Ride In Dreamland

I was going through my usual blogs today, and came across a wonderful little picture over on thelittledeers..

 

This, to me, is a dream.

I've always had that odd urge to wear a pretty flouncy dress while riding a bike. I don't know where it came from, but I've wanted to for as long as I can remember. I look back on my thoughts as a young lass thinking "well that would be quite stupid... the dress would get all caught up in the wheels!" But now I know that it can be done. You can wear pretty things while riding a bike. And not just pretty dresses, but yet another childhood dream of mine. A white dress. 

I've never had the model look. I've never had the model purse either. But someday (besides my wedding...) I want to own a pretty flowy-white fairy dress.  I've forever been on the lookout for one. And of course, my favorite clothing distributor, Modcloth, has not failed me...

 

  

 

It doesn't help that I found this dreamy ensemble today over on Pandora

Wouldn't that be wonderful?!

It is hard for me to admit that I want a bike. It's suddenly become the cool and hipster thing to do. But as a 20 year old with no license or car and no financial purse to have one in the near future, a bike sounds wonderfully freeing. I've always been dependent on others, I've never gone to get groceries by myself. All my errands have been with someone else, how could they not be?

Now, I do get a bit scared at the thought of going out on my own on a bike, where there are no metal doors to protect me from the outside world. But with proper teachings, I feel that it could be done!

And think about it. Pretty bike.....

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And it doesn't even have to be pretty! ( I can make up for that on my own... *cough*) All I ask for is a brown wicker basket on the front to carry books, art supplies, and findings in.

This may become a necessity in the future, depending on my living quarters and if I am to stay on campus or not. The other scary part is that I haven't ridden a bike since I was about 9, and still had my awesome Queen Amidala Star Wars helmet......

What?! it went with my water gun.

-Brenna Kathleen

I Fell Asleep And Missed The Circus...

It's Sunday!  The roommates and I usually get a bit dressed up to go to church, and after we took a bunch of cute pictures around our dorm.

Click the "proceed" to check out the pics!


As you should know by now if you're a follower of this blog, is that I am NOT in any way a model. There are actually very few pictures on here compared to all the ones we took.

I wanted to go for a bit of a circus-y look with this one, it would have worked better if I had my mini top hat and tulle underskirt with me at school.

 

  

A detail shot.  Joj always loves to borrow this necklace, so it's not surprising that she wanted a shot of it :]

  

We took pics in the elevator. What you can't see is Kenny around the corner pressing the button to make the door stay open

This is probably my favorite picture from the whole shoot!! We're the perfect trio for Charlie's Angels

Have a great rest of the weekend! I'm off to do some homework, drawing, and don't forget the weekly Sunday Starbucks run!

-Brenna Kathleen.

P.S. The title is a true story. The one and only time I ever went to the circus as a child, I fell asleep during the intro, and missed the whole thing. I was really sad when I found out. Maybe I'll have a chance to go again someday...

Outfits!! Yay for fashion!

As you know, I've made a change to my style recently. I've posted lots of pictures of inspiration, but I have yet to post what has come of my amazing trips to thrift stores and online purchases....


Last semester seems like ages ago! I hadn't even figured out my look yet, but I did wear this little number. A snazy vest from Macy's, Harry Potter glasses, a velvet bow clip from my childhood, and my Kingdom Keyblade necklace from the Kingdom Hearts video game.

 

 

This was the first real super cute outfit I wore this semester. The skirt was a recent purchase from H&M, the shoes are from a thrift store, and the bag was some awesome random thing my grandma had in her closet!

 

( I know, the skirt looks awkwardly hiked up in the back. bleh)

 

Next was my super cute Valentines outfit! I was super excited to wear this dress. I got it at Ross, and the shoes are my dream shoes I found online on QVC!!!

 

Keep in mind that I'm a horrible model, so all my pictures look super awkward.

I'm super proud of my bow! I was always a stickler for "princess bows" when I was little. My Dad was the only person who I trusted to tie one for me.

Me and one of my lovely roommates, Kendall. I love that she's all "yeah, I'm sexy..." and I'm like "Look! I have a gun!"     oh... and *** follow the stars to the bottom!!

Yesterday I was a nerd's dream! I wore my Super Mario tee, a blue cardi with ruffles, Lego hair clip and ring (made by moi), my usual purple high-top Cons ( not to mention the yoda socks I wore under them), and smelled like a wonderful library full of books.

 

And I couldn't resist taking the pic wiht my beloved Darth Mug, and my trusty Mac.

 

And today I finally wore the most beautiful sweater I have ever had the gift of wearing! It was given to my by a wonderful friend of mine in a huge present made up of clothes/shoes she no longer wore. Now, she is a very tiny woman, and I'm a not so tiny woman. So it was a bit snug around the uhm... *ahem* upper rib-cage area.... So I thought I would never be able to wear it. Well, today I pulled it out and my roommates then informed me that I could wear it with the top buttons un-done and with a tee under!!!

 

  

(This is pretty much how all my pictures turn out... again, I'm a very awkward model)

(detail of the beautiful applique and my unicorn necklace from modcloth that Jojo gave me for my birthday!) 

  

I'm always trying to find an outfit I can wear my awesome fur collar-thing with. The roommies say it's a total no-go. But I like it!

Then we just had fun with Jojie's photo skills and my bowler hat :]

                                              again.. **** follow to the bottom! :D ( or just remember this and read      when you finish...)

  

Next, we had fun with color-select on the camera

 I like to call this one "Failed Attempt at Camouflage"

That's it from me today! Sorry for the overload of pictures!! I hope y'all enjoyed them!!

-Brenna Kathleen

P.S. As I've been taking these pictures and putting a post together. My wonderful roommate, Jojo, has been my patient photographer, and is also posting her own fabulous fashion escapades! Go check her out here. She's a very talented writer and is a kick butt Lois-Lane-snappy-dresser

**** I couldn't help but add that these two pictures make me feel like Mrs. Peel and John Steed from The Avengers!! I've been trying to explain the show to Kenny and Jojo, but they just don't understand awesome British television the same way I do :]