As Their Eyes Were Watching Oz

Hi lovelies! It's finally the weekend yay! This week has felt like the longest 4 days ever, simply because I've been working nonstop and working off 4-6 hours of sleep each night. The weather in St. Louis has been absolutely abysmal because of the mugginess + grey skies combo. Luckily yesterday I was able to catch the last rays of sunshine for a quick photoshoot. My boyfriend tried out his dad's old SLR and we have no idea how it works yet, so a lot of the pictures are inconsistent in composition but I think that makes it cool. As I click through my OOTD's from previous months, I realize that it's an evolution of my photography style haha.

Even though I've been thrown headfirst into working, organizing, community service, class, all these things that motivated me during high school, I am really happy. I am one of those people that never has enough to do, always piles on more things than I can handle on to-do lists, and chooses to juice a few more pages out of book than to sleep. In my first two years of undergrad, I felt like a failure because I slept about 10 hours every day, enjoyed a social life for once, and had a relatively relaxing time. These last two years are all about patching up my portfolio and showing med schools and myself that I can handle my life with poise. My body has rebelled already to this influx of stress, but soon I'll be readjusted and fine in no time.

Things have changed in my research lab as well. Last semester, I admit I was very stressed and overwhelmed at all the independence but the past two days, I have spent 8-9 hours just in my research lab, learning new techniques, troubleshooting protocol design, and as my friend-coworker says, "doing graduate level work." I feel such exhilaration at being able to figure out solutions while getting my hands dirty. I will be doing a lot of experiments and working with people on their auditory and vestibular systems, basically everything to make this little nerd a happy camper. Which also means, I need to dress more professionally for my workplace. I will dare a little more in the classroom and tone it down in the lab. I will hopefully find a nice time in my schedule to snap photos and good locale and lighting so I can show you how my fashion is transforming :D

This floral skirt I spotted in H&M when I went shopping right after arriving back on campus. Our mall really didn't impress me that day but I picked up this beauty for only $5 USD and tried it on in the fitting room. It is super super tight on me because I'm probably about a Euro 3 (between 2 and 4), but this size 2 skirt fits like an XXS. It sits super high on my waist and looks funny unless I fold over the top waistband to expose more of my top. It's supposed to have 3 buttons for the 3 loops in the back, but it's missing one. However, they included an extra stapled to the tag so I believe I just scored an awesome skirt for 80% off xD My favourite part about this is that it has hidden pockets!

The lace on my tank top adds nicely to the simple black. I also wore this out with a green cardigan from H&M but I didn't have enough light to photograph it D: I guess it can be a repeat OOTD later. Finally, my red sparkly Dorothy flats are getting some usage. I bought this pair from the children's shoes section at Target a year ago but felt too shy to wear them in public. Already in this week I've been back on campus, I've sported them twice. +1 for fashion courage! They are so sparkly at night time as well, so I'm thoroughly entertained and constantly staring at my feet as I walk hahaha.

I've been wanting to shoot in this wildflower field on the hill leading up to our Athletic Center but can't manage to tripod it myself. I hope you like the floral adventures! I might try shooting more on this hill because it's so pretty.

Wearing: 

Floral skirt, H&M (Euro size 2)

Lace cami tank, Forever 21 (size S)

Red sparkly Dorothy flats, Xhilaration for Target (size 3 children's)

White ruffle hand bag, Claire's

Photographer: Mrow Mii (boyfriend). Camera: Nikon D70 SLR (very old)

We don't know how to use this camera yet haha so the sky turned out kind of interesting

I love this dark red nail polish for autumn. It's Estee Lauder in Autumn. Wearing Lancome Lipstick in Rogue Baroque and Estee Lauder brown eyeliner, Geo Angel Violet coloured lenses

In the shade by my dorm building. I had to unblur them in Picnik but even then it didn't turn out as clear as I wanted. Proof that a $200 point and shoot can take much clearer pictures than a SLR if you don't know how to use it!

My shoes! I loved the Wizard of Oz so much as a kid : )

Will clicking my heels together teleport me to Kansas?

These 3 pictures are taken with my Canon point and shoot. Floral patterns are one of the things that I hate on the rack but then looks pretty good on my person. 

The back

I love seeing the big fat red sale tag at H&M

I/my boyfriend will try to learn how to use the SLR properly so hopefully photos will become more consistent and better :D I'm excited to show you what I wore the rest of this week! For now, it's sipping tea, taking medicine, and lots of ab workout coughing exercises until I get better. You should actually hear me talk in person - it's quite funny listening to a 20-year-old girl sound like a teenage boy going through his voice change hahaha. Enjoy your (Labour Day) weekend!