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 dress: Vintage

pins: random

tights: H&M

heels: Simply Vera Wang

Excuse my absence but I have been mighty preoccupied lately. Open house, visitors, moving, being sick, lack of internet. Life has been conspiring against this little old blog.

I figured I would come back with a bang. They are serious polka dot tights. This dress has been seen now and again on here. I recently unearthed it when packing and unpacking. When your closet gets super full, things get lost. My new closet is SO MUCH bigger!

Back to School Night

Back to School Night was a success! Even though I probably talked a mile a minute, out of nervousness (ie terror), the parents were great. It is so much more difficult to stand up and talk in front of a room full of adults, than children. Feedback was positive and I feel like I set the tone for a wonderful year.

I wore this dress as a skirt again. Last time I paired it with a green cardigan and tucked a blouse up, held in place with a belt. Today I opted for a grey sweater and instead tucked the top half of the dress down, making it a high-waisted skirt, so I could tuck the shirt in. These darn shoes kill my feet but I continue to wear them.

**Sorry for the weird grainy photos...indoor photos at 10 pm. sigh, long day

Inspired by: My Greatest Hits inspiration

top: Forever 21 resale
skirt: Target
shoes: Target
belt: Target
necklace: antique store and Unpossible Cuts

A big thank you to My Greatest Hits for providing the inspiration for this outfit. She posted this link on her blog and I loved it. I absolutely had to put together my own version using pieces I already had.

too cool for school

dress: vintage from New Bohemia
belt: target
jacket: resale, $18 at Crossroads!!!
socks, heels; Simply Vera Wang at Kohl's (clearance)

This is going to be brief. It's late and my brain is zapped of everything save getting some shut-eye immediately.

This dress is my most recent vintage purchase from New Bohemia in Austin, acquired in February when visiting my little sis. That store never lets me down. The little socks are a trend I have hesitantly tried a few times are past few months. Verdict...I like it. Anything cute and girly is okay by me. It so reminds me of being 6 and begging my mom to let me wear socks with my jellies (remember jellies???) because I thought it was soooooooo cool. My begging did me no good and I never did get to rock socks and jellies. Ankle socks and heels...almost as cool. ;)


So I once again missed the boat on the EBEW challenge. I have been soooo wanting to participate so I submitted a maxi skirt outfit I wore a while back. I am a cheater-pants, I know :(

Inspired by: keiko lynn

I saw this outfit earlier in the week and absolutely loved it! The drapey skirt and black sweater could easily be Grandma-ish. But add black tights and some serious heels and it changes the whole look. It totally wowed me when I saw keiko wear it on her blog. I had to copy her! :)

Sorry for the grainy photos. This is what happens when I play around with Picasa. :(

Skirt: Target (from 2003)
Sweater: GAP gift
tighs: Target
Heels: Simply Vera Wang clearance
Ring: Rings Eclectic