Mono

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tee: Old Navy, jeans: Target, shoes: Target, scarf: Wal-Mart (I know, right?!)

My mom took this and was showing off her composition skills in the last picture, haha!

Wore this to my sister’s choir concert last night. Best. Ever. It was a girls’ night since my dad and Jason were working. We ate, laughed, and talked for a few hours after her concert and it was wonderful. I love hanging out with them. They’re probably the best family on the planet.

Yesterday I sang on my last ever student recital! Next semester I’ll have no voice lessons or anything having to do with voice lessons. 🙂 Can’t wait! My hearing for my senior recital is fast approaching and I’m getting a little antsy, though I know I’ll totally nail it. 🙂

Happy Friday!

Navy + Chevron

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sweater: Target (similar), pants: Old Navy, shoes: Converse, necklace: F21

Our local Old Navy just recently reopened after building a new (smaller! Ugh!) building and my mom, sister and I hit it up to see what we could find. Turns out these pants were on sale for $7! Score! Super comfy and a little high-waisted with a trendy pattern. Oh, and pockets. Course, their sale section is about 2×3… hopefully that changes! Yikes!

Today at 12:30 I’m singing on my very last student recital before I graduate in May! I’m not nearly as nervous as I know I will be for my hearing next Wednesday. I’ll sing all of my pieces that I’ll be doing for my senior recital for a panel of my teachers and they determine whether or not I’ll get to do my recital. Right now, it seems like fun but I’m sure next week I’ll be a wreck. 🙂

How’s your week going? It’s almost Friday!

Snaps

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1-4. Snaps from my birthday! Jason got up early and made me breakfast and my sister printed me tons of her Instagram pictures! Can’t wait to hang them up!
5-8. Little Bit and Pepper. The closest they’ve ever been.
9-12. Greyscale.
13-16. The surprisingly beautiful Schlotzky’s drive-thru, a Panera date, new favorite drink (Yes, it’s girly. Yes, it’s delicious.) Berry trees at school.

I love it when my sister does her monthly Instagram posts so I thought I’d copy her a little. Of course, hers are always so much better than mine. 🙂

Printed Pants

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tee: Old Navy-old, pants: Target (similar), wedges: Target (similar), hat: Forever21

These pants are pretty great. They feel like pajamas! Oh, and there are pockets. Duh.

So since you guys are great, I’m going to be doing my first giveaway soon! Once my Facebook page reaches 100 likes I’ll be giving away something pretty. I’m not sure what it’ll be yet, so leave a comment with an idea if you want! Oh, and like the page so you can get into the drawing! 🙂

House Tour: Living and Dining Room

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This is pretty much the only room in our house that is actually (semi) finished! Our bedroom is missing carpet, our game room has glue all over the wood floors, and the guest room just needs work! We’re hoping to save up enough money to move in the next couple of years so we’re not putting any money into this house until then. Yay, moving!

Surprisingly, every single thing in this room is free (or cheap!) to us. It was either gifted, found, or from our wedding. The couches and dining table were given to us by our parents and all the vases, linens, and throws were gifts or thrifted. The side tables were bought at a flea market. We really needed those! We were using the floor and an old chair 🙂 Our liquor/linen cabinet is from Jason’s work. They were cleaning out the home economics room and we snatched it up! Can’t wait to refinish it and reline the back and hopefully add another shelf. There’s too much vertical space in the bottom for me! The antlers on the mantel were found in Colorado by my aunt and uncle. The baby’s breath in the vases are from our wedding table. Yes, I’ve kept them for two years. It’s probably time to throw them away? The chevron lampshade is a DIY I did last summer, one of my favorites in the room!

Still to do in here are curtains, trim around the ceiling, cushion for our bench, and recover dining chairs! Looks like a big trip to IKEA is in order… 🙂

Fall Goals

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I know the first week of October is over but I was inspired by one of my very favorite bloggers, Kaylah of Dainty Squid, and decided to make up a goal list for this fall! The transition between September and October always comes rather abruptly for me. My birthday is September 30 and October hits me before I’m through celebrating! Guess that means I’ll just claim both months as my birthday month 🙂

I love love love the fall! The crisp air, the apples, the colors, the trees… ahh! I hope it never ends! Of course, here in Texas, it’s almost like we have two fall seasons. Winter is just a little colder. 😉 So these are some of my goals! It’s going to be a little tricky since it’s in the middle of me getting ready for my senior recital! A whole half hour of me singing. Yikes!

So! If you can’t read them above or below, here are some of my goals!

-take lots of pictures of the leaves
-decorate with pumpkins indoors! (I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do this!)
-bake a pumpkin pie
-carve a jack-o-lantern (with Jason 🙂
-dress in purples and mustards
-practice more photography
-have fam bam over for dinner!
-roast a chicken (Jenna from Eat, Live, Run says it makes the house smell delicious!)
-successfully pull off my senior recital

I’ll surely be adding more! What are some of your goals?