Hello there! What a sunny weekend we've been having! It's been so nice, after all the gray skies we've been having. It's all going to really warm up this week, which I'm excited for. It'll be in the 50's a couple days or so. Bob and I started watching "The Following" on Netflix yesterday, and we watched a few episodes. I had heard good things about it. Bob's not so impressed with it, but I think it's decent. I like suspensful shows like that. A lot of times there's nothing that really jumps out at me from Netflix (other than when there's new episodes of "Orange Is The New Black" and "Wentworth"), and we end up just watching TV.
In the pictures below I'm wearing my Trashy Diva Anna Green Kimono dress. I have this dress in a halter style, too. I like having the two options though. This one is better for wintertime (although not great, because the material is very light) than the Lena halter one (which is also shorter). This print is just divine. I really don't know why I wasn't 100% sure about the print when it first came out. When I finally saw it in person at Enz's in NYC, I loved it, and bought the Lena one there. I ended up getting this one (which wasn't available online anymore) from someone in the TD group I'm in. I like that this is more of a 1940's look. I don't really have any other 1940's ish dresses. I'm obviously all about the 50's, ha. I hardly have any green dresses in my wardrobe, in fact my two Green Kimonos may be my only ones with a green background. I don't wear bracelets every day, but I think this carved wood bangle goes great with the dress. I got it from Luxulite.
Dress: Facebook group (Trashy Diva)
Necklace, Bangle: Etsy
Heels: BAIT Footwear
~Bye bye for now!
Hello there! Happy weekend! I don't really have plans this weekend, just doing the usual tasks I take care of on the weekend. Bob just wants to stay in, because he had such a stressful, busy last Saturday-Monday with all the plowing he had to do. He didn't a weekend at all last weekend, and in fact worked longer days (11 hours). I wet set my hair last night, to take outfit pictures today with my hair curly from the set. I don't love how it turned out, but it's not awful. I wish I could figure out how to vintage style my hair more effectively! I've been trying for a few months now, and I'm still not loving the results most of the time, and I still can't figure out how to get height in the front of my hair. I tease it and use hairspray and/or pomade, etc., and it still doesn't work. It's frustrating!
In the pictures below I'm wearing my Trashy Diva Red Waterlilies L'amour dress. I missed out in this print when TD was selling it, because I wasn't crazy about it at first. It ended up growing on me though, so I began searching for it online, on eBay and other sites. I ended up finding this one one eBay, for a good price, because the hem is a bit uneven. But, I don't even notice it when it's on, and I don't think anyone else does either! I always wear this with my yellow BAITs, and I don't think I'd pair the dress with any other shoes. This dress is perfect for a tiki bar, and in fact I wore it to tiki bars in New Orleans.
Dress: eBay (Trashy Diva)
Cardi: Booth at Viva Las Vegas
Necklace, Brooch: Etsy (Vintage Headquarters, Luxulite)
Heels: BAIT Footwear
~Bye bye for now!
Hello there! The weather's warmed up a bit here, after our record setting snowfall last weekend. It was actually in the 40's today and sunny, which felt nice! There's no snow in the forecast either, which is great. 2.5 months from today we leave for Vegas...but, who's counting, ha? I would fast forward over winter (well, other than Christmas) every year, if I could. Who needs it?! I certainly don't!
In the pictures below I'm wearing my Pin Up Girl Clothing oranges Jenny dress. This is definitely my favorite PUG dress, and also one of my fav dresses in general. As you are well aware, I love a good fruit print! I love pairing it with my green BAIT Idas, and my new Rough Seas Designs fruit purse. Wearing the yellow cropped cardi, orange belt, and green Idas brings out all the colors in the dress.
Dress: Pin Up Girl Clothing
Cropped cardigan: eBay (Old Navy)
Necklace, Brooch: Etsy (Luxulite)
Heels: BAIT Footwear
~Bye bye for now!
Hello there! Well, it finally stopped snowing, after getting two feet dumped on us. We went from not getting over half an inch of snow this winter, to this; pretty amazing. This has to be one of our worst snowstorms of all time as well, in fact I'm pretty sure we officially had a blizzard, which is crazy. I only remember us having one other blizzard (in '96). I know my sister (in Nashville) got around 8 inches, which her boyfriend thought was a record for Nashville. The weather forecasters usually get the forecast wrong, they hype it all up, with not enough results, but in this case, they underestimated. Bob was barely home yesterday, and will probably be gone most of the day and evening today. I can't leave, because I don't have a shovel here, and can't get my car out.
I really didn't think the mail would come yesterday, considering how bad it was out, but it did come. My new fruit purse and sprinkles duvet cover and pillowcases arrived, as seen below. I had to wash & dry the cover and pillowcases immediately, & put them on my bed! The set is so darn cute. Luckily, Bob doesn't mind my aesthetic, ha!
In the pictures below I'm wearing my new Modcloth rainbow stripe skirt. I'm glad it was brighter in person that my computer monitor showed. I used to show at Modcloth A LOT, but the past year or so, they hadn't been selling hardly anything I was interested in. They hardly had any bright, fun novelty prints. This skirt is perfect though, and I also got a rainbow dress and pair of BAIT shoes recently. The skirt and dress I got are from their new inhouse Modcloth brand line.
Top: Heart of Haute
Cropped cardi: Poshmark (Old Navy)
Skirt: Modcloth
Brooch, Earrings: Etsy (Atomicmingo & Scrumptiousdoodle)
Heels: BAIT Footwear
~Bye bye for now!
Hello there! We are currently getting walloped with snow. I have to say, since the weather people usually get it wrong (usually overestimate), I wasn't so sure we'd really get majorly hit. We woke up to 6 inches of snow, with it still snowing hard, and it's windy. My sister, who moved to Nashville in August, got the snow before we did. This is our first real snowfall this season. She sent me a picture yesterday morning of the snow they had there, plus since they hardly get snow there, they are not equipped to take care of the roads well. So, the roads were a disaster. Bob left a little bit ago, to do his first round of plowing. I worry when he goes out in awful conditions like this. He will probably have to do three rounds of plowing all of his customers. I think he'll be coming in between each round though. Some of the driveways he does are very steep. Plus, he won't even get to have a weekend!
I'll be at home relaxing, and getting some things done, like cleaning, laundry, and working out. I'm definitely going to watch the movie "Everest". It's based on the book "Into Thin Air", which I just read.
In the pictures below I'm wearing a Heart of Haute dress I got back in September. I love the print on it, and also the style. It's a different style than any of my other dresses. The skirt isn't as full as most of my dresses, and it's on the short side for me. My orange cropped cardi from PUG goes with it perfectly though. This cardi doesn't match many other items in my wardrobe.
Dress: Catslikeus.com (Heart of Haute)
Cardi: Pin Up Girl Clothing
Necklace: Etsy
Brooch: Deer Arrow
Heels: B.A.I.T. Footwear
~Bye bye for now!
Hello there! Can NOT wait for this work week to be over already. Today felt like a Friday, which really sucks for me for tomorrow. We are supposed to be getting our first real snowfall of the season this weekend. Unfortunately for my husband that means he won't have much of a weekend. I feel bad for him! Last winter almost every single time we had major snowfall it was on a weekend. I'm just glad I won't have to drive to work in it! Driving in snow/ice is one of my biggest fears, and I avoid it as much as I can. I'm meeting my friend for a drink tomorrow night, but I'm sure the rest of the weekend will be spent indoors.
Well, in very exiting news (to me at least!), my most sought after and desired dress ever arrived to my apartment tonight! By the time I wanted the dress, it was out of production, so I bought the only thing left in the print, when I was in New Orleans on my honeymoon. I bought a bolero, to wear with red dresses, and I do love the bolero...but, I still desired a dress in the rockets print something fierce! I kept my eyes opening for a year and a half, all over the internet, and I finally lucked out! A girl that is in the Trashy Diva Faxebook group I'm in messaged me, and offered it to me! It was the size that I wear in the Annette style (the dress I got is the Annette style). It's now my third Annette. This dress actually is easier to zip than my other two, which is great for my husband, ha! I just love it soooo much, and am so over the moon that she's finally mine!
Dress: Facebook Group (Trashy Diva)
Necklace: Modcloth
Brooch: Etsy (Luxulite)
Heels: Modernpinup.com (BAIT Footwear)
~Bye bye for now!
Hello there! Last night Bob and I watched "The Martian". I had read the book a few months ago. Bob hadn't been interested in seeing the movie (he doesn't like Matt Damon), but once it started getting more interesting/dramatic, he was sucked in, ha. I thought the movie was good. I liked the book, except for the parts where it got really scientific/technical. My brain just couldn't focus on those parts, or understand them!
In the pictures below I'm wearing my Trashy Diva French Quarter print skirt. This skirt ran small, and is tight on my waist, but I can manage, and can't bear to sell it. It's one of the rarest/hardest TD prints to find, as no one wants to sell theirs, and I can see why! The print is simply gorgeous. Also, being New Orleans is my favorite city, it is quite perfect for me. I wear this fruit neckace all the time, it's truly my favorite necklace. I paid more for it than any other jewelry I have bought, but it was worth it.
Sweater: Gift (Heart of Haute)
Skirt: Facebook swap group (Trashy Diva)
Necklace: Vendor at an antique mall
Brooch: Etsy (Luxulite)
Heels: Modcloth (BAIT Footwear)
~Bye bye for now!
