this may or may not be a fashion statement.

so lately, i've really been loving this trend!  i mean, tights under shorts is super adorbs and so perfect for fall.  here are some examples i love.

isn't it just so cute?!  here's my... attempt.

{shirt: styles for less
shorts: jcp {most likely}
tights: jcp
shoes: tilly's
necklace: the polkadot shop}

welp, i hope you try it sometime!

♥, sarah

p.s.  i guest posted on my life in pink!  check it out!

100th post!

yeeeeee haw!  100 posts!  woot woot!  haha.  i may or may not have been waiting for this for like, ever.  haha.  but then i couldn't figure out what i could do so special for it!  so i looked it up and... came up with telling you 100 things about me.  i know it's a lot of info at once.  read it if you want.  haha.  but here we go...

1. i love one direction {never saw that coming, huh?  haha.}
2. i love love love taylor swift with all my passion!
3. 3 is one of my favorite numbers.
4. i absolutely love being a teenager.  i just absolutely love it.
5. spiderman is definitely my favorite super hero.
6. i think it's fun {although sometimes a bit stressful} being in the beehive's presidency {as the secretary}
7. math is one of my favorite subjects.  {but only when it's not like when i  don't get a thing.  [sorry for the double negative...]}
8. 7 is one of my favorite numbers.
9. i like school {*cough cough* nerd.}
10. i like to go to football games.  not because of the football {i don't understand that  sport at all}, but for social reasons.
11. i loooovvvveeeee music!  without it, my life would suck.  period.
12. i like long car rides because it gives me an excuse to listen to music for a long time and do nothing.
13. it bugs me to be in cars without music.  really truly.  i get a bit... bugged!
14. i want an ipod touch soooooo bad!  so bad!
15. 13 is one of my favorite numbers.
16. i really really wish i had an instagram.
17. i strongly believe in the curing powers of ice cream.
18. i'm a sucker for movies.  every movie i watch i end up loving.  it's kind of sad.
19. i think learning spanish is so fun!
20. i am pretty darn satisfied with how my life is turning out.
21. i have the best friends on the planet.  they are the bomb.com
22. i hate writing {as a subject.} i find it so difficult.  yet i love blogging.  weird.
23. i like sad songs and movies.  who knows why?    it's not that i like to be sad, but... i don't know.
24. i cry bawl in movies.  especially when someone dies.
25. {well those 2 were sad...}  i cant wait to drive.  {2-ish years!}
26. i love it when i realize "what the heck, i'm a teen!"  because i've been waiting for these times since i was like, 2.
27. i love love.  haha.  i just love love stories so so so much!  they are so cute!  i just can't wait to know mine.  :D
28. i love ice cream and brownies and sugar.
29. i'm starting to take an interest in the band fun.  so, we'll see where that goes.
30. i'm also starting to take an interest in demi lovato.
31. i kind of couldn't love jb anymore.  but i could also care less.
32. i'm really enjoying learning genetics.  {NOT}
33. i take an interest in photography.
34. i want to be an at-home graphic designer.
35. i scream whenever i {unexpectingly} hear a one direction song, i scream.
36. i am addicted to pinterest.
37. i am, also, addicted to twitter.
38. i am addicted to blogger.
39. i am addicted to gmail.
40. i am addicted to my computer.
41. i think trying to write 100 facts about me is starting really hard.
42. i participate in a total of 6 blogs.  {1 of which is set as private.}
43. the ones that aren't private are:
    this one
44. a redhead's photography,
45. harry potterness,
46. the sounds of music,
47. those {awkward} redheads
48. i wish i was athletic, but i'm not.
49. i really want to get in shape.  i sincerely feel tired and weak and winded after the dumbest things.
50. i really want to learn ukulele.
51. i'm kind of in love with politics.
52. i like really annoying songs.  well, according to others, they are usually annoying.
53. i really need  to start exercising.  like really, really, a lot.
54. i really need to eat healthier.
55. i really wish homework didn't exist.
56. i wish my hair was wavy.  or at least would stay in waves.
57. my favorite line of any song ever is... "you pull my chair out and help me in, and you don't know how nice that is, but i do." -begin again // taylor swift
58. i love it when boys are sweet enough to do things as the line from the song above ^
59. popcorn is my favoritist thing in the world.  i would die with out it.
60. i like {well, need} to be organized.
61. i can be very picky at times.
62. i can also be pretty awkie at times.
63. i'm starting to want to stop here on this list.
64. i am loving junior high.  {for the most part}
65. i love planning parties!!  :D
66. i like interior design.
67. i want to read a lot of books, but i'm not a huge fan of reading.
68. ^which is weird because i love harry potter and hunger games.
69. i believe disney channel is the best thing ever.
70. i'm addicted to the voice, yet i've only seen 1 episode.
71. i was obsessed with american idol the year scotty mccreery won.
72. i kind of want to live in ireland when i grow up.  just kind of.
73. i've wanted to go to england since i was really little.
74. i've wanted to learn sign language for as long as i can remember.
75. i have to make everything as cute as possible.  everything.
76. i was ginny for halloween last year.
77. i went to a taylor swift concert on october 22, 2011.  so amazing.
78. i think cats are cute.
79. i think dogs are cute.
80. white tigers have always been one of my favorite animals.
81. i'm watching 101 dalmations right now with my little cousins.
82. cruella de vil creeps me out.
83. now i feel like listening to cruella de vil  by selena gomez.  i haven't hear that song in ages.
84. i freaking love british accents.
85. i also love irish accents with a passion!
86. i love accents. period.
87. i want to run track in high school.
88. puppies are the cutest things ever.
89. puppy love is cute.
90. bow ties are adorable on boys.
91. "how to rock" is one of my favorite shows.
92. somedays i feel crafty.  somedays i don't.
93. when i'm tired, i usually don't go to bed.
94. these are my favorite songs right now.
95. i'm sooooo excited for hot cocoa and long sleeves and  colored leaves.
96. fall is my favorite season.
97. i'm excited for fall and winter fashions.
98. i think little kids are cute.
99. life is great.
100. i can't believe i actually made this list last until one hundred

welp, i hope you learned something new!  {well, if you bothered to read the whole thing.  haha!}  love you all and thank you for reading my blog!!!!

loads of love ♥, sarah

begin again

can i just say, taylor swift is so amazing.  it's kind of ridiculous.  her songs are so... real.  as a little kid, i thought every song had a meaning.  like, every love song was written about a real love story and every break-up song, was written about a real break-up.  growing up, realizing more than half of songs aren't like that, was kind of a brutal wake up call for me for some reason.  they are trying to portray feelings when it's not really "real" feelings writing the lyrics.  which some of those songs i really like,

but taylor swift is so very different in that way.  all of her lyrics are real.  they express what she is feeling.  each song is about someone she loves, broke-up with, or other people's stories {such as ronan and mary's song}.  all of her songs are so very relate-able.  even if the main theme of the song has nothing to do with you whatsoever, usually at least one line ends up being so. she's just so amazing and talented and beautiful.  she is a role model of mine.  and i've looked up to her since about 2008.

and {to throw it in here} i think she was oh-so very brave to throw in WANEGBT as a pop-esque song.  a lot of people like her for being country, but, oh well, if you don't like it, it's one song, get over it.  {although i do respect your opinion} her newest songs are back to her original.

and now, don't get me wrong, taylor swift isn't the only person who writes music like this, nor is she the only person who writes her own music!  she's just one of the few who do.  and i appreciate her for this very reason.  i've liked her before i knew all this, and i've just grown to love her music even more since i found this out.  i hope you grow to love her as much as i have.

now, this morning, at 12:01, she released yet another single from her soon-to-be released album, "red."  it's called "begin again" and it's so beautiful.

here are the lyrics via with edits.

"Took a deep breath in the mirror
He didn't like it when I wore high heels, but I do
Turned the lock and put my headphones on
He always said he didn't get this song but I do, I do

"Walked in expecting you'd be late
But you got here early
And you stand and wait
I walk to you
You pulled my chair out and helped me in
And you don't know how nice that is
But I do

"And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid
I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did
I've been spending the last 8 months thinking all love ever does
Is break and burn and end
But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again

"He said he never met one girl
Who has as many James Taylor records as you
But I do
We tell stories and you don't know why I'm coming off a little shy
But I do

"But you throw your head back laughing like a little kid
I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did
I've been spending the last 8 months thinking all love ever does
Is break and burn and end
But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again

"And we walk down the block to my car
And I almost brought him up
But you start to talk about the movies
That your family watches every single Christmas
And I won't talk about that
For the first time, what's passed is past

"'Cause you throw your head back laughing like a little kid
I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did
I've been spending the last 8 months thinking all love ever does
Is break and burn and end
Then on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again
Then on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again"

beautiful?  beautiful.  i am obsessed.  it's on repeat.  over and over and over again.  

♥, sarah

anouncements and zodiac signs.

so, i take this class called video journalism, but let's call it vj, for short.  our basic responsibility in the class is being in charge of all video announcements.  and so, students take turns being anchors, being on teleprompter, camera, computer, or being production manager.  it's pretty great.  but anyways...

two weeks ago, sami g and i were anchors!!  it was so fun.  so. fun!  although i was horrified the first day, it was all good.  you're super scared the first day, thinking that everybody's watching you, but really, {even though everybody is watching you,} you are in a room full of about 5 people and everyone else is somewhere in the school.  

but yeah.  being anchors, you have a few things to do.

the first thing is create a theme.  our them was zodiac signs.  good one.  right?

the second thing is obviously say the announcements every day on camera as pro as possible.

the third and last thing is create a monday and friday video!  and tradition on the friday video is to take wacky pictures on photo booth and upload them to the vid.

{bug eye's effect. lol.}

{sami g couldn't stop laughing.  she just couldn't.}

here's the video.  enjoy!

{sands stands for samantha and sarah.  good one right?  haha.  :D }

it was so fun!  thanks to sami g for being such a great partner!!  :D

♥, sarah

lunes música

so lately i've really been fancying me some oldies music {more to come later}, and especially this song...

forever young // alphaville  

totally 80's right?  haha.  i love it.

oh.  and while your on it, look up 1D's cover of it.  it's awesome.  :D

love you all!

♥, sarah

bubbly.

i finally got the bubble necklace i've been waiting for!!  eeeekkk!!!  it's so pretty and i just couldn't be happier.  :D

{i don't know what is with the punk face in this picture...
shirt: hand-me-down from kacey
pants: charlotte russe
shoes: beall's outlet
& finally...
bubble necklace: the polkadot shop 

so, when i got home from school on friday, my mom told me she wanted to show me something in my room. when we walked in there i saw the bubble necklace sitting there on my bed and i immediately put it on.  i was so happy!  and actually, it matched my outfit, so i wore it to my friend's house, too.

we ordered it from the polkadot shop like 3 or 4 weeks ago {and it was totes worth the wait,} on sale for 16 bucks.  

see their facebook and wordpress there.

be prepared for lots of outfits with this bubble necklace.  lots.

♥, sarah

ice cream social. with a twist. :D

so...  this past wednesday for the super combined mutual, the mia maids planned an ice cream social with a twist!

the first half was learning manners and such.  some things were very nice to learn.  apparently you aren't supposed to chew on the phone?  hahahaha. {sorry liz.}  lol.

and then we went in the parking lot and had to sit boy, girl, boy, girl at each table.  but there wasn't enough boys, so i was with a girl.  {which i was totes fine with.  :D }

also, we had to tie one arm with the person next to you.  {hence the importance of the pattern, boy, girl, to make it as awkie as possible!}  we couldn't use our other arm at all and we had to get a bowl of ice cream {or 2, obviously, that's more appropriate for boy and girl....} and put all of the toppings on.  it was so fun, but, what the mia maids didn't see coming was....

a food fight.

yes.  a food fight.  a freaking ice cream food fight!

it was the best night of my life.  the best.

i always thought that doing something like that would be so fun!  pouring chocolate syrup and caramel all over people, flicking spoons of ice cream everywhere, and hugging each other with whipped cream getting everywhere.  {literally, jill hugged me and somehow i ended up with whipped cream in my pits.  ha.  hahahaha!...  :P }

but overall, it was awesome.

{stephanie, me, julie, jill, kallee}

oh.  and i got to cross this off my bucketlist.

 

♥, sarah

uuuuuhhhh. i'm dedicated.

so.... you guys remember this post?  well, guys, LIVE WHILE WE'RE YOUNG IS OUT!!!!!!!  aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!  i can't even take my excitement.  let me just tell you about my day.

i woke up and after going on twitter, realized that. today. was. the. day!!!!  i started freaking out for 2 reasons.

1.} i was super freaking absolutely uber excited!  and....

2.} it was going to be coming out while i was at school.

yeah.  the last one ain't too happy.  but, i survived {barely.}

so, i get to school practically screaming at everybody that the song was coming out.

and at 10:00, which is in between classes, i was on the verge of crying and screaming and dying all at one time.  i saw my friend, kallee, in the courtyard and told her, "one direction's new song is playing somewhere in the world right now!"  she told me later, that the person she was walking with said, "wow, she's obsessed."

and then at 11:00, i was in my second hour, science, and i was about to die, because that was the time the music video was coming out on vevo!  but i was too distracted to really react because we were on a really awkward subject at the moment... {oh science, why do you torture me?}

and then i was freaking out pretty much the rest of the day.  telling people my sob story of not being able to be at my house and wanting to ditch school, etc....

and then in 6th hour... well, i wanted to die, again {like i've wanted to all day}, because it was almost time to go home!

and, luckily, my mum was picking the carpool up from school, so i was silently searching on the radio, hoping/knowing {i had a feeling in my gut} that it would be on somewhere.  i had gone through most of the stations, and thought there was no more hope, when i turn to 104.7.  it's a song i've never heard before, and it sounded quite like one direction.  i was {again, silently} freaking out.  and then i hear it, "tonight let's get some... {pause} and live while we're young!  i started freaking out and my head automatically whipped back to julie in the back seat.  and this was our basic conversation,

me- "this is it!!!"

jules- "i know!!"

me- "aaaahhhhh!"

me- "i didn't know if this was it!"

jules- "me either!"

both of us-  "aaahhh!"

boys in this carpool- "oh my gosh..."

and then i proceeded to freak out and preach to everyone in the car my profound  love for 1D.

and then one of the boys asked the one other girl in the car {besides julie and i} if she like one direction and she grins and is like "yeah!"  it was great.  she's great.  that cute little sevie.

seriously, though, words cannot express my freak out about it.  i kept putting my hand on my face all wonky.  and this guy in my carpool was all, "why do you put your hand on your face?"  and i'm all.  "i don't know, i just freak out and don't know what to do with my hands!"  hahahaha.  it was great.

and then as soon as everyone was out of the car, this was the basic conversation i had with my mom,

mom- "they're just boys"

me- *pull out 1D cd* "look at them!  they are not just boys!"

mom- "this isn't the 2nd coming."

me- "yeah, but..."

mom- "this isn't religious!"  *smiles*

me- "yeah, but if i were to freak out like this during something religious, it wouldn't be very reverent!!!"

mom-  "haha, this is true."

hahahaha.  "it wouldn't be reverent."  good one, right?

but anyways, so as soon as i walk in the door, i freak out tell my dad the story, run into the library, put my lunch away, found the vid on vevo and some other website.  watched it.  almost died.  and now i know every word and it's on constant repeat.

and now, for the whole reason of this {freaking long} post.  the music video.

isn't it stinking amazing?!?!?!  i love the song.  i love the video.  i love them.  !!!

♥, sarah

p.s.  don't you just like seriously love the vid with a passion?  all of their music videos are so different.  they're so cool!  and always have the cutest decorations.  {notice the adorable banners in the vid above.}  gratz to the person {or people} who decorate and make props for their vids.  i'm proud of you.  :D

music monday

so, here we go.  today's theme {new?  yup.} is...  really annoying songs that you love and just can't get enough of.

// we are never ever getting back together by taylor swift {and yes, i've done this song before}

// call me maybe by carly rae jepsen 

// want u back by cher lloyd

that last song i'm kind of obsessed with.  but i'm trying not to {and i don't suggest it to you...} due to one choice word repeated like 6 times.  darn you choice words.  :(

♥, sarah

glasses.

i'm kind of, just maybe, might, have an obsession with nerd glasses.  or glasses in general.  but anyways, because so, i was sportin' these babes all day on saturday.  

and then i may or may have not had a mini photo shoot of myself in them at like 11 'o' clock at night with the fakes.  :D

don't you agree that i just need some of these glasses?  i'm almost tempted to start wearing my old 4th grade glasses, {which i'm not sure i ever needed...} just to make my vision worse.  haha.  jk.  maybe.

♥, sarah

p.s.  i've come to the conclusion that nerd glasses, whether you need them or not, can become part of any outfit.  now i just have to become brave enough to wear them to school.  hehe.

ipod 5g

anybody heard about the new ipod?  the 5th genration?  well, i have.  and, uh, i'm gonna cry.

isn't it beautiful?!?!  here is all of it's new amazing ness:

// it has a completely new design.  it's taller, lighter, and, do you notice the colors?  no, they aren't cases.  where there normally is silver, there is now cute colors like coral.  {the one i want.}

// it comes with a little loop to put around your arm.  

// 1os 6 with 200 new features.  say what?!

// passbook.  it keeps boarding passes, and tickets, and gift cards, et cetera in one place.  all scannable from right there, too.

// SIRI!!!!!  i'm. so. flippin'. excited for siri!!  yes.  i said it.  siri is coming to ipod touch.  and i couldn't be more satisfied.

// and there's all new and improved earpods.  i hope these fit in my ears.  they usually don't.

disappointments {only one}:

// it isn't the original usb chord connector thingy.  instead it's a new shape and it's called lightning.  doesn't sound too bad, right?  welp, if you have an ihome {like me}, it is.  yes, yes, there are adapters.  but i think i'd find those annoying.  just saying.

but overall, i'm obsessed and i want one.  if i don't have one by christmas time, it's all i'm asking for.  that's it. {well.. and an itunes gift card.  i'm gonna need some apps!}  i'm so freaking excited!!!!!  

btw, it costs 300 bucks.  {well, 299, if you want to get technical...}  but that's for 32gb, instead of 8 {which this one doesn't even come in....}.

♥, sarah

p.s.  sami g and i redid our blog today.  check it out!

this. week.

this week has been pretty great.  let's start with last friday.

>>friday

my niece got married.  i know, i know. you're thinking.  woah!  your niece?  what?!?!  haha.  yes, my niece.  her name is bethany.  and his name is london.  and they are. a.dor.a.ble.  

and because she was getting married.  my sister's family got to come from utah!  it was great to see them all.  :D

>>saturday

saturday was the reception in prescott.  we got to go up and it was super fun.  and beautiful.

bethany wanted these cute little i spy papers she found on pinterest, and i got to make them!

{i'm too lazy to flip the pic the right way.}
{there was a different paper, too.  but i didn't picture it apparently.}

here are some more pics:

{my nephew, bryce, and i dancing.  the little guys pretty hilarious.  but a sweetie pie.  he actually came up to me and asked me if he could have the last dance.  HOW STINKIN' CUTE?!}

>>sunday

i went to church, ward choir, and ward standards night.  period.

>>monday

video announcements began.  whole post on this later.

>>tuesday

julie's birthday.  being crazy with friends.  pretty much explains it.

>> wednesday

lots of homework.  and mutual!!! 

mutual. was. great.  it was a "modest is hottest" {you know it!} fashion show!!!!  all the laurel models were so sassy cute!  but before they modeled, we got to skype one of our leader's relatives.  and just let me tell you, he was a cutie.  a sophmore.  plays soccer.  pretty great right?  but before we skyped him, they had handed us questions on modesty and i thought i was just going to read it in front of the yw.  nope!  i got to go up to the computer and ask him, "when thinking about a future girl you want to take to the temple, describe what she is like in both appearance and dress.."  how awkward, right?  haha.  jk.  it was great.  he was cute. it was all good.

>>thursday

totally realized how much of a teen i am.  {i've been realizing this lately.}  i've been waiting my whole life to become a teenager, like my 8 other siblings..., and now i am!  and it blows my mind.  i went over to my friend rebekah's house for a science project and ended up staying there until, like, 10.  seriously the latest i've ever stayed at a friends house on a school night.  {other than one sleep over.}  what a teen.

>> friday

last day of announcements. super stressy.  hilarious.  and a bit embarrassing.  {like i said, more to come...}

also, my daddy and i went on a daddy-daughter date.  because i didn't really want to go to the daddy-daughter camp out.  {i know, i'm cray-cray.}  we went to the arizona sea life aquarium.  it was fun.  here are some pics.

there was this super old dinosaur shark jaw sculpture {at least i think it was a sculpture...}  and it was perfect for pictures.

{you have to give the shark a kiss, right?  hahahaha.  [dad told me to kiss it, so i did!]}

the aquarium happened to be in az mills mall.  and my favorite part of malls, is always the gumball machines.  {haha.}  i bought 2 and just had to get a pic.

and now my life and blog is all {or mostly...}  all caught up.  {sorry for the long post...}  it was a great week.

♥, sarah

p.s.  notice how i justified my post to the left?  i think i'm gonna try it like this for a while. 

another p.s.  happy late birthday nialler!  i was pretty busy with darn homework on your actual one.  :D