GUYS.

IT'S WEEK TWELVE.

NO.

NOT OKAY.

*sigh* Well, this is it. My last week of summer photos. Right now, I'm probably doing school of some sort. (I pre-scheduled this to go out.) Is anyone like, super excited for school to start? If you are, congratulations on being such a positive human being!! ......I'm not a positive human being.

Monday:

I didn't really get any good pictures today, but I really like this ring so I started photographing it. xD I found out some big news today- I'm getting my braces off! Woo-hoo!!! 

Tuesday:

Today was a yoga day. I have a really important dance audition on Monday (which is actually when this post will go out- pray for me!!!), and yoga always helps me to get more flexible. Y'all know that I'm desperate to get into this thing if I'm working out voluntarily. Exercise + me don't mix.

Wednesday:

Oh my goodness. So, I found this journal at Barnes and Noble today, and I kind of totally need it. ^^ Like, this is my life, guys.

Thursday:

"I want to get super healthy and have abs and lose weight," I say as I thoughtfully chew on my pizza roll. (Which was really easy to make- it wasn't frozen! That makes it healthier, right? Right?)

Friday:

Saturday:

Excuse me as I lie here and ponder life's mysteries...

Sunday:

I'm so sad that this is my last SPC photo!! But I hope that you all have a fabulous year! xoxo

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Thank you to everybody who's stuck around for this crazy, rambling summer! 

.....It's only what, 180 days until the next one? We can do this!!!!

.....Agh. I can't do this. 

Snap out of it, Grace Anne!

Okay. I'm going to be positive!

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I hope that you all have an absolutely wonderful school year!! :)   

Summer Photo Challenge- Week 11!!!

Week 11...weird. I think that I've decided that next week's post is going to be the last of my Summer Photo Challenge. I start school again a week from today, so doing my last SPC post then seems appropriate. *dramatic sniff* I feel like since it's the last week of summer, I should be doing wonderful, summery things. But as I type this, I'm sitting on my couch in a nearly-dark room, as it pours down rain outside. Ah, irony.


Monday:

Okay, I'm probably just really weird. But the non-sparkly side of this actually is a pretty bronzer! I know..I'm weird...

Tuesday:

*considers painting nails* *remembers how tedious it is* *takes pictures of nail polish instead*

Wednesday:

Frozen lemonade + shopping = happy blonde!

Thursday:

 I finally finished Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass. Oh my goodness, that book was phenomenal. I'm absolutely in love.

Friday:

I'm in love with this planner! I got it at Target for $12 and it's really awesome:):) Although with planners come school....aghhhhhhh....

Saturday:

I really like how my eye makeup turned out today! I have no idea how this happened, especially because I literally spent five minutes on it before I went to the book sale. But hey, I'm not complaining!!!

Sunday:

He was watching YouTube videos with me xD

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How was your week?

Summer Photo Challenge- Week 10!!!

Week 10. 

Wow. 

I'm debating on how long I should keep doing these SPC posts. I think that I'll do them until I have to start school, since that's when summer will end for me. Or I could do them through the end of August. What do you all think?

Maybe sometimes throughout the year, I'll try to do a week full of photos and share them on here. Would anyone be interested in seeing that? I'm a little nervous about blogging during school this year, to be honest. I'm going to have a lot  going on, but I'm definitely not going to abandon this. I love it too much!!!

Anyways, here's a glimpse at my week-

Monday:

 This eyeliner is all things wonderful and happy in the world.

Tuesday:

I was out running some errands on Tuesday, and we stopped by Kohls. We had a coupon we needed to use, and look what I got! And the best part? It was only $3! The shirt was on sale, and we had a $10 off of $10 coupon, so we were able to get it really cheap. I shall wear this with nerdy pride!!! For some reason I actually got this in a large even though I usually wear smalls in everything- these shirts run small. Just a FYI!!

Wednesday:

 I may have possibly been working on this until 10:30 p.m...... I'm telling y'all, art is a struggle. And I was still kind of annoyed by how it turned out- the letters in "after" were kind of slanted. Oh well. That's as good as it gets!!!!

Thursday:

 I was literally in love with the centerpiece for the party. Not that you could tell by my tons of photos of it in the party post. We took a bunch of old books from around the house, and then cut the rose from the backyard. I just think that this was absolutely gorgeous.

Friday:

 guYS. I'm freaking out. Look at this shirt that my friend gave me!! Ahhhh! (She's kind of insanely awesome.)  I have a major obsession with ballet shirts, I've pinned tons of them on Pinterest. It's an obsession. But I haven't actually owned one before now. AHH!!! I love it I love it I love it. Did I mention that I love it?

Saturday:

A Wrinkle In Time will forever be one of my favorites. :)

Sunday:

My cat is looking at this beanbag like it holds all of life's secrets.

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How was your week?

Summer Photo Challenge- Week 9!!!

Week NINE. 

Nope, I'm not going to do this. I will not go into my "agh summer is ending SOS" rant that I seem to go into every single week when I post these photos. Let's see. I'll think of happy things. Like..... this is pathetic I'm drawing a blank. Rainbows and unicorns. Yay.

....Let's just get into the photos...

Monday:

 OH. MY. GOSH. LOOK WHAT THEY HAD AT BOOKS A MILLION.

I pretty much died when I saw this. Like, it's the most perfect thing in the world. Jane Eyre is one of my all-time favorite books, and this clutch had me fangirling insanely hard. Ahhhhhhh. If someone ever wants to get this for me, I shall love you forever.

Tuesday:

Okay, I know that at this point, everyone is insanely sick of Frozen. But can we just appreciate the cuteness that is Olaf?? This was at a Hallmark, and I totally melted (pardon the pun!).

Wednesday:

 It's official!! I'm throwing a murder mystery party! I'm super excited for it- we bought a package off of nightofmystery.com. I'll be blogging more after the party to let you all know how it went!

Thursday:

 I got my dress!!! After multiple hours of thrift shop hunting, I found this at Goodwill! Isn't it adorable? And I think it's perfect- I'm going to be playing Goldilocks. :) So excited!

Friday:

 I spent pretty much the entire afternoon on Friday reading the newest 39 Clues book- Mission Hindenburg. It definitely wasn't my favorite, I was pretty disappointed. Usually I love the 39 Clues, but not so much this time around.

Saturday:

 I've been seriously obsessed with this song lately. I've been listening to it pretty much every day. (I also went to see a production of Grease tonight, which was fabulous! I didn't get any pictures though :/ )

Sunday:

What? Picture? Why are you taking a picture?

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How was your week?

Summer Photo Challenge- Week 8!!!

....Guys. It's Week 8.

NOOOO! I've been doing this for two months. THAT IS NOT OKAY. I REPEAT, THAT IS NOT OKAY.

I'm mildly freaking out here.

I need a time machine. Or a Fountain of Youth. Or something. Help.

Monday:

 THIS. SOUNDTRACK. IS. AMAZING. I am such a huge Fansie. Oh my gosh. Even if you're not a big Broadway fan, listen to this soundtrack. It is incredible and emotional and motivating and agh. Literal perfection.

Tuesday:

I need to have a Harry Potter movie night VERY SOON.

Wednesday:

gUYS. I am in shock. My friend gave me the Naked 3 palette!!!!!!!! Agh!!!!!!!! Have I mentioned how completely and totally AMAZINGGGG she is? Because she is. I'm kind of obsessed with this palette. I'm going to have to do a whole post on it. But yeah, I'm insanely happy. I LOVE YOU, S!!!!


Thursday:

Now, I'm aware that this is a horrible picture. But it was the only one I could get because the color was kind of light. Guys. I chalked my hair!!!! It was really fun. Thankfully it washed out, although the blue kind of gave my hair a bit of a greenish tint for a few days....needless to say, that was slightly unnerving. Otherwise, I love it! I may have to do a bunch of my hair pink one day...that one washed out easily!!!!!

Friday:

 I'm developing a bit of an obsession with Pottermore. This is a problem.

Saturday:

  Can we just agree that these pajamas are seriously fabulous? Forever 21 has the best sassy pj's on the planet. I absolutely adore them. And seriously- sarcasm is probably the main reason that I'm on the planet. It's possibly the only thing I'm actually good at. xD

Sunday:

My family decided to take a three-day trip to Charlotte, North Carolina to do a bunch of shopping, and this was the view from our hotel. Isn't it beautiful? This is completely unfiltered, just complete, natural gorgeousness.

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How was your week?

Summer Photo Challenge- Week 7!!!

Week 7?? Already?? This is not okay!!! Ugh. Can summer just last forever? Please?

Monday:

Does anyone else have a passionate hatred for these things? Like....agh. Don't get me wrong. I love nail art. I adore it. A few years ago, I went through this phase when I was constantly doing penguins or flowers or sparkles or something on my nails. But these pens...dear lord. They are evil. First off, let me just throw this out there. I am NOT an artist. At all. My art skills are equivalent to 0%. So using a pen on something as small as a nail is already difficult. But then, occasionally I can finally get my nail to look decent. So I patiently wait for them to dry, and then go about my daily business. In under ten minutes, I can guarantee that they will be smudged. Even if I let them dry for 45 minutes, they still smudge. It is the most frustrating thing in the world.

Tuesday:

A slumber party isn't a slumber party without balloons! And if you have balloons, you have to try an take a picture of it in midair, even if it turns out really lame.

Wednesday:

That's right, I did it. I started Deathly Hallows today. (edit - I may or may not have finished it by Saturday. IT WAS SO GOOD! More on that later. I'm probably going to do a Harry Potter themed post later, even though the books have been out for ages. I need to get my thoughts out there.)

Thursday:

 Can we just take a moment to appreciate how much fun it is to play this song? It's made me love piano all over again.

Friday:

 Now, I have a confession. I honestly wasn't a big fan of the movie Into The Woods. I watched it a couple of months ago, and frankly I found it to be kind of weird. Nevertheless, I got the soundtrack, and I LOVE it. I'm beginning to drive my family insane.

Saturday:

 Okay, I know that this isn't a new picture. But I finished this book, and I wanted to talk about it, so I'm just reusing a picture this one time. So sue me.
In this post, I told you all how excited I was to read this book. I have to admit, however, I was somewhat disappointed. It was a good book, don't get me wrong, but I didn't feel like it was anywhere close to how incredible the original novel was. The plotline was cool, and I could have really gotten into it, but I didn't feel like the writing itself was as good this time. Has anyone else read this book? What are your thoughts?

Sunday:

So, this dress has a really awesome story behind it. Several months ago, I was shopping with a friend, and I found this dress at American Eagle. One problem. It was like, 30-40 dollars. Sorry, but I really didn't want to spend that on a dress. So then a few weeks ago, my mom and I were looking online, and we found it on sale for $16! Best. Day. Ever.

Hope you all had a fabulous week! What did you do this week?

Summer Photo Challenge- Week 6!!

 Is it just me, or has the summer been absolutely flying by? The fact that I'm posting my sixth week of summer photos just feels bizarre. It's been a really nice summer so far, I'm looking forward to the next few weeks that I have left!

Monday:

 Hello, little bird. How are you?

Tuesday:

 Am I the only one who finds things they bought months ago and gets super excited? It's like getting a present from yourself!!

Wednesday:

 "Where words fail, music speaks"

Thursday:

 Okay, my mom is amazing. SHE GOT THE SEQUEL OF PRINCESS ACADEMY FOR ME FROM THE LIBRARY!!!! A bit of backstory, I'm somewhat obsessed with the original Princess Academy novel. As in, I've read it like, four times. Yeah. Obsessed. Anyways, so of course when she brought this home, I was THRILLED. Like, jumping up and down thrilled. :D I can't wait to read it!!!!! Fingers crossed that they don't break up my ship- they're adorable!

Friday:

On Friday, we decided to do some shopping, which was super fun:) I found this adorable pillow, and while I didn't buy it (it was way overpriced), I'd really like to paint this quote on a canvas. I might try to do the feather too, but my artistic skills are less than stellar, so I may stick to the quote! XD I'm hoping to redo my room, and I want to make a bunch of plaques. I'll have to post pictures if I do!!

Saturday:

 I'm pretty sure that my cat is plotting my death...like, look at those eyes... O.o

Sunday:

 Am I the only one who keeps pretty jewelry on display? I mean yes, this is just a costume piece from Icing that I got for five dollars, but it's so beaUTIFUL!

How was your week?

Summer Photo Challenge- Week 5!!!

Hey everybody!!! I'm so sorry about the lateness of this post, I know that I usually post my Summer Photo Challenge on Mondays. This weekend I really didn't have Wi-Fi except from my phone, and this post isn't something that I can pre-schedule or really do from my phone, so that's why it was late. Sorry about that!!! Anyways, let's do this!!!

Monday:

 Last summer, I started hand-designing bobby pins for fun. I found this old card of them that I did last summer, and I kind of want to start doing it again. Should I?

Tuesday:

Look what came in the mail...dun dun dun. Geometry. Yay. -_-

Wednesday:

 LOOK HOW LONG THIS NAIL IS! LIKE WTH?? Update: said nail has since broken. -_-

Thursday:

 My cat decided it would be fun to hide under the bed xD.

Friday:

 Prepping for the 4th!!!

Saturday:

We spent the 4th enjoying this beautiful view!!

Sunday:

 I really love this song!! The piano version is just so pretty. I always love piano/acoustic versions of songs, sometimes better than I like the actual version!!

Well, that was my day! Sorry again that this was so late. Hope you enjoyed!