Awkward and Awesome Thursday

For those of you who don’t haven’t been longtime readers, Awkward and Awesome Thursdays was started by Sydney over at The Daybook. She’s an amazing blogger who has the best style (and the cutest little baby)! I picked it up while I was in England last year and now I’ve decided to do it again.

Awkward things that happened this week:

- I tried to put on my skinny jeans Sunday night and they wouldn’t zip up. Oops, no more
chocolate cake for me!

- A representative from a popular acne brand called my house this week and it wasn’t until I listened to his pitch for five minutes that I realized I could tell him “No thanks!”

- I was in the parking lot at my local mall and spent ten minutes searching for the car, then realized I was looking for my mom’s car. I guess it hasn’t sunk in that I have a car of my own yet!

(do the above two awkwards mean that I’m losing it?)

Awesome things that happened this week:

- I bought two new books at Barnes and Noble for a net of .70! Gotta love those Christmas gift cards.

- My parents and I have been watching The West Wing during the evenings and now they’re hooked!

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First ever…wishlist wednesday!

I’ve decided to start posting much more regularly in 2012 and to help myself out a bit I’m going to do a wishlist every Wednesday!

This week I was looking for things that would be nice to wear on campus, things that would look lovely at the library, and anything comfy.

1. Michael Kors Tortoiseshell Watch – $250

2. Free People Slouchy Sweater Socks – $19.95

3. Topshop Tshirt Dress – $60

4. Door Hanger – $14.95

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Cute Video For Your New Year’s Eve!

I have been in love with Joseph Gordon Levitt since his 10 Things I Hate About You days so finding this video of him and
Zooey Deschanel made my day. I hope that it will brighten yours!

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2011 Book Roundup

It’s that time of year again–time for the end of year book round-up! Though I set out to read 52 books this year I came in just short of my goal with 50 books read. I’m currently making my list for next year and I’m looking for suggestions! Have you read any great books in the past year?

1. In the Land of Invented Languages (Okrent)

2. Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)

3. Room (Donoghue)

4. Memnoch the Devil (Rice)

5. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson)

6. Call It Sleep (Roth)

7. The Day of the Locust (West)

8. The Big Sleep (Chandler)

9. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Stein)

10. Ariel: Collected Poems (Plath)

11.  The Hunger Games (Collins)

12. Coffee at Luke’s: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest  (Crusie)

13. The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Fowles)

14. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher (Summerscale)

15. In Cold Blood (Capote)

16. The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton (Sexton)

17. Sepulchre (Mosse)

18. The Handmaid’s Tale (Atwood)

19. Slammerkin (Donoghue)

20.  Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures (Wittman)

21. The Invention of Murder 

22. Dr. Faustus (Marlowe)

23. Death Comes to Pemberley (P.D. James)

24. Persuasion (Austen)

25. Bitter is the New Black (Lancaster)

26. The Ghost Map (Johnson)

27. I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

28. More, Now Again (Wurtzel)

29. The Playboy of the Western World (Synge)

30. Clockwork Angel (Clare)

31. Clockwork Prince (Clare)

32. City of Fallen Angels (Clare)

33. City of Ashes (Clare)

34. City of Glass (Clare)

35. City of Bones (Clare)

36. The Year of Magical Thinking (Didion)

37. Catching Fire (Collins)

38. Mockingjay (Collins)

39. The Nineteenth Century (Collins)

40. The Subjection of Women (Mill)

41. The Victorian World Picture (Newsome)

42. Chasing Harry Winston (Weisberger)

43. Hannibal (Harris)

44. Red Dragon (Harris)

45. Sisterhood Everlasting (Brashares)

46. The Monster of Florence (Preston)

47. The Rum Diary (Thompson)

48. The Omnivore’s Dilemma (Pollan)

49. Witch and Wizard (Patterson)

50. An Unquiet Mind (Jameson)

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A Christmas List: The School Gear Edition

The only good think about a new semester is new school supplies!

1. Hogwarts Sweatshirt $29.99
2. Luke’s Diner Coffee Tumbler $24.50
3. Moleskine Volant Notebook $18.95
4. Cambridge Satchel Company Satchel $130

1. Refined Around the Edges Tape $9.99
2. Key ring USB drive $29.99
3. Russel and Hazel Binder $24.00
4. Willow Damask File Folders $9.00

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