We need to talk…

(Blouse: Thrifted in Austin, Shorts: Buffalo Exchange, Wedges: Jeffrey Campbell, Sunglasses: Aldo, Lipstick: Maybelline in Midnight Red)

I need to do an entire post dedicated to all the awesome thrift stuff I got in Austin, like this blouse. So ugly it's awesome. Who would’ve thought a Texas town could be so cool? I kid you not, it’s some sort of freakish Portland/Phoenix hybrid, where the cupcakes are good, the taco trucks are EVERYWHERE, and chips and salsa flow like water.

Yea yea yea

Mama bought me these earrings at a yard sale forever ago. They're clip-ons and they're massive! So cool. Pluse I get to listen to them clicking around my ear drums all day.


I've decided I need a camera. I can't function like this anymore! It's getting ridiculous.

You had me at the words "online scrabble."

*Lipstick; MAC, Neckpiece; DIY, Cropped T; forever 21, Cropped Jacket; UO, Trousers; forever 21, Bracelet; vintage, Platforms; Bebe

So the other day I watched about 10 hours of Big Love. I'm still not sure how I feel about that show; either I love it or I hate it. Who knew I couldn't differentiate between the two? After 10 hours you'd think I would have a clue, but I don't. Most of the characters are annoying, frustrating, and have some major entitlement issues, but I'm still fascinated. Oh well...

So while I was watching all this Big Love, I started making this thing, which turned into what I'm calling a neck piece. I'm not sure how I feel about it either. I kinda like how it looks almost Egyptian, but I don't think it really "goes" with anything. At least now I know what happens when I'm left with a whole HBO television series, about 30 ft of rope, and a spool of copper wire.

not right now, I have uh... errands..

*Jacket: vintage, Blouse: vintage, Leotard: American Apparel, Booties: Aldo, Necklace: Aldo, Bracelet: vintage

I bought this jacket probably two years ago and never wore it. Until now that is. Now days I seem to wear it at least once a week. This always happens to me. I have clothes that lay sad and depressed in one of my chests until I dig it out and renew our relationship. I'm convinced you should never throw anything away. I still have things I'm ashamed I wore in high school, but I keep them in hopes of eventually falling in love again.

I disassembled your chapstick.

*Necklace: yard sale find from mama, Bracelet: vintage, Plaid Shirt: vintage, Skirt: vintage, Tee Shirt: boyfriend's, Tights: Aldo, Booties: Aldo.

Woke up late today. Barely enough time to run to the roof and take these in the dying sunlight. The only thing I hate about fall is the days getting shorter and shorter. This is one of my favorite necklaces ever, mama bought it for me and it was in pieces in a ziplock bag. So many of my favorite possessions have to do with my family.

"Cheap and Chic" Bullshit

Ok, so I usually don't talk like this but I'm fed up and it needs to be said. This has always bothered me, but recently it has just gotten out of control because of the economy. I'm so tired of articles and blogs and such coming out with these articles on how to stay fashionable in this miserable economy. Essentially all of them highlight products or items that are, and always have been, out of reach of people who are living low-income lives. I am poor. I have always been poor. I will probably be poor for many years to come. And I mean poor as in there are times when I've used newspaper instead of toilet paper. I have no trust fund. I have no parent-paid credit card. I don't even have a legitimate savings account. Don't get me wrong, I think articles on thrifty fashion are great. But only if they are written by people who know what it means to be thrifty. If you want to write an article about how to shop like a poor person, then why don't you find a poor person to write it. If your idea of recession-proof fashion is limiting yourself to 10 "timeless" designer pieces this season, then I really don't think you need an article about "recession-proof" fashion at all.