day three hundred hundred fifty-nine.

Day Three Hundred Fifty-nine Monday 8/23/10

Dress:  White with Black and Red circle Vintage Dress 

Purchased From:  Circle Thrift

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010

Price: $2.50 (color of the week half off)

Accessories:  Red knee socks, black flats and then later I changed into my Hunter Wellies, one white butterfly barrette
Hair and Makeup: Down and curled and those bitches fell out quick, usual makeup

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Michael liked the dress/whole ensemble, a few other compliments I think. I can't remember. 

I love this dress! Imagine my excitement when I picked it up off the rack and saw that the tag color matched that of the half-off color of the week at Circle Thrift.  I was even more excited when I tried it on and it fit quite nicely.  I guess I should stop buying dresses at this point but they're like my crack.  I need to organize and bag a boatload of clothing.  My friend Rica just told me about a giant clothing swap in the Naval Yard in October so I'm going to have to get my stuff in order for maximum swappage.  This one sounds amazing with Buffalo Exchange and Urban Outfitters participating.  I can't wait! 

Monday was stupid humid.  I curled my hair and even used hair spray but it was nasty and ratty within an hour.  Good thing I took my pic for the day pretty early on! I didn't realize they were calling for rain so I wore flats but came home mid-day to change into my wellies and work on school work a bit.   I spent the day working, did some work on my final project for school and then headed to class.  Ugh, another day where we didn't do what she had planned.  It was supposed to be a final workshop but we were only to bring an excerpt of our story and all of us would read it and then discuss.  This didn't make much sense to me as reading aloud and only an excerpt does not a workshop make, but, at least it was going to be something.  Wrong! She let three people read their entire piece and then we were out of time.  I so didn't get any constructive criticism out of this class and I discovered in my last class that I kind of thrive on it and it's a huge freaking help.  We were also told that we had no actual class Tuesday or Thursday- that we could just drop off the final portfolio on Tuesday and pick it up Thursday.  So I totally got robbed of an entire week of class since she had cancelled the previous Thursday class.  I am such a nerd, but seriously, that's like two weeks of a regular semester.  I left school annoyed, came home and said Bye to Michael as he and some boys were watching motorcycle something or other- isle of man is that something? Yeah, let's go with that, at 700.  That left me to make myself some pasta with mushroom alfredo sauce and watch dvr'd episodes of Jersey Shore and Top Chef before spending the next four hours putting my final portfolio together.  I guess it was a pretty good night actually. 

day three hundred hundred fifty-eight.

 

Day Three Hundred Fifty-eight Sunday 8/22/10

Dress:  Black Floral/Paisley Silky Dress

Purchased From:  Mishel's Clothing Swap

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010

Price: $FREE

Accessories:  Blue sandals, black tank top
Hair and Makeup: Two high buns, usual makeup with some turquoise eyeshadow and no eyeliner

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Rica liked the dress, Michael said "you have some weird dresses left huh?" 

I'm not totally in love with this dress since I can't wear it in its pure form.  I am not the type of lady that can go braless. This dress is perfect for that type of lady.  So I threw on a black tank top underneath and that sort of killed the cute factor of this dress.  I tried knotting it to change the length but I wasn't thrilled with that either.  Plus, the tank top kept riding up and bunching.  It wasn't a pleasant experience.  I wish I'd gone with something different.  It didn't help that I had to hurriedly dress since I had a morning job.  I probably would've changed a few times had I taken two seconds to reevaluate this mess.  Oh well. I spent the morning working, went to the grocery store and then came home and made bangin' omelets and hung out with Michael.  

Later I did more jobs and went to Target with Rica.  I got lots of house stuff that I didn't really want to buy but needed, such as a shower curtain, (I went with solid grey) an aqua shower curtain liner, rings to hang said shower curtains, a hanging closet/shelf organizer thinger, lots of toiletries, is this list boring yet?, a portfolio for my final project, food stuffs, an awesome clearance cardigan, and an awesome clearance t-shirt.  Rock.  Oh, and I bought some black nail polish.  Word.  I came home and made leftover mashed potatoes for dinner and some bbq tofu for Michael.  I had a salad to accompany my taters because one of my foodstuffs purchases was ice cream.  Nom nom nom.  We took a bath and then ate ice cream and watched True Blood and Entourage before retiring to bed.  I should've worked on my final portfolio all day but I didn't.  Oh well.  Such is life. 

day three hundred hundred fifty-six.

Day Three Hundred Fifty-six Friday 8/20/10

Dress:  Strapless Black and Pink Polka Dot Dress

Purchased From:  Ms. Molly Delaney

Year or Era Purchased: Spring 2010

Price: $Free

Accessories:  Black, white and pink striped socks, black chucks, 
Hair and Makeup: usual makeup with some green shadow on my eyes, hair down and brushed and curled a tiny bit with a big barrel curling iron

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Lots of dress compliments but since I'm a slacker and haven't updated properly I can't really remember. 

Although this dress is not the most flattering in the gut area I love it.  It had straps but I cut them off and made it strapless.  It also has crinoline underneath the skirt so I felt fancy and funny all day.  I tried to play it down with knee socks and sneakers but I'm not sure that worked.   I spent the day working and then came home for some kitten snuggles.  Michael came home from skating and we headed to El Camino to meet up with Kristin and her lady friend Maura and our friend Rica.  We enjoyed happy hour margarita pitchers and yummy food.  Tipsy and full we decided it was necessary to shove gelato on top of the alcohol and food. We forced ourselves to walk around a little bit and then tasted lots of flavors of amazing gelato.  I got cream cheese and chocolate peanut butter.  It was super yummy.  

We came home and played with Soda Pop for a while.  She's such a cutie.  Rica came over to meet her and Steve loves her so he hung out too.  We all watched dumb tv shows.  It was a lovely, low key, kitten filled Friday night.  Awesome. 

day three hundred hundred fifty-one.

Day Three Hundred Fifty-one Sunday 8/15/10

Dress:  Black Sweater Dress

Purchased From:  Mishel's clothing swap

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010
Price: $Free

Accessories:  Black and white striped socks, hunter wellies
Hair and Makeup: Mostly no makeup and then a tiny bit of face stuff later, down and dried naturally

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Michael commented on how short the "dress" was.

So in retrospect I'm thinking this bad boy is simply a long sweater.  Oops.  I was in a really weird, saddish, mood all day so when I put this on I was simply thinking, it's cooler outside today and this is sweater material.  I did the math and pulled it over my head.  I only left the house twice and one of the times my coat covered me so it worked out just fine but I swear somehow this thing shrunk as the day progressed.  It was a little rainy so when I left the house I wore it with my wellies.  Mostly I just sat on the couch like a giant waste of space all day.  Again, I don't know what was wrong with me. I just felt eh, blah, blech.  Michael went on a motorcycle ride and I made myself a fancy omelet of asparagus, mushrooms, artichokes, tomatoes and asiago and swiss cheese.  I ate it with rye toast and tofurky sausage and immediately felt disgusting.  I think that added to my couchiness.  He came home and we walked to Primo so he could get a hoagie.  We came home and I sat on the couch more.  I had planned to go to Copa to see friends and drink drinks but I just couldn't get myself to go.  Dumb and weird.  The day dragged on and I accomplished nothing.  At one point Michael and I both decided we wanted dessert and I found a gelato place opened in the Piazza, near our house.  Yay! This made me happy.  We tried several flavors and were both enamored with the sea salt flavor.  Michael paired his with the chocolate peanut butter flavor and I fat kidded it up with three flavors of chocolate, hazelnut and sea salt.  It was amazing.  I'm beyond excited that a gelato place has opened near our house.  I just wish that new gym would hurry up and open so I can counteract the gelato madness.  We came home and I forced myself to work on my final project for school and then we watched True Blood and Entourage and went to bed.  What a waste of a day.  I suck sometimes. 

day three hundred hundred forty-eight.

Day Three Hundred Forty-eight Thursday 8/12/10

Dress:  Black and Purple Houndstooth Dress

Purchased From: Rica's bag of clothing swap stuff

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010
Price: $FREE

Accessories:  Black knee highs, Hunter wellies, black belt, black lace headband
Hair and Makeup: Pulled back and with a black headband, usual makeup

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: 

I am a tired little bunny so this is probably going to be a crap entry.  Sorry.  It was a boring day anyway.  I woke up early and took Michael to the El since it was overcast and the internets said it would rain.  I knew it would be cooler so I opted for this dress that I stole from the bag Rica sent to the clothing swap.  I added a belt, and of course wore my wellies since when it rains, it's wellie time! 

I came home and somehow started cleaning the refrigerator.  Apparently a bottle of Soyaki spilled underneath the drawers. Also apparently I am disgusting and never clean my fridge.  It is now spankin' spotless and organized. 

The gross stuff like processed cheese singles and bologna belongs to my roommate, Steve.  I really feel like I need to add that disclaimer.  The whole thing took me freaking forever, like almost two hours and I so of course I was running late.  I hurriedly got ready and spent the day working. I headed to school for a one on one conference with my professor, which went well I guess.  I came home and made bbq seitan and a mix of sauteed asparagus, mushrooms, artichokes and tomatoes.  It was yum.  Michael fell asleep on me while I watched bad tv.  See, boring. Sorry.  

day three hundred hundred forty-four.

Day Three Hundred Forty-four Sunday 8/8/10

Dress:  Black Sailor Jerry Butterfly Dress

Purchased From: Clothing Swap 

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010
Price: $FREE

Accessories:  Black Chucks, black knee highs, yellow hair kerchief
Hair and Makeup:  Down, unbrushed with a hair kerchief, usual makeup with yellow and black eyeshadows

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: One of my clients liked that my eyeshadow matched my headband, Michael liked the dress and made some stupid butterfly comment 

I like this dress.  It's super comfortable and fun.  The fact that it was free doesn't hurt either.  I saw the headband on the floor so I went with it and then decided to wear some yellow eyeshadow to match.  I'm dorky like that.  

Today flew by even though I barely did anything.  We woke up late, tenish, and got a slow start.  I updated some blogs, walked the doggie that was staying with us and then took him home.  I tried to help my friend Chad move but the truck was unloaded by the time I got back.  Whoops.  I came home and made giant omelets for Michael and I and we finished watching The Men Who Stare at Goats.  It was good but I'm glad I didn't see it in the theater.  We cleaned up the living room a bit and our friends Katy and Drew came to see our bathtub, as they are renovating their bathroom and choosing between a modern square tub and a claw foot.  

I had a bloody maria with brunch and it kind of screwed me up for the rest of the day.  The fact that my Aunt Flo is visiting at the moment didn't help either.  I tried to read but took a mini nap instead.  I cleaned and organized in our bedroom for a bit and then continued updating blogs, finally finishing now and I'm all up to date! Only twenty-one days left! I can't believe it.  I'll have to stay on top of it and go back to actual daily entries.  Now I have to figure out to revise that stupid Cinderella story but first TRUE BLOOD! 

Oh and here's a picture of my cat being awesome and zombified: 

day three hundred hundred forty-three.

Day Three Hundred Forty-three Saturday 8/7/10

Dress:  Black Slutty Dress w/ Frederick's of Hollywood tag so it's authentically slutty!

Purchased From: Super Thrift

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010
Price: $5.95

Accessories:  Crazy pattern boots, 
Hair and Makeup:  Down and curled a bit, usual makeup with a ton of blue eyeshadow

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: When I was walking a dog in Fishtown some kid said "I like black cars, they're sexy, I like girls that wear black too" but not to me, to his friend as I was walking by.  Ok? 

Holy shit this dress is slutty to the max and I love it. It has these weird puffy sleeves and really shows off the ladies. I knew I needed to "slut it down" a little bit so I paired it with some fun weird boots.  It felt really weird to walk around in this dress while the sun was out.  I think this sort of dress should be reserved for night time.  Oh well, it had to be worn at some point.  I figured a Saturday was the best time.  I guess so because Saturday ruled.  

We woke up early and proceeded to have a lovely day.  I had some coffee, did some dishes, walked the dog that was staying here, made breakfast and did a cat job.  We headed to King of Prussia to see Inception and hit traffic so we missed the IMAX showing but still made it to a regular movie.  It was beyond incredible, with every possible movie element involved, yet it wasn't too much.  I can't wait to see it again.  Also a plus not a single person made a peep, answered a phone, texted, etc.  I think we might have to drive to King of Prussia for movies from now on.  After the movie we headed to Station Taproom for dinner.  I suggest you do the same, immediately!  My good god the food was amazing.  They also had a Cantillon Gueuze on tap so it double ruled. I had an artichoke and asparagus salad and the mac n' cheese.  Both were glorious but I am still thinking about that damn mac n' cheese.  It had whole kalamata olives in it, and I don't mean a few peppered in there for good measure, I mean like a handful of those bad boys!  The salty, hot olives melted perfectly with the fontina cheese and macaroni.  Seriously, I can't wait to eat that again.  

Michael had the Thai red curry and vegetables and it too was delicious.  We left super happy and stuffed.  I knew I'd want the sweetness later so we stopped at Wawa and I got some ice cream. We came home, watched most of The Men Who Stare at Goats and ate ice cream. Michael fell asleep so I turned off the movie and we were in bed by midnight.  We really know how to party! 

day three hundred hundred thirty-seven.

Day Three Hundred Thirty-seven Sunday 8/1/10 Rabbit Rabbit

Dress:  Black Strapless Dress

Purchased From:  Super Thrift

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010
Price: $3.95

Accessories:  Pink on pink striped socks, black boots, white bandana on wrist, black kerchief for some time, giant black sunglasses, black hoodie not pictured
Hair and Makeup:  Down, unbrushed with a sunburned scalp, usual makeup 

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Cameron commented on the fact that I was putting on makeup in the woods. 

It was kind of cold on Sunday so I wore my black hoodie a lot of the day. I woke up to the sound of pouring rain, okay not really I just like to start typing the lyrics to I Remember You by Skid Row.  I heard a few drops of rain on the tent and my mind must be conditioned from the many rainy motorcycle camping days and nights to react to the sound of raindrops.  I freaked out and rain out of the tent to check on what exactly I'm not sure.  We had some supplies out but who cares, it was the last day, we were going home.  I realized that there was no need for a freak out because it was barely even raining and we had a lovely tree cover. Of course I couldn't get back to sleep.  It was something like a little after seven. Dumb. I wasn't the only one up so I started making coffee and breakfast.  I made hash browns with scrambled eggs, bagels and cream cheese, and veggie bacon and sausage. It took me forever but it was delicious once it was done.  I put on some makeup while I waited for the potatoes to cook and the french press to brew or whatever a french press does.  

I got dressed and snuck off into the woods to take pictures.  It felt absolutely ridiculous.  The drunk peeps woke up slowly and eventually we were all up and tearing down camp.  It went by way, way too fast.  

We took the last few miles of canoeing very, very slowly and barged up for a large part of it.  At one point we had megabarge- all of the canoes at once.  I think someone got a picture of it but I haven't seen one yet. Here's an attempt at a sideview.

Semi Mega barge coming in for a mega barge: 

Mike walked alone for a bit. It looked bad ass. 

We barged up and slowly floated for hours, taking a break for some cliff diving.  Four people jumped- Caleb, Michael, Angie and Curtiss.  I was only fast enough to photograph Michael and Angie. 

Michael

Angie

We took a minute to photograph the ladies of the trip- that includes Jeff and Orsborn in the back. 

We paddled a lot since it got windy.  That kind of sucked.  Eventually we all made it to the beach and unpacked our stuff and then loaded it on the trailers.  My camera battery died just in time for a group picture but luckily Cameron had his. 

We stopped at Minisink and ate weird fried foods and salads and sandwiches and then headed back to Hoss's parking lot. Michael had to drive Orsborn's car since Orsy lost his glasses.  I then had to drive Orsborn's car back to West Chester and then eventually Michael, Steve and I drove back to Philly.  We arrived home around 11:30 exhausted and dirty.  Good times.