on the catwalk

You know those blogs where women post photos of their daily outfits? The ones where they are featured standing in perfect natural light in a field or on a busy city street? And they have on beautiful clothes from boutiques or, even better, their sponsors? And their hair and accessories are always on point?

I drool over those blogs.

This isn't one of those blogs.

BUT, I have been wanting to document my outfits via my blog (which I think 3 people read, total). I have been cycling through the same articles of clothing repeatedly the past month or so, and I need to work more at mixing it up. I have a lot of clothes to choose from (don't tell my husband I admitted that), and my choices have been lackluster recently.

So I'm hoping that documenting what I wear for a few weeks will do 2 things:
1. Stir up a renewed effort/energy in choosing my clothes each day, and...
2. Help me to find the things I never wear so I can either work them into an outfit or get rid of them

oh and a third thing!...3. Give me a chance to see what items I need to add to my closet. I use the term need loosely, here.

Not sure if I can pull off daily photographs of myself fully dressed and with my hair combed but here's hoping.

snowbirds

We loaded into the car one Saturday morning a few weeks ago with our gloves, beanies and boots- ready for the snow. It'd been a topic of conversation all week.

"I go see da snow today?" was the greeting I heard every morning when going to get Sawyer from his crib.

Imagine the disappointment, when we finally got out of the car at a perfect snowman building spot at Mt. Charleston, to see that the snow was really just ice. Frozen, slippery, unforgiving ice.

After about 10 minutes of trying to make snowballs out of ice and having no luck at all, Sawyer said "Its too swippery!" and we waved our flags and returned to the city. The rest of the day panned out much better with a lunch date at the park with his cousins and dinner at a "renst-uh-rant" later that night.

P.S. I have SUCKED at taking pictures lately. Once there's some good images worth sharing, the blog posts might be a. more frequent, b. more interesting.

Fail

I suck at blogging. Mostly because it isn't convenient to blog from my iPhone and if my iPhone can't facilitate an activity, I don't do that activity very often.

I am complacent and lazy, thanks to my phone.

But I am also slightly better informed- news apps. I have a large arsenal of recipes- epicurious app. I am more organized- calendar, lists, contacts. And I will destroy you at scrabble- thank you, words with friends app.

Lastly, I will be a better blogger. This post is being written via my iPhone.

A DECADE

"Oh time drags its feet
but somehow you sneak it past me
Night after night
At this rate if you stay with me
I'll go to bed at twenty-three
And wake up sixty-five
Well next to you that would be just fine
That'd be just fine"

dash away

On the phone with Santa Claus. This was a daily occurrence at our house.

Christmas came and went. It's bittersweet once it's all over, but it was pretty great while it lasted. We spent lots of time with both of our families and this holiday seemed slightly less stressful and rushed than those in the past. I'm hoping to convince all parties involved in our holidays to simplify things even more for next Christmas. Time will tell.

Sawyer still wakes up singing jingle bells and asking to go see Santa. He might just keep Christmas in his heart all year long. Experiencing the holidays with him at 2 years old was a blast. He loved Santa, loved the songs, the treats, the lights and the tree.
Santa brought a lollipop. It's all he remembers from Christmas morning.

thanksgiving

happy...thanksgiving?

little turkey
airplane with papa
iphone photos with uncle paul
turkey hangover/naptime

second hand scores

Shopping at thrift stores can be so hit and miss, that now and then I stop doing it for a while because it feels futile (and a little gross sometimes). But lately I've been willing to stop in a thrift store and leave with or without something. Which makes it all the more exciting when I find good stuff at random.

Since there aren't any thrift stores close to our home, I have to either plan a trip for thrifting or be close to one while running other errands. Usually thrifting is a result of proximity rather than planning.

Here's a few of my latest and greatest finds over the past few months.
PREFACE: I tried taking pictures of the clothes laid out and it looked really sad to me. However, I realize that my hair, lacking makeup, and modeling abilities look very sad in all of these shots. The lighting sucks, I'm oily-faced and please just look at the clothes, ignore the person wearing them. I tried cropping my head, but if you thought these shots look sad, imagine a headless version. no bueno.

Vintage boatneck sweater. fits like.a.glove.

silk cherry blossom print top. originally it was a weird almost mini dress length, so I hemmed it up to be a tunic-blouse instead.

vintage creme cardigan. my favorite find. it has beautiful embroidery detail on the front and is so comfortable. anthropologie can suck it with their high prices, i'd rather thrift for anthro style clothes any day.

vintage navy pinstriped wool blazer with maroon lining. This is Sassoon brand! (ever since honeys was wearin' Sassoon...anyone?) It fits perfect and cost me $6 while the one I was eyeing on jcrew.com was over $100.

yellow/beige printed top. originally this top was too large and wide for me, so I took it in and now it's a great tunic-blouse. i love pattern and print but have such a hard time finding even new retail with print that I actually want to wear. so when I find second hand print that I like, I am willing to try and tailor/alter it to fit me.

thank you thrift stores, I love that you are frugal, unique and even a little gritty.