Day 55: And I'm Spent!

So it's the final day. As I was reminded yesterday, I didn't actually put up many stories about the dresses. Believe me though, each one has its story. Whether it's a costume for a movie or musical, an outfit for watching an amazing performance, or just a memorable night out with friends, they each make me smile when I see them. To tell you everything that happened in these dresses would practically be a novel in itself (perhaps this may be a decent idea if I actually got some time to sit and write again). As it stands, my dresses and I will have to remain a bit of a mystery. So here's the final count:

Dresses worn: 55
Money raised: Over $350
People to thank: Countless numbers
Pies won: 2 (+ 1 loaf and 1 cake)
Memories from this: Priceless

So for the final time...
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Dress from: ?... Can't seem to remember yet again...

Day 54: Grad Dress Day

One day after today. All my fanciest dresses are done after today. I just wanted to thank everyone who donated and cheered me on along the way. I can't express enough how much this meant to me. I might have been able to do it without all of you but I wouldn't have wanted to. So here it is, grad dress day. I hope you all like my dress this morning. I put on some Michael Buble and danced around a bit. It's interesting how a piece of clothing can make you feel. This one just makes me feel like I'm in another world.
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Dress from: Nushin

Day 53: Bridesmaid Dress Day

So I have a staff meeting at 7:45. As a result I needed my next most work appropriate dress. Not so easy. As a result I'm wearing my bridesmaid dress on day 53 rather than 55. Here it is!
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Dress from: ?... It was bought for Rachel's wedding though!

Day 52: Aiming The Camera

At the beginning of the challenge I might have cared that the camera wasn't lined up. Now, I could care less. Sorry but this is what you're stuck with. I'll do a better photo for my last two days! This dress was actually originally bought for a wedding rehearsal dinner over the summer however at the time I decided not to wear it at the last minute. Time for work!
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 51: Just Happy

Today I am extremely happy. If you were to see me I don't know if I would be able to describe why. It's just one of those days that I'm just smiley. I hope you all have a wonderful day. I've got a good feeling I will!
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 50: So Close!

I've had suggestions from people lately that I should do this again next year, advertise it better, and try to find a way to include other people. In all honesty, I'm tempted to do it. I mean, if I can still find a way to get the pies at the end that would be freaking phenomenal. Even if I don't though then this is still for a good cause. Next year I'll have to find something else to donate to. Wait and see I suppose! For now I'm off to school!
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 49: The Next Day

I'm on my last week of wearing dresses to school! YAY! However this morning getting up only to throw on a dress was not ideal. I made a point of going for a walk around Gordon Head in it though despite it being annoyingly windy at times. That's okay. Good company definitely makes it better! However, I should now get back to doing some homework. It's 9:34 and I've hardly touched it. Sometimes it's fun when life gets in the way though! Oh and yes, I was waaay too lazy to retake the photo.
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Dress from: B-Tro

Day 48: Scrimmage-fest and Pubcrawl!

This photo is late getting up because yesterday pretty much consisted of being around water polo people and away from the computer ALL day! Scrimmage-fest went 100% fine. We had to improvise a bit with the out of bounds area but all-in-all it went amazingly well. I think next year we will definitely have to do a second round of it. By the end of the pubcrawl UBC and UVic had finally mixed! It took a lot of time and alcohol but it was made possible. This should definitely make next year all the more interesting.
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Dress from: Dynamite

Day 47: Blissfully Happy

I would like to officially announce that 1 week from today I'll be wearing my grad dress to work then to school immediately after. Don't expect fancy hair though. I don't think I'm capable of that even on the best of days. For now though you'll just have to wait it out. Tomorrow is scrimmage-fest, tonight is a party, life is good. Once again I woke up with a smile on my face.
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Dress from: H&M

Day 46: It's The Final Countdown!

9 days after today! WOOHOO! Now things will get interesting. I'm wearing a dress that I don't even normally wear out. I think I bought it over the summer when I would wear a bathing suit with it because it's definitely backless. That's what sweaters are there for though! Here's another picture!
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Dress from: Bootlegger

Day 45: Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

10 dresses to go and I managed to find a green one for today! SCORE! This was pure luck because I debated wearing this one already about 5 or 6 times. Good thing I didn't huh? Alright well I don't have much to say. I still can't find one of my dresses and I have no idea which one it it. This may prove troublesome next week but for now I'm just going with the flow. I'll let future Emily deal with everything!
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 44: Loving This Dress!

Today I meant to leave the house at 10. Instead, I have spent the past 20 mins doing work which I will not be paid to do. As a result, I needed to bust out a fun dress. Exhibit A. I love this dress more every time I wear it!
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 43: A Bit of Adjusting

It's amazing what you can do with two safety pins. Here, I plan on showing you the before and after of my outfit just to prove that I wore a dress!
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 42: Write-off Day

So, I got up and into this dress long enough to go downstairs, leave the house, go to Sarah's, do some grocery shopping, then head back home. I don't really want to keep it on today. I just want to go back to sleep and be lazy for a day. Thank goodness for my big fuzzy robe!
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Dress from: Oqoqo (sp?)

Day 41: EPHE Formal

The formal was a blast. Not for any particular reason that I can put my finger on. It was just this awesome culmination of fun laid back people and well, the fact that I wasn't the only one dressed up probably helped!
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 40: Another Day of Rain

So for the second day in a row it's pouring rain. Today though, I need to hop on the ferry to go over to Vancouver. More travelling in dresses... yay?.... Oh well, so now nobody can bug me about not posting a picture until tomorrow evening. It will be posted you'll just have to be patient!
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Dress from: Walmart

Day 39: Baby It's Cold Outside

Although it is cold outside, my main concern is the deluge that's coming down out there. It's ridiculously rainy. Ordinarily I would be in jeans and a cozy sweater. Not today. I feel sorry for everyone in my softball league that's for darn sure!
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Dress from: Jacob

Day 38: Please Let This Go Well!

I've fallen massively behind on schoolwork because of yesterday. I have two labs due tomorrow and tons of class today. As much as I hate skipping, perhaps it'll be the day for it. This is why I chose one of my comfiest dresses left (not to mention it's one of the few work appropriate ones I have at this point! Speaking of work...
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Dress from: Walmart

Day 37: Need. More. Sleep!

I was hanging out with my friend last night and at 12:12 he started saying "wow. It's 12 minutes past your bedtime." I laughed. It's true. I do NOT stay up late these days. How late did I end up staying awake? At least until 2:30. It was much closer to his bedtime than to mine by the end of the evening. Oh, and before you jump to conclusions, NO he was not over until then. He dropped me off at about 12:15. Why am I telling this story? Perhaps to bemoan about my lack of sleep. More so to complain about why I'm indicating day 36 for the second day in a row. I didn't realize this until I went to save the photo on my computer. Mep. Such is life. Frick. Anyways, I have a long day ahead of me (with no time for naps).
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Dress from: American Apparel

Day 36: Running Around

Do you ever have one of those mornings where you get up super early so that you can have a lazy time getting ready for the day? I did that today. Only it backfired because now I'm not ready to go because I REALLY took my time getting ready. Time to run out the door!
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Dress from: Costa Blanca

Day 35: The Oscars

Today was Oscar watching day. So, I got to dress up. I will now be finding any mundane excuse I can to dress up. Prepare to see some ridiculous dresses. I have 20 days left and about 8 or 9 dresses that are not school appropriate. I suppose you'll see them soon enough!
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Dress from: Trigo's?

Day 34: My Hippie Dress

Okay, Day 34 has arrived. The sun is out and shining so I went for a nice little jaunt with Britt-Lynn. That's why it took so long to post this. Hopefully the days just continue to be bright and shiny!
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 33: Formal Day!

Here's my official dress of Day 33. Not exactly work appropriate so you'll be seeing the other dress that I wore to class at a later date in this.
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Dress from: Kayleen

Day 32: A Sunny Dress For A Sunny Mood!

Good morning sunshine to whoever is reading! I woke up this morning with about 5 hours of sleep and had to finish a biomechanics lab. So, I got started on it and about an hour in (around 5 AM) I realized that I don't know how to do a chunk of it. Although this should greatly upset me for some reason I stayed calm and I just continued to be in a good mood. I've decided sleep is awesome. Now, although I still have a massive chunk of the lab to do, am still confused by part of it, and have 3 hours of class before my lab leaving about 3.5 hours to work on it if I make use of every minute, I am still in a good mood. I know that this isn't normal. Oh well! I like it while it lasts! Anyways I'm off to the library to try to finish this off!
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Dress from: Bootlegger/B-Tro

Day 31: Let's Get Things Done!

Today I'm balancing work, water polo business, school, a social life, and finishing up a lab report. This semester I've really realized just how busy I allow myself to be. It's weird though because for as much as I would love to cut things out of my schedule I don't think I could decide if I wanted to. I guess what I want to say on here is that if anyone who is reading this today has given me advice on how to manage my life this past month, thanks.
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Dress from: Sirens/B-Tro

Day 30: Another Tuesday Morning

I love Tuesdays now. They give me an excuse to wear the dresses that aren't my favourites. Normally I have tennis starting at 2:30 but because I have class until then I get a 3 hour time slot of not wearing dresses. However, this dress I managed to alter a bit (bring it in and shorten it) so now I'm actually debating keeping it at the end of everything. Although, I really do need to take out my sewing machine again and finally figure out how to thread it. I did all the alterations to this by using strategically placed safety pins. NEVER underestimate a well-placed safety pin.
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 29: Running Out The Door

I have an appointment in 30 mins and I almost forgot to post this. Here I am though, completing my task. Need to run. Yes, I wear this pink cardigan a lot. It's comfy and clean. Deal.
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Dress from: Jacob

Day 28: Over Halfway Done!!!

That's right, I'm now on the middle day of the challenge! However, I realized that I have a ton of dresses that I normally go out dancing in that I haven't worn yet. So, over the next 4 weeks, you may see a good chunk of them on some weird days. I figure I'll dedicate both Saturday and Sunday to wearing them. Some of them you may recognize because I've worn some out already but they have not been documented. Exhibit A is my dress for today. I actually wore this out to go see Rural Alberta Advantage but because it isn't documented it doesn't count. Such a bummer right now. I'm out of red dresses which sucks but I figure my nails are at least painted red. Why? Because it's GAME DAY!!! Anyways, I'm off to grab some breakfast then go cheer on the Canadian team along with the rest of the country. I'd like to say I'm extremely proud of all our Canadian athletes and I think we definitely made this one hell of a memorable Olympics!
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 27: If New Year's Eve Was A Dress...

I decided today that if New Year's Eve was a dress, it would be this one in my closet. It's just so over the top with polka dots and sparkles that I can't help but smile when I look at it. So although it's not my favourite, I decided that it reminds me of New Year's Eve for some reason. No, I have not worn it during at December 31 celebrations. Just more of my strange logic I suppose!
Oh, and don't mind the wet hair pulled back. I got super lazy hopping out of the shower and didn't feel like drying it before I took the photo.
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Dress from: ... I actually can't remember this one. Somewhere in Terrace I think???

Day 26: FRIDAY!

Today I'm running behind schedule and need to leave the house pretty much right now. So it's off to the races for me! By that I mean work and then doing an Olympic day at Monterey School. Have a fun Friday!
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Dress from: Jacob

Day 25: Check Your Martlet!

Hey guys! Check the Martlet today! I don't know what page I'm on but I'm in there. I still feel narcissistic advertising this fact but that's okay. It's all for a good cause right? Well, February is almost done and at the end of it I'm past the halfway mark. This means that I still have some of my most ridiculous dresses to wear left for March. Oh boy. Well, it's a beautiful day out and I've got some homework to do so I'm off to the library! Catch ya on the flip side!
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Dress from: American Apparel

Day 24: Another LOOONG Wednesday

Although you can't see it in this photo very well, this dress is pretty much backless. It's kind of awkward to wear it out at any time but it has a more work appropriate neckline so I'm busting out the white blazer for today and hoping that nobody asks to see the whole dress at any point. Fingers crossed. Look for me in the new Martlet coming out either today or tomorrow! I'm off to a meeting!
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 23: Last Week from Hell... Hopefully...

I woke up this morning freezing. Turns out our nice weather has disappeared for the time being. However, if any of you are like me you know this may be a blessing in disguise. As soon as it's nice out I have a tendency of taking a life's too short to spend life inside perspective. Therefore, less gets done and I just end up more stressed than usual. On the flipside, I am wearing dresses every day and am almost out of sweater dresses. I continue to layer with my other sweaters but it's hard to do that with some dresses. I'm just hoping that our nice weather returns after this week!
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Dress from: Walmart

Day 22: Back to School

Reading break is done but the challenge continues. Look for me in this week's Martlet. I'll let you know which page I'm on when I know! I'm desperately trying to keep rested and relaxed this morning but I meant to be out of the house to talk to my boss at 8:30. I suppose that's a bit of a fail. Oh well, such is life. Anyways, the sun is shining, flowers are blooming, I'm off to grab some coffee and enjoy life a little!
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 21: Get Your Game Face On Canada!

I'm busting out the red today to show some support for the big game. Canada vs. USA. This should definitely be an intense one. Might be an interesting day as well given the fact that I may be watching it with a group of guys from high school that I've never really hung out with. How did that come about? Well, I have nobody else to watch the game with because everyone is over on the mainland and I could either watch it at home and do homework at intermissions or get some sun and watch the game with other people. I'm assuming I'm not the only one who has changed since high school. This could be an interesting and fun time. Worst case scenario I'm bored by their company and I'm watching a solid game of hockey anyways. Either way, life will be good on the last day of reading break!
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Dress from: Walmart

Day 20: No Extra Hands

It's a beautiful day out and I plan on spending a chunk of it either in the library or baking a pie... Oh joy... Perhaps it'll be more of a walk down to the beach kind of a day. Regardless, I figured I would dress all animal-like for heading out. Perhaps someone will see part of the dress and think that I'm a zebra... Oh goodness, I really do need my first cup of coffee. What I'm writing sounds ridiculous... Just thought I would keep you all posted, although I'm not sure of the official tally on money raised, I know it's over $150. So that makes it over $250 including the money I now have to donate. I suppose I may have to rethink my budget. Way to go guys! 35 days to go!
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Dress from: Trigo's

Day 19: Return of the Polka Dots

Well, this is my final day of having BTro kicking around town. As a result after today my posts will be up a bit earlier. However for now, I'm off to have fun again. I'll let you know more details tomorrow!
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Dress from: Sirens

Day 18: Not quite ready for the photo

I did an interview today for the radio and am doing another one for the Martlet paper. YAY ME! Well, not really... I mean, once again, I feel narcissistic advertising this. Soooo yes, watch for me in the paper! I'm off to have fun. Get your butt off the computer and do the same!
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 17: BTRO ARRIVES!!!

So today I FINALLY get to see my best friend from home! As a result, I've decided to welcome her in a dress I owned back in high school. I'm pretty sure this dress is actually from Grade 10. It's one of the ones I'm still considering getting rid of once this challenge is done. I'll keep you posted on which ones I'll be offering up when the time comes! For now, I need to clean my house.
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Dress from: Bootlegger

Day 16: Everyday Life

Not going to lie, this picture may get switched later tonight for a different one because tonight I'll be going to see The Rural Alberta Advantage! YAY! Truth be told I only found out about them yesterday but I listened to some of their music and am now stoked to go see them. Anyways, you'll hear more about them tomorrow. For now it's off to work.
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 15: Only 40 more to go...

Not much to say today. I think I'm going to spend the day cleaning, baking, and going for a swim later. Oh, and hanging out with my brother! He gets back from Van today and despite the fact that we live together I don't think we've actually sat down and hung out together in weeks. It may seem like something small but I think it'll be the highlight of my day.
It's amazing how many stories each of these dresses have. I now realize the reason why I don't throw these out. Throwing out a dress would almost feel like throwing out a story. I won't be telling all the stories behind the dresses but if you ever want to know feel free to ask.
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Dress from: Victoria's Secret

Day 14: Happy Valentine's Day

Well, Feb. 14 is here. What do I plan on doing? Hanging out with Britt-Lynn, drinking tea, and possibly going to watch a movie. The funny thing is, I don't actually care that I'm single today. I guess it's the hopeless romantic side of me coming out but I look at Valentine's Day as a chance to remember how much love there is in the world. Maybe others view it as something commercial, but I look at it as a chance to really give notice to the fact that we can experience such an amazing thing. Maybe it is sentimental and mushy, but why not say it on a day like today.
Happy Valentine's Day!
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Dress from: Ricki's

Day 13: Reading Break Begins!

Day 1 of reading break and day 13 of the challenge. That's right, this challenge is not restricted to while school is on. Throughout the break you will see at least one dress that does not fit me properly, one of my fancy dresses (might as well dress up for Valentine's Day), and at least one going out dress. However, for today, it's one of my most comfortable dresses because I have a pyjama party to attend later. I plan on wearing this dress and a comfy robe.
I'd like to send out a big THANK YOU! to everyone who has agreed to donate. Donations are over $70. Looks like I'd better start budgeting to make my $100. Keep donating people, it's a good cause. Even if it's just $2 I'll take what I can get (and yes, a $2 donation has been made!)
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Dress from: Victoria's Secret

Day 12: Nothing too fancy

Hello and... HAPPY READING BREAK! Today I'm supposed to have one class. It's really not easy convincing yourself to go to a class that you just wrote a midterm in and she posts all the notes. I may take the opportunity to start reading break early as a result. This morning I woke up, took a shower, remembered I didn't have a hair dryer and realized I want nothing more to go back to bed. My room is a disaster. Seriously, it's gross. I'm actually excited for the break so I can clean. Alright, I don't feel like rambling on any more. Happy reading break! I'll still be posting!
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 11: NEED SWEATPANTS!

Okay, today I have every intention of being disgustingly long-winded. I need to rant. If you have any issues with this then please just take a quick look at the photo and at approximately how much money I've made and then you're free to go.

Money made: Approx. $60ish... which makes it $120 when you include what I'm putting in.

Today I'm probably feeling as anti-dresses as I was on sparkly dress day (Day 6). At least sparkly dress day has stories behind it. Today is going to be a lot of schoolwork. I have a physiology midterm (which I'm 90% sure I haven't studied nearly enough for) and a biomechanics lab due (which, despite approx. 4 hours of working on, 3 hours were from this morning... you do the math... I'm still not done and have waaaay too many questions about). Ergo, I'm tired, stressed, and want nothing more than a pair of sweat pants today. At first I was all about curling up in a ball and hiding from the world but instead I've decided I would settle for pants. Unfortunately for me, that will not be happening.

Yesterday I went to work in my fancy lacy ballet dress (Day 10) and tried to dress it down so that I wouldn't get talked to about being overly dressed up for work. Turns out my boss thought that was just how I dressed on a regular basis. Let's face it, now it kind of is although a dress that lacy is still overly fancy for everyday wear normally for me. Anyways, I ended up telling him about the challenge. He proceeded to do a few things:

1) Tell everyone in the office about it as they walked in the door and let each of them know how much they were pledging
2) Get me to work on getting the word out there using the Vikes Intramurals page as well as making a calendar, pledge sheet, and write up regarding what it was about to post in the office
3) Contacted the Martlet. Who knows if they'll actually get ahold of me because they haven't yet but yes, my little challenge may be published in the school paper. Hopefully that helps with fundraising.

So, my boss seems to have become my number one fan with this challenge. I find this hilarious and awesome at the same time. It actually puts a smile on my face and curbs my desire to wear sweat pants... okay, never mind, desire is back.
I'm off to go study more for this midterm (and pray I don't fail).
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Dress from: Sirens

Day 10: The Ballet

I bet some of you are wondering why I'm dressed so fancy today. Well, later tonight Ben and Miranda are coming into town so I'll be going out with them and Kathryn to dinner and then the ballet (Moulin Rouge). However, I have zero time to come home and get dressed before then. I have to go to work today so I'm desperately trying to play down the fact that I'm in a fancy dress. Then, I have a midterm, after that I'm handing in an assignment then spending the rest of my day working on my biomechanics lab and studying in the library for my physiology midterm tomorrow. So yes, fancy dress all day. Oh, but one good part about all of this is that this dress has never been seen in public. It's one of the two dresses that I have NEVER worn out. I figured though that today would be the perfect occasion!
Oh, and for those of you who were wondering what I'd do for hands when I got to the double digits, I'm going water polo on you. In water polo, a fist represents 10. So starting today, my fist is up (16 might get interesting). Anyways, I'm running off or else I'll be late to work!
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Dress from: The Patch

Day 9: Walking on Sunshine!

Alright, so here is yet another summer dress. It's one of my favourites but I decided to be strategic today. The weather network has been assuring me that it will get sunny today. It's currently cloudy and threatening to rain. HOWEVER, I'm being optimistic today! I've decided if I believe things are going to work out well today then they will. So all songs today are massively upbeat. I have a feeling that I'll be relying on the Glee soundtrack a fair bit.
Song of the Day: Halo/Walking on Sunshine - Glee Mashup
If anyone wants to know how I am going to feel all day, this song is pretty much it. Yes, I still have tons of work to do but I'm not letting it get me down today. I woke up early, studied, had my first cup of coffee. Life is good. Well, I should head off to school to study more before class!
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 8: Back to the Daily Grind

Okay, so it's a Monday again. First week is done. Thank goodness. I'm kind of sad though. I miss having other people in my pictures. Normally I take these photos and post them first thing in the morning. However, since I'm the first one up I get to go back to feeling as though I'm being narcissistic again.
You'll probably see some interesting dresses coming up. Most of my dresses I wear during the summer. Today is exhibit A of that. I don't really have much to say besides the fact that I'm dreading this week. It's going to be a busy one. Well, I'm going to go grab myself some coffee.
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Dress from: Urban Colour

Day 7: End of Tournament

I don't really have much to write here. The tournament is done and I miss my weekend already. However, there will be (hopefully) yet another mini one at the end of March being held at McKinnon at UVic. I have a feeling this dress challenge is still going on through that so it may get interesting yet again. I have yet to figure out my last day of this. If anyone gets bored and wants to figure it out please let me know. Otherwise, I'll figure it out another day. Right, so not much to write here.
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Dress from: Le Chateau