Happy List.

Howdee. I don't have a whole lot to say today, so I thought I'd make a happy list. You know, of things that have made me happy lately! And I'll add in a few photos of myself in my favorite tee for funsies.



Tee: Mumford & Sons Concert | Jeans: Gap | Boots: Academy Sports

Prayer. Baths. Mumford & Sons. Christmas crafts {I start early}. Photography. Researching photography. Singing at the top of my lungs. The Lumineers. Hugs. Finger nail polish. Sunsets. Writing in my photography journal. Beagle cuddles. Fuego's. Talking in a British accent. Remembering I don't have to know it all. Exam grades. Rain storms. Creativity.

October According to Instagram

• Why not start off the month with some donuts? Curt and I have a bit of a morning ritual about twice a month (because if we did it more, we'd be 400 lbs) where we head on over to Shipley's Donuts at 6AM. 
• Pumpkin patch fun! We had lots of fun picking out this season's pumpkins, you can check out the post here.
• The beags are always a big part of my life, but one week they got me a hundred on my photography assignment.
• Photography has been a HUGE part of October for me, I started up my own business, but first, a photography exam. I'm happy to say I made a 98. 
• My beautiful best friend, Denise and I went on a fun photography session.
• It's finally gotten a little cooler here in Texas, which obviously means breakin' out the boots and plaid.
• More Aggie football, of course.
• Got to take photos of this gorgeous little girly for her 2nd birthday! 
• Like I said earlier, photography and my business has been a big, big part of October for me, so I decided to document myself creating a business plan of all things!
• I've been taking Curtis to work in the mornings, he's got a gig as a substitute teacher at a local Christian school. It's so funny, all the kiddos call me Mrs. Ross when I drop him off. You guys, that is soooo weird, ha. 
• For Halloween day, I wore my new favorite orange dress and a black cardi. Apparently others decided it'd be good to wear their actual costumes to school.. yeah, sorry, I'm not that festive {or outgoing}. 
• AND, Curt and I's Halloween costumes -- Sims robbers. Twas a great October.

You can follow me on instagram @kristina_ross14, if you'd like. Let's just say..it's my favorite social media outlet, teeeheee. Hope you've all had a great start to November! Thanksgiving will be here before we know it. 

Happy Halloween!

I meant to put this up last night and schedule it for this morning, but alas! I had an exam today and I wasn't up for doing much of anything else minus sleeping and sitting in the bath, trying to make myself believe I didn't actually have a test. Side note: I always take baths the night before an exam, it just helps calm me and keep me stress-free, for the most part at least.

Back to what this post is really about. Last weekend, Curtis and I went to a little costume Halloween party, and this is what we wore! I was determined to NOT spend much money, yet still wear a "legit" costume. Since I don't have sewing skills, anything in that realm was out of the question, but I saw an idea on Pinterest for robbers and I ran with it. Turns out, we looked like the robbers off of the Sims, so that's what I told everyone we were. Way more creative, amirite? It was fun, and it's the first time Curtis and I have gotten dressed for Halloween together.. EVER. What? I know. We've always been wicked (pun intended) busy around this time of year our entire seven years of togetherness. So here we are, a couple o' robbers from the Sims. And no, we didn't manage to steal anything that night, tehe.

Me - Beanie: Wal-Mart // Top: Thrifted // Jeans: Gap // Gloves: Wal-Mart // Flats: Old // Tote: DIY (Hobby Lobby)

Curt - Beanie: Wal-Mart // Shirt: Wal-Mart ($3!) // Jeans: Wrangler // Shoes: Nike (baseball days)  // Tote: DIY (HobLob)

So basically, I spent $3 at Hobby Lobby buying the tote bags and the masks on our heads (they looked ridiculous, so we didn't really wear them), $2 on the two pairs of gloves, $2 for the two beanies, and $3 for Curt's shirt because he didn't own a black/white striped shirt already. Ten bucks for two costumes, I'd call that a success! As for tonight, I don't think we'll be doing much except passing out candy to any little trick-or-treaters, but I always love Halloween.. mainly because it means Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! :)

Thought I'd throw these in here for good fun, I was mainly messing around with the camera and lighting, but hey, at least I decorated the house a little bit! What have you guys done for Halloween? Or do you have any weekend plans? 

Complementary Colors

This past week in my photography class we had to do a project over colors; I was under the impression that it was about complementary colors, but apparently I didn't have to go that far in-depth. I automatically new what colors I wanted to use -- blue and orange. They're my absolute favorite complementary colors. I've probably mentioned it to Curtis half-a-hundred times. So, when we got assigned the assignment, I automatically knew which colors I was going to choose. I saw this dress in Old Navy a few months ago and wanted it really badly, but I decided to it wasn't worth $35 (cheapo here, remember?). Well, I had seen the dress on a number of people and realized I did in fact want it rather badly, and I went to Old Navy to see if it might still be in the store (aka, clearance section). It wasn't, I searched eBay, but people on there sell stuff for ridiculous prices.. why would I buy it for $25 and then pay you $12 for shipping? I mean, really? So, I gave up on finding it. Then.. I walked into the Waco Plato's Closet a few weeks ago, and BAM, there it was in all of it's orange glory, in my size, for $6. That's my story for the day. Patience and thrifting people, it works.

 Dress: Old Navy (thrifted) | Shirt: TJ Maxx | Sandals: DV by Dolce Vita | Purse: Big Buddha Oh, and if you were wondering why the heck I was talking about complementary colors and my photography class, here's the picture I took for my class. I took off my rings so it wouldn't be as apparent that it was me in the photo. I've been having so much fun with all of these assignments, and every week I can't wait to get the next! This week is all about portraiture, so I'm pretty stoked!