Lowly Saturdays with Nowhere to Go

BWAHAHAHA DO YOU PEOPLE REALLY THINK THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE THE ENERGY AFTER SCHOOL TO SET UP MY TRIPOD ANYMORE?

Top: Kohl's, Hair flower: gift, Skirt: thrifted, Belt: H&M, Ankh necklace: Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Combat boots: thrifted

Hey all! Happy belated Valentine's Day! Was love in the air for you this week? I came home after school on Monday to this wonderful surprise waiting for me:

From Mr. Samuel, we named the bear Bilbo and he lives on my bed currently <3

Well despite that, I think up here in the Twin Cities we're all suffering a bit from seasonal disorder. The weather is extraordinarily fluctuating, snowstorm one day and 50 degree sun the next. I try to keep myself entertained as best I can, my attention span somewhat requires that I be running around doing things consistently during the daylight hours. But I won't put on a tough face for you guys, seeing as this is my blog and I get all my complaining out on here so I'm not a sour puss with my friends. SCHOOL IS HAAAARD DX. Chemistry is progressively getting more and more difficult, it's safe to say that math is not my strong suit. But now I've got meself a three day weekend! I best enjoy it :D Hopefully I'll be going on a thrifting extravaganza later today with my bestie, and go on a prance with myself if the weather permits (prance = a walk with excessive twirling and skipping along the street). Nevertheless, I have made time for tea parties with my Hello Kitty dolls, which is always a stress reliever:

But I think I've yet to tell you guys I'm in another musical for this spring, and guess what we're doing??? LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS!

For those who are unfamiliar with the show, it centers on poor, nerdy Seymour, who is employed at a business-deserted flower shop on the sad and dirty streets of a dark place called Skid Row. There he works alongside girl-of-his dreams Audrey, a ditzy but sweet flower arranger with heart-wrenchingly low self-esteem and an abusive dentist boyfriend. Right as it seems that the shop will have to go out of business, Seymour discovers a strange little plant during a total eclipse and promptly puts it in the window display (naming it Audrey II after the woman he secretly adores). The plant immediately begins attracting a slew of customers to the little shop, and Seymour becomes its caretaker. However, water and plant food seem to have no effect on the strange fly-trap like Audrey II, and Seymour is ordered to find out what keeps it alive. After an incident involving the cutting of his finger, he is quick to learn that what the little plant feeds on is human blood. He decides that in order to keep his job he will be the provider of its food, and lets the plant drink from his own finger. Audrey II begins to grow, though, and soon becomes a deep-voiced, R&B singing human-trap who claims that he will only be satisfied if Seymour finds him people to eat. The show quickly becomes a fast-paced, cartoony, dark-comedy with hilarious dialogue and wild numbers. The movie is available on netflix and I would highly recommend it!

In the show I am an ensemble member overall, but also play a dental assistant, a backup dancer to the sadistic dentist Orin, Audrey's abusive boyfriend, who became a dentist specifically so that he could cause people pain. We've started work on it for a few weeks now, and I'm very excited for it all to come together over the next two months.

That's all I've really got, it's a nice looking day out and I think I'll head outside.

Peace, yo

The Weather Outside is Frightful

There's something about winter that always manages to break my creative shield and flip on the "fashion laziness" switch at the center of my brain. Until I have a collection of gem sweaters that measures up next to Leslie Hall's, I just don't know if I'll be able to post outfits on a regular basis (I suppose this year AP World History had a big hand in flipping that switch too). Maybe Christmas will stock me up again and keep me inspired! Until then, though, I'll keep you entertained with fun things about my actual life outside of fashion (except my life is BORING. BLAAAAH). Well if you haven't gathered it from the title, it's getting cold up here. Last winter didn't end til, oh, May? Yep. Welcome to the Land of 10,000 Lakes, my friends, where the lakes are frozen over more often than not. I got up reeeeaaaally early this morning too, because I'm a nerd and wanted to see the partial lunar eclipse (once again, just partial because I live in the great American ice cap). Anywho, now I'm awake, and, in my humble opinion, long overdue for a blog post. My friends and I made the courageous (and perhaps controversial) decision to actually make an effort to ENJOY the snow this year, opposed to sitting inside complaining about it as with year's past. Here's a photoshoot from our first night in Winter Wonderland! Luckily, Maddie has this awesome waterproof digital camera. Raymond and Aleah walked all the way to my house while the snow was still coming down, and since they're both not an inch over 5 feet, I made the decision that they looked like Christmas elves when they walked up to my door :D

Also, if you're familiar with B-movie horror (I consider myself an expert on the subject at this point), I'm sure you'd be familiar with the movie Frozen. Seeing as it was pretty frozen up in this joint as well, we decided to remake the movie! Unfortunately we didn't have access to a chairlift, but we made do



On another note, I'm entering the Fashion Turd's birthday giveaway, so here's my link to the post: Birthday Giveaway Post

Also, I got PLANT #2 in the mail yesterday and I absolutely devoured it! Thanks Isabel!

Out.

Quirky Wirky

My lips are so chapped, they're as red as my shoes

It got cold today! Probably far too cold to be wearing an outfit like this, and I will admit that I spent a large portion of the school day cuddled up in my cozy hoodie (it has this fluffy inside, for god's sake!) But that's Minnesota, and as a Midwestern fashion blogger I spose it's something to be dealt with. Blah. Whatevah. Here's your pics:

Hair Clip: gift, Scarf: thrifted, Costume necklace: vintage, Cami: Old Navy, Dragon skirt: thrifted, Leggings: Old Navy, Shoes: Chuck Taylor

I guess I better break it to y’all now, I probably won’t be doing much posting next week. We open The Adding Machine on Thursday the 27^th (ah! Exciting!) making next week, and I quote my director word for word, “Hell Week.” I’ve been through it countless times, and it’s truly not all that hellish, just busy. Actually, it’s typically quite a bit of fun, on account of that’s when the dress rehearsals start. And you know me, ever the fan of dress. Oh, the perks of being a dramahead. Anywho, despite what may be the popular belief, I won’t be dead, so please don’t abandon me. And trust me, you won’t even WANT any outfit posts from me, unless you care to see my track sweatpants from seventh grade or my ratty old marching band t-shirts. ‘Cause I assure you, that’s what I’ll be donnin! But we have Thursday and Friday of this week off of school, so I’ll hopefully be able to keep you posted then (Ha! Get it? Posted? I’m so good at making lame blog puns). Until then, enjoy the cold. It’s an excuse to cuddle. And wear scarves.

Wish us all a bunch of nice broken legs for this week and next, we’re gonna need it!