In Limbo

I have been laying around at home all day, listening to the Kid A album and thinking about life. I really have not had many moments to myself this summer, and because it was such a hectic one, I feel as though I really need time to sit back and contemplate. I have a little over a week until I move into my new place and I can start posting outfit posts regularly again. Until then, I am in limbo, at my parents' house...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will probably always remain my favorite movie. It is such a beautiful story about relationships and life in general. I have always been able to relate to this line; I always need to be doing things, experiencing things, socializing and enjoying life. But it really does feel good to take it easy every so often.

La di da, that being said...

...As far as clothing goes, I just went thrifting at my local Salvation Army! I CAN'T WAIT to start wearing my new stuff; I got a lot of button-downs and great sheer tops.

And just because I feel like I haven't posted anything I have been wearing lately, I should show you this baby: the one piece of jewelry I have been sporting all summer. Despite my laziness when putting together summertime outfits, this necklace I got from H&M has spiced up my boring ensembles everyday. I kinda am in love with it. The end.

-Steph

A Lack of Crepes (part 2)

I am beyond excited to be able to start posting again! I finally get back from my adventures traveling to return to an apartment without Internet! I am in the process of moving out, moving home, then moving back into a new apartment all within a few weeks, so things have been pretty hectic since I have returned.
I found this dress while shopping with Coll at Goodwill in the spring and was waiting for a good day to wear it. Tired out from wearing nothing but boring, loose-fitting T-shirts and shorts all the time, I wanted to get decked out for our lunch date. Like Coll mentioned, it turned out we didn't get our crepes, but we did get some yummy Starbucks smoothies, great new earrings made, and pictures instead. Complete with the Cathedral in the background...love!

More posts of my own to start coming again! I promise!

-Steph

A Lack of Crepes (part 1)

So today Steph and I decided to meet up to go to Crepes on Craig (we've mentioned the place before) but they closed an hour early and screwed up our plans. Instead we went and hit up the best bead store - but I don't actually know the name. It might be the Bead Mine?


We decided to take some photos outside the Cathedral - Steph's will be up later in part two of this post. I'm wearing a thrifted skirt from Goodwill over a silk dress from Aerie which may or may not be a nightgown.


The young woman working at the bead store was SO helpful and even constructed the beads we picked out into earrings for us! It was sweet to watch her bust out a pair of earrings so quickly, and really the price was beyond ideal for a broke college kid!

I changed into a 4$ target skirt for an ice cream run with a friend after because, as the purple skirt was almost entirely polyester, I was dying.
NOTE: my head is at such a weird angle because I threw it up just in time for my self timer to go off. I just feel like I should rightly explain that I am not thissss odd looking all the time! But, as in this picture, I do frequently walk around forgetting my cell is in my hand.

Not So Wild

Today Steph and I reunited for a mini shopping excursion! I was on the hunt for rings after checking out Erin Wasson's Low Luv collection online. These two rings don't compare to her awesome collection, but for $3.80 each they get my point across.



These two necklaces are from my weekend shenanigans at JoAnn Fabrics. With all chains 40% off I got a bit sidetracked and bought a bunch. The first one is quite long while the second is a lot shorter and is around a bib type length. I threw these together as I watched Notting Hill, it was pretty simple.


Onyx necklace from the Strip District. It is almost a choker length and pulls my hair like something fierce. But for 6$ I couldn't pass it up. I might transfer it to a leather cord so it is longer and won't injure me when I wear it.

Today, in addition to the rings, I finally jumped on that lace trend that has been around for a while. I bought a black tank, a black cotton mini for 4$ both of which are from f21. AND I finally got my blazer that I'm going to DIY. After a few days of searching every cheap chain store I found this in the Men's section at Goodwill. It has super defined shoulders already but goes in very nicely at the waist. I can't wait to start this project!

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!