rainbows, unicorns and rain

rainbows and unicorns really get a bad rap from today's disenchanted populace. what is more happy than a unicorn jumping/leaping/flying over a rainbow? Nothing i say. which is why, on this grey* day i choose to wear an orange sweater and a purple hat with a unicorn on it.

i would say today is the first truly grey day. at home this would be the limit for me. i would curl up in my down comforter with Tamora Pierce and not budge until it got back into the 70s. but that cannot be done here in new england; in new england this is just the beginning... it hasn't even started getting cold yet. this is the time we say goodbye to sunshine for five long months. it is therefore extra important to keep a girls spirits up today. we cannot be curling up quite yet-- not until there is at least some snow on the ground and tights must be worn under jeans when venturing outside. so i wear unicorns-- well unicorn, my hat isn't quite sweet enough to have multiple unicorns. every time i look in a mirror i smile. i also like to think that i brighten the day for people who see my hat. perhaps tomorrow i will wear tie-dye (it tends to have the same effect).

now i am sure that l is thinking that this girl from california is getting a bit too hippy for PBH, so i feel a need to state: i am indeed wearing my pearl earrings with my unicorn hat, and my umbrella is a jCrew.

ok back to tie-dye. it is another under-appreciated decoration. now i am not talking about rainbow-spiraled shirts you see guys with grosey dreds and bob marley bags wearing, but rather home-made tie-dye done on the stylish white tank top you were wearing while making shirts with your team but accidentally spilled some of the yellow dye on. that particular tank is now one of my favorites. the color has definitely added something.

SO! to review: to brighten a grey day

• bright colors are a must, on clothes but particularly on umbrellas-- nothing is more depressing than a sea of black, navy, and gray umbrellas
  
• hot drinks with friends
• long lunches
• unicorns
• don't be afraid to rainbow
• play with the dinning hall silverware that for some reason gets magnetized on rainy days
  
• blog while in class
  

*yes i spell it with an "e" -- it is onamonapiac** that way
**yes i also spelt that word wrong, i can't get it close enough for spell check to get it