a Sunny Disposition

{Dress: Kohl's, Cardigan: Hollister, Blazer: TNA via Aritzia, Shoes: vintage}

I wore this dress with the cardigan all morning and afternoon and loved how flowy it all was. I had a recognition night to attend this evening, so I traded the cardigan in for my blazer and it worked swimmingly!

Awkward:
- Having the silliest - but most realistic - nightmare that involved me getting into a whole lot of trouble at my job. $1.25 million worth of trouble. I woke up literally in fear for my job.
- When people look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them I like mini fruit marshmallows. They are so good!
- There are two girls who live in the same area as I do, who apparently look like me. They are referred to as "Karla's twins." Apparently, they look so much like me, that people often approach them creepily, or yell at them from across a common area, or sneak up to them, cover their eyes with their hands and say "guess who," only to discover that these girls are not me. I feel bad for them. And I would like to take this moment to apologize for having such creepy, awkward, and embarrassing friends. {I cannot control their actions - I swear.}
- Singing along to a little TSwift, when someone knocks on my door to ask me to sing less loud, because she's watching a movie. A Miley Cyrus movie, to be exact. I don't know who was more embarrassed at the end of that interaction.


Awesome:
- The Peanut Butter Cups I made earlier this week. I may or may not have loved them so much that I made another batch...
- The big annual intramural sports event that happens at my school at this time every year. I've come to recognize it as the beginning of summer. People sitting out on the knoll, soaking up the sunshine and watching other people exercise. Awesome.
- This dress. Who knew I would not only love, but own something Lauren Conrad designed?
- Really enjoying my classes and readings as of late, almost to the point where I don't want classes to end. Almost.
- And on that note... SUMMMMMMMMER!


Side note: I want.

Lazy Wednesday

{Button up: JCrew, Jeans: Big Blue, Belt: thrifted}

Today was alright. Yesterday, I was serenaded on stage during a male beauty pageant. So today, by comparison, didn't stand much of a chance. But it was a nice, quiet day getting through meetings and such.

This top-belt combo made me feel oddly fifties. If the belt was red, I think I would have legitimately broken into the finale number of Grease. On another note, I have been cuffing my jeans like no other as of late. I feel like it's my own attempt at getting summer to hurry up and get here! Well... that's pretty much all I had to say today - thanks for reading.

Oh, and take a gander at this lovely video:

From the Oven: Peanut Butter Cups

Today I tried out a brand new recipe: Homemade Peanut Butter Cups. I love Reese Cups, so I thought these would be a fun experiment. They were surprisingly easy to make and technically didn't even involve my oven at all. The only issue I came across was that I ran out of milk chocolate and had to switch to bittersweet chocolate part way through. If you use this recipe, as I did, I would suggest that you use 16 ounces {or two cups} of chocolate. Additionally, I chose not to add the crushed peanuts on top of the cups, as suggested by the recipe.
Other than that, I highly recommend this recipe - they are were delicious!
Recipe from Martha Stewart.

Mash-up Monday

{Cami: Garage, Crop top: Forever XXI, Jeans: Mavi, Scarf: vendor on campus, Flats: Gap}

Today was a fast-paced, great day. I learned to curl, baked cupcakes with homemade berry sauce, made significant progress in my job search, and somehow managed to attack and kill my gigantic 'to do' list. Success!
The curling expedition was... interesting. To say the least. By the end of four games I finally understood the rules AND no longer fell over when I pitched the rock. All good fun.
Since the busy day only allowed for a total of three hours of 'down' time, I was so surprised when I sat down at the end of the day and realized that my to do list was largely complete. I don't know how or when the items got checked off, but they did and I'm more than happy with taking credit for all of it.

How was your Monday?

Brunch, Cherry Blossoms, and Ligers

I had the opportunity to meet up with some friends {who I haven't seen forever} for lunch on Sunday. I brought over the Orange Cranberry Scones I made on Saturday night, along with a few other things for the potlatch-style meal and had a great time catching up.

I then took the long way home so that I could enjoy the cherry blossoms!

I was chatting with some of my friends last night, and somehow - I legitimately do not know how - the topic of Narwahls came up {try not to be too jealous of the kinds of conversations I have with my friends}. As we're all laughing about how they are the unicorns of the sea, my friend looks at her boyfriend and says, "They aren't real, right?" The room went dead as her boyfriend shook his head and told her that of course they are real.

She then responded, "But, I thought they were like ligers!" which, in itself, is a facepalm moment. Aren't Sundays fun!?