swatch time!

Very Cranberry by Essie. About this colour ⎯ it's a deep opaque cranberry or a blue-based red. I'm wearing two coats. I imagined it would come out a little pinker than it actually is, but I'm not complaining. There are a lot of red colors out there and a good chunk of them can be an annoying shade of red. This isn't the case with this polish. Definitely a keeper. I originally bought it from Target and never used it and it was just sitting in my polish box, but I felt like it was about time for some red.

roses and peonies

Photos by Shelly Asquith and Marcine Miller.

burning bush supper club

"I'm so excited!" should probably be the phrase of the day. We had our first "lab" day today, which meant having a lab orientation for an hour and then being let out super early. Last night I burned 5 CDs ⎯ two Cudi albums, two Bon Iver albums, and one Kanye album ⎯ for Marylou, Beverly, and Ben respectively. I think it's safe to say that giving music to other people is on my list of favorite things to do. And speaking of music, I finally got my hands on the new Bear Hands album! Case in point, SUPER EXCITED.

Never have I seen so many cute little Asian goods packed into one store! Basically everything in the store was $2 unless marked otherwise. I ended up getting myself a cream-coloured (typical) bento box, a tiny fork for my bento, and an insanely cute floral mug (see below). Marylou, Anna and I went to go get lunch afterwards at a sandwich place. I ended up knitting for Anna a bit.

(Seriously good coffee)

I did Marylou's nails last night. Pretty sure I'm going to end up doing this on myself again very soon.

My textbooks came in the mail today! Thank goodness for overnight shipping, seriously. I don't know what I'd do with myself if I had to wait to read another day.

Tried out the newspaper nails last night right on top of Essie's Eternal Optimist. It ended up showing a little fainter than I expected, but I did wash my hands before I put on a topcoat. Oh well.

forever 21 top & denim leggings, mossimo cardigan, thrifted belt, alfani boots, ecote rucksack

I don't mean to sound toolish, but I really am loving life so much lately. I feel so much more complete with school underway. And trying to really appreciate everything in my life is really making me realize how great it is. I'm cherishing it. 

say hello

This little baby used to be my mom's. She got it in Paris a few years ago and now that she doesn't use it anymore, she's passed it on to me! No complaints here. A little fact: I bought my first Louis Vuitton piece (a key holder) at a garage sale when I was 8, along with a wind-up musical unicorn. Mmmyeah.