My Birthday

July 17th was my 20th birthday and to celebrate, my boyfriend manned up and took me to the San Antonio Museum of Art. I was so happy that he was willing to take me, since no one else in my family or friends in San Antonio were willing to do so. We spent 4 hours in the museum and I enjoyed every minute of it (and I think he did too). While we were there I was able to take tons of photos in the permanent exhibits (they would not allow any photography in the special exhibits, but I was okay with that since all the stuff I really enjoyed was in the permanent collections).

Here's a small selection of what I took that I thought my readers would enjoy:

Outside of the Museum-The San Antonio Museum of Art is housed in the former Lone Star Brewery.

Horus Falcon (Ptolemaic Period)-The fascinating thing about this bird is that while it was originally carved to represent the Egyptian go Horus, the Romans later took it (and others like it) and turned it into the Roman eagle.

Vessel in the Shape of a Parrot (Mochica Culture)-This was one of my boyfriend's favorite works of art (he had a strange liking to all the bird and animal sculpture and paintings that day)

The Lansdowne of Marcus Aurelius (Roman)-This was one of my favorite pieces of sculpture in the entire museum.

Noah Sacrificing After the Deluge by Benjamin West (Close-up on Doves and Rainbow)-This is part of a larger unfinished painting by Benjamin West. I took this picture because my mom loves the story of Noah and ark, particularly God's promise that He will never flood the earth like that again and how He sent the rainbow as a sign of that promise.

Charity the Teacher by Lorenzo Bartolini-This was another one of my favorite pieces of sculpture.

Oklahoma 4 by Luis Cruz Azaceta-The fascinating thing about this work of art is that it is built out of rubble from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing

This is a picture of me standing outside of the San Antonio Museum of Art in front a work of art that was installed on the side of the building that was next to the SAMA parking lot.

For A Worthy Cause

The second weekend I was home from college I decided to take the plunge and donate a foot of my hair to a organization called  Children with Hairloss. If you are considering donating your hair, please consider this company over Locks for Love or Beautiful Lengths because they are in desperate need of hair donations. I have already donated my hair once before and will continue to do so until it becomes impractical. I scheduled a hair appointment with my wonderful hair stylist Fiona. She loves working with my long hair and doesn't charge me a ridiculous price like Fantastic Sams and Great Clips has done. My boyfriend went along with me to be my support as well as take pictures of my big change.

Here's a picture of my hair before the cut:

After the first cut:

The final result with my hairstylist Fiona:

I'm still waiting to try curling my hair since prior to my haircut, when I would curl it, my hip length hair would shorten to above my waist. Once I do that, I will post pictures of it.

Reflections on My Dress and Skirt Challenge

My 30 days of dresses and skirts drew to a close 10 days ago and I must say it was an interesting experiment, especially when it was cold. Even though my challenge has been over, I still find myself grabbing a dress or a skirt in the mornings over my pants. Today was the first day I wore jeans and it was strange after wearing nothing but skirts and dresses.
I highly suggest that any girls who have never done this, to give it a try, even if it is just for a week or 2. When I told my women's bible study group about this challenge, many off them were surprised but also though it was cool that a modern girl would want to do it and one of them even decided to take up my challenge and is wearing nothing but skirts for 2 weeks.
Overall, I loved this challenge and will probably do it again sometime over the summer. After this challenge, I will definitely be wearing more skirts and dresses and I have a feeling that my pants will become somewhat neglected as I choose dresses and skirts over them.

Last Part of The Dress and Skirt Challenge Days: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31

Here are the last 6 days of my nothing but dresses and skirts challenge.
Day 26:

Dress: Sears
Plaid Shirt: Walmart
Flip-flops (not shown): Old Navy

Day 27:

Skirt: Marshall's
Top: Forever 21
Leggings: Target
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 28:

Skirt: Agaci
Vest: Agaci
Blouse: Goodwill
Tights: Target
Heels (not shown); Payless

Day 29:

Skirt: Goodwill
Top: Forever 21
Tights: Target
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 30: (I apologize that neither of these images are very good, my camera didn't want to cooperate with me)

Skirt: Goodwill
Polka-dot Corset: Goodwill
Jacket: Agaci
Tights: Target
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 31:

Dress: Old Navy
Belt: Wet Seal
Tights: Target
Rainboots: Target

Dress and Skirt Challenge: Days 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25

Day 20:

Skirt: Sears
Top: My brother got for me
Flip flops (not shown): Old Navy

Day 21:

Skirt: Agaci
Top: Forever 21
Cardigan: I can't remember
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 22:

Dress: Marshall's
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 23:

Dress: Goodwill
Belt: Goodwill
Tights: Target
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 24:

Skirt: Forever 21
Top: Forever 21
Cardigan: I can't remember
Tights: Target
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 25:

Dress: Goodwill
Top: Walmart
Belt: Goodwill
Leggings (not shown): Target
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Dress and Skirt Challenge: Days 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19

Here are Days 14-19. I hope you enjoy them! :)
Day 14:

Dress: Goodwill (It looks kind of Oktoberfest-ish to me)
Shirt: Marshalls
Tights: Target
Ballet Flats: (not shown) Payless

Day 15

Skirt: Goodwill
Shirt: I don't remember
Cami: Forever 21
Tights: Target
Rainboots: (not shown) Target

Day 16:

Dress: Sears
Lace Shrug: Goodwill
Flip flops: (not shown) Old Navy

Day 17 (Happy St. Patrick's Day):

Skirt: Agaci
Scoop Neck Shirt: Forever 21
Cardigan: I can't remember
Ballet Flats: (not shown) Payless

Day 18 (Mozart's Requiem at University of Virginia with 2 of my friends):

Dress: Southeastern Performance Apparel (Harmonique Dress)
Ballet Flats: Payless

Day 19

Skirt: Goodwill
Cami: Forever 21
LOVE Shirt: I can't remember but the brand is Funky Story
Flip flops: Old Navy

Dress Challenge Days 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13

So, I've decided to do groups of days rather than posting every day, because that would take a lot of time that I don't really have. So here they are in numerical order:
Day 9:

Skirt: Agaci
Top: Forever 21
Ballet Flats: (not shown) Payless

Day 10:

Dress: Goodwill
Flip flops: (not shown) Old Navy
Cardigan: I can't remember (I wasn't wearing it when i took the picture but it is shown in several other pics)

Day 11:

Skirt: Goodwill
Top: Forever 21
Flip flops: (not shown) Old Navy

Day 12:

Dress: Goodwill
Flip flops: (not shown) Old Navy

Day 13:

Dress: Walmart
Cami: Forever 21
Ballet Flats: (not shown) Payless

Dress Challenge Day 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Sorry I haven't kept this up to date, so here are the past 5 days of dresses/skirts.
Day 4:

Dress: Walmart
Cardigan: Wet Seal
Ballet Flats: Payless

Day 5:

Dress: Old Navy
Cami: Forever 21
Flip Flops (not shown): Old Navy

Day 6:

Dress: Goodwill
Cardigan: I can't remember
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 7:

Dress: I got it in Hawaii
Flip Flops (not shown): Old Navy

Day 8:

Shirt: Old Navy
Skirt: Goodwill
Heels (not shown): Payless

Dress Challenge Day 3

Happy Birthday to my baby sister (who's no longer really a baby-she's 16)! Here's my outfit for Day 3:

Dress: Marshalls
Cardigan: I don't remember
Belt: Came with the dress
Tights: Target
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless

Day 2 of the Dress Challenge

Here's my second outfit for the 31 day challenge:

Dress: Ross
Cardigan: I can't remember
Tights: Target
Pearls: From my costume jewelry box
Ballet Flats: Payless

Nothing But Dresses and Skirts for 31 Days: Day 1

For the month of March, I have made it my personal goal to wear nothing but dresses and skirts for the main part of my outfits. I really want to try and give my dresses and skirts more wear time and I hope that this little project will make me put more time into getting ready in the mornings so I won't slack off and look like I just woke up. I want to show that wearing dresses and skirts can be fun and make you feel pretty-at least they make me feel pretty. So here's Day 1 of my fashion challenge:

Dress: Agaci
Shirt: Forever 21
Leggings: Target
Belt: Claire's
Ballet Flats (not shown): Payless