Little Things

Summer life is flying by sooner than I'd like it to. I hate to say that there are exactly seven days left before I need to go back to school. This week, I plan to get personal affairs done, eat whatever I want whenever I want, and sleep as much as I can. These past few weeks of summer have been filled with baking, sleeping, watching re-runs of Gossip Girl and Melissa and Joey (which I'm obsessed with), going out with friends and visiting family.  

{I'm in love with this tiny Eiffel Tower pendant. I bought this precious piece at the St. Louis Art Museum, which had a beautiful French art gallery.}

{This is yet another Eiffel Tower beauty. This necklace holder has been so useful to solve the problem of necklaces tangling with each other. I bought this at Michael's for about $14.}

{Baking my morning away. This is a tray of all of my specialties (according to my family's judgment). Brownies, oatmeal raisin cookies, chilenas (alfajores), and lemon bars. Head over to Recipe Index to find the recipes.}

{Round two of Life In Color! It was a night full of lights, music, gooey paint, and even unwanted rain. In addition, my friends and I got to catch up after a full two months apart. The crazy concert party was followed by a nice sleepover with my best friend.}   

Little Things

Summer has finally come. The long days of incessant brain activity, stress, and school drama have finally come to an end. Now, I say, it is time for staying up late at night, waking up whenever I wish to wake up, testing and tasting a thousand different recipes, going out, and having fun. My summer began way earlier than planned. It so happened that I was excempt from ALL of the final exams, which meant that I had every right to skip the last three days of school. Oh, the perks of being a nerd. I would not consider myself fully a nerd, for I definitely have a social life outside of the classroom and text books (hence,the story of my life on this blog). But now that I can forget about all of that crap, these are my plans for the summer.

•  Working out
• Reading
• Blogging
• Baking, cooking, and eating
• Cleaning out my room and my closet
• Learn to drive
• Keep learning French
• Travel

{A mid-morning snack: Homemade Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with a warm cup of coffee. Follow the recipe and then just add about 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips.}

 

{Organizing my closet with all of my handbags. I did the same with my heels but I did not take a picture. You can also hand your bags on a hanger behind a door. I followed Emily's tips on organizing closets.}

{Tong's Thai Cuisine- My new favorite restaurant in town. This was the second time I ate here, and I ordered an appetizer of Summer Vegetable Rolls. The best part was the Peanut Sauce on the side.}

 

{I can finally say I have the luxury to eat breakfast while still laying in bed watching TV. This is heaven. --I had a Yoplait Light Strawberry Yogurt, a peach, strawberries, I Classici Del Mattino cookies, and coffee--}

{Tickets for the Maleficent premiere. Ironically, I loved the movie but hated the ending.}

{This morning I tried a new recipe for these Polka Dot Brownies. The recipe called for regular milk chocolate chips, but I decided to top them off with white chocolate chips instead, and they are simply marvelous.}