Halloween Festivities

Last week was Halloween and it was the first time I wouldn't be spending it with my family and friends from back in Miami.  Despite that, I ended up having a lot of fun!  After (literally) hours of contemplating what to dress up as, I decided I would go as a Sim.  It's the perfect combination of creativity and laziness.  The first party I went to was actually like three weeks before Halloween, which made my roommate and I stand out quite a bit as we walked across campus looking like this:

 

(She was a loofah).

I ended up having so much fun that night.  It was actually the first party I went to at college.  Not many people dressed up, though, since the party was so early in October, but everyone there seemed to like our costumes a lot.

On the night before Halloween, I ended up going to my first ever frat party which was... a little crazy, to say the least.  I felt like I was in some teen comedy or something; there was a pole in the middle of the living room, there was a guy dressed as a penis... the whole thing was just a bit crazy.  I really wasn't loving it when I first go there, but after a while I started to have a better time. 

Oh, and I dressed up as a hippie instead of a sim.

We also went to a haunted house in the basement of one of the dorms that was themed as a twisted, zombie mental hospital thing.  Needless to say, I was screaming for basically the whole time.  

Here we have me freaking out before the haunted house, and my friends acting cool and normal.

And finally, on Halloween, I went to a party with some kids I know from a club I'm in.  It was a great night spent with great people.  I dressed as a Sim again even though some of the people already saw me as that.  Whatever, I spent like an hour making that damn green diamond so I for sure was going to wear it on Halloween.

So...

...much...

...fisheye.

There was definitely no lack of celebrating Halloween this year; three parties, a haunted house, AND marathoning halloween movies.  I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas now.  I cannot wait for pumpkin pie, and to see my parents and sister, and be back home.  

Let me know  in the comments what you dressed up as or what you did on Halloween!!

New Dorm Room!!!

Hello everyone!!  So after hours of unpacking, and even more hours of stressing, I have officially moved into my dorm!!  I am pretty happy with how everything turned out.  Unfortunately, the chair that I posted a picture of earlier didn't fit so I had to send it back with my parents.  Everything else I brought up worked great, though!  I'm not going to do a super in depth room tour at the moment since I'm still not sure I'm going to keep everything exactly as it is, but I figured I would share how my room looks for now.

So here you can see my bed, desk, and nightstand area.  As I said in an earlier post, the bedding and pillow is from Urban Outfitters, and the throw at the end of the bed is from Pier One.

Above my bed I just hung up some photos of my friends and some of the people I have met in the past.  I got both the string and the clothes pins from Michael's.

This is my nightstand area.  I just have a couple of mugs, some lotions and deodorant, a cat lamp one of my best friends gave me, a (fake) plant from Pier One, and a Britta water filter from Target.

I took this picture while I was still moving in, so there was still a bunch of junk on it.  I hung up a 4-piece bulletin board from Staples, but it's already fallen down twice so I'm not sure if I will keep it or not.  And I also used a shoe shelf from Target as extra space on my desk.

Finally, we have my closet.  I am so happy that all my clothes actually fit inside of it because I was worried I packed too much.  And the two bins on top I'm just using for extra storage, and they were from Target as well.

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So that is my side of the dorm.  Obviously I have a roommate but I wasn't going to take pictures of her side because weird.  I'm pretty happy with it so far, and hopefully I can sort through any of the small glitches I have with it.  

Just Some Dorm Decor

These past few days I have been crazy busy.  Since I'm moving to college in less than a month now (what the what?!) I have been shopping for all sorts of dorm related items and have actually had insane luck.  I've bought almost everything I needed to get, which is a huge weight off my chest.  Even though I'm still pretty stressed and anxious about starting school (it's been hard for me to sleep and I've been getting hiccups a lot), it's nice to know that I have everything I need for a nice dorm room.

I would post pictures of everything but it's currently sitting in bags in a pile on the floor.  Maybe once I'm moved in I will be able to post some photos of my (hopefully) well-put-together room.  Until then, here are just a few of the cuter items I bought:

The pillow and the bedding are from Urban Outfitters, the chair is from Target, and the throw is from Pier One.  All in all, I'm pretty excited about how everything is coming along so far.  Shopping for dorm stuff has been overwhelming (there's soooo much to get!!) but it's also been a fun time.  It's getting me more pumped for when school starts :)

Brandy Melville Obsession

Recently, I have been spending an embarrassing amount of time scrolling through the Brandy Melville website.  I absolutely adore all of their clothes and jewelry, and it's gotten to the point where I've practically memorized all of their inventory.  I've gotten in the habit of adding about half of their store to my cart, and then never buying any of it because I'm a broke student.  These are my Brandy Melville top picks.  The pictures are links to the individual products.  If you aren't broke, you should definitely look through their stuff!!  It's all flawless, I promise.

BRYA CORDUROY SKIRT- $26

KASSI DRESS- $35

ALEXIS KIMONO TOP- $45

PAIZLEY MILITARY JACKET- $35

 REMI SHORTS- $19

BLUE STONE NECKLACE- $12

ELIN ROMAN NUMERALS TANK- $21

KAYA TANK- $15

REINA SHORTS- $28

TEARDROP EYE ENGRAVED NECKLACE- $6

SHERON HIGH TIDE WAVES TOP- $20

A Family Vacation (ft. Dr. Penis)

For the past week and a half, I've been in Virginia visiting family and walking around very old buildings.  My niece was just born last month so we went up to meet her, as well as visit with the rest of my family there.  What a vacation, from a doctor signing his name as "Dr. Penis" to me getting my nails painted bright yellow by a lady who hated my guts, it was quite a fun time.  I tend to forget how beautiful Virginia is, but I mean

 look

at

this

place. (And my parents).

It's so beautiful up in Virginia, I wish I could spend more time there.  We spent some time doing the tourist-y stuff, but mostly we just spent time hanging out with family.  (Which was great, because chilling out with no real plans makes for a nice, relaxing vacation).  I think about 50% of the time I was there was spent holding this baby because, I mean, look how sweet she is!

The other 50% was spent reading to, playing puzzles with, and tickling these two crazy kids.  (They're pretty sweet, too!) ((Even though one of them kicked me in the face.))  (((But I'm not bitter.)))

It was overall an absolutely fantastic time, and hopefully I will be able to visit again soon, especially because these kids are going to grow up so fast!  (Do I sound old...?)  But anyway, just thought I would share a little recap of my trip.  I miss it already!!