60s shoes and chambray

Monday, I found the best '60 deadstock shoes on the face of the earth... cheap too!

Sweater - Michael Kors (why is it so cold that I am wearing cashmere sweaters in JULY?!?)

Black tank - little boys Fruit of the Loom undershirt

Skirt - made by me

Tights - Target?

Shoes - Jabot's Boutique

Tuesday, I'm filling in for a school nurse for a few days, starting today. And what greeted me not a half hour into my day? Car crash victims. JAWS. Luckily all three children in the van were in the back and buckled and escaped with only bruised chests and necks from the seatbelts. The mom was pretty rough - the impact was in the front drivers side and she got pretty banged up by the dashboard, steering wheel, and airbags. Everyone will be okay though, thank goodness. Hopefully the rest of the week will be boring by comparison!

Hair band - fabric scrap I threw in my hair while helping make a disco party costume for a friend, have worn it for years since then!

Dress -thrifted

Shoes - thrifted

Otherwise, life has been busy and fun! I have two friends coming to visit this weekend, one of whom is staying with me, so I'll try to bust out the camera and document all our adventures. Next week, I'm off to South Dakota to finally meet the boy's dad! 10 hour road trip with the boy and his best friend Peter who is in town from New York for two weeks! I'm really excited - I love Pete and was so sad when he moved away to go to grad school last year. So I won't be around much the next two weeks, but I'll try to take as many pictures as I can (I'm so bad at it - I just forget all the time!) Bye kids!

skirts and dresses

I've been trying to remember to take outfit shots every day. You'd think I'd be used to doing it by now, but I just forget when I wear my summer work uniform so much! I really only wear the outfits for about 5 hours in the evenings!

Monday, I was feeling very '90s, very 90210:

Vest - thrifted

T-shirt - Target

Watch - Michael Kors

Skirt - thrifted GAP

Shoes - thrifted

Tuesday,I found two meticulously sewn handmade dresses at the thrift store. I feel bad that someone made them for a girl and she never wore them and gave them to Goodwill. On the upside, they both fit!

Dress - thrifted

Shoes - Madeline

Wednesday, I have a grandmother who I have always referred to as "purple grandma" because she seriously wears nothing but purple, teal, and gold. My entire life. I think that was why I was drawn to this dress, even though it's totally not my style.

Dress - JC Penny clearance $6
Shoes - Unlisted by Kenneth Cole
Glasses - Prada

Thursday, my boss told me as I was leaving today that I looked like "the cutest little clown." Hmm, I'll take it!

Tank - Target (bow added by me)

Bangles - slowly accumulated from thrift store... I think they are reproducing in my bracelet drawer

Watch - Michael Kors

Skirt - thrifted (hello ruffles and polka dots and pockets!!!)

Shoes - Report

Tomorrow will be waitressing then sailing! Saturday will be bartending then making myself some porch cocktails! Sunday = baseball, baseball, baseball, pizza. Whoooo!

everything is hilarious

My weekend involved...
Friday - 13 hours on the beverage cart at work... it was the men's guest day, they all got pretty drunk, and were all very silly and funny. I was exhausted but rich by the end of the day.

Saturday - bartended in the morning, watched the Twins game, then went to Al Franken's victory party at a schmansy hotel in St Paul.


(In case you weren't aware, Minnesota's senate race has been locked up in recounts and all sorts of legal limbo since the Novemeber voting day... Al Franken, yes from Saturday Night Live, finally won and I am oh so excited. In the picture he is drawing a crazy accurate map of the US from memory... watch him do it here if you want!)

Sunday - watched the Twins game and then went sailing with Ryan, Jrod, Matt, Chris and Kai (yes, nearly all my friends are dudes.) So the boy has a sailboat. He does not have a car. These things make sense when you know him. So, how do we get the boat from his driveway to the lake? We push it.

You can't get much "greener" than pushing a sailboat, though!



What is that we are holding on to as a handle? One of our wooden baseball bats that shattered during a game... nothing but class for us, right?



My life is so ridiculous sometimes.