Sigma Kappa: Welcome to PerfΣKtion

So. This whole weekend I did rush. Only a few knew. I kept every document and piece of paper I have to remember such a life changing weekend. I almost made the mistake of wanting other sororities, but God basically made it easy and sent me one. Sigma Kappa. They are beautiful women and accept me even with all the energy I have.  When I put them in my bottom picks, they chose me. They saw the person I am and do not fit a cookie cutter image. They are beautiful girls with big hearts and awesome personalities. When I got the call that Sunday morning, my heart sunk since only one sorority wanted me. But turns out, it was the only sorority I wanted and they wanted me and knew I belonged there all along. I went in with one view and came out a real person. My pi chi even ended up being in sigkap! My handbook is right next to my Lilly notebook. (Finally found the perfect use for it) I feel so motivated to do great and better than before. This sorority is going to embody everything I am and I am completely grateful. Light is always at the end of the tunnel. I love those ladies and it is only my first day <3 Cannot wait for Saturday!

Obsession Time: Kiel James Patrick

So I get that giddy feeling when I find something I truly want. I firmly believe you cannot have an obsession of the week/month/year. It is an obsession of the moment. So that is what I will do. Show my obsessions from movies,music,clothes, jewelry,and anything that comes to me.  You never know when inspiration will hit!

So to start : Kiel James Patrick. I am certainly indulging in my preppy side with this brand. THe nautical and preppy feel is just so perfect for everyday wear. The little touches on each piece is so intricate and feels personal. You can even pick the button you want on the bracelet and the plaid on the inside !

The Skinny Fit Rockwell in Berkshires bracelet is something I truly covet for my stack. After reading about the concept of stacks on College Prep's blogger, it makes sense and it is something I unintentionally did for years. Just never had a name for it! The slime fit would be perfect to give that chic and casual vibe to my stack. And the names of them are just so perfect! Totally want! Can't decide if I want this one or 

The Linnys Palms Hammock (which certainly does remind you of summer)

or

The Daisy Buchanan

or even The Mariner and Cape Poge Bay bracelet. I see this being the most doable since I will want to make the button the color of the sorority I decide to join (Find out tomorrow!)

Now I love headbands and bows. My headband collection has its own drawer and is starting to rival Blair Waldorf's. After looking at the Skinny Fit bracelets, I saw this adorable Vicki Jerangle Carrick headband that would be perfect for spring and summer! It is just so cute and looks comfy to wear. I hate the tight headbands. But yet again, like I did with the bracelets, I looked and found another headband that caught my eye! 

The Grace Kelly. An established name for a headband. It gives off that royal and fun vibe with the flowers and that pop of bright blue! Plus the touch of plaid on the inside is so cute! 

My Birthday list is going to be quite particular this year by the looks of it! Don't forget that accessories are meant to be expressive and make you happy!

I have a lot of explaining to do

So I am figuring out how to structure this blog. I want to make it something great and fun with tidbits and cute things to look at.  I think I will do a daily column of my obsession of that moment,song,thought/quote,song,picture. Other articles will be random, but cute articles either giving my advice, detailing my day, or even my favorite characters from books or movies. We will se lovelies <3

Lovely Magazines

At the moment…this is my life on weekends. When I am not bogged down with homework, I am sitting with a cup of coffee and a magazine. Magazines honestly have such impact on our lives. We read them for tips and trick, fashion ideas, the stories, and even just to see the pretty ads of the industry. Magazines are like a time capsule for that moment in the life of women. They date the changing fads and the changing of how women are seen with sex and empowerment-driven articles. Of course there is still the “How to get a guy” type articles, but then on the next page is how to throw a party, then how to succeed at work. They capture the powerful and beautiful essence of women as a whole. Diverse and lovely with a little bit of sass :)


(image from princess-ju.tumblr.com)

Ok that was a lie...

So I realized that leaving Blogger is a lie. What I will be doing is reformatting this blog to be about pictures,ideas,quotes, that I get from tumblr and my own viewings and discussing them and their significance to me. Then there will be posts about significant things that happen to me or things I would like to document. I put too much design time into this thing to let it go to waste!

Oh well....

Sorry guys...but blogging is too time consuming! I am going to my tumblr!

http://greeneyesandpearls.tumblr.com/

follow! you wont regret!!! <3

Summer bucket list

New York Bucket List

so i am starting my bucket list for the summer and will continually edit this post :)

Obsession Time

So this is a Lilly Pulitzer dress that I am so want :) It is called the Bowen Dress and I want it for spring.

The Kate Spade necklace and the bangle are adorable :) 

and finally....The Valentine's Day suggestions for Tiffany as so cute :) 

What are your obsessions of the week? 

‎"What happened to chivalry? Does it only succeed in 80s movie?

So I was watching Easy A (finally) and I totally squeeled when Olive brought to 80s movies and their perfect love formula. Now I was thinking of how great those movies were and how things truely need to be like that. No one girls act the way they do beucase no one acts romantic anymore. The good guys and girls talk to each toher about their problems and don't realize they like each toher and are too proud to admit it. Then they sulk and think they don't like each other so they end up being with people who don't appreciate them. So that has been my life for quite a bit this week. But in all honesty, I am fine with it. good things happen for a reason. Things in general happen for a reason. So you never know when ......

This...will happen to you :) Keep your heads up high girls and boys! 

One thing that peeves me off

So does anyone have an uncomfortable feeling when they see a girl with a backpack and a purse? I don't know why, but it just bothers me. I believe in the less is more theory. If you need your backpack for class, bring a small cosmetics bag and put it in your bag, or get a cute tote for your books. But having a chunky backpack and then a big purse just makes me thing of a bag lady. It is not a cute look. consolidate ladies. SOrry that was a rant but I saw it all over campus today and it will probably not end.

A picture is worth a thousand words

So I think I am going to do this thing where I post my favorite picture of that moment in time and then will explain why.

These are my parents. This picture was taken when I won a significant award and the paper did a spread on me. I love my mom and dad so much. If it was not for them, I know I would not be as successful as I am at this age. They are the type of parents that built their lives to give their child what they never had. They are both so hardworking and loving. My mom is my rock and my dad is my protector. I cannot even continue because I think i am going to cry (lol). It is my second night away from home for spring semester and I miss them very much. I love you, mommy and daddy.

Day Before Spring Semester

So today was filled with more and more unpacking, frosting cupcakes for my Catholic Students Association meeting, and organizing. Things picked up at 9pm when I had my meeting. It was honestly the highlight of my day and will probably be for the next three Mondays. We met everyone who will be on the retreat team and found out our partners. In other words, I met everyone who I will be working with and got to meet my partner who I will be conducting a small group with. He is really sweet and is very nice. Quiet, but nice. In more important news, the guy that I like and I had great chemistry today. He asked me to sit next to him and agreed to play piano for me for the coffeehouse.

So there is a point in bringing this guy into my blog now. I honestly am so excited. I feel like I am in high school and really super wish the guy I like likes me too. It is so funny and I do not mind actually feeling giddy and cute. I think more people should get this feeling instead of wanting just sex and to just hook up. That giddy feeling needs to come alive again. Moments like these need to be alive again. Because moments like this start with the giddiness and the world needs love and happiness.

Nausea

Did you ever get that feeling of being sick to your stomach when you see something? Well call this high school, but my roommates all just became sisters on facebook....and I thought the girl who lives in my room was my best friend. Oh well. Guess I will have more time to focus on school and my activities. I am not jealous, but since the problems I have been dealing with, I just feel like a stranger in my own apartment and I will be with the girl that wanted to have me leave all day. Thank god I will hardly be at the apartment. I think I may join another club or just become more activity in the ones I am in, since I am taking 6 classes. I am sorry if I sound really cryptic, but I just get upset sometimes since I am the type of person who would do anything for anyone....and then I get "pushed over" because they take advantage and never do stuff for me. Like it is uneven.  Idk...maybe I am late night rambling...but it just hurts. On to new and bigger and better things. Night world <3

Last night of winter break

So being home from school has honestly made me appreciate my life so much. I am so grateful for my family and all they do for me. I would be lost without them. I have a group of friends that i am tight with and they are all guys. It is so much easier to just relax and kill zombies on a Saturday night then go out and drink and party with girls who end up turning into hot messes. I like to go out to dance,but I am done with nights full of drama. But most importantly, I love my mom. I vow to be the best teacher I can be so I can buy things for my mom and show her her hard work paid off. This break was just filled with the holiday spirit,ful times with friends,a lot of snow, food, the finishing of the Gossip Girl tv show,the start of Greek, my first yoga mat, and just the start to a great and happier me. Especially with my new Lilly notebook. I will post pictures of my great finds of today. Tomorrow I am baking cupcakes as a thank you to the CSA Spring Retreat group. They have been by me for so long and I def. owe them :) Time to reorganize the planner and pack up the car...tomorrow is Rutgers Move In Day for Spring 2010.

Movies I want to see this year:

Red Riding Hood

Jane Eyre

Your Highness (James Franco <3)

Crazy,Stupid,Love

The Smurfs

The Help

To be continued...

The Great Gatsby...tote?

I want. I want. I want.

kate spade. The Great Gatsby. yellow tote. This is so just a figment of my imagination. <3

True Prep Response

http://www.thecollegeprepster.com/2010/09/true-prep.html

So as I was reading College Prepster's blog, I did a google search for the NY Times review of  True Prep by Lisa Birnbach. Funny story...I have The Official Preppy Handbook that was cowritten by her in 1980. I have an original copy that I picked up at my high school's garage sale. I saw it and could not resist since I could not tell if it was a joke or serious. Here is my book :)

 I then see in the article this book can be between $100 to even $1000. I cannot believe that! It is amazing...and could be a lot of ballet flats for spring. i just found that exciting :) Here is the article http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/books/30book.html?_r=1 . You never know what you find at garage sales!

But this got me to thinking that I need to buy a Kindle or a Nook because I need to buy books instantly. It is a necessity.  I need to get True Prep. 

Influences

I firmly believe that your environment influences you. Hence, why I am a mess at this current moment.

Living in New Jersey has given me many things I am lucky to have. I have been around many cultures and different personalities that have helped em to developed proper social manners in situations. I have a wonderful family with strong Italian morals and my friends all have goals in life. However...

I am not confused about my future or even school for that matter...it is more along the lines of my (for lack of a better word) "stereotype". Now do not judge at first, let me explain. I am 19 years old and am not saying I want to be what the younger kids are nowadays. I went through my phases. Puberty is over haha. But what I mean is, my style is not yet defined as nicely as I would like. I am influences by my music,movies, and fashion (obviously). I just do not know where my personality fits. Now I am not saying I want to be boring and cookie cutter, but I like to be set in stone and feel comfortable with my style, not having to guess who I want to be today. It is fun to dress up, but I want my definite style. So far, college has certainly helped refine my style and I submitted to my mother's advice of dressing more proper. As in, just because it is winter does not mean I have to wear uggs and sweats all the time. (In my defense it was high school and thats how we dressed). But now I am in my spring semester of my sophomore year at college. From studying to activities, I do not have time to think of how I want to expressive my personality today through clothes. I know this sounds confusing...but here is an example:

I want to dress girly and pretty because Legally Blonde is my favorite movie...but she wears a little too much pink. So I like rock bands and think rock chicks have an awesome style...but I am not about to get a leather jacket and biker boots. I love Blair Waldorf....but can we be real? I live in New Jersey and do not want to look like a stuck up bore....but I love the headbands. And I loveee the southern girl look with Lilly Pultzer and just that clean cut preppy look. See my problem?

So lately I have been wearing suede black boots with nice black tops,jeans, and grey boyfriend looking sweaters (I always forget the proper name). Mind you I do not look like a mess, and I dress modestly for my age and always have my hair and makeup done....but my closet gets very confusing. I think it is because I am an only child and have all boy cousins. So my only influences are pretty much in the media. And it does not help that I live in Jersey and a lot of people dress like slobs or look..."too much". The woe of this dilemma. I will have an answer by tonight. I am sure of it! Leaning towards the preppy look but with a city edge to it. Because that is what I am right now anyway.

(Yeah I know this seemed pointless, but as an English major, writing is therapeutic and helps me sort my thoughts. Also I will read what I write and go "Really? You thought that? Change that ASAP!" Try it sometime. )

New Beginnings

Well hello blog world!

I knocked down two to-do's today. I started a blog and I am going to fulfill my new year's resolution of starting a diary-type thing.

Son on Sunday I am going back to school after my winter break. Winter break was honestly something I truly needed. I felt a little lost as school. Of course I was doing my school work and my activities, but I felt like something was wrong. I think I just missed my family and living in an environment in which people truly love me. It has been a rough semester and it was just physically and mentally exhausting for nothing. It is not what you think...trust me.  However, because of these developments, I focused more on my school work and found my way to CSA. That community of people have actual morals and just awesome people and I felt at home. I went on a retreat and found my strength in God again to deal with the battles I have been faced.It made living at school a lot easier. I just can't help worrying about people but I guess I have to be done.

Exams were stressful, but getting the grades back were completely worth it. When I drove home on DEc. 23, my mom greeted me with a huge hug. I actually started to cry. What I went through is not what good people go through and it was nice to be relaxed and feel safe. I walk in my room and see a hallmark record-a-story book, a CHristmas chocolate bar, and a Starbucks hot cocoa kit. My mom truly made me feel at home.

Hanging out with friends,snowstorms,Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year's Eve were all surrounding with people I love and care about most. I feel rejuvenated and happy. I am ready to go back to school and work even harder that I normally do. I plan to join another organization and just truly be happy. I won't let anyone stop me. I am blessed to have friends and I am super blessed to have my family. I love them so much. Especially my mom. She is always there for me and I could never imagine having anyone else as a mother. God blessed me.

Out of everything I have been through, I learned to just be classy and never let them see you sweat. Do not go to levels lower than the one you are on. Be a lady. Stay calm and Be Classy <3