by Halley

home for the holidays

finally done (sort of, minus law apps >.<).

Home is great, minus the cold and lack of friends. Loves sleeping in my soft, comfy queen size bed again, with two big blankets 🙂 Too I can’t really roll around and use the space to its full potentil; everywhere I move to is freezing >_>. Anyways, yesterday consisted of finishing up thesis chapter, rushing to the airport (first time I saw such a big line at RDU, and it was 53oam, ironic much?), walking the full length of ATL’s baggage claim area twice because I walked to the wrong end for MARTA, got home after 9am (my plane took forever to take off…must be there were dozens of flights scheduled at 6am, who knew there were so many early birds), ate yummy food, napped for four hrs, ate again, and was a bum for the rest of the evening.

I love long sentences. Oh, it’s also cool to receive four packages within 24 hours. Yay 🙂

Pictures of new dress coming up soon.

by Halley

where did it go?

Is it me or did this semester fly by in a blink of the eye? Maybe that is always the case with fall semesters. I still feel like I just started school two weeks ago and I have less than two weeks left. But winter is in the air, and that means Christmas is quickly approaching. My family isn’t traditional about most things, and that includes xmas, but I still love all the holiday sentiments around.

I’m looking forward to:

  • digging out my thick sweaters for those cold january days
  • being home for four full weeks and finally seeing friends and Dad for the first time in a YEAR
  • parties and shopping
  • minimal to no work…at last.
by Halley

Law Apps are $$$

I’ve already spent close to 1k in apps, and I’m still not done. This is also taking into consideration all the fee waivers I got. I like how I’m not even in law school yet and it’s already taking a toll on my wallet O_O.

Thanksgiving is also not looking too good this year, when I have

  1. final paper for corpfin due on monday
  2. research paper due on wed
  3. three photo books due on thurs
  4. thesis due at the end of the term
  5. 6 more apps to finish

this semester officially sucks. It is only slightly ranked slightly below spring of freshman year in terms of suckiness because my tolerance for stress (and pain) have increased since coming to Duke.

by Halley

Lancome Love

Just received my package from Lancome today. The moisturizer looks amaaaazing. I can’t wait to try it! The samples were great too. I got another brush set, a blush duo, travel size cleanser, make up remover (sooo many of those >.<), and the typical Juicy Tube lol. The brush set was pretty impressive though. It included an angled eyeshadow brush, just what I’ve been missing 😀 But I also have four brow/lash brushes now. What am I going to do with them?! I’ll prob. end up giving the blush duo to my mom, she’s been wanting one and I have too many XD. The make up remover I’ll just keep, I hope they don’t expire (I have like…4, and I never use them because my face wash just takes care of all that). But whatever, I’m not complaining. Yay for travel-size cleansers and moisturizers, they are such a life saver when I have to fly 🙂

I blame Wendy for this new obsession with Lancome >_>.


Bienfait Multi-Vital SPF 30 Cream – Moisturizer by Lancome.

by Halley

that’s so me :D

What sets Chicago apart from other law schools is our unabashed enthusiasm for the life of the mind – the conviction that ideas matter, that they are worth discussing, and that legal education should devote itself to learning for learning’s sake, not just for earning’s sake.

How do I say no to this?!

or…how can I survive a no from them >.<