nerdbait and ferrerro roche hoarder. what could be better?

Happy Single's Awareness Day! How did you spend it? Not being single? Single and hoarding chocolates and carnations? If you did something like the second choice, you are in excellent company. Meaning, me. Congratulations, you're that much cooler!

My outfit was the exact opposite of my post from yesterday, it was very Liz Claiborne (as my father remarked....while he was talking about the new Thom Browne collection, and reminiscing on how when he was cool they were good friends.......were. Huh.) I wore a long, full, green skirt with a purple ascot top tucked in and a vintage belt, with a shiny...silver-biege ish sweater tha covered it completely. It reminded me of Japaneses baggy style. Which is why I wore it. I wanted to feel Japanese. I ended up feeling like a Hawaiian Hippy. Oh well.

I personally liked Joey/Abigail/Minion's outfit better. So I took a picture.



Too bad her feet are two sizes bigger than mine (maybe it balances out the size of our ego's?) because I would be on those cowboys boots faster than you could blink. And I'm going to be borrowing that skirt constantly this spring. Oh yes. Ican'twaitican'twaitican'twaittillspring.

Truth be told, when I met her freshman year I went over to her because I thought her skirt and boots were cool. That's why we're friends right now, those boots. Materialistic but HEY. IT WORKED OUT. Right? Judging by the number of fights we had today I guess it did.

Oh yes, I have a Spring thrift trip in the making! A certain someone gave me $50 that I will be putting to good use at the local thrift stores and you can be sure I am beyond itching to get my fingers on the racks. I have some items to trade in as well so I shouldn't have to spend too much. Florals shoes oxfords lace leather goldjumpsuitsohmy! I want to go now.

Speaking of gold jumpsuits, I found a pretty funky leotard in my closet by Paolo Santini. It's leopard print velvet.

Can you say brilliant?

And now I'm getting a toothache, so I'm going to dream about this bag because i miss my old leather tote:

$645 at Active Endeavors. It makes me wish for my free leather tote bag even more now. Le sigh.

my son is in a nurse constume (and it's awesome.)

It was raining all day so I figured I'd dress more sensibly today. (read: i wanted to wear my awesome sweater. I found it in my closet, and it's a lot like the one I wanted on ebay that went for $200+. Woohoo.) I'm still tired of this weather and my dismal selection of pants. I need more jeans. Or I have to find my rainbow high waisted ones. Neither will happen anytime soon. So, as a result, my outfit was pretty basic. Blah. I wore mah hat, mah lovely fedora hat, but my cat was sleeping underneath it and it was too painful to take it away from her.

I want a really hideously tacky outfit for tommorow. Something horrendously out of the norm for me, really out there. Something so random that it's awesome. I WANT A GOLD JUMPSUIT.

Perhaps not that crazy. But something different, you know? I'll play around with stuff tonight, I'm really thinking about this ugly plaid skirt I have.... and the sweaters I found the other day in my closet. Branching out into different styles is hard, is it not?

To be honest, I just want to look like I just came off of the Romance Was Born runway: (and I don't care if it's from 2007.)

1) They make acid wash cool.
2) This is me. The nerdy, mental, shiny, tackiness. Oh yes. Me.
3) Those floal legggings? I was eyeing them in the Sock Drawer even before I knew about the floral trend. This is destiny.
4) The random hair things on the last model are made of win and insanity. YAY, INSANITY!

I want it. Every picture is going on my wall and will slowly but surely be replicated. (well, maybe not hair monster.)

Mhmhmhm.

Also, for those umbrella challenged readers, this does not relate to fashion but it is going on here all the same.



1) Open your umbrella from the button or the black thing at the spokes and push away from you to the top of the umbrella.
2) Use.
3) Close umbrella by pulling the thing that connects the umbrella spokes TOWARDS YOU. That means USE FORCE. Do not expect it to close if you repeatedly beat it on the side of the walkway in the parking garage and curse (unimaginatively, too) at it.
4) Do not use.


I told you I'd post it, Joey.

Also, this marks the one month anniversary of my blog, as Joey reminded me so kindly. Woo. It feels like it's been a week! I love blogging and I hope you enjoy reading what I blog. :) Bye!

you're in season denial. DENIAL.

So. This is my day in a nutshell. Beware the awkward poses!!111.

Well now. Wasn't that fun? I really get way too much enjoyment from a Stetson Original hat and a camera in a snowstorm. It's the only fun, actually. Today I was irritated it started snowing.
I am not a Snow Scrooge, no sir, in fact I do enjoy me some pummeling of Joey (Abigails newest nickname, after her favorite Ramone.) but due to my SMART DRESSING for the WEATHER I really couldn't do anything except get pushed around by Michael in the snow when he wanted me to join in on snow surfing. Because, you know, he thinks it's completely practical to snow surf in a skirt and flats. Oh yes.

I'm just fed up with winter. It never snows hard enough for a snow day, and if we have no school tommorow when it's going to be a half-day anyway I'm going to be pissed.

But anyway. What I wore underneath the coat:





From what I wore around the school (the sweater) to what was underneath to the jacket I wore later on that day. With mah hat. I love my hats. I love this scarf. I love block colors. Wheee.

Today I felt kind of Gossip Girl and kind of Fall Season 08 Proenza Shouler with my color combinations. (The tights come off as a kind of purplish grey but they really are just grey.) Proenza was on top of things this runway collection, everything was very wearable so I figured I'd take some inspiration from her.


(image from stylebytes. =])

Speaking of inspiration....you know that amazing dress Keira Knightly wore in Atonement? A dress from my dreams. I saw the previews and I'm probably going to see the movie sometime this weekend with the power of the intarwebs, just beccause I've been staring at the previews and pictures of the dress for the past two days and I want it so hard.

Well, if you've got a few thousand lying (at least $7000 to outbid the current bidder) around and you love the dress as much as me, you can get it, because it's up for auction.



Speaking of Keira herself.....a lot of girls I've been talking to lately on style forums say they draw a lot of inspiration from her. I do too, to a certain extent, I love her boyish but classic wardrobe with fedoras and fitted suits and the like. It doesn't hurt she's a genius, either. But she's not my main icon. I don't really know who I look up to who's a celebrity. Kate Moss? Sure, for some things, she's fearless. Irina L? Definitely some. But as for real Hollywood A-listers, I'm drawing a blank. I love street style, quirky offbrand designers and so much more than people that grace magazine covers. It's definitely because of how attainable and inventive their looks are, they might have something in my very own closet but wear it totally differently. And I like that. I like the concept of easily attainable fashion. Designer brands are too lofty for me, and besides, they get paid and make money from making something new, but street kids just get a second glance and maybe a photo. But they are inspiration for high brands. They are the beginning and end to the trends. But they're seldom the first ones on most girls minds when they think of style 'icons'.
I don't get it.


Maybe I've just been sniffing too much snow.
*kills pun*