When you bring your own rose to school and carry it around to make you feel special because you know you're not going to get an actual valentine from anyone.
But then you actually end up getting an anonymous valentine from someone for the first time ever!
And so you feel quite lame for bringing yourself a rose. :P
(I apologize for the extremely attractive picture of me.)
But I also didn't get what I wanted the most. An iPhone. Or at least a new phone.
...Actually, please ignore that last sentence. I sound like an ungrateful turd. All complaining about my Christmas because I didn't get a phone. That's so stupid.
I did, however, get an electric piano keyboard! As in it's MINE! :D It's so exciting! I love music. And now I have my OWN keyboard. When I go to college I won't have to go to a church building to play the piano, I can play in my own dorm!
And I got a One Direction toothbrush. YES. But I'm not going to use it. That's like blasphemy or something. If I use it, then I will eventually have to throw it out because it will get gross. So for now, it's just for decoration and admiration.
Something about this year has just been... off. Holidays don't feel right. It doesn't feel like Christmas. At all. At first I thought it could be because I'm growing up... but it's not just me. Many people have said it doesn't feel like Christmas this year. But that doesn't stop me from trying to spread Christmas cheer! Here is my Music Post Monday for today. :) I'm glad I have sisters to harmonize with.
This morning, my family went shopping at Fred Meyer's. I went to the perfume aisle and started testing all of the perfumes. Then I got to the cologne. And there was this Usher cologne. So I sprayed it. And I thought it smelled fantastic. So I sprayed it all over myself. So I've smelt like Usher cologne all day.
And I still enjoy sniffing myself.
...I kind of want Usher cologne for Christmas now. Not gonna lie.
Why isn't it socially acceptable for girls to wear cologne?
So, all day I've been trying to get in the Halloween mood!
-I dressed in Halloween clothes.
-While driving around I listened to Wicked/Phantom music blasting creepily.
-I have a fake tattoo on my ankle.
-I went to a Halloween dance. (Which ended up being quite lame, even though I tried to make it fun.)
-I'm listening to the "Spooky Symphonies" playlist on Pandora. (Which is pretty great, by the way... even for not Halloween)
But I've just not felt very Halloween-ish.
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I want (pretty) snow, Christmas trees, giving, Christmas lights, gingerbread and other Christmas goodies, presents, joy, Christmas music.
I just want Christmas already.
(P.S. The only reason I tagged Harry Potter in this is because The Sorcerer's Stone Film Score is the song that I'm listening to this very moment on Pandora. Yeah, I'm aware it's kind of irrelevant to the entire post, but whatever. I do what I want. Don't judge me.)
I ended up going with Tyler Lofgran. Which was great! he's super cool. :) Except... he kinda has a girlfriend. And I'm perfectly all right with that, cuz I don't like him like that or anything. It just sorta made Sadie's sorta awk. Because in my group there was Maddie with Bradyn (a couple) and Natalie with Michael (also a couple), and then it was me and Tyler (nothing more than a date). And we went to the Haunted mansions of Albion. You know, scary stuff. A "cuddle with your date and hold hands" sorta thing. Which Maddie and Bradyn and Natalie and Michael definitely did. Whereas Tyler and I just... didn't. Which is okay with me! I just kinda wish I had some sort of boyfriend type figure who I could have taken so I could have been all cutesy-hold-handsy with. But no. *Sigh* Oh well. Maybe next Halloween.
You may think... so what? That doesn't affect your life that much.
But it really does.
I love them.
I love their music.
Fangirling over them has definitely changed my life.
Yeah, maybe for the worst.
But whatever.
I love them!
They inspire me. :)
My dreams are bigger.
And I feel like they are reachable too!
Happy birthday!
What better way to celebrate their birthday than to listen to their first song over and over and over again?
And sing it at the top of my lungs all over my house.
And when What Makes You Beautiful comes on the radio I have absolutely no choice but to turn it up all the way (which is loud in my car), roll down the windows, sing at the top of my lungs, and ignore the complaints of my eight year-old sister in the back seat.
Party. My house. 5 PM. It started off a lot of fun with brownies and Just Dance 3, but then it kinda got lame. Really lame. I'm sorry, but I suck at throwing parties. :( Yeah. And then my friend Maddie decided we should film a "scary movie." We attempted... and it was a bunch of fun. Here it is! (And umm... I don't really know how to edit videos yet... so all the random repeats and outtakes are still in it. Sorry.) Enjoy!
After our video adventures we decided to head to the Stake New Year's Dance. But we didn't even make it out of the driveway before disaster hit. Maddie (who recently got her license) backed into one of the brick pillar light posts on the edge of our driveway. Whoopsies. Yeah. That's not good. At first it was just a little crooked, but obviously unstable, so I went to it to try to steady it. MISTAKE. It ended up toppling over... on top of me. Thankfully I'm strong (haha, yeah :P) and was able to catch it mostly. I slowed it's fall, so the bricks didn't shatter into a million pieces, but it kinda rammed into my leg and now I have a big bruise. :( Not fun. But it was QUITE the adventure. We sat in my driveway for about half an hour while comforting Maddie (who was an emotional wreck), and while my mom was getting Maddie's insurance imformation. (Thankfully it will cover the damage.) The picture doesn't really show the worst part. The base of the pillar (also brick) was pretty much crushed (which is WHY it toppled over). All the bricks on the bottom were broken into tiny little pieces. Yeah. Interesting night.
We were finally able to leave for the dance. Maddie was still a wreck (I don't blame her), plus, she didn't know how to get to the Kimberly Stake Center where the dance was being held. So she followed me. But she was being a very cautious driver. (As in 30 mph in a 60 zone. Kinda annoying.) Then I lost them, because they turned around because they thought I had passed it. I hadn't. They didn't know where they were going. They should have just trusted me.
At the dance I was disappointed in the lack of fun I had. :( I TRIED to make it fun... but it just wasn't! No one ever asks me to dance at stake dances. :( What's wrong with me?! Oh well. It was alright because I got to mingle and talk to friends and such. After midnight, the dance ended, and there was a breakfast. I was impressed at how delicious it was. I got home around 1, though my curfew wasn't until 2. (Yeah, I know. Lame, right?) But the whole ride home I was holding back tears... I'm not sure why. I guess it's because I always give myself expectations (regarding boys) that are never reached. Hmmmph... well, someday there will be a guy who shows up in my life who makes the wait all worthwhile. I know it. :)
Although this New Year's wasn't nearly what I had hoped or expected, it gives me hope for the next year. I can make this year anything I want it to be. And it will be good. I just know it.
It may have been the fact that my presents weren't as great as expected.
It may have been the fact that it didn't feel like Christmas at all.
It may have been the fact that we didn't start unwrapping presents until noon.
...or it may have been the fact that Matt and Rachel weren't here.
Yup, I think that's it. Definitely it.
It's mostly Matt. I miss my brother so much. Yeah, he called. But it's not even close to the same. At least with Rachel we were able to Skype. I know that they are doing what is right, and there is no place else I'd rather they be, but I still miss them. So much.
I did get presents. (Duh. It's Christmas.) I got some things I love, others not as much. I got this beautiful plaque that has roses in the Young Women value colors and says "Elizabeth, Standing as a Witness." Except it doesn't say that. It says "Elisabeth, Standing as a Witness." So yeah. Horrible. Bleh. I got a jewelry rack that I neither asked for nor need. And my mom could tell I wasn't pleased, and offered to return it, but I always feel bad, so I said I'll use it. But in order to use it I'll be getting rid of my jewelry box and my earring holder. I got an awesome video camera that I asked for, and a gorgeous painting that I asked for. I also got Just Dance 3 (YES!!!), and a zebra print/turquoise alligator skin purse with a matching wallet (LOVE IT). I got a scarf and some tights and some other stuff. I'm so blessed, I have no
reason to complain about anything.
But there was just that one thing about this Christmas that didn't make it nearly as special or memorable. Without all of your family, Christmas just isn't the same.
Yay for Christmas Eve! :D Although it still doesn't feel like Christmas. :/ No snow. In fact, it has been bright and sunny for the past week! Poo.
My family sure has been in a Christmasy mood!
That was OOZING with sarcasm, by the way. Just look at this present's tag! Ahaha, Danny is so funny. And what the heck is a "coolhead" anyway? It makes me laugh. :)
Well, I finished all my shopping yesterday... the same day I started. Haha. :) And I've been a mad wrapping machine. The first present I wrapped was for Becca. And wrapping it was a process, but I sure am excited for when she will open it. :) I have ten pictures of each step I went through while wrapping the present. :D And here they are.
<-- The gift. It's a Perry the Platypus shirt. On the front is Perry, and on the back is the back of Perry. Clever, huh? I like it. :)
WRAPPED! ^^^
<-- Then I put the wrapped shirt into the bag the shirt originally came in in the mail.
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