day three hundred hundred twenty-eight.

Day Three Hundred Twenty-eight  Friday  7/23/10

Dress:  Floral and Black Kimono style dress

Purchased From:  MOLLY DELANEY

Year or Era Purchased: Spring 2010
Price: FREE
Accessories:  black flats

Hair and Makeup:  Pulled back into a low bun, usual makeup

Comments/Compliments/Complaints:  Michael, and I think a few more people but I can't remember. Sorry. 

I love this dress.  Molly gave it to me with instructions to wash it since it was starched into an uncomfortable hardness  Once the starch was removed it became a very comfortable and quite adorable dress.  I wore it a bit off the shoulders since the boobage area was a little short fabric wise.  I'm not sure if this was the actual intent of the dress but I liked it this way.  It was beyond hot on Friday so I was happy to wear something so flowy.  

I spent my day working and then stupidly thought it would be best to grill because of the heat.  Nope.  It sucked ass to grill and made me sweat like a glass of ice water in the sun.  I put the marinated seitan, corn on the cob, and asparagus on the grill and headed into the house to cool off.  When I went to check the grill goodies I found that our tank of propane had finally kicked. Blargh.  I ran to the store and exchanged it and got back to business.  I also threw a baguette on the grill to warm it and served the food with some lime herb butter, tzatziki sauce.  It was all quite yummy.  I made myself a strawberry margarita with homemade strawberry simple syrup and fresh pureed strawberries. It was the best possible accompaniment to a grilled dinner on a hot summer night.  I wish I'd taken pictures. Oh well.  I spent the rest of the night hanging out with the two Steves and Michael.  We ate, drank and watched episodes of Louie while Michael worked on building a sail for our upcoming canoeing trip.  

day two hundred seventy-seven.

Day Two Hundred Seventy-seven Wednesday 6/2/10 

Dress: Red and Blue Kimono Dress

Purchased From:  Thrift Fair

Year or Era Purchased: Spring 2010
Price: $4.95
Accessories: Black flats, black flower hair clip

Hair and Makeup: dirty, rag curls pinned into a mess on top of my head, with a flower clip, usual makeup 

Comments/Compliments/Complaints:  Michael liked my dress, he always likes this style dress on me but I bet he wouldn't remember that. 

First off please welcome my friend Julie to the world of blogging: Julie Murray Makeup she'll be blogging all kinds of awesome makeup tips and even helping me to style my makeup for specific looks and dresses, something I could definitely use.  When I attempt her tips I'll post face pictures so you can see the actual makeup for that day.   She did my makeup for my wedding and it was phenomenal.  She's also worked on lots of television shows so she knows her stuff- be sure to check her out! 

So again today it was hot as nards and this dress was flowy enough to fight off the heat.  Unfortunately the fabric was a bit thick but Wednesdays are generally my slower doggie days so I knew I could get away with it.  I paired it with my super gross stinky black flats.  I love them, though they make my feet smell awful- like burnt vacuum cleaners as Michael likes to say.  I didn't do much else- besides throw my hair up into a crazy tousled bun/ponytail mess as the rag curls have turned to the makings of dreadlocks. Blargh.  I'll be washing it and doing homework as soon as I finish this entry!  Today's makeup was the usual  and then I threw on my favorite giant black sunglasses from Joyce Leslie for $6.99.  I do not ever spend more than $20 on sunglasses because I treat them like a red headed step child and I don't see that changing.  I know myself too well. 

I spent a small portion of the day working and then made a sexy salad of arugula, almonds, grapefruit, tomatoes, cucumbers, garbanzo beans, carrots, sauteed mushrooms and asparagus and broccoli slaw.  I packed it up and took it over to Sue's to see her and baby Lemon and Ms. Rica.  We ate salad and had some much needed girlie catch up time.  We're thinking of starting a book club, something I'm excited about after experiencing literature discussions in class.  They're both on summer break so they have lots of free time, lucky ladies.  They and two of my other lady friends Heather and Jen are all in school and inspired me to go back.  Thanks ladies!!!

After girl time I came home and Michael and I had leftover fajitas and hung out for a bit.  It was a good day, lots of good energy everywhere.  I'm totally going to wash this funk out of my hair and read some Margaret Atwood.  Goodnight!