"Fashion! Turn to the left!"

"Hey guys, I think I've come to a conclusion. It's a big deal and I'm pretty excited about it"

...is what I uttered at work the other day to the girls decorating around the table.

Elyse goes, "So..what is it?" I'm sure she thinks its something important.

Then slips from my lips...

"I'm going to subscribe to Vogue because, well, I've been a long time reader..."

Silly girl thinking it might have been important ;)

But I guess it is kind of important to me.

I don't know why I didn't get a subscription my freshman year of high school when I first started adoring the fashion filled frail pages of couture.

How could you go wrong?

I have loved Vogue for so long it's not even funny.

I used to love creating outfits trying to mimic what I would see between the covers.

Some say they are all ads. A lot of them are.

But they are beautiful and carry inspiration.

There are some issues I remember perfectly.

Like this one. March. The Power Issue.

It's mega huge and it's always in March--my birthday month! :)

There are some issues I could re-order so I could just cherish them.

Like this one with Natalie Portman on the cover

I think it was like..2003? I know I was a sophomore in High School.

This issue was the best ever. I think it was February (cant find the cover anywhere!)

It had the best layout featuring Natalie with to-die-for hair.

I was so tempted to go with that kind of look in high school.

Her ensembles where phenomenal.

It's nice to see her all spruced up because her roles tend to be plain jane-ish.

It is also way easier to like her even more because she is vegan/vegetarian :)

I really respect her work and it's good to see great people among Vogue's pages.

But a huge reason why I loved this issue so much is because the fashion spread was AMAZING.

It featured crazy patterned Haute Couture dresses.

I remember being IN LOVE with an Oscar De La Renta dress.

Of course, I don't know how to find it now. I like this new fall collection though.

I remember being absolutely in LOVE with fashion.

That desire to follow it again is creeping back up and tapping me on the shoulder :)

Yikes! So I had two exams today. Business Math & Nutrition.

I finished them both extremely fast and that makes me VERY worried.

I think I did well on nutrition (I'd hope, it's a big passion of mine)!

But math. Yeaaahhhh. I dunno.

I finished and then I looked back and its like I didn't even remember I did it.

It just all went down on that paper so quick.

I don't even know if I knew what I was doing, but I got an answer for everything so I cannot complain. I even looked over it and still finished second. That can be good...or very very bad!

People have been saying the best things lately.

I have awesome friends. Even if they are away at colleges and located all over the place.

Awesome message I got today from Danielle.

It brings me back to the good days of weather class;

Danielle Rachford:

TESSSAAAA i miss your tessa-ness

umm life is pretty fucking fantastic. no complaints really.

i think about you all the time too, i miss the shit out of you.

there is no one here that openly threatens their own lives for a good grade hahahaha.

also, i miss your need to become an assassin. these are the things i love about you.

not many women can hold a light to your tessaness. its an energy all its own.

i need some of it, can we get together sometime while im home next week?

i think a drink is in order.

I cannot wait until summer so I can hang out with everyone when they come home.

For now I'm excited to get out of here for awhile myself and head down to the beach!

There will be more where this came from; but located in a much warmer environment!

(two weeks ago in Lake Forest)

I'm exxxhausted. It's been a good day, but a long one!

Have a great night!

-Tessabee

Song currently playing: Metric (Gold Guns Girls)

the weekend of weather and adoration.

Oh, I love you, Autumn!

-A picture from my walk today-

What a fantastic weekend! My weekend started Thursday morning.

I had my severe weather symposium. It was great!

So many big names in meteorology were there.

Josh Wurman was there which I was quite excited about.

He on the show Stormchasers on Discovery Channel.

Let it be noted he is the scientific brains of that show & an MIT genius.

I feel like I learned a lot.

Meteorology is such a difficult and conceptual science.

It's so mathematical and scientific and it has so many different aspects to grasp.

I should more so say that I was exposed to a lot.

Only taking one meteorology course doesn't get you far. AT ALL.

Which is all I've done in a classroom with it.

I shall love it from a distance.

Although, there IS that little spark that makes me want to go for it & push myself.

Yes--through the dreaded math & science. If only it were a more job dependent field.

What's up broadcast?!

I want to teach myself what I can though books & really dig into it all when I'm done with school.

for now I have decided that I cannot be graded on my passions.

I take it too personally.

Josh Wurman presenting on tornado structure and tornadogenesis.

Besides the weather symposium, I spent time with Eric Thursday-Sunday. I love our long weekends. I love any time we spend together in fact. I could never get sick of him. We crashed at Hotels this weekend. Embassy Suites on Thursday and Friday (my symposium was being held about a mile away from there). We headed down to Wheeling, IL to stay at the new Westin on Saturday afternoon after my symposium had ended. We wanted to see a movie that had very limited release. We had to travel to Highland Park for the small scale showing.

We made it happen and it was REALLY good. An Education was the name of the movie.

I loved so many things about it. After the movie we decided to go out for a bite.

We ended up going to Abigail's located in Highland Park as well.

It was phenomenal! Really unique dishes with great flavours and ingredients. Everything was pretty much locally brought in and it all had great quality.

It was more quaint and romantic like with a trendy feel. We both really enjoyed it and I highly recommend it!

*I have learned that if I really like something--I become a natural promoter for whatever it may be.

While staying at these hotels, Eric and I talked about our trip to Hilton Head Island coming up for Thanksgiving where we will be staying in a slew of hotels once again. I'm excited because I've never been there, but also because Eric is so revved for it. It's adorable. I love seeing him happy and him get excited about something. It will be my first Thanksgiving away and I'm looking forward to it! Especially when I'm escaping to a more beautiful location! (: We are road trippin' down there because flight fares are ridiculous. I'd prefer to drive though. It will be a great time!

So aside from our excitement banter, we went to Lake Forest and spent the day outside because it was absolutely gorgeous out (southerly flow and ridges!) We strolled around downtown and went to the lake front. Ah. I love large bodies of water. Even though it was just lake Michigan, I'm telling you, you feel like you are looking out to sea. After spending time around the beautiful scape, we headed back home and had dinner with my parents. I hate coming back to reality after such wonderful weekend getaways!

Picture from Sunday!

I hope everyone got off to a good start to the week! Tomorrow starts back skating again! I have been off for a few weeks (what seems like forever) because I punctured the top of my foot a few weekends ago. It was dreadful. But it's healing and I cannot withstand figure skating any longer. I must go tomorrow. I need to release emotions on the ice! Normally I am my best when I have a long break because I think about it more. My body is able to fully rest and I can apply what I've thought about over the break. We shall see!

-Tessabee