behind the kissing cabin

dress - secondhand, redone by your's truly

boots - Jeffrey Campbell

Well shit...where has time gone? Classes started back up after spring break a couple weeks ago and they are just relentless. I'm still adjusting to my school schedule, so this poor blog has been collecting dust since my last post.

Anyway, you can't tell me that this dress isn't just awesome, right? I found it while thrifting with my mom over the break, and with my trusty scissors, this was the final result. It's all too appropriate for the 80 degree weather we've been having around here while everything starts to wake back up from winter. I looooove these days, where I can actually enjoy walking around campus and don't have to lug around a jacket all day. Love it.

a functioning cog in some great machinery

hat - Scala

sunnies - vintage

black top - Forever 21

If it isn't obvious in this mess of photos, I managed to have my fun throughout this week of relaxation (aka: not an ounce of productivity in my body). I kicked off my spring break by joining up with one of my dearest friends Stevie and getting my first ever tattoo--four circles on the back of my neck. I couldn't be happier with it. What do you think of it?

There was also lots of excitement found during the week through nights out with my roommate, entering film competitions for fun, afternoons with my adorable dogs (you can't tell me your heart didn't melt when you saw the photo of my puppy laying near her ball), celebrating my wonderful father's birthday, and finally some camping and climbing with friends--in which I walked away with a (not so) badass battle wound on my palm.

And of course I found myself at the Salvation Army with my mom where I got the lovely hat and sunnies, along with lots of dresses you'll see later. The combination of the two pieces was too wonderfully 1970s that I couldn't resist posting the look. I've been waiting for a floppy hat like this for so long. I'm in love with it.

still so far away

heels - Candie's

dress - vintage

Let me just say how much I love this dress. First off, teal is my all time favorite color....ever. And on top of that, it's like walking around in one of those pretty curtains you see hanging in old ladies' windows, you know? Not quite lace, but just as dainty. Weird comparison, but that's what immediately comes to mind.

Spring break is upon us and I've spent the whole week just straight relaxing, but quite unhappily, I must admit. I've recently come to terms with my need to work and stay busy and this break just isn't conducive to that---at all. Don't get me wrong, I'd take a week of sleeping late, drinking wine, and watching movies over all the research papers and exams I just finished for painfully uninteresting classes, but I'm much happier to fill ALL hours of my day with things like making videos with friends, shopping, Ginsberg (duh), and exploring the good ol' outdoors. But not to worry (because I'm sure you're so concerned), I'm making sure all those preferred activities happen at least once this break. Yay for goals.

Whew, enough of my blabbing about my #firstworldproblems, am I right? How exhausting.