mermaid

Asos blazer ,GoJane dress (similar: 1, 2, 3), Dolce Vita sandals, Rebecca Minkoff MAC purse (out of teal but otherwise available in a rainbow of colors...red, python, black, gold, & cheetah), garage sale/etsy jewelry pieces (brooch worn with wrapped necklace as bracelet)

Going for an aquatic-themed look here and it's as close as I'll get to dressing up for Halloween unless I do end up wearing an all-out engineer look to my 7-9PM engineering exam on Monday/Halloween night for an added dose of irony. Think suspenders, glasses, hard hat, pocket protector, graphing calculator, slide rule, and maybe even drawn-in unibrow. What kind of professor gives an evening exam on Halloween?!? End of rant.
I know I should be deviating into other color ranges by now but I can't help myself. There's just something about a teal dress that makes one feel so glamorous. I've been staring at expensive graduation dresses and keep going back to teal (lusting after this one and this one) paired with turquoise/coral accessories  Then I start looking at necklaces (eek), then shoes. If you give a mouse a cookie...I finally decided I've got enough dresses in the wardrobe to justify another one.
In other news, I've finally posted an outfit post on this blog after a long hiatus! I was more prompted to do so because after the Northern winds blew in today, this past weekend's summery dress paired with a light blazer will start looking a bit irrelevant. Texas has been giving us 80 degree weather up until today and I've been more than happy to not walk in the blistering cold. Somehow all of the world's winds are concentrated down the street with all of the engineering buildings on campus and every winter day equals a dreaded walk to class/research. It's still a bit away from the December liberation and I'm already rethinking taking those 8 months between school completely off. I feel like vacationing or focusing on hobbies instead of working seem irresponsible in light of the economy. On the other hand, I've spent the past few years' worth of Thursday nights and even Saturdays in research or the chemical engineering computer lab instead of living it up and will never have this chance to just be a stupid "kid" again. Advice would be appreciated!
 I finally noticed two posts from 4 months back on my Facebook forums asking about engineering as a major and Austin fashion/eating/culture/etc recommendations and answered them HERE. The short answer for engineering is that I would not recommend it for someone that is not serious about it as the attrition rate (from my graduation year statistics) seems to be above 50% (entering class was over 200, less than 50 graduated this spring and about 30-40 more will graduate in December). For comparison, I finished my biochemistry degree in my first 4 semesters (could have been 3 semesters if not for intro engineering courses) with little trouble and am still finishing up my chemical engineering one with my 9th semester. I love both of my degrees but I definitely feel like my engineering one took 10x more effort and defines me more. For more personalized advice you can always email me! I usually respond to emails much more quickly than other modes of reader communication.
Hope every has a great Halloween! I'll be in the countryside pretending that it's not gorgeous out and finishing up some applications/projects.
PS. Chictopia has a great article on the "Does Skinny Rule the Fashion World?"  debate...

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