Hi yall! Lets just skip over the fact that I haven't posted here in 8 hundred years.
I recently thrifted a Freya swimsuit IN MY SIZE (which is a 32F which is crazy & embarrassing & really difficult to find and thats why this is an important part). I didn't actually find it myself, another girl unearthed it and it didn't fit her, so she handed it to me in the middle of Value World where we stood trying things on over our clothes. Twas a booby miracle! I thought the print was just lovely and I so I bought it.
But now I don't know. Is it gross to buy things that have touched other vaginas before? I would never buy underwear from the thrift store, but a bathing suit I'm fine with? The other girl didn't seem to mind either. Where do you draw the line with your secondhand purchases?
In an attempt to begin posting on this blog again, I took these photos of me and little doll. Then almost a whole month had past and I hadn't even imported them to my computer yet.
Well, here we are in my moms backyard, finally, after all this time. Her in a Gogol Bordello onesie and floral pants (I wish I was wearing that) and me in my trusty old boots and a pink sweater. It was the last really warm day of fall and we enjoyed ourselves.
If I were to magically turn into a holiday gift set, I think this is what it would be like: -One pastel nail polish: this sweet blue color reminds me of winter -One super sparkly red nail polish: classic and a little drag-gy
-Heart sunglasses: I always wear red but I am feeling the black too. Everyday cheapies that your not afraid to smash, and perfect for every season.
-Manic Panic: all of the colors are pretty. This gift set has a surprise color in each one! How exciting!
-Camel peacoat: Its embarassingly easy how a camel coat can turn a dull shit like black maternity jeans and a plain black top into a decent outfit. This leopard lined one is kind of the holy grail.
-Superhit. This just makes your house/car/work smell nice.
This is my new haircolor. The orangest of the orange: Manic Panic's Electric Lava. And... just if your curious about one of the best albums by one of the best bands ever, here is Mink Rat or Rabbit by the Detroit Cobras, another gem from Sympathy For The Record Industry I've had this record on my mind this past week because I was in a conversation the other day about detroit garage rock, and obviously, the Cobras came up. This guy was trying to tell me that the pealer in this photo was Miss Rachel Nagy (vocals) herself. At the time I couldn't remember exactly what her head looked like, only her ass. When I got home I checked it out and now that I see it, I find it super hard to believe that it actually is her because why would she ever have a jerry curl? That hairdo just doesn't match. And where are her tattoos? Nope, i don't believe it. From L to R: Steve Shaw (guitar, vocals) Rachel Nagy (vocals) Maribel Restrepo (guitar, vocals) Damian Lang (drums, vocals) Jeff Meier (bass) B sides!
p.s. there's a secret appearance by Meg White in this video. can you spot her?
The maternity section at Salvation Army is cool in a weird way. I wonder why designers used to think that once you get pregnant you need to all of a sudden start dressing differently? I do not think that in the 80s all the pregnant chicks wanted to look like gigantic 8 year olds (and do not even get me started on the gross things that available nowadays). Whatever, I'm down with it. I found a couple good things, for instance, this 90s floral babydoll top is pretty and autumnal. I got this jacket on ebay for 99 cents. (where is the damn cents sign on my keyboard? There isn't one?!) 99 ARE YOU OUTTA YOUR MIND? I paid like 15 bucks for shipping but who cares because thats still the best deal ever. Its Contempo Casuals, which is a brand I collect and constantly search for on Ebay and Etsy. I have fond, fond memories from the mid 90s when my mom would take me shopping there for special occasions. I still have some of the clothes I bought in middle school and could fit in them up until probably last month. I was a big 12 year old. Of course, the store was still around for a few years after that, but it was never as good as it was when I was in 7th grade. And last, but certainly not least. My shoes: also purchased from the Salvation Army, in 2 sizes too big to accommodate thick socks and future feet swelling. I am madly in love with the color burgundy.
Oh wow. I know its been forever and I'm a terrible blogger, but I'm here now, and I have new shoes.
Guess what, a crazy chain of events happened and a lot has changed. First of all, waaaaay back in August (? actually, I can't remember) I found out I was pregnant. The news sparked a long (not that long) period in my life filled with tears and hormones where I was reflecting on my past life choices and contemplating my future. I never thought I wanted to be a mom and yet, here I was. I always liked to think of senior citizen me as a crazy person in a crumbling house with lots of dead plants and broken electronics and poorly applied red lipstick and maybe long grey hair or maybe Vivienne Westwood-esque bright orange hair. So... could I still be that? Who knows? And what about my crappy job? Sure I have a lot of fun, but I make zero money. I got so freaked out that I went back to school and it's been super hard because it's been about seven years since I did anything remotely academic. Oh yeah, and my chubby self barely fits in any of my clothes anymore. So what would I wear even if I did feel like blogging? Well, let me just cut myself off here. Long story short, I had like forty million heavy things on my mind and blogging was just not one of them. Since the initial shock has worn off, everything is all better. My husband and I couldn't be more delighted. No more morning sickness, school is getting easier, and I don't care who I am going to be when I'm 80 because I'm just going to be whatever I am. And so what if I'm going to be humongous, I can work with that. There are still a lot of tears, mostly for no reason, but I guess that goes with territory or something.
I'm going to try and make this a regular thing again. Don't worry though, I have no plans on becoming a mommy blogger or anything like that. I'm still the same freak I've always been, I just think baby animals are cuter now.
There are just a few designers out there that I love every single piece of anything they ever made. Pamela Love is absolutely one of them. I'll probably never have enough spare change lying around to buy anything of hers, but I'll always dream of it. Exhibit A: crazy large pentagram cuff (modeled by the ever enchanting Charlotte Free to top it off!) Exhibit B: A cone shaped pendant packed with colored crystals? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN ME! Porcupine needle shaped beads cast in bronze and perfectly oxidized. Comes in 3 styles of necklace, a bracelet or earrings, if you please. Dying still, but okay, moving on... The always cool and rebellious and witchy pentagram: sold as a single in 2 different sizes (large and fucking gigantic) so you can just go all out with your look.
this is my big texas outfit. Its a weird combination of a denim 2 pc outfit I got from a vintage shop in Mechanicsburg and a western belt I got from a boutique in Philly. Oh yea, and I also got the glasses at a vintage store in Philly (but they're new) along with a crazy velvet dress that will be debuted closer to fall due to its fallness.
The lace trim was actually made of white pleather which is awesome but it was getting crumbly and I was leaving white flakes all over the place and on the carpet at work. Not very good. So in a hail mary attempt, I threw the outfit in the wash hoping that the cotton backing would be all that was left behind (but still intact) and it worked! Side note: I bought lavender dryer sheets and they are kind of gross, they made all my laundry smell like diapers (clean diapers but still)
Why are all my necklaces too long? Or are my necklines too high? I need some shorter chains I guess, this has been pissing me off for a while now.
I would also like a new camera. This one is pretty much shit.
I spend a lot of time on Etsy, like way too much time (like pretty much all of my free time). I like to think of it as market research, and actually thats not really a lie. Here are some current loves by some all-time faves. Pink dress via Vanity Vintage and Janes Addiction tee via Ghostown Boutique White boots via James Rowland Shop and Blueberry dress by Lucky Vintage Seattle Amethyst necklace via Honeymoon Muse Vintage and Studded shorts via Savory Vintage
with Darlene boots to balance things out. I started watching the Roseanne series (again) on Netflix and I'm just wrapping up the 3rd season. Its completely taken over my life. Becky has a dress in the same print as this romper. At this point in the show Becky is only 17 and while she has had some OK fashion moments, I'm mostly into Roseanne and Jackie's outfits. Jackie is wearing a lot of southwestern print tops and faded black denim and Rosie's is all about the huge floral blouses. Darlene is still way too into sports for me to like any of her clothes. But just wait for it.... Darlene gets SO GOOD.
Also, let me just say... MARK! Holy shit. For real serious boner inducer. He was not nearly as hot in Angel as he was on Roseanne. I googled him and it turns out he overdosed and died in 2002 . I hate you, heroin.
I might not be Roseanne's number 1 fan, but I actually might be. I fucking love her and I would even watch her new show on Lifetime but I don't have a TV.
I'm all about shorts this summer. SHORTS! I got this big reddish brown bag at the thrift the other day. I was very happy about it because a.) I normally have shitty luck finding bags and b.) I have a big black daily bag and there are days when I wish it was brown. Problem solved. Ankle bracelet. Garance talks about it, I do it. I can be a sheep like that sometimes. And these are the CDs I got (do you think $1.99 is a bit high?) Well, anyway, I got these because I haven't bought a CD in sooooo long and they were all there next to eachother like their previous owner just woke up one day and was done listening to all the cool music they once loved and dumped them and it was sad so I had to adopt them. Though I'm trying not to pick favorites, I think I 'm most happy about the Beavis & Butthead experience. I mean, theres a White Zombie track on there that was never released anywhere else. Try to not be excited about that, it can't be done.
I've never really bought drugstore lipstick before but after reading a review on it by this chick I made an exception and picked up Siren by Revlon. I have been wanting orange lipstick since forever ago but it just hasn't been in my budget. So, at $7 how could I not?
Bitches; this shit is really ok, and by ok I mean pretty damn good. It's no Make Up Forever, but I'm pleased. It doesn't dry out my lips, it wears evenly and I ate a roast beef sandwich and it stayed on. The color is a straight up bright orange. I'd say it is very close to Mac's Good To Go, but it isn't as matte (but its still totally matte). My guess is that it'd probably be even better with a liner, but I haven't gotten that far yet.
little silver flowers that last forever. I got the cuff in India in 2007 for like 3200 rupees or something, pretty cheap. The dogwood ring was a gift from Steven, I'm pretty sure its a Stuart Nye piece pre-dating 1940.
They kinda remind me of when roses dipped in silver and gold were a thing. Or was that never a thing and I just made that up? Remembering this took me on a way too long internet search where I learned you can now have your roses dipped in platinum too. Good to know, if thats what your into.
Then I made my way over to Shopbop where I (again) spent way too much time looking at silver bracelets that I'm never going to buy. They do have some good ones though. (Left) Mania Mania Occult cuff, on sale! (Right) Low Luv by Erin Wasson Crystal Point cuff (Left) Tom Binns Dumont Crystal bracelet (Right) Feliks+Adrik Spine cuff
First of all, pardon my absence, please. I was away for a most beautiful week on the island of Turks and Caicos. My oldest and dearest friend got married there and Steven and I were lucky enough to be there with them. Yay for love and devotion.
I had (am having) a reaalllly hard time getting back into this internet thing. All my daydreams are made of these days are turquoise salty water and seashells, definitely not pastel nail polish and 90s dresses or whatever the fuck it is that I usually think about. Pretty scarf, huh?
SHORTS: vintage Esprit (thrifted), SILK BURNOUT BLOUSE: by Francine (San Francisco), SHOES: F-Troupe, SCARF: vintage
... and speaking of dreams, last night I dreamt I started dating Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips. On our first date I brought a loaf of bread and we ate the whole thing while sitting on a park bench. In real life, have you ever seen pictures of the inside of his Oklahoma City home? Its pretty freakin awesome. Also, did you read about his gummy skulls? I think they're sold out for now but I kind of wish I would have gotten one.
I'm into these no effort outfits lately. So its Thursday, my etsy shop day where I update the store and take photos and go thrifting and do repairs and all that jazz - only I did not feel like doing anything like that. Instead I had coffee with my mom via the telephone, cleaned the house, drank some wine and sat by the river.
In other news, here is part of my rock collection: (clockwise starting with the big white one) Selenite Rose Quartz a bit of Alabaster I got from the Pyramids of Giza Tiger's Eye Citrine 2 Flourite standing points
and here are some flowers me and Steven picked up on my birthday
this is kind of a perfect song for today
oh yea, I put pink in my hair, can you tell? I hate it! Its too orange. Good thing I'm going to bleach it again soon anyway.
