Dress and boots

Dresses and boots have been my uniform lately. Saturday night was no exception:

Dress: Target.com
Tights: TJ Maxx (notice the run in them, I sadly had to throw them away when I got home that night)
Denim Jacket: Gap from waaaay back.
White knee socks: Gap from 16 YEARS AGO. Hands down the oldest piece of new clothing I own.
Boots: Naturalizer
Necklace: cbt's closet on etsy
Black Tank (under dress): hand-me-down from Julie

I remember the strangest things, including the fact that I bought these knee socks at the Gap in 1994, the summer before I started 8th grade. I also bought a pair of chunky Maryjane shoes and a schoolgirl plaid skirt. Remember that look from '94? Why these socks have stuck around for so long, I do not know. Perhaps white knee socks are just that much of a staple?

Birth of the doo doo foot

When it rains it pours. So much stuff went down this weekend.

First, my good friend Lauren McEntire had a gallery opening at the Historic Arkansas Museum. She has a badass quilt that was once hanging in my kitchen (on loan) and now hangs in the HAM. She also has many many more badass pieces that you should go check out.

After that I ventured over to the Arkansas Queen where Stella Fancy and JBrasher rocked out to benefit my dear place of employment.

(The date in that live preserver isn't even correct.)

Then Saturday night was when we got dolled up for a gallery opening and a rock show.

Dress: Goodwill
Shoes: Cole Haan via eBay
Jacket: Gap like 10 years ago
Earrings: Claire's
Pins: various people and places
Necklace: Box Turtle
Belt: JC Penny

Right before we left the house, Brittany let the dogs outside and stepped in a mud hole, covering the side of her shoe and tights with mud. It was then we coined the term " doo doo foot."

I don't know, it was pretty effin funny at time.

Back in time

This is my Friday outfit.

Dress: Rue 21

Shirt: Thirfted

Shoes: Cole Haan via eBay

Earrings and bracelet: not too sure

I never thought I could pull off the tied-up shirt thing, but after seeing this post from Blue Collar Catwalk, I was inspired. I think it worked out pretty well!

Oh and also notice I finally got my hair cut! Hooray!

Friday seems like 2 weeks ago because I had the most unexpectedly exhausting yet totally fun weekend. And here I am on Monday morning, totally tired still, but hoping this giant cup of coffee will do the trick.

This is me this morning, road worn and weary:

(Weird how being tired actually makes me look younger, and shorter.)

Went to the White Water Tavern on Friday night. It seems like all my guy friends love to showcase irony in their fashion choices. A perfect example:

Dylan's 'stache, shorty shorts and strange Hawaiian shirt. Sweet.

Then there is my friend and bandmate Jeremy, who makes looking this cool completely effortless. (Must have been kinda late in the night when I took this because there seems to be a party foul on his shirt.)

Stay tuned for a few more Arkie tattoos!

A pretty steamy weekend

Seriously, this weekend was steamy. Not like a dime-store romance. Like for real, like your shower. Like a steam room. Like something you may use to cook broccoli. Steam.

It takes some carefully thought out plans to remain stylin' when the mercury is a risin' and the baromettric pressure is ... pressurizing.

First, always choose a natural fiber. Sure, that vintage polyester printed sun dress may be the cutest in town, but you yourself won't feel so cute once your armpits are highlighted in a musky sweat halo.

Cotton. Cotton is the way to go.

Chose to leave the lycra-spandex body binding undergarments at home during the most sweltering of seasons. Sure you may have an extra pudge, but that's easy enough to disguise under a nice flowing babydoll dress, right?

I'm not quite sure where I was going with this. Really, I just needed an appropriate intro for some summertime stylish Arkie ladies.

I was lucky enough to hang with these dress-wearing hotties on Friday. At least two of the above dresses were purchased a deep-discount strip mall type place. Can you guess which two?

This is my friend Shannon. He has some wicked hot style.

T-shirt: ShadesOfErin at Etsy

Speaking of dress-wearing hotties ... ok no. Here I am in my reclaimed estate sale grandma skirt. You can't really tell but I added a black tube-ish band at the top to make it a dress. I think the vest completes the ensemble nicely. And then that yellow necklace I found at a junk shop in Hammond, Indiana throws everyone for a loop.

Not too sure about this pose. I look like I'm about to start Riverdancing.

I was diggin' the ensembles on these two ladies. I don't actually know them, so that's why I cropped off their heads. Being unsure of etiquette regarding posting stranger's photos to the internet, I decided just to play it safe.

Anyways, their dresses are flowy and flattering and all kinds of yes! And they are cotton. The fabric of your life.

Well I have worked up quite a sweat with this here post, all this typing and all. So now I shall take my third shower of the day.

Happy summer to all my steamy Arkies! (and everyone else, steamy or not!)

P.S. I have no idea why this text turned blue. It just happened.

To prove I'm not afraid...

I'm not afraid to post unflattering/goofy-lookin'* photos of myself in the name of fashion. And blogging. And flogging, which is what I'm going to call Fashion Blogging.

This weekend there was a lot going on! I splurged and bought three new wide belts at JC Penny (on sale, mind you) to go with some vintage dresses I picked up at an estate sale last week. Remember only two weeks ago when I blogged about how wide belts are a complete no-no for me? Well, I have done a total 180 as you can see.

Dress: Vintage from estate sale

Boots: Vintage via eBay

Belt: JC Penny

Necklaces: Grandma, Box Turtle

Dog: Jacksonville Animal Shelter

There is also a lovely cropped, short sleeve jacket to go with this dress. It's trimmed in white. I wore it last night with a red tank and denim skirt, but failed to take any photos.

When rocking out to Guns 'n' Roses in my wood paneled den I like to wear:

Top: I heart Ronson (JC Penny)

Jeans: Gap from like 24 years ago. (Yes, I was two when I bought my first Gap jeans) (*editors note* Apparently I can't do math either, because two plus twenty-four equals 26, and I am 27, almost 28.)

Belt: Forever 21

Shoes: Gap

I swear I really don't get that much stuff from JC Penny. But whatever, apparently JCP really did have the "style of your life" in my this weekend. Or wait, is that Dillard's?

*Apparently over the weekend I also developed some sort of syndrome that caused me to make completely moronic faces in every photograph. I hope you at least had a good laugh, because I sure did.

Workin' on the weekend wear.

I usually put a decent amount of thought until what I wear when off work. And I put even MORE thought into it when I strike poses for a timed camera in front of my kitchen pantry. But after week one of blogging and snappin' glamour shots, I think I have already learned a thing or two!

LESSON ONE: This pant length is all wrong.



Cankles much?

Yeah, after seeing these shots, I promptly chopped those pant legs off to right below the knee. But I LOVE these shoes.


Shoes: Dillards

(Unflattering) gauchos: Cato
Tank: Target
Shirt: Ann Taylor Loft

Necklace: Estate sale











For my night job (restaurant hostess/runner/other duties as assigned) I am constatly on my feet and get pretty sweaty. So sometimes it's quite a challenge to not look like Miss Frmpenstein and still be able to perform "duties as assigned" in a friendly and efficient manner. Here we have a typical work ensemble.

Top: Me! (check out my etsy shop to purchase!)
Jeans: Gap
Flats: BC Shoes
Earrings: Forever 21

It's been getting up to almost 100 every day. So I have learned to try and make shorts cute. I think I did a pretty good job. You can't really tell but they have tiny white dots all over them. And almost all my t-shirts are cut up, because the regular necks look SO BAD on me! It's like I'm all chest, or boob or something. Anways, I almost always alter my t-shirts in some fashion.

Shirt: Supersuckers show back in '05.

Shorts: Ann Taylor Loft

Sandals: faux Birkenstocks via eBay

Necklace: Box Turtle (I've had it for a week and have worn it like 5 times. Ding ding, new staple!!!)

LESSON TWO: Those who do not gain weight all in their cheeks are quite lucky. Gotta think of a way to learn to hate tacos and beer.