Little Miss Sunshine and Little Miss Sassafras

This week was full of activities, assignments, meetings, things for my internship, tests, speakers, etc. I have never been so excited for a Friday as I was today. My graduation application was accepted. Scary. Things just got real. Really real. This week I feel like I spent the entire time running. I always had somewhere to be or something to do. Tuesday was really my only relief. I told my boss that I could not go to devotional, and I got two free hours to work on homework and do laundry. I was completely exhausted by Thursday evening, and when I am tired I get sassy. One day my boss teasingly told me not to sass him. Then he looked at me and laughed because he said I wouldn't be able to talk if I didn't sass. He knows me too well. After leaving class early, I went to a lecture and while listening to that I did  a homework assignment and studied for a test. Multi-tasking at its finest. I didn't get home until close to nine, but I stayed up to spend time with Jan. After a test the next morning I went to work. There, 100 sunshine yellow balloons were delivered, and I tied them to my desk. How could it not be a great day?! Sunshine yellow is everywhere right now. It is spring, and with spring comes the sunshine yellow bushes on campus. I love them. Also, sunshine! Real sunshine is back! Hopefully it is here to stay this time. It's officially spring, and I kind of wanted to hibernate this weekend to catch up on some sleep. Too bad that didn't happen. This was the first weekend in a long time in which I did not spend the entire time doing homework and writing papers. Saturday I went to the mall with Kaitlyn. We picked these outfits that we would absolutely never wear including cropped tank tops and metallic leggings. We had so much fun, and of course we took the selfies in the mirror. We're cool kids. We know. We did end up getting really cute outfits at other stores though. When we got home it was absolutely beautiful outside (it was 55 degrees!). Do you know what that means? Picnic!! I had a picnic with Jan and Julie Anne. Julie and I polished off a large pan of nachos, and then we played frisbee. Because we have all been cooped up in our apartment our skills are a little rusty. It could have also been all of the food... We came home and cleaned up before Jan and I went on a walk. Then we came home to finish our Harry Potter marathon. It only took a month. Somehow after we both showered and looked like hobos boys ended up coming over. Remember what I said happens when I get tired? Those boys were over until late and so they got the full blast of my sass. Even without make-up and curled hair it comes. Today I am going to church in my new outfit. Happy Sunshiny Sunday, everyone! 

Oscars: For the Win

I love the Oscars. I never actually watch them, but I love watching the recaps and looking at all of the pictures with the beautiful dresses. Here are a few of my favorites for a fashionable Friday! 

 Almost as outrageous as Lady Gaga's dress, yet somehow she still pulls it off and looks great. 

 Oh my so beautiful. Flowing, icy, beauty. 

 Different but elegant. 

 J Law. I love her. And her fiery peplum dress. 

 Sandra Bullock... Can I just say she will be beautiful and classy (and probably sassy) until the day she dies? 

 Kate Hudson. I think she may have been the winner of the evening. Wow. 

And last but not least, Julia Roberts. Who doesn't love a classic black dress?! 

Here is my favorite performance of the evening. The song. The dress inspired by the ruby slippers. Heaven.

Listen to it here! Sorry, I couldn't find a good video of it.

But guys, let's not forget the true star of the show this year. As beautiful as everyone was, only one could give a ten minute monologue making everyone laugh the entire time with her sarcasm, order pizza, go around asking for money to tip the pizza boy, come out at one point wearing a "Glinda the Good" costume, miss one of her cues, pop up between Sandra Bullock and Leo DiCaprio and have both of them bust up laughing, and of course, crash Twitter with a single selfie that was retweeted over 13 million times. Dear Ellen. The more I see of her the more I love her. I don't necessarily approve of what she stands for, but she is funny.

Hello Sunshine

Yesterday I went to go get jewelry for Kaitlyn's wedding. Going to the mall with Julie Anne was so much fun. I got the necklace I needed! On the way home we stopped at a place called the cocoa bean. One grasshopper cupcake and Irish cream carmanilla frappe later I was on a sugar high for sure. I regret nothing.
Last night was the last home basketball game of my college career. Weird, I know. I don't think I have ever had that much fun at a basketball game. I was laughing the whole time. I did actually yell a couple of times, but it was just for fun. I went with Meghan, her boyfriend, and a bunch of their friends. We quoted movies and hash-tagged the whole time. We were being ridiculous, but it was so much fun.  BYU won! They wouldn't let me down for my last home game! Walking home we did the Wizard of Oz skip and were even more ridiculous. We ended up going to the dollar movies. I love that theater. We were out really late, but sitting in Saving Mr. Banks made me remember some of my favorite moments. Favorite moments such as sitting in the sun with Meghan and a blanket looking at the changing leaves, going to see Wicked and watching with glittering eyes and an open mouth while they sing Defying Gravity on my birthday, watching Saving Mr. Banks with my entire family and seeing them all laugh at a good, quality movie, helping my grandma make a pattern for the quilt she made out of the smallest squares and seeing her amazement as I laid them out in ways she hadn't thought of, watching Parental Guidance with my mom and grandma, going to Fossil Rim with my grandparents from Ohio that I don't see very often, moving our mattresses and having sleepovers in the living room with  my roommates, having a scary movie night with a couple of the roomies and some friends from across the hall and scaring ourselves, going to Park City and having way too much fun with the friends I went with, and so on. I love those moments. They make me smile. Getting back so late made for an interesting day today, but it was so worth it. At church my old roommate came up to me and said, "Why hello, Sister Dalton, how are you today?" I was wearing my favorite sunshine yellow, and that absolutely made my day. Spring weather is here! Hello, Sunshine!!!!

Cheesecake, a Wishlist, and Dear Dani

When you go wedding shoe shopping with your roommate, don't find any shoes, make grown-up decisions to not go crazy and buy everything in JCrew, can't find the ring you are looking for, are disappointed by the lack of shoes in the stores at the mall, and are somewhat creeped out and in shock from a woman telling you the gospel is great because it teaches repentance as she strokes the BYU Y printed on your tshirt on your chest, you may have a crazy adventure trying to find the Cheesecake Factory you know is in the mall. When you find it, don't wait in line. Go straight to the little counter and only get a slice of cheesecake. Make sure you have a friend with you. Splitting two flavors makes for a wonderful experience. You rush to your car and hurriedly take your prize out of the bag. Your forks soon get slimy going from flavor to flavor. You gorge only allowing the words, "Yum.." and "uh-huh" escape between chews. By the end, which is really less than five minutes later, all you can do is look at your beloved roommate and laugh because, yeah, that just happened and you just love every minute you spend with her. 

Thank you JCrew for the most unrealistic wishlist. Thank you Cheesecake Factory for not letting us down. Thank you, Dani, for always being the best company a girl can have.