Minnesota's Grand Get Together

September has thrust itself upon us, and alas, being in Minneapolis I found myself at the Minnesota State Fair this weekend with my best girl, K'rin. Now I thought the Taste of Chicago was crowded, but boy do Minnesotans know how to jam a place up. It didn't help that it is in fact Labor Day weekend, but all the same, it was a fun day.

I'd never seen so many different kinds of chickens in my life! 

The food there was insane. I'd never seen so many different deep fried items in my life, and I unfortunately had the experience of trying a deep fried Reese's Cup. It was amazing. These particular artery-cloggers were breaded potato skins with cheese and ranch dressing. They were tasty, but after a few bites every cell in my body was recoiling from MSG overload. 

Classes started this week, and I'm actually quite saddened to say that none of mine this semester seem interesting. Hopefully Brit Lit will pick up a bit after we get through Medieval poetry. 

I've also started reading some blogs about traveling in Paris. This uncontrollable obsession flares up every now and then and all I can think about is being there. I also get in this really weird mood where all I want to do is look at wedding dresses. Combine these two and I'm practically planning my wedding at a French chateau. But honestly, what could be better? 

But right now I'd settle for a little flat on the Seine with a kitten and my books.

Parfait.

Dorm Room Extravaganza

I've been excited to decorate my new dorm room since last spring, and it's finally (somewhat) done! So welcome to the tour. Here we go!

You walk in and the first thing you notice is the gorgeous floral rug beneath your feet. You already feel at home by this fabulous welcome.

Next, you look up to get a full view of the room.

You walk to the middle of the room and turn around, taking in all its beauty. 

Then, you start to notice the little details. The first thing that catches your eye is the multitudes of flowers.

As you notice this last flower in its beautiful button-filled jar, you catch onto the blatant Parisian theme. Maybe it was the giant map of Paris... :P

Or the posters of Place Charles de Gaulle and La Tour Eiffel.

Hey, can you blame me? I'm going there for spring break! :D

Then, you turn around to view our lovely kitchen area.

Alice in Wonderland, anyone?

 As you make the full 360 view of the room, you notice something on the right wall. What could that be? Thread spools perhaps?! 

Amazing, eh? We got the idea from this DIY, but all we did was put the spools over the nails. There was no screwing involved. ( That's what she said ^.^ )  

You turn your head slightly to the left and notice the curtains. Oh the curtains! 

Yes, those are buttons, and yes, I did sew them. It was a very grueling but extremely rewarding project. They turned out ten times better than I imagined. 

After you view these amazing hooks and curtains and are dazed by their brilliance, you begin to stumble towards the door because the creativity of this room is just too much for you. You turn to get just one more glance, and you see the full view of the curtains, in all their brilliance. 

And then you die from a heart attack because you are just too overwhelmed by the beauty.

Haha :)