Crafty Goodness Swap Gift Received!

Soooo guess who got her package in the mail from the Crafty Goodness Swap?

Yeah that be me!

I'm seriously

still excited.

First off I'd like to thank Jill so much for

sending me my gift, because

I never got the gift from my original partner and

she stepped in and sent me an "angel" gift.

That was so kind of you! Thank you again. :}

After reading a very sweet card (^see above^) I opened the package

and the first thing that I grabbed was this journal which was

specially decorated by Jill herself, in a fashion called "Zen-Doodling".

Front

Back

neat eh? Gets better...hehe

She also made this adorable bookmark which was

also decorated by herself. It's so cute, it's currently

in my copy of Pride and Prejudice which I'm trying to read

over the Christmas break.

Also decorated in the same theme was a cup

which is now on my shelf holding some of my pencils. :D

Very handy.

The next thing which has to be by far the most elaborate

and one of my favorite items in the package...was an...

*DRUMROLL*

UMBRELLA!

I risked 7 years bad luck by opening it up in my house

and taking a few pictures with it.

But it was so cool I couldn't resist!

She used so much detail...

All the detail and time that she put into

my swap gift was so incredible.

Thank you so much again Jill!

You're an angel for doing my "angel" package.

MERCI!

They Say It's Your Birthday

So recently (Nov. 3) I had my birthday...

I've spent seventeen years on Earth so far.

It's been a pretty good run. haha.

It was actually quite a birthday.

I had two friends bring me cupcakes, and one bring me chocolate and a card.

Which is really awesome because I've never had that happen to me before!

Also when I got home my family members gave me a lot
of lovely gifts such as the quilt that my mother made me

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isn't it beautiful?

I'm very thankful for such a great birthday!

And thank you to

Rhianne and Mariella

who wished me happy birthday on my last blog post

that was very sweet of you! :}

Well now I'm going to go work on the rest of my costume

for the Harry Potter premiere... I'm going as Luna Lovegood.

COUNTDOWN: 5 MORE DAYS UNTIL HARRY POTTER 7 Part 1

Lumos

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

Actually My Name's Marina

Have you ever felt like an artist was entirely yours?

That you want to share their music with the ENTIRE world,

but at the same time you still want them to be only known to you.

Does that make any sense at all?

Well that's exactly how I feel about Marina & the Diamonds.

^^She was my fellow companion,

when I was driving to work this summer with my sister.

We would blast her music as we drove down the highway,

and sing along in loud bizarre voices.

I simply adore her music.

We have history...those days with simply her music are treasured.

But I think I'm finally ready to completely share her with Blogger Land.

This is a big step for me...enjoy:

(I Am Not A Robot is the one that started it all,

my sister, Kaitlyn ,introduced it to me. :})

5...4...3...2...1

So I feel very accomplished!
Well more or less... haha.
I'm finally almost done with my summer assignment. It's taken me a little while, with a bit of procrastination *cough cough*, but I'm almost done. Unfortunately I can't find any similes or metaphors which is annoying me because I need to find at least ONE! Arghklsdfalxjlksaf; Hemingway annoys me sometimes with his blunt journalistic style and his stoicism... Anyways! I didn't do much "back to school" shopping this year, I only bought a couple new things that will hopefully last me a while. Here are the five things I've bought this summer that I'm most excited about:

1.

My new romper that I got at Urban Outfitters on sale. :)

2. My latest Henna that I did on my hand.

{I bought the Henna...and then did it at home to clarify. :)}

3.My brand spanking new GLASSES! OHH YEAH

4. Wallet + Purse {Target}

5.
And an Aladdin soup/food holder that keeps food nice and hot.

IT EVEN HAS A POP-OUT SPOON...oooh ahhh

So there you have it.
I'm pretty excited about all of that... it's nice being able to buy little things like that ya know? It helps when you're employed don'tchathink? hehee.

I hope you all are having a fabulous day!
Enjoy the last couple of days of summer...

Love--Jessica Leigh La Lou

PS: I recently found this Belgian girls choir on the net called-Scala & Kolacny Brothers.

Aren't they amazing? :D

Back to School Blues

So school's fixing to start in about a week on the 23rd.

How depressing.

And I know that people older than me keep telling me to enjoy it...

pretty soon I'll be out of high school and onto college.

But what if you genuinely dislike high school?

I mean I have some friends that I have a good time with

but when it comes down to it... if they were such good friends

then how come I didn't get a call this summer to do something

How come I was calling all the shots?

Or if I did get a call or an email, they never followed through.

And the one major organization that I'm apart of-debate

kind of fell through because I haven't really made friends with any

of the other debaters.

So what am I supposed to do?

Take another year of it and hope that it works out?

Or should I take culinary arts? But that takes up two periods so

I wouldn't be able to take debate...

So now I must decide *dramatic music*
Wish me luck. :/

I Heart It

These are some lovely pictures I have hearted...:)

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