stay gold

nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold
her early leaf's a flower, but only so an hour
then leaf subsides to leaf
so eden sank to grief
so dawn goes down to day,
nothing gold can stay

I scavenged this dress from the forgotten corners of my suitcase in a last-ditch effort to make another outfit post this week. I didn't have much to work with with regards to accessorizing or creativity, but I'm ok with that- the pretty sunset helped. besides, this best represents what I've been wearing lately; easy dresses and flats. minimal effort.

it's been a crazy couple months and I'm just waiting for things to feel normal again. hopefully then post quality will drastically increase. :)

dress- forever 21 // tights- american apparel // shoes- walmart

you might not be hearing much from me (again...) for the next few days. Brando's going on a trip for a week, and my computer's still out of commission. I've been using his, but now... I'm sans computer, sans photographer, and sans tripod, so I'm not sure how I'm going to do this! but I'll see what I can come up with now that I'm staying with my parents for a week.

you might just get a couple of updates with pictures of my dog.
she's a cute little weirdo.

hope your weekend was fab! ♥

playing: every rose has it's thorn- poison

Venice gets a queen

a quick how-doya-do from sunny Venezia!

we've been basking in the gorgeous scenery and the sweltering heat. I want to move here and be a gondolier.

new life goal!

also the pizza is amazeballs.
later!
♥

sky blue sky

I don't know if you can see this, guys, but there is actually sun in these photos!

"sun??," you say?
I KNOW.


today was one of those glorious days when good things happen unexpectedly. this is an especially big deal for me, since usually good things only happen if I try reallyreallyreally hard. and then I get deported. 

good thing #1: after raining all morning, once I was dressed + had makeup on, the sun came out and I could actually see blue sky.

good thing #2: the outfit I originally planned looked almost the same on me as it did in my head! and, more importantly, still fit.

good things #3: my hair did this all by itself. no hair dryer, no scrunching, nothin'. I must have done something to please the hair gods because normally they just hate me. (this note does take for granted that you do not find this particular bed-head look horrendous. I prefer it to my hair's usual "meh, I'll just lay here" attitude.)

good thing #4: the grocery store had all the ingredients for veggie chilli. I almost always have to make some sort of substitution or omission. not today, bitches! it's Sarah's good day. 

good thing #5: new episodes of New Girl and Modern Family and I actually got to watch them online without "buffering" for 20 minutes. (thanks for taking down megavideo/videobb/videozer, by the way. i'msayingtheoppositeofwhat'strue.)

good thing #6: getting to talk to the bestest-best life partner in all the galaxies on skype. (she just happens to live on earth. oh and also gave me the watch I'm wearing!)

dress- modcloth // blazer- topshop // tights- aa // necklace- Camden market // shoes- Jeffrey Campbell // watch- wedding gift

good thing #7: my parents are coming to visit us this summer so I get to do a little farewell tour of the UK. they want to see Edinburgh and London and Stonehenge and even jet over to Paris! I'm doing the planning and I'm having so much fun with our little itinerary. 

...I guess since seven is a lucky number I'll stop there. besides, it's pretty late now so I don't think there will be anything to add to the list before I pass out. unless there's an emergency casting call for Doctor Who in my building at 3am. or I get mail. getting mail is so great. 

if karma exists I'm scared that tomorrow is going to be a disaster. 

wish me luck. ♥

playing: I like dirt- red hot chili peppers