Pop of color

No matter how early I get up for my 9:30 class I never have time to do my hair, which wouldn't be a problem if my natural hair texture wasn't Seth Rogen ("it's called 'jew'"-Knocked Up). This (in addition to hiding my blond roots) is why I can't get enough of the hot pink hat Liz gave me for Chrismukkah. Presentable hair with no flat iron required.

Thrifted Ann Taylor top; Express skirt; F21 belt; Hue tights; Target boots; H&M hat; Charlotte Russe ring

Ok and one sans hat, but cropped before the roots to save you the trauma.

Photos by Teo

I could never look into your eyes, and settle for wrong and ignore the right

Yesterday I bought Adele's new album, both because I love the sound of her voice and because I was in a music funk and needed a break from all the Anberlin I've been listening to lately. I get really obsessive when I find a new song I like. I play it over and over and over again, and after awhile I start creating music videos and choreographing new dances and complicated ice skating routines in my head. Some songs I even imagine myself performing on stage. Adele's new song, I Found a Boy, is this song for me at the moment. I think I've probably listened to it about 55 times since I downloaded it last night. It's a mellow ballad about moving on to greener pastures and rejecting past unhappiness. It's put me in kind of a mellow mood all day, which I feel is reflected by the muted colors in today's photos.

f21 top; Express skirt; H&M hat (present from Liz); vintage ring; random boots I've had since 11th grade; not sure about the tights, either

But yes, I can be introspective while wearing a hot pink hat.

Valentine's Day flowers are still kickin'

Some weekend pictures

I don't do a lot of posts about my personal life, but these are too good not to share. This past weekend was a doozy. I spent one evening at Elizabeth's (aka miss Don't White Sugar Coat It) place for a pumpkin-themed party. I had more pumpkin cookies, pumpkin hummus, and pumpkin ale than I can possibly remember. Which probably speaks more to the amount of pumpkin ale than to the other two.

Hue tights; Macy's cardigan; Old Navy hat; Blue Rain dress via Francesca's; Thom Brown shoes

My friend Liz and I also went to Dragball, a BU event that mandates, what else, dressing in drag! I don't have a lot of man clothes so I went to Goodwill a few hours before the party and picked up a short-sleeved mens' oxford (à la Dwight Schrute) and a red and black tie. Liz also went to Goodwill (separately) and picked out a similar tie with the exact same color scheme. Of course we would pick out matching ties.

thrifted shirt and tie; Charlotte Russe skirt; Hue tights; Steve Madden shoes

On Safari

Except not really because the most dangerous and exciting place I went today was my pilates class. And I was wearing spandex, not this.

In other news, I'm hoping my next entry will include pictures taken with my 21st birthday present. It's supposed to get here tomorrow and I am so beyond excited about it. Details later in the week.

Tank- Old Navy

shorts- Old jeans from F21

shoes- Madewell

bag- open market in Rabat, Morocco

hat- mom's

Black and pink is my favorite color combination anyway

Knowing full well that I would stick out like a sore thumb against all the neutral-colored Parisians, I decided to wear my new brightly-colored cardigan today:
Huge surprise coming up here-- none of the strangers I saw gave a rat's ass about my burst of color. No shocked stares, no angry mobs, no cries of "Oh la la!" or "Mon dieu! Elle fait quoi alors?!" Looks like I wore a bright magenta cardigan in the heart of Paris and lived to tell about it.

cardigan- Zara

scarf- ?

hat-Loehmann's?

dress- American Rag

leggings- American Apparel

boots- Target

How to make a plain winter hat into a cute winter hat

This may actually be the easiest how-to ever.

Step one: go get a hat. Mine was $5.95 at H&M. It's pretty boring (don't worry, H&M, I won't hold it against you):
Step two: go get some bow hairclips. Mine were $3.95 for a pack of 2, also at H&M. If you live in Boston, you can also check out Dajuli Sparkles (the website is a little creepy and not very informative but it does have the address) on Newbury Street for some awesome bow clips:
Step 3: Clip the bow onto the hat:
ZOMG cutest hat ever!!!!
All in all, this beautiful creation cost me just under $8 to make and took all of 2 seconds: Today's outfit was a keeper. At first I was a little iffy about mixing neutrals but Monique assured me it looked fine:

I believe this skirt is meant to be worn at the natural waist, but as I am slightly taller than average this left just about nothing to the imagination. So I bought it in a Large instead of a Medium and wore it around my love handles instead. Unfortunately it's still a little too big and at one point today I looked down and saw that it had pulled a 180 on me. Like it was exactly backwards. Perfectly centered, too. Who else has skills like this?Bah! Another one with the hat:
The view from our living room is getting better and better each day as the leaves change:

hat and clip- H&M
top- BP Nordstrom
skirt- Charlotte Russe
tights- Hue
shoes- target