What I’ve Been Up To This Weekend

Hey ladies! Hope your weekends have all been as fantabulous as mine. Okay, lie, mine hasn’t been that amazing, but it hasn’t been too shabby either. It’s my first weekend in my new place and I’m still getting settled in and stuff. I thought I’d give you all a little glimpse into what I’ve been doing so far.

1) Being white and nerdy between homework and notetaking.

This is me on a daily basis. No lie. Well, usually minus the sweet glasses I scored from Toy Story 3 last summer. Oh yeah, I am so awesome.

 2) Still lovin’ my choice of nail color.

Who's the trendsetter up in hurrrrrr?

 3) Mis-matching my bracelets.

Oh, FYI, the plaid thing under my arm is my laptop. Yeah, it's ballin'. Just like me.

 4) Getting ready for next weekend’s duck races.

Meet...Dino Duckie! I got him/her at last year's races. I haven't missed them since I started going 5 years ago.

 5) Soaking up fashion quotes and mags.

Fashion calendar. It's like my second Bible.

 6) Working on my photog skills.

Using my real camera vs. my iPod or phone gets much better results. Who knew? Plus now that I'm on my own, it won't be as awks taking pics of everything with a real camera. Win win.

 7) Getting in my calcium, the cool way.

Giant colorful gummies are in, guys. Apparently, along with giant dork glasses and weird faces.

 8) Jammin’ out to Pandora.

I just get annoyed with the commercials. Oh, and when Quick Mix plays the same artist way too many times. But other than that, it's my go-to.

 9) Reading the Denver Post’s food section.

I need to eat at a food truck, stat!

 10) Making my first-ever (well, on this blog) lame-o vlog.

(DISCLAIMER: Please ignore my horrendous videographer skills. Would you believe I’m a broadcast journalism major? 😉 Oh well, I’m better on camera anyways…or am I??????)

What have you been up to this weekend?

WIAW: Pop Quiz

Hey everyone! Okay, I just realized how boring that sounds. I really need to come up with a cutesy name for y’all, a la Tori. Hmmmmm, let’s see, what’s something I like to eat that can be turned into a nickname…oh, how about Peanut Butter Puffins? Or just Puffins for short. Yeah, let’s go with that! So PB Puffins it is, unless someone else can come up with a better name!

Enough with the silliness–let’s get to WIAW! This week, in honor of my first week back in classes (as well as a lot of other bloggies, I think), I decided to throw a little “pop quiz” about me in there. I hate pop quzzes, to be honest, but this one’s fun. Trust me.

My morning started out bright and early (for me) at 7. But I got to enjoy a nice breakfast in bed, so no complaints. Sour gummy vites, gummy calcium pill (can you tell I like gummy things?), spicy veggie sausage and dark chocolate oats topped with Whole Foods chocolate apple crunch trail mix. Seriously, this trail mix changed my life, yo.

What is on your desktop wallpaper? This is slightly embarrassing, but a very attractive male Hollister model leaning against a fence. Too hot for words, so here’s a picture…

Perfect Christmas present, right hurrrr 😉

What is your favorite drink? Right now, it’s homemade iced tea with a little Truvia for sweetening. I also love making Starbucks VIA iced coffee with a splash of soy milk.

What was your favorite toy as a child? I had a lot of favorites, but I’ll go with Beanie Babies (remember those?) and American Girl dolls. I had way too many Beanies, and I owned 3 dolls: a blonde Bitty Baby, Felicity (the red-haired girl from colonial times) and a “look-alike” doll I named Hallie. I still have them, actually…

Today's actual lunch was...messy, boring and eaten on-the-go, therefore, no pictures. This, however, was my yummy snack from Monday: Bear Naked Peak Protein granola (6 grams in 1/4 cup!) and the ever-present dates/raisins. Never gets old.

What food do you eat too much of? Greek yogurt. Oats, specifically overnight oats. Almond butter (partial to the crunchy over here!). Dates/raisins/pretty much any dried fruit. And lately, spicy guacamole snack packs, organic maple syrup, Whole Foods trail mix (I love the chocolate apple crunch) and peanut butter Puffins. All amazing in my book.

What kind of hairstyle do you have? It honestly depends on the day. Sometimes I use my hair waver to create boho waves. Sometimes I straighten, sometimes I scrunch for beachy waves, sometimes I curl, sometimes I pull it up into a high side ponytail. It really depends on my mood and outfit.

What was your favorite activity in gym class? In good ol’ elementary school, I loved the gymnastics unit. In high school, I loved yoga and Zumba. Can you blame me–I’m a former dancer!

Will the real snack please stand up? This was today's snackie-snack of Kashi TLC crackers, spicy guac with a bit of plain Greek and thawed mango chunks. Salty, spicy and sweet.

What are the top 3 most played songs in your iTunes library? Without checking, I know Lady Gaga’s gotta be one of them! After checking: Hey, Soul Sister by Train; Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by Lady Gaga (called it!); and The Show by Hawk Nelson. I really did not expect any of those songs to be in the top 3–I listen to them a lot but not that much. Maybe I need to refresh the library so it’s more accurate…

What is the picture nearest you of? Me and my little sis on our trip to Estes Park last year. I brought it with me to college last year and this year and it really brightens my day. I love that girl to death.

What do you do on a Sunday night? Have dinner. Possibly shower. Have a snack. Maybe watch the news or a random movie on TV. Read some blogs. Sleep. You know, all that fun stuff.

First dinner in my new place! Curry powder-spiked Amy's Cali veggie burger, baby carrot pyramid, strawbs and pineapple and a tablespoon of almond butter. It was also my first full tablespoon of nut butter ever--scary, but so worth it.

 If you could only use one condiment on your food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Can I mix? ‘Cause I’m really into mixing condiments lately. Maple or agave and almond butter. Guacamole and plain Greek yogurt. I can’t just live with only one of those.

What color are your sheets? Bright pink, both here and at home. I love being a girly girl so…yeah 😀

I've decided when I get bored that I'm going to do model photoshoots with myself. This is one of my favorite Instagram'd photos ever. Make love, not...um, meat?

How big is your computer display? 17-inch laptop screen right hurrrrr! And I love it (not the screen, the laptop).

What pair of shoes do you wear most often? Generally speaking, leather flip-flops. Specifically, pink suede T-strap leather sandals from American Eagle. I’m surprised they’re not worn out yet!

Another self modeling shot.

What is your favorite game? The Game of Life or Uno! I also have both on my iPod, so I’m a bit obsessed. But I love that I can play them anywhere.

What time do you plan on waking up tomorrow? Between 7 and 8. Just a week ago, you couldn’t have paid me to wake up that early, but (sigh) now I have to because of classes. Oh well, it could be worse…

Okay, Puffins, it's mini-review time. I got the S'mores Halo bar (by Probar) at Whole Foods and I just had to try it. Verdict? Like the Quaker s'mores Chwey bars of my childhood, but healthier and more delicious. It had big chunks of chocolate, marshmallow and even a bit of graham cracker. Only complaint is that it's pretty tiny.

 Have you ever tried a Halo bar? What condiment would you use if it was the only one you could have?

Playing Tour Guide

So I’ve been sorta absent around the blogosphere for the past few days, and I’ve really been missing it! I wish I would have been able to post/comment more, but this weekend was move-in weekend at my college, so I was super busy with that. But now I’m back in action 😉 And I’ve got a surprise for all of you…a virtual tour of my new place!

I would have loved to have lived in a campus apartment this year, but my parents thought it would be better to try for those next year, since I don’t have a car and I applied for them too late and the selection was small. I was originally supposed to be in the same dorm building as last year, except on a different wing and in a double-as-single room (a double occupancy room without a roommate). But apparently, in June, my school realized that too many freshman were enrolled than there was housing, and they sent me an email telling me I could upgrade to an actual single room in a much-newer dorm (it was built in 2004!) with a suite-style bathroom for the same price I was paying for the double-as-single. Well, that was a total no-brainer! So here I am in an air-conditioned dorm that seriously looks like a hotel on the inside and out, and I couldn’t be happier! Now I can do (almost) whatever I want in my room without worrying about a roommate’s disapproving look (not that I do anything that weird…) or awkwardness (a la last year). And I don’t even care that I’m only one of the few sophomores on my floor. It actually feels cool to be older-slash-more mature than all the freshies in my hall.

Sink shot! It's way messier than my sink at home, mostly because this sink area is teeny tiny.

Trash and recycling. Going green is cool, yo.

My lovely closet-behing-curtains, which has (almost) as much room as my closet at home, except it's not a walk-in. Bummer.

Testing out the self-pics in the mirror. The lighting sucks, but other than that, pretty decent.

The mystery door. Actually, it leads to the bathroom I share with my 2 suitemates, but I didn't feel like being a creeper and actually taking pics in the bano. It's basically just a toilet, shower, and some towel bars.

My lovely widescreen TV on top of a dresser covered with fashion magazines and my jewelry tree. Wouldn't it be legit if jewelry grew on trees?Fridge--numero uno. Oh yeah, I went there. Such a rebel with 2 fridges. This one is my makeshift "freezer" so I can store more frozen yumminess, like veggie burgers and frozen mango. Being rebellious is worth it.

Microwave and pretty pink dishes! I love having real dishes, even if they're plastic, because it feels more like home.

 

Fridge numero dos. This one works double duty, as a fridge and as a white board. Le-git.

The bed, aka the couch, aka my new breakfast table. Eating breakfast in bed lives up to the hype.

View out my window: I’m 3 stories up, which is nice because no creepers can watch me!

Food stash! I have another bag in my closet, a drawer with some bars in it, and a drawer stuffed full with all kinds of food. I think I'm set for a while...

The "mural" on my wall, plus floor lamp from IKEA. Doesn't this just scream "happy"?

 

Desk, aka study (or not) station. It looks messy, but it's really not, it's just big and has plenty of space to put stuff. Like an amazing lamp I got from IKEA. I love orange.

 

 

What’s your favorite part about moving into a new place? What do you think is the best part of my new room?