Boo-Ya!

THIS is what happens when two crazy best friends, just one week away from seperation, go to prom...

Jumping pictures are my favorite :) and now you see how small my ladies are.. haha



Durrrhhhh.....



My Dress: H&M (BOOYAH!)

Shoes: F21

Sarai's Dress: Borrowed

Shoes: who knows?

Headband: Mine :)

Matching Necklaces: Sister Mower

This last weekend was prom for my school! Yes, it is really late. Considering graduation is next week... but HEY! why not put things off until the last minute? Anywhoo, Sarai came to my prom :) which we've been planning on happening since dinner at Macaroni Grill sophomore year, right before we went to see Phantom of the Opera. (Best night of my life!) So when this dream became a reality, I would say it was the best thing of my life! I was more excited to be with Sarai than my date (sorry! that's just the way it is right now but i was grateful I had a date) And that picture of the two of us is just fantastic! *said with a sarcastic grin* The photographer decided to take a random photo when we were telling our dates to get in the photo but i thought it was priceless besides the embarrassing aspects... 

And here's where all this began :)

Outside of the Kellar Auditorium waiting for Phantom to start

 

I'm a Little Bit Nostalgic at the Moment....

This is my library. Okay okay, not technically my personal library, but literally the one I have been going to since I was just a wee one....

And it just closed :(

And I'm sure you noticed that on the sign it says, 'new library grand opening', but it won't be the same to me no matter what. See the new library, which is being filled as I type, is this massive glass structure, and it's amazing. It's truly an accomplishment, and I think we should be proud of it. But that doesn't mean it's my library anymore. Now it's someone else's library.

I think I'm just freaked out because I leave for college in a week and a half, and this place I've loved since I was a little kid is no longer a place that I can go. I feel like everything is changing at the same time, and it's just making me all dizzy and anxious. But I'm still excited for the future :) Of course.

Ohhh! Today was the rehearsal for 'Couve Idol' which is a singing competition for high schools in my area, and I got in again this year! Two years ago I got second place, and last year I kinda didn't get very far. It's a charity event where you put money in people's boxes to vote, and tomorrow is the actual event! I'm so excited, but mighty mighty nervous :P

I think these are the songs I'm singing:

Anyways, I hope I do okay tomorrow :) Wish me luck!

Love, Sarai

I Don't Think I'll Ever Stop Loving These Shoes



Outfit Details:

White tee-Forever 21

Skirt-I've had it so long that I don't remember haha

Belt-thrifted

Friendship necklace-Sister Mower

Shoes-Ms Cutter

I got this outfit inspiration from this outfit:

Pinterest

I think I got the general idea down... but I don't have a lovely pink pleated skirt like this lady does, so alas I will have to acquire one...

It's been hot in Washington for the last few days. I mean we're known for our rain, but yesterday it was almost ninety degrees, and I was running around in  heels and a prom dress....Oh did I forget to mention that it was my friend's school's prom last night? It was mighty fun, and I met some very interesting people last night..I also got butt-bumped by a friend of mine who's 6' 4"....let me just say, when a six four guy butt-bumps a 5'1" girl, things get awkward real fast.... :P But it was still an enjoyable night. Oh, but can I just say, the most exciting thing about prom was the getting ready, and the dinner portion, rather than the actual dance? Cause the dance kinda sucked...it was super-awkward, and the music was AWFUL. Not normal top forty stuff that I dislike strongly but can at least recognize, but weird creepy thug music that I think not a single soul was enjoying...

Very very interesting, to say the least.

Love, Sarai

A Decade of Sleepovers

Outfit Details: Shirt-mine (Sarai), skirt-Nancy and her mom made it, belt-forever 21, Shoes-Nordstrom

Outfit Details: shirt-???, Skirt-thrifted, belt-thrifted, shoes-BCBG

The hilarious surprise waiting for us the next morning :)

Our tradition of having our intial Pancakes in the morning :)

Celeste's nutella drenched pancake

Orchid and Journal for Julia :)

Every year, Nancy, our bff Celeste, and I always have a sleepover at Julia Mower's house. She's a lady at our church who's children are all grown. It's our annual kick off to summer sleepover, and we've been doing every year since we were eight years old. Last night we dressed up (for the first time) and went to Red Robin. Food? Delicious. Way too huge of a serving though. I swear, my salad could have EASILY fed five people. Anyways...

Then we went back to Julia's house and she gave us the most beautiful necklaces as graduation/decade presents. I'll post a picture of them tomorrow, but they're best friend necklaces :) We now have a plan to wear them on graduation day. It made us all super-emotional though :( Julia has been such a wonderful example and friend to all of us, and not that this means we're stopping, but we've literally done this every single year since we were eight. Julia cried, I don't know if Nancy and Celeste did, but I know that I certainly did :( It was so sweet, but sad for all of us. And then we got extremely nostalgic...It was wonderful to say the least. I'm so grateful for her, and the friendship necklaces, and the years we've spent together. It's been a marvelous decade. This kinda feels like an anniversary..... *laugh*

Then after the crying we watched A Knight's Tale, and swooned over Heath Ledger (it was a dead-set plan, he was definitely going to be my husband...)

Which was quite nice :)

Then we slept

And in the morning, Julia made our pancakes! Every year, in the morning we wake up to a movie playing in the background, and Julia making pancakes for us. And our first pancake is ALWAYS our first initial. And then we gorge ourselves on the rest of the yummy pancakes :)

Then we went home :(

Another year over, but so many more to come! These ladies are so wonderful, I don't know how they do it.

Oh, and ten points to whoever knows which movie this comes from....

It's the movie that was playing this morning :)

Love, Sarai

Unofficial Senior Skip Day



A branch fell off our tree...

Outfit details:

Shirt-Target

Pants-Forever 21

Shoes-Ross

Technically, senior skip day is in a week. But it was originally scheduled for today, so after the senior breakfast today, we all kinda took it easy...as in a lot of us skipped. I skipped fourth, but I stayed at school and worked on pottery. It was our unofficial skip day because we just decided we want two. It was pretty fantastic and relaxing :)

Also, those two girls in the top picture are seriously the lights of my life! Gaby and Mari (that's really how they spell their names. They're Mexican) are the girls my Mom watches, and watching them grow up from newborns to an almost six year old and a four year old has been delightful :)

I told them I would ALWAYS call them my babies today, and they both informed me they weren't babies anymore...but do I care? No. Absolutely not.

Love, Sarai

At Tiffany's, I Wished I Was Audrey Hepburn



But first, these are the pants that I refashioned! They weren't so attractive before, being flares, which looks awful on me. Now they're cute :) thanks to Lizzie of course!

I've only worn them a few times, but they will get way too much use this fall!

I have to come up with skinny cord outfits!

And of course, these adorable window displays at Tiffany's: made especially for hopeless romantics, such as myself

I'm also kind of in love with this ring <3

All adventures in the fabulous Portland!!

Now onto the awards!

So the top award is for Drama-Acting. I'm in the second column, although you obviously can't read my name. This award means a lot to me. I started doing drama last year, when I found random auditions for Romeo and Juliet at my school. I signed up on a whim, because though I loved acting, I honestly had little experience with it at that point. So I went to auditions. I tried out. I thought I'd be lucky to get a small role. But then--gasp--I could've sworn I was hyperventilating. I looked up and saw my name on the casting sheet, across from JULIET. I had gotten the starring role in my first high school production. Most amazing moment of my life! I have this idea that any actress should be able to say she was Juliet at some point ;)

Anyway, things took off from there--this year so far I've been Hermia in a midsummer night's dream, and Mrs. Webb in Our Town. Fantastic experiences duckys!

And the bottom one is the English Department Award

I'm pretty sure reading and writing are a huge part of my life, but I never realized how good I was at writing until last years english class with Mr. Petersen. That man gave me the condfidence to realize I was GOOD at writing. Or better than good. I was pretty amazing actually. Not to brag or anything, but English is my thing. It's the academic aspect that I somehow excel at.

Both of these awards were an honor :)

Oh and for fashion purposes...

These are my dream shoes. Anyone want to buy me some expensive shoes?

Toast

Have a wonderful day Duckys :)

Sarai

Sans Makeup

No makeup. It's a glorious thing my friends.

The thing about me is, I wasn't allowed to wear makeup until high school. Which although I felt traumatized and ugly, I'm so glad my Mom didn't let me wear makeup. Holy moley am I glad! It's led to cleaner pores, a hatred of skin-clogging foundation, and just a confidence to walk out of the house with no makeup. Granted, I do wear it on an almost daily basis, but usually just mascara and eyeliner. I hate the feeling of foundation on my skin--It always just feels icky to me. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with it, I just don't like it :P

Also, that picture was taken on my new laptop's webcam :)

As was this one...

Just for fun of course ;)

These were taken after swimming and a shower, and a spoonful of Nutella with my darling Celeste

Nothing could be more amazing :)

Love, Sarai