- summer!!!
- ripe peaches
- warm evenings
- sunsets
- converse chuck taylor shoes
- witty jokes
- local coffee and/or tea shops
- free concerts
- thrift shops
- second hand clothing
- odd furniture
- paint
- getting real mail
- homemade cookies
- raspberry pie
- the smell of baking bread
- pesto
- humus
- magnolia trees
- black and white photographs
- short hair
- black stick pens
- productive physical labor
- burts bees mint chapstick
- pugs
- yellow labs
- dresses
- vintage buttons
- zip up sweatshirts
- scarves
- being independent
- lists
- dark chocolate
- thunderstorms
- corn on the cob
- coconut flavored coffee
- made-up words
- earrings
- jewelry in general
- art deco
- turquoise
- wooly sweaters
- classical music
- green tea
- fresh bed sheets
- floral skirts
- history
- theatre
- Irish accents
- art galleries
- piano fingers
- maritime
- brogues
- België
- analogue cameras
- photography
- pasta
- mystery novels
- country houses
- masquerade masks
- green & black's
- hugs
- nature
- hotels
- the gibson tuck
- navy stripe shirts
- raspberry lemonade
- continental breakfast
- Peter Pan collars
- vinyl records
- lists
- feminism
- drag queens
- sundresses
- ice lollies
- mint green
- matryoshka dolls
- hyenas laughing
- Siamese fighting fish
- goldfish
- glitter
- the smell of coconut
- places of worship
- secondhand shops
- war songs
- old films
- hedgehogs
- museums
- mythology
- lace
- patchwork quilts
- socks
- jointed teddy bears
- ghost stories
- sitcoms
- brown packaging paper
- sort-outs
- early nights
- cardigans
- the ocean
- architecture
- European accents
- aeroplanes
- aniseed rock
- science
- grotesques
- antiques
- grey autumn days
- chocolate
- maps
- stationery
- hands
- Cath Kidston
- college
- notebooks
- fireworks
- the approach of winter
- acting
- leggings
- stand-up comedy
- period pieces
- WWI soldiers
- mini coopers
- travelling
- duvet days
- starry nights
- men who sing
- evening walks
- heart-to-heart talks
- Chinese finger traps
- netflix
- sharks
- bagpipes
- sci-fi
- cooking
- long journeys
- liquid eye-liner
- fluffy socks
- perfume
- weekends
- impressionism
- late nights with friends
- being home alone on a sunlit afternoon
- having someone at night to snuggle up to
- sleeping in
- surviving something terrifying no worse for the ware
- boys with wavy, brown, shoulder-length hair
- warm, well lit rooms
- handwritten letters
- buying secondhand books for less than a dollar
- listening to "old time rock and roll" as I devour strawberry waffles
- old souls
- learning without the pressure to succeed
- boys that fancy me
- things that taste like fire
- feeling warm, safe, and content
- taking a deep, steadying breath
- telling stories
- magical adventures
- enjoying the cinema by myself
- doing little things that others aren't allowed to
- being seduced
- bilingual movies
- people asking me to go out for a change
- drinking lukewarm tea
- receiving things that I desperately need
- getting my new issue of nylon magazine
- conversing with strangers
- doing something nice for someone who can't reciprocate the gesture
- epic dreams
- memories
- the prospect of being beautiful
- shouting out lyrics at the top of my lungs
- the international terminal at hartsfield-jackson
- explaining how "without just one nest, a bird can call the world home"
- savoring my grandmother's scrumptious grits
- that part of childhood you just won't leave: staying up until all hours of the morning for a chance at Pottermore with my cousin, hunting for the perfect butterbeer frappuccino with Alex, or watching A Very Potter Musical a million times
- not even being blamed, so that there's nothing to forgive
- sunday afternoons spent listening to practices i don't understand
- lips weaving new worlds, completely indistinguishable from our own
- half-hearted proposals at the drop of a hat
- catching site of mistletoe
- mormon missionaries
- proper grammar
- discovering that i'm someone new
- dresses that fit just right
- finally finishing the things i start
- unexpectedly finding myself thinking in french
- museums and antiques
- boys with strong jawlines and sweet eyes
- braiding a lovely girl's hair just for the sake of it
- rainstorms in the small hours before the dawn
- not sleeping until well after the moon sets
- pretending that I'm beautiful
- and that my favorite obsession agrees
- boys that want me despite my protests
- not eating anything before tea time
- finally getting something that I've wanted for a long time
- warm baths
- the way you smile
- watching an entire season of a t.v. show in one sitting
- starting a good book
- getting something accomplished
- learning something new and worthwhile
- falling in love
- being alone
- spending time with new people
- long walks with a soundtrack
- the feeling of your arms around me
- lying
- sunrises and moonsets
- when my sister wants to be with me
- narrating my life the way it should be
- celebrating non-sensical holidays with friends just for something to do
- running away just for a time
- someone to feed me snacks on long, otherwise boring, drives
dec 1 2013 ∞
feb 2 2014 +
