I’m a college grad!

Like I said yesterday, I graduated on Sunday. It was cold and cloudy, but it didn’t rain— that was all I wanted. I had to attend the Latin Honors Ceremony prior to my actual graduation because I’m a smartypants and graduated magna cum laude. At my graduation I sneeze 1.6 million times and was separated from my friends, but I had a blast nonetheless.

Dear Winnie, dearwinnie.com, Hofstra University Graduation 2011
A sea of blueberries.

We had to wear these ugly blue muumuus, but I tried my best to wear it with style. Why, Winnie, why, do graduation robes not have a belt?

Dear Winnie, dearwinnie.com, Hofstra University Graduation 2011
My favorite people at Hofstra, Dara from Dark Berry Beauty and Charlsie from Wishin’ and Hopin’. It’s true love!

My dress, that you can’t really see, is by Morgan McFeeters. I promise you’ll see more of it this summer. I’m sort of obsessed with the fit, the shape and the color. I also wore super high wedges from Enzo Angiolini. They have multi-colored raffia on the wedge, so it was a fantastic pop of color. I bough both my dress and my sandals from Lord & Taylor because I’m sort of an L&T junkie.

Dear Winnie, dearwinnie.com, Hofstra University Graduation 2011
Apparently, my brother loves me.

Now that I’m done with school, all I have to do is find a job. Do you have any suggestions, Winnie? I can be your assistant!

About the author

Chelsea is a 24-year-old NYC PR girl, working with two international beauty and fragrance brands. She began musing about the oh-so-(un)glamorous worlds of beauty and fashion in 2006, when she decided to kick the fishes to the curb, and trade in a life of marine biology for one filled with stitches, charmeuse and serums. Prior to working in PR, Chelsea studied at Hofstra University, graduating in 2011 with a B.A in Public Relations. She also interned for prominent women's magazine Ladies' Home Journal, and blogged regularly for its Ladies Lounge Blog.