. i'm not good at making decisions that i'll live to live with for a long time... literally.
8. i used to be so fluent in spanish i would dream in it. hee hee, not anymore, though...
9. i love reading books (and blogs!) written by people from the u.k. since i love the way they say "loads" instead of "lots," and "crisps" instead of "chips" and things like that.
10. i have 3 sets of double letters in my name (middle and last), which i think is pretty cool. (if this doesn't make any sense at all, i mean double letters like the two o's in "book." yeah. three of those.)

it was hard to choose just a few of you to tag, so even if i didn't tag you feel free to do it too! (and if i tagged you and if you've already gotten it/don't do tags, i'm sorry. :( ) anyway, i tag:

dreaming spires and old car tyres
girl with the bow tie
lisa's likes
hipster musings
magpie girl

p.s. for some reason, my sidebar is at the very bottom of the page. does anyone know why/how to fix it?? thanks!

my life as of 11:19 today

<3 i got back from my vacation last week, and am still trying to get through all the posts on my bloglovin' account. so i'm sorry if it takes me a while a comment on all your wonderful blogs. :( <3 yesterday the weather (finally!) got cooler, it feels like fall is actually here now! which makes me sad as i don't want summer to be over yet, but at the same time i want to wear tights and jackets and cardis and such that can only be worn when it's cool out. <3 this outfit is from before the weather decided it was time for fall:

tank top: target
skirt (really strapless dress): marshall's
belt: also target
shoes: stolen from friend (hence, the slightly too-big-ness)

i think we all agree that outside outfit shots are better. by a lot.

<3 i got a tag from laura (www.kisses and curls.blogspot.com), and i'll be getting to that as soon as possible. <3 i found small town fashion (http://smalltownfashion.tumblr.com/), now one of my new favorite blogs, through weardrobe. it's a tumblr blog (i.e., not blogspot) and for some reason it won't let me comment? i don't know why, can anyone help me? i'm a bit tumblr-impaired...

go check her out, she has awesome style!

<3 i want some of this neon goodness. i'm kind of leaning towards the yellow one...

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'till next time! ;)

edit: some some reason, my html thing is going all screwy, so sorry if this post is sorta messed up. i have no idea what i'm doing, but i'm trying to fix it!

taking pictures of bubbles is a science

k, so last post i was all about my amazing cinnamon-steusel muffins, so last night when i was gonna get together with some old friends, i was totally, "yeah, i'll make some cookies, i'm on such a baking kick!!" well. let's just say they did not turn out as well as the muffins. baking cookies = epic fail. :( anyway... moving on.

the other day, we were amusing ourselves by blowing bubbles with dawn dishsoap and wire coat hangers. (how recession-friendly!) i tried to take pictures of them, but i eventually figured out the trick is to push the shutter button as you blow the bubble, before it has time to pop.

more (fashion-related) bubble pics...

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and this was the reason i was all happy-happy-joy-joy in the last post, i got to go horseback riding for the first time in forever! yipee! :)

this is lucky girl, she's 22 (!) and super-sweet (usually she works with disabled kids!). :)
and wow, do i looks small in this picture or what! and in case anyone's interested, shorts, levi's; t-shirt, junk food; and shoes, converse.

so we went to visit our friends that live on a horse farm, they actually live in a loft about a stable! which is awesome, because (as you can see the from the picture above,) horses can stick their heads out of the bottom of your house. how cool is that? (and it's a fully-furnished house, don't worry, not some icky hay loft or something.)

and of course, being a horse farm and all, everything was equestrian-themed: the mailboxes, the benches, and there were all these statues of carousel horses. (photo-op!)

and this is cowboy, the vegetarian dog. i think he deserved some recognition too. :)

it was loads of fun. :) and on a totally unrelated note, i kinds want a pair of cowboy boots. this pair from wetseal (or maybe this pair?), to be specific. which has nothing to do with the fact i've been spending a lot of time with horses. really. and i prolly wouldn't wear them with jeans (or-god forbid!-a plaid shirt!), just dresses and things like that. see?

cowboy boots by born socialite featuring American Eagle Outfitters

whew! that was a loooooong post. if you made it this far, thanks for listening to me ramble about my life. kisses! <3>

the culinary adventures of muffingirl

today, i think, has been one of the best days of my life. :) really. more pics (and details) to come later, but i wanted to share these pictures right away! i made cinnamon-streusel muffins, but don't be too impressed. i made them with a box mix. shhhhh... that can be our little secret. ;) they smelled absolutely delish the entire time they were baking, too. always an added bonus. we were going to take them to a barbecue, but somehow they got left behind (?), and by the time we got home, some had ants on them! ugh. :p i tried to salvage them, but haven't actually tasted one yet. fingers crossed for that they taste as good as they smell!

let me tell you, even at this point they smelled amazing. *sigh...*

ice cream scoops are actually really helpful in muffin-making!

out of the oven and onto the cooling rack. haha, get it??

i tried to make pictures of muffins more interesting... did it work? i have no idea as to what i'd like to be when i'm older, but lately i feel like i'd love to be a photographer...

close-up aerial view of muffin #7.

i made a mess icing them, but from below i thought it looked like modern art. :)

yum! the finished product! :) (pre-ant invasion)

you know you've been spending too much time reading fashion blogs when...

you start to see things in shops and such and think, that is definitely something so-and-so would wear...

like when i saw these shoes for instance, i immediately thought of the clothes horse.

(paige maryjanes, $19.99 at delias, although unfortunately no longer for sale.)

and to me, this dress = somewhere here (formerly known as vintage tea)

(damask leopard print dress, $22.80 at forever 21)

a.) both these girls have awesome style, go check them out if you haven't already, k?

b.) i'm sorry to either of you if you think i've pegged your style wrong, sorry!

c.) i would really love to own that dress... :)

hmmm.... maybe i could do this as a feature type thing, where if you wanted my to make you an outfit on polyvore (or something like that), something i think would be your style, kind of like a personal stylist/shopper? just a thought... contact me and let me know! (my email is born dot socialite at gmail dot com)