snowshoeing.

today was a great day spent with my best friend.
we went snow shoeing.

the drive up the canyon [on an empty gas tank]. quite scary. but not quite as scary as the snow shoe adventures about to commence.

kiara, as you can tell, loved this adventure just as much as we did.

however...

there was one close call.. but emily's snow shoe got caught on a tree and therefore saved her life!!! it was so fun to hang out with emily, and the dog. i love the rare occasions where just emily and i can HANG OUT and be best friends. sometimes it gets hard with so many people/parties/school/work, so a friday spent conquering a mountain was all-in-all a great success.

oh.... AND percival our pet polaroid came with us on the adventure as well..

checkit.

dark, but rockin' still.

this week in general was also good. i found a way to get into 6 credits!!! yay!! i'm taking math and english. two classes i've been putting off taking since i got here for school, but now that i'll only have 2 classes i'll be able to really focus on them and get epic grades!
i also have had no luck whatsoever on the job hunt. so i've just been upping the hours at my current jobs if at all possible. which isn't really working.

despite my financial situation still struggling, i've managed to make due with what i have and have had a very happy happy week!!
last random thought.. i am trying to decide if i am one of those girls who pulls off the "lipstick" look. i see so many girls doing it and can't help but envy how cute it looks on them. but i always feel uncomfortable trying out anything too "girly".

here's a dark picture of my first attempt at lipstick.

photo taken by 3-year-old zachary, who honestly told me he wanted to take my picture, because he thought i had a cute outfit on today.

children are adorable.