All I want for Christmas is you...

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Mine was pretty good, nothing exciting just some good food & good family. My mom made her fabulous peanut butter pie...yum.
Yesterday was my last day for this semester & let me tell you it could not have come sooner. This was the most difficult semester of my life & I am not joking. Thank goodness I will not be taking three english classes next semester. I am actually on break until Jan. 18 which is awesome-Merry Christmas to me!! Well that's about it for now! If I'm not on again before christmas:

**MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE**

We all do stupid things, but we all deserve chocolate

Wow it's been a long time since I've updated. There really hasn't been anything new going on in my life, which for me is a good thing. School has been going good. Busy writing papers and doings tons and tons of reading. I think this semester has taught me not to take three upper level english classes in one semester again. Last night I watched the movie Dear John and I thought it was pretty good. It was a little slow moving and simple but sometimes it's nice just to read or watch a simple love story. I am a huge fan of Nicholas Sparks and I actually didn't read the book before seeing the movie this time but I do have the book so I'm probably going to have to read it pretty soon.

Also I have been on a neverending search for a pair of saddle brown riding boots, but alas, I was unable to find anything that would work. But I did find a pair that I completely fell in love with:

Yes they are Uggs. And they are my third pair.

But you know what, they are like my old faithfuls. They are so super comfty and you can really wear them with anything. I highly suggest investing in a pair, not necessarily these ones but maybe just the original short ones. Believe me, you will be in love. My first pair I got in high school so they are at least 5 years old and I still wear them. Granted they have a hole in them but that won't stop me from wearing them!

Starstruck

Tonight I was out to dinner and at a baseball field near where I live they were filming a movie. My mom & I decided to go check it out because you could just walk in and be an extra. So that is what we did. So I got be an extra in the movie tonight. The movie is called Homerun Derby and it stars Matthew Lillard. If your not sure who that is, let me enlighten you. He has been in many movies including Scream, She's All That, Scooby Doo & Without A Paddle. After filming ended tonight he was gracious enough to hang around for a little bit and do autographs and take pictures which I thought was really nice. So long story short I got to meet him and get a picture with him:

Thanks Matthew for being so courteous & kind! You rock :)

Happy Birthday to me!

So last week was my birthday & I am now the big 2-2, woo! Haha. I went shopping with my dad so that I could pick a few things as my gifts. I went to J.Crew which is one of my favorite stores. I picked out a pair of pants & a really cute cardigan.


Now even though I really love the store, I am a little upset with them. The pants I got (I hate to say) were $79.50, but since they were my gift it was ok. But 4 days later I was looking on their website & what do I see but my pants-under the sale items. Yep, that's right, they were on sale. And not just 10 bucks off or something-oh no, they were now on sale for $19.99. Yep they were $60 off. Now how is that even logical? The pants are cordoroy which means they are for winter. I was so unhappy. Now online they did not have my size so I called the store to ask them if they were on sale there & they were not. I told them they were on sale on the website & asked if I could get a difference because I had just purchased a sweatshirt the same day at a different store & found it on their website for $10 cheaper & they gave me the refund. Well apparently J.Crew does not work that way & they would not give me the difference, told me sorry & said there was nothing they could do.
This just does to show you that when something is that expensive you should really not pay retail. Now at that store they don't usually have all their stuff on sale later but I never thought it was going to be that much less in just 4 days. I am now trying to decide if I want to keep them just out of principle. I really think that them putting them on sale that quick they should give you the difference but I guess its different at every store. Oh well. You live, you learn.

Also for Christmas my brother & his girlfriend got me a Coach gift card & I was waiting to find just the right thing & the other day I did:

-->Isn't it adorable? OMG Thanks again Taylor & Amanda :)

The Hurt Locker

So after a seriously long wait I finally saw The Hurt Locker last week. Ever since watching the Oscars I had been wanting to see it & I reserved it from the library but had no idea it was going to take this long for it to come in. Last week it did. I wasn't really sure what I was going to think of it. I really like Jeremy Renner & I knew I was going to like him in it. But the movie was actually really good. It wasn't the best thing I had ever seen but it was still pretty good. I am glad that I saw it though. I didn't really see any of the other movies that were nominated for Best Picture this year so I don't know what it was up against but all in all I would suggest seeing it! And if not for the movie then for the oppurtunity to see Jeremy Renner in uniform :) swoon.

It's something unpredictable but in the end there's right

So I was just thinking the other day that fall is just around the corner. Don't get me wrong, I love summer, in fact my birthday is this week. And if fall didn't come with the beginning of a new school year, it would be perfect. I love fall.
I love to watch the colors change.
I love to watch the leaves fall.
I love the weather.
I love going to high school football games (even though I've been out for a few years now haha).
I love wearing hoodies with jeans & flip flops.
I LOVE Halloween.
I love everything about fall.
Except for school.

However that's not to say that I dislike school. I actually really like school & this semester I will be starting at my new school which I am really excited about. I actually just got a letter for a scholarship I recieved so I think this is going to be a really good year. At least I hope so. Knock on wood my health agrees with me!

Happy Birthday

So I know I am a few days late but I want to say Happy Birthday to my niece Emelia! She turned 1 last week & I can't believe it! Where did the time go? It seems like just yesterday I was going to the hospital to meet her :)

InStyle Day!!

Today is what I like to call an InStyle Day.
Please allow me to explain what exactly that is. It is when my beloved InStyle magazine comes in the mail. It makes me happy. It makes me very happy. Giddy actually.

I have a love affair with InStyle Magazine. My dream career is to be Editor-In-Chief of InStyle magazine so needless to say when it comes in the mail it makes me smile. I just love getting lost in the pages of what I like to call my bible. I love the clothes, the makeup, the articles, everything.
It just makes me want to run upstairs to my bedroom and rummage through my closet to see what kind of outfits I can put together. I was literally reading it a few minutes ago and I thought to myself oh my gosh I know exactly the outfit I want to wear tomorrow.
I just got this adorable sweater from American Eagle & I have to say that I am in love with the whole "boyfriend" look. I can't even count how many pairs of boyfriend cardigans & boyfriend pants & shorts that I have & I just can't get enough. I love the look. Pair an adorable boyfriend sweater with a cute pair of leggings and voila, adorable!
Here's the sweater:


And I am in love with these shoes that I first saw on The View & that you can find on Bakers.com! They would go perfect with the aforementioned outfit :)

Leggings also look adorable with a cute pair of uggs Everyday in the winter I wear my Uggs, they are just so insanely comfortable. Basically it goes from sandals in the summer to uggs in the winter and back to sandals in the summer and uggs in the winter. And I love it.
Oh how I love my InStyle Days!

What you want, baby I got it

So yesterday I decided to give myself a french manicure since I didn't really feel like paying for one. Here are the results:


-->Not to bad if I do say so myself!



xoxo L

Dear Vacation

So I know that soon I will be on vacation but I am ready to go now. I haven't been on a true vacation in about 4 years & let me tell you, this is well needed & well deserved. I will be going to Vegas baby & I am excited! I went once when I was 13 but I didn't really care for it & I think that's because I was to young to really appreciate it. I know this sounds really lame but I just want to go & hang out by the pool while sipping a mimosa.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Another page dedicated to Ralph Waldo Emerson, I found this page of quotes & I was totally inspired! Enjoy

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“We are always getting ready to live, but never living”

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

“People only see what they are prepared to see.”

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

“Make yourself necessary to somebody.”

“A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.”

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”

“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.”

“We change, whether we like it or not”

“Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.”

“The first wealth is health.”

“Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.”

“This time,like all times, is a good time, if we but know what to do with it.”

“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again”

“Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a personality which, by birth and quality, is pledged to the doctrines there set forth, and which exists to see and state things so, and not otherwise.”

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”

“Insist upon yourself. Be original.”

This last one isn't Emerson but I still liked it:

"If you have zest & enthusiasm you attract zest & enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind."

Some of my favorite quotes

"Sometimes i wonder if anything's absolute anymore. Is There Still right and wrong? Good and bad? Truth and lies? Or is everything negotiable,left to interpretation, grey. Sometimes we're forced to bend the truth, transform it, cause we're faced with things that are not of our own making. And sometimes things simply catch up to us."-One Tree Hill

"Truth is still absolute. Believe that. Even when that truth is hard and cold, and more painful than you've ever imagined. And even when truth is more cruel than any lie."-One Tree Hill

"Have you ever wondered what marks our time here? If one life can really make an impact on the world...or if the choices we make matter? I believe they do. And I believe that one man can change many lives. For better...or worse."-One Tree Hill


"There comes a time when every life goes off course. In this desperate moment you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on the path while others tell you who you are? Or will you label yourself? Will you be honored by your choice? Or will you embrace your new path? Each morning you choose to move forward or to simply give up."-OTH

"Love is just a word until someone comes along & gives it meaning."

"the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous."-Sex & the City

"Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down."

Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.-sex & the city

"Money may not buy happiness, but it sure takes you shopping."-Summer at Tiffany

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds."-The Notebook


"Hate is baggage. Life's to short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it."-american history x

"beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. And it will, too... "-Hope Floats


"Life is like a box o...f chocolates, you never know what your gonna get."-Forrest Gump


"You better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Than never to say what you need to say.
Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as your eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
Say what you need to say."-JM

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts."-Shakespeare

The older you get, the more rules they are going to try and get you to follow. You just gotta keep on livin', man. L-I-V-I-N. -dazed & confused

I love you, in a really, really big pretend to like
your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you.-Grey's Anatomy

I do not regret the things I have done, but those I did not do.-Empire Records

"Oh, take your time...don't live too fast, troubles will come & they will pass."-LS

"Laugh as much as you breathe & love as long as you live."

All you need is love.

"For what it's worth, it was worth all the while."-Green Day

"You ever look a picture of yourself, and see a stranger in the background?. It makes you wonder how many strangers have pictures of you. How many moments of other peoples life have we been in. Were we a part of someone's life when their dream came true or were we there when their dream died. Did we keep trying to get in? As if we were somehow destined to be there or did the shot take us by surprise. Just think, you could be a big part of someone elses life, and not even know it."-OTH

"Because it´s only when you´re tested that you truly discover who you are. And it´s only when you´re tested that you discover who you can be. The person that you want to be does exist, somewhere in the other side of hard work and faith, and belief and beyond the HEARTACHE and fear of what life has."-oth

You know it's been said that we just don't recognize the significant moments of our lives while they are happening. We grow complacent with ideas, or things or people and we take them for granted and it's usually not until that thing is about to be taken away from you that you've realized how wrong you've been that you realized how much you need it, how much you love it.

Every once in a while people step up, they rise above themselves. Sometimes they surprise you, and sometimes they fall short. Life is funny sometimes, it can push pretty hard, but if you look close enough you find hope in the words of children, in the bars of a song and in the eyes of someone you love. And if you're lucky, and if you're the luckiest person on this entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back.

"Most of our lives are a series of images, they pass us by like towns on a highway. But sometimes a moment stuns us as it happens and we know that this instant is more than a fleeting image. We know that this moment, every part of it, will live on forever."-oth

Every song ends. Is that any reason not to enjoy the music?

At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world. Six billion souls. And sometimes -- all you need is one.

"You gotta take a chance on something sometime."-The Office

--*I think that's all for today, I'll post so more in the future!*--

These are a few of my favorite things

So I thought I would list a few of my favorite things, but I decided to do it with pictures instead: