happy halloween

  

My Halloween?  

• Catching up on Bored to Death (so lovely).
• Wearing all black and white with a giant orange and black spider on my cardigan
• PUMPKIN SPICE ICE COFFEE IN THE BON!  I love seasonal treats in the dining hall.  They better put out the pumpkin ice cream again tonight.
• Finishing an essay on On the Road.
• Listening to my Fall 2011 (I should think of something more original...) playlist on iTunes.
• Watching the rain from my dorm room.
• Eating obscene amounts of candy like a greedy six year old (My grandma sent me some top-notch treats, plus I still have leftovers from Friday night when small children from the Boys & Girls Club came trick-or-treating at my dorm.  There were two Hermiones and a Moaning Myrtle.  Also, one of the moms called Ted Hagrid.  It was a good night).
• Doing scary things like studying for a midterm on Greek tragedy and comedy that is tomorrow morning (pray for me) and trying to convince myself to read more of the creepiest novel of my life for English (I've been trying to embrace it because it's Halloweentime, but after today...It's just back to being really weird).
• Trying not to think about how I am not seeing Harry & the Potters tonight in Portland.  Why must I be such a Ravenclaw and stay home to study?  Oh well.  I saw them in Phoenix.

Overall, I'd say life is pretty sweet, literally and figuratively.  

Happy Halloween!  Hope your day is full of tricks, but mostly treats.

ms frizzle ftw

I cut out planets and stars and suns and moons to sew onto one of my dresses, added a lizard to my shoulder, accessorized, and voila!  Ms Frizzle.  And yes, Ted is Allen from The Hangover.  He makes the perfect Zach Galifianakis!

Also, this happened.  And it was wonderful, especially on a rainy day.  (But really, when is it not a rainy day here?)

Happy Halloween weekend!

guess who has a blog now

TED!  You should definitely read and drool over his delicious food blog, especially because he knows all the good places in Portland and also enjoys cooking and baking!  Hopefully soon there will be a post all about the pumpkin pancakes he's making for Halloween weekend, of which I plan to eat all of.  Be excited.

craftoween

It's almost Halloween!  I could not be more thrilled.  I have even been eating an obscene amount of Sour Patch Kids in celebration.  Okay--maybe that's just because I love Sour Patch Kids....  Anyway, a week or two ago, I decked out my room in orange and black.  You know me.  It's a holiday.  I gotta get my craft on.

Thanks to my awesome grandma, I had plenty of Halloween goodies to get my dorm room in the spooky spirit (especially notice the legos and giant spider barrette).  To add a little extra pizazz, I fashioned some pinwheels from the festive tissue paper that was in my epic Halloween package.  I was so happy when my roommate asked me to help her make one.  She even taught her friend how to make one a few days later!  I feel like I have made a positive difference in the world.  Hooray for holidays!

P.S. TWO MONTHS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!  My friend mentioned this at dinner and it made my day.

nerdfest northwest

Tuesday night, Ted and I went to see Lord of the Rings In Concert.  They played the first film on a giant screen and performed all the music live.  It was pretty sweet!

Before the concert started, I was showing Ted my favorite blogger and gushing over how awesome she is.  When I was on one of her outfit posts, Ted says, (and I quote), "You should put together your cute outfits and I will take pictures!  And you can put them on your blog!"  (He was anxiously awaiting his new supercool Nikon camera in the mail.)  I think I stopped breathing.  I said, "TED!!!! THAT IS ALL I HAVE EVER WANTED A BOY TO TELL ME!"  I don't know how this happened...  I'm not going to question it though.  So yeah, Ted took all of the following photos...

Friday night was pretty magical.  Ted and I watched the Rocky Horror Glee episode and then got our Gryffindor pride on (Sorry Ravenclaw; I don't have any Ravenclaw attire--this will change soon) to watch Deathly Hallows Part 2 in the Council Chamber with some friends.  I sobbed.

Saturday, Ted and I went downtown.  Ted needed to stop by the haberdasher (he loves this place; it's pretty adorable) and I needed to get the lovely Melanie a birthday present and myself some material for my Miss Frizzle costume. These were accomplished, and then some.  

Had the best cappuccino of my life (so far) at Stumptown.  I have very little background with cappuccinos, but this was pretty great.

After passing Portland Design Collective many times, I finally had the chance to go in.  It is wonderful, brimming with vintage dresses, accessories, and oddities.  Stopped in Josephine's Dry Goods and found some cheap, colorful felt perfect for my costume, went into Crafty Wonderland because you can't just not go into Crafty Wonderland, introduced Ted to Canoe, which he loved, browsed Buffalo Exchange, and probably went in other places that I can't remember...

  

This is me by a very old door of a very old church, I believe.

LEAVES, YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!

Tedderton.

Bow tie and wolf pin.  Can't get much better than that.

Claire and Ted howling at the moon outside of Nicholas'. Had some WONDERFUL food with some wonderful company--Claire, Claire's parents, and Ted.  We ate so much good food.  This place, you guys.  It's delicious.

Life is so good!  But now I have to read 3240923094 things.