dash of birthday greetings

happy birthday, sister!  

(she's on the right and sitting down circa 1987)

dash of dynamite

meiryo text and obnoxiously catchy lyrics

dash of stripes

 

[wearing]

ruffled top: kenar

skirt: forever21

boots: brazil via ebay

[going]

work as usual, but i said ridiculous things like:

someone else: hi, short-timer

me to the person that isn't usually friendly and is much older than me: oh hi, long-timer

or...

someone else: you should watch the miss universe pageant tonight.  miss usa is from dearborn, michigan!  

me: ummm...

someone else: i won't be watching it because it's not on until nine and i have jet lag.

me: well, if you're not watching it then why should i?

oh wait, there's more...

someone else: what's going on there? (pointing to my screen)

me: mechanical ducts, don't worry though, i color coded all of them.

dash of parking

panroman text + image from seattle in may

dash week #thirteen @work

i totally failed at wearing color this week, mostly due to my hatred of wrinkles...and of ironing.  i think tuesday and wednesday's outfits were my favorites this week.  thursday i wore leggings to work for the first time and realized that no one really cares about this (except for the other two girls that also wear not-pants to work).  anyway, week thirteen was my last full week of summer work, so after next wednesday i've put in my time as a grownup for the year.  yesssss!  then i'm back to thinking land (some people call it grad school) where there will be less heels, but more boots! 

dash of no color

[wearing]

tunic: h&m

leggings: target

wedges: madden girl and some gray paint

dotty at sunset

[wearing]

chambray shirt: thrifted

navy skirt: salvaged from a forever21 dress/but really shirt length disaster (this is the bottom two-thirds)

heels: nine west

[going]

work (phone calls, emails, meeting with the banana laminate rep, then some actual work), couscous dinner, and happy feet with the short stack

p.s. yesterday's boots were inspired by some balmy weather in the low 100s, but there's no humidity here and there was some serious wind.  oh, and i just really like boots.