Give me a reason to justify buying a pouffy taffeta dress
Who wants to invite me to their prom? Or can we please reverse time so I can re-attend my grad? How about a ball??? A fancy soiree???? Anyone?! Okay, so I just really want a reason to buy a giant fancy dress.
This afternoon Laurel and I went to check out a giant dress sale - most dresses were 50% off, and there was a a huge rack for $50. They were mostly prom dresses, floor-length with miles of taffeta and layers of lace and silk and beading details... and in a rainbow of colours. I couldn't just stand there in an ocean of prettiness and
not try anything on, so pretending that I had an occasion to wear one and hundreds of dollars to spend... I first tried on a gorgeous strapless, deep red, floor-length dress that was fitted down to my hips and then flared out into tucks of taffeta and accented with rhinestones and beads. The back was done up through corset-style ribbon which showed a peak of my back. Oh my god, it was a very princess moment. It took all my strength not to run out the door in it, or at the very least not to dig out my credit card. But sigh, I could not justify spending $250 on that dress even if it
was half price.
I never had a fancy pouffy dress like that. I didn't even wear one to grad. I bought my grad dress [photo
1 and
2] initially to wear to my mom's 50th birthday soiree, so it wasn't very fancy, just a simple strapless black dress with a tiny bit of lace at the top, and only mid-calf length. It was what I wanted at the time, though, I didn't want anything crazy fancy. And I had never even tried on fancy floor-length dress. Which is why today was
so fun. But I'm kicking myself for not bringing my camera! Damn!
Of course I couldn't leave the dress shop without purchasing
something, so I ended up buying a very cute short black dress fitted on top with tiny spaghetti straps and a bit of lace and flaring into a pleated skirt. Hot.
Okay seriously, that was a lot of dress talk.
Labels: shopping
Can I just say how much I love these girls?!
On another note: I'm going to the THEATRE tonight!
Labels: friends
Do these glasses make me look smarter?
I'm a big fan of my fake glasses. In November I'm able to get another pair and I'm thinking about a cute pink plastic Vera Wang pair...
Labels: glasses, work
Confessions
It is such a novelty to be using the Internet on my desktop computer. The wireless has mega issues and for the past couple weeks my desktop hasn't been able to pick up a wireless signal and therefore I've been using my laptop. My laptop is one of those tiny ones with a 15" screen, so now it seems like I've got a monster screen with so much screen real estate!!
So I think I've decided that I'm pretty much over going to clubs. Last night really solidified it for me. We went out for a friend's birthday, had dinner and a few drinks at a lounge/bar and then went out to the club. I was so very much not feeling it at all - I didn't want to dance or drink (I was pretty much completely sober) and it was so crowded and stuffy and the music sucked and the people were lame and I couldn't sit down alone for 5 seconds before some greasy guy would come and hit on me. Gross.
I'm not writing off clubs altogether. I mean, I have fun when I'm there with my girls and if I'm not concerned about getting home and I can let lose and drink. That can be fun. Once in a while I'm up for that. But on a random night when I'm not drunk and not feeling it, it is not fun. I can think of a lot of other fun things that I'd rather be doing. I'm just not a giant party girl. I've tried to fit that bill and it just doesn't work.
Anyway, because of last night, today was pretty much a write off day. I woke up and was completely surprised to see that it was already 12:30! I haven't slept in that late in YEARS. Feels like half your day is gone. So basically all I have done today was go out to grab a coffee, do laundry, and lounge around!
Tomorrow is the first day of autumn. I am seriously
shocked that September is almost over.
Labels: nightlife, rants
My two favourite things about tonight:
1) my new vampire book
2) the TV show "Workout"
Okay, Mandy at work is lending me the vampire series written by Stephenie Meyer, and I devoured the first book last weekend (well, it's also an easy read with giant printing, and at a level meant for teenagers), and I've just started the second book yesterday. All I have to say: who will find me a hot vampire boyfriend?! Preferably with the name Edward? Anyone?? Haha, anyway, these books make me really happy in a giddy sort of way. It's fabulous.
The second thing, this TV show called "Workout" plays every Wednesday night and it's a reality show about a gay trainer in LA who owns her own trendy fitness centre and all the trainers who work there are gay (pretty much) and the owner is hot and her girlfriend is
smokin hot, and hello, can I get in on the hot lesbian fun? Haha, slightly more kidding about that one. BUT. It's a great show.
Hot vampires and hot lesbians! Can't have a much better Wednesday night than that, can you?! Hehehehe... ;)
Labels: books, TV
I have added a photography gallery to my site, which can be linked through the side navigation under "Gallery" and you can also
click here. And that, ladies and gentlemen, was the finishing touch! (For now.) Yay website!!
In other news, it's been wonderfully hot here this weekend. I've been lying out in the back yard in my bikini and reading my book and reveling in the heat and eating ice cream! I picked blackberries today too, and made them into a blackberry peach pie which was mmm mm tasty.
Also, I have settled on a gym routine that will fit into my school schedule, which consists of working out Monday morning, Thursday after class, and either Saturday or Sunday morning. At least those three times. It's going to be good! :)
Labels: website
CAN I JUST SAY HOW HAPPY I AM THAT THIS IS POSTING ONTO MY WEBSITE!!!!!
Regressing back to being a teenager
This past week I've kind of regressed back to being 13 again, and it's been a lot of fun! I have:
a) had a sleepover with my friends (on a school [work] night! oh no!)
b) gone to the Backstreet Boys concert!
Yes, it's been a blast from the past. The sleepover was tons of fun with tons of food, wine, and chatter, even if I
did have to be up at 6:30AM the next morning. And, Backstreet Boys were one of my favourite boy bands (N'Sync was probably tied for this #1 position) and so I ended up going to the concert - I will not be ashamed to say I thought it was awesome! I was singing along to all their songs, well not their new ones, and dancing, and laughing. Brian is still hot, Nick is still an arrogant asshole, AJ looked super scruffy and old and not as hot as I thought when I was going through my 'bad boy' phase, and Howie was, well Howie.
It's been a pretty good week. This weekend I have the house to myself because Geoff is at a concert down in Washington state. And I've been loving it! Hehe. My goal for this weekend: to get my website fully functional. The deadline: Monday 8AM.
Labels: concerts, friends, website
Too much thinking
I feel... I feel strange tonight. I don't really know what I feel. Just pensive, I guess. Although I kind of feel like I'm going to be sick.
I've just been thinking about the future. I hate that it's so uncertain, and yet I really like that it's so uncertain. I think there are so many possibilities that could happen, and lately I've felt a bit like I'm treading water. Maybe just because life has been so much the same for so long. Same job (or variation of it), same school, same trying to graduate, same same. Yet I feel like a hypocrite for saying that because of course things have changed. And I've changed.
Maybe it was going to my cousin's wedding yesterday that did it. So many people my age (I am constantly told through Facebook) are getting married and settling down, and I just don't feel ready for that right now. I of course want it so bad, and want to buy a house and have kids and the picket fence, but right now... it's just not right. And I feel scared and uncertain. And I also feel like I
should be feeling like that, that I should be begging someone to slip a ring on my finger... so why don't I?
I was looking up at my cousin yesterday, repeating her vows, I was crying a little, and I thought of how fleeting marriages are these days, how getting married almost means nothing anymore because people say all those vows about forever and then when it gets tough a few years later, they divorce. When I get married, I want it to mean something, I want to be ready, I want it to last. I feel like I'm split in two because one side of me is romantic and thinks getting married will be wonderful, but the other side of me is very much a realist.
Or is it being cynical? I hope not, I pride myself on being an optimist. And I of course wish my cousin all the best and know she will have a long, happy marriage. But. There's just always that 'but' that I think about.
When I was 15, I made a pact with myself that I wouldn't get married until I was 25. Which is now slightly over two years away. My mom got married at 32, had me a year later. But I think that is one reason why my parents are still together. Because they waited, they were older, and they made sure to find someone they were completely compatible with. So I'm okay to wait. I'm okay to see what happens.
Sometimes I really just think that I think too much.
