Classy

I feel like this is a classy outfit. Today was not a classy day, though. Here are a few examples:

1. My co-workers celebrated my birthday early. They brought a wonderful gift and cupcakes into my office around 9:30 a.m. They kind of giggled and were like "want to eat some cake now?" I immediately opened the box of cupcakes and started picking out the one I wanted and eating it and getting icing and cake all over my desk.  Everyone else was like, um, I guess we can split cupcakes? And then I got a sugar headache.

2. I waited too long to eat lunch and got starved right before we had to go look at some office space. I felt like I needed to bring my sandwich along and was holding it in my right hand but then someone was actually there I needed to meet and I needed to switch my sandwich to the other hand--a pretty visible operation--to shake hands. They knew they were shaking my sandwich-holding hand.

I guess that sometimes even the best-planned outfit can't trump worst-planned behavior.

Sweater: Anthropologie, $20
Skirt: Isaac Mizrahi for Target via Last Chance Thrift Store, $5
Boots: Target, $20
Necklace: Plato's Closet, $6 

I also managed to also develop an extreme case of hiccups, wherein my hiccups sounded a lot more like burps than hiccups, during not one, but two meetings, one with an important professor with whom I am trying to develop a partnership for my organization. All in all, it could have been worse. Although, it could have been a lot better. 

Middle Schooler

John has told me not once, but twice this week that I look like a middle schooler. It's only because I am wearing black jeans, and it is a well-known fact that I loved myself some black jeans in middle school. Only back then, I wore them with a black mockneck and a big necklace made out clay that I baked myself.

I made sure my necklace was still big, as an homage.

Jean Shirt and Sweater: Target, $13 and $8
Jeans: BCBG via Loehmann's, $12
Boots: We Who See via Rag-o-Rama, $15
Necklace: Anthropologie, $18

Let me make a plug for this necklace: The Collector's Necklace from Anthropologie. It is my grown-up version of Beanie Babies. It is a strand that comes with charms that are easy to take on and off without need for jewelry pliers (they either clip on or have a big ring that slides over the clasp of the chain). Right now I have the horn and the agate, but of course, I need way more charms. If you're my real friend, you'll give me charms for Christmas.

Cornucopia

I have been away for far too long, due to an unforeseen monsoon at work, being too full to blog during the Thanksgiving holiday, and getting sucked into some pretty extreme holiday gift guide reading to find the penultimate gifts. I was gutted to find that teaspoons made out of glitter lucite (see here) were already out of stock. Perfect, beautiful, unnecessary items are my favorite things to give.

Anyways, I saved a few outfit photos from the break. I went to Spring Lake, Michigan for Thanksgiving. It is lovely, and not just called "Spring Lake," but really on a lake,  and near another little downtown of shopping and a pier in Grand Haven. I took these photos in the guest bedroom of my fiance's parents' house. Sketchy of me, I know.

Tank and Scarf: Target, $20 and $13
Sweater and Cargo Khakis: Anthopologie, Gifts
Boots: Bronx via Finder's Keepers, $40
 

This is how my dog cocks her head when she is confused or very excited about a treat. As you can see, it also makes humans look silly.

Dress: Tulle via Sole, $27 (w/ Scoutmob)
Top: LA Made via Ross, $5
Necklace: Target, $10

I also took a photo on Thanksgiving. If it looks wide, it's because it was after I ate.

I wore leggings very much on purpose. Strategic move.

Sweater: Anthropologie, $40
Leggings: Target, $5
Belt: Last Chance Thrift Store, $3
Watch: Fossil via Von Maur, $40
Bracelets: Linea Pelle for Target, $12

It's not so bad, though, check out my fiance. Can you find the fat roll?

Just looking at this picture makes me feel bloated and terrible.

The best part of Thanksgiving was waiting until John was sick from overeating, sick at the mention of food, and then taking a dried sausage and stuffing it into his face as soon as he was almost asleep. I was fairly worried he would throw up when I saw the look on his face when real food actually got that close to him. His sister went back for round two of sausage wars, and he was too tired to fight and just took a couple bites of the sausage and then went into deep convulsions and severe food trauma.

John's aunt's cats also worked their way onto the camera by being the cutest cats in the world. I like how the bigger cat totally engulfs cuddles the littler cat.

I can haz your wallet and all your monnays?

The brown cat is a grown up, yet it looks like a kitten compared to the orange cat.

Hope you had a good holiday. Posting will get regular again, I promise!

Pretty Serious Case of Mondays

Thank God Monday is when Gossip Girl happens. It's a good distraction. I looked up some tutorials the other day on "how to dress like Blair Waldorf." I'll keep working on that. Anyways, looking at these pictures from Sunday, I want to go back. To Sunday. When it was the weekend. I was able to write compound sentences then. Today I can't.

I just realized these pants have some fairly concerning crotch issues.

Unfortunately all these accessories did not distract thoroughly from the crotch fold.

 

 

Isn't this smile half-assed?

Denim Shirt: Target, $14
Red Skirt: Last Chance Thrift Store, $3
Shoes: Plato's Closet, $3
Weak Smile: Cost of being overworked already and it only being Monday

Groundhog Day

I wish I could wake up tomorrow and have it be Sunday all over again. Last night I saw Take Shelter. It's incredible. It also includes my new natural phenomenon obsession, murmurations of sparrows.It also takes place in Kentucky and references Ohio. They got all the slice of life details right too.

I feel lucky in the Atlanta winter because you can wear ridiculous "winter" things like sweater shorts that you can't wear in Ohio winter.

Sweater: Lucy, $20
Floral Tee: Rodarte for Target via Last Chance Thrift Store, $3
Necklace: Erica Weiner via Young Blood, $28
Sweater Shorts: Bill Hallman, $20
Boots: Bronx via Finder's Keepers, $40 

Shabby Chic

This is what I would wear to my job to clean houses, if I didn't really have to clean or bend over, and could just Febreze everything. Very comfy, except of course I still need platforms.

Sweatshirt: Michael Stars via Last Chance Thrift Store, $4
Tee: Target, $2
Red Jeans: T.J. Maxx, $14
Scarf: Lucky Exchange, $6
Shoes: Michael Antonio, $44

The Lonely Island

I have been so lonely without time to blog. As lonely as this tree, nearly whittled down to driftwood by the harsh sea winds of Jekyll Island, where I went with my Mom for a few days and was forced to deblogify myself as she repeatedly asked why I wanted to turn on my computer at night and check my sad blog stats instead of watching Masterpiece Theatre with her on PBS.

I am the tree. Just a shell without the Internet.

Parents just don't understand. I find that, no matter how old I get, I manage to create new generational gaps with my Mom. I spent a lot of this weekend trying to explain the concept of "real housewives" to my Mom. 

So, today, I went back to work, with preschoolers and college students, where I can really feel at home again. 

I really should have posed more like the tree. For effect. Are my eyes glassy enough to convey the angst?

Sweater and Top: Target, $18 each
Skirt: Tucker for Target, thrifted, $6
Boots: Biviel via Mitzi's Shoebox, $40
Necklace: Anthropologie, $28

"Semi-Professional"

This outfit is a little less professional, a little more fun. I like it more even than the one yesterday. I think I'd like it even more if I had added yesterday's pink sweater tights. And bigger jewelry.

Please, please, please, try not to look at my gross bangs.

Shirt and Sweater: Finder's Keepers, $10 and $20
Zebra Dress: Laundry via Last Chance, $34
White Tights: Ross, $3
Patent Pumps: Calvin Klein via Loehmann's, $17

I actually wore this with my black patent loafers, which was way cuter but I had to leave those shoes at work because they were strangely suffocating one of my toes. These patent pumps I got thinking, "I will wear these allll the time. They are an INVESTMENT. At 17 dollars." I have worn them like 2 other times and for this picture. I was totally mesmerized by the shiny black patent leather and could not properly assess if these shoes were event meant for feet when I put them on in the store. As you can tell, this is a common theme with me and patent leather in general. I love it, and it hurts me. These shoes ended up being a very tough call, but I bought them just in case, so they could sit in my closet and keep dust bunnies away from other, more special shoes. They seem to stay shiny regardless.

"Professional"

I really liked this outfit today because it is "professional" yet bright and colorful, and it lets people know you are at work yet not about to be all serious, like "I'm going to do my work today!" or "When is the meeting?" or "I'm already late to the meeting!?!"

Please don't be concerned about what I am pointing my finger at. I really don't know. It was probably me trying to subtly instruct my dog to stay out of the picture.

Cashmere Sweater: Finder's Keepers, $14
Skirt: Plato's Closet, $8
Tights: Missoni for Target, $10
Shoes: Faryl Robin via Plato's Closet, $15