Halloween weekend...

was filled with...

 homemade oreos [or I should say oreo-like.. haha] 

Sleepy pirates..

Awake pirates!

Photoshoots...

Real pirate beards..

Friends.

And enemies..

All in all, a good weekend. I, obviously, went with the sequined dress and pink thigh highs. 

But, now I need to go get a good twelve hours of sleep to make up for my late nights! Hope you all had a good weekend! Can't wait to see all the costumes!

Note: Recipe for oreos here

I don't know if you can tell...

..but, I love my new jacket from Zara. 

And I like playing with colors in my pictures.

And I like all of my new followers. Hallelujah for blogger friends! (:

Happy weekend everyone!

I'm ready for my close-up now.

I am so ready for this weekend. Two tests down, and one to go. It's been a rough week (and yes, it's only wednesday). I'm heading out of town with a bunch of friends to visit some mooore friends for halloween. So, really, I'm just excited about dressing up. REALLY excited. I haven't gotten to enjoy halloween for the past two years because of my sister's wedding (november 1rst, really mel? heh) and then my parents threw a halloween bash which was rooockin' with a lot of loud seven year olds trying to go into my room. Therefore, my pent up halloween need has been in the works for years, people.

So. Should I wear my vintage 80s sequin dress with pink knee highs and tease my hair like crazy?
OR should I wear my Alice in Wonderland -tim burton version- costume (that has yet to be finished, and I still have a test on friday night.)? Dilemmas.

I'd REALLY like to wear these... ;)

Then I'd fall asleep in these fairytale sheets. 

[All images via trendhunter.com]

What are you y'all being for Halloween? Any homemade costumes?

Friday Night Lights

And my Friday comes to a close, but what a wonderful Friday it was. I had my calculus 3 test this morning and spent the day with my favorite person in the world. Oh, and if you're wondering... totally got an A on my test! I'm a boss hogg outlaw [No, I don't spend too much time with my boyfriend...] and I am so happy. Especially cause' the first one didn't go over so well. Anyhow, tomorrow morning I'm doing a Habitat for Humanity event with a club from school. Kind of excited and kind of nervous. Hopefully I'll become friends with more people in the club so I won't feel like an outsider. Ha.

The boyfriend and I walked around campus while the sun was setting and he was determined to take my pictures [even though I claimed it was too dark]. But, "it's okay if the pictures are blurry". (;

[I love how my top half is ghostly and the bottom half is normal colored.]

Dear Night,

The tricks you play on my skin are not funny. And please stop provoking my camera/boyfriend to blur my photos. K, thanks.

Love,

Abbey

My Boyfriend...

makes me laugh so unbelievably hard. And most of the time it's not on purpose. (Not to say he isn't funny... just that his candid self is pretty awesome).

Last night we were playing Mario Kart Wii- a game that I'm pretty competitive at. So, we're playing and I get hit by a turtle shell, so of course I'm yelling at the tv and the boyfriend snorts at me like "you have no idea what you're doing". So, in all competitiveness, I look at his screen.

"Boyfriend, maybe you should try reversing."

The boyfriend had been making fun of me up until this point, thinking that I was so horrible at Mario Kart that I couldn't NOT run into a wall. Unfortunately for him I am SO GOOD at Mario Kart that he thought he was me- in first place- about to win.

His actual self was ramming into a wall over and over and over, so far behind that everyone had lapped him. [And he thought it was me the whole time]

He blames it on the fact that he usually picks Waluigi. But, I've never played him as anyone but Waluigi- so therefore the logic is flawed. (;

Boys are so funny.

S-A-F-E-T-Y Dance

I know everyone in the world has a guilty pleasure song.. and right now mine is Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. I highly enjoy the Glee version, which makes me want to jump up and do the "safety" dance whatever that actually is...Anyways, I had a lovely Monday, which is a generally rare thing. I went to class, and then had lunch with the boyfriend. Unfortunately the rest of the next two weeks is going to be full of me burnt out on studying. But then it's Halloween- and then November! I love fall, and Houston's been getting a strangely early dose of it which is aaaaaaaawesome! This past weekend I got to enjoy my little two year old niece, who is the CUTEST little two year old in the world. Yes, I'm biased. But- she really is cute!

...We can dance, we can dance, everybody look at your hands! (;

[Get obsessed with Color Me Katie like me and the roomie have! (: ]

The view from my window looks ethereal! Wish I would have noticed that earlier, I would have taken advantage!

The Weekend:

Happy Monday! 

PS: I told you she's cute.

Awkward Poses

These were taken in under a minute, and unfortunately I wasn't in the mood for pictures... and there was sun in my eyes- hence the squinting. I'm a sucker for punishment so I figured I'd post them anyways.

Some positive things from the weekend:

Miniature horses, big horses with their noses in our car, beautiful creeks, shadows, and fields. 

-A

Be My Thrill

Today I had plans for an actual photoshoot in the beautiful outdoors that is Texas. Unfortunately, laziness got the better of me when I was out with the boyfriend and we just ate lunch.... which was yummy, but that's beside the point.

It's been an emotionally rough week, and upon needing to get out of my tiny apartment.. I decided to stop by one of my favorite resale shops where I found...

and two blazers. One, of which, is BCBG and in very good condition. For eight dollars. Love Resale shops.

Please ignore my sinister look.

I got this sweater from Ross for 12 dollars. As soon as I wrapped the belt around it- I knew it was love. I've been looking for more sweaters since my old ones are beginning to look like cropped cardigans. Hehe.

Anyone have good tips on how to curl really heavy, thick hair? Cause' mine likes to pretend to curl, but really just hang. (; 

-A