currently.

 dress: base exchange / lace cover-up: belk / garren wedges (last season): Blowfish Shoes / fringe with benefits belt: c/o Kintage / earrings: c/o Le Mode Accessories 

obsessing over: Christian Bale. not like he is a brand new obsession or anything. i fell in love with him when he took the role as Laurie in one of my all-time favorite movie (and book!), Little Women. but after going to see The Dark Knight Rises last Friday, i definitely got the urge to pull out all of my Christian Bale movies - from the other two Batman movies, The Swing Kids, Newsies, and of course, Little Women. *swoon*

working on: i carry a notebook around with me where i go, and lately, i've been jotting down a ton of ideas for writing projects. this excites me because writing is my first love - even before sewing and fashion. and lately, i've gotten the urge to dive back into writing - more of it than normal. whether or not these essays or writing pieces show up on the blog, i'm just excited to get them all out on paper. 

thinking about: like most of the world, Friday's news headlines of the movie massacre shook me up. we had the news on for most of the morning, and then around 11:00ish, i couldn't handle it anymore. i fought back the tears hearing about all the victims, reading this blog post, and then thinking about all the families and loved ones directly affected by this senseless, violent act. i honestly am still processing my thoughts from this and most likely will be writing a separate post on it. it's something i know that i need to write out to help me think through it. so stay tuned! 

listening to: no shame but Justin Bieber's Believe cd continues to be replayed. i also love me some Foster the People and Regina Spektor's newest album. 

watching: Vampire Diaries continues to grow into a dangerous addiction to my well-being. in other words, i keep pushing the bedtime to after 1:00am. i have been going strong with about 3 episodes plus a night. i can't stop! i need to know where is Katherine?!

eating lots of: vanilla yogurt and granola has been meeting my cravings as of late. oh! and Mickey D's vanilla ice-cream cones have made a comeback in my life. 

wishing: for August to be here because of some exciting happenings *hopefully* making their appearances during these last few days of summer. oh, the suspense! *wink*

what about you, friend? make your own list in the comments, or create a post and leave me the link so i can see! 

this post was inspired by the currently feature over at danni's blog, sometimes sweet. 

much love.

{happy tuesday, friend.}

p.s are you Bree Holloway (#18) 'cause you won The Saturated Canary giveaway?! shoot me an email at muchloveilly at gmail dot com to claim your $50 Modcloth gift card, so that you can start shopping the summer away! congrats to Bree and thank YOU, Kristina for a marvelous giveaway!