Pastels and a Pole

Outfit Details:   Shirt: Rue 21   Shorts: thrifted   Bag: Rue 21   Earrings: vintage   Belt: garage sale   Sunglasses: garage sale   Heels: c/o My Hot Shoes

I live in a small town. Its pretty decent though. I mean, we've got a grocery store, some thrift shops, auto repair shops, and oh yeah, a big cause for recent excitement, McDonalds!
So in small towns...you don't dress like this.
Unless you're crazy like me.

When I got these sweet, mint colored Lita look-alikes from My Hot Shoes, I could not resist wearing them to go into town.

So Kirsten and I went into a thrift shop, and I had these babies on. Man, did I attract a lot of stares...
It makes me uncomfortable but at the same time I know I need to brush it off. This is honestly what I like to wear, and I don't find these heels uncomfortable, so why not wear them?

After we made our purchase (you'll see evenutally...I found two really sweet blouses!) we saw this pole and immediately knew it would make for a fun prop. Cars kept passing by, but instead of shying away from posing, I thought "Oh what the hell. Let them stare if they want!"

Aha, so I actually overcame my fear of taking outfit photos in public. It's easy to feel intimidated by other's stares, but if you feel confident in what you're wearing it's easier to not care as much.

I finally tried tucking in my blouse into a belted pair of shorts, and I love how it turned out looking! Of course, with my mint Lita look-alikes and soft-pink chiffon top, I also managed to work the pastel trend into the outfit.

Then as we got into my car and were laughing over some of the goofy looks we'd gotten, a couple of guys walked out of the store and I happened to look up as I was laughing. Aaaaaand just so happened to catch the eye of the cutest guy in the group. He smiled back at me, and I ducked my head. When I peeked up again, he was still smiling at me!
Haha, Kirsten told me he'd kept looking even as I backed up the car to go.
Hmmmm....we'll have to go thrifting again soon ;


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Here Comes the Sun

Outfit Details:   Blouse: c/o Oasap   Shorts: thrifted   Bag: thrifted   Sandals: Philippines   Necklace: Vanity   Sunglasses: vintage

These photos were taken over the weekend with Kirsten when we got to finally hang out!
It's been a crazy time recently, what with graduation and the end of school. But now that we're both free, it was the perfect opportunity to catch up.

This blouse from Oasap arrived in the morning and I knew right away I had to wear it for our day out. Its so soft and flowy. Plus, the doily-like piping going down the arms is so adorable! This will definitely be my favorite white blouse for the upcoming summer.

When I arrived at Kirsten's to pick her up, her mom was there and we chatted for a bit. She made me laugh and feel happy yet flustered when she exclaimed over how skinny I was. Aha, it's true I've lost some weight, but she was saying "You're as skinny as a stick! Have you lost 20 pounds or something? Because you look incredible."
Ummm...I lost five pounds. :)
But it's nice to know it makes such a huge difference!
Now to keep that weight off...

So anyway, afterwards Kirsten and I made it to the downtown area and walked around looking through thrift stores. I found some really cute things, but didn't buy anything since I didn't have much money on me anyway. Afterwards, we went to an early showing (so it was much cheaper - only $5!) of the Hunger Games. We'd already seen it before, but since Kirsten had read the book, she wanted to see it again.

And man, it was just as good as the first time! I am so buying it on DVD when it comes out...

Then after that we went to Panda Express and split some chow mein and orange chicken. Mmmm, it was fresh too, so it was extra good! Plus, some really cute guys came in so we had some eye candy to look at while we ate. ;)

Haha, in the photo above, that would be my "Where is my dream boy?" pose.

The downtown area is so pretty. We'll have to go back and take more pictures during the summer there!

Outfit Details:   Dress: (worn as skirt) Vanity   Shirt: thrifted   Bag: mom's   Sandals: Fred Meyer

This is what Kirsten wore. Isn't she just too adorable? I love how perfectly the shirt tucked into that belt. I'm convincing her she needs to start her own blog. Anyone else like to see that happen?

So anyway, about graduation...
It went very smoothly, and thankfully not too many tears were shed. I was surprised to receive a scholarship for sports from my school! They take into account the attitude, effort, and academics when handing out this award, and it's a real honor that they gave it to me. It made my night!
I'll have to post pictures from the night next chance I get.

Plus, I was a valedictorian! Usually there's only one valedictorian and a salutatorian, but things went differently this year...
Because we're just a bunch of smarties apparently. Haha, see Kevin, Jesse, and I practically had the same GPA so we were all given the honor of being valedictorians. Kevin gave the speech though, since he was just 0.7% points higher than Jesse and I. But then we presented what our Senior gift was to the school. So it all worked out.

And then....we pulled of an amazing Senior prank performance. Since we've all loved our years at our school, we decided to do something different from Senior classes in the past. Instead of trashing the school, we came up with a signature performance.
A light show, to be precise.
Yes, we did a light show. Haha, I have a faint recording my mom took on my camera that I'll try getting up here eventually, because it's difficult to tell you. It's just easier if you saw. Basically, it consisted of strobe lights, LOTS of glow sticks, confetti poppers, and glow-in-the-dark stars.
It was awesome.

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Prisms of Plumes

Outfit Details:    Dress: c/o Sugarlips   Sandals: Target   Bag: vintage

 Today's post is all about this dress I received from Sugarlips Apparel. 

The colorful feather print all over it has completely won my heart! I just love how cute it is. 

As the sun set, we managed to snap a few pictures, and I apologize for these turning out with a reddish hue. Ah well, it was fun playing chicken in the road. Haha, I'm certain quite a few people were wondering what the heck we were doing.

Good thing it was mostly deserted while we took photos! I'm thinking taking pictures on a road will be a must for more outfit shoots. They just look so cool!

So not much to share in this post, except that I'll be graduating tomorrow!

Its so exciting yet bittersweet. If you read the last post, you'll know why.

I'm just so glad I had the opportunity to join a class and school that I've loved so much. This is why it's difficult for me to think I'm leaving them behind.

But the future is always something to look forward to!

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