shake and wiggle to a hip hop song

I absolutely love this picture of my brother. The lighting is amazing!

Hey-o! Krispy Kremes!

These are some pictures from the past few days. Lots of sitting in a full car and hanging out. We went to a pool party for all the exchange students in our group/area last night and hung out around the fire getting to know everyone. And then we went shopping today. Everyone went, so we all piled in the car once more! And later tonight we're going to drive down to my grandparents' for the Fourth of July. Awesome.

Summer Girls - LFO

it's all a gamble when it's just a game

I was wearing a skirt earlier today... But I wear skirts all the time, especially for work (which is about four days a week). So it's nice to just lounge around at home in shorts and loose, comfortable shirts. And it can get so stinkin' hot during the day! I actually took off this sweater after I got home because I just couldn't stand it.

I went to lunch today with my dad to his weekly Kiwanis meeting. I was supposed to go last Friday, but I ended up getting sick and couldn't hold much down until much later that day. So I went this week. It was interesting. They sang to me and all the other guests. And then we stopped by the bank on the way home to deposit my paycheck! Hooray money!

I'm wearing my sunglasses again because it's really sunny outside. But I also have a bit of an eye infection. Or something like that. It looks kinda bad, but it doesn't really hurt any more. It's definitely not very convenient though. I'm hoping it'll just go away by itself. I really don't want to go to the doctor...

So I featured this purse before, in like, October. I switched back to this beautiful thing in March because of my road trip home for Spring Break. It can seriously fit everything that I need. Everything! It definitely gets heavy when I put too much stuff in it, but it's just so handy! It can hold a sweater, multiple books, my camera, a journal (when I have one... I need a new one), and a multitude of random other things (Like a kazoo! Don't ask...). Did I mention that it's an amazing color too! Well, you can see that for yourselves... And I bought it about a year ago after years (well, maybe months and months...) of searching for the perfect purse!

You know those vuvuzelas that are "all the rage" because of the World Cup? Yeah, we have one (or two...). I don't even know why. But my brother busted this one out about a week ago and blows into it at least once every game that we watch. So this is from the beginning of the Uruguay-Ghana game earlier today. We have fun at my house. So much fun.

Paradise City - Guns & Roses ('cause it's playing in the other room on my dad's computer)

orange sweater, white top, necklace & grey shorts from Forever 21

purse from Modcloth.com

in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat

So... these were taken at two in the morning after everyone had gone to bed and I was about to go to bed myself. Hence the whole bathroom scenery. But this top is new! And it's not a work outfit. I get home from work in the evenings and generally throw on some shorts and a top to be comfortable and kind of distance myself from work. I really like my job, but the past week I haven't felt very motivated with what I wore to work.

This is also what I wore to pick up our first exchange student last night. I literally threw on the sweater, stepped into my shoes and ran out the door. We waited for the bus for maybe an hour before it got there, but I got to hang out with friends and goof off. And then a whole bunch of us went to In-n-Out for their first taste of California! We didn't get home until around 11:30. The rest of the exchange students are arriving at various times today (the Spanish students all came last night as the first wave). So our Russian boy gets in this afternoon while I'm at work, and then our Italian boy will be here late tonight. Exciting things are happening!

Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine

Forever 21 top & sweater

Target jean shorts

but I DO want it...

Absolutely LOVE this video! The end was such a surprise for me, but I thought it was so clever and cute!

forget your court date

Yet another day of work over and done with. I don't know if work is the cause, but I have a serious kink going on in my back right now. I need a back massage! Maybe one of our exchange students will be good at giving back rubs and I can convince them to give me one...

Look who showed up! Can you tell that I absolutely adore my dogs? They're the greatest! I'm definitely a dog person!

So I'm seeing a trend with my clothes lately. Forever 21, Forever 21, Forever 21... A lot of the pieces I have from Forever 21 are a couple years old and have been in my wardrobe as actively rotated pieces. But I've also been buying a lot of newer pieces recently as well. I don't really mind - it's affordable and there's a fairly good variety to choose from. But I think I might have to shop at other stores this summer just to mix things up a bit. It's totally doable now that I have a steady job for the whole summer too. I saw a lot of really nice things at Urban Outfitters the last time I was there...

Yea Yeah - Matt & Kim

gray flats from Target

everything else from Forever 21

Oh what classy, good-looking men in suits and well-tailored clothing...

it only shines as bright as we are

So this is one of my new skirts! It's made out of a light denim fabric and it has pockets! I kind of have an affinity towards all different shades of blue. So it's kind of perfect! (The other skirt I got is also blue... but it's navy and more of a pencil skirt) The sweater might've been a little unnecessary because it's in the lower 80s today, but it was cooler this morning. It definitely warmed up though! Yay! I love SoCal!

As you can probably tell, I dyed my hair yesterday (like I said I would). I think it was mostly successful for my first solo dying, but I don't think it was as complete as if someone else did it. Oh well. I'm probably going to dye it a darker brown before school starts anyway.
We're taking the annual "family pictures" today in the front yard. So that means my older brother is home and playing video games with our younger brother on the main TV. And will be doing so until he leaves... I don't mind video games. I just don't enjoy watching my brothers play video games because there's nothing else to do and they're hogging the TV. It's not fun unless you're playing. And there's a TV in my brother's room that is just as good as the main TV. (Okay, it's old and not a big screen, but it's still a TV. There's no TV in the room I share with my sister.)

I'll probably go read outside in the hammock or something until it's time to take pictures while they play violent video games. I did buy a new book today after church. I'm gonna try and get a lot of reading done when we're at my grandparents' house this weekend. They don't have wireless internet, so it's a good idea to bring a book or two. We're definitely going to see Toy Story 3 at some point in time. And we'll probably show the foreign exchange students around and take them to the beach or something. But I'm looking forward to sitting on the patio under the canopy and reading for hours and hours.

High Horses - The Swell Season

Forever 21 skirt, necklace & sandals

Alloy cardigan

Target tank top