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| well it started last night. I was really not looking forward to classes today for some reason, I just had a really bad feeling about today. Then I was in bed and I finally realized around 3 am that I had homework i forgot to do, and I knew I really probably couldn't afford to miss class but if I didn't sleep I was gonna make myself sick again and if I went I was gonna be unprepared for the discussion.
So I slept in and skipped it anyway but I had to wake up to drive Cj to school, so i get all wet and cold from the rain and I'm not feeling so good and I'm already stressing about missing class so I'm like well today sucks maybe if I make myself pancakes I'll feel better. So i make chocolate chip pancakes, but i turned the burner up too high so they came out all lumpy and a little over done on one side but they tasted fine, so I start eating them and realize I forgot to get a drink. I go all the way back downstairs and get some milk and then by the time I get back up to my desk I realize I have to leave in like 5 mins.Also just keep in mind that the empty light on my gas tank is on in my car.
I ate as quickly as I could and didn't really finish and I had to get Cj's stuff that he forgot, so I grab his folder and cd and open the door open my umbrella and step out into the rain, and then i realize i forgot the keys, so i go back in get the keys, and then i step out again and then realized that i forgot my books so I go back in and get my books and leave. I slam my knee on the car getting in which causes me to drop my laptop on the floor of the car. So then i get in and everything and then halfway there I realize I forgot my wallet so I can't give cj my credit card to get gas.
I get stuck at two red lights and by the time i get onto campus I drive straight passed Cj cuz I'm not paying attention and theres so much traffic at school I have to wait through 3 more lights before I can turn around. So by the time i finally get back to cj i'm 5 mins late for my class and i'm so stressed out i'm like sitting in the car crying, and he drives me to where i have to go cuz i didn't wanna walk in the rain, and i have a panic attack for about 15 mins and then i decide to drop cj off and just go home, and then when i'm driving back i calm down and decide i should go to class, so i find a parking spot and go to class cuz i figure we're meeting with our groups to talk about our project and that's the only time she really takes attendance. so I'm a half hour late and I go and sit through the class and we don't even get time to work with our groups. so i was like there was no point in even coming. lol.
Then I went to my next class and I was like falling asleep, which i felt bad because I really like that teacher and he was even sick but he came in anyway, and then he ended up losing his voice so he just let us go. So I wait for Cj and then I can't remember where I parked so we walk around the parking deck in the rain again. And then I finally got home. @_@
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| Well, I changed my costume idea slightly.
I never decided on what to do about my poodle skirt, I was really unhappy with the fabric I bought and I never dealt with returning it and I was staring to feel a little discouraged about the sewing. I looked around a lot for a skirt that I could use that I could just add a poodle applique to, but no luck finding one that was the right color or even the right shape. We have been shopping so much and we barely even found any of the accessories we needed, nowhere had my shoes, nowhere had Cj's bow-tie or hats. At one point I decided to just buy a crappy pre-made costume, at another point we almost scrapped our idea and picked new costumes. We went around to four thrift stores, three costume/party stores, a TJ Maxx, a Marshalls, two Walmarts, a Payless, a Target, and a Kohls before I found something I could wear.
At one of the costume shops we saw a 50s diner waitress outfit, which actually goes better w/ Cj's soda jerk costume idea than just the poodle skirt thing. They only had it in a large though and it was a lot of money for a pretty poorly made costume so we decided to keep searching for a skirt and I was going to wear an apron and a black short sleeve button-up over a white polo. This isn't my costume, personally I think mine is cuter, but the inspiration was something like this:
But when we got to Kohls I found this perfect mock-layer dress, it looks totally 50s. It's about knee length, the skirt is full and flowy rather then the straight pencil skirts that I've been seeing everywhere else, it has a high waistband and the top is a white satin-ish material with little black polka dots and it's low and ruffly. I bought a blue short-sleeve button up to wear under it and an apron to go over it. I kept worrying about looking too much like a maid, but Cj and our roomate, Ricardo, said it looks perfect. Cj's words were "It looks like you're about to serve me a slice of pie" lol.
So our new theme is like a 50s diner/drive-in, instead of just broad 50s, and I think my costume is actually cuter than the poodle skirt would have been. I also decided on buying these:
Roller Derby Classic 300 Skates, white with teal wheels. They go absolutely perfectly with my costume, but I've also been wanting skates for a while. I wanted roller blades, but I've also been really interested in roller derby, so It'll be awesome to be able to try them out and see if I have a chance. Plus I'm just like in love with them, they're so me, they're beautiful. XD
All we have left to do aside for clean and get food for the party is buy an extra apron, make paper hats, and figure out what to do with my hair. I want to buy rollers and try to curl my hair, I'm also probably going to dye it back to my lighter blonde. I want to do sort of the pin-up style hair, because I think i'd be able to do something cool with the paper hat and some bobby pins if I can pull it off. But I'm pretty terrible at styling hair so we'll see. If I can't figure out the bangs and get it to fall that nicely I might get a headband and try the first hairstyle below, just pulled back in the front and then the curls in the rest.
 
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I picked up those two things in the ethnic food aisle on a whim tonight because I was really hungry and in the mood for something with rice (I was originally thinking Sushi or Mexican, but it was getting kind of late). So I saw that and was like I could go for something Indian. I made the rice in our rice cooker instead of on the stovetop, it was basically just regular rice with a mild curry powder, and then I heated up the madras lentils which are already slow cooked before they package them so it was almost like it was fresh. I mixed them together and it was really good, it tasted as good as if it came right out a restaurant. Cj said it was like Indian Chili. It was such a quick and easy, satisfying meal. Warm and spicy. Yumm!
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| We are having a Halloween party this year!! Which in case you can't tell I am really excited about. We've been buying a lot of decorations, we made a killer playlist, and we even have goody bags! I know, I'm 22 and this totally sounds like a kids party, but I missed the last two years of halloween that I could have gotten away with trick-or-treating because I was stuck at school all night.
So since I can't trick-or-treat instead I'm having a really fun party. We're gonna hang out and play some fun games and eat and have a good time. We're still deciding on what to serve for food, but we're keeping it casual. Since most of us are over 21 there most likely will be some drinking, but this isn't going to be like a typical college halloween party where everyone basically wears costume-themed lingerie and gets wasted. Blegh, totally not my style.
Cj and I are big on costumes, so obviously we are dressing up. We have a "list" xanga together that we use to keep track of stuff, and this is our big costume list: http://ccwishes.xanga.com/712784407/costume-ideas/
Some of that stuff towards the bottom is obviously a little more convention-geared because we're super nerds, but we have a bunch of Halloween ideas on there too. We decided to go with the 50s Decade costumes. Cj is going to be a soda jerk, and I'm gonna do the poodle skirt thing. Cj has most of his outfit together; white shirt, khaki pants, white apron, he just needs a few accessories. I'm kind of at a loss right now because I wanted to make my own poodle skirt but I bought fabric I don't like and haven't really even dealt with that yet.
Here's a little sneak peek at some of the accessories we're getting for our costumes:
Soda Jerk Paper Hat for Cj
Navy Blue Bow Tie for Cj
Saddle Shoes for me
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