Purp.

Last year, on New Year's, I bleached the crap out of my brunette hair on a whim. It initially turned a horrendous shade of Magic School Bus yellow, and I had to walk around looking like a had one of Lady Gaga's reject wigs glued to my head. Thankfully, through the magic of extra bleach, neutral blonde hair dye, and purple shampoo I was able to salvage a rather pretty shade of blonde out of that mess, if I do say so myself. Anyway, while I thoroughly enjoyed being a blonde, the maintenance was a pain in the ass. So, outside of purple shampoo, I let my roots grow out, giving me a sort of two-toned, maybe-ombre-could-be-dip-dye-who-knows, type of look. Honestly, I didn't think it looked bad. But I was bored with it! I needed a new look.

So today I dyed my hair purple. Yep! Like purple purple. Like Katy Perry worthy purple. Welp, only over the blonde parts, anyway. I used a jar of Manic Panic's Purple Haze in the amplified version. I let the dye sit for about two hours before rinsing it out. And I have to say, I am pleased with the results! My roommate said I looked like a rock star. I feel like one!

It is a tad darker then I anticipated, but literally every single instruction website I visited warned that purple fades quickly, so I'm hoping it'll fade into a softer, medium, purple within a few washes. But for now, I am enjoying hella purple hurr.


                               

In other news, today is National Margarita Day, so me and my girls went out and enjoyed some tasty margaritas! If you haven't gotten one yet today....WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR. Get out there and have a drink, you deserve it!

Valentine's Day!!

Hey everyone! Here's hoping all of you had a great Valentine's day. I personally love this holiday; granted, it's a Hallmark holiday, but I love the fact of having a day to just spread some love. Even when I was single, it was a great reason to buy my best friends or family members little gifts or candy. Or even something special for myself ;) This year though, I got to spend a lovely few days with my boyfriend. He came up on Wednesday and left last night, which was very nice considering it had almost been three weeks since we had last seen each other.

We slept in late, made ourselves a big, tasty breakfast, then got dressed up before heading downtown since my boyfriend had an interview schedule. Granted, the wait was a little long, but we had plenty of time to chat. Afterwards, he surprised me by taking me to the Cheesecake Factory. Believe it or not, out of my 21 years of living in the Chicago area and Chicago itself, I had never been there. It was delicious, but the portions were enormous! We ended up just splitting an appetizer before getting huge slices of cheesecake, and it was more than enough food. We were stuffed! We then went back to my apartment to exchange gifts, nibble on candy, and cuddle until it was time to take him to his train. I got him a case and a weight for his new GPS (two things he kept talking about wanting and was thus very excited for) and he got me flowers, a Hello Kitty nightlight (an inside, but touching, joke) and a painting he did himself with a poem on the back. It was so sweet I thought I was going to cry <3

What did y'all do? Did you spend the day treating yourself or someone else? Or is Valentine's Day just not your speed? If not, let me know your favorite holiday!

Chicken Noodle Soup with a Soda on the Side...Minus the Soda.

Hello one, hello all! So I'm going to be honest. Keeping up with blogging has been harder than I expected. I thought it would be a nice thing to do in my free time, but I find myself either wanting to sleep, watch Girls, or hit the bars whenever I have a few hours to spare. This semester has already been a whirlwind - it's my second to last semester but due to availability of classes I am in all of the hardest classes offered for my major, one of them being my thesis project. So as you can imagine, there's a lot of stress and well, very limited free time. That being said, I definitely WANT to keep blogging. It's a stress relief and it feels a lot more productive than just oozing around. I need some serious blogging motivation, so if anyone has any tips, send them my way! Perhaps a schedule is in order?

Anyhoo, not much outside of reconnecting with friends and classes/homework galore has been happening, but this semester I promised myself I would start cooking more and eating healthier. I survived mostly off of frozen dinners last year, and by the time winter break hit I found myself not only a little rounder but very sluggish, which is why I think I need some changes. I'm not much of a cook, but me and my roommate have been throwing together some simple crock pot recipes for the last few weeks, but last night I tried out this Pintrest recipe for a fancy chicken noodle soup, all on my own. My version did not turn out quite as pretty as picture, but man was it tasty! And not difficult or overly expensive. I highly recommend this to other college students who want to feel like an adult, but want to exert minimal energy to do so.

I'm freezing part. 2

Today is the first day of second semester, meaning new teachers and classmates. Normally, I advocate dressing up for at least the first few days of school, because I think it makes a good first impression to your professors and colleagues; one that says you take care of yourself and are here to take things seriously.

That is how I normally feel. But today, I am caught in the polar vortex in Chiberia, in subzero temperatures and frigid wind chills. Trains have shut down, almost all flights have been cancelled at the airports, most businesses are closed (my lucky boyfriend got called off of work!), and of course, my college campus remains open. Ugh. Thus, I think I will not be judged too harshly by any of the new faces when I choose function over fashion today.

I'm keeping warm with thermal leggings and a long sleeve top under my clothes. Over them, I have on my black Old Navy skinny jeans (before you judge, Old Navy makes literally theee best cheap, skinny jeans for us tall girls, particularly for those of us who are bigger than a size 2), and an oversized grey sweater I found in the men's section at a thrift shop. I'm accessorizing with a pair of (worn) black combat boots from Charlotte Russe on top of several pairs of socks, a red scarf I made, and my new favorite shaggy, cream-colored beanie from Forever 21. When I head out, I'll be adding a large puffy coat, sunglasses, and thick gloves to the mix. Stay warm everyone!

I'M FREEZING.

Nothing to report today other than, oh, MY HEATER IS NOT WORKING. I headed back to school today, only to arrive to a furnace that will not heat my apartment above 55 degrees when it's a solid -5 degrees outside. Too cold to unpack, too cold to do anything. Thankfully, I've found a way to stay warm until someone comes to fix it tomorrow.

I hope everyone is warmer than I am, and is having a wonderful day!

To Start This Off

I am so bad at introductions. The prospect of making new friends has always been an appealing one, but initial contact has always been a struggle for me. Upon meeting someone, I honestly can never decided if they are need of a hug, handshake, or just an acknowledging nod, and I absolutely incapable of picking the right one. Furthermore, I have been cursed with a sort of cautionary politeness that hinders me from expressing my true personality from the get go; I have to gauge if the person will appreciate my crude sense of humor and will not be easily offended before I can safely nestle back into my repertoire of immature sex jokes, sarcasm, and just lots of dumb shit that will inevitably come out of my mouth.

What I am trying to say is; hi. Hello. Welcome to my blog. I hope you like it. If you didn't already guess from my incessant ramblings in the previous paragraph, this blog will be one that lacks direction. The real point of this is to get me writing, keep me productive in my free time, and channel my interests. And I have a lot of interests, so when I decided that I wanted to start a blog I couldn't choose one to focus on. Therefore, I'm just going to pick them all. I like clothes, I like makeup, and I really like eating. I like movies and TV shows, particularly animated ones, because at the age of twenty-one I still have the mentality of a ten year-old. On the topic of being twenty-one, I enjoy a good drink or two, and by good I mean anything that won't drain my bank account and will get me drunk in under an hour. I am a college student living a faux-bougie lifestyle, meaning I like to spend money, but then openly hate myself for it later. I occasionally read books and scientific articles because I am a wannabe intellectual. I am also particularly fond of talking about things - and people - that I hate, because I am terrible and because it's fun.

So if any of the interests that I listed above match yours, I hope you'll stick around, because I tend for this blog to feature all of these things. While I have to admit, I question my ability to stay dedicated to this (like the bulk of my generation, I can't deny that I am notorious for giving up on projects that do not reward me with good grades or money) but I do have lots of bizarre thoughts that I want to share.