reorganizing my bookshelf

sweater - stepdad's, romper - urban outfitters, socks - sock dreams, glasses - zenni optical, nailpolish - black out

I hope you all know the joy of being totally lazy all day. A couple days ago I called in sick, despite feeling only sort of horrible. I spent a couple hours in bed watching Korean dramas on Hulu and then read a book in the bath. Occasionally, never getting dressed in real clothes is exactly what you need. This little romper I got last spring and it is exclusively sleep/lounge-wear. But it is getting colder, so I threw a giant sweater (I seriously love this misshapen, moth-eaten thing) on over it and pull on some tall scrunchable socks. Maximum coziness. 

I dyed my hair a week ago, sort of for Halloween. I wanted it darker in general, but I also thought black would look better with my Halloween costume. I'm kind of loving it now, but it has kicked me out of my previous fall mood a little bit. All those fallen leaf colors I was so into, browns and golds and rusty reds and burnt oranges, are not working so well with the hair. I also bought a new gel eyeliner that looks so amazing applied heavily, especially after sleeping with it on, and these two things are getting me in a darker, more goth and spooky sort of mood. I also discovered I love the top knot/Swedish bun an insane amount. I didn't redo my hair to go to work the next day, so it was even messier, but I still got a ton of comments and compliments. 

gothic

flannel - thrifted, cardigan - urban outfitters, corduroys - gap, bag - vintage dooney & burke, shoes - vans, lip color - just bitten lipstain in gothic by revlon

I kind of love the more blunt bangs with red lips. My coworkers think it should be my new thing, and I'm inclined to agree. Red lips just look so good. This lipstain, despite a really dumb name and commercials, is pretty nice. It's a felt tip marker type one, very similar to one by Covergirl that I already have and use. This is a pretty nice red, but I hate the balm that comes with. It's sort of salty tasting which is just weird.

summer memories

I think I've mentioned that I've got a stockpile of photos from the summer, when I wasn't blogging. They are so completely out of season at this point, it's almost embarrassing, but I like them to much to not post them.

These are from one of the best days of the entire summer. It was one of our only really hot days this year. Amanda came over, we drank too many gin and tonics, and watched The Virgin Suicides. We made delicious grilled zucchini, feta, and provolone pizza for dinner. Later, we went up to the small lake our friend lives near. We swam out to the dock with bottles of Session in our bathing suits. We also brought our vodka lemonades down to the public beach in travel coffee mugs, talked for hours in the dark, smoked too many cigarettes, and went drunk night swimming.

I totally love this great handmade vintage shirt I bought early in the summer. C'mon, it's yellow, sheer-ish, striped, and has floral print and ruffles. While I haven't embraced mom jeans, I am totally in favor of hacking off the legs of the awkwardly high, button-fly ones, cuffing them or leaving the edges raw, and wearing them as shorts. So I guess I could just say I am a fan of mom shorts. There was also a great pleated khaki pair earlier in the summer I quite liked.

As you can see, I was totally nerding out with the vintage cameras. Unfortunately the Polaroid had some issues, but I did take a roll of film with the Yashica. I haven't gotten it developed yet - I am terrible about that - but when I do, I'll definitely post a few shots.

shirt - vintage (valley of the roses), shorts - thrifted, sandals - online, belt - thrifted, cameras - vintage polaroid and yashica 35mm

my eyes are up--oh wait

shirt - target, skirt - thrifted, tights - urban outfitters, boots - thrifted, bag - dooney & burke, cardigan - target

I wore this outfit a couple days before Halloween. I thought it was kind of seasonally appropriate. It's not a really exciting outfit but I've been trying to integrate graphic tees into non-jeans and a tee type outfit. So that was somewhat successful. Eh, work outfits. Are they ever very exciting?

pumpkin picking

Last weekend a bunch of friends all went pumpkin picking together. Two Brothers Pumpkin Patch in Carnation is the place to go. I got so much shit for wearing heels to a pumpkin patch but these clogs were too autumnal to pass up on a day like this. Yeah, their first wearing they got super muddy, but I had no problem in the muddy fields and gravel road. Pushing the wheelbarrow full of pumpkins? No problem.

This cardigan belonged to Harv Adams. According to the Etsy seller I got it from, it dates from the 40s, and Harv lettered in basketball. This outfit is pretty much all new purchases, but a lot of it thrift and vintage. I found yet another floral nineties dress. This one laces up the back like my black one.

Pumpkin picking is ridiculously fun by the way. We carved Jack'o'lanterns and watched scary movies later, and ate pumpkin chili, pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin cupcakes. Man, so good. 

letter sweater - vintage, dress - thrifted, tights - target, clogs - jeffrey campbell, bag - vintage dooney & burke

halloween inspiration

I've been collecting these images all week in preparation for Halloween. My costume is pretty simple, mainly stuff I own and a new pair of shoes which I will wear again. Ambitious plans to sew a dress got scrapped when I got sick.

What are YOU going to be?

fallen leaves

shirt - vintage, sweater vest - second hand, corduroys - j.crew, shoes - converse

Some more autumnal goodness. This photo could have been cropped to show my outfit better, but I loved the way the reddish leaves looked against the green grass in the foreground. I actually wore this a couple weeks ago, probably right after I got these corduroys. When I bought this vintage floral shirt, I thought it would be great for summer, which it totally is, but the yellow color is awesome in the fall too. Layering it under the vest gave it a little more shape. The thing is pretty boxy on its own.