Cut to the Chase.

I was gong to, and in fact I did, type out a post about how wasteful my coffee fixin' routine is... and then I realized that that's the most boring thing I could possibly talk about. It's a slow news day ok?

Really I'm just sitting at Starbucks procrastinating writing one of my five papers... 

So I'll spare you the useless post and get to what I really wanted to tell you... that I'm wearing my new scarf from the Gap and I don't think I'll ever take it off. 

Oh... and since it's red cup season, here is my obligatory photo of my coffee that is so wasteful. 

I'm also enjoying the irony of me listening to Taylor Swift's "Red" album, while drinking from my red Starbucks cup... If only I felt the slightest bit of shame for having this album on repeat.... 

Happy Thursday... thank GOD tomorrow is Friday. 

-Lo. 

November.

Well well well...it's been an exciting few days.

We left off at Halloween so let me recap by saying IT. WAS. AWESOME.

Our costumes were such a hit and all the cool kids got what we were. All night we were blowing our whistles yelling "AIR RAAAIIDDD"...it was great.

Then came November 1st. I feel like it was days ago that I was saying how I couldn't believe it was already October and BAM... there were the red cups at Starbucks...

This past weekend we had our fall formal. We hosted a party at our house before the event and it was honestly so much fun. I love having people over and everyone looked beautiful!

I am constantly reminded of how wonderful my friends are. They make it really hard to make plans to move away...

<--- Especially these two.


These next two weeks before Thanksgiving break are going to be really stressful. I'm trying to be as calm and organized as possible, but we'll see how long that lasts.

Savannah and I have tentative plans to run the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. I haven't been to the gym in about two weeks so we'll see how that goes... It may be a trot turned walk but I think it would be something fun for us to do together...And I think that means I'll be needing to pop into Lulu lemon- dang it ;)


And just because it's election day, and because I'm supposed to be writing a six page paper on Civic Health right now... if you're old enough, you should go out and vote. but don't just go out... educate yourself and then go vote...an uneducated vote is pointless.

Anyhow I'll end my soapbox there.

Happy Tuesday everyone

-Lo.

Halloween.

"Trick or Treeeeaaattt"

Happy Halloween my little ghouls.

I have always been one who loves dressing up...but for some reason I'm really not a huge, huge fan of Halloween. Sometimes I don't think I'm creative enough for it, and then as I've gotten older the costume choices have just become so grotesque... I don't know.

Anyhow this year my friends and I are going old school with our costumes for our last Halloween together....

Ever seen the movie Dazed and Confused? We're going as the Senior girls who haze all of the freshman...and I am SO pumped!

Pictures surely to follow...

In case you haven't seen the movie... here's a little youtube clip for your enjoyment (we start around :51)

Have a Happy Halloween!

-Lo.

Volcano.

Today was a bit of a switch up from the normal Monday routine. This morning I went to Drake Middle School to listen in on a 6th grade bullying seminar for material for a feature writing paper. It's so interesting to see kids interact with each other at that age... it's also hard to picture myself as a 10/11 year old. 

Thank god by that stage in life I had acquired contacts and a hair straightener. (5th grade was a big year for me)

I couldn't help but wonder what it would have been like to go to a culturally and racially diverse school. 

The seminars took most of the morning and then I hopped on over to work for my Monday office hours where I battled with the copy machine for a solid 25. 

After work I popped over to Wrapsody (a store downtown) and browsed for the 3rd day in a row... and bought myself one of my faaaavorite candles: Volcano No. 6

Not only does it smell amazing but it reminds me of the fantastic Damian Rice song. 

Speaking of volcanoes, Hurricane Sandy is about to be in full force so stay safe America. 

I've been avoiding a few papers for a few days now... I can't seem to start them the way I want and my procrastination has led to the start of a new addiction that is Friday Night Lights. 

I'm only on episode 3, and I've cried in all of them... Connie Britton can do no wrong as I've mentioned before from her performance in Nashville. Her hair deserves its own Twitter account... don't put it past me to start one. 

I would also like to point out that it's officially hot chocolate and seat warmer weather. 

Happiness is...

-Lo. 

"Volcanoes melt you down..."