Ms. Olson if you're nasty

Scarf - thrifted vintage

Shirt - www.futurelint.etsy.com

Pants - Target

Sandals - Target

Hmm, you can't really see it in that first photo, so here's a few more...

Yep, Nate and I? It's happening. As Michael Bluth would say, "You gotta lock that down." Nate asked me to marry him and I replied, "Duh, babe." A couple months ago he had asked me to email him some rings I liked to get an idea of what I wanted. I sent a few and then sent him this one and said it was perfect. So he bought it (and tricked me by buying it under a different dude's name on etsy so I thought it sold to someone else and I was sad!) It's from 1900, it's platinum (cause I'm allergic to gold), and it's in the shape of a hexagon because Nate and I kinda fell in love at a bar/music venue named Hexagon Bar. So that's that.

P.S. This is the outfit I accidentally got engaged in. I put it on after work last night because I didn't want to play basketball with my special needs buddy in a dress. I wore it over to Nate's house after that, so I figured I better wear it today to document how I looked like a scrub when we got engaged. Which is kinda perfect for us, we're not fancy.

Old-timey

This dress always reminds me of circus tents and those old fashioned striped bathing suits...

Glasses - thrifted vintage, lenses

Chambray shirt - thrifted newstock Target

Dress - Target clearance

Sandals - Steve Madden

Today's outfit was ideal for biking. Usually I have to chuck my heels in my work bag and add/remove extra layers but today was perfect! I was warm enough with the chambray since it was only 50 this morning but I can take it off later when I bike home and it's 80, these sandals are flat and attached to my feet, and this dress has enough volume in the skirt to allow for easy pedaling! I just threw some capri length bike/yoga/workout/whatever pants on under it and I was good to go! Woo! Then I whipped by a perfectly glassy lake this morning so I stopped to show you: 

Scout

Shirt - thrifted vintage Boy Scouts

Skirt - vintage via www.stephaniegeisler.etsy.com

Wedges - Franco Sarto

Over the weekend Nate and I went out of town to Mankato, MN (about an hour and fifteen minutes away.) His friends Blake and Dee moved back from Vermont recently and are staying with his parents while they find jobs and somewhere to live in Minneapolis. It was Blake's 30th birthday so we went to visit. His parents bought an old farm house years ago and have been fixing it up and it was awesome! Seriously, so cool. Oh hey, tin ceiling and artist's studio (his dad is a painter/professor) of my dreams.

We also had one very out-of-control bonfire (see the old Christmas tree in there?) Ridiculously fun!

Love, love, love

I figured I was bombarding you with enough photos yesterday for the 5 year post, so here's yesterday's outfit...

Cardigan - thrifted vintage (no tags)

Dress - vintage Albert Shaheen

Shoes - thrifted Candies

And today's... it's supposed to be like 93 degrees today, out of nowhere!

Oxford - thrifted vintage Tom Boy of California

Belt - thrifted vintage Frye

Skirt - vintage via www.pangs.etsy.com

Shoes - DSW (there's no brand info on them! it's insane!)

Today is an amazing day in MN history... the MN Senate passed the freedom to marry for same-sex couples yesterday. And the MN Governor is set to sign it into law today! Woo!

images from mnunited.org, hrc.org, advocate.com

I quit

Whelp, it's been FIVE YEARS since I started this blog. Crazy! And I'm ready to commit to something I should have long ago... I'm done with new clothes. I've always been a thrifter and garage saler and always avoided even secondhand things from Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, H&M, Zara etc... Buuuut I'd pick up new jeans or tees here and there (usually Target, Gap, or J.Crew). Or buy a new dress to attend a wedding, or buy a fancy designer item to reward myself once in a while, whatever. But I've got a big enough wardrobe, and take good enough care of it, and good enough care of myself so it continues to fit that I think I can do it. I can still thrift and there are certain things (like running shoes, tights, underwear, etc.) that just have to be new. But otherwise, I'm done. I just can't justify slave labor, child labor, unsafe working conditions, and loss of life for a $10 shirt. And it's exhausting sending myself into an existencial crisis every time I set foot in a store. So no more brand new things. I don't want to contribute to the endless cycle of consumption and trends at such a high cost to the environment and people's lives. So I'm done. FOREVER. Well, I hope! 

Some faves of the past year... and watch me slowly age...

And of course, my favorite day of all... Halloween...