got my cap and gown today! i felt euphoric at the campus bookstore, benevolent even. :D

this spring i've decided that every piece of clothing i add to my wardrobe is going to be handmade- by Me! i'm very excited! i'm the kind of person that sees an expensive, fashionable dress in a store and thinks, "i can make that". so, i've got one skirt under my belt [[chris taught me how to sew pleats and zippers] and while i thought my hand stitch was "okay" chris and his mom think its great-so that's inspired me even more! i picked up a sewing magazine and marie claire to give me ideas for how to alter garments i already have, and what to sew completely from scratch! i'm never quite satisfied in store-bought clothes-i always feel like i look like a store mannequin or that im "dressed like a stereotype" or like everyone else in that charlotte russe cardigan..

this spring and summer i want to catch up on my reading! i want to reread Gatsby, a room with a view, life of pi, anne of green gables.. i want to read "paradise beneath her feet" and... any suggestions??