This Is Good Taste.

I mentioned how much I enjoyed (500) Days Of Summer in a previous post, so I decided to make it the inspiration for my latest collage. Not my best work, but I thought it was worth sharing. The other collages seemed to be well received, so I think I'll continue making them. This one didn't have much fashion, but you can expect more in the future that will.

Catching Up.

Yesterday I tried to cram far too much stuff into my evening, so a few things are overflowing into tonight. Luckily, I didn't get too much homework for tonight, so I'll be able to make time. I wasn't able to fit in painting my nails, so I'll have to do that tonight. (I used so quite a bit in this first paragraph!)

Anyway, what I'm really excited about finally making time to do is catch up on my magazine reading. I have the September Vogue (584 pages), the September Harper's Bazaar (I skimmed this one, but I need to read it a little bit more), the September People Style Watch, and an H&M 'magazine', all sitting on my desk, waiting to be read thoroughly.

I guess it's good that I'm taking my good old time getting to these magazines, because I've started to run out of room to store them. I cannot bring myself to part with a magazine, ever. (A few Novembers ago I did purge my collection of mostly old issues of Teen People, but since then my collection has continued to expand.) I have magazines in a magazine rack, in a giant pile on my floor (they're organized so that they don't look like a mess, they look like they belong on the floor), in a little bin, in a drawer in my desk, and a few hidden away under my bed. My room is pretty much overflowing with magazines.

I caught an episode of Teen Cribs a while ago that inspired me even further to hold on to all my magazines, just as I was considering thinning out my collection. The episode featured a girl who lived with her aunt, and her aunt had kept all of her old fashion magazines from the seventies. I think it would be awesome to be able to share all your old magazines with your future children, and I know I would've loved it if my mom had had a Vogue collection to pass down to me.

You Go Too Fast.

Besides the obvious relaxing I did over the weekend (and the procrastinating, I still need to start my homework!), I continued to tweak the blog's look a little. Thoughts would be much appreciated because over the last few days I've tested out many options.

Yesterday I went out to dinner with my family near the place my brother attends school, by the time dinner was over we were a bit tired, so I ended up holding off on the return I mentioned yesterday, and did it today instead. While at the mall today I stopped in Forever21 and a small beauty store.

I got two OPI nail polishes, Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow and Lincoln Park At Midnight. (Pictured in that order.) The pictures and those long nails do not belong to me, they're courtesy of google images. I think I'll probably save these colors for fall, or at least for a few weeks. I want to rock the fun colors while I can still call it summer.


Those are a few of my Forever21 purchases. The shirt was only $4.90! I also got a pair of red rose earrings and a set of silver bracelets that they didn't have on the website.

I also expanded my scarf collection this weekend. My parents bought my two scarves, one is bright green and the other is a soft grey ombre. Over the summer I started to like scarves more and more, the only issue is I'm not exactly sure how or where to store them!

How did you spend your weekends, and what do you still need to cram in?
Besides what I mentioned I also watched Seventeen Again (cute) and practiced driving. That past few times we practiced it was mostly driving in parking lots or along small roads, but today my mom braved it and let me drive home.

I'd rather now think about what I still have left to do. I need to do my homework (blah), make my bed (it is the nicest thing ever to get into a comfy, well made bed at the end of the day), straighten my hair, and paint my nails. Today's color will probably be blue. I'll try to get pictures of whatever I end up choosing.

I'd also like to try and catch the latest episode of Design Star, and if I'm really lucky, finally get around to reading the September Vogue. I should really start on all this! It is time to get a little caffeine into my system.

What Would You Like To See?

I've made a few changes to the blog recently and I'd like to keep improving it. The best way for me to make sure I keep up with blogging during the hectic school year (especially during this first semester) is to keep blogging an enjoyable thing. And it'll be the most enjoyable for me when I know other people enjoy it.

So, what would you all like to see more of? Outfit posts, quotes, 'Things I Can't Live Without This Week', collages, beauty product reviews/recommendations, inspiration posts, playlists, etc.

Those are just a few examples of things I could post about, if there is anything else you had in mind, that works too. Just leave me a comment with what you had in mind.

In the mean time, here is another fun little collage. (I'm a big Nicole Richie fan.)


Today I'm going to Victoria Secret to exchange something, and I might be able to fit a little shopping in. Either way, this weekend will involve a lot of relaxing.

Favorite Day Of The Week.

I haven't been this happy for Friday to come in a long time. I definitely will make the most of my weekend. And I'll do my best not to procrastinate and save all my homework for Sunday night.

I'm giving myself a break for Friday and spending the night watching episodes of Veronica Mars. If you aren't yet a fan of this great show (Kevin Smith, Stephen King, and Joss Whedon are all fans), you should be. I suggest going here and starting with season one.

My weekend playlist? Love Drunk by Boys Like Girls and Obsessed by Miley Cyrus. You should seriously check out the Miley song, it isn't the normal Disney stuff.

Playing Around.

Be Prepared.

In the morning when I wake up for school I like to have just enough time to make it to the bus stop on time. Not a minute extra. This way I'm able to get as much sleep as possible.

I've found over the past few years that I don't end up dressed my best when I try to pull something together in the morning. I'm groggy and grumpy, which is not good for outfit picking. Instead, I take a few minutes (on average I'd say it takes five minute) and figure out what I'll wear the night before. At night I'm able to really consider what shoes would work best as far as practicality (yeah right) and fashion go, and what wash of denim would look best with my cardigan, or whatever important choices must be made.

Freshman year I waited til the morning to decide on what to wear, and Sophomore year I planned my outfits the night before every night. Occasionally I'd have a change of heart in the morning, but overall I'd say Sophomore year was much more successful in that sense. I wasn't wasting time standing in front of my closet like a dimwit, and all (or most of) my outfits looked like thought had gone into them.

Tonight I've got my outfit planned early (black american apparel skirt, white v-neck, grey Forever21 sandals, purple Forever21 scarf, silver bracelets and hoop earrings) because I have much to do before collapsing into my bed. I've got to finish my homework (blah), dry and straighten my hair, tidy my room, and catch Toddlers and Tiaras (my latest guilty pleasure).

Do you plan outfits in advance?