Memorial Day Weekend!

American flag tank top / Topshop american flag denim shorts / Glamour Kills american flag swimwear /

 Forever 21 fedora / Aviator sunglasses

This memorial day/weekend I'll be in Italy, so there won't be a usual bbq with family and hanging out with family and friends. Instead, I'll be eating gelato and hanging out with friends in a country that I'm not too familiar with. Honestly, I couldn't of think of a better way to spend memorial day/weekend.

Usually, we'd have a BBQ and just hang out with everyone on the weekend. Sometimes we'll go to my paw paw's camp or other times we'll go to my moms, and eat (a lot). I'm really excited to be out of the country, but really nervous as well. It's not something that I've ever done before, and even having a holiday out of the country is a little weird, but then again is Memorial Day really even a real holiday? What if it was Christmas? Or Thanksgiving (which they don't have in England).

If I was in America, I would probably be wearing something obnoxious like above. Trust me, not all at once, but I love to play dress up on some holidays (especially the 4th of July!). Honestly, I'm so excited that I'm going to be back in town for the 4th of July, hopefully we'll go to my paw paws camp just to relax.

What are you doing for Memorial Day? 

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Ciao! Bongiorno!

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Well, I'm in Italy! I'll probably be insanely busy/tired from jet lag, so for the next couple of weeks I'll have some posts scheduled. They'll be normal content, and it's things that I've wanted to be posting for a while, just haven't had time but now I do! 

While I'm here I'll have my DSLR camera, laptop, and cell phone, so I'm going to try to be updating as much as I possibly can on twitter, instagram, blogging, and any other way possible. But no promises! I want to try and live in the moment. 

I'll be keeping a sort of 'travel journal' while I'm here, so once I get back I'll start to compile posts about my trip, where I went, what I ate, what I would/would not recommend. But for right now, I'm just going to spend as much time here as I can! 

Ciao, tutti! 

Have you ever been to Italy? What's your favorite part? 

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Musical Mondays: Tom Petty & The Heartbreaker's

I'm in Italy! Ciao! Well, I hope I am! I've scheduled a few posts so that while I'm here my little blog doesn't become untended. We'll have class every day for quite some time so it'll be hard for me to be on top of everything, but I'm going to try and respond to all comments as soon as possible. Just know that I'm in Italy, so my small blog isn't going to be my first priority (neither is responding to comments or emails).

Anyway, on with the show! Since I'm in Italy, the first thing that came to my mind to play for the Musical Monday's was Tom Petty's "American Girl". When I first listened to Tom Petty, I wasn't really a huge fan but he grew on me really quickly. The few days before I flew out I would listen to this song on repeat....it seems like a common theme among my Musical Mondays. 

When I went go visit my aunt in New York for summer when I was 11, I can distinctly remember her listening to ZZ Top, Dave Matthews Band and Tom Petty on repeat for the entire month that I was there. And you know what, I remember hating it. She even brought me to a ZZ Top concert; I had fun but didn't really know what was going on. Now, I appreciate the music so much more. 

What songs/albums are you loving lately?

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I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane!

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Well, maybe not a jet plane, but tomorrow's the day that I hop on the plane to go to Italy! I'm nervous/excited/scared all at the same time but I'm so ready. I think I've got everything packed and ready to go, the only thing is just getting to the airport now. 

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I'm flying out of New Orleans, and then with two connecting flights, and a couple hours of lay overs I'll be in Rome! Its about 16 hours on the way there and 17 hours on the way back. While I'm going for studying abroad, I'm really excited for all the opportunities that I'll be able to get while I'm there. I'm crossing my fingers that I have everything I need, and whatever I don't have at this point, I'll just buy if I absolutely need it!

Any tips for flying? Where was the last vacation you went on to? 

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Seeing Stripes

Dorothy Perkins navy blue dress / Warehouse striped sweater, $39 / Knit top / Te Amo stripe shirt, $16

You see, I hate horizontal stripes on me, they just do not look good. Vertical stripes? Those are alright depending on how the clothes were made. I think I own all of two striped shirts, and they're horizontal shirts but they have HUGE stripes on them. They're literally the same shirt, just in two different colors (because I'm crazy like that). 

Recently, I've been feeling a little more on the loving side of my love/hate relationship of stripes. Especially when it comes to tops like the first two, though it's hard for me to find any in stores. I'm not that great at online shopping because I've got such odd sizing, so I'd rather shop in stores looking for great clothes. If I do online shop, it's because I know I can return whatever it was that I bought if for some reason I don't like it. 

What really caught my eye about stripes recently is that one of my friends pulls off stripes amazingly well. She has a dress very similar to the one on the bottom left, and while sometimes it makes me a little dizzy to look at directly on, it's a super flattering dress on her. 

Do you wear stripes often? Which do you think is the most flattering?

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