Megan had a baby last week. I went to visit her in the hospital and took many a picture of her and the babe. I am getting them developed today and will have some to post (maybe, Megan willing) a little later. Anyway, when I went, she took some pictures of me because she said I was cute. The skirt I stole from my roommate, the shirt is from Wal*Mart, and the shoes are from Tarjay.
Please ignore the strange faces, I have no excuse:
In case you wondered why I haven’t posted lately, it’s because I am far too fashionable for the rest of the world.
Please feast your eyes on my wonderful DI shirt, bandana, and dirty pants. Here I am sporting Payless sneakers, but on warmer/less wet days I wear my Keens:
Oh, and the goggles:
And I mustn’t forget my favorite look, which I call “Gnats Can’t Get Me Now (Or So I Hope)”:
PS, Stonehenge really does rock. Ha!
Post-post script: You should be proud of me for putting a smile on, I’m exhausted and dirty and I just got home from archaeology-ing all day.
I don’t get new clothes very often (right?), but last night I was at the mall supporting a roommate going through a guy issue and who really needed to buy something, and I saw this shirt at Forever 21. The pattern and colors reminded me of a giant old plaid shirt we used to wear as kids when we did water color painting, and it was a cute cut anyway, so I bought it, even though it was $17. I’m pretty happy, though I’m not sure I love the collar. Maybe I’ll change it later; maybe not.
Also, Adrien bought me this necklace a couple of months ago, and it seemed to fit the cowboy-y thing I felt like I had going on:
Also, I look kind of lofty or something in the picture because my camera is way low, so if I look at it, I look like I’m looking down on you. But I’m promise I’m no better than anyone else!
I’m pretty sure I wear the same 6 outfits in variation on this blog. It’s part of the reason I don’t blog often.
Anyway, I borrowed my roommate’s shoes, and they were great. I need a good pair of booties (that’s what they’re called, right? Or am I just making a fool of myself?).
Also, I was getting really frustrated with my camera whilst taking these pictures, which is why I look disgruntled (if I do).
This shirt, which I got at H&M while we were in England last year, got a hole in it last night, and I am very sad. I will try to patch it as best I can. I feel like I patch a lot of my clothes. I guess it’s cause I don’t get new ones very often, and it increases their lifetime! Hooray! Maybe I’ll do a post on basic repairs sometime. Although I’m pretty sure everyone who reads this already knows how to do that. Oh well.
I’m so glad it was warm enough to wear only this t-shirt and a coat instead of the 876,925,700 layers I normally have to wear. Cheers to a coming spring!
Anyway, I thought it was nice and simple and totally un-fussy. It’s also quite plain and neutral, but I’m okay with that, especially since I wore my green coat with it. The only thing new about this outfit is the shirt, which was from Gap, and was on sale for $11-12.
And kudos to me for not standing (entirely) on the black rug!
P.S. I just watched “My Boy Jack” on Youtube. The quality was terrible, but man, that was a good movie. I cried a lot. And there you have it.
I don’t know if you all had time to see it, but I posted a thing on Twitter last night inviting all of you to attend the Swapaholic thing at BYU today. It was an event that a friend of mine was putting on for one of her classes. It had a great turnout, but I’m sorry to say most of the clothes I’m pretty sure had been in hiding since 1997. I donated a lot of stuff (sort of) and only got a few things that I’m not likely to wear often, as I got them to wear at Field School this summer. Leftover clothes went to a shelter up in Salt Lake.
What I donated:
What I got in return:
Three T-shirts to get dirty in and a long-sleeve button up to protect me from gnats! And yes, that yellow shirt does say “Real bear hugs are often fatal.” I thought that was kind of funny.
After it all, I’m pretty sure other people made out way better than I did because I brought better stuff than them. Boo. But at least now I’m more on my way to being prepared for Field School, AND the clothes were free. Fantastic!
shirt: charlotte russe; skirt: handmade by me; tights: Old Navy (gift); boots: MaddenGirl from Delias
I made this skirt, can you believe it?
Pretty nifty, huh? I didn’t even use a pattern. I intended it to be less tight and longer, but this is how it turned out. I still like it mucho, though. And I’m proud of myself. The last thing I successfully made on my own using a sewing machine was a vest with highlighter-yellow flamingos in sunglasses on it when I was nine. Oh shush, it was the 90s. And I was nine.
Also, these are the boots that I exchanged the other ones for. I like these ones way better, even if they are pretty roomy. And the zipper cloth is awesome.
I never feel very pretty when I’m sick, and I’ve been sick for the past five days or so with a menace of a sore throat. I think I tried to compensate today for my lack of feeling attractive. I’m not sure if it worked. In any case though, I really like this skirt/shoes combo. The skirt is borrowed from Megan. I love the way it falls over my totally un-curvy body, because it makes me feel like I actually have curves.
I ordered these boots from Amazon and they came yesterday. I desperately need new brown boots, or even ANY other boots besides the rain boots I always wear. However, I have a number of issues with them! First of all, they’re slip-on, and I was rather hoping for zip-up ones, because they’re easier to put on/take off, plus they air out between wearings a LOT better (trust me, this is necessary). But they are also unattractively baggy, which is my main issue with them. They are stiff up to a certain point on the ankle, which provides a nice place for the rest of the boot to rest, making them look pretty ridiculous (in my opinion). It’s worse in not-skinny jeans, which is fine, except that I want to be able to wear any kind of pants with my boots if I need to. But I am open to input. Am I being paranoid and crazy, or do these boots actually look silly?
Top view (this is what I see) in skinny and boot-cut jeans:
Side view (I practically had to contort myself in order to get this angle, which is why my legs look a little weirdly bent in the boot-cut one) in boot-cut and skinny jeans:
And a view of the ankle in different positions of the foot, as it might look while I walk (am I analyzing this too much? Maybe.):
…And yes, I did just reference a Justin Bieber song. So sue me.
This is my very first pair of high heels. I got them for my Senior Prom in High School (yes, I really did wait that long. I was scared for some reason).
Super expensive shoes, Nordstrom
They’re very nice shoes, and I love them, but for some reason I got them a half-size too big, so they’ve always been difficult to walk in. I finally had the bright idea to get inserts to make them the right size. I got them in the shoe section at Target, and put them in (they were adhesive).
I wore them to church today, and they fit perfectly! I’m so excited, my shoe wardrobe has just expanded for the price of the inserts 
Megan
Adrien
Shannon