Farmhouse/God Save the Sui

Today I am dressed like... I teach agricultural classes? like I'm going on a fox hunt?

 Blazer - thrifted

Oxford - Target

Tie - thrifted

Brooch - thrifted

Jeans - Earnest Sewn

Boots - thrifted Colin Stuart

Um, wearing these boots makes me feel so badass (even though I am wearing a skinny tie?)

So, on my lunchbreak I often go for a walk in the downtown skyways (for those of you not from Minneapolis, the skyways are enclosed hallways (usually on the second floor) that connect buildings across streets so you don't have to walk outside in the winter! Ummm, like dis:

Genius! They are lined with Starbucks and nail salons and sandwich shops - some are really evil and do things like make you walk through Macy's!) Anyway, I walked over to the Target (right next to the Target Headquarters - whaa!) to buy the last of my tiny little lotions and potions for my cruise next week (I HATE those things! They are so tiny and so expensive and I need so many - saline, sunblock, conditioner, etc!) I see that their "boyfriend" t-shirts (stupid name) are on sale and grab a new white one when I see it -- there on the clearance rack. I never let myself visit the Anna Sui collection in person, only look at it online, because really? I'm not gonna pay $70 for Target Sui that everyone else has. I'm just not. But there it was...

It's the only one there. It's my size. $30. How could I resist? I am weeeeeeeeak.

Grease is the word

This skirt and glasses combo makes me feel like Patty Simcox in a bad theatrical production of Grease, so I threw on the tall stripper-ish shoes and chunky necklaces to save it.

 Glasses - thrifted original American Optical horn rimmed glasses!

Necklaces - thrifted

T-shirt - Target

Skirt - Thrifted

Tights - Target

Miss Me - DSW super clearance

As I mentioned on Monday, I've been out sick for two days. I barely noticed I was gone, it feels like Monday because I slept like 14 hours a day! Feeling muuuuuuch better now, which is good - have so much stuff to do before I leave for the cruise on Saturday (at 6am!)

Trying REALLY hard not to go to the Mall of America after work today to see if they have this Stella McCartney for Gap Kids band jacket (on the left, duh!) in a boys 10-12... MUST. RESIST.

le sick ( you know, like regular sick but more glamorous?)

I stayed home sick today because I have a fever, and slept until 2pm!! Whoa! I am feeling better so I think I'll finally get out of bed and do a few little things around the house (it is a disaster from sewing two costumes this week). But on to the fun things - Halloween!

Here's my handiwork - I made both of these costumes! Me as Maude Lebowski, JRod as Max from Where the Wild Things are:

I started dancing...

And by the end of the night (4:30 am), it was all just one big dance party anyway:

I have a million more photos, but don't want to be posting photos of random people I don't know that well all over the internet, but rest assured there were 5 Lady Gagas, several Simpsons characters, guys in drag, two Dolly Partons, Wednesday Addams, a Decepticon, many animals.... the list goes on and on. So much fun, probably too much!