Fast Forward….

Can we please just fast forward?  Fast forward past all those chemistry assignment, doctor appointments, a certain room that needs to be cleaned, etc.  I wish it was springtime.  NOW.

spring skies....

springtime photoshoots..

On another note: I went to my first Lindy Hop class last night at FSU with three friends – it was a blast!

I'm not at this level yet - but give me some time 🙂

I saw The Artist last night and it was absolutely amazing!!

Also, I’ve fallen in love with a pair of shoes (what’s new?):

the Charlotte Olympia capri kitty flat - meow!

Gorgeous, right?

And speaking of gorgeous: J. Crew’s Spring 2012 RTW collection (pictures from vogue.com)

Love, love, love!

What part of spring are you looking forward to?

Dancin’ at the Dixie….

This weekend my ballet company went on tour to Apalachicola, Fl. where we performed three times at the Dixie Theater.  Each performance was flawless and absolutely beautiful!  On Saturday, we didn’t have to be at the theater until 5:30 which gave me plenty of time to take roughly 500 pictures!  Here are some of my favorites – enjoy!!

ballet on the beach is the best 🙂

everyone getting ready before the Saturday performance....

 

amazing vegetarian paella at the cast party!

 

sisters 🙂

these were all over town.

The Dixie 🙂

I hope you all had a great weekend!!

Snapshots of the week….

This past week has been full of good food, good ballet classes, new shoes and lots of looking forward to this weekend!!  My ballet company is going on tour to Apalachicola, Fl. which means photoshoots on the beach with friends, staying in an adorable beach house, antique shopping and dancing three shows in a beautiful theater.

Yummy vegan brownies 🙂

Vegan chili for a cold night

vegan egg salad sandwich

Have you tried the Maybelline baby lips yet?  I got the peppermint and the cherry and I love them both!!

I got inspired by all the cute colors and decided to paint my finger nails too 🙂

And finally: my new favorite shoes…drum roll please…

Thank you Target 😉

I can’t wait for this weekend – I will definitely post when I get back!!

Year of the Dragon

Do you guys ever read your horoscopes? I kinda do… I’m not saying I base my life decisions on the fact that a Thursday might be a bad day for financial decisions for a Pisces, but I do check up on mine from time to time.  The beginning of a new year seems like an especially good time to do so, and mine mayy have been just a tad creepily spot-on. “You may experience some kind of radical peak around the full Moon eclipse in June impacting your career house.” Um yes…big changes are scheduled for June actually. “The second half of 2012 could have you consumed in a hunt for a new home” Funny….I’ll be moving into a new house in August. And so on and so forth…one bizarre accurate prediction after another. Creepy. Read your 2012 horoscopes people…it might get weird.

On that note, 2012 has such a nice ring to it, don’t you think? Good things are in store. 2011, while I won’t go so far as to say I hated it, was just a warm up for 2012. It’s the year of the dragon! 2011 was the year of the rabbit…you decide which sounds cooler and more promising.

2012’s got some big stuff on its plate. I’m making plans. I plan on showing this year who’s boss.

looking forward to a change of scenery in 2012...

100th anniversary of the Titanic = re-release of Titanic in 3D. April is going to be awesome.

In 2012, buy some kickass shoes that make you 7 feet tall! Embrace your absurdly giant stature.

2012 seems like the perfect year to class things up a bit. I'll be making an attempt.

 

Fun fact: At the ripe old age of 13 or so, I was completely paranoid about how old I was getting.  Rather irrational I know, but I dreaded birthdays, New Years, freaked out about taking the SATs, panicked about what to do when I graduated from college….it was pretty bad. This year (although the post-college issue is not yet solved,) I can finally say I’m getting better about living in the moment and taking things a day at a time, which is what I intend to do in 2012. What exciting plans are on your horizons? I hope lots of good change is headed everyone’s way this year:)

 

New Year’s Resolution: Get Healthy.

Now that we’re in 2012, I am trying my best to live as healthy as I can, both physically and emotionally.  That means working out, eating right, remembering to take my vitamins and writing in my gratitude journal every night.  During the holidays I ate a ton of heavy foods and now I’m trying to eat light and exercise as much as I can.  So far I have kept to my new year’s resolution and I hope I continue to!

In the first week of 2012 (before ballet classes started back) I went to the gym five times and ate some very healthy yummy foods!

yummy salad with homemade balsamic vinegar dressing 🙂

yummy (and dairy free!) Amy's vegetable pot pie....

Amazing homemade soup and French bread....

In addition to eating well, I have taken several ZUMBA classes (one of my favorite ways to exercise) and a couple pilates classes.

Such a fun way to workout!

Now that ballet classes have started again I haven’t been able to get to the gym that much, but I did fit in one ZUMBA class and one pilates class.  All in all, a great way to start the new year!  What are your new year’s resolutions?