guess who's back

Two days ago, this was streaming through my window: and as of this morning, the ground is covered in snow!

I was SO hopeful that Spring was coming early because of the beautiful weather this weekend. I should have known it was too good to be true. OH, the Pacific Northwest and I: such a complex relationship.

My must-haves for Spring:

1. a bold yet versatile dress - the kind that you can easily pair with tights/boots/sweaters on the blustery days that seem to hang on for much too long.
2. a fun jumper that can be worn casually or dressed up

3. colorful yet muted flat shoes - in case you're like me and often need a "color pop" to go with excessively neutral outfits

4. Jeans that are somehow fitted but slouchy at the same time - I really want to find a pair like these, since I've been wearing skinny jeans + boots all winter

5. Matte nail polish in pastel shades - I really like this NARS polish in "Pokerface"

6. To acquire the skill of looking this cool while riding my bike (not to mention, to learn how to do so in those heeled booties!)

walkin' in a winter wonderland

Snow over last week = beautiful and stressful. My life is one big juxtaposition.

This is no way to treat royalty!

So, it's been a while. I would apologize for the break in posts, except that my life has been hectic and stressful for the last week so I don't feel for you - only for myself ;) My roommates and I came back to our apartment last Monday, ready to move back in after winter break, and found our nice, cute, lovely apartment had water damage from a frozen pipe that had burst and that we had to find another place to stay in about 5 minutes time. We thought it might be temporary, so we crammed ourselves into our friends' dormrooms, until the next day when we found out it would be six weeks until we could move back in, and our rental company wasn't offering any sort of living situation or compensation for us. So, to summarize, the last week has been spent trying to find a place to live, trying to communicate with our full-of-shit property management, trying to stay out of our hosts' ways, along with starting classes back up again. But! We have found a room to rent with an elderly couple (the rooms are so 70s - neon shag carpet and all) and I have a ton of photos that I need to post. So be ready! And remember that when life hands you lemons, if you have good friends and faith you can make lemon drops with 'em.

upon arrival, I found some of my clothes sitting soaking wet in the shower

a ton of our furniture stacked in our kitchen. so sad! everything was so cute when we left.

uneasy.

my mind has been so stormy the last couple of days. I guess nothing good comes easy - going camping tomorrow, I hope I can clear my head and come home with a fresh outlook.

observations

The weather lately has been so springy - light and sunshine-y and in the next second windy and pouring down rain. Similar to my moods, lately. Ready for summer moods instead!