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OCTOBER 31, 2008
We normally have a big to-do at work and decorate our floors and have a HUGE contest. But not this year. I’m pretty bummed about it, but I’ll get over it. Nathan and Lara are performing in a mock Goth band at a couple parties tonight and that will be fun. We were at least aloud to wear Halloween inspired clothing!~ Remembering my shopaholic rules: I am aloud 1 piece from each new Go International or designer collection from Target.
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OCTOBER 30, 2008
I called Erin when I got in this morning and told her that every time I wear this I remember how she tried on the ecru version and deemed it “Too Little House on the Praire”*. And then I got the black. And she says she doesn’t think that about the black, but I still hear her say it every time I wear it, and it makes me giggle**. That said, I love this dress.
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OCTOBER 29, 2008
makes you more beautiful than the rest- Red House Painters This is in fact, a summer dress. It's linen. But I don’t really separate my clothes by season. The extremes here in Texas aren’t all that extreme. And I like my summer dresses. I added a warm sweater, a slip and some leggings. When it gets colder, I can add a turtleneck and layer tights under the leggings, and throw on a coat.
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OCTOBER 28, 2008
Have I ever told you that lol cats are one of my greatest joys in life? Well now you know. It is pretty cold today!~ Too cold to be taking pictures outside without my jacket. But I did it anyway. Dress pattern: I ordered a ton of jewelry making supplies last week, with the goal of opening an etsy store soon, and some of them arrived yesterday. I was home sick, so I made some things.
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OCTOBER 26, 2008
Today’s post is a tribute to the beautiful Autumn over at Unfabulous. [link] I love you sweet girl!~ MONKEYS Tee, American Apparel souvenir shirt Nate got me in Austin PJ bottoms, Lovingly handcrafted for me by my Mother-in-law two Christmases ago Laundry, Nathan’s, and a total prop.
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OCTOBER 25, 2008
We went to an art opening at our friend Eric’s office. We weren’t sure of the dress code, and when we got there most of the other girls were in jeans and nice tops, or casual dresses, but I’d rather be a little over dressed than under dressed ANY day. Erin gave me this dress last time we cleaned out her closet, and I was really excited to have an excuse to wear it.
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OCTOBER 24, 2008
There is really no excuse for these boots, ever. There is no situation wherein one might need snow boots, that are ALSO a high heel, ALSO made of moon boot fabric, and ALSO an unflattering mid-calf height. That said, I love these boots. I call them the “Boots of Supreme Ridiculousness”. They are FUN. Bunnies!~ (close up of the shirt, which is the same pattern as the Bunny Dress.
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OCTOBER 22, 2008
Eh, I think I am going to have this skirt tailored to more of a fitted shape. The way it sits now is super unflattering. If it were thinner material, the shape might be fine, but it’s so bulky! Love these earrings. So basic, but so Rock and Roll Cardigan, Target Tank, Hanes Belt, Target Skirt, Old Navy Tights, Target Socks, Target Boots, Arturo Chiang Earrings Haute Hardware.
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OCTOBER 20, 2008
*You need Hair Spray and bobby pins. I use up to four bobby pins. More than that looks a little cluttered. And a lot of hair spray. It needs to be the kind that does not get flaky or white bits when you comb through it. Grab a small section at the front of your hair (I include a little bit more than my bangs) and hold it STRAIGHT UP. Spray it from the front AND the back, and then hold it upright until the hair spray dries.
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OCTOBER 20, 2008
Well, Picnik seems to be down for the count, and I want to go ahead and get back to blogging, so I am going to be freestyle unedited for now! This dress is the same dress I wore on Day 1. I’m wearing different boots, and different jewelry, but it’s the same cardigan. Which brings me to something that is really starting to concern me. This blog? By it’s very nature, is going to contain repeat outfits, which is something I don’t see a lot of on style blogs.
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OCTOBER 21, 2008
Speaking of repeats!~ I JUST wore this dress last week. But I styled it differently today. I had an entire outfit planned around a cold front that doesn’t come in today. Whoops. So I had to improvise. Every time I see someone do the sweater over the dress thing, I think “SO CUTE” and then when I try it myself I’m never sure. This is the first time I’ve been happy enough with the results to actually make it out of the house in the combo.
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OCTOBER 18, 2008
Went dancing Saturday night. Had a blast. Showed the other girls the light by still being on the dance floor at 1:30 AM, instead of sitting it out because I wore heels. ALWAYS wear flats dancing! Nathan took these pictures, and he kept saying “turn out…turn out more…” OK. Wow. That behind…that looks pretty impressive, yeah? That almost looks store bought.
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OCTOBER 17, 2008
So I still hate pants, but over all these are not bad. I will probably even wear them again. They are almost a jean. And my office paid for them. And they were $15 USD at Wal -Mart. See, today I have to do a pom pom routine in an afternoon meeting. It’s not that abnormal. I have been asked to the following in meetings before, most company wide: Do the Thriller dance Perform as the Spice Girls Dress up as a giant ticket and dance to hip hop Sing the 12 Day of Christmas, but with the lyrics change
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OCTOBER 16, 2008
Not a great picture day today. I’m really sweating the wait until I can get a new camera. Perhaps a cheap floor lamp would help? I do know now that it is staying darker later, I have pretty much lost my outdoor photos. I might move to taking them mid-day, and posting after the work day instead of before… but that would mean lugging my tripod to work everyday and posing in the parking lot.
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OCTOBER 15, 2008
I have a lot of dresses, that when I put them on, I think, “This dress was so much longer when I bought it.” I know that can’t be true, since I know I didn’t wash it in hot water, and I didn’t dry it. (I wash my dresses on delicate and hang them to dry. ALL of them. I never dry clean, I never dry). So I must have some sort of short circuit that makes dresses seem longer in the store.
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OCTOBER 14, 2008
I like today’s outfit and am disappointed I couldn’t get better pictures. I needed to be able to take pictures outside to really show you how all the shades of grey go together, but it was so dark and nasty I just couldn’t get a good one. I may end up replacing the pics later, I may not. Anyway, these are what you get for now. I realized after seeing pictures that this skirt makes me look like I have big hips.
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OCTOBER 14, 2008
I have a few comments and e-mails asking how I do the bump* in front of my hair. And I was explaining to Kelly last night that I just didn’t know what to say other than “bobby pins” but then I actually started to explain, and I realized it’s more complicated than I think. I’ll try to do a step by step how to sometime this week or weekend!~ *the technical term for this bump is a Baby Morrissey, because it’s like a tiny pomp, and Morrissey has a BIG pomp.
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OCTOBER 13, 2008
With a splash of red. It was so foggy and gross outside this AM, but I don’t think I’m going to be able to take outdoor pics much longer, and they come out so much nicer. My hair is frizzy now. All for you. Those are my new black boots. And they are perfection. The leather is really nice and the shape is so classy. I love the toe on them. I know the detail gets lost in these shots, but they are lovely, and the little kitten heel is the perfect height to be dressy enough and yet comfortable.
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OCTOBER 12, 2008
Erin had a booth down at the Urban Bazaar yesterday, and so we went down to hang out with her for a while (by which I mean all day). It was a lovely day. I brought cash so that I could only spend what I meant o, since last time I spent a LOT more than I intended to or should have. I got a necklace from Haute Hardware (natch!~) for myself, and Nathan bought me one as well.
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OCTOBER 10, 2008
With the exception of a change of cardigans I totally wore this over to Lara’s house last night. That’s just how I roll. We sat around talking and setting up trackers (HERE IS MY STEALTH COUNTER!) on our blogs. And making fun of the boys, who were in the other room. But only a little bit. This shirt is so ridiculously soft. Alternative Apparel may win my love over American Apparel if they put out a Deep V.
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OCTOBER 10, 2008
I got tagged by the lovely Ohthatgirl (see link What That Girl Wears). So I give you, My Favorites: Eleven (favorite) Things About Me: 1. Clothing Shop- Target. Hands down. Just look at the descriptions in my pictures. 2. Furniture Shop- Ikea. Cute, affordable and modern 3. Sweets – Oh My Goodness. Any of them. My friend Rod Cruz and I MIGHT just end up in therapy over how much we adore anything sweet. 4.
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OCTOBER 9, 2008
This dress is so SWEET. I love that it is fancy enough to pass as a party dress, but can still be dressed down enough for the office. You may not be able to see the print very well, but you can look at the picture much bigger over at my Flickr I know you can’t see the shoes very well, but that heel is pretty high. They are super cute, but not super comfortable.
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OCTOBER 8, 2008
Today my entire look makes me think of Lara (see side bar for link). For starters, because I didn’t want to wash my hair this AM, and Lara shares my deep loathing of washing when you are not dirty.(I only wash my hair every 2-3 days, and as a result, even as long as it is, it’s perfectly healthy.) So it’s in a bun. Again. Then there is my outfit. Something about this feels very Lara.
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OCTOBER 7, 2008
I tried to do something different with my hair last night. It didn’t work. So it’s in a bun. This dress feels too short without black leggings, but so far I’ve only gotten compliments, so I guess it’s OK. I think it’s really interesting how it looks pretty flattering in this pic: And then not so much in this one: I love these shoes, Lara over at FASHIONate got a pair in ecru, I think, last year, and I just loved them.
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OCTOBER 6, 2008
I am looking for recommendations for dress boots (LEATHER) in brown. I would prefer the color brown of my DELiA *s boots (they were slowly dying and Saturday they bit the dust). Mid heel, not too high, and $150 or less. I know how to shop for vintage boots, but I always have so much trouble finding regular workaday dress boots. I LOVE the “Devon” from Victoria’s Secret, but they are unavailable.
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OCTOBER 6, 2008
I didn’t get any pictures this AM. It’s cold and rainy and nasty, and traffic was horrid, so I didn’t have time. But never fear, I have weekend updates for you. Friday night we went to the theatre in the Mall to see “Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist”. It was the best movie I have seen in a long time. So fun. When we were leaving, they had a car in the mall.
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OCTOBER 3, 2008
I had fun at cooking class yesterday. We made: • Aranchini (risotto balls filled with mozzarella and rolled in bread crumbs, deep fried) • Avocado and Mango Salad (with oranges and grapefruit, so delicious) • Chicken Vesuvio (potato wedges, chicken, and a lemon caper sauce) • Crepe Suzette (crepes, with berries, orange reduction, and vanilla bean ice cream) In the pic, I’m making a crepe.
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OCTOBER 2, 2008
We have a casual day at work because we are leaving at noon for a Team Building afternoon. We are going to Gourmet Cooking School! So these jeans make me feel thinner than they make me look. I decided to go with the way they make me feel. They make me feel like a Gazelle. I know that a boot cut would be more flattering, but most days I prefer these anyway.
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OCTOBER 1, 2008
I. Love. This. Dress. More than words. But it’s so hard to wear. For starters, it’s too short to wear in the spring/summer, because it has to be worn with tights. I had long skinny legs as a child and my mother taught me early on that my best weapon against short skirts was opaque tights. And it’s hard to wear in the fall/winter, because the sleeves are so sheer.
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