Oh, Winter

Hey guys,

I haven't posted a lot lately - I've been really busy with schoolwork and all that. But fear not - I'm back and better than ever! With a new outfit post! Yay!

So, let's just get straight to the outfit. This was inspired by a constant desire for spring. Plus, I really had to figure out what to do with that dress. It's really simple and it's been hanging in my closet since the summer of 2010. It's been...a year and a half that I've had that dress. I did not know what to do with it. It wasn't very figure flattering. I bought it on an impulse, but then did not know what to pair it with. Then, this year, I got this amazing pair of riding boots. And I just knew I had to wear those together.

It's an unlikely pairing. The dress and the boots don't match at all. But that's where the belt comes in. If you haven't figured this out yet, I love love LOVE wearing belts around my waist. I think it really helps create an hourglass figure, and when you have a body as...wierd...as mine, you need all the help you can get to give you a nice shape!

Here's the picture: sorry it's really bad quality. My camera died a couple weeks ago, so I can only take pictures on my phone. There's only one picture too because the rest are all just really bad quality. My Blackberry can't replace a DSLR.

Clothes Worn:

- Pink Cardigan

- Brown Braided Belt

- White and Gray Striped Dress

- Black Leggings

- Riding Boots

As usual, leave your comments and tell me what you guys think!

Love,
Annie <3
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Sweet Sandwich!

I am in love with food.

I just had to get that out. I love food. And I love trying wacky foods. This is why my sweet sandwich was born.

One day, my friend brang in a sandwich with apples in it. It had chicken and apples in it. I thought it'd be weird, and to be quite honest, it was. I personally don't like the taste of apples with chicken. But I did like the idea of apples in sandwiches.

I decided to play around with it. I've seen some online recipes, but I like my apple sandwich because it's sweet, filling, and healthy all at once. It really satisfies my sweet tooth and my hunger!

Here's the "recipe" if you can call it that:

1. Take two pieces of bread.
2. Layer both with grape jelly or any jelly/marmalade of your choice. I personally like grape the best.
3. Slice an apple into two pieces. Take one half and slice it into six to eight thin pieces. If you want to add in the other half of the apple, go for it! I personally don't like very large sandwiches with a lot of things in them, so I keep my sandwich thin.
4. Put that on a slice of bread, and put the other bread on top of it.

Viola, the sweet sandwich has come about.

Here are some pictures! It only has grape jelly on one slice of bread since I put too much on it.

I am now a Directioner

Yesterday, as I was surfing Youtube, I stumbled upon the XFactor audition of Harry Styles. I immediately fell in love with his voice and decided to search him up to see how far he got in the show. And then I realized he was part of the boy band One Direction.

One of my friends is obsessed with that band, but I've never taken the time out to listen to anything. I decided to go ahead and listen to them last night, and I must say, they are fabulous! I really do love Harry Styles' voice. Liam Payne also has a very strong voice. His voice is perfect for ballads while Harry's voice is a perfect pop voice. Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson make up the rest of the band and their voices are sex-worthy. All of their voices are very smooth and strong and make me want to swoon. I only wish I was in England because their album, Up All Night, comes out in the US in March! That's much too long a wait.

Now, they're not the next Beatles, but they're definitely a good pop band. They have strong voices and their songs are very mainstream. I only wish they'd find a niche for themselves because right now, their songs are all over the place, from ballads to total pop. I do like their ballads though. The album shows their versatility.

I think that they will go pretty far as a band, or at least I hope they do. Why? Because a) they have great voices, b) they're in tune with mainstream music, c) they have British accents!! and d) they're sextastically good looking. I hope we continue to see more of them. They already have a huge fanbase and it's only been a year! Let's see that double this year, guys!

Here's a couple pictures of them, so you can see just how amazing they look :*

Trick or Treat!

Hi, everyone!

This is my first blog post ever, so let's see how this turns out!

Anyway, hi! I'm Annie. I live in NYC with my sister and parents, because, unfortuneately, I'm still in high school. But I'm graduating in two years! Anyway, this blog is going to be really random, but I'll keep it focused on fashion and food because I am obsessed with both of them!

Let's start with me: I'm not your stick thin girl. No, I am curvy and I have grown to love my curves. So you can call this fashion and food for the average-sized-girl-bordering-on-a-little-bit-above-average. It's really long, so I think we should just call this a blog about fashion and food. But the official and lovely name is Watching Rainbows Shine.

Anyway, Halloween just passed in the United States, and us New Yorkers love wearing costumes for the day! I've decided that I'll start off my blogging by posting pictures of my Halloween costume. Now, keep in mind that I, being the awful, stressed out teenager that I am, forgot to buy a Halloween costume. So I had to take things from my closet and make them work. I wore a long, green skirt, brown short-sleeved shirt, black cardigan, and brown flip-flops (the photo doesn't show my shoes, since I'm barefoot). I tied the top with a brown braided belt to give me a figure/shape, since the clothes are very loose-fitting. The thing in my hair is an orange string tied to make me look...hippie-ish. My costume was a hippie costume, if you couldn't tell. Anyway, it's a relatively simple costume, and it's not even a real costume - I wouldn't mind wearing those items regularly! Here it is: