Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Thirteen

the dress: as skirt // shirt: mother's closet // button down: boyfriend // tights: walmart // shoes: thrifted + diy



Happy Sunday and Mother's Day everyone! Today has been such a lazy day that ended up being really productive. After waking up early to make breakfast for my mom and grandma and taking some photos for church, I went home and took a four hour nap. Seriously, what is wrong with me? I think I'm catching up on all my missed sleep from school.




But after my cat nap (with a cat actually cuddling next to me) I started working on the first diy project of the summer! If you follow me on instagram (@impulsings) you'll kind of know what it is. ;) My hands are still stained with spray paint but that's okay because that means I'm happy.

I've noticed that I am extra happy when I'm productive. If I'm sitting around being bored, I get more depressed and feel worthless. But if I'm doing things and creating art and going out and being active, then I am the happiest person in the world. Right now I feel spectacular and I plan to keep it that way.



Also, these photos were taken by my little sister, so thank you, Moriah!

As always, I'm wearing this dress for 30 days to raise money for girls to receive a full education in Africa.

Donate today!

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Twelve

the dress: as shirt // skirt: thrifted // shoes: thrifted // earrings: noble town vintage

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I could see for miles, miles, miles






Today has been spent driving people from one place to another, listening to classical music, eating cereal on the road, and taking many photos on film.

A question was posed yesterday about how often I wash my dress and how I decided to use this one. I replied in the comments, but I thought I would answer again in a post. I'm washing it about once a week, as long as I don't sweat in it, haha. But I also try not to wear it all day. I usually take it off as soon as I get home from school/church/running errands or whatever so that I can wear it more between washes.

As for choosing the dress? It was sort of an impulse decision. My friend gave me the dress and when I decided to do the 30 day challenge that was the first dress I saw hanging in my closet. And so far it's been an awesome choice because even though it's floral, it's acting much like a neutral color so I can wear it with a lot of stuff. It's definitely good for stretching what prints and colors go together and I love that.

The trick in mixing florals (and I'm no expert, but this is what I hold to be true) is that generally it's easy to mix dark florals (like my dress) with light florals (like my skirt). Again, the dark florals serve as a neutral color so it works.

When deciding what to pair it with today, I almost didn't wear the skirt. I thought, "Man, it's cold outside and I'm going to be in and out of the car a lot, I don't want to be freezing." But then I thought, "When in the world has weather gotten in the way of what I wanted to wear?" It reminds me of the cold winter days when I couldn't stand outside for more than five minutes without my fingers going numb, with the snow blowing in my face and my feet getting soaking wet, but I still did it nearly every day to get a good photo. And now I'm being a wimp in this forty degree weather. But still, it's a lot colder now than it was this time last year ... when will Alaska realize that it's summer?

Well I am off for a date, so I'll leave you with my plea to help girls in Africa. But seriously, if everyone who reads this blog donates just five dollars, we will have raised over $300. It's really not that much per person, and you're helping to change the life of a girl.

So donate to the Batonga foundation today to support education for girls in Africa.

Have an awesome day everyone!

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Eleven

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TODAY WAS OUR LAST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL.

We did the senior run down the hallways, slamming lockers and shooting people with silly string and water guns. It was amazing.

It still hasn't hit me yet that I'm done with high school. I don't think it will even hit me when I walk across that stage and am handed a piece of paper that I worked for twelve years to receive. It will probably hit me when I get on the airplane to go to college, but that's not for a few months.

For now, it's summer! I'm working on getting a list of summer goals together so that I'm not entirely bored for four months. What are your summer plans?

Also be sure to donate to the Batonga Foundation, which gives girls in Africa a full education so they can live better lives. Any amount helps!

you can stand me at the gates of hell but I won't back down

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Finally! A creative-ish photo! This marks my second to last day of high school. I'm excited and sad and cannot wait for the future. Heck, every moment is the future.