Mirror Pics

I wore this outfit on Thursday and I thought it was cute, but I wanted to change into my Hunger Games shirt right away so I didn't really want to go take outfit pictures. But as this blog has made me feel as though every cute outfit must be documented, I took pictures in our hallway mirror.

Yes, we do have a man wall. Don't judge..

Interactions

Do you ever see people that you once knew, talked with, or had a class with, but you’re not really friends with anymore? It happens to me seriously all the time! It happened today at work where I saw a girl who was in my ballet class fall semester of Freshman year. We didn’t talk to each other a ton in that class, but it was every day, so you recognized everyone in the class, if not knew them by name. I just remember one day this girl and I ended up being stretching partners.

Anyways, today when I saw her, a thought popped into my head thinking, “I wonder if she would recognize me…and I wonder if people that I always recognize remember me too?” I should have been braver, but all I did was ask her if she was finding everything okay and then she was like, “Hey, how are you?! You were in my…”

“Umm…ballet class?”

“Yeah, I think that was it!” The question I’d had in my head before was answered. We had a short conversation after that of how she was graduating in April and had just finished her Senior Showcase, and then I helped her with info about a dress. Basically nothing special happened, yet I left that chat with a warm, fuzzy feeling and a new resolve.

I sometimes tend to think of myself as invisible, that I observe and remember everyone around me, but no one even pays attention to me. But thing is that people are people, and they have feelings and memories. If you recognize someone else, chances are they probably remember you too. So why not say hi and be the person that remembers and notices? We all want to be noticed and paid attention to; it’s a natural human desire. Even if they don’t remember or need their memory jogged a little bit of how you know each other, they’ll feel flattered you noticed them.

Because these situations happen to me all the time, I’m going to try and change how I act in them. I’ll say hi to the person I remember, because if they were in my situation, I’d want them to do that too. It doesn't mean I'll walk away with a new best friend, but I will walk away feeling happier. :)

Human interaction is one of the greatest things we have in this life, and let’s face it, the more you have of it, the better you will feel.

I Love My Little Sis

Gracie (my five year-old sister) is the cutest. My mom sent me this picture that she drew of the two of us and it just melted my heart.

I love Gracie so much and she really is my "best friend," like how we always say. One of the things that makes me happiest about this picture is that Gracie still loves me and still thinks of me, even though I'm gone a lot and might not see her for at least a month. She was born when I was fifteen and I was out of the house before she even turned 3, so I was always worried she wouldn't really love me or remember me a ton. It's totally been the opposite though. I couldn't love anyone more than I love Gracie and she's always so happy to see me, as I am her. She's so cute too and always tell me I need to come home "earlier" and "not take so long" because she misses me. This summer will be sad and hard, because I'll be in Boston for 4 months, and I'll miss her like crazy. I just have to say that I am so happy to have a best friend like Gracie. I love that girl way too much for her own good. :)

[Hunger Games Party] Costumes

It's the moment you've all been waiting for....time for the costumes! Want to see how me, my roommates, and other party guests dressed up for the event? Well here goes!

In the invitation, we gave people a lot of options and ideas for how they could dress up. They could dress in reaping clothes (like a dress, or a button up shirt and slacks), like their district trade, or a capitol citizen. Many of the people came dressed in regular clothes but we had quite a few in costume as well!

My roommates dressed in reaping dresses. They went to DI and got dresses, and my roommate Olivia just borrowed one of Heidi's dresses. Coincidentally, the dress Talya found from the DI was the same one Olivia was wearing, and Kelsey and Heidi's dresses were almost the same color, so they were both matching pairs! It was pretty cute actually. They got theirs from DI as well and the dresses were too longs so they hemmed them (Kelsey didn't have time to hem hers so she just cut it off which looked fine as well).

Talya and Oliva

Kelsey and Heidi

Pretty much everyone else that came dressed up was dressed like their district trade. I loved seeing the costumes people came in!

District 3 represented technology by wearing any kind of cords they could wrap around themselves. I wish I had a full body shot, because they had cords wrapped around their legs as well. It looked so cool! Susan (far right) even made her own circuit so that it was playing music from her. Sweet!

Some boys from District 7 came dressed as trees representing the lumber district...

And Kelli and Travis also came from District 7, dressed as lumberjacks!

District 8 citizens..

One citizen from District 11 came dressed as corn, representing agriculture. I loved her costume, it was so creative!

And what did I dress up as, you might ask?

Effie Trinket!!

It was the obvious (and AWESOME) choice to dress up as Effie since I had planned the party and was pretty much organizing it all. I found the crazy and wonderful Effie-ish pink headband at Ross (who would've though, right??), the shirt came from DI (it had long sleeves before and I shortened it to short sleeves) and I already had the pink skirt and shoes. I curled all my hair and pinned it to one side. I have to admit that this picture doesn't completely do the costume justice because it looked really great! I got so many compliments on it. :)

My shoes!

So I'll just say it again, I LOVED my costume. So much. I didn't give you too many pictures of it here, but when I post about the actual party tomorrow, there will be plenty! So no worries :) Happy Hunger Games!! (because GUESS WHAT. The movie comes out tonight! Eeeep!!!) Are you going to see it, and are you dressing up? If so what as? My roommates and I made awesome shirts that I will be showing soon, no worries :)

I really like this picture of my roommates and I. I feel like it shows off our costumes nicely :)

If you want to read about all the other aspects of the party, just click on the links below!

Invitations

Food

Set-Up/Decorations

Party Day

Costumes

Happy [Late] St. Patricks Day

I have really been getting into doing the chalk signs at work. I've never felt like I'm a super artistic person, but artistic abilities seem to be showing through my chalk art (and I guess fashion is kind of an art in and of itself as well). These are the ones I did for St. Patrick's Day. It makes me happy whenever I complete a new sign, because I try to challenge myself and make every sign better than the last. Life is all about improving, even in the little things like chalk signs!