Good Weather in Dallas, What?

Dallas has been having the most amazing weather this week. It's the perfect amount of coldness where one can wear a light cardigan and jeans, and be stylish and warm. It's sunny with light cold breezes, and the temperature is usually in the high 60s.  If only my teachers in school could allow me appreciate this weather more, instead of forcing me to stay inside to study and do homework for their classes.

Outfit for the day:

Madewell1937 Jeans, Urban Outfitters top, Gap cardigan, Ann Taylor Loft sandals

It's been a while.

The weather's beginning to get a bit chillier in the mornings in Dallas. In other words, people don't look at me funny when I wear cute jackets. I have to make this post quick because I have preAP pre-cal, AP Physics B, AP U.S. History, and a clarinet to get to. Not to mention review some of my rules of evidence for mock trial. Here's the outfit I wore today:

top: jcrew; jeans: madewell1937; jacket: martin + osa; necklace & headband: forever 21; shoes: bitten by sarah jessica parker (black flats not shown); belt: fossil (it's brown and not visible)

The Camera Adds 10 lbs.

And I am no exception. Here's why I haven't posted anything in a while.

Explaination Vlog from vee tee on Vimeo.

For anyone that can tell and care. I'm wearing a grey jcrew shirt, martin + osa straightleg jeans, and a forever 21 necklace. My eyeliner's a bitch because I've worn it all day, so it's all smothered. I don't straighten my hair. Oh, and don't you just love the thumbnail shot? It's possibly the most unattractive thing ever.

Oh, I also didn't realize that the camera wasn't taking a shot of my face. Ooops, but I was too lazy and way too consumed by homework to reshoot it. Sorry.

So Close, Yet So Far.

Being the teenage girl that I am, I constantly text. The problem, however, is that I have 400 text messages per month. Guess how many times I've gone over at least $20? Every month, basically. So to save my parents from the hassle of spending more than the price of unlimited, I did a lot of begging and Mom basically gave in. That is, until she said "I have to discuss this with your dad first." But let's start from the beginning. Mom already agreed to get me a Blackberry Curve, T-Mobile was having a reasonably priced sale (you know Asian mothers can't resist good deals). The sales associate told us that in order to own a Blackberry, one must also purchase unlimited texting. DING DING DING. Unfortunately, mom didn't end up purchasing the Blackberry, or the unlimited texting for me. So, alas, I must wait until my contract actually expires in MAY 2010 to get a new phone, and unlimited texting. For now, I will go over my bill until my parents get the point.

On with shopping news. I've been to the mall basically every other day this week. This being the week before school starts, it makes sense that the parents would allow me to do so. I've probably spent more on OTHER people than myself though. I did manage to buy two pairs of Martin + Osa jeans, socks from Jcrew (I know, socks), a fleece from Eddie Bauer (for band warmth purposes, not stylish at all), and some body lotion from Coach. Here are shots of the only decent things I bought, the jeans.

straight leg & boot-cut

And yes, I did get these hemmed the next day. Being pathetically short, I had to or else I would destroy the bottom of these jeans in a matter of days. The boot-cut is actually a lighter blue-ish gray wash. My terrible phone camera doesn't produce good images. I had to do some editing to even get the pictures to turn out halfway decent. Keyword: HALFWAY.

Impulsive much?

Change of plans this weekend, Rustin decided to drive up to Dallas on Saturday when I was definitely not prepared to look any bit decent since I was at work. Old Navy is not a place to attempt to look decent, trust me. I think I dress nicer at school than I do at work. Anyways, we ended up having dinner with his friend Jordan at Grand Lux Cafe at the Galleria Mall, where I work.

Anyways, I'm about to go get ready for the shopping trip I've been putting off all summer. My beloved friend Stephanie is going to accompany me and I'm finally going to spend the paychecks I've been working my ass off to earn all summer. Can you believe it, I only spent one paycheck this summer, and that was the first on that barely had any money on it. I'll leave you with some food porn.

yum!

EDIT...

So the Northpark trip wasn't as successful shopping-wise as I wanted it to be. I ended up purchasing two pairs of jeans from my favorite store, Martin + Osa, and had amazing Starbucks with Stephanie and Alayna. I purchased a necklace from Forever 21, by the way. It's just a random bird necklace because I wear vitually no jewelry, so I figured I would branch out a bit. Going to the school tonight to play for the little freshman orientation, as well as working the table for the club I'm president & founder for.

Low & Low.

I know I'm incredibly behind compared to all you music junkies, but I'm currently listening to a playlist of All Time Low's songs. My dear friend and I were driving to Sonic the other day and she blasted a couple of their songs in the car and I figured I should continue listening to their songs as I blog. They're quite amazing. As for the second "Low" in this post, I'm referring to Mr. RCLow and the incredible shopping trip we are going to have together this Sunday when he comes to Dallas to visit. I've recently purchased this lovely cardigan from Gap that I've been dying to wear with my comfy Madewell jeans. And of course, some old worn out black flats that just seem to go with everything.



Images from Gap & Madewell1937's websites

Obviously, these are models and not me. I know what you're thinking, I live in Texas and I wanna wear a sweater type top? Malls are cold, therefore I'll be warm. End of story. But I might pair them with some khaki shorts and Sperry Top-Siders so I look less of an idiot. Yeah, I think I'll do that instead. What do you guys think? Hm. Still haven't bought that camera I asked you guys about the other post because I still have to pay a $300 band fee as well as a $100 SAT class by the end of this month. We'll see where this camera journey leads...

Camping and Furniture.

I have been gone since Thursday afternoon because of a leadership camp called COPE in Athens, TX that I was forced to attend as a result of becoming a member of the leadership team for band. I learned one main thing: I am a city girl. I'm used to a cell phone connection with at least a three bar signal, running water in a shower that doesn't have ants and other critters, and a matress isn't a twin, hard as a rock, and has mysterious brown streaks/stains across it. I have learned that I love my mother's cooking and that a clean bathroom that smells acceptable is a luxary. I have also learned that keeping a room at 70 degrees is the perfect temperature and if someone decides to change it to 55 degrees, I will get goose bumps, have a runny nose, and wanna shoot myself because I can't sleep. Lastly, 18 girls and two bathrooms is the worst you can do to female teenagers.

Now that I have managed to come up with a paragraph of complaints about my terrible camping experience, on with the semi-fashionable/life part of this blog.

My parents and I have been meaning to get a new sofa, and this is the final choice we came up with. What do you guys think? I love Ikea, so it wasn't a surprise when we ended up choosing this one. We'll see if the parents finally follow through and purchase a good sofa. It's a MÅNSTAD corner sofa-bed with storage. I'm fascinated.

image courtesy of ikea.com/us