Red

It's time.  It's been promised, and I like to keep my promises.

I thought that before we begin reviewing the songs, we should pay attention to her style.  Taylor is known for her red lips, winged eyeliner and seemingly flawless skin.  I would categorize her style as chic and modest.  Her good reputation still reigns over her fellow singer/songwriters.  She has become a style icon and role model for many young girls, like me.  Plus, she writes some pretty darn good songs!

She has definitely grown up since some of her first songs.  Her style and sound have matured and improved.  She has become an individual.  Also, did you notice her hair?!  Instead of sticking with her famous curls, she has started to straighten her hair and then curl it again.  I think it really fits her new style, but I'm sad to see her change it up!

I thought that I would just link the track-list below and talk about some of my personal favorites from the album (even though every one of them is gorgeous).  Click on a few to try them out.  It won't take you away from the blog, just open a new window.

1.  State of Grace

2.  Red

3.  Treacherous

4.  I Knew You Were Trouble

5.  All Too Well

6.  22

7.  I Almost Do

8.  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

9.  Stay Stay Stay

10.  The Last Time (ft. Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol)

11.  Holy Ground

12.  Sad Beautiful Tragic

13.  The Lucky One

14.  Everything Has Changed (ft. Ed Sheeran)

15.  Starlight

16.  Begin Again

17.  The Moment I Knew

18.  Come Back... Be Here

19.  Girl At Home

I tried not to link the pitched version of the songs, but I apologize if I accidentally did.  It's hard to find the real version now a days with YouTube becoming so strict!  So I wanted to just talk about a few of my favorite songs from her album.

Okay, so my absolute favorite one of hers off this album would have to be "I Knew You Were Trouble".  It's a very upbeat song, different than her usual style.  This one and "22" are considered more pop than country.  I love them both, because of how catchy they are.  They just stick in your brain very easily.

Another one I've loved listening to is "Red".  It's the title track of this album and you may have also heard it in a recent Target commercial.  I think it has the most even mix of country and pop.  It's very much like what we think of as Taylor.  The lyrics are so meaningful and real.

The last one I'll talk about is "Everything Has Changed".  First and foremost, it's got Ed Sheeran.  Ed freaking Sheeran.  I'm in love :) If you don't know who he is, he is a British singer/songwriter who, like Taylor, is considered one of the best.  He actually wrote Little Things by One Direction.  I'll leave that down below.  He is amazing!  This song is so simple and catchy.  Like all of Ed's songs, it has a solemn feel to it, but still lovable.  I definitely recommend it.

The tracks above are from the deluxe edition (available at Target).  Check it out and support Taylor if you like the songs.  The album just made my Christmas wish list!

I hope you all have an amazing fall break!  I love you all!

Much Love,

Chilly Nights and Spooky Sites... The Fair

Hey everyone!  I'm proud to announce that I'm finally starting a new fall series called 'Chilly Nights and Spooky Sites.'  It took my mom and me like two days to finally come up with something that was appropriate.  We went through lots of play on words and rhymes for this!  Since I wanted to continue this series throughout the fall season, I couldn't just directly relate it to Halloween.  It was a difficult task...

So for today, as I've mentioned, I have a fair post for you!!!  My family and my cousin's family went to the fair last Thursday.  We got there after school and stayed for almost six hours!  Most of that time was spend walking around, eating, watching shows and looking at exhibits.  In fact, I only rode like seven rides the whole time.

My younger cousin, Emily, is also a blogger.  She did a post on the fair trip as well.  I suggest you go check her out here and follow her blog!  The link will just open up another tab. :)

Well I won't ramble on for long.  Here are some of my favorite pictures from that day.

As you can tell, we take lots of pictures of each other :).  But that's cool, it's what teenagers do.  If you were wondering, my cousin, Emily, is in the pink shirt with the ice cream.  I am in the grey shirt, and Alex (Emily's brother) is the little boy in all the pictures.  My brother didn't want his picture taken, because he's too 'cool' for that sort of thing. Yahhhhh.

Actually I do have one picture of my brother of him with a little stuffed animal he won from one of those "Guess your weight/age/month" things.  Let me see if I can dig it out for you....

Got it!  Isn't it just adorable?  I have no clue where that little Clifford is now, though.  Probably on the  floor in his room, waiting patiently to be played with.  That poor dog.

What else did we do....?  OH!  So there was this hypnotist there that was preforming at 6:30.  I'm really into the whole psychological stuff right now, so I really wanted to go.  I was pretty skeptical about the performance, wondering how good it would actually be.  Let me tell you, it was amazing!  If you ever get the chance to go see a show, I highly recommend it.  It was hysterical and quite interesting!  He made them do all kinds of stuff like play a trumpet and pretend they were rappers.  Plus, with the snap of his fingers, he could make them fall asleep.  Amazing...

The rides were lots of fun, as well. My cousin and I were riding on the Hanglider singing One Direction.  It was priceless :)

The only thing was, I forgot to ride the swings!!!!  By the time we had to leave, there was at least a fifteen minute wait for everything.  It was sooooo crowded.  

I loved it though.  Always have, always will.  If the fair ever comes to you, go and ride the swings for me, please!  It would mean the world to me :)

Before I leave you, I'll link below a song that I've been loving lately.  It's called 'Begin Again' by Taylor Swift.  Since her new album is out really soon, (Oct. 22) she's been busy releasing some singles in the past few weeks.  She has four out so far.  I'm excited.  REALLY excited.

I hope you have a good week!

Much Love,