Mint Green among Ruins

Outfit Details:

Jacket: Wetseal

Top (dress) - Gabriel brothers

White Lace vest: TJ Maxx

Skirt: Made by me

Belt: Kohl's

Earings: Charming Charlie

Necklace: Icing

Tights & Purse: Target

Shoes & Lace Sleeves: Hottopic

The freezing cold is almost always the most tempting to venture out in. My common sense isn't one of my strongest talents. I was hardly outside for fifteen minutes before I ran back inside, losing the feeling in my fingers. The puddles were completely frozen and supported my weight if you can't tell from the photos.

Also, though not easy to tell from the pictures, my eye shadow and nails match. I love having subtle things match. I've been loving the emerald color of the year, though it has lots of names it just as many uses and green looks good on everyone.

Also, welcome to April, my dear friends. I thought it would never come.

Dressed like a Gypsy

Outfit Details:

Coat: Kohl's 

Dress: Body Central

Belt: taken from a dress from Ebay

Vest: Thrifted

Shoes: Target

Purse: Charlotte Russe

Dragon Chain Necklace: Made by me

Longer Necklace & Earrings & Ring: Forever21

Bracelets: Charming Charlie, Belgium, Icing

I'll admit I've been listening to too much of the hunchback of notre dame. I dressed especially with the purpose to be a little gypsy-ish. My mome saw me before I left and said, "You look like a little gypsy." It made me so happy.

Another day and another climb in a dress. It was actually really difficult to climb in that dress and hard to do it modestly and especially in heels. At least this time I wasn't wearing tights to snag. One of my favorite pair of tights is near ruined from all the runs. I never really do learn when it comes to me and my trees. Actually you haven't met my tree yet. It's the best of the bunch and one day I'll try to capture it in pictures.

Lazy Days

Coat & Jeans: Kohl's

Shirt & Shoes: Hot topic

Necklace: Gift (originally from Icing, I think)

Sweater: Thrifted/hand me downs (Target, originally)

Gloves: Target

Slitherin Scarf: Amazon

I normally don't photograph last minute outfits. But the outdoors were calling to me, so I grabbed my tripod and camera and took a hike. I also had a few companions to make the freezing cold and wind a little bit more enjoyable. Though they aren't photographed, I had earmuffs that I wore for all the walking. Otherwise, my ears would have been bright pink. I keep on underestimating the wind. I look outside and see that the wind is barely moving the tree's branches and decide to venture out. As soon as the door shuts, locking me into the cold, the wind picks up and nearly blows me away. I love the wind, but the freezing temperatures, made me think about breaking up with it. Also the white stuff in my hair is snow, not dandruff.

The Forest with Me and My Friends

Outfit Details:

Airforce World War II coat: Vintage

Shirt & Belt: Kohl's

Scarf: made from remnants of a dress from Target

Earrings & Skirt: Made by me

Necklace: World Market

Ring: Belgium

Tights: Target

Shoes: Forever21

Bracelet: Icing

Puppie: Ollie

Cat: Oublie

The title of this blog post sounds like it should be a children's story. If it was, a puppy, a cat, and a human would wander into an old deserted farm land and be sucked into a land of old where magic and disaster is. Maybe not too much of a children's story I suppose.

I might have gone a little overboard with the pictures, but when you have such a cute puppy that wants to be photographed, it's hard to say enough. I was feeling very forest-y this day, and so dressed in browns and greens to match. I think all my animals enjoyed the walk about the farm, though I should be more practical and leave the heels behind.

It is finally starting to warm up. Right now the sun is shining and it's nearing forty degrees outside. It was a great morning as I finally managed to get a run into my schedule. I love running because I love being outside, it is as simple as that. Now after that exhausting run, I'm going to take a lazy day and enjoy the sunshine.

"You can never be overdressed or overeducated"

a quote from Oscar Wilde, one of my personal favorite play writes. Ever since I've heard this phrase I've really embraced it. I definitely think it's a good way to live through life. I know so many people who complain about how they never wear that outfit they bought because it's too fancy. I often get stopped by strangers who want to know why I am so dressed up. It bothered me at first, but I realized I would rather wear the things I love than things I just like to please others.

Outfit Details:

Dress: Made by my mum

Jewelry: Second hand jewelry store

Gloves: Icing

Shoes: Ebay

I probably haven't mentioned this before, but my mother is amazing. For my junior year I decided I wanted a dressed like the one Rose wears in Titanic. But instead of her red dress, I preferred blue. My mum made the dress without a pattern, which is extremely impressive and difficult. 

These pictures are from early 2010 and were taken after my prom. These were taken by my brother. I love this dress and looking over these old photos makes me want to get dressed up in it again. However, just thinking about the corset makes me shrink away from this decision.

Trick or Treat

Outfit Details:

Jacket: Forever21

blue shirt: thrifted

button up shirt: Kohl's

skirt: thrifted and shortened

tights: target

shoes: Forever21

Necklace and wallet: hottopic

earrings and bracelet: Icing

Despite my initial girly appearance I still hold on tightly to the Gothic style of my teenage years. Most of my older clothes tend to have been purchased from hottopic and are the color black. Since before I was an official teen I would just wear jeans and graphic T-shirts. My style has evolved the most in the last two years. I grew more comfortable with dressing in, what was considered out of the normal where I live. Because I live far away from cities and hip joints I rarely see anyone else in dresses, skirts, or heels. But I've learned to embrace the kind of clothes I like, even if they aren't extremely flattering, but just that I'm comfortable in them, or when it comes to some of my favorites shoes, that I am very uncomfortable in them.

I have absolutely no idea why I like bats, preferably not real ones in the house. My room tends to looks somewhere between an enchanted forest or a haunted house. Spiders don't bother me either. I've never been problematic about bugs, because I grew up in an old house. However, I do freak out when it comes to wasps, bees, or hornets - it's every man for himself. I'm not such a wimp that I won't kill them, though sometimes I have left family members defenseless as I flee the room. Hey! You have to be prepared to fight off a wasp.

Halloween has always been a good excuse to dress however you want to. It means different things for different people. For some it means being what you have always wanted to be, others it's a simply thing of looking cute, sometimes its about being out of the norm. Sometimes it's about dressing up to show off your amazing taste, which if you are curious is my choice. I suppose the dressing as what you have always wanted to be applies as well. But that isn't for this post, I'll show off my real Halloween costume in my next post.

Happy Halloween a day late

<^^> Misha - that should look like a bat.