let's just pretend...

...that i didn't ruin my hat on vacation by getting it completely soaked and then sitting on it the entire duration of the drive home.

...my shirt isn't wrinkled because i only do laundry once every i've-worn-every-pair-of-underwear-i-have cycle. 

...i didn't spend an hour curling my hair for it to turn out flat and dead.

...the tan i managed to get after camping for six days isn't already nearly gone and i'm a bronzed goddess.

saturdays are and always have been my favorite day of the week. unless i have an enormous pile of homework to do, saturdays are my days that i spend doing absolutely nothing that should get done. that includes showering and getting too dressed up. yesterday, i opted for 'simple' and honestly, i think i need to channel my inner saturday more frequently. i usually end up grabbing what's at the top of my drawers or closest to my bed on the floor. saturdays are comfy days. loose skirts, loose tees, and easy breezy. i didn't plan on taking photos yesterday, but ended up doing so knowing my top priority right now is to take pictures of other people instead of myself and hardly have the time to keep up with my own outfit posting (speaking of which, i have a "website" so that potential cliental can see what i've done here )(i'm ridiculously excited to shoot a wedding).

my birthday is in two days and i have a little surprise for you guys. don't ask me why, but whenever something cool happens, i always feel a little guilty stealing all the fun for myself (if i could share my birthday cake with you all, i would, hands down) so i have something arranged for the day! come back on tuesday!

p.s. have i mentioned lately that i'm having the best summer? i am.
p.p.s. thank you SOPHIE for taking my photos.
p.p.p.s. thank you JASMINE for this amazing skirt. favorite to date.

skirt: thrifted // shirt: the gap // wedges: urban outfitters // 

belt: francesca's collections // necklace: modcloth

just go with it

I'll start by saying this: I'm not crazy about this dress. I don't know why, but I couldn't bring myself to love it. That might be because I didn't actually order this dress nor did I pick it, it was sent by mistake in replacement of one that I did want (and is now out of stock), but I decided to give it a try. The skirt was fun to swish around in all day and I loved how the colors in my bow matched in addition to how my bike necklace worked. But I wasn't a fan. It looks like this one will be going back. But, it was fun to work with something out of my comfort zone and sometimes that's all you can do: just go with it. Right?

This week seems to be going slowly and I am thinking that it has a lot to do with the fact that summer school is OVER. What!? I can't even believe it. I've been doing homework since January and it doesn't quite feel real. That being said, I can't believe that until college, this was the norm. I pretty much did absolutely nothing this weekend except watch tv with my sister and hang out inside, but it was the first down time I've had in months and it was perfect.

My bffl for life took these pictures so thank you Margaret!

I'm wearing:

dress- Modcloth

shoes- Urban Outfitters

bows- gift

necklace- Forever21

sunset meadow

A long while ago, one of my best friend's from high school took these pictures of me for her to use in her photography portfolio for her photography class. As you can guess, Niklaas takes 99% of all pictures ever taken of me, so it was a pretty new experience shooting with one of my girlypals and working with a girl in general! It was a lot of fun and I loved having an excuse to dress up in my favorite find from the modcloth last hurrah sale a couple months ago! I'm going to have to get it out this winter with Niklaas and see how it looks in film, don't you think!? Omni did a beautiful job and I love how the lighting turned out for us! (It also makes me miss Idaho quite a bit)

Outfit:

Dress- Modcloth

Shoes- Urban Outfitters

Headband- Forever21