SUNDAY AFTERNOON CROQUET

here at liberty square we are a sophisticated folk. don't believe me? are you aware of any other apartment building in which croquet is played in the courtyard with preppy dress required? yeah, didn't think so ;)

 no paparazzi, please.

the elitests. 

want to join our prepster party? come on down to liberty when it is a warm sunday. you're sure to see us out and about! 

also, this is the prepster anthem. well mine at least. what's yours?

Young Folks -Peter Bjorn and John

skirt: target

denim shirt: old navy

lace top: target

shoes: famous footwear

frolicking in floral

remember when you were in second grade and all of the hip girls had the lisa frank notebooks?! you know, the ones that had the cute polar bear with colorful penguins? the ones with white tigers who have a rainbow in the background?!?! wait, you don't remember? ......this is awkward.... 

well those notebooks are etched in my memory mainly because i lived for those notebooks (even though they barely stayed bound...ever.) what i am getting at is the other day i purchased floral pants and i finally feel like i am in the "in crowd" of college; just like i felt when my mother caved in and bought me those fabulously ghetto lisa frank notebooks. now i can be in cahoots with the rest of the stylin' women of BYU! look, i even am lounging like nobodies business. i guess i should be thanking my good friend, deon, for being the one who said i should buy them, :).

for those of you who knocked their heads and forgot every aspect of their childhood,

go here to see priceless images that will remind you of your youth.

let the reminiscing begin!

A Couple of Gems:

Just recently (meaning like twenty minutes before I published this blog.....) I was working really hard on an essay browsing YouTube and I came across some of my favorite songs from my childhood.

Isn't it funny how you won't hear a song for over ten years and magically all of the words come to you, along with some funky dance moves? It truly was a moving moment for me- I may have shed a tear of happiness. *Key words are "may have" EHEM.

Remember Smart House?! (before Disney Channel started producing stupid movies?!) Yeah, well go on and react how I did when I heard this song again:

I nearly died of hyperventilation and began to spasm on my kitchen floor.
There may or may not have been foaming at the mouth involved.....

This song used to still makes me feel like a little rebel. 

Man, Aaron's pre-puberty voice sure knows how to get me a-movin'! I didn't know how great embarrassing of a dancer I truly was until I listened to this song again.

Along with these jams that are sure to keep that funkadillious  (yeah, I just used that word. Don't judge) kick in my step I have these things to make that kick a little higher:

The completion of my re-creation of Van Gogh's Starry Night

This little monster caused me to walk out of studio with a huge black mark on my face. I kind of looked like this.... Except scarier.

And these:

Of course new oxfords that are the reeeeaaal deaaaal are making this Friday the biggity-bomb! 

The moral of this is that classic 90's jams, good/messy art and new shoes can make any girl feel invincible! Until she realizes that the pigment of the black chalk hasn't completely come off of her face....

Happy Thursday!

Thursday is my absolute favorite day of the week!

Everything amazing seems to happen on Thursdays; they are simply Heaven-sent (I am not exaggerating! My like love deeper-than-love feelings towards this day is off-the-charts!)

  

Today was another testament as to why Thursdays are my favorite days.

Here's why:

I woke up in an excellent mood! Which is quite normal for me since I have been blessed with being a morning person...... But today my normal happy-go-lucky attitude in the wee hours was magnified by a trillion gabazillion megasesillion! (I had fun writing that, FYI! Even more fun saying it in a little kid voice ;)

It was one of those days where your hair, your outfit and your mentality all seem to line up in perfect uniformity. Which begs me to ask myself, why does this not happen to me more often?!?!?! GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

ANYWHO! Sorry for the outburst, I am a female afterall and we come prepackaged with that ;)

I have become inspired by her and decided to follow her fashion-sense. Today was the beginning of my journey of wearing preppy-vintage esque clothing.

Needless to say, I'm hooked.

I went to lunch with my good friend Deon Sagers  (you should totally follow out her blog. AMAZING I TELL YOU!) who happens to be one of my best friend's (Christian) mom and his brother, Sean!

Excellent food, excellent conversation & extraordinary, phenomenal people.

best.lunch.ever.

To add to an already excellent Thursday, Sister Sagers welcomed me to lunch with these:

Wait for it.........

I want the anticipation to kiiiiiiilll you!

**Cue the cherubic hymns of "ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

If you know me, you know that the easiest way to  get to my heart is through dessert.

ILOVECUPCAKES.ILOVECUPCAKES.ILOVECUPCAKES.

My friend Christian knew of my little HUGE love connection with Thursdays and I would wake up to a text every Thursday that read:

"Happy Thursday Emily!"

Since I won't be getting those weekly-texts for the next two years, I decided that from here-on-out I will be posting a **joyous, extra-happy message every Thursday-- Christian inspired :)

**Lets be honest, all of my posts are joyous and extra-happy... But these ones will be exuberant!

I hope you had a exquisite Thursday! I sure did :)