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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Lucette

Lucette was Paul Bunyan's sweetheart, in case you didn't know. There is a giant statue of her in Hackensack, MN. There are about a million giant Paul Bunyan statues around MN and they are all hilarious and awesome.
 Jacket - thrifted Woolrich
T-shirt - Target
Skirt - eBay (I bought it to be part of a Halloween costume but it wasn't stiff enough for what I needed so now I just wear it as a skirt...my casual tutu.)
Tights - Target
Shoes - Seychelles

I grew up in a small town  in Wisconsin. We had "Lumberjack Days" every year where everyone wore flannel to school and we ate pancakes for lunch. I remember winning the costume contest because my dad made me a three foot double ax out of wood that we sprayed painted silver with a wooden handle. It was awesome. In high school our gym teacher was the Women's World Lumberjack Champion and brought in videos of her competitions from ESPN. When we had our swimming unit in gym class, we would do the usual water polo and diving and swimming, but we also learned log rolling. People always think I'm lying because it seems like something you would put in a movie about growing up in a small town in Wisco and it's such a weird thing but I assure you it's true. Log rolling. It's also true that my middle school shop teacher only had six fingers. It was concerning. Do I want to learn how to use big saws and drills from a man who's rocking a 60% (which is a D-) on the finger-keeping front? No. Luckily I escaped with all my digits intact and made one very cute little wood stool that I still use in my walk-in closet!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Tunics and tattoos

 
Tunic - vintage via Here Lies Boots
Pants - little girls yoga pants from free pile... I love the flared cropped length on me, it makes me feel like Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction
Shoes - Target

So my new seahorse tattoo is all healed up and I'm super excited. Although not too many people have seen it yet, being winter and with my constant need to wear cardigans. Tattoos are so interesting to me (and a lot of people I think!) I started thinking about all the bloggers who have tattoos and thought I'd try to compile a few posts on them. I know Danielle does Tattoo Tuesday (but they are just people with tattoos, not necessarily personal style bloggers) and Fashionable Academics did a Annotated Bibliography of Tattoos (but they were all people in the academic field). So I think I'm going to do a weekly feature on "Fashion Blogger Tattoos" (creative name, I know, but I'd like people to be able to find the posts if they are just googling around.) So, do you have a tattoo? Several? Send me a photo or two along with a description (it can be as much or as little as you want - kinda a what, where, when, why sort of explanation! Be sure to include the url of your blog as well so I can link to you in the post!) futurelint@gmail.com with the word "Tattoo" in the subject line! Once I start getting a few, I'll do the first post! Feel free to pass along this info to any bloggers whose tattoos you are curious about, I know I'm a pretty small blog so I certainly don't know everyone!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Psychedelic chevron

I love this dress and it's crazy pattern and drop waist. I'm super short waisted so it's awesome to feel like I have a torso for a day!
 Glasses - Prada
Vest - thrifted
Dress - gift (vintage via church sale)
Tights - TJ Maxx
Shoes - thrifted Joan Helpern Signature

So have any of you ever done the online dating thing? I'm ready to start dating again but I am not sure where to start. I've gone out "manhunting" with my friend Amber a few times, but we're both pretty shy and I'm not sure just hanging around bars and concerts is the best way to meet quality dudes. I also volunteered at that art gallery and I figure doing more things like that can't hurt... but I'm kind of lost! It's been like 4 years since I've been on a first date! Any sites you guys can recommend? Is it worth doing one that costs money like match.com vs. free ones like okcupid? Gaaa! I'm nervous!

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