*Sigh* Oh Merl, this was the post I was needing to read today. Not that I get caught up in the designer game or hoping to be a famous blogger, but I do get down about how little time I get to spend on my blog. Then it becomes a never-ending circle of guilt and feeling obligated. I temporarily forgot that I started Mascara or Motoroil as a fun way to document and share the things I wear. On that note, lately I’ve been spending a lot of my time poolside drinking and moped riding! First things first though, I can’t believe I haven’t mentioned or shown my little baby yet! I picked up this amazing Motobecane moped on Craigslist a few weeks ago and since I got it I can’t stay off of it. It’s my favorite stress relief right now, makes me forget all my worries. There’ll definitely be more pictures of it soon!

Aside from riding my moped (and that dumb ‘work’ thing) most of my time has been spent at the Coney Island pool. It’s been SPECTACULAR. I decided early this spring that this was going to be a No Bummer Summer, and it has been working out pretty perfectly so far. This last time we went was my friend’s Megan’s birthday so I decided to dress up a bit with my biggest hat and of course, my super-fake Prada bag.

Myself and the gorgeous birthday girl! (Note: these poses may have been influenced by lots of alcohol in the sun.)

Megan is definitely more of a flats kind of girl but I got her these awesome vintage wedges as training heels, and thankfully she loved them! AND looked super hot obviously.

WHAT: floppy hat, flea market

yellow clip ons, chicken lays an egg

vintage bathing suit, chicken lays an egg

skirt, rainbow

bangle, thrift

ring, h&m

faux prada, nyc

wedges, somewhere when i was in high school?

WHERE: coney island, cincinnati

WHEN: wednesday june 8

Since I am behind on my posts, I have quite a backlog of outfits. Now I know what you’re thinking- what does this mean to me, the average blog reader? It means that you get not one but TWO outfits in this one post! I know, it’s an amazing deal. This first outfit is from the Friday of the Kentucky Derby, and I actually completely forgot and still ended up with a very Derby outfit. I just wanted to wear my new hat! I was also really excited that day because while I was getting dressed my fancy new blue shoes arrived! I’ve been on a big kick to buy more brightly colored shoes after being incredibly inspired by Iman of Mishaps & Miracles, she rocks the best head to toe color that I’ve seen in a long time!

I am really happy with my new shoes, I was debating between the ones I got and the Steve Madden version:

As you can see the ruffle down the front is a little more well made, but for $20 less I figured I could deal. Actually when I got them I liked them better than I thought I would. The color was more vivid and they just looked more well made than they did in the picture on the Target website.

WHAT: floppy wool hat, thrift

w.a.s.p. dress, borrowed from maya

green rhinestone ring, gumball machine

double buckle belt, chicken lays an egg

ruffle shoes, target.com

WHERE: work at chicken lays an egg

WHEN: friday, april 30

This second outfit was a little something I threw together to work with the head wrap thing. Haiku Ambulance rocks them so well and since we have the same haircut I wanted to give it a try. Unfortunately this was one of the days that my camera decided it couldn’t focus on things. For some reason it’s been doing that lately and I don’t know why, but please bear with me until I figure it out.

Also, A little shout out to my girl Haiku Ambulance for getting Weardrobe‘s Spotlight this week!

I used a square-ended 1980's necktie for my hair wrap

WHAT: 1980′s skinny neck tie (as a hair wrap), chicken lays an egg

banana republic oxford shirt, thrift

wide belt, chicken lays an egg

checkered skirt, chicken lays an egg

knee socks, target

mary janes, target

round purse, chicken lays an egg

WHERE: running errards and drinks with some friends

WHEN: tuesday, may 3