Wednesday. hrm. yeah got nothing witty.

Lots of photos today. Mostly because I was having a hard time again with hair, makeup, necklace and jewelry in one.

Shirt (gingham) Gap
Suspenders Dorothy's Costume
Wideleg PLEATED denim trousers H&M (hemmed with cuff by loving husband! he even tutorialed it last year)
Bracelet Celiac Awareness from conference.
Flower in hair H&M
Star and circle earring gift from an art fair
Glass ring MFA shop
boots merrell
Hoodie H&M

Since I couldn't decide you get an alternate pose

I always get jealous of all the cool kids Hello Kitty clothing stores have. If they have adult its never as cute as the kids. Last night I was at H&M and I saw this hoodie and tried it on without really paying attention that I was in the tween department. The biggest size which looks like it says 12+ fit! (I know I hate people blahing about size) BUT my point is I never considered shopping in the husky kids department but I should! The have gold lame appliqué hello kitty hoodies with PRINCESS SLEEVES.

Boston scrabble necklace from the lovely Becky of Gilding the Frilly

For makeup white gold on entire lid, pink in corner, teal on outer lid and wet as a liner on top and bottom. Coral blush and my new Chanel lipgloss! I blew some birthday money on something I could never afford. I wanted to be frivolous with a little bday money after such a rough time summer with paycuts and what nots.


This is the house I grew up in.

Today's topic come from an IM conversation I was just having. I know my family is a bit odd. We dance to the beat of our own tambourine (see we don't even listen to a drummer). The house I grew up in was giant and unique and whenever I had friends over for the first time they were dumbfounded. We had two living rooms, one on first floor and one on the second. Our kitchen had brick floors. We had giant beams running through the house (that at points had a swing on it) We had a big loft and rooms with no doors. The rooms with doors were all handmade latch doors that you could NEVER sneak out of. My mom and stepdad designed and built it. The whole right side of the house was mine. The upper left was my parents. The green house was always filled with weird plants and it was always warm even in the dead of winter. We would open the sliding glass door off the living room and get some of the heat.

So the question. Do you save things for special occasions? Have furniture that is only for company?

My immediate family of mom and Den and I do not. We are all about using the crystal to drink our orange juice and putting out feet up on the fancy couch. Eat brownies off the china. I once saw an episode of Oprah where she went to her mom's house and showed how her mom had plastic on the sofa. Oprah said to her how she could afford to buy one everyday why did she make people sit on plastic slipcovers? Who was she saving it for the Pope? To which her mom replied
"The Pope can sit on the plastic just like everyone else"

Haaa I try to use my things. I wear cocktail dresses to work. I write grocery lists on letter pressed stationary. What am I saving it for? (I used to be a bad saver and honestly what did I need with 54 sets of stationary?) USE IT! You can't use it when your dead.