thirty|day ten

[wearing]

shirtdress: h&m via savers [30]

boots: brazilian riding boots [30]

geometric tights: target (in indiana!  it's so different there!)

skinny turquoise belt: thrifted

big scarf: souvenir from las vegas

sunnies: rayban

[going]

class as usual.  except that i got a midterm grade that bothered me (one of those i-don't-give-a's-on-principle deals).  then a delightful evening with my couch.  

thirty|day nine

[wearing]

polka dot ruffles: old navy [30]

purple ruffles: target [30]

long cardigan: old navy [30]

boots: brazilian riding boots [30]

navy tights: kohl's

[going]

to ruffle city.  not really, because that's not a real place.  but if it was, i'd be their mascot. 

[previously on...] gray cardigan (these are all from last winter, hence the snowdrifts)

thirty|day eight

[wearing]

gray sweater dress: thrifted [30]

cream moto jacket: forever21 [30]

gray boots: old navy [30]

brown mustard scarf: forever21

yellow mustard tights: american apparel

tiny gray bow in my hair: forever21

[going]

cooking and driving a turkey across town, drawing windows all afternoon, belated birthday dinner for my brother, and then back to the windows in the evening.  

thirty|day six

[wearing]

jacket: h&m [30]

big shirt: thrifted [30]

knit skirt: forever21 [30]

black tights: target

glitter flats: simply vera [30]

thirty|day five

[wearing]

wool smock: thrifted [30]

jeans: forever21 [30]

boots: ebayed [30]

big scarf: souvenir for london

leather jacket: michael by michael kors

thirty|day three

[wearing]

slouchy sweater: secondhand limited [30]

lace skirt: target [30]

gray boots: old navy [30]

brown tights: target

sunnies: thrifted in vegas

blue coat: old navy

p.s.
it's my brother's twenty-second birthday today.  that's two twos!
i did a lot of exciting things when i was 22.  i lived in an empty apartment.  i worked at a terrible job.  i got bonuses.  i bought furniture with those bonuses, quit that job, got an awesome one, and fell for the best boy ever.  also, my mom sent me a card for that birthday with a photo of me in a ballet costume on it and the caption "a tutu for your two two".  and she sent me a blender.  so i also ate a lot more smoothies when i was 22 than when i was 21. 

thirty day two

[wearing]

jacket: h&m [30]

skirt as dress: thrifted [30]

booties: madden girl [30]

black tights: target

necklace: a collection of other ones

thirty day one

[wearing]

chambray: thrifted gap [30]

stretchy skirt: forever21 [30]

boots: ebayed [30]

belt, glittens, scarf, and headband: forever21

outerwear: michael by michael kors

black tights: target

[going]

dinner+a movie

dotty with purple legs

[wearing]
big brown cowl: secondhand the limited

purple skinnies: forever21

gray boots: old navy

dash of even more black

[wearing]

on dotty

slouchy tee: c&c california

jeans: forever21

boots: old navy

jacket: michael kors

sunnies: rayban

on boy

shirt: rugby

jeans: guess, refinished

jacket: maxfield

boots: alden

[going]

boy's studio, thai noodle lunch with his friend, more studio, crepe dinner with his graphic designer/librarian couple friends

[+]

this is my favorite boy.  he dresses way better than me, carries all my heavy bags, loves peanut butter, and works on awesome things like this.  sometimes he smiles, but only in poorly-lit subway tunnels. 

dotty gets wooly

[wearing]

wooly dress: thrifted in vegas in the summer

blazer: vintage evan-picone

boots: old navy

[going]

class, interview with my grant committee, napping off the anxiety (they were super friendly/helpful/enthusiastic, so there was no cause for nervousness), and studio work in the evening

dotty goes to school

[wearing]

shirtdress: h&m via savers

belt: from a sweater

patterned tights: target

boots: brazil via ebay

[going]

to my first day of classes (really just loads of seminars) and a cross-campus long-walk debriefing with my favoritest classmate

dotty wears blue

[wearing]

blue: old navy
pants: j. crew

flats: steve madden

dotty wears pink

[wearing]

ruffled pinkness: forever21

knit skirt: thrifted

all sorts of brown ribbon: leftover from a hat re-banding

flats: target

[going]

work to pick paint colors + then cereal shopping

+ one month until the boy and i are reunited in a colder climate!

dots of cacti