the girl with kaleidoscope eyes

the last few days i've been at my college orientation; i can't believe how fast time goes!
i feel like i only just began the process to go to high school, and i am already moving on to college! i'm excited to start school; meeting new people, seeing things differently, and living on my own for the first time are things i'm looking forward to most in a bittersweet kind of way :)

the university i am going to is really quite close to my aunt's house, where she has the old volkswagen bus of my dreams if i so choose to take it and restore it!! (exclamation points galore on this post; as you can see i am so psyched for everything! haha) yay graduation gifts!!!

it's fairly beat up and rusted, but i haven't seen a more beautiful pile of junk in my whole life!dreams of driving cross country, and maybe even across europe, in one of these fine pieces of machinery has crossed my mind more than once the past few years, but i don't have the money to get the bus back into drive-able, safe shape at the moment (much less the money to fund an extensive trip)

and then there is the whole issue of the drivers licence...i'm 18 and have yet to go take the test, but that is on the top of my ever-growing to do list, of course!

for now my dreams of being a pseudo-hippie have to wait i suppose, but someday i will drive this fantastic vehicle!

we walked through her house, which at the moment is gutted for renovations, and on the way out we passed a beautifully wallpapered room, and i had to get a snapshot of it! it totally reminded me of this great handmade vintage dress i just bought on etsy (random change of topic, sorry guys!); it's a really flattering cut and it is yellow! doesn't it remind you of the wall? and the 60's/70's? it even matches my bus; isn't that weird? i'm still on the hunt for the quintessentially 50's pale yellow summer dress, but for now i'm really happy to have this addition to my growing vintage/handmade wardrobe!

summer only started this past weekend, but fall will be here in no time, and i can't wait to get on campus and show my new school what i am all about :)

not fair!

augh, so bummed about this one

today marks the two-month anniversary of my first post! (somehow i totally missed the one month mark, whoops...haha)

is it just connecticut, or has the weather been not june-like at all? i think there has been two nice days in the past three weeks, which is awful! bring back the sun!

ok, nothing new bought (yet) this week, but this dress above, found at allencompanyvintage on etsy (one of my favorite shops to look through, everything is so amazing!) is B E A U T I F U L!

and i cry because it's also too small...damn

i've been hunting for a pale yellow dress for so long, and the fact that it's from the 50s makes it so much better (or worse, in my case...)

oh well, the hunt is still on i suppose, but this beauty is getting saved to make favorites folder

(p.s. click the picture to go to the etsy listing, maybe one of you can buy it. if you do send me pics of it on, it's too pretty not to be posted on a person!)