Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Ten

the dress: as shirt // button down: thrift store // skirt: forever 21 // shoes: target



Can I just complain about something that I totally should not be complaining about at the moment? It's this little thing called marriage. Okay, maybe not exactly that. More like getting engaged, specifically in high school. The second person I know in my grade (little ol' senior) got engaged today. I have mixed emotions about the subject. First, there's the initial aww how cute and precious feeling because honestly, anything even remotely cute makes me go all super girly. Secondly I feel a bit skeptical, just because of how young people are. Come on, do you really know that's the person you want to spend the rest of your life with? And unless you're planning on having a four year engagement through college, how are you going to support each other? There's still so much growing up to do ... but at the same time, do we really ever stop growing? That's where the emotion of jealousy comes in. Matt and I have been dating over a year. (We want to get married but my mom says I shouldn't write stuff like that on here ... so let the record show that parentheses means I didn't really say it. ;)) My own parents dated less than that before they became engaged. While I do think it might possibly not be the best idea to get married right out of high school, when I hear that one of my peers is now engaged, well it makes me feel a little bummed that I don't get to have that now.

Eh, thus is the life of being a girl, I suppose. I am glad that Matt and I aren't doing anything crazy like that and choosing to wait it out.



Haha well this ended up being a venting post. It probably didn't really sound like I was venting, but trust me, I was. Well, now this is like the awkward silence after someone yelled or something, soooo ...

wow. I can even make my blog awkward. Well then.

My grandparents came into town for my graduation, and as my grandma would say, this is just my senioritis coming though. Perhaps that's true. I took the AP English Test today and even though it really wasn't all that bad I'm milking the "badness" for all it's worth, so I blame my strange train of thought and lack of good sentence structure on that test. But hey, only ONE DAY LEFT OF HIGH SCHOOL!!!!

Anyways, I'm doing this dress challenge to raise money for the Batonga Foundation, which helps girls in Africa receive a full education, so that they too can be excited about graduating and go on to get jobs and live better lives.

You can donate by clicking on the button below! Thank you so much!

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Nine

the dress: as shirt // skirt: diy // cardigan: thrifted





Currently there is a cat sleeping on my arm, forcing me to type with one hand, so this post may be short. Today was the senior chapel, where the juniors talked about the seniors. My friend Aly talked about me and it was the cutest thing ever. Even now people are starting to say goodbye and I almost don't want to graduate. Only two more days left of high school.

It's weird. I don't really feel like a senior. I just feel like Lauren.

Needless to say I am beyond excited for summer and for college.

Thank you so much to those of you who have donated to the Batonga Foundation to support girls in Africa and thank you to those of you who will donate. Together we can change the lives of hundreds of girls.

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Eight

the dress: as shirt // skirt: old navy // tights: forever 21 // dress (as cardigan): mother's closet






Sorry to be posting this so late, guys! (It's almost 11pm here and man am I tired). It has been such a crazy busy day. At midnight last night us seniors gathered around our school for the senior prank. If you follow me on instagram @impulsings, you've already seen some of the mayhem we caused. We got there early, parked in a big circle around the parking lot, set up tents and a campfire, hung out a little bit, and then went inside the school. We filled the entire south common area with desks from the classroom, making a maze to get to the lockers and the stairs and the coffee shop, then we covered the hallways with streamers and balloons and confetti and candy and posters saying "2012 the end is near" and whatnot. We even put cellophane over the lights and put strobe lights in the bathroom. It was amazing. Then we all slept in our cars or tents (I went with some people to grab mcdonalds and I'm pretty sure the cashier thought we were high ... which we were not. Just high on being crazy rebels. Because seriously, this is pretty much the most rebellious thing I've ever done, and it doesn't even count as rebellious because we had a teacher there with us. But whatever. It was awesome.) We did so much that the janitors couldn't do anything about it, and it was so funny watching people try to go through the maze and seeing the teachers' faces when they turned the corner in their cars and saw the giant circle blocking their parking spots! Let me tell you, it was the greatest thing ever. As soon as I get a spare moment (which probably won't be until next weekend), I'll post some photos from the event.

Also today I finished my AP English final and Matt got the department award for Drama at our school's banquet.

Needless to say it's been a busy, exhausting day, but it's been awesome.

So goodnight everyone, and remember to donate to the Batonga Foundation to help girls in Africa!

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Seven

the dress: as dress // cardigan: from a friend // scarf: mother's closet (forever 21) // shoes: thrift store





Just a quick post today! Part one of my two part oral AP English final was today. It went pretty swell and I really had nothing to worry about. I'm busy finishing up school things as well as stuff for graduation. Thankfully episodes of Community are keeping me sane.

Please donate to help girls in Africa today through the Batonga Foundation!