Lunchbox Puddles

August 24th, 2010 § 13

Rain.

So nice, this rain.

Even if it only lasted through the morning.

It reminds you that coffee always tastes better in a sweater.

I think Abe Lincoln said that.

And I’m doubly happy today because I’m wearing my favorite shirt.

It’s one of those items that you buy, wear a few times, and then one day it hits you like an elbow to the chin:

Holy shit.

You are my favorite shirt.

You totally snuck into the favorite zone when no one was looking!

You sneaky little pop tart, you.

Also, this green skirt was pretty much the only thing I wore last summer.

Seriously.

Although, it is not my favorite skirt.

But it’s definitely a keeper.

Pumps- Seychelles :: Skirt- Thrifted :: Favorite shirt- Thrifted :: Belt- From a Forever 21 jacket :: Cardi- Target :: D&B Bag- Thrifted

I just kinda took a step back and realized how absolutely boring this entire post is/was.

Should I throw some craziness in there?

I don’t know what to do.

But I just feel really bad for you guys right now.

Gimmie a sec…

Eh.

I got nothin’.

I’ll get back to you.

A Fish Hook, an Open Eye

August 23rd, 2010 § 11

And so…

another week begins.

I hope everyone’s weekends were full of bunnies and sugar and fluffy linens and greasy breakfasts and pyjamas.

And who else is itching inside with the fervor of poison ivy for Autumn to come?

And who else has terrible grammar on Mondays?

Driving to work this morning was so nice, as it seemed like the first day that has actually been pleasant, temperature-wise since May (it’s only 80˚ still!!).

It was grey, smelled damp, and made everything look like Fall.

I cannot wait until the trees turn.

That is my favorite thing. On Earth.

See?

I even wore super crazy, celebratory, party girl eye shadow.

Kind of.

: Pumps- Steve Madden :: Jeans- Forever21 :: Cardi- Forever21 :: Belt- Paige :: Scarf- Thrifted :: D&B Bag- Thrifted

And one more thing: if you’re like me, or you’re not like me but you like funny things- then may I suggest watching a movie I just recently watched?

Great, thanks.

It’s called The Dungeon Masters and you’ll love it*.

*Or you won’t. But if you enjoyed such films as: American Movie, The King of Kong, and Spinal Tap- then you will. Oh, how you will.

Lefty Lucy

August 20th, 2010 § 24

Thank goodness.

It’s Friday.

And here’s a kind of cute story about my morning:

A client came in with two children (approx. 3 and 4 y/o) who had nothing but Etch-A-Sketch’s to keep them occupied.

They wanted TV.

Nothing but news, home shopping, news, news, home shopping, The View, and more news*.

Then I found them I Love Lucy and told them they would love it.

Guess what?

They did!

“Zoë! They put a big fish in a bathtub and then they ordered like a hundred ice cubes from room service and then they caught a little fish!!!!”

It was totally amazing.

Until I had to punch them in their faces for asking if I was older than the show.

Just kidding- I don’t punch kids in the face.

Aw… children.

But on another note:

This is my only Rodarte for Target dress (whoa- remember that?).

For some reason everyone seemed to really hate this dress.

It was like the only thing from that entire line that actually made it to the Clearance rack at Target.

Am I missing something?

I think it’s lovely!

And I literally get more compliments whenever I wear this dress, than anything else that I own.

So hmmf.

Also, does anyone want to hear the story about how these tights are literally falling apart at the seams?

They are completely shredded from the hem of the dress up. And on the toes.

Oh wait.

You said you didn’t want to hear this story?

Well, never mind then.

Pumps- Seychelles :: Dress- Rodarte for Target :: Belt- Thrifted :: Tights- UrbanO :: Scarf- Gift from a wonderful friend

And with THAT friends, I bid you all the most groovin’, sparkly, disco-feverin’ weekends of your lives.

And another cute piece: I said, “Geez you guys, all I can find is News. How boring! You don’t want to hear about the weather and politics do you???” And the girl (younger of the two) says, “EW! Politics!” And then her brother says, “Augh. You don’t even know what politics are*.”

Walking on Crow Egg’s, Mama

August 19th, 2010 § 12

Slowly but surely, I am getting back in the groove.

This skirt has literally sat in my closet for almost two years.

I get so afraid of loud items.

But I buy them all the time.

Why do I do the things that I do?

Why is my inner monologue so contradictory?

Pumps-Thrifted :: Skirt- Thrifted :: Blouse- Thrifted :: Belt- Thrifted (as part of a skirt/blazer/belt set) :: Fleather Jack- Forever21 :: Bag- Thrifted

Anyway.

This is what I call 90′s hair.

Any time it’s twisted- it’s 90′s hair.

The awful roots amplify this status times a million.

But- (even if it is against most of our wills) the 90′s are back.

Doesn’t that terrify you?

Not even that grimey, oversized plaid shirts and combat boots and dirty jeans and cropped sweaters and choker necklaces are back.

But that enough time has passed so that we can bring back the 90′s?

I don’t know.

It makes my stomach a bit uneasy.

Don’t get me wrong-

I fucking loved the 90′s.

I loved Nikelodeon*, Pogs, Skip It, Ace of Base, Slap bracelets, when Crayola came out with their ‘Bold’ marker colors that were like burnt oranges, teals, etc., making lanyards, Boyz II Men, Beavis and Butthead, the fact that a lot of things were neon, scrunchies, all of the really bizarre late-night MTV shows (oh yeah- and the MUSIC videos), you know…

Pretty much everything.

Except what we were wearing.

Most of what we were wearing.

But the hair was OK.

For the most part.

Eeeee…..

*Clarissa Explains it All, Pete and Pete, Rocko’s Modern Life, Are you Afraid of the Dark?, Camp Anawana, Weinerville, and I loved that everything was covered in slime.

Mayonnaise

August 18th, 2010 § 9

I exist.

Trou- Thrifted :: Tee- Forever21 :: Belt- Thrifted :: Fleather Jacket- Forever 21 :: Vintage Coach Bag- Thrifted :: Pink Pumps- Thrifted Lace Headwrap- Gift from Paige

I have not died.

I have not been exiled.

I have not run away from home.

I have not been kidnapped by Honest John, the thespian fox.

(although I was Pinocchio for Halloween last year)

I’ve just been…

…you know.

Blahandstuff.

Oh, and I was also on vacation for a week.

So you know.

Plus, I think it’s safe to say that it is a good idea to let the internet out of our brains every once in a while.

It’s good for us.

And good for the internet.

If I hadn’t have, my posts for all these days would look like this:

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Bjkslke, “jjjjj!”

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tktjk.

***

But I really have missed my time here.

I’ve missed you guys, I’ve missed my little WordPress dashboard, I’ve missed a lot of things.

But we have to do what we have to do.

Even if it means disappear completely and kind of be a dick about not telling anyone what’s going on.

Sorry about that being kind of a dick part.

Jeggings- Target (yes, I know. Jeggings.) :: Lace top- Forever 21 :: Cardi- Forever 21 (I told you the flagship store opened downtown, right?!) Bolo- Cañon City Amish Thrift Store (from da vacay) :: Scarf- Gifted from a lovely friend :: Pumps- Jeffrey Campbell via Lorisshoes

Like the captions?

That’s called being resourceful.

Also, to get sidetracked- these pictures are truly in no order, but as of this moment- they are all from this week at least, which is pretty recent in the scope of life.

Jeans- Forever21 (old, though) :: Top- Thrifted :: Yeah, the Forever21 Jacket again :: Pumps- Thrifted :: Scarf- Thrifted :: Bag- Thrifted

And omg this is today!

Lastly, I will leave you with a taste of my vacation.

And there will be more to come.

This guy called her the Halle Berry of Goats.

Yup.

Sweet dreams, friends.

Sweet dreams.

Ugly Can Be Pretty, Too

August 9th, 2010 § 23

Ah ha!

The time has come, my little friends, to talk of other things.

Of shoes, and shirts, and leather jacks…

Of cabbages and Kings!

Ugly can be pretty, too y’know?

Paige said it first, and then Christina, then off to me- to style muy bonita!

And so I did.

{Ok, enough poetry}

I initially had these grandiose ideas of gypsy-stylings with serious, heavy hippie undertones.

Then, the Sex Pistols were like,

“Oy! Aright luv, y’ain’t need to be soO lit’ral wit it. Jus’ let the Punk Rock speak t’you and you’ll find the ansuh.”

And then I was like,

“HEY- Jonny Rotten, Sid Vicious- please don’t crawl into my brain and speak to me about fashion.”

But… I listened to them anyway.

I call it, “Shakespeare Pistols.”

The blouse is so strange.

It wants to be Elizabethan.

It wants to be Hippie.

It wants to be Gypsy.

It wants to be a blouse and a jacket.

It wants to be cool.

And it’s all of these things- and none of these things.

All

the

same

time…….

***

Bottom Up:

Shoes: Sam Edelman

Leggings: Forever21

Blouse: P A I G E

Jacket: Forever21

Hat: Forever21 (UM, the Flagship store just opened Downtown, so I kind of went insane)

The things tied around the sleeves: Belt from shorts from Forever21 that I never wore with this belt (cut in 1/2)

***

And the BIGGEST, FATTEST, Thank you to Paige, Christina,

and the next nominee….

MERL!

A Man of Means, By No Means

August 5th, 2010 § 11

Is this week over yet?

Geez.

I’m ready to get my vacay on already.

Because

I have all of next week off!

For the first time in well over a year!

It’s a miracle I haven’t murdered anyone!

Hooray!

Bottom Up:

Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell via Loris’ Shoes

Skirt: Forever 21

Blouse: Buffalo Exchange

Belt: Thrifted Vera Scarf

Hat: Thrifted

Purse: Target

***

Also, I wanted to address the GAP issue.

It seemed that the overall consensus was ‘WTF?!’ (myself included).

But it kind of seemed like there was maybe some weirdness over the fact that I didn’t really care either way (about proper credit)- and that I should because of some holy blogger duty.

And that not really caring puts other blogger’s efforts to shame?

Maybe I read too deeply into some things.

Either way- here’s the official scoop:

The always fabulous, ridiculously adorable, and ferociously hard working Krystal of This Time Tomorrow (personally) and Weardrobe (professionally) went way far out of her way to try and get this situation amended.

Even though I had honestly figured that I had agreed to certain Terms and Conditions on Weardrobe that would allow such events to occur- thus, no one is to blame but myself.

Surprisingly, I was wrong.

Yesterday, at Grease Monkey (oh yeaaah, changing the oil!) I received this email:

Hi Zoe,

First of all, I want to apologize for the confusion with your photo on the Gap Style Stream. I was unaware that feature went live a.) WITHOUT link backs to your Weardrobe profile and your blog and b.) WITHOUT my approval and any receipt of your consent. The only current link on that stream it appears goes to Like Mag (Weardrobe’s parent company’s online magazine) however there is no link back there either. I am currently working with the team now to address your photo and the other photos as well in BOTH places. For immediate purposes though, I am having the team add the name of your blog to the photo credit, however, it might take some time before they can make that text an actual link.

Second of all, this will never happen again. I feel absolutely horrible that this happened at all and can only hope that this doesn’t turn you off to Weardrobe. I love seeing your photos and your style is great!

I hope to hear from you soon and I will keep you posted as soon as this gets fixed. Again, so so sorry!

A M A Z I N G

After all those huffs and puffs, it turns out to be a complete accident.

I obviously was never mad at Weardrobe (or turned off!), but it really shows the importance of not blowing things out of proportion and not jumping to conclusions.

Let’s all go get ice-cream, okay?

August 4th, 2010 § 5