The Wait Is Almost Over

What is the wait one might ask? Come Saturday my summer will officially begin! I can feel it.. in the distance. I can almost see it actually.
Its calling my name with fruity drinks and light reading and shall last all of 28 days.

Oh, and what else will I be doing other than lounging in coffee shops and enjoying my freedom? Yeah, I have those grand DIY plans that I have been talking about. This past weekend I made a fringed scarf and a chain necklace consisting of three different colors of metal.

The above cardigan is from a blog called Phosphene and consists of many little leather disks. I have modified this plan a bit..

I really want to take these leather disks and sew them onto a black blazer as a new take on the strong shoulder trend seen the past few seasons. I think this could really turn into a nice, time consuming project! In full disclosure someone could have certainly done this before to a blazer, I haven't seen one yet so I'm just taking this on - but not to create a replica of any other work that I know of.

And the wait is almost also over for Fall! I just love the cooler temperatures. All I have been able to draw lately is blazers, sweaters, leather jackets, jeans, and boots. If I had air conditioning I would be blasting it to wear my fall clothes during the summer. As you can see I have included some horribly drawn spikes on my motorcycle boots - I'll also be taking on that project after this week.

Pretty Pretty Princess

So heres the deal. I spent 16 of the 30 hours that spanned from 7am yesterday morning until 2pm today crunching numbers and writing lengthy papers. All I was thinking about when I dragged myself out of bed this morning at 430 was which article of clothing was closest to me on the floor. This dress won. I liked how it looked eventually, but whenever I wear feminine things I usually feel like I'm six years old again and playing Pretty Pretty Princess.


It has a nice back, but I may have possibly fallen asleep on my floor while working and the back got a bit stretched out causing my bra to show a bit. Now this is something I could have alleviated somehow or by wearing one that looked as if it was showing intentionally, but since its 9:30 pm and it just occurred to me that today is Thursday, that didn't even cross my mind today until nowish.

I finally scanned the image of the boots I want!!! The spikes are lovely. I just want them so badly. My only concern in purchasing them though is that doing so will make them the third priciest non jewelery item that I own.

Here is the page from InStyle which they are located on in case anyone wants to check it out! Its the August issue.

Update: Ahhhh the boots are said to be 360$ in the magazine, the exact amount that I have. Unfortunately Neiman Marcus's website has them listed as 395$ which pretty much means I can either pay my cable bill for the month or spring for the extra 35$ and tax. :( this is too much of a decision...

Baking Heat

I was walking to my glorious destiny this morning (aka the grand opening of the Dunkin Donuts near my apartment that I plan to pretty much live at) and I saw dancing Dunkin people. I had to snap a pic with my camera. I absolutely LOVE Dunkin Donuts. So anyways, lately I have been baking like crazy! I would love to show you the outfits I've been wearing lately, but honestly the food is more interesting.


A raspberry, blueberry, cinnamon, and brown sugar concoction that I threw in some pie crust to make tarts.



They turned out great and are so delicious! Definitely going to be my go to creation when my friends and I have dinner parties. What is even better is that they only take about 10 minutes to make!


Another crappy cell phone photo, but I also made the Hash Brown Pizza which was mentioned on the Atlantis Home blog. It was pretty good! The recipe said it took 2.5 hours to make but through some serious multitasking I was able to make it in about an 1 and a 1/2. I also made homemade donuts - which were deliciously but definitely unhealthy - and created this new pasta recipe, and made personal cheesecake bite things. I'm exhausted and I have been hauling you know what to do all the homework I neglected.



Also, I discovered the wonder of blending makeup with a foundation brush. Fabulous.

This is basically what I wore today but I was kind of in the process of changing out of this when I remembered to snap a photo.

Tomorrow, after waking up before it is even light out to bust out some homework, I'm hitting up a tattoo shop with a friend and then hopefully going thrift shopping. I have some grand plans involving some craft store studs. Then the weekend and my birthday!

Studded Glory

I woke up today to find the August issue of InStyle in my mailbox and boy was it a good one! As I went through the issue I was flagging things down left and right that I either NEEEEED desperately, wanted to scan and post on the blog, or was planning gifts to purchase for friends. This was a definite step up because this months Lucky and Elle really disappointed me I think maybe the styles those magazines focus on is changing.

Kate Lanphear should just have her own personal magazine and I would be set. She is all the style inspiration I need.

ANYWAYS, I have searched high and low for a photo of the Ash leather boots that have since stolen my heart and soon to be my money as well. The only conclusion I can come to is that maybe they wont come online until August? They are BEAUTIFUL with a leather and rubber construction, knee high, super sleek, and equestrian almost but they have gunmetal colored spikes on the knees! So Freaking Cool. Here are two Ash shoes so you can get the general gist of the brand
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But these are what I found during my search, and are almost as cool.

1. The Sam Edelman 'Joss' Oxford - I love the dusty color of this shoe and.. of course.. the studs. However, I am intrigued by the lack of laces and wondering if I could add my own? I don't like that there isn't any. The gunmetal color of the studs is great. It also comes in black but I feel like its a bit cliche.

2.H by Hudson Bowen Washed Buckle Side Flat Ankle Boots - While I don't like the price tag of this ankle boot, I like the idea of these with a grungy hipster outfit. Definitely would have to be for someone with a smaller foot than me, I refuse to go above a size 10 just to wear pointed toe shoes. I just couldn't bear it.

3. AllSaints Suede Stud Military Boots - WOW. I would definitely buy these in both colors (the other is a graphite). I dig the slouchy nature of them! They make me want to go explore a foreign city in a slick short sleeved blazer (like this!), some motocross skinny jeans, and these swell boots. Give me a fringed bag and geez, I would be so thrilled.
4. Sam Edelman 'Zoe' Ankle Boot - Because of my height and curvy nature I am usually hesitant to wear heels. I tend to come off as a giant. These are fabulous regardless and if they were on sale I would probably consider buying them, but since they are almost the same price as my beloved Ash boots I say "No way, Jose".

Look Everyone, Neville's Got a Remembrall!

Can I just start by saying if I had a gosh darn Remebrall (yes from Harry Potter) today would have went a heck of a lot better than it did.
I mentioned previously that I had misplaced my memory card, but I didn't mention that I had also misplaced my paycheck and cable bill. I solved everything eventually but there was tears, multiple trips to banks and mailboxes, and pain involved.. see below.

Necklaces I wore while out with a friend for smoothies and browsing some stores!

A tank dress from f21 and my now standard black sandals. I thought this dress was fine for weather near 100 degrees but upon running into another friends parents my parter in crime for the day whispered that she thought my dress was inappropriate in length.
- whatever it was hot.

I wore these shoes for MAYBE 20 minutes tops today before continuing my walk home from class- basically the equivalent of across town- barefoot. Lovely, studded flats right? OR KILLER DEATH MACHINES??!!
My heels are bleeding, the tops of my feet are bleeding, that fun little side area where women who wear heels too much get bunions are bleeding.

I knew what was coming as soon as I put these on after the UPS man delivered them, but I had to give them a go and hope I was wrong..
I don't think shoes have caused me this much pain since a pair of Steve Maddens in '08 shaved quarter size pieces of skin off of me. I literally came home and put ice on my feet.

I just want it to be fall again so I can wear my boots without getting funny looks.

Surfin' Safari

I went and braved the mall crowds to hit the sales this weekend and bought these lovely shoes! They turned out to be something like 65% off with an extra 20% off that so I couldn't really resist the price. I've been hunting for a new pair of black sandals for a while and while these are a little flashy, I think they still do the trick! Especially since while I was walking home last night some woman slowed down in traffic to stick her head out and yell "I love your shoes!". Yep, it was a good day.

Also I justified them by saying that I will wear them ALL THE TIME (and on a safari) when I study abroad, which will hopefully be this January! Fingers crossed because I really want to go to Africa.
Okay, the shoes aren't actually that flattering on me which my mother was quick to point out. But I don't care! Am I not going to buy something that I absolutely love just because I don't look like a twig in it? No. I am not a twig and I'm not trying to hide it! Although I am convinced that this outfit did look better in person than in the photograph.

And because I feel like I just have to throw this out there as a note - I didn't really pack appropriately to go home for the holiday hence the lovely black bra straps.

Such a Break!

So heres the reason for the epic delay in posts:
1. I LOST MY MEMORY CARD. (for my camera) Shockingly, it wont let me take pictures without it! Not even one itty bitty photo. I need to be that person that finds a $20 floating around in the wind so I can buy a new one without feeling like a broke crappy person.

2. Steph is out on another whirlwind adventure - this time she is in Greece!
3. And to round things out, Google temporarily deleted our blog for a bit. They thought we were spam. Go figure...

Also I guess my outfits have been a bit odd lately by summer standards. I really am just throughly sick of summer weather - already I know - and have reverted back to wearing jeans and boots and beanies despite the 80 something degrees it is out.

I don't even have anything to say about the current issues of magazines out! I spent yesterday with a nice mocha at Borders looking through US Vogue, Vogue UK, Lucky, Cosmo UK, Glamour UK, US Glamour, and the Eva issue of W all of which I was largely unimpressed. Although when I turned the page in the Instyle UK and I saw KAYA SCODELARIO I freaked out!! I absolutely loved Kaya as Effy on Skins and was thrilled to see a photospread of her in the July Issue.

Image via July 2010 Issue of Instyle UK

You can see the rest of the photos here