I'm so cool, I wear SUNGLASSES INDOORS.

Had a little too much fun with editing these photos...heehee  :)
I blame it on the fact that I was drinking a caffeinated beverage~~~~~which I never do.  So I was kinda bouncing off the walls!

I wanted to do a music festival type of look: comfortable, edgy, sexy.  Rocker-ish.

And what rocker-ish look would be complete without rockstar aviators?  I LOOOOOOVE my aviators!!!  Aviators are always fabulous and will never be an obsolete design!  I've had these for a few years, already, and love them just as much as when I first got them.

I did some fun makeup to accent my rocker-chic outfit: a matte red lip and black eyes.  I even took some brown eyeliner and accented the beauty mark above my lip (I really do have one!  It's just very faint...needs some help to be Monroe-esque.).

Who'd've thunk that grandma's old brooch would accent a rocker outfit?  Happy I can sport it in honor of her, though: RIP grandma.

my 'cowboy' boots = my failsafe footwear item

Need a moment to prop the band on my t-shirt: NEW MEDICINE.  Love their stuff; and they're fairly new to the scene (which means that their merch is really cheap right now, and when my hubby ordered this tee, he got some other free stuff, too).  The shirt has the title of their most successful sing on it, "Race You to the Bottom."  It's technically about alcohol, but in this case, we'll pretend it's talking about my iced coffee.  :)

Need another moment to prop the bands on the buttons I'm wearing, too: ATHEL and ONCE THE SUN.  Saw them last week with my friend, Emilee (photos to come of our AMAAAAAZING ensembles).  Talked to both the bands afterwards, actually (I felt all VIP and stuff).  Once the Sun is a local group (performing at Summerfest for the first time this year).  Lead vocalist is a [rocker] chick; look 'em up if you're into that kinda stuff.  ATHEL has a really unique sound: the singer has a nasally high tenor, but I actually really enjoyed them!  Good stuff.

Tee: New Medicine official merch || Overshirt: American Eagle Outfitters || Shorts: DIY || Boots: Forever21 Sunnies: ? || Jewelry: here&there/thrifted&gifted

Sick New Kicks

Song of the Day: "The Hill" from the film (and soon-to-be musical) Once.
Line of the Day from the Song of the Day: "I'm sorry that you had to see the strength inside me burning."

Not quite sure WHAT these are besides AWESOME.  I just kinda threw them on with some jeans and then raided my hubby's closet.  So, basically, I'm a guy today.

PLAYTIME!!!

white fedora || white belt

crazy color mixing

Fedora: ?
Blazer: MaxRave
Flannel: Target
T-shirt: American Eagle Outfitters
Jeans: Charlotte Russe
Socks: gift (They're the teal sliver poking out from the high-tops.)
Kicks: thrifted

ooh-woah-OH-oh

IT'S JANUARY, AND I'M WEARING A MINISKIRT!  WOO!

Was going for unconventional, effortless sexy with a "men's shirts, short skirts" combo a la 'Man, I Feel Like a Woman.'  lol 
Also: THE RULE WHICH CANNOT BE BROKEN [except for in a very few careful circumstances]: WEAR FLAT SHOES WITH SHORT SKIRTS.

Jacket: JouJou
Shirt: American Eagle Outfitters
Skirt: thrifted
Shoes: thrifted
Necklace: Forever21

Went shopping with my girlfriend and found these lovely things:

by Steve Madden

I'm still coveting them hardcore.  Though my girlfriend did warn me of the risk of them being too "groovy" if not worn carefully...I'm just hung up on the fact that they'd spruce up a sweater and jeans AMAZINGLY well.  Plus they're just ridiculously fun...

To be, or not to be S E R I O U S

Today I have made the serious decision to take myself seriously.  Well, if I don't, nobody else will.  I'm through with being bashful about my passions. 
I am passionate about style. 
I am passionate about art. 
I am passionate about theatre.

My Resolutions:
(Yes, I am aware I'm a few days early for New Years resolutions. lol This is a completely separate issue.)

I will no longer shrug my shoulders about this blog and disclaim, "It's no big thing, just a silly little hobby of mine."  I will pose with pride and show off my style and myself.  I will be creative and open myself up to possible ridicule.  I will become involved with theatre again if it kills me.  I will perform.

Of course, even as I type I am already losing faith in myself: putting these thoughts in print makes me wonder if I'm just self-absorbed and vain...I'm no model, I'm not Lady Gaga, nobody knows my name, I'm ignorant and silly...but I have to keep reminding myself that that's not what this is about.  It's about unabashedly being me, liking what I like, and doing what I have been created to do.  I'm a sinner if I don't.

I need to believe that I am enough.

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Like my sparkly nails?  What I love about this OPI polish is that it's so saturated with glitter, it takes only two coats to get tips of solid sparkle!  Very festive for New Years, I think.

Hat: thrifted
Kerchief: thrifted
Shirt: hubby's
Belt: H&M
Skinnies: Kohl's
Boots: Forever21

My Pulp Fiction

I was thinking today: do I not take myself seriously because I'm a realist? or because others don't take me seriously?  I think that I need to get serious about myself.  I need to decide what I am and be it, regardless of the cost, regardless of how unrealistic it is...because if I believe in what I'm doing, there's less chance I'll fail.  And maybe I'll be happy. even if I fail.

Anyway: took a page out of Uma Thurman's wardrobe book.  Pulp Fiction: it's a classic look!  Men's shirt and black leggings.  Of course, I didn't go barefoot lol, and I added a scarf.  My hair and face are a mess, but I love this outfit.

Shirt: American Eagle Outfitters
Leggings: Kohl's
Shoes: thrifted
Scarf: thrifted

the Nerd II

More Moxy Fruvous...and more nerdiness.  Add in some androgyny (though I should've worn a sports bra), and you have the recipe I used for my outfit today.

Sweater: stolen (Keaton, if you read this blog [I doubt it], I apologize: but you never came to pick it up!)
Shirt: American Eagle Outfitters
Tank: Forever21
Slacks: Forever21
Socks: ?
Shoes: thrifted
Watch: ?
Earrings: thrifted