Life Lately

Guys, it's been nuts around here over the last week or so. Life has just been a whole bunch of crazy! It's a good crazy, though. I would really rather be busy than not. Between school, work, all my extracurriculars, and starting our show, there has been a lot going on.





I suppose I should elaborate on those things. We're about a month into school, and so far I've really been enjoying it! I'm totally overloaded on classes this semester but rather than feeling overwhelmed, I feel like I'm actually learning things, which is a wonderful feeling. I'm a talent scholarship student this year, so I also have a few more responsibilities than I did last year. I have more service hours that I have to complete and a community service project to think about. I'm also on the dance company this year. So much to do!





I've also been working at Catan Fashions, which is a bridal salon. I've been there for about a month now, and I really enjoy my job! It's so fun to work with brides and help them find their dream dress for their wedding. I love being around the dresses and getting to talk and think fashion for a while on my weekends. Plus, I like getting paid. It's kind of like Say Yes to the Dress, but in real life.

Now for the big news: We're starting our rehearsals for our musical, "Cabaret", today! I am so incredibly excited for this, I can't believe I haven't blown up my blog with updates. We went through our entire audition process two weeks ago and I was in hell waiting for the cast list to be posted. It all paid off, though, because I was cast as Sally Bowles! For those of you who aren't familiar with the show, that's the lead... We have our first read-through tonight and I cannot wait to get started!





Otherwise, I've been working on getting really in shape and getting back into healthy eating. Living at home makes that more difficult than when I'm on my own, but I still think I can lose ten pounds by the time we open the show. It's gonna happen! I've also been trying really hard to make more time to take outfit photos, even though that's not always an easy thing to do, and it's going to keep getting harder as we get farther into the rehearsal process. I'll figure out a way to make it work, though! I've also been spending time with my man whenever I can. We actually just celebrated eight months yesterday. I know that isn't really a milestone, but we still had dinner together and made a fire outside. I know, awwwwwww.




dress: forever 21, shirt: H&M, belt: H&M, neckace: sister's, shoes: H&M

A note about this outfit, it's totally a maxi dress with one of my sister's shirts over it. I hadn't realized it until just now, but most of the pieces that I'm wearing are actually from H&M. That nail polish is probably one of my favorite colors I've ever put on my nails, not to mention it lasted well! I think I'll need to invest in a new wide belt soon, though, because that one has gotten a lot of wear. It's my go-to belt. Also, those curls are still left over from when my grandma set my hair, which totally ended up being worth the time and effort because they lasted for about three and a half days and they were so pretty!





Life is pretty great. Things are going well and even though I don't have much time to do other stuff, like read or do random photography or see movies, I am just loving how things are right now. Everything is sort of falling into place, and that makes me feel like I'm in the right place and doing what I'm supposed to do.

What about you? How's life going?

Curls, Curls, and More Curls

My grandmother has been insisting lately on setting my hair in curlers, so a few nights ago, I went over for a visit and we spent the evening rolling my hair. I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out with my hair already being permed, but I was up to try it. She told me all about how back in the day, women only really washed their hair once a week and then set it in rollers and had nice curls for the rest of the week. My grandma still does it that way, except now she goes and gets it done weekly, rather than doing it herself. I was pretty apprehensive, since it seemed like kind of an old lady thing to do.

She washed my hair (it feels so good to have other people wash your hair) and put gobs of leave-in conditioner in it and then she went to work! It only took about 45 minutes to do my whole head, which was pretty fast, considering it takes a couple of hours to roll my hair when they do a perm. Grandma was using bigger curlers, though. She then put me under a home dryer, but I sat under it for about 45 more minutes and it still wasn't dry, so I just went home and slept on them, which wasn't the most comfortable night of my life...



The next morning, I took all the rollers out and I was left with crazy barrel curls! I looked like Shirley Temple, but it was so funny! I enjoyed my short, bouncy curls for a few minutes, but then combed through them with my fingers and after a few minutes of separating and playing with them, I had beautiful, full, bouncy curls. My hair felt so light and fluffy!





To go with my princess curls, I decided to debut my Disneyland Paris t shirt. Casual, but fun! Believe it or not, those curls lasted me three days. Plus, it was done with no product and no heat. Maybe the old ladies have it all figured out...



What's your favorite hair treatment?