I'm a good Zombie :)

Half of my trip is over. 

I haven't slept in 6 weeks, and I won't sleep in another 6 weeks. I'll sleep when I go back to Finland. You know how you get so tired at some point and everything just starts being funny? And how after that comes the stupid-mode, when you don't know which way is up and which way is down? I've been there. And now I'm in the third phase. 

The zombie phase. 

And at the same time, I'm ridiculously happy :)

This weekend I got to explore Washington State.

Just so you won't be bored with all the nature pics!

Deception Pass

I love how there's drift wood at the beaches in Washington. 

Back to rainy Portland :)

I also got to do some driving for the first time since I arrived here! I love to drive. I drove us up to Olympia from Portland, and later on back to Olympia from Whidbey Island. When we passed Seattle, it was dark and raining, but we had a clear view of the city's beautiful silhouette. I felt like I was on top of the world <3

Hope you all had a great weekend, and all of you here at the Pacific Northwest, don't let the rain bother you :) I was soaking wet when I got home today. I hope my shoes are dry tomorrow!

my passion for fashion

Both Jeans: Target, $29,99 a piece.

Today I bought myself two new pairs of jeans. I'm madly in love with the green ones. I'm already visioning myself wearing them with a snuggly woolen sweater, boots, with my hair up, wearing my glasses and lipstick. I'm weird that way. When I get a new piece of clothing, I instantly imagine myself wearing it in a dozen different ways. I love doing that. 

I don't even feel bad about spending $60 on jeans, because they're something I always need. I needed them today, and now that I have them, I'm super happy and I won't have to buy jeans again in a long time. Shopping for jeans is the worst. 

Also, my nails got a new layer of black polish today. 

My room mate told me I look like Snow White with my new dark hair and red lips. 

So that's Snow White and Maggie Gyllenhaal in just two days. 

Gotta love the compliments :) 

I love how I've gained so much more self confidence in just 5 weeks. 

I can only hope I'll gain enough to keep this going after leaving this place.  

The new (old) me

Hi :)

It's been a while again, sorry. Like I said before, my life here is extremely active and busy. Always on the move. But this weekend has been surprisingly low key. We haven't even left the Portland area. Weird. And we've (oh, by we I mean me and my roomie!) been tired. Today, on the train back home, I told her: "It's been five weeks and finally we're tired." We're both so sleep deprived it's insane. 

That's what you get when you just have to see and do as much as possible.

So, I finally got my hair done yesterday! And let me tell you, it is UH-MAZING! 

I am so in love with my hair. I can't even tell you how much I love it. 

Also, got the red lipstick today. Told you I would. 

Someone told me I look like Maggie Gyllenhaal in this picture. Do you see it? I don't :(

I was talking about my style with a friend, and when I told her I was painting my finger nails black and was going to get a red lipstick, she said it was cool that I was getting a new style. I told here that it's not new, it's just me, but when I do it in Finland, people think I'm being weird. She suggested that I just stop caring. I said I will. And since I can't stay here, I'm bringing Portland with me. 

Everything's better with cookie dough

It's still October 1st (here it is, but in Europe it's already Tuesday. It's exhausting to live in multiple time zones) and this is already my third post this month. I'm officially proud of myself. While admitting that I'm partly posting this due to the lack of posts last week, I'm also doing this because I want to. 

I have an urge to write. 

This week is going to be great. I'm looking forward to going to work tomorrow. I'm looking forward to going out to dinner with a couple of friends on Wednesday. I'm looking forward to working late on Thursday, because the day will go by fast and then it's already Friday. I'm looking forward to Friday, because... it's Friday. 

On Saturday I'm getting my hair done. After that I'm going to the NW-area and feel like I belong there. I'm thinking I want to get a red lipstick. 

I haven't got a clue what I'll be doing on Sunday. Something, that's for sure. Staying put is not an option. Even though my feet would love it. But right now my life is very busy and active and I prefer it to stay that way. After two months I'll be gone, and thinking back... and if there's something I've missed because I wanted to stay put, it'll just be that much harder to adjust to my life in Finland again. Not that I want to adjust. It's something that I have to do.

Now here's a song that's been playing in my head the entire day:

And here's my new love:

Have a great week everybody :)

all me

I can't help but love my Macbook. 

Or, you know, my skills on pimpin' it. 

I lovelovelove it. I love how it's so me right now, and how it inspires me. 

It may be so mainstream right now to cover your laptop with stickers and stuff, but I think if you do it right (faithful to your own style and voice), even something as mainstream as this becomes individual and that's the whole point, right?

1/3 of this trip is over...

First of all, millions of apologies for not blogging in a week. I think it's my record. A shameful one. When I started blogging, I didn't blog as much, but now that I have more readers and I've really got the hang of it, I feel really bad not blogging :( sorry! 

I thought that after coming to the States I would blog more. But I'm busy. All-the-time. I'm working Tuesdays through Fridays from 9.30am - 4.30pm. Tuesdays I've got other plans after work (every Tuesday), Wednesdays I'm either at home, relaxing after Tuesday or off somewhere else. Thursdays the same thing. Fridays too. Sometimes home, but usually not. And I'm always on the move during the weekends. Mondays are my easy days, and even they are not always easy. Oh well... I'm enjoying every little bit of it :) All of it. I love it here more than you could ever comprehend. It kills me every day a little to think about returning back to Finland, because I feel like my heart does not belong there. 

Before I get too mushy, I want to share this weekend with you. 

Multnomah Falls in Oregon. This picture looks like a screen saver, or something google gives you when you search for "fairytale sceneries" or something. But I'm proud to say that I snapped this picture. It was such a beautiful place! <3

Oh... I bought shoes today. 

And I love them!

You like? Me loves.

Tomorrow I'm going to the store-that-should-not-be-named.

swag

People always say they hate Mondays. 

I have Mondays off :P 

And today I did a little shopping!

Isn't it pretty??? I fell in love with my phone all over again. The case is so me<3

With this case, it's not a social suicide to play mine sweeper on the bus. I'm telling you, it's not!

My precious apples + the lip gloss

The Northwest Pacific is growing on me. I begin to look and sound more and more like a hipster every day. 

Hope you all had a slammin' Monday! :)

-i

P.S. Don't forget that How I Met Your Mother season 8 premiers tonight!! YES!