day three hundred hundred fifty-two.

I don't know why I look like I'm about to charge the camera.

Day Three Hundred Fifty-two Monday 8/16/10

Dress:  Yellow Plaid Daisy Sraps Benetton Dress

Purchased From:  Mishel's Clothing Swap

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010
Price: $Free

Accessories:  Green Ribbon Belt, green flats, yellow head scarf
Hair and Makeup: usual makeup, hair pulled back in a bun with a head scarf

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: n/a

So I got this dress at the swap and I like it but it might not be great for my body type. I added a piece of ribbon to it as a belt and I think that helped.  I wanted to redo my pictures for the day since I didn't take much time on them and they were weird and busted but I kind of forgot to redo them.  Oops.  Hence, we get a weird stance scrunchy eyed poorly lit picture.  Ugh. I guess it was just that kind of day. 

It wasn't the dress's fault but I felt all sorts of ick on Monday.  I had to wear a slip under the dress since it was a tiny bit see through.  I couldn't find my small half slip so I got stuck with a longer full slip and it kept bunching and sticking to me in the humidity.  Fuck humidity. I'm over it.  My hair was sweaty and the scarf kept slipping out, I felt like I was a gooey sidewalk puddle all day.  Ick.  I guess my Sunday grumps flowed over into Monday. Blech.  I made it through the day- worked and then headed to school early to finish the first draft of my final project.  I did it and I'm three quarters happy with it.  I have a problem with length and editing myself so I feel like it could be better with some more time, description and development.  I guess I'll work on it more for my own personal portfolio when class is over. I got to class only to find out that the first draft was not due.  What the fuck?  I totally confirmed this during the conference I had on Thursday.  It's also clearly written on the syllabus, not that she's stuck to the syllabus once for assignment due dates but still.  Apparently the first draft is due next Monday, August 23 and the final draft is due Tuesday, August 24.  Huh? How does that leave time for editing and feedback?  She plans to have us read an excerpt aloud to the class on Monday for a workshop. Yeah, that's not going to help me.  I have to say so far this class has been a bit of a disappointment. I like my professor as a person and I've enjoyed her reading assignments but I need organization in my life and I need someone to encourage this of me, not discourage it and eff me up even more.  Ugh.  I handed mine in anyway and hopefully she'll give it back to me before the final draft is due.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.  

Class did not help my sour mood and when I left the building I saw darkness through the window.  This pissed me off and I thought, it's still August, why is it getting dark so early.   About that time I realized the darkness was from the rain clouds, not nighttime creeping into my summer evenings.  Oops.  I hurriedly went to the grocery store and grabbed a few items for dinner and came home.  I beat the rain but saw this as I was driving: 

I came home and made tofu teriyaki with jasmine rice, steamed broccoli and cashews.  It was super, duper yummy.  We watched G Force, which sort of helped my mood a bit and Michael fell asleep.  Apparently talking guinea pigs aren't enough to keep his eyes open.  I then painted my nails and toenails, which usually perks me up; it did.  I watched two episodes of Scream Queens because reality television contests and horror are two of my favorite things.  When did I become this monster?  I then read forty pages in the fourth installment of the Sookie Stackhouse series before finally forcing myself to go to sleep.  All better. 

day three hundred and three.

Day Three Hundred Three Monday  6/28/10 

Dress:  Yellow Sundress

Purchased From:  Thrift Fair

Year or Era Purchased: Summer 2010
Price: $4.95
Accessories:  Red polka dot hair kerchief, Kurt Halsey necklace from Art Star, black flats

Hair and Makeup: Double buns and kerchief, usual makeup 

Comments/Compliments/Complaints:  A necklace compliment and that's all I can remember. I'm a bad blogger.

So yeah, sorry. I was busy this week.  It was my last week of school and I had a project due so this blog was kicked to the curb a little.  I wish I could remember Monday more but I really can't.  I know that it was hot, I worked, I went to school and came home and made dinner.  Typical Monday.  This dress is from Thrift Fair and it's originally a Target dress.  I dig the color and the fact that I stayed cool in it throughout the day.  I'm a fan of ketchup and mustard colors so I paired this dress with a red handkerchief to give it a fun 50's vibe.  I dug it, though my head did sweat a bit.  At least it kept the hair out of my eyes. 

day two hundred eighty-six.

Day Two Hundred Eighty-six Friday  6/11/10 

Dress: Black and Yellow 80s Dress 

Purchased From:  Circle Thrift

Year or Era Purchased: Spring 2010
Price: $5.00
Accessories: Black flats. black fabric belt

Hair and Makeup: Down and combed through with my fingers, no makeup during the day, usual makeup at night

Comments/Compliments/Complaints:  One of my clients said I looked beautiful, as did a stranger in the park.  I find this very odd since this dress is so friggin weird, flattered nonetheless!

This dress is so weird and I kind of felt like Betty Rubble in it all day.  I spent most of the day working, went to Target for some much needed home items and bought one clearance Liberty of London dress despite my attempts to purchase several dresses. Nothing was looking cute.   I came home and relaxed a bit, made Michael and I dinner, though I can't for the life of me remember what.  Around ten or eleven we headed over to Kraftwork to enjoy beer week and their featured brewer: Fullers.  I had a Cerise- a cherry beer that I liked but wanted it to be more sour and a Black Biscuit, which tasted like whiskey and chocolate had a baby.  It was weird but I liked it.  They also had a chilled asparagus soup that I  just had to try.  It was a delicious, light midnight snack.  It was a pretty uneventful but lovely day.  

day two hundred eighty-four.

Day Two Hundred Eighty-four Wednesday 6/9/10 

Dress: Multicolored Fluorescent Strapless Skirt Dress

Purchased From:  Online Swap Meet

Year or Era Purchased: 2008 
Price: $2 or $3 I can't remember 
Accessories: Black cardigan, black tights, hunter wellies 

Hair and Makeup: Double buns, usual makeup 

Comments/Compliments/Complaints:  Jody and her dog Eno liked my dress :) 

So yeah, this is actually a skirt but if you hike it up, voila!, it becomes a dress.  It's not the best dress since the elastic isn't super strong so good thing it was cold and rainy and I wore a coat overtop of this outfit because all damn day this "dress" fell down and exposed my bra over and over again.  The coat covered it and no one was privy to the ladies so it was fine, just pretty uncomfortable.  Yay.  I got this dress via an online Swap Meet on Suicide Girls.  I'm no longer a member but it was a great way to buy and sell goods, mostly clothing and makeup.  It's sort of like ebay or craigslist but all within an online community and without auctions. It's one of the things I miss about being a member of SG. I suppose I could track down some other online communities that may be free.  Mayhaps I'll look into that.  

It was a gross, rainy day and despite my fabulous umbrella I got soaked a few times.  I attempted to stay dry but it's near impossible to carry an umbrella and walk two dogs at once.  After work I took a quick trip to the thrift store, Circle Thrift, then to the grocery store and then home.  We went to our friend's house to pick up a couch and love seat they were getting rid of but after measuring our front door and their front door we realized it would not fit.  Blargh.  We could have attempted an alley/back door entrance but I feared it wouldn't fit through the kitchen/living room entryways and that would've been a whole lot of ass pains for nothing.  So we're stuck with our gross, chewed up, sheet covered couch until we redo the living room and buy new furniture.  I want a Macy's couch! Like one of these: 

A girl can dream I guess.  After giving up on our temporary couch dreams we came home and I made us vegan beef stew- tons of vegetables (carrots, red potatoes, celery, green beans, and onions), seitan, mushroom broth and a few herbs simmered together until the veggies were tender.  I served it with buttered noodles and crusty buttered bread.  The noodles were the only non-vegan item in the mix.  Nom, nom, nom.   We stuffed our faces and snuggled on our dilapidated couch.  the end. 

day two hundred eighty-one.

Day Two Hundred Eighty-0ne Sunday 6/6/10 

Dress: Green, Yellow and Blue Sundress

Purchased From:  Thrift Fair

Year or Era Purchased: Spring 2010
Price: $4.95
Accessories: blue knee highs, black on black chuck taylors, deer necklace 

Hair and Makeup: 

Comments/Compliments/Complaints:  A girl at CVS complimented my dress

Can you see my sweat? GROSS! And that was with the air conditioner on mind you! 

Michael went to Cape May to see his Mama very, very early on Sunday.  How he got up after four point five hours of sleep I have no idea.  And then to top it all off he rode a motorcycle.  I, on the other hand, slept until after ten, maybe even eleven.  Take that! 

I woke up ready to work.  I made a giant pot of coffee and did some dishes before forcing myself to continue revising my second draft.  After a few hours I decided to procrastinate via cleaning/moving my vanity and makeup to our new bedroom.  It's pictured above.  I need to hang my mirror and hang that bird hook on the wall.    I worked a bunch more and then decided to give myself a much needed reward of some thrift shopping.  HORROR struck me when I drove up to my all time favorite thrift store, Thrift Fair.  They are closed.  I didn't read the sign closely but it may have said renovations, I'm not sure.  I need to go back and read it properly.   I shed a tear and headed to CVS for some retail therapy but it wasn't the same.  This dress is from Thrift Fair and it was perfect for the super hot day.  I was hoping to find more like this one for upcoming horribly hot days.  Oh bother. 

I spent another several hours revising and then Michael came home and I made us a scrumptious dinner of veggie chicken in white wine garlic sauce, mashed potatoes with sour cream and kale chips. Kale chips rule!!!! KALE CHIPS YO!

I think I worked a bit more before giving up and going to bed a giant stressball, worried about my story.  Blargh.

day two hundred sixty-one.

Day Two Hundred Sixty-one Sunday 5/16/10 

Dress:  Yellow Sun Dress

Purchased From:  Thrift Fair

Year or Era Purchased: Spring 2010
Price: $4.95
Accessories: White and Green striped gym socks, blue cardigan, black sneaker boots, bird necklace

Hair and Makeup: Two braids with some down and curled, usual makeup

Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Michael commented on my necklace, he gave it to me. 

I like how easy this dress is.  I had trouble dressing on Sunday, nothing felt or looked right and I even chopped the bottom off of a long slip in an attempt to improve it but instead butchering it.  Oops.  I hope to salvage it somehow in the future.  Anyway I liked the ease of this dress and even though I had planned to save it for a really hot day I had to pull it out early. It also has pockets, yay pockets. 

I spent the day working and searching for bathroom  and bedroom accessories at discount stores. It was a big case of shoulda/coulda/woulda and everything I had seen in the past was now gone, replaced with nothing I needed.  Ugh.  That'll learn me to buy it when I see it. We still need towel hooks and a rack and a shower curtain and some hampers and some tooth brush holders, etc. etc.  We'll get there eventually.  

Anyway so after work Steve, MIchael and I had dinner and drinks at Cantina, which were super yummy.  I had a squash and pumpkin seed quesadilla and Michael had some soy ginger seitan tacos, a little too sweet for me.  After dinner we dropped Steve at home and then Michael and I went to see Iron Man 2.  I quite enjoyed the movie but our movie going experience was once again ruined by the masses.  At least two patrons would not shut the fuck up during the movie and there was a baby crying/talking during a large chunk of the movie.  I think we may have given up on movies from now on unless they're at the Ritz.  

We came home, watched the final episode of The Pacific and retired to bed.  I loved our weekend, despite working a lot and the stupid movie goers.  

day two hundred fifty-one.

Day Two Hundred Fifty-one Thursday 5/6/10 (Also known as Lemon Josephine Henry's birthday) 

Dress:  Lemon Yellow Vintage Dress

Purchased From:  Sazz Vintage
Year or Era Purchased: Spring 2010
Price: $10.00
Accessories:  White/green polka dot cotton belt, black flats 
Hair and Makeup: Pulled back into a bun and still wet for most of the day, down and natural once dry, usual makeup
Comments/Compliments/Complaints: Lots of dress compliments from Michael, Katy, a few clients.

I wore this dress in celebration of the birth of Lemon Josephine.  It's lemon yellow so I'm sure my reasons are clear.  I woke up a bunch of times during the night, after finally falling asleep a little after 3am.  I woke up around 7:30 for a little while, fell back asleep and slept the morning away.  I finally got up showered and out of the house.  I didn't spend much time on my appearance today because frankly I didn't care.  I threw on a belt since this dress is a little big, pulled my wet hair back into a low bun and threw in some hair sticks, slapped on a some makeup and shoes and ran out the door to meet baby Lemon.  Jake and Sue both seemed to have a happy glow about them.  Rica was holding Lemon when I arrived and let me have a crack at her.  She is the cutest little thing.  I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that I'm good friends with the parents but whatever.  I hung out for a bit until Lemon started making hungry faces and I relinquished her to her Mommy.

I spent the day working, lots, then ran a few errands.  I came home and made a huge dinner for Sue and Jake so they would have some prepared food in their fridge.  Michael and I headed over and met up with Kristin and Katy and we all oohed and aahed over the little miss.   Again we relinquished her so she could get some "boob juice" as Sue referred to it. 

Michael and I came home, ate sandwiches and now I'm exhausted from half assed sleep last night.  Not that I have anything to bitch about since Sue was in labor and awake for a solid 24 hours.  So yeah, puts things into perspective for me.  

Crap, I just remembered it's trash night.  Ugh.