Doing it our way!

Missy wanted so much love, the cutie!

Pros of high-waisted jeans: high pockets. They make your butt look nice, okay?

(Levi Strauss jeans, Savers.  Sweater, hand-me-down.  Sporto boots, Savers.  Earrings (that you can't see) and bracelet, hand-me-down.)

            My "Laverne and Shirley pants"!  I started watching a couple years ago and wanted all of their clothing!  These are more '80s, but after looking for high-waisted pants I could get away with forever, I finally came across these.  Heck yes, heck yes.  Channeling girl power.  
            As expected, Utah missed out (once again) on the weather memo.  It snowed yesterday.  It snowed today.  Four days of autumn, and Utah would have no more.  Oh well.
            I have three issues with the cold weather, 1) my feet are always cold, 2) my hands are always cold, and 3) I need to match my clothes.  In order to accommodate my feet, I have to wear thick socks and boots or sneakers instead of my usual flats.  But I don't have coats and jackets that match any of my boots, and it drives me insane!  I should just invest in a nice-fitting, brown coat, and I'll be set all fall and winter.
            I'm pretty sure this is usually just a girl problem.
            I've been taking a Gender Communications class and it really made me realize how feminine I perform in my clothing!  And that women's clothing is definitely designed for look, not utility.  And I like and hate that.  But hey, notice leads to change!

We See the Exact Same Sunrise

skirt, belt, and shirt (D.I.), hat (mom), flats (Payless)

            No apologies for being a lazy teenager who can't match a bra to an outfit.  This was a good day.  Good news from a friend, started some philosophy courses, and went to the Utah Arts Festival.  It ended up pretty good all-around, which is how summer should be.

            Title from the song "Sweetness" by Pearl and the Beard (which I love).

Oodles of TIME

Shirt (Old Navy, Savers), headscarf (Mom), opal earrings (birthday—I freaking love these), my new glasses (Jill Stuart—I sharpied out the name on the sides... I hate advertising on my body more than any other type), skinny jeans (stolen from sister), favorite white children's flats (Payless)

            I haven't been doing too much this summer... but I continue to get up and get dressed in hopes of giving myself reason to get out of the house!  Between the reading of assigned books, cleaning the house, lazing around on Facebook, and listening to the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack on repeat, I look awesome. ;-) 

            Anywho, I'm off for a walk!  Not being in the house, FTW!

"—a beautiful little fool..."

Please ignore my messy room.

Dress (mom), shawl/scarf (Mom's), earrings (permanently borrowed from mom), headscarf (mom), shoes (mom)

Apparently I get a lot of clothes when my mom cleans out her closet.

My faux-bob from the first time I dressed up.  This time, I used this 1920s style for long hair.  Definitely not as much of a pain!

            This last year, my school held a Halloween literary characters costume contest.  I had a whole list of ideas, ranging from Junie B. Jones to the sisters from Wildwood Dancing, but I eventually settled on Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby.  I ended up glad I did!  I won first place and got a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card, which I have used well to increase my happiness with books.  

            This year, my friend Stephanie gave me a pass for one free movie with her as a graduation gift.  (She's such a sweetheart.)  I wanted to see The Great Gatsby so badly!  Neither of us had a convenient time... but we finally went and saw it!  I couldn't decide what to do—do I fangirl? Do I fanwoman??  So I fangirled and dressed up in my costume again.  Of course, it was a Monday afternoon, weeks after the movie came out, so only about ten people saw my costume.  

            "I didn't really like that movie.  But I do like her costume."

            "You can't like her costume and not like the movie! She dressed up for the movie."

            This is why I love fashion.  It's totally worth the weird looks and comments.

            I also was reminded of why I so loved F. Scott Fitzgerald's work—he made me hate it so well, which is what gives the work such extraordinary power.  It's hard to believe anyone likes The Great Gatsby, because it's supposed to be unlikable.  They admire it.  I love it because I admire it.

Chipmunks and Cotton Clouds

Gillian dress (Savers), 1928 earrings (mom), black flats (grandma)

        Today was a pretty good day.  This dress is a sexy beast (and makes me think of cartoon chipmunks), I curled my hair in 10 minutes and still made it to school on time, and I worked really hard to bust through my stressors at school today.  Let's just say that I will never be a school teacher... or at least that it would be a bad idea.  Spent hours working on the literary magazine, and I am very pleased!  Pretty pleased with myself and my peers all-around, today.
        Miss Represent and DFTBA!

I Could Be an Average Blogger but NOPE

Nostalgia dress (free), Justin champion leather belt (thrift), children's flats (Payless)

            I took a long, long, accidental/lazy hiatus.  Lo siento.
            My amazing aunt is moving, so she went through her closet and hooked me up with some old stuff, like this Mormon-esque '70s potato sack brainchild.  So I sewed up the weird-length sleeves with my non-skills, and I added a belt.  Voila.  Compliments. 
            DID YOU KNOW that a child's shoe size 6 is the same as a women's shoe size 8?  It has opened up many doors for me.  Those children get good footwear.
            I just can't refuse free clothes.

            SPRING!

DFTBA

DRIFTLESS PONY CLUB NERDFIGHTER WHOVIAN THING YEAH

Look how nice my hair was.  Look at it.  This just doesn't happen to me.

Doctor Who t-shirt, black jeans (Forever 21), favorite falling-apart blue knock-offs (Payless)

            Last *ahem* July, I went to a Driftless Pony Club concert in a Gazebo in SLC... it was awesome.  Met Beard Lovers, met Nerdfighters, and also had an EPIC HAIR DAY.  And, of course, the music was GREAT!!
            I also remember getting a compliment from a cute boy on my (sister's) DOCTOR WHO shirt the same day.  Every day should be so great.

DFTBA