sail a ship on my ocean

Although I don’t shop there too much, I recently made a stop at my local Urban Outfitters since it was on my way home (after I walked a block out of the way). I was very pleased to see lots and lots of sale stuff- my favorite! I allowed myself to get one thing, and at $10 this striped bodysuit won! I am a little annoyed with myself for not trying it on because I always forget to account for my longer torso, so it is a bit small for me. It’s still wearable though and I was very happy about how well it matched this skirt. In an effort to avoid being too red, white, and blue though I went with tan accessories. Ideally I would have been wearing these shoes, but there’s some rule about paying for things before you receive them or something. Weak.

Just use your imagination and pretend I’m wearing those, it’s much cuter. And as usual, sorry for the blur.

I made these little guys out of vintage buttons from my Gramma.

WHAT: sheer scarf (of course), thrift

button earrings, diy by me

gold necklace, thrift

stripe bodysuit, urban outfitters

tube skirt, h&m

tan sandals, borrowed from maya

WHERE: work at the shop

WHEN: tuesday, may 24

winter adventure

Since I got so many awesome skirts in Nashville, it hasn’t been too hard for me to put together some pretty decent combos. However, I realize that I’ve been building outfits around one piece a little too completely, such as this outfit. It’s the lazy thing that I am tempted to do constantly. Don’t get me wrong, I really like the simplicity of it in a way, but I want to branch out more and challenge myself.

The bummer about this outfit was that the t-shirt I chose kept stretching out more and more, so by the end of the day my sleeves were down past the end of my hands! (Hence the hands in pockets pose.)


WHAT: silver bourbon necklace, made by me!

dark green t, thrift

anchor belt, chicken lays an egg

plaid skirt (altered by me), lion’s thrift (nashville)

gray tights, tj maxx

red boots, thrift

WHERE: work and playing in the slightly warm weather

WHEN: tuesday, march 2

another day in nashville

Since I had so many pictures in my last post, I just decided to do a separate one for my outfit. Plus, I am debuting my very first GIF! And I want to tip my hat to the always fabulous Rebecca from The Clothes Horse for giving me the idea. I love the stop motion GIFs she does with her rabbit. This one is definitely not as exciting as hers, but I wanted to try something new so my very sweet boy whipped this up for me.

I got this superb orange coat at the thrift store earlier in the day, and was thrilled with how well it matched the rest of my outfit. I know it’s a bit much, but I’m not one to shy away from looking a little like a circus clown. I also had to buy the Lolita style heart sunglasses I’m wearing, because I realized once we got into town that had forgotten mine at home. I like these, but since I already routinely get mistaken for a high schooler I try to shy away from accessories that  make me look any younger.

This was the first time tried the skinny belt over my sweater, I was really happy with the result.

I love how ridiculously huge these buttons are!

WHAT: heart-shaped glasses, pre to post modern (nashville)

green cloth earrings, salvaged from an altered dress

orange wool coat, southern thrift (nashville)

gold anchor necklace, thrift

m.i.a. dress, thrift

gray tights, target

leather boots, pre to post modern (nashville)

WHERE: bumming around music city

WHEN: saturday, february 13