Chopperdog | Mascara or Motoroil

i miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms

As you may be able to tell, I’ve been listening to a lot of MGMT today. I can’t help it, whenever I’m in an excited-for-no reason kind of good mood (especially on a nice day) all I want to listen to is MGMT and Matt & Kim. And this is probably the most gorgeous day we’ve had so far this year! I decided to play hookie, so I called in sick and went on a super long walk with the boy and puppies. It was the longest walk that the little one has ever been on, so needless to say they’re both passed out on the couch cuddling.

It’s amazing what a 60 degree day can do for every one’s attitude! I saw that Mayday, a favorite Cincinnati bar, is having half price drinks tonight and decided immediately to go. I wouldn’t have even considered going out on a weekday before today, but it’s a beautiful day, everyone is in a great mood, and that’ll make for some cheap ass drinks, so out we go!

I was having such a good time on our walk that when I saw this giant tree, I decided I’d take a note from The Clothes Horse and my childhood self and climb on up. I think had been years since I climbed a tree, and that just seemed wrong to me somehow.

However, me being in a tree was seriously distressing my poor pup, Chopper.

So much whining!

So I came down and we walked on through the park some more. The park right by my apartment, Burnet Woods, encompasses an entire city block so you can waste some serious time there.

Everything I’m wearing today is new actually, the skirt is Bebe, but I got in one of the Nashville thrift stores for $3! And awesomely the scarf that I just grabbed from Chicken Lays An Egg matched the pink perfectly.

I really like this scarf especially because of the square polka dots, I feel like you don’t see that too often.

I had to wear the bird ring of course. Those things just match everything!

Not that I like bird jewelry or anything.

I love my new belt, the square in the middle actually turns to lock. It's unlocked in this one.

WHAT: square polka dot scarf, chicken lays an egg

bird necklace, chicken lays an egg

white t, fashion cents

linen bebe skirt, thrift

wide belt, fashion cents

double finger ring, forever 21

flats, target

gold bag, pre to post modern (nashville)

WHERE: walking around aimlessly and going out for drinks

WHEN: monday, march 8

Oh, I just happened to pick up the March issue of Vogue, and saw an ad for the Jean Paul Gaultier for Target line. My roommate and I are going to drive out this week- I can’t wait to go out and see it in person! I wandered over to Target.com and skimmed the collection, and I already found some things that I know will be coming home with me!

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snow day!

Well I got up early this morning and prepared for the worst. We got hit pretty hard with snow early this morning and through the afternoon. Unfortunately I had to work a long shift at the library today so I dressed for warmth in my thrifted cashmere sweater and new crazy comfy booties. As I was driving in though I called my boss and luckily she agreed to let me make up today’s hours this weekend. So I turned around and went back home to the pups. The boy and I spent most of the day working on a website for Chicken Lays An Egg. It’s coming along spectacularly and I can’t wait to unveil it!

WHAT: cashmere sweater, thrift

floral button up, thrift

ginko leaf necklace, chicken lays an egg

jeans, forever 21

brown booties, chicken lays an egg

WHERE: nowhere!!!

WHEN: thursday, january 7

Chopper getting ready to brave the snow. And be a badass.

All tuckered out.

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breakfast for dinner!

Apparently I’m really into looking down today. Almost as much as I’m feelin’ these glasses. I wore glasses from 4th grade on, but I lost mine almost 6 years ago and just never got another pair. Contacts enabled me to wear sunglasses for the first time, so I was really diggin’ that for a long time. But Orchid Grey has a really great way of rocking vintage frames, and she’s been inspiring me in that veil lately. Lucky for me, we have a wide variety of awesome frames at the store!

lookin down

side view

warm and toasty

sweet new specs

bourbon

combat ready

WHAT: vintage frames, chicken lays an egg

favorite gray scarf, target

bourbon necklace, homemade

white t, rainbow

floral dress, uo

black cardigan, found in the back of my closet

black tights, dollar store

leather combat boots, thrift

WHERE: work at chicken, grocery shopping, making dinner

WHEN: friday, decemeber 11

After a long day at the shop I came home to this….

How could any girl resist that?!

We were both feeling lazy, and who doesn’t love breakfast, so we made breakfast for dinner!

Almost there....

Tah dah! Breakfast for dinner!

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RETROactive posting- part 5

Well, I believe this will be my final retroactive post! I finally got up all the pictures that I somehow lost in the cracks of blogging. This little number was something simple I wore out to dinner with my Dad. I love this dress, but I tend to forget that I own it sometimes. I’m just starting to play with mixing colors in a less conventional way, and this was one of my first tries. I think I did pretty well! Normally I’d have gone for some really light color tights, but I really like how this turned out.

plain jane

Some days she has a really tough time waiting for me to finish taking pictures.

legs

WHAT: 1970′s sears dress, mustard seed

watch necklace, uo

accordian folio bag, casablanca vintage

navy tights, target

brown oxfords, macy’s

WHERE: dinner with dad

WHEN: who knows!

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guest appearance

I’ve been in a bit of a slump for the last few days, and as always it is definitely evident in my outfits. I also haven’t really had to leave the house for almost a day and a half, so mostly I’ve just been in my jammies. Yesterday my lovely friend, business partner, and roommate, Maya came over to hang and do some crafts and she just looked adorable. I asked her if she’d mind posing for a few, and set her up in front of the camera. She did a beautiful job if a may say so! Also, she had on the coolest necklace! It seems like its pieces of lace that were somehow cast in metal- totally awesome. Sorry the pictures of her super-cool accessories are of such poor quality. She also brought over a bunch of jewelry to price and I ended up borrowing and buying quite a few pieces from her. I included a few pictures of those guys too!

maya lookin' adorable

clip-ons can be cool!

AWESOME metal lace necklace

sexy boots

WHO: maya banatwala, great friend, co-owner of chicken lays an egg, manager of the esquire theatre, also a library employee!

WHAT: metal clip-ons, thrift

metal lace necklace, chicken lays an egg

plaid t shirt dress, target

sparkle cardigan, thrift

black leggings, rainbow

leather go-go boots, chicken lays an egg

WHERE: coffee with jay twomey, errands, crafting with me

I love this personalized brooch! I'm gonna tell everyone it's my kid, even though the picture is obviously from the late 70's or early 80's.

Chopper loves to model for me. Here she is displaying the emerald scarf brooch I'm borrowing from Maya.

That’s all for now, thanks for reading!

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RETROactive posting- part 2

This set of photos was from a particularly gorgeous fall day at Burnet Woods. I’m so glad I got in one outside shoot while the leaves were so beautiful!

fall time!

i love this belt!

just me

the trees lookes so gorgeous that day

she's about to lose her mind

she's only sitting so still because i had a stick in the other hand

WHAT: gray floppy knit hat, boyfriend’s

ohio necklace, from my gramma

black and white knit dress, birthday present from maya & melissa (do they know me or what?!)

red bow belt, chicken lays an egg

black and white stretch bracelet, chicken lays an egg

charcoal tights, gabriel brothers

red boots, thrift

WHERE: work and the park

WHEN: hmmm, good question….

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same thing, different day

Since I’m still kind of sick and unfortunately had to work, I was hoping to optimal comfort and warmth. I think I did pretty well. Surprisingly, my feet didn’t hurt me all day!

That face is because my pup was leaping around the bed in a frenzy.

These are the earrings I made with the leftover buttons from the neon green dress I altered! (October 24 post)

She just couldn't control herself any longer.

Oh no! One of my favorite rings broke this morning! Luckily, I think my old friend super glue can help me out.

WHAT: green post earrings, leftover from alteration

quilted apple dress, chicken lays an egg

mustard plastic ring, pangaea

white band and watch, on loan from maya

navy tights, target

mustard mary janes, target

WHERE: just an average day at our little shop and some errands

WHEN: friday, december 4

Well I’m hoping with a lot of sleep I can knock this thing out, so I’m off to bed! Take it easy.

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thanksgiving and waffle house go hand in hand

Wednesday Addams pretty much summed up my feelings about Thanksgiving,

“You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. And for all these reasons I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground.”

Not that I don’t love it when people give me hot, free, delicious food, especially since my diet consists mostly of cereal. I just hate all the running around. This year the boy and I had 5 Thanksgivings to attend, including one we threw for our friends, but it was all a lot of fun. It was really nice to meet the boy’s extended family too. For exactly that reason, I chose a pretty plain outfit by my standards so as not to completely weird them out on our first meeting. Also of course went for comfort with my jersey knit tent dress. No tight pants here! And my new tiny gold pocket watch, which I have worn everyday since I got it. Without further ado…

sooo full!

handmade feather headband

pocketwatch

faux fur lined coat

WHAT: feather headband, homemade

white t, rainbow

navy tent dress, gift from my friend nancy

gray scarf, target

teeny pocket watch, chicken lays an egg

brown oxfords, macy’s

leather saddle bag purse, thrift

feather scarf, chicken lays an egg

tan coat, gift from karma

WHERE: all the food fests

WHEN: thursday, november 26

Then, at about 2:30 in the morning, my brother and I decided that Waffle House was in order. So we drove over the bridge to Kentucky, land of Waffle House, cheap cigs, and smoking INSIDE! I opted for a little more casual outfit for that.

trying to get posed in time!

black leather purse

Here’s some miscellaneous pictures from the Thanksgiving some friends of ours had.

burning pile of wax

deviled eggs

pesto or prosciutto

cheesecake squares

not like she's begging or anything

Thanks for reading, hope your Thanksgiving was good!

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the boy’s birthday

Since yesterday was my very sweet, handsome boyfriend’s birthday we went out with a few friends to our favorite restaurant, the always delicious Rio Grande. It’s this little Mexican place with unbelievably cheap and awesome food and GIANT margaritas. If you live in Cincinnati and have never been there, you are doing yourself a serious disservice.

Anyway, the best part of the evening was definitely him opening the little plush Cthulhu I made for him. Cthulhu, if you’ve never heard of him, is a mythical evil sea monster guy from and H.P. Lovecraft story. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu)

surprise!!

cthulhu and other little guys from the story (his mustache is removable)

As you can see from the picture, that night I debuted my little pink ballerina dress, gray scarf, and saddle shoes. It was the same outfit I posted a week or so ago when I bought that dress, so I didn’t think I needed to redo it.

I went for warmth today since there was a pretty nasty wind. I love how the color of this sweater looks on me, but I hardly ever wear it. I have a bad habit of forgetting that I own sweaters due to the fact that I have to keep all my heavy stuff like that in my living room closet. The dinky hanging one I have in my room is always about to collapse as it is. Tangent. Anyway, as much as I love the pocket watch necklace I’m wearing, it is a perfect example of why I usually don’t shop at Urban Outfitters. It cost almost $25, which is honestly way more than I usually pay for jewelry, but I loved it so I bought it. Less than a month after I got it, it stopped keeping time, and then shortly after that the second hand just fell off and now lies in the bottom of the face. Annoying. But I do totally love the funky closure on the leather belt I’ve got on, and I got it for $1! And I got the jacket for free!

My dog, Chopper gets really jealous when I ignore her when I’m posing as you can see.

chopper gets really jealous when i go out in the hall to take pictures

jacket & scarf

green sweater

pocketwatch necklace

WHAT:jockey hat, forever 21

green sweater (it’s super soft), thrift

pocket watch necklace, uo

chunky yellow plastic ring, found on the sidewalk

gray belt, shop therapy

teeny tiny houndstooth skirt, thrift

mustard mary janes, target online

WHERE: work and out to dinner (indian! yes!!)

WHEN: thursday, november 19

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adventures in the city

Well, I got a little lazy last night so I didn’t get around to putting up my outfit from yesterday. Therefore, you lovely folks get a double dose of Jessy clothes, and some bonus driving around and playing in the park pictures. Without further ado….

flopper frog