spring in my step

shirt: forever 21 // dress: from ivy // shoes: famous footwear



Here is another piece of clothing borrowed from my friend Ivy! This upcoming Saturday, my friends and I are doing some closet "shopping," where we go to everyone's closet and just look at all the clothes so that we know what people have to borrow from.




This is my friend Jenna! She took all the pictures of me. :) She is kind of awesome.



Oh thank the Lord it's Friday. The days always seem incredibly long, but then when the weekend rolls around it seems like the week just flew by. People warned me to enjoy my time at college because it goes by way too fast, and I am beginning to see that they are right. Can't believe I'm finishing my third week already, but at the same time I feel like I have been here forever.




I really loved this lady's bike. A lot of people ride bikes (and scooters) around campus and they are all so cute! It really makes me want to get a cute bike and ride it around everywhere. But we all know how physically active I am. ;)



Have a great day everyone!

to be set free

day 257

Here is my gorgeous friend Rebekah! While we were on a walk we found a fun house (part of the college, so it wasn't some random person's house) and decided to take pictures! This is definitely how I've been feeling--finally living on my own and being able to fly just a little bit.




Today was my very first newspaper meeting! I got a job as a copy editor, which means I get the first round of editing for all the Arts/Culture/Feature articles and the Opinion articles, aka a whole ton of reading. But I am incredibly excited about it. I even get to write my own article about, guess what ... fall fashion! Once the article comes out, I'll post it for your guys. :)



Here is a random photo of Bekah posing with my pillow pet and hat. :3

And with that, I hope you have a great day!

something borrowed

romper: from ivy // belt: thrifted



One of the glorious things about having roommates? You have nine more closets to choose from! My friends are all so cute and fashionable, so it's been fun sharing each other's clothes. This romper is my friend Ivy's, and it is perfect for a hot day when you want to look cute but also want to wear as few clothes as possible. Of course there's more to friendship than just sharing clothes, that's just one of the perks. ;)



So I really hate taking photos of myself in front of people. As in, I WILL NOT take pictures if there are people around (unless I have a friend with me, then it's a bit easier). This river is right on campus, but I had never seen anybody walk on the trails above it, so I figured I would be safe from any human eyes. Well, right in the middle of me taking pictures of myself, I hear a noise. I turn, and there above me on the trail, comes a giant group of people running. I died you guys. There I was, standing in the water with a tripod and camera pointed towards me, in full view of all these people. I stayed really still, hoping they wouldn't notice the strange girl taking pictures of herself, but of course right before they were hidden by trees again one of the guys in the group yelled, "Look at that crazy girl in the water!" Yep, I am crazy. But I love it.

Then when I was almost done, I thought I heard them running by again, and I never ran so fast in my life.

Looking back, it is a really hilarious story, but at the time I was so petrified and embarrassed.



On a different note, now that my hair is getting longer (can't believe I cut all my hair off less than two years ago), I've been looking at different ways to style it. And I've especially been having fun with it now that my hair has purple in it. Thank goodness pinterest is there for me to have tons of hair tutorials! And soon my hair will get even longer and I'll be able to do all sorts of crazy things with it.



Well I'm off to start another day, hope yours is awesome!

falling for you

day 256

I have just returned from rock climbing with my RA, Cortney, and oh my gosh I had so much fun. I used to rock climb with my family when I was in third and fourth grade and haven't done it since, so I was a little nervous before doing it tonight. The rock gym (it's actually in the back of a giant closet, which makes me feel like a spy because I never would have thought it was back there) is brand new, so it was built just in time for little Lauren, because I have to work out three times a week for my fitness class anyways. And man, I had a blast. I'm definitely not very good yet; I climbed three times and only made it to the top of two. But I'm hoping to go often with Cortney and maybe get some of the other girls on my floor to do it too, because it is seriously a blast.

And after everyone else left, Connor (Cortney's friend) tied two of the ropes from opposite walls together and made a swing for Cortney and me! It was a blast. I really actually love getting to hang out with upperclassmen (my ceramics class and my set job all have upperclassmen), because not only does it make me feel cool (haha lawl I'm such a nerd) but it's great to have older people to look up to.

But back to the rock climbing thing, I am super excited for it. My arms and legs are going to be so sore tomorrow though! Also tomorrow, Annette and I are housing prospective students in our room, so I may or may not be able to post anything (it's not like I skip nights posting anyways), but just to let you guys know. Basically, I am excited about everything.