Evening stroll

The outcome of a recent early evening walk around campus:

Going for walks like this make me appreciate the beauty of my campus and how lucky I am to live in such a beautiful part of the world. These are some of the gardens that I get the pleasure of passing every time I go to and from class. I am grateful that my school takes so much pride in the scenery on campus.

After this walk, I proceeded to go grocery shopping. I don't know why, I didn't really have anything I needed to pick up. I ended up wandering the aisles aimlessly and by the time I reached the check out and peered down into my basket, it looked as if a maniac had pulled an incoherent selection of random food off the shelves and into my basket. 

Which is exactly what had happened. 

Because that maniac was me.

Sea Breeze

I make pretty faces.

{Tank: American Eagle, Cardigan: Anthropologie, Jeans: Big Blue, Boots: Roberto Vianni}

I went on a little trip with part of my family {a brother and a sister were missing} over the weekend in celebration of my mom's birthday. The ferry ride was beautiful, as usually, and the trip back was even sunnier. I had a great time catching up with my extended family, eating great food, watching hockey, and playing more card and dice games than one would find in a casino. All in all, a fantastic way to spend a long weekend!

My uncle caught these bad boys. They were delicious... I should really feel worse about saying that but I don't.

This is an accurate representation of about 99.3% of our attempts at a family portrait. They usually turn out awkward but hilarious...

... and these are the folks that get to take responsibility for our mildly crazy antics. Just kidding - there's really nothing 'mild' about our antics.

Happy 60th Birthday, Mom!

Mom, you are the strongest, smartest and most supportive woman I know. 

You are beautiful and funny and inspire me everyday. 

60 is obviously the new 30.

I love you!

Happy Birthday

Away with the Wind

{Dress: American Eagle, Cardigan: H&M, Belt: Thrifted}

I was up early for a phone interview this morning, but had no other plans for the day until my class at 6pm so I hit up a mid-afternoon RomCom with a friend. We also got frozen yogurt. It was a quality way to spend this beautiful Thursday. We saw Something Borrowed and, although I don't know how I feel about the ending, I really did enjoy the film.

Since it was so gorgeous out, I knew I wanted to wear a dress from the moment I woke up. I was really loving the circumference on this skirt - it's larger than most of the pieces in my closet - and since this dress hasn't seen the light of day for a years, I really just didn't have a choice. Although the wind was somewhat aggressive, the warmth of the sunshine mixed with all the new blooms on campus left no room for complaining.
I love sunshine!

Happy Birthday, Laura!

Thanks for always being able to make me laugh. You are beautiful, smart, and a master at crazy antics.

Happy Birthday, pretty lady!

Love you always.

{Don't judge, but this is what a family Christmas looks like. Apparently.}

P.S. you're not that short... I promise.