cataldo mission

Warning: this is going to be one heck of a picture and "Maggie's Life Beyond Clothes" kind of post. Niklaas and I adventured last weekend I finally have all my pictures gathered from last weekend! But more importantly, I finally have the time to edit&post them! I never realized how long and how much time blogging truly takes...but it requires getting dressed in the morning with inspiration to make an outfit you're proud of, setting aside time to go take pictures, downloading them to your computer, choosing the good ones, editing the good ones, writing a post, uploading the pictures to blogger, and situating them just so. It's crazy! But worth it:)

So, last Friday, after staying up for the first time in my life doing homework past 2am (3:30!) and waking up four hours later to take my Biology Lab Practical Exam, Niklaas picked me up in the morning IN Missoula! Can you believe that?!?!? I still can't. He drove all the way from home to get me which is a 4-4.5 hour drive. We walked around campus a bit and I took him to the cafeteria for lunch courtesy of my meal plan (hehe) and giggled at my friends as they met the boy they've heard mentioned a few times ;). It was so nice for him to get to see my new life for a change! We only had an hour and a half in Missoula before we had to turn around and drive to Spokane for the Josh Ritter concert. Along the way...we stopped at Cataldo Mission :)

I've been absolutely dreaming of going to Cataldo Mission since I saw a picture of it in my fourth grade Idaho History textbook. To be perfectly honest, going there and taking pictures with Niklaas and walking around made me totally feel like Teika! Seriously, if we happened to be married and five years older, I'm convinced Niklaas and I would be exactly like them. Haha! We've been adventuring since last year and when we became a couple, it just became all the more fun. Cataldo Mission was beautiful and while everyone I know has always told me it "wasn't exciting" or even "stupid", I loved it! I think there is something so amazing about being able to see history right before your eyes- Cataldo is the oldest standing building in Idaho. I can't imagine going to Europe and visiting old castles and structures. I'm drooling at my computer just thinking about it. I'm a history buff.

The two-three hours alone we got driving was so lovely. Just us and the road and Taylor :). Hehee. We got to Spokane and after a good solid hour of trying to maneuver through traffic (thank the Lord I wasn't driving), went to dinner with Niklaas' family. The concert was directly afterwards and I was reunited with my family! Eeee! The best part about the concert besides the fact that it was Josh Ritter was the fact that a lot of my friends from High School who go to the local university went and we were all in the front row. I am pretty sure I am the most susceptible star-struck girl ever. I squealed constantly. If you haven't heard of Josh Ritter...go listen now!!! He's so insanely talented and Rainn Wilson is one of his biggest fans. He's from my hometown and graduated about ten-fifteen years before me and comes home every now and then. It's so, so amazing.

We love Josh.

I got these argyle tights from Target last month and I loveee them. I'm not really an argyle person...but I am a pattern person, and these are wonderful. I love these denim dress so much. I'm a short dress person. On short people, long dresses look awful, and I love showing off my tights! You heard about these boots in my last post but I love wearing them with dresses too :). OH! I got this cardigan for my birthday. It's the first thing from Urban Outfitters I've ever bought for full price- it was a complete $48. Eeeep! I honestly hate spending over $25 for anything...but this cardigan is so so soft and I've worn it constantly. I love my beanie hat so much! I've been really working on buying specific items and buying burnt orange fall colored items was on the list- and this was too perfect! And lastly, I got this AMAZING necklace from the lovely Alex! I wear this necklace almost everyday and I'm realizing that I really, really need to buy more jewelry. I spend all my money on clothes and rarely buy jewelry but this necklace is the cutest thing ever! I need more!

 dress-forever21 cardigan- Urban Outfitters Tights- target necklace- ALEX! Hat-forever21 boots-charolette russe

I'm lying on my butterfly chair curled up in Niklaas' sweatshirt blogging while...watching....television...on...my...new...TV!! I was looking forward to this allll week and when I got the package slip in the mail yesterday I squealed. It's my early Christmas present and contribution to the dormroom. Jenny brought a fridge and microwave...and I brought nothing. So now I have a tv and our room is complete!

Well, I think I've said enough! Tomorrow I'll be picking a winner from my giveaway, so if you still want to enter, go for it! I'm ordering my CSN store slippers as we speak hehe :)

Also, it just started snowing. Thank goodness it's a new day.

Love,
Maggie