Tooooomorrow!!!

Tomorrow I leave for spring break! I am carpooling with my boyfriend, best friend, and my boyfriend's best friend (sounds funny). Campus is dead and I just can't wait to be on the way! I am horrrrible at packing. There is never a time where I can just do it and get it done with-- have you ever noticed you can't ever be completely packed the night before because you need to use most of your tolietries/makeup the day you leave? So it's always a scramble. I have been "packing" (attempting to) for the past 3 hours. I'm on my second load of laundry which is slowing down the process.

Sidenote: I believe in having your sheets changed, laundry done, room clean before you leave for a vacay because nothing is worse than unpacking AND cleaning on a Sunday.

At least all my "going out" options are folded neatly on my bed and my shoes are all picked out. And I just charged the battery and started playing around with my new camera! So excited.... crunch time though, need to eat super healthy because I will be on the beach in no time!

Au revior!!

I promise to take many pictures-- especially using my new sweep panorama mode!

Have a great weekend- and a wonderful week!

Day 5!

I did it!! I've run/walked 3 miles every day since Sunday- 5 days straight! And just when I was about to give up hope that any of this work was going to improve my Spring Break bod.. I stepped on the scale and had lost 5 lbs! I don't understand why I can't see the results that clearly, but I'm so proud of myself I don't care. Now I just have to run tomorrow and not drink too much Saturday when we get to the beach, because Sunday I will be in a bikini!
Go me!

(Note: this above photo is not demonstrating what I will be doing on Spring Break i.e. Spring Break is time for relaxation, not running)

Feeling kinda hungry...

So I was looking at one of my new favorite websites FoodGawker and I saw this amazing take on pizza and I had to give in... I know spring break is 3 days away but this looks easy enough and small enough to be tonight's dinner! 

How yummy does that look?!?!? Find the recipe here
Tiina's blog is awesome!

New DigiCam!

Today I went to the store and spent wayyyy over my budget but got a camera I fell in love with! The reason I was over budget was because I didn't know I had to buy a new special memory card + the amazing 2 year warrenty. Oh well. My camera is 14.1 megapixels, 7x zoom, AND 720p HD movie! Yay. So pumped and excited for spring breakk.. it even has this cool panorama feature that I will definitely be trying out on the beach!

Picture This...

I am getting a new digital camera this week!! Little inside scoop on my digi-cam past: owned a really great Sony camera from 2005-2007 and traded it in for a not so great Casio-- just because it was pink (pathetic, I know) had that from 2007-2009. Then this summer when I went on my abroad trip in Greece (10 cities in 3 1/2 weeks~ it was amazing) I used my mom's new Fujifilm camera that is super small (because I thought it would take better pictures). Well I was wrong. The mega pixel-age was set wrong so when I went to print out some of my 650 pictures they wouldn't be able to print bigger than wallet size without looking pixelated/grainy. Most depressing moment ever. Thank goodness for the 20 other people on my trip posting their hundreds of good quality pictures on facebook, so I still have the memories. Anyways it really made me realize how much I value capturing moments on film and I went to Best Buy last week and literally talked the salesman's ear off for close to 45 minutes and walked out without a camera. His recommendation for me: the Sony Cybershot W350 because I want a really good quality camera that also takes HD video. (Side note: he recommended a great Kodack camera more in my budget for my picture quality needs but when I told him I was also interested in the hype of the Flip camera he said I should splurge for a better 2 in 1 deal, a digital camera with HD video capabilities). So I took out my sock drawer savings and transferred money from my savings account and hopefully this week I will go back to Best Buy and buy it. I'm so excited to use it on Spring Break next week!

This is the camera I'm interested in. If anyone has any tips or experiences or reviews of it please let me know!!!

Essentials for Spring Break

My spring break is next week!! I was just talking with one of my roommates today about when we're going to pack and what we will bring... we both decided we're not going to bring too many out there outfits that we never end up wearing anyway (you know like an extreme sequin dress that you might put on but immediately change when you see all your friends are wearing jeans and summer tops). Also this year I'm not going to forget my comfy clothes! Last year we had a couple nights of hanging out while our friend played the guitar and we all "chill" drank and I didn't bring one sweatshirt or pair of sweatpants so I had to borrow! Not gonna happen again. 

What is on my packing list?

An adorable cover up  

 

A classic pair of jean shorts 

Sunnies of course

A really comfy sweatshirt  

(the older and softer the better)

A fun bikini, I just bought this one  

A cooler for the beach

  

and naturally - a sundress  !

 

Happy Friday!

Spring is finally creeping up on us here. It's incredibly sunny out but still windy and cold feeling. Today I noticed 3 different couples holding hands on this sun shining day and it got me thinking... how in love you feel when all you want to do is walk around with someone holding their hand.
It's a pretty cool thing.