Sunday, May 9, 2010

Megabus!

We survived! It was not shady at all! In fact, the Megabus was new and very clean and the ride in went smoothly. We spent the day walking around Soho and ate at a restaurant on Bleecker and went out at night for drinks.







The next day we walked around uptown and shopped. We stopped into Zara and Topshop which I was excited about; we don't have them around old Pittsburgh. We also made some stops into Tiffany's, Versace, and Gucci to oogle at the pretty items that us broke college kids just can't fathom purchasing right now.
Someday beautiful Gucci bag, someday...
Overall, wonderful trip!
I am sure Coll will do a post with pictures she took as well, so be on the lookout for those.
-Steph






Thursday, May 6, 2010

Casual May

Ever since classes ended, I have been spending my days working. I work in Medical Records for the Department of Neurological Surgery at UPMC. It sounds much more important than it actually is. Basically, I file charts all day. The company is good though; I work with some pretty legit people...


Anyways,


I really don't have a need to dress up much since I am cooped up in a little office all day. Plus the weather has been nice. I have been throwing on loose T-shirts, shorts, and sandals.




Casual, and comfortable.
OH!
Colleen and I are heading to New York tomorrow. She is staying a couple more days than I am; I am only spending one night, but I am still excited because New York is one of my most favorite places. I can't get enough of that city.
We are taking a (hopefully not super-shady) Megabus. If I told you how much my fare cost, you would laugh at me and say I was lying. It's that cheap.
Wish us luck!
-Steph



Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Finally Home!


Field Jacket - Gap
Jeans - F21
Boots - Macy's

Last Thursday dawned chilly and I had nothing to wear! I had a month's worth of laundry and nothing clean. Naturally I tried on about 30 variations of the same outfit in hopes that I would find something that I liked. I adored this Field Jacket in the store, but after returning home with it I realized that I'm not sure how to rock it with confidence. I'm not sure if it is because Field Jackets are super trendy right now or that I think I look a bit too masculine with my short hair.. But regardless it has just been sitting on my garment rack.

I considered putting on my usual jacket and shockingly I did not keep it on!

I settled on my totally grungy sweater since my work is usually super freezing.

However I did attempt something new with my hair. I tried to get rid of my part and change it to heavy bangs in the front. It was awful! I forgot how completely annoying it is to have hair in my face. Never again, I'm going to let it grow back out again because all I want to do now is put my hair in a ponytail. :(

Side View! And my favorite earrings, which I lost this past weekend.

One positive thing did come out of this weekend, I was able to bring my faux snake-skin gladiators back out! I LIVE in these in the summer.

Going out tonight for Cinco De Mayo, I'll make sure to snap some pictures of my outfit.
Coll

Shopping Addiction

I shouldn't be spending money, as I am trying to save for a couple trips overseas this summer. However, I attempted to justify these purchases by telling myself I can use these sandals and bag on my trips.
Shorts and sandals: Forever21

Tank and cardigan: Delias from wayyy back when I worked there

necklace: thrifted




Note: I am WELL aware that I need to find a new place to take outfit photos at. This has been annoying me for awhile.
Trash bag hanging on my doorknob and random boxes behind me in the background=not attractive or aesthetically pleasing.
I just really have no blank walls in my current apartment NOR do I have a tripod yet, so this poses a problem.
eeks and eww.


Both sandals and bag are from Forever21 when I stopped in with my sister over the weekend while i was home. I love the color and faux ostrich texture of this little bag. I can't wait to rip off the tag and use this baby.
-Steph

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Grunge Weather

Due to the weather being crappy last week, I was given the opportunity to wear my big knit scarf. It felt kinda silly wearing a knitted scarf in the springtime, but it was really cold! I also was a little uninspired in my outfit choices and opted to throw on over sized shirts and wear sneakers, along with sporting my hair as a messy tight bun.
Striped Shirt: thrifted
Jeans: Delias
Sneakers: Target
Jacket: Forever21
Scarf: Urban Outfitters

Men's shirt and belt: thrifted
Shorts: Forever21
Sneakers and tights: Target
Jacket: Forever21
Scarf: Urban Outfitters

Earrings: Lucky Brand
I kind of love these. I wish this was a better picture and showed more of their detail.


Also,
My musical choices lately: listening to alot of Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana and the Cure.
Correlation between this and my thrown on, rough around the edges, I-don't-give-a-shit style?
Perhaps.
I am just now making this connection.

-Steph

The Met Gala!

I've fallen off the face of the earth horribly, and for that I must apologize. My cell phone died days ago, I haven't checked my email in who knows how long, I've just been baking in the suburbs for the past week-ish.

Anyways! The Met Gala was last night! I spent the morning scouring my usual sites to see who had more pictures in their gallery. These were four stand out looks that I adored, however they weren't all as lovely. I sat at my computer for quite a while going "Oh, Michael that dress makes her look awful!" and "Sasha why the socks?!" p.s. why was she with Lennon and Kemp-Muhl? Whatever, there was quite a few travesties thats all I am trying to say.

Hilary Rhoda, my personal breath of fresh air. I love this girl, she has openly said she wouldn't change her body type to fit the industry and I think she is fabulous. Her Prabal Gurung dress is nice, not anything revolutionary, but she still looks great - and for that she makes my list.



All I want to say is SJP is GLOWING in her Halston Heritage gown. I thought that her amazing glow was photoshopped on the Sex and the City 2 posters, but maybe not! Amazing.. just amazing.


I don't care about this model nor do I feel the need to comment on her scuba gear/ tuxedo hybrid. What I want to talk about is how stellar Rachael Roy looks! Not surprising because she always looks amazing, but this woman looks like Cleopatra! It seemed everyone was absolutely radiant at last nights event.
Her dress however was certainly channeling that nude feathered strapless dress with a green waist ribbon that was in seemingly every editorial- which the designer of has just slipped my mind and failed my google search engine. Argh, this is going to bother me all day.

On to my favorite look! Ah Chanel Iman and the Golden Jumpsuit. I felt like that was all necessarily capitalized because it should be a book or a series of something.
(Michael Kors also sent Brooke Shields down the red carpet in a golden dress, however, it was not nearly flattering on her and definitely drew attention in all the wrong places. Which actually has me upset Mr. Project Runway "you need to fit your designs to a real woman's body" uh huh.. right.)
I want this jumpsuit! I'd roll up the sleeves and pants a little bit and disco into the sunset. My itty bitty slightest concern is that Chanel looks miserable! Girl should be happy as a clam right now, Jordan Dunn is working less, she is a new VSAngel, she's bigger than ever!
Why so glum in such a fierce outfit?

Thats my Met Recap - Coll

Monday, May 3, 2010

The Night Starts Here

Enjoyed a wonderful evening out this past weekend. Me and my friend Shan went out for dinner at Atrias. The food was so yummy!

Dress: borrowed from my sister



nom nom nom...pork wrapped in bacon with Gorgonzola cheese and barbecue sauce over potato pancakes and sour cream. Sounds weird, but the combination is heavenly.


DIP!

After dinner, we picked up a bottle of Pinot Noir...



...and a mini bottle of Chambord: it's kinda our thing.


And it was so tasty with blackberries and pineapple in it.





Yay for a good weekend!
How was yours?
Oh! and P.S....went shopping: pictures to come.
-Steph