"I feel Heaven, stay for the sound"

[Casual Friday Recap]

scored these at the thrift my mom showed me, Savers $2.99

they had a whole gaggle of them, pumpkins, cats, vampires, bats...

but these best matched the shirt I had just ordered.

I want to say I got this jumper at Target....of course.

woot shirt! $10

this is definitely a spot to check out everyday.

Free shipping on everything & they normally come out with some awesome t-shirts.

I got these suckers at Target (I had no idea how much shit I owned from Target or how much I really wore it, good god) after some additional walking around to convince myself they needed to be mine. I got these last year and I knew I couldn't pass them up. I want to say they were $8.99 or some small price that doesn't really require "convincing", but oh well. They are mine now with no regrets.

As stated a million times over, Casual Friday is my day. Especially when those Friday's fall in October.

I have a decent amount of Halloween funk at this point and I love putting it to use. I wasn't too enthused about fake holidays (Sweetest Day + Boss's Day) keeping us at the work establishment past midnight, but my paycheck will be rollin' fat. There were some good laughs for sure and that always makes it worth it.

[Today]

today, I am admitting, the bright skies were nice.

This is probably because it was definitely sweater weather.

FINALLY.

See, here's the thing. I am all about nice weather and an Indian Summer, but once it drops below 55º, let's keep it that way. Once it is sweater season is in, I want to keep that momentum going because it seems in those few short days where coats and sweaters aren't necessary, the ability to layer well leaves my brain.

I got this sweater at Goodwill last year around this time and I love it. It's ugly in just the right ways.

I'm really drawn to the colours in it.

I call these pants my "Rock Star" pants because they are basic, thick in material, and just the perfect black pants to wear anywhere. Unfortunately, they are a tad big. They were originally cropped, but I undid the seams so they were longer. Gap $50

...Because the weather was so dashing, I did the usual routine and headed out for a walk.

I walk past the park that's almost always wide open and if the swings are free, I always snatch the opportunity. I love swinging, always have. I was that asshole 5'th grader that had a swing everyday even though "it was so unfair" (this is why you have to run to the park during recess, kids). 

So today that opportunity was present and I took it for a good half hour. My iPod is a great accompaniment on the swings, but sometimes I miss those middle school conversations and those times where the swings served as a destination, that was "going out" on a Saturday night when I was 13. Keep in mind, I was kind of a huge loser. So today some great tunes came across on shuffle in my "Recently Played" list that's a good 400 songs wide; ah, I love all of these songs. All for very good, but different reasons, but they were just what I needed to hear today. What a great to sport a funky sweater and soak up some sun...through that thick...sweater...

Hopefully you dig 'em and head for the swings soon while you still can!

Why yes, I do have the time, It's Jelly time.

[About Thursday]

this song is really good. We heard it driving home the other day on XRT of course.

She reminds me of a young Chrissie Hynde/PJ Harvey.

It finally happened. My counterpart and I headed into the city via Metra in the early afternoon and hiked over to the Shedd Aquarium. They've been hyping the hell out of their new Jellies exhibit and I've been dying to see it aka bugging him to take me! They have this cool little theme song they always play on XRT and it always makes me ultra excited to see their pulsating little bodies pushing their way through the water...okay that might be too much commercial quotation, but it's damn accurate. Check out this music and do the Jellies dance (which I made up and TOTALLY FORGOT to do while in the exhibit).

If I were the girl in the ad, I'd be screaming in excitement. It'd be along the lines of:

"JELLIES! OH MY GOD ::SCREAMS::"

I LOVE starfish.

Let me say this though, we scoped out the whole place and we saved the jellies for one of the last things we did. I love everything they have there. Unfortunately the penguins were closed for show, but that's okay, as long as my brainless little blobs would be rockin' solid, I knew we'd be fine. While it was a neat little exhibit, it was not what I was expecting. I was expecting a HUGE exhibit, especially because it's going to be there for quite some time (as most of them go), like floor-to-ceiling jellies is what I wanted. I wanted to be encompassed in Jellies. If only I could have been wearing jellies...However, they were still beautiful and laid out rather nicely. I snagged a few pictures of them;

One of these Jellies makes me want egg drop soup-ASAP.

another makes me want to brush my hair.

Oh the urges the jellies give.

If you're in the area, definitely check out the Shedd. A good time will be had.

Rest assured, it not only confirmed that I love these little guys, but that I am also looking to purchase a home large enough to house my beluga whale I hope to have in the future. Hopefully my counterpart is also actively looking into the same situation.

What a great time.

It was so nice to get out in the city on such a nice day. I have been trying my best to take advantage of all this nice weather action. In addition to taking mighty fine advantage of that, I'm quite enthused Argo Tea finally had a chance to make its way through my body, that delicious bastard. So I've never been and I've always assumed it was snooty because of their "city only" locations. I went in and found out that it was rather Portland-esque. People on Macs-everyfreakingwhere, dim lighting, menus that screw with your head until your realize they are purposefully changing to show you more options, dread-locked baristas...on and on.

I got their version of bubble tea, which allowed me to choose a flavour & a type of tea. I chose green tea/coconut/2% milk. It was delectable! It was really neat because it was not typical bubble tea with the tapioca, but was the actual taste of coconut;

I want to work here. I want to make little leafs in your milk froth. I want to sell insurmountable amounts of tea. I AM ARGO TEA!

::deep breathing::

okay. it's cool.

But yeah, needless to say, I am glad I finally had it.

Now I'm craving it and the closest location is 20 miles ::sobbing::

So, 10:30 p.m. probably isn't the ideal time that I should have waited until to eat the leftover fried rice from last night, but being that I have a few more years of lucky metabolism ahead of me, I shall relish in the greasy goodness past dinner time.

Hopefully your Friday night plans are a tad better than mine.

Things I Carry

I've seen this done around the internet and have been wanting to do this for some time.

This song seemed appropriate for the purse journey.

This is the purse I carry and the things lovely possessions that are in it on the average day;

purse: thrifted; Goodwill $8 I absolutely LOVE IT!

Wallet:

Forever 21 front sales bin [pic includes: shopping lists, reciepts I can never throw away from stores in Japan, Comme des garcons perfume samples I got at the museum that make the air smell awesome each time I open my wallet, love notes from my counterpart, & wedding seating of a wedding we went to this summer] This wallet is oozing with memories. I have hotel room keys, business cards, & a couple of pictures. It's the good times wallet.

Matches:

These are from Hugo's Frog Bar in Downtown Naperville I always go here with my mom for a quick lunch in the middle of a busy day. We both end up snagging a few of these matchbooks when we leave. They always help me in a jam.

Pepto: for obvious reasons!!! Notepad: (Target) to get out whatever is clawing at my brain mints/gum: obvious choices

Book: if room allows, I always have a book. I've been toting around The Picture of Dorian Gray for too long and it needs to get finished. B&N sells classics for CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! pen assortment + sharpie: necessary bottled water: oh, absolutely.

Eye Patch:

My most recent & random addition. I'm so proud. I love telling people the real reason pirates wore patches. 

I found this in the bin of yarn at my parents house. What a gem!

Headphones: 2 pairs. Very important LipBalm: (Sephora, $7) Amazing! Flavour actually tastes good.

Deli #:

I decided to keep this one because the deli counter was hoppin' when I was there

& I had a valuable conversation with an older woman behind me.

Plus, B22? Like I'm throwing anything with 22 on it out.

Tea: chamomile, it isn't a bad thing to carry around. Especially because a cup of hot water is free at Starbucks.

Lighter & Cigs: bic-(PURPLE!) and Nat Sherman's. I love these because they are light & don't have additives.

[Fantasia's] are my favourite way to go, but those are more of a treat.

Lipbalms/Glosses: Yelpstick, I get this at the Yelp events that I go to. They are awesome. Revlon: [firecracker]

Sephora: lipstain. I regret not getting the hot pink. Maybelline: in some embarrassing shade.

hunting pocket knife thing: I love the idea of having this on me. always.

Abercrombie 8 perfume:

I HAD TO! An old employee of mine was a model for them & he got me a sweet discount. This scent reminds me of high school and I can't resist having it for a backup scent. I've had it for so long, but now it reminds me of so many things because of all the times I've used it.

I'd love to see spin off posts of this. It is SO neat to see what people tote around.

Unfortunately, I couldn't include my phone in this shot [because that it was I use for my camera!] and this purse doesn't feature my other favourite fun time purse item which is my tiny toy phantom hand that broke off some odd toy I had in my old bedroom. I pulled it out in any situation that required assistance and said "Need a hand???" while jabbing them with it. Ah, I shall bring the hand back.

October Daze } Outfits } Roseanne

[Sunday's Ensemble]

 

Jacket: OLD [fervore??] Brown sweater: old-school Target

Shirt: Target Dress: Old Navy [on sale-awesome score!]

Necklace: homemade

As you know, big Florence fan, her single "Shake It Out" came out today.

I cannot wait to see her tour with her upcoming album Ceremonials.

This is a must-see read from [Interview Magazine]

So I went to Target today to get a few things that I forgot to get for the next two weeks when I went shopping yesterday. Of course, I couldn't resist taking a little stroll around the sales rack [which can seem like a thrift rack] and the sock section where funky tights and boot socks reside.

This dress was like "OH HEY, BUY ME!" I know you can't really see it here, but the pictures are extremely unflattering unless it is being worn. I will show it then. I know, no one is on the edge of their seats. I love the pattern so so much and knew it would work in any season. For $14.00, there would be no bitching or self discussion, this thing was going to be mine. The boot socks are a must each season [$8 a pack] I get one pack, so now I have 6 pairs. I love Plum purple and the mix of purple/colours for the 1st pair. Really stoked to wear them with my Docs and/or every other pair of shoes I own.

This clip is the first part of the episode, it's lengthy, but good!

I had the honour of seeing the Halloween episode of Roseanne, S2 last night because apparently someone over at TV Land is thinkin' just like the ol' TG. I wanted to get all revved up for Halloween on my first day of October and this was perfect last night! I love Roseanne and it's perfect white-trash humour.

just peachy

I've been d y i n g to wear this sweater.

TODAY WAS THE DAY!

  

sweater: Talbots (thrifted)
shoes: purchased on Etsy
leggings: bought in Japan (UniQlo)
black dress: Target
white button-up tee: H&M
unicorn/brass knuckle necklace: Spencer's (bought today)
ring: Forever 21

weekend patterns.

The Weekend's Patterns

Friday:

[I got to participate in casual Friday!!!!!]

Tights & Dress: Forever21 Sweater: Inherited from Brooke :)

Saturday:

 Dress: Thifted (6+ years ago) Jean Jacket- (from the middle school ages) Grey throw over- Old Navy

Magazine archive from this past year & a new pack of Nat's

Sunday:

Sweater: Thrifted (Goodwill) T-shirt: Gap, thrifted (Goodwill) Skirt/Black Tights/Ring: Forever 21, Tights: (Blue) Target

March 13; I lost time & money to good things.

March 13th not only made us lose an hour, but it made me lose a few bucks too. Sunday marked the return of the designer lines in Target stores and since I skipped out on purchasing the things I loved last time it was around, I decided to go again to see if anything caught my eye. Zac Posen did a really cute dress for target that you could definitely tell had some Zac Posen in it. I wish I could find a good picture of the back. You can see it on the website linked below. Unfortunately, even though I love the color in general, it looks god awful when matched up next to my skin tone. The same thing is kind of going on for this girl. You need dark skin/dark hair to wear this--or ultra light blonde hair. Some shades just don't work on me and I'm willing to accept that.

So then I remembered back to what caught my eye the first time I saw the lines featured there. I remembered navy blue and green and stripes. I remember I liked it. I couldn't remember the designer until looking on Target's site to see what would be featured this time around. Libertine was the one who conjured up the dress of stripes. They were only bringing back the stuff that was the most popular and what not- "the best of the best" and lucky for me they were featuring that dress in stores. So initially when I went to Target it was between the Zac Posen & Libertine Dress. I tried on the Zac Posen and found out how unfortunate it made me look and then went back to look at the latter. I didn't pick it up right away. I had to get grand biscuits and some wild rice before the feeling crept up on me. You know, that feeling you have, like, pre-regret for not buying something the first time around. I could feel myself being filled with a bit of rage over passing up the purchase. Plus it was so Margot Tenenbaum/Prada 2011 Spring collection that I couldn't resist and due to it's "plain-ness" it was only $24.99. How can you resist? So since my arms were already overflowing with things, I got to the register and explained to this older woman cashier that I needed to go get this dress and she was like "Oh this is so cute!" when I brought it back and I told her more about why I bought it. She was diggin it for sure.

Dress I bought:

There are just a million different ways you could go with it &

that is why it needed to be mine.

Prada Spring 2011 RTW

entire collection here

I loved looking at the clothes of this collection, but what I enjoyed looking at even more was the details of it. I thought the core of it was pretty minimal, which at times, I really like or even prefer with most pieces because it opens up the door for you to do so much with it, like how is shown with certain outfits. I am always pleased when a spring collection is full of greens, blues, and yellows and of course some fruit!

I love these furry purses--or whatever the hell they are;

They make me miss my Japan tail a GREAT deal. I wish I still had that amazing accessory. Then there are the shoes of the spring collection which is one of the main reasons why this line caught my eye in the first place. The Starburst wrapper shoes!

I wrote about them in the previous post so I'll stop drooling all over them now.

Upon checkout, this is what ended up making it out in my arms;

Finally. Something like this made it's way into my closet.

They felt very flower child/Mediterranean vacation where you're wearing short jean shorts and a white button up top that is tied above the belly button(does anyone else know this look?)

anyways....They needed to be mine.

I freaking love these. The colour didn't get captured too well, but they are a great versatile boot. They are kind of this dark olive/brownish colour, but I have nothing like them.

I cannot get enough of Target's end of season sale. I snagged both of those shoes for $8 and during the usual season they are about $20-$30.

I got these awesome peachy/orang-y/pink socks;

all because I had this one sweater in mind that I got recently and have been dying to have something extremely matchy-matchy with it;

My mom inherited 5 huge bags of clothes from this upscale resale shop the other week. Most of the clothes got divvied up to donate, but I looked through a few and found some gems. I'll have to post some of that stuff another time, but it would be worth it, because some of it is just one of a kind. I even snagged a pair of Cole Haan shoes in the mix. This sweater also reminded me of something I saw recently--likely from a spring collection. I cannot remember which :(

Yesterday, there was some spring in my step and I wanted to take Sunday as an opportunity to dress up a bit. I ended up layering these tights, and wore this cute mini skirt. The shirt was just a plain white top. I just loved looking at my legs all day with the two colors contrasting so well against each other.

Now I just have to wait for consistent weather.

A little Chicago joke.