I Spy...A Few of My Favorite Things!

I had my first meeting about graduation today. In a month and five days, I will no longer be an undergrad. The closer it gets, the less stress I feel, but I am still ridiculously over-scheduled within all areas of my life at the moment. 

My blog is suffering from abandonment issues! But updating Bella Vogue doesn't help my productivity level, at least where homework is concerned. At all. To make things worse, I have been plagued with chronic bronchitis for the past several weeks. Talk about terrible timing!  I haven't done a street style post in what feels like forever, so please bear with me as I post a few more photos of the things that I do when I'm not doing everything else. I've also included Chanel's recent nail polish ad--I cannot get over how totes adorbs it is! 

Oh, my, I'm beginning to say things like "totes" and "adorbs"...I'm going to step away from my laptop, and finish my accounting homework. Cheers!

Chanel's Shade Parade.

Blowing bubbles at Co-Lab.

My inner 12-year-old screams with delight when I play Jenga.

My go-to fashion accessories for autumn?
Red cloche (Kohl's) & wayfarer sunglasses (thrifted).

Poker is best when you're gambling with chocolate.

ROYGBIV'n it up with acrylics.

I make breakfast at night.

Video courtesy of Chanel.

This is how we do Halloweekend in Austin.

Hello there, ladies and gents! It feels like decades have passed since my last update. I'm still swamped with school and work, but I decided to have a little break over the last couple days. Since Halloween was last night, I thought I would share my pictures from this spooky weekend with y'all. Did anyone else dress up for the holiday? Please, do share your stories! I have no social life right now, so I need to live vicariously through others' stories and photos. Have a not-so-terrifying Tuesday, folks!  

 Sitting at home, as a Dead Beauty Queen from the early 1900s.

My sash read "Miss Montana". 

 Wolverine, Jules Winnfield, and Jack Twist.

 Black Swan and Bar Wench.

 Allie was a Hooker Mime.

 All that glitters is gold!

From the rooftop of Trinity Music Hall;
Allie and I caught a set from local band Sip Sip.

I Spy...People, Places, and Things, Oh My!

Despite my hectic, I-go-to-school-and-have-two-jobs-and-an-internship schedule, I've managed to sneak in a few lighthearted moments of fun. Of course, I've taken photos of my adventures. In the vein of my previous "I Spy..." post, the snapshots are in a loosely organized fashion.

Happy Monday!

Order numbers at El Taquito in Round Rock:
1941 is one of my favorite films!

Juliana Azar, co-owner of Blackbird Clothes & Curios, is pictured right. Her store tied with Green House for "Best New Business" in The Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin 2011" Readers Poll. You may recall both boutiques were featured in The Rock the Casbah Fashion Show.

Breed & Co. (718 W. 29th Street) was named
"Best Local Hardware Store" in the same poll.

Decorative night-lights at Breed & Co.

Anyone ever watch the "Put a Bird On It" clip from Portlandia?

The story of my life fits on a magnet!

Outside Breed & Co., with one of the many CowParade displays
that are in Austin at the moment.

Allie, checking out the sweets counter at Breed & Co.

"The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love
and makes the world taste good."
-- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

"The Playscape Project" at Breed & Co. was a chance for local architects

to show off their designs for playscapes for small-backyard use.

At Co-Lab (613 Allen Street); the program for MARFITA --

La Virgen Appears: Marfa Re-Mapped.

MARFITA is a large-scale installation

by Josh T. Franco, Alison Kuo, and Joshua Saunders,

with Natalie Goodnow.

I never figured out if the empty beverage containers were meant to be a part of the installation, or if they were litter....

Virgin Mary candles.

I believe this was a miniature artillery shed at MARFITA.

Horseshoes!

Ted Hall's Blues Jam at Kick Butt Coffee (4600 Guadalupe).

Off to work!

Blouse: Mad Men for Banana Republic; Clam Diggers: Maurices; Flats: J. Crew.

The Austin Chronicle cover photo is by John Leach.