day one hundred sixty-four.

Day One Hundred Sixty-four 2/8/10
Dress: Black and White Gingham/plaid Strapless Dress
Purchased From:  Super Thrift
Year or Era Purchased: Winter 2010
Price: $1.50
Accessories:  jeans, hunter wellies, pink ruffled slip, black cardigan, faux fur hat
Hair and Makeup: Pigtail braids,  usual makeup with bright purple eyeshadow
Comments/Compliments/Complaints: A stranger in an elevator liked my outfit, though I was wearing my winter coat.
Day: 


I got through today and it went really fast so I got that going for me.  I woke up, did the dishes, had coffee, got dressed, worked, went to whole foods, made quesadillas for dinner, watched some television and played on the internets to kill the fifteen hours I was awake.  Soon I will shower and retire to bed and do it all again tomorrow.  Stupid snowy winter days.  I know I should embrace them and get things done and cleaned and organized but the dark skies and bitter air make me want to crawl under a blanket and hibernate.  At least it was pretty sunny today.   This dress probably didn't help my mood today since it was totally annoying and ill-fitting.  I bought it at Super Thrift, a thrift store without dressing rooms. Sometimes I try on stuff right over my clothes but the mirror was inundated by other crazy thrifters and I was without patience on the day of purchasing.  I've become quite talented at guessing the size and fit of random thrift store dresses and this one was a measly $1.50 so I chanced it.  It will probably get donated right back to the same place now that I've worn it.  I would probably like it better if it weren't lined with cotton  This makes no sense to me, cotton doesn't help as a lining, it just makes the dress get stuck in awkward unflattering positions.  That's why I threw a slip underneath of this bitch and called it a day.  It didn't help that much though since I was wearing jeans.  Every fat nook and denim clad cranny of my body was visible under this hot mess of a dress.  I was more than happy to change into a t-shirt when I got home. 


Oh I almost forgot, the one good thing about today was spotting this dude chowing down on some berries: 

Pretty Spectacular. 

day one hundred sixty-three.

Day One Hundred Sixty-three 2/7/10
Dress: Plaid Men's Shirt
Purchased From:  More like scavenged from Michael's bag of clothes to go to the thrift store
Year or Era Purchased: 2008
Price: $Free
Accessories:  blue tights, black faux fur boots, brown belt
Hair and Makeup: Double buns,  usual makeup
Comments/Compliments/Complaints: none
Day: 


So let's be honest here.  I didn't leave the house today and this isn't actually a dress.  Today was one of those days I wished I didn't have a blog about wearing dresses.  I know I could've skipped it and stayed pajamified all day long, but I cared enough about this blog to finally take off my dracula pants at 6:30PM and throw on some tights and the longest shirt I could find in my closet and photograph it.  That my friends is pure 14k gold dipped awesomeness.   


Not leaving the house today was my little protest over the fact that I will work outside in the snow for about five hours tomorrow, freezing and dodging sidewalk ice patches.  Ugh.  I did go into my backyard to provide peanuts to the begging squirrel but that was all of twenty seconds and I was rocking some Fishtown fashion in my pajamas.  The squirrels don't judge, they're from around here. 


So yeah, I spent most of the day packing stuff to get it out of the way of the pipes/cutting/construction that will soon be occurring.  I also cleaned a bit and couched a bit.  I watched some of the superbowl for the commercials but the good ones must have either aired in the first half or  not existed.  I'll have to check the internets.  It was a boring Sunday but I liked it a lot.  I hope it's at least sort of warm tomorrow. Ugh.  Maybe it'll be time for a long johns/dress combination. 

day one hundred sixty-two.

 

Day One Hundred Sixty-two 2/6/10
Dress: Houndstooth Overall Dress
Purchased From: Super Thrift
Year or Era Purchased: Winter 2010
Price: $1.95
Accessories:  grey tank top, black cardigan, black tights, grey socks, hunter wellies, rib cage necklace, grey waist belt
Hair and Makeup: Half bun, half down, usual makeup
Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Jody liked my overall outfit, I think Michael called me beautiful
Day: 


I stayed up way too late last night and because of that slept until noon today, missing a large chunk of the snowfall.  I finally got out of bed and got bundled, too bundled, and headed out to shovel the twenty plus inches of snow that had fallen overnight.   Michael and I worked quickly and efficiently and I only cursed the snow about eight times.  I spent the next few hours packing up some books, making the components of a macaroni and cheese bar and getting clean and dressed.   We headed over to Spano and Jody's for a yummy dinner.  Jody made baked potato soup and it was so good, like unbelievably good.  I love soup.  I made penne pasta, cheese sauce, kale, swiss chard, toasted almonds and pine nuts, and sauteed mushrooms and brought pyrex dishes so we could each build our ideal mac n' cheeses.  To add to the gluttony Jody made brownies with cream cheese frosting.  I am very full now.  We watched Zombieland, the first episode of the new Kids in the Hall and played Mario Wii.  It was a really lovely night.  I'm debating if we should walk over to KFN for England Belongs to Twee tonight...Hmm. 


This dress was a recent purchase.  I find that I can go into Super Thrift and purchase mulitple dresses even if I've already been there once that week.  That's some serious inventory.  I wasn't totally in love with this dress until I added the belt, that's when I knew.  

day one hundred sixty-one.

 

Day One Hundred Sixty-one 2/5/10
Dress: Orange and Grey Strapless Bubble Dress
Purchased From: Super Thrift
Year or Era Purchased: Winter 2010
Price: $2.95
Accessories:  It's From the Sky t-shit, black tights, rainbow stripey socks, hunter wellies,
Hair and Makeup: Side up twist, the rest curled a bit, usual makeup with lots of gold toned eyeshadows
Comments/Compliments/Complaints:
Day: 


So I put this dress on and realized there were these super weird shoulder pad looking boob cups in the boob area.  They were in between the outer and inner layers of fabric.  I think that's why it still had tags on it at a thrift store. I cut a hole on the inside boob area and pull them out, snipping the seams they were held in by and voila, no more weird boob cups. I totally love this dress so I was beyond happy with the outcome.  I love pairing shoulder printed t-shirts with strapless dresses and immediately thought of my It's From the Sky shirt for this one.  It was supposed to snow earlier than it did today so I was prepared for it and wore my wellies.  Any excuse is a good one for me.  


Most of the day was normal work and then I made the mistake of venturing to Trader Joe's.  The bread was completely cleaned out and the freezer section was looking dismal.  People are insane.  I do like to cook during snowstorms so I understand but my god.  I went mostly for cheese and nuts to make yummy mac n' cheese tomorrow.  Trader Joe's has good prices on veg friendly cheeses.  Michael walked over from work and met me there and we waited in line together and he made it bearable by pointing out the rooster driving the car on their gift cards.  Since Trader Joe's does not have kale or swiss chard I also headed to the crappy thriftway.  I came home and made veggie turkey sandwiches from slices of the Quorn turkey loaf I made for dinner last night and coma'd  out on the couch for a bit.  Finally the energy I had been searching for entered my body and I joined MIchael in cleaning out our linen/storage closet on our second floor.  Plumbing needs require the space cleared so we had to go through three years of crap.  I found a few things I had labeled gone forever and a few things that will soon be gone forever.   Now we are dirty and dusty and tired and I will retire to bed for a morning of continued cleaning and organizing and cooking while the sky is littering a sea of white all over Philadelphia.  

day one hundred sixty.

Day One Hundred Sixty 2/4/10
Dress: Turquoise Sun Dress
Purchased From: Super Thrift
Year or Era Purchased: Winter 2010
Price: $2.95
Accessories: Jeans, snow boots but I changed into chuck taylors after an hour of the boots stealing my socks and sucking them under my feet, black and white polka dot cardigan, various scarves and arm warmer/glove combos
Hair and Makeup: Double victory rolls and rolled bangs
Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Michael and a client commented on my hair both calling it crazy
Day: 


I'm exhausted.  We've spent the last hour figuring out a bathroom layout, or trying to figure out a bathroom layout for our master bedroom/bath.  I feel like such a yuppie even typing that.   My eyes hurt. 


This dress is boobtastic.  They were hidden for most of the day though.  I wanted to do fun hair today so I threw it up into some super messy victory rolls.  I learned how to do this type of hair on youtube, specifically this chick:  



I love her tutorials so much.


I'm off to bed now to think and dream about bathroom layouts.  Joy. More tomorrow. 

day one hundred fifty-nine.

Day One Hundred Fifty-nine 2/3/10
Dress: Red and White Maternity DressPurchased From: Super Thrift
Year or Era Purchased: Winter 2010
Price: $3.95
Accessories: Jeans, black Hunter boots, red cardigan, red amulet necklace
Hair and Makeup: two braids with some hair down and faked no bangs, usual makeup
Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Michael liked my hair
Day: 


This is the dress I bought for my pregnant friend Sue but if you tie the attached belt in the front instead of in the back as intended it becomes a regular dress.  I will wash it and give it to her to add to her dress collection.  I photographed myself at Target since I was trying on a dress and some bras, both fails.  I liked the red dressing room for a background.  


Today was pretty boring so I won't go into a lot of detail.  Dishes, laundry, take care of sickboy, work, Target trip for storage bins, home, dinner, Criminal Minds and other bad television, blog, bed.  See boring.  I think tomorrow will be a better day since there's no more sickness in our home.  I hope it's a busy, motivated, gettin shit done day.   Until then, goodnight. 

day one hundred fifty-eight.

Day One Hundred Fifty-eight 2/2/10
Dress: Orangeish Plaid Sundress
Purchased From: Super Thrift
Year or Era Purchased: Winter 2010
Price: $1.95
Accessories: Jeans, black snow boots, black hoodie, faux fur white hat
Hair and Makeup: two mini buns up front with the rest down but mostly under a hat, minimal makeup, "cocoa bronze" lips
Comments/Compliments/Complaints: The same client that told me I needed to lose a few pounds told me I get prettier every day.
Day: 


So yeah, I totally gave Michael the stomach flu :( He started in on it last night and continued through the night, keeping me up a lot. I feel really bad. I woke up and tried to take care of him a little bit and then headed out for a long day of work. I stopped home for an english muffin and to check on Michael. I headed back out to work and kept it up until almost five. Ugh. Long day with a sick husband at home. When boys are sick it's so much worse. It's like this:





I came home and Michael was sleeping but wanted to head to bed for a while. This was great for me since I wanted to eat a sandwich, something super tasty for the first time in days, and I didn't want to rub it in. I ate and caught up on bad television on the dvr and counted down the hours until Lost. Michael did not want to wake up at 8 so I recorded the recap and counted the minutes. At 9 he was still asleep. I woke him and threatened to watch it without him so he climbed out of bed and joined me for the event we've been waiting for, the glorious final season of Lost. The two hour premiere was pretty fabulous and I am looking forward to the rest of the season.

Today's dress was purchased yesterday and I chose it because it reminded me of something you'd wear at the beach or on an island.  Yup.  I think I'll be happy to have it come summer.  I'm off to snuggle my poor little bunny now.