bathing beauty

bathing suit - j.crew, sunglasses - target

Let's look back and think about summer. Pretend for just a moment that it's still hot and gorgeous. Spending the day at the beach is an option. The possibilities are endless. There are boys to flirt with and cocktails to drink. Socks are unnecessary but painted toenails are. 

I spent my birthday this year at the beach and then made grilled pizza for some friends and my roommates. I'm so glad I got a chance to wear this totally amazing retro suit. It is my absolute favorite and last year I didn't go swimming at all. Which is a travesty. 

I've really busy lately, but I did squeeze in an end of summer roadtrip and I'll be sure to share pictures of that soon, as well as some older stuff I forgot to post. I haven't been home much these last couple weeks, between travel and housesitting, so my computer/internet access has been spotty. As always, apologies for the irregular posting.

oh fall... yes? you're early

dress - thrifted, tights - target, shoes - thrifted, bag - thrifted dooney & burke, glasses - joseph marc

It's true, that beautiful, hot, lazy, drunk, romantic thing we call summer is coming to a close. At least this year I indulged in some of my favorite summer activities before it ended. I even wore a bathing suit! Multiple times. We only had a couple weeks that were truly excellent but I packed a lot into those. Now I'm rather enjoying the late summer/early fall weather. Still nice, a little cooler. And the ability to wear things like my favorite thrifted booties and polka dot tights. Style can get a little boring when you're just trying to stay as naked as possible while still looking appropriate for going out in public.

girly twirly

I have been dressing super girly lately and I love it. I think summer does that to me? Don't worry, I'm still occasionally throwing on some badass boots and ripped tights with maybe cutoffs and a flannel, but those have all been late nights and I didn't bother taking pictures. Mostly though I've been working and girly skirts and sensible flats are what work there. Especially since I've got a weird thing going on with my foot and a lot of shoes are painful right now. I have to find a podiatrist. :(

dress, cardigan, socks - target, shoes - steve madden

my bed, which I've hardly slept in the past week

I've been putting off showing you all my new place because it's messy and I haven't finished unpacking but I did snap this shot right after I moved in. These bushes outside my bedroom window filter the light, giving it an amazing green, glowing quality.I love it.

rollerskates

pleather jacket - target, skirt - jack by bb dakota, tights - target, skates - southgate roller rink, lipstick - really red by revlon

So obviously I haven't been posting real regular lately. I've got all sorts of excuses (moving, summer fun, etc.) but whatever, right? You don't want to hear about that! I have some old pictures and I few I took during my unplanned hiatus.

My friend Michael had a birthday in June and to celebrate, we went roller skating. It was seriously so. much. fun. I haven't skated in YEARS and I was a bit unsteady at first, but after Michael skated with me for a bit, I picked it right back up. That boy can be a good one sometimes. I tottered out onto the rink, he teased me a bit, and then grabbed my hand and skated with me until I felt comfortable. After and before skating, we all went to a pretty dive-y bar and did some karaoke, and then me and my roommate got stranded and had to hang out at a casino until we could get a ride home. But we won't get into that.

the lovely bad things - - - blood on my moccasins

The Lovely Bad things!

michael

shirt - gap, jeans - gap, shoes - thrifted michael kors, bracelets - thrifted

Well kids, it's been awhile. I know, I know. I suck as a blogger. I can make excuses, but who cares, right? But seriously, I've had so much dumb technology problems lately. First my laptop broke and then I was using my ancient barely functional laptop and THAT broke. I got the nicer one fixed, but now I can't find my camera charger. So I'll post some stuff I already have photographed, but new stuff won't be happening for awhile. Unless I steal tagged pictures on facebook. I'll try to do that, ok?

Anyways, check out these great Michael Kors platform sandals I picked up at Value Village. Nine bucks dudes. Did I score or what? You can't see it so great in this picture, but there are actually holes that go all the way through the wedge under the studs. They're kind of crazy and awesome and I'm pretty excited. Unfortch, I've already chipped the wood at the toe on my damn concrete steps to the front door of my new place. But it's not too big of a deal, really.