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Sartorial Expectations

This week’s Monday Inspiration from Two Birds is Sienna Miller. Who I think is super pretty. I managed to get my act together and post about this one. Except that I don’t own anything denim that I can wear on the top half of my body, or anything white that isn’t a t-shirt. But I do own a MILLION pairs of boots (or maybe only 15… it’s really more of an obsession than a collection)
So I improvised with a different floral dress and cute ‘vest’ that I made a couple months back. I pulled the design from a book called ‘Drape Drape 2’ except that because I am a very lazy person I didn’t ACTUALLY use the pattern. I attempted to read the Japanese instructions, realized I had to trace, cut out a whole bunch of pieces, put them together, then actually cut out the fabric. So… I eyeballed it instead. And then I put my needle into the machine backwards and it took me 3 days to actually sew the tiny amount of sewing that actually needed to be done, because I couldn’t figure out what was wrong… Then I didn’t actually wear it because 1) it looks kind weird, and 2) I wanted to ombre dye it. Maybe orange-red or teal-blue.

But I haven’t done that yet because I am a very busy/lazy person.
That’s my story and here is my inspiration Monday outfit.


I received this comment from the lovely spunky Sarah the other day. (Seriously I think she is fab, this is not me being critical of her comment.)

Not gonna lie, I never woulda thought I’d open your blog and find you in this dress. Don’t get me wrong–it fits you amazingly–I am just surprised. Way to keep me on my toes and rock yet another look. (:

But the comment itself threw me for a loop because I have had the dress in quesiton in my closet for YEARS, and I wear it on a regular basis. And I thought ‘Maybe I unconsciously present myself differently on my blog than in real life?’
I won’t lie I frequently skip posting outfits that don’t ‘turn out right’ or just feel kinda ‘blah’. But I’ve never tried to pinpoint my style or create a ‘wardrobe’. I just buy things that I think are cute, and then I wear them. This ‘vest’ is one of those things that I think is cute but doesn’t quite ‘feel like me’. But I am still putting it here on my blog, not to show how ‘cool’ I am (0% cool) but because I wanted to try something new style-wise.
I do pretend to be a better social adjusted on the internet, because you guys, I am SO awkward in real life. But I don’t try to present myself a certain way… Do you guys purposefully display a certain side/quality of yourself on the internet and ignore other parts of your personality/style?

Dress: Target, Vest: Homemade, Boots: Etsy

Monday Inspiration – Shiny skirt, new hair, pin-stripes

I decided to join up to the Two Birds Monday Inspiration. The photo this week was of Brooklyn Decker. (Is it ok if I admit I don’t know who that is?) Because I am REALLY bad at most pop culture things. But I really liked the photo this week so I threw on this outfit to go out with some friends on Friday night. And then I stayed home instead and watched TV with my snoring Curly Haired boy, dog, AND kitty. But I am blogging it anyway because the outfit looked so cute and the photos turned out really nice sorry if this post is a little photo heavy. But I will definitely wear this out again some other time.

Also even though I cut it nearly a week ago these photos also premier my new hair cut, because I haven’t uploaded any new photos all week (they were all from the week before YOU ARE TIME TRAVELING). I was a little tired of my shaggy-do in the muggy summer heat so I hacked some more of it off in an attempt to make myself look more like Carey Mulligan. Because after I saw her in that one really awesome episode of Doctor Who I tried to convince all my friends that with her short haircut she would absolutely play me in a movie version of my life. She just needs to learn a Sudo-Southern-American Accent, start by putting the letter ‘R’ in the word ‘dish-warsher’ and that ‘crayon’ is pronounced ‘crown’.

(There was no one on the other side of the fence.)

Lookit them pale legs and chubby knees. Girl needs to get some sun.

Earrings: Modcloth Grab bag ?$, Shirt: NY&C ~14$, Belt: Target ~4$, Skirt: Express 19$, Shoes: Tsubo via Amazon.com ~99$, Fancy Ring: Thrifted 11$

These shoes are seriously the most comfortable things, and my feet are almost NEVER comfortable. They aren’t super tall, and are real easy to walk in. (P.S. No one is paying me to say these things, because who on earth would listen?)