Busy Week!

You've seen a lack of me because I've been working (and shopping) so much, and finally got some days off this week. Unfortunately, they've all been horribly rainy and humid, so outfit photos haven't happened yet. Fingers crossed for today. (I will brave the wind and cold for you, internet. Or, I'll try to.)

In the meantime, I've worked on my upcoming Etsy shop -- which I'm 99% sure will be called SOULMATES -- and have had some big surprises:


• Making Chictopia's front page again:

Not quite sure how that happened. I didn't even think that outfit was all that great! The world never fails to surprise me.


• Being featured in Crystal's article for 365Hangers:

I am so psyched! You should stop reading my blog right now and go check out her article. I'll totally understand the sudden abandonment. ♥ Then when you're done, go tweet her about how awesome she is.

o6; I can't get no satisfaction.

Today was a bit windier than I anticipated, making the 40 degree weather feel ten degrees colder. Thus my photos were rushed and at one point on my way to the spot where I wanted to take my pictures, I was met with a raccoon. At first it was surprising, but became terrifying when my mind raced with questions like, 'Am I in its territory? Did I wake it up? Does it have rabies? Is it walking exactly in my direction because it can smell the food in my bag?' And thus, I began a slow and cautious beeline off the trail, but the crunchy leaves I was stepping on got its attention, and it spotted me. We both stopped, stared, and simultaneously ran off in opposite directions.

When I came back to the trail, I could still hear it shuffing through the tall grass, but spotted it at about twenty feet from the trail as it was obviously trying to make its way around me to get to where it was going. I have been jumpy ever since.

So my pictures are half-assed, and I look pretty annoyed in the shots I kept. I'm just going to try again on Sunday. (The weather will be warmer and it's estimated to be sunny, which will help.)

Ah, well. The pants I chose to wear looked pretty silly on my anyway. (They didn't look so frumpy when I checked the full-length mirror. Maybe I'll just cut off the legs. That'll teach them to make me look fat when I'm not.)

o4; Thrift stores, and Free People.

So I tried to make this post yesterday, and essentially did, except something wrong went on with some html and the whole thing died on me. Managed to copy the coding into Notepad so I have all the links I need, it's just a matter of digging through the messy wall of coding to extract what I need. I have a feeling that remaking this post will take me a little bit of time...lets hope I don't give up. (But considering the fact that my very possessive cat has parked herself down in my lap and looks like she intends to hang out for a while, I won't be leaving the computer any time soon...)

Last night I was going to mention that I went thrift shopping on Tuesday and bought some great stuff. However, I don't have pictures yet and was hoping to do that today. Not sure if that's going to happen, but I suppose we'll see. It all depends if we can work it in today. (Kathryn's working hard on studying for a final exam tomorrow, see.) We'll see what happens.

In the meantime, I found this really cool store by accident online called Free People. Their prices are pretty steep for some things, but their jewelry prices aren't too horrible, and they do have a sale section. ♥ Some of their stuff is simply amazing. (It's both a blessing and a curse to find a shop with prices out of my range, because I can window shop without running the risk of spending my money, but I then also find stuff I absolutely love and face the painful knowledge of never having enough money. It's a love-hate relationship.)

Definitely worth checking out. Maybe it's a site worth hitting up when it's bonus or tax-return time, at least.

Some examples (photos are linked back to their respective pages):


$48; Perfect with a maxi dress, am I right?


$98


$88


$148; Oh my lord, I need a shirt like this in my life.


$108; Scrap that last bit, I need a shirt like this in my life!


$128; Makes me think of ABBA. ♥


$428; This bag is perfection.


$98


$138


$38


$28


$28


$28; For that price, I'm giving some serious thought to buying this in a couple of weeks or so.


$28


$38


$128; HELLO, RING OF MY DREAMS. WHY SO EXPENSIVE?


$28; Giving this some consideration as well. (Though I may just hit up ebay and see what else I can find in this style.)


$28


And that's not even considering the sale section, either. ♥