{I don't know how to tell you this, but...}

There's a Chinese family in our bathroom... 500 days of Summer is such a great movie.

Today, my friend and I went to Ikea and then ventured around Houston for a bit.

I picked out my duvet cover for next year, and basically planned out my future house. Ikea is just such a perfect place. I love it so much. We ran around Ikea, which was pretty empty because everyone is still in school, and pretended each place was our house. The usual.







After our Ikea adventure, we headed over to Anthropologie and to get lunch at Aladdin's! So noms. It is a Mediterranean food place which is definitely one of my favorite in Houston. I ate some sort of lentil salad with hummus and pita bread! Hummus is def on my top list of fave foods. It is good and healthy, what more can one ask for?!

Then we found this amazing little British part of town with a lifesize chess board and other cute British things, so naturally we spoke in British accents and pretended we were in Harry Potter. My summer thus far has been so full of adventure! I can't wait to venture around more of Houston before I leave it!
P.S. I am trying a new way of posting picture, so excuse me if i change of the layout for the next few post until I get it right.

{my extremely lazy day}

I started out being really prouctive today with a 6 mile walk with my mom, but after that it all went down hill. I slept for about 4 hours, went to work then came home to lazy around some more. Currently I am reading a book called "Book of Unforgettable Journeys" and drinking tea. Earlier I was painting a lion. I am really into painting animals right about now. Also, I have no idea why i read so many travel books, they just tend to leave me sad and wanting to travel even more than I already do!

And Happy Memorial Day to everyone!

{Living Learning Communities}

I just found out about these living learning communities at my university. They sound really appealing and frankly just awesome, but both seem to fit my interests really well. There is the Green LLC and the Arts LLC (llc=living learning community). The Green LLC is into volunteering, outdoor activities, being green, sustainability and that sort of thing which I totally love. They also do vegetarian/vegan cookouts and stuff, such a win for a starving veggie college student. It also involves hiking trips and campouts, which i have never really been camping but I really want to start especially because the weather will be SO amazing in the fall. On the other hand, the fine arts LLC is geared towards people who enjoy fine arts such as photography, painting, visual arts, dancing, and the likes, which I also ABSOLUTELY love. They take trips to museums and concerts and dances and plays. They both seem so so so appealing but I can only pick one to apply for. Any advice on which to choose/ what to think about with these?

{really cool websites}

I think really cool websites will be a new feature on my blog. I have been all over the internet lately and have been finding awesome sights that I want to share with my readers. This is a really cool sight I just found that you can use to help practice your camera skills. Maybe take the camera off of auto? It is called camera sim. If you are into photography I would definitely check it out, can't do any harm can it?

{dorm room finds}

I have spent the last, well forever, looking for items to put in my dorm room and deciding how to decorate it. There are just so many options and so many looks i like that I can not decide! O the decisions. Senior Year is basically decision year. That's what I have concluded.

Both of these rooms are so beautiful. This world has so many beautiful things.

{Kids of the 90's}

I've been looking through pictures of my childhood. Well my younger childhood days, I mean I am still a kid, always will be. I had a really cool life.

“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.”

{parties, pants and painting, oh my!}

Ok, so maybe I didn't buy any pants but i needed a "P" in the middle of the title.

Today I woke up and had a grad party to go to. It was fun, we hung out for a while, had lunch and left. Eat and Run is my philosophy on grad parties. Just kidding, but really. After the party, my mom and I went down to Rice Village to hit up the stores. I have been buying dorm room supplies and big sweaters A LOT lately. I figure the only way to keep warm next year is tea, big sweaters and possibly a cute boy? We will see about that last part.

Our shopping trip today was quite successful. I got an electric water heater for making tea in my dorm AND 2 big sweaters and a dress. Quite the win. We also got to eat at The Corner Bakery, which is definitely up in my top 5 restaurants. So noms. I really want to try to find some local restaurants to try out though, so if you have any suggestions please let me know!

After dinner, we hit up hobby lobby to buy a pattern and material for the skirt making that will be going on in my house this summer. I really want to learn to sew better and make my own clothes (like Jenny on Gossip Girl when she used to be sweet and innocent). I also got a canvas and some other art supplies for crafts i need to make. I painted an elephant on the canvas for my new baby cousin! She is so precious, and I hope she hangs it in her room!

It was quite the eventful day! How is every else?!