Current Obsession

This month...

TV Show: Lie to Me

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Clothing: Nude Platform Pumps

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Food: Subs

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Color: Mint

DIY: Dinner/Dessert in a mason jar

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Summer Flowers

I love fresh flowers on any table, and the best time to get flowers is when they are in season. These are a few of my favorites that bloom in summer months.

Dahlia via google

 Gladiolus via thefloweringgarden

Hydrangea (Yes it's cupcakes but they were too cute not to use) via thecupcakeblog 

Lisianthus via bouquetweddingflowers

May 10 in 30 mid-month update

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1. Save up for a new camera to take to California. Any thoughts on Cannon vs. Nikon? Not yet, I'm still saving

2. Pre pay my car insurance for the next four months. I have the money I need, now my work just needs to pay me!

3. Work, a lot! and save that money. I'm definitely fulfilling this one. I've been working crazy hours every week trying to save up for car insurance/a camera/ rent/ life

4. Make a patchwork quilt to take to the beach. Not yet, it's much harder than I thought, and every time I look for fabric I get overwhelmed and confused on what kind of fabric I want/ am supposed to use.

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5. Actually go to the beach. I went once so far. I had plans to go a couple more times, but there are lovebugs everywhere. (If you don't know what lovebugs are or have never had to live with them flying everywhere, trying to get into your car/hair/everywhere consider yourself blessed.) 

6. Find some new shoes for summer. I found a pair I really want, but they're heels and not very practical. What I really need is a couple nice pairs of gladiator sandals, but I haven't found a pair. 

7. Find a good book to read this month. Found one, The Hobbit :) 

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8. Buy a map of the world and mark the places I want to visit. Nope

9. Organize the yard sale piles/ find new items to go into the piles/ find a weekend to have the yard sale. Kind of. I've added a couple things of things to the pile, but haven't organized anything 

10. Start a recipe book. I made a recipe book! It's really cute. It's the first picture

Cupcake Loveliness

4 hours+ 2 people+ 2 packages of icing+ 1 funfetti mix= Awesome cupcakes

Can you name the tv shows and/or movies?

April 10 in 30 Finale

1. Make macaroons. I keep seeing them everywhere and they look delicious!

The way the tops of my macaroons looked, burned

 A Blog With No Name macaroons 

You be the judge...

2. Find out were I can locally find henna temporary tattoos and possibly try one.

• I looked in a couple stores and they didn't sell henna but I'm going to keep looking. 

-Quick funny story. When I asked my mom if she knew of any store by the house that possibly sold henna, she kept thinking I was looking for the hair shine (also called henna apparently) and kept asking for it in places. Thanks mom, but hair shine isn't what I'm looking for, (but I may go home to find a bottle of hair shine in my room. haha) 

3. Finish out this semester strong! Only three weeks, only three weeks. 

• I'm so close to summer, one more exam and I'm free! So far I've been doing really well though.

4. Take time to stop and think not just run through life. Take the time to stop focus on what is important in life and talk to my creator. 

• From writing this till now I've had a lot of refocusing happening in my life on what is actually important. I'm very grateful for this month and what I've learned from it.

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5. Watch AFI's 15 top movies of all time. I've already seen a couple

1. Citizen Kane
2. Casablanca 
3. The Godfather
4. Gone with the Wind
5. Lawrence of Arabia
6. The Wizard of Oz
7. The Graduate
8. On the Waterfront
9. Schindler's List
10. Singin' in the Rain
11. It's a Wonderful Life
12. Sunset Boulevard
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai
14. Some Like it Hot
15. Star Wars 

• The only movie from this list I watched was Gone with the Wind. It was very long, but it wasn't bad, and I failed making macaroons during it, but I did have a fun Saturday with one of my best friends. 

6.Use coupons when grocery shopping. I keep reading stories about how much money people are saving; I wonder how much I can save in a month?

• I changed the couponing into buying as many "buy one, get one" deals as I could and cooking at my apartment. I ended up saving about half of my food budget, which was awesome, but expenses kept creeping up, so from that I have about 20 in my wallet. 

7. Have a good Easter with my family!

• I did! I even decorated the table 

8. Dress up a little more. Don't always wear shorts and a t-shirt

• Nope. I think I may have dressed up one day, but that's it. 

Via PhotoAtlas

9. Start actively learning either Spanish or Italian

• At first I started learning French, but then changed to Italian once I got a computer program for it. So far I know a couple words like la bambina is girl, and simple phrases like un uomo  guida la macchina- the man is driving a car. I'm really excited! 

10. Take at least an hour a day to take a break and relax.

• Yes and No. This semester, and month especially, has been a busy one. I would say the most relaxing thing I did most days was listen to stand up comedy while studying. 

I'm pretty proud of myself this month. I actually accomplished most of my goals. Lets hope next month goes as well.