The Boot Search

First of all I'd like to start of by saying that I definitely won't be going to Boston for spring break. I won't have the funding if I have to pay for my books to go to class this summer. So, boo. Maybe I can invite myself to visit my aunt in Baltimore and she'll agree to a few days in Boston. Fingers crossed!

Anyway, a few weeks ago in the middle of January I went to Old Navy and saw this moderately cute pair of riding boots that were in this cognac color. I liked them, but I didn't get them -- a decision that I regretted as soon as I was back at school and too far away from them. I seriously considered calling my mother and asking her to buy them for me and then just let me pay her back...I told her this, and she said that she would have said no. That woman. Anyway, I wanted to go in search of them when my mother and sister came to visit me at school and we went to Ikea. We went to Old Navy and they didn't have them. So we went to the next Old Navy in Concorde and they had the boots, but in dark brown... the same color as the boots that I have right now. So I decided to go home to look at that Old Navy.

My mom and I were going to make a day of it. We went to church and then got free donuts from Krispy Kreme. We went to an Old Navy about 15 minutes away from my house. They only had them in black. So we went to the one near my house and they only had them in black. We asked a sales associate to call one about 30 min away and see if they had them in cognac. Naturally, they only had them in dark brown. So my mom took me to P.F. Chang's while I pouted. Then we went to every other store near me and I didn't find any boots in the color that I wanted. I didn't find them and went home in defeat.

In my depression and anger, I downloaded a Poshmark app. And within about 10 min, I found the pair of my dreams! I saw them on tumblr a loooong time ago, but I didn't know anything about them. But this is them!

The girl was selling them for $30, but I asked her to make them 25 and she agreed. She shipped them on Monday and I cannot wait until they get here! I cannot wait! Ahhh! I wonder what I'll wear them with. I cannot wait!

Not Resolutions

I'm aware of the fact that it's the end of January, but I have a few things that I actually do want to start doing this year. They're not New Year's Resolutions, but just some improvements to my life that I should really start to take more seriously. I feel that they may make me feel a little bit less like a jerk. So, here they go:

1. Stop saying 'I love'
2. Stop saying 'I hate'
3. Smile at people who I make eye contact with
4. Read more books
5. Cook/bake more often
6. Actually get dressed
7. Drink less sweet tea

And that's all that I have at the moment. I think that the sweet tea thing will actually end up killing me in the end. I don't know how to be a Southerner who doesn't/can't drink sweet tea. I really need to stop saying that I hate/love everything...it's a bad habit.

Carolina Cup

I'm not much of one for big events, especially when I don't know or care about what they're for. That being said, I actually really want to go to the Carolina Cup this March. I've never been before and I honestly had never heard about it until last spring break when I was hanging out with a bunch of preppy folk in Edisto. After seeing all of the pics on Tumblr, all I can think about is how much fun it would be to get all Dressed Up to get Messed Up.

Other than my possible trip to Boston, all I want to think about is getting tickets to go to Springdale. I want to get my sun hat and go Carolina Cup shopping. Find some cute koozies, get a croakie, drink...something... I don't drink beer. Maybe I can get away with a mimosa or tequila sunrises.

Regardless, between my hopeful spring break plans and going to Carolina Cup, I'm hoping for a lovely March. Spring is my favorite season and I'm hoping that I'll have the best spring ever. Ahh! I can't wait to go looking for dresses to wear!

Spring Break and Boston

So, Spring Break starts on March 17 (St. Party's Day, as my friend Laura mistakenly called it). I have two separate groups of friends who want to go to New York City. I really love it there, but I don't know if I have the funding to go the city that never sleeps. While I love New York with all of my heart, I mean I live for the Met, Central Park, and the NAMoNH, I can go there at just about any time. I have family who lives there and I can stay with them. I will talk about NYC at a later date, however. For spring break this year, I want to go to Boston, MA.

Part of my problem with going to New York is that it'll never happen. My friends always make flaky plans and I don't see the point in investing my time in research for a trip that'll never happen. I was supposed to be going to New York last year, but instead ended up going to Savannah, Charleston, and Edisto Island. Not a bad alternative, but the friend who I was supposed to be going to New York with bailed on me. My parents had even been lovely enough to tell me that they'd pay for everything that I needed. And the trip still never happened. I hoping against hope that they'll do the same thing this spring break. And now I've chosen to attempt to go to Boston.

Ah, Boston.

I've really only started thinking about it extremely recently. I've always loved historic towns and cities. Hence my freakish love for Charleston and Savannah. But in a moment of weakness about two months ago, I started looking at transferring to colleges in Massachusetts and Connecticut. I really wanted to transfer to UMASS Amherst or Boston. And now I really want to go to Boston. I've always kind of thought about going there in the back of my mind, but now I suppose that I actually have the chance of going.

I'm about to start looking into taking a train or bus up there, fining a cheap hotel, looking at those cheesy tourist brochures, actually doing some of the activities, going to a museum or two, eating out at local hotspots, having a stranger buy me a drink, I don't know. The whole shebang! I guess that I don't have to actually look to go during spring break, really, I can go whenever, but I'm just excited to go out and do something that I've never done before. I'm praying that I'll get to go to Boston some time this spring. Spring is the perfect time to travel! I love it! I hope that it's at least going to be moderately warm so that I can look cute.

Thus starts my soon to be manic obsession with Boston, MA. I'll be looking at it's Wiki page, checking the weather, seeing where the locals frequent, setting up a fake college tour, seeing if I can get to Cape Cod or Martha's Vineyard. I'm just going to have the time of my life. I hope.