so....i somehow managed to win the electric blue pair of pants featured in this styling video

couldn't be more excited. thank you heather!

ready. set. crabwalk!

just a little photo evidence of my last post

we. are. awesome.

best quote of the weekend

'wanna have a crab walk race up the stairs?'

and we did and it was the hardest/funniest/most awkward thing ever.

seriously...try crab walking up stairs feet first

this is why emmy will forever be my best dollhouse friend

day one

early wake up
work
curl my hair that hasn't been washed since saturday
new id picture
go to mom's school
take a short nap
trick or treaters
dinner at mimi's
drive all over layton in search of cookies, keys, putty and xacto knives
home
art history forever
pick outfits for the next week
bed

happy halloween

day two

wake up
clean my room/ lay around for hours
watch the sex and the city movie for the bajillionth time in the last four months
grocery shopping with mom
peel potatoes
have dinner
watch snl, amazing race and american horror story
movie theater popcorn
more laying around
bed time

funny how even a year later things can still seem so vivid and hurt so much
happy anniversary to me.
here's to hoping the next year is even a little better than last.
i like roller coaster rides....but not like this.
everything happens for a reason (thanks T for always reminding me of that. you really are the best bestie)

day three

breakfast with mom
mini drive
hustling to finish costumes
bowie!!
greatest party with the greatest people
back to slc
the most crowded party ever with 2 faves
tuesday plans starting to come into fruition
the longest drive home
bed finally

day four

costume errands that will be done tomorrow
bought a birthday dress
bought a night time lip balm (stay tuned)
picked up lunch @red rock
wish family time/plans
costume time #1
make a wish trick or treat party
african food with three favorites
nikita with mom
no working on costumes
early bed

day five

school
sad news
more and more school
tepanyaki w/my favorite
lots and lots of costume errands
bed

day six

long meeting with traffic referee just to set another date

costume errands

practice costume make up

lunch fun

pack

italian soda

class from 6-10 (the movies finally have sound!)

spaghetti din

early bed

day seven

wake up early
put on a sparkly dress
go to school
rip my tights and leg on a piece of metal
sit through classes
lunch
sit through class
walk around in the cold with no tights
sit through class
get mcdonald's @10 pm
go home
eat
clean my room
go to bed

couldn't sum myself up better in a quote if i tried

“It’s the only time I feel like me, she said, & everyone else just thinks it’s dress up.”

- Brian Andreas

and in a few short days, these lovelies will be mine

i finally caved and decided to buy myself these.

it'll be the best early birthday present ever.

another classic case of jewelry that could be used as weaponry

Unclench your fists, unlock your knees and also the door to your heart, take a deep breath, and begin to swim. Begin to let the waves do their work in you.

-shauna niequist

 c/o little reminders of love

i drove all night OR we.love.celine

this photo pretty much sums up how much jen and i love celine dion

jen pointed out to me a youtube video where almost 5000 people liked it and less than 100 disliked it

and one person said:

"89 people have no idea what love is or how far makes you drive"

haha we loved it. don't even get me started about the shirt i got

best show ever.

love letters of great men, vol 1

i have wanted to get this book for a long time and finally decided to just do it, 

thanks carrie bradshaw. 

every time i watch the sex and the city movie i am

enchanted by the love letters.

thus far the book hasn't disappointed!

i started at the beginning (even though my favorite is toward the end)

and have already found some new ones to love.

 this is my favorite part of a letter by napolean:

until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses;

but give me none in return,

for they set my blood on fire.

there's nothing like the best group of girlfriends and friendships bracelets to make a girl feel better

i love these girls so much

their love and support means more to me than words can describe

p.s. i know everyone is jealous of my lingerie swim suit cover up

love doesn't just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new

ursula k. le guin (the lathe of heaven)

summer.

nothing says summer like mini strawberries

aren't they so cute!

my name's amanda and i have an addiction

from this:

 to this:

it's no secret how much i like nailpolish. the other night i decided to organize my all of my polishes (they had previously just been thrown into a drawer). i debated between color and brand and obviously chose to do it by brand. now, not only is it easier to see which shades i have...it also looks kinda pretty. a job well done amanda.

p.s. i went through and counted all of them before i organized. 97 polishes (and i know i still have some at my apartment). the next day i bought 1 and found 2 in my car. that puts me at 100. not too shabby. 

I.LOVE.NAILPOLISH.

it's shots like these that make me want to chop off all of my hair again.

must resist the urge....

couldn't have been more excited

than to see emma watson on the cover of vogue wearing prada. 

everything about this shoot is divine

sometimes there is just nothing better than a funny face, a shake and hair that hasn't been washed in 4 days

and without further ado...

i'd like to introduce my new lipstick.

blahg: this is mary kay sunny citrus lipstick (but who needs full names anyway)

lipstick: this is blahg. 

you can't tell from the crummy photobooth picture but it is a brilliant red orange

just the color i have been looking for for a very long time

i'm thrilled

and yes, i need to find someone to take pictures of me, my computer just doesn't cut it sometimes and yes, i look like i'm about to fall asleep in this picture; and yes, my bangs are really long. 

the end.

oh the lengths i'll go to for a splendid birthday surprise OR as if my car didn't look like a clown car already

{and yes, that is a 52 pack of chalk peaking out of the left corner. that one's for me not him :)}

who would have thought

on a completely different note than the previous post (this has nothing to do with wyoming)

monopoly money + monopoly property cards + dice = ART

our assignment was to bring in 30 of 3 different objects and create a "site specific installation piece" and take it down all within the 3 hours of class

this meant i spent and hour and a half just folding these cute little flowers

*since my whole class was working all over the building, at one point, someone came up and asked me if there was a party going on in the building that night, what a silly!*

 

 i love how it turned out, so fun and whimsical

and to think...this is school work!

greetings from fabulous wyoming OR the things i do for art

funnest, funniest day
a semi truck driver even honked when this was being taken
it was that cool you guys!

happy anniversary:

it's been one year since i deactivated my facebook, can you believe it?
also, can you believe i have blahgged so many times in one day?

galaxy glam

i helped out at the make a wish gala this year. 

it was super fun to be a part of everything.

even better was the fact that jen and emmy were there to keep me company.

emmy and i were together the whole night and it was a blast. 

jenny kept me calm when i was helping at check out (i get nervous, okay?) 

definitely worth my saturday night!

 because the event was at the clark planetarium, the dress code was: galaxy glam.

i knew that i wanted to go to decades to find something fun and glittery. 

they have a bunch of racks that just have garments with beading, sequins and pearls (basically me personified as clothes.) i originally wanted a dress but knew i had to have this shirt when i saw it. 

the outfit:

 huge headband, pink lipstick, glittery shirt over a black dress, tights and boots

there were a bunch of star wars characters roaming around too. emmy and i each got pictures with them and a few short minutes later, em threw me under the bus by telling the super fans that i had never seen the show. it was kind of funny, but karma instantly came back to em when the characters asked her if she had ever been interested in charactering. so funny. 

overall, a great night! great people, great cause. can't wait for next year!

i'm flattered, really i am

so i have a slight obsession with noodles & co.

i eat there a few times a week.

anyway, the point is: last week when i went to get some dinner after class

i ordered and at the last second said, "oh! to go please".

i paid and when i walked away i thought, "hmm that's kind of weird, they didn't give me a number or ask for my name." 

a few minutes later i hear, "amanda." and it was my order. 

you guys i go there so much, they didn't even need to ask my name. 

brilliant.

an·drog·y·nous

saturday night bestie T and i made our way to the lady gaga concert. we decided not to dress up (good decision, every one dressed up look.....crazy...to say the least) but i wanted to do something special.

i figured a bow tie would be a simple solution. 

T and i were so busy having fun, that we didn't take any pictures so....all i have is a lousy photobooth picture.

oh and surprise! an even better phone w/ mirror picture. if that's not classic i don't know what is

nothing better than a simple outfit jazzed up by wearing sequined shorts and a nice bow tie

thanks for a fun night my sweet bestie :)

fridays are always a little better with a flashback

the other day at brunch we were talking about the ghosts of short hair past.

to understand what i'm talking about, you have to hear a little story.

when jen was just a wee one, my mom wanted her to cut her hair short.

jen, being a smart little devil, said that she only would if my mom cut hers.

so cut hers my mom did. and she permed it.

what a woman.

family christmas time photo. jen and mom with 'matching' hair 

i love it! look how young dad looks! (more like look how young we all look, i'm just a babe)

 

 here's another. i love this picture.

and then another story. 

i can't remember why, but in preschool i cut my hair short (i got the short hair itch young apparently).

it was so short and i loved it so much. 

i loved having the back shaved. i was living on the edge. 

cute little bowl cut, and yes...i did get mistaken for a boy a few times (mom is in denial),

but a cute boy with a polka dot tank top and shorts with sea shells on them

(i also got the pattern mixing gene young too i guess...thanks for letting me pick out my own clothes mom and dad!) i especially love my little name tag.

future winner

happy friday everyone!

and everything she touched turned to gold

i am absolutely loving this stuff.

bought it last night.

applied it this morning

and i can't stop looking at how pretty it looks at my nails.

so my hand looks really weird, so what...

look at the polish! and it's even better in person

it's revlon gold coin

amazing

{emily, when i bought this i thought of you because you love gold so much! you should get it! it would look so pretty on your gorgeous tan skin!}

little things

i found this tumblr just the other day and i absolutely love it.

it's a list of all the little things we should appreciate.

these were some that i especially loved as i glanced back through the archives, and i still have a bit to go.

currently obsessed:

i saw these here and ever since i can't stop thinking about them

i bought this skirt today and can't wait to wear it. i love that its sheer but has the little shorts.

and these photos will temporarily fill the place in my heart yearning for summer

one of my all time favorite pictures of me and jen. well worth the heat stroke we got climbing a hundred steps to get to the top of the temple. also, i love that hat more than just about anything.

cute grandma's pirate hand. what a woman.

wind swept photo shoot.

aww, the honeymooners! little twin austin looks so different now. growing up too fast.

the blissful sunny days in the pool.

can't wait for summer!

it's about time

every weekend i pre-plan all of my outfits for the school week.

i put them along my dresser, then pack them into a suitcase

{sweet austin always makes fun of me for bringing a suitcase to our apartment}

i do this for two reasons:

1. a girl can't get dressed properly without her whole closet, she just can't

2. i can wake up 20 minutes before i have to go to school and still be okay

it's a win-win really.

anyway, for some unknown reason, i've been lacking inspiration with my outfit planning lately.

{can i blame january?}

but....i finally feel like this week is gonna be a really good one.

fabulous.

deceptively sunny

it looks like it should be warm outside, right?

wrong. it's only 15 degrees.

happy tuesday folks.

{oh hey capital}

nothing brightens my day like finding an oversized kiss

i think that if i saw this guy in real life...

i might just explode

{ps: i forgot how to blahg there for a couple of weeks}

i like to have fun on fridays

i don't know when it started, or why, but every friday

i like to take what i wear to the next level.

(my chemistry friend, adam, says it's the only reason he likes to come to class on friday's ha)

let me showcase my costume this past friday:

*sorry for the lousy phone picture*

-cream sweat shirt (it has a penny, a nickel and a dime on it. and the penny is saying "don't nickel and dime me!")

-red plaid flannel shirt

- leopard pants

-gold pointy shoes

what can i say, i like pattern mixing and dressing crazy.

p.s. jen says these gold shoes scare her haha

confettisystem

okay, this is my last time blahg-ing today {going right to work on that resolution!}

but seriously, i heard about confettisystem here.

i am mesmerized by every single one of their products.

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i can't even express how much i want that garland.