Here's to new beginnings and happy endings...

      I've always loved to write and share my opinions, but i've never really had an outlet to express myself...until now. I've always thought about blogging, but i've never fully given it a good thinking, until now. Why now, you may ask? It's my senior year of high school, and like any high school senior, I want to remember these days for the rest of my life, and what better way to do that than with a blog of my very own. A blog that will, hopefully, follow me to graduation, through college and the ups and downs that come along with growing up and moving on from everything you've ever known in life.

      Hence the title, "Here's to new beginnings and happy endings". It may only be October (yeah, Halloween is almost here!) but my life after high school is already starting to take form. I've been accepted to 4 great colleges, and as my classmates are just deciding to choose where they even want to go to school, I've been making the big decisions, such as how am i going to decorate my dorm? I'm semi-kidding, although i do think about things like that. But i also think about how the hell am i going to pay for school? And what about student debt? But thats the thing about new beginnings, they're full of the unknown, full of mysteries and full what-ifs. But thats what i love about them. 

     New beginnings are never the same twice, and they'll never be the same as the happy endings you've had. 

     Happy endings are like outer point of a heart, which is the most important part of a heart. Without it, the heart would just be half-completed and lopsided. The same is with happy endings. You need that outer point, that driving force propelling  you into a new beginning, or your happy ending would just be all happy and no ending. We need endings in our life, just as we need oxygen, water, shelter, food and a strong wi-fi connection (hey, it is the 21st century after all!). We need endings in our life so we can grow as people.
     Happy endings and new beginnings aren't uncommon to high school seniors. Each year, as a student walks across that stage in those hideous polyester gowns that no one can ever pull off, receiving their diploma from their principal, they've started their new beginning and succeeded in finishing their happy ending. And that's what i'll be doing on May 25, 2014, starting a new beginning as a high school graduate and leaving behind all the baggage that i accumulated in my four years.

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So, now that i'm done rambling, here's a little about me.

• I love fashion. I can't live without it! I've always loved the idea of how with some fabric, needle and thread, you can create an item of clothing that completely describes how you feel. It's astonishing and beautiful.  And, now i'm going to sound like a true fashion geek, but sometimes, when pieces are created by a true master, they're not pieces of clothing but pieces of artwork. 
• Pinterest is my guilty pleasure! I have found myself roaming through the fashion, interior design and baking tags on there for over 3 hours...oops!
• Interior design...love it! 
• Baking...i'm obsessed. It all started with my mom. As a kid she would drag me along to the various county fairs surrounding my hometown, entering her amazing baked goods. She would win 90% of the time. I saw all the awards she accumulated, so of course, I wanted to enter too! By the time i was 9, I had 3 grand-champions under my belt and was entered for the first time in the state fair competition. Needless to say, i've been hooked on baking ever since, so expect to hear a lot about my attempts at recipes i find on Pintrest.
• I'm a senior in high school (if you haven't figured that out already) and i hope to attend Ball State University next fall, majoring in public relations. 

Last but not least, thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings. I know i don't always make sense, but i hope you can make sense of it.

XX, 

Elise