A Fall Beginning

Hello again,

Once again, Su is too busy to post properly, so I'll take over. Summer is quickly coming to an end, as this is my last weekend before the fall semester starts! Oh, woe is I.

So this is what I've been doing in my dwindling days of freedom:

I went to the mall. Exciting, I know, but I haven't been to the mall for quite a while, and my friend wanted to go and shop a bit to get a gift for his little sister, so I thought...why not. Let's go the mall and soak up the deliciously chill air conditioning while we're at it. It's been hellishly hot lately, shooting up from a pleasant 70 degrees or so to a sizzling 100! 

 

(The Gary monster: fabulous in a faux fur vest.)

  

 (A crotch shot, and the modeling of my sweater. That is all.)

Didn't buy anything, as nothing really caught my interest. After integrating myself into the culture of "thrifting"....most retail stores have lost their appeal to me. 

Speaking of shopping and thrifing, I did thrift a few days ago. And it was a good day, as I found a few goodies that I readily added to all the junk in my house.

To my delight, I found these two scarves that I wanted instantly. The first one, is rather small and light, and sports a pattern of boxes and circles in the primary colors. Funky, but I like it. The second might actually help me retain some warmth this fall/winter, and has famous works of architecture on it, including the Colosseum! My desire for patterned scarves has been satiated. For now.

 

A deceivingly simple black shirt....Not. With huge see-through sleeves! It's much too big for me, and I've yet to possess the courage to wear this out in public...but, I do like it. And it was only a dollar. I couldn't resist the deal. So shoot me.

Shoes. I have too many pairs of red shoes now. (Three currently.) I've been hunting for a pair of sturdy black heels...but on my shoe hunting trips I keep finding red shoes! Terrible.

 

And a new wallet. It's boring, but I had functionality in mind after using this for an extending period of time:

Despite being very pretty and shiny, it was such a hassle to use. It was just at the right size, so that dollars were pinched at the edges went put in. And if dropped, all my cards would fly out haphazardly, but the biggest issue that gnawed at me was the fact that I couldn't put change in it properly. But my new boring leather wallet solves all that! So, hooray. :)
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And despite dreading the start of school, a part of me looks forward to it...although this semester's schedule being the most trying of all...with classes ranging from 8AM, to 9PM at night, and what really takes the cake is that I have class from Monday through Saturday! (I'll be heading out on Saturday mornings to Physical Anthropology...how lovely.) 

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But it's the vague symbolization of a fresh beginning that makes it worth looking forward to. Not to mention a guarantee of getting out of the house six days out the week.  One of the biggest things really is that I also have a job interview this first week of school at an art store (the vague symbolization solidifies a tiny bit) that has gotten me all jittery and nervous and excited and anxious and abusing run-on sentences!

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Best hopes and wishes to the all of us for the coming fall!

- CH.