Take From Me My Lace

Everybody|Everywear {lace}

This month's EBEW invitation is lace. I don't wear much lace {though I adore the antiquated appeal of it}. Fun fact; my wedding dress contained not a stitch of lace, in favor of gauze.

Whether white & crisp or black & slinky, it's tough to deny that lace balances young, doll-like qualities in masterful measure with elegance & wisdom.

I met this challenge by creating a faux bib on this sundress, layering a full lace blouse beneath it.

dress & earrings: Forever21, lace turtleneck: United Colors of Benetton, cardigan & boots: Target, tights: Gap, nail polish: China Glaze ~ Flyin' High.

photos by Peanut.

The Other Sara

Last weekend, Peanut surprised me with tickets to see Sara Bareilles! I went with a pal and enjoyed the vocal stylings of the beautiful, funny, super talented and all-around charming performer. It was lovely. tank: decree, cardigan: Merona, cutoffs: refuge, tights: Target, flats: Rocket Dog, necklace: vintage, thrifted, nail polish: Sally Hanson Salon Series ~ Plum's the Word. photos by Peanut.

::Fourteen=of=Thirty::

False alarm. There was no storm. Annoying.

Here's my 14th ensemble. Almost to the half way mark (over a month later -- embarrassing).

blouse: Gentle Fawn, cardigan: Mossimo, vest: Charlotte Russe, jeans: Refuge, heels: Born {gift}, earrings: Electric Fetus {gift}, nail polish: Essie ~ Mochacino.

Bonus shot of my favorite film buff.

photos by Peanut.

::Ten=of=Thirty::

This is the outfit I wore to P's closing night of Frost/Nixon. It was amazing. The show {which was already great at opening} grew by leaps & bounds. I had the distinct privilege of sitting in the front row and watching my dashing husband {+ the rest of the amazing cast} all up-close and personal-like. Afterward, I got to go to a party with all my new friends from in town as well as my old besties from out of town. Everyone in one place!

It was phenomenal.

We also stayed up rrrrealllly late. Three nights in a row. I haven't done that in a long time. My voice is still scratchy.

dress: Pura Vita, cardigan & boots: Target, earrings: Electric Fetus {gift}, cowl: knitted by my mom :)

photos by Peanut.

::Five=of=Thirty::

The shoes are back -- and I'm still head over heels for them {no pun intended}. I did, however, get so tired of buckling & unbuckling them yesterday {once when I sat at my desk, after I got my boots off, then a second time when I took them off to put my boots on to leave for lunch, then again when I got back from lunch and switched back out of my boots, then again when I took them off to leave for the end of the day to put my boots back on...} that when it was time to take pictures, P was nice enough to take over buckle duties for me.

He sold shoes at Payless when he was a kid so, he says, it's old hat for him.

I love this dress too {it has pockets!}. I found it when I was vintage-ing with my good pal JennieB in Northeast Minneapolis. If you are ever in the area, you must check out Rewind.

dress: vintage, Rewind (NE Minneapolis), cardigan: Mossimo, tights: Forever 21, shoes: Born (gift), earrings: Urban Outfitters, nail polish: China Glaze ~ Refresh-Mint

photos by Peanut.

Comfy Friday

This isn't what I wore to work. I realized when I got home that what I had worn to work was an outfit I should not wear again; comfortable, just not very flattering. So I changed. A girl can change her mind, right?

I put on this old reliable dress {that I have been known to wear for days on end, barefoot on a summer weekend}. We hung out with some friends, & this outfit served as socially-appropriate pajama-grade comfort. The very essence of Friday.

t-shirt, sundress, leggings & knee-highs: Target, floral cardigan: Forever 21, boots: Minnetonka, cowl & hat: knitted by my mom :)

photos by Peanut.

Tiers of Joy

This outfit was inspired by a color palette of Kendi's. She is great at sophisticated neutrals.

It snowed some more. Shocker. Many people had the day off today for MLK Jr. Day.

Not I, said the blog.

tiered dress: Forever 21, cardigan, tights & boots: Target, earrings: vintage, scarf: Nice, France, nail polish: Sally Hansen Salon Series ~ Thinking of Blue.

photos by Peanut.

Skerry Flerrdy Berrdy

I love the Swedish Chef. He is so pleasant. I've met a few Swedes in my life and they were equally amiable.

The shirt under this dress is sort of tunic-y & unflattering. I haven't worn it really since I first got it. But I decided to try the shirt-I-like-the-top-of-but-is-otherwise-ill-fitting-under-a-dress strategy again.

{brrrrr...}

dress: H&M, mustard collared tshirt: thrifted, cardigan & leggings: Target, belt: Charlotte Russe, earrings: The Electric Fetus, boots: Minnetonka, bag: Miche, sunglasses: thrifted, mittens: gift.

photos by Peanut.

Square

Plaid print + ruffley skirt {worn high}. This says square dance to me. But I'm cool with it. And I am sort of stomping through the four corners of this week & dancing into the holiday. All that's left to do is work, wrap & travel...

zippy: Forever 21 {gift from my dad), plaid tank: Sik Su, skirt: Wet Seal (about 6 years ago), leggings & belt: Target, boots: Skechers, earrings: Express, cowl: knitted by my mom :)

photos by Peanut.

A Very {Un}Bluebird Day

Do you have to be prefixin' a verb to use "un"? I think so.

I'm using blogetic license though.

Continuing the weather-inappropriate costuming of yesterday, I wore this bluebird dress as a sort of blatant expression of denial against the frigidity that was Wednesday.

Take that.

{attempting flight}

dress: H&M, vest + earrings: Charlotte Russe, necklace: ?, everything else: Target

photos by Peanut.

* Forget-Me-Not ~ bluebird print dress: H&M *

I wore this recently on my birthday {as a skirt} with leggings, a vest and the same belt andthe same long-sleeved undershirt. I'm a loose cannon.