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MMM ’13 and Graduation

Posted on May 13, 2013 by lifeisjustduckie

Alright…so updates! First off, I have been a little…preoccupied with life to completely embrace the MMM ’13 challenge. However with a lot of my life stuff out-of-the-way, I hope to finish the month out strong!

I have a confession…I am horrible at remembering to take pictures when I should be taking them, like when I am wearing a MMM ’13 outfit. But I can tell you that I wore a kinda crazy Hawaiian-esque shirt and a cute 80s throwback dress (t me that’s what it was. haha)

So…life stuff that happened; well the last two weeks I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying t finish all my schoolwork because last Saturday May 11th I graduated! Now it’s on to being a real adult…hahaha or as I like to put it from

Being a starving college student to being a starving artist.

Which is what I will be for probably a long time…at least until I find another job. This summer I get to work our summer theatre in the Costume Shop! Exciting! Definitely more on that later…when I actually get to start work.

Back to graduating…it was really cool and sad at the same time. I really feel like I just figured out college and everything I am supposed to be doing there and now it’s over. Hopefully I’ll figure out what I’m supposed to be doing with the next year before it’s over. Walking on Saturday was an awesome experience, I got to sit next to my little sister and one of my oldest friends in the department which made concentrating on the speakers a little difficult. All in all the pomp and circumstance was a tiny headache to put up with considering it made my parents super happy to see me walk.

After the ceremony we went out to Applebee’s which was delicious, and on Sunday we went to my favourite store, Goodwill! I got a pair of pants, which I was in desperate need of and a wonderfully patterned shirt that I am going to re-fashion!

Let’s get a closer look at that pattern…

Isn’t it wonderful?! I’m super excited! I can’t wait to get my machine up and running and turn this shirt into something nifty!

As a ‘real adult’ I now get to have the wonderful experience of moving to another apartment, where I’ll be until August 2014. It’s going to be different living in Morgantown, since it’s bigger than Fairmont and confusing for me to drive around…I’m hoping I’ll get used to it sooner rather than later, I guess we’ll see though.

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Me-Made-May ’13 Participant!

Posted on April 27, 2013 by lifeisjustduckie

So…I know I haven’t been the busiest little blogger around and that’s for a few reasons. I’m easily distracted and pretty forgetful…I am sometimes so busy reading other blogs that I forget to do anything with mine. That’s going to change! Also I’m graduating in 16 (or 15 depending on your view of day counting) days! Ah!!! Totally not ready for real life! Although I am definitely ready to be out of school.

Anywho, back to blogging etc. One of the blogs I have sent to my e-mail is http://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.co.uk/ who I think is quite wonderful! I wish I had her fabric stash! She has done several challenge-y type things and I have finally decided to jump on one! Hence Me-Made-May ’13, which will be embodied by my personal pledge:

I, Kelly of lifeisjustduckie, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May ’13. I endeavour to wear a self-stitched/knitted/refashioned article of clothing three times a week for the duration of May 2013.

I’m looking forward to participating! I tend to get stuck in the “I’ve made it now what?” camp and hopefully this will bring some garments out of the depths of my closet!

There’s still time to join the ranks if you are interested!

I’m a little nervous about it but still pretty excited. During 11 days of the challenge I will be trying to graduate…so I will have to be creative and very determined.

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Cow Bench Adventures

Posted on February 17, 2013 by lifeisjustduckie

So I went to Washington D.C. while I was on Christmas Break from college. I had exponential fun times walking around with my man. We took the metro in from close to Dulles after dropping my dad off at the airport. Have I mentioned how much I love the Metro and other train related travel? Well, I love trains! I think they are ridiculously fun to ride on. They rival my fascination with escalators…movable steps, why do people walk on those things?!?! While in D.C. we decided to ride the Circulator Bus to Georgetown, which was a good idea because it’s very cheap only $1! On the other hand the bus ride which should have taken twenty to thirty minutes tops, took upwards of one and a half to two hours due to traffic rerouting allowing for some quality talking time and random act of kindness to a stranger! Always a good thing! While in Georgetown I found this awesome cow bench outside of Ben and Jerry’s!!! We also saw two rats…one alive and one dead; some of my worst fears there were so icky and creepy!

Look at my man! How dashing!

I was being all fashionable and dressing up for our trip there, I think it was a good decision.

I liked my outfit:

a silver Wet Seal dress,

orange cardigan from my Mom,

blue Target tights,

brown thrifted shoes,

yard sale scarf,

black pea coat from Christmas,

and my hat which I made!

I want to start wearing some of the amazing clothes I have in my closet. I admit that I am a Goodwill addict. As such I have a lot of wonderful pieces that are interesting and unique and don’t get worn often enough.

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