Black-Out 2010: Sunday Outfit

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A lazy Sunday:

Top – Hand-me-down from a friend, no tag Belt – Steve Madden via Marshalls Cuff Bracelets – Ebay Jeans – Seven via Ross Sandals – Same ol’ thrifted no-name flip-flops

I ordered these cuffs as a 25th birthday present for myself— back [...]

Black-Out 2010: Saturday Outfit/Raft the Rio

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Yesterday, Mr. Jaunty and I went to watch this year’s Raft the Rio event— follow the link for a video of some nifty rafts in action.

Embarkment scene. Boy, I’m gonna miss the desert sky:

One heroic man waded halfway across the Rio Grande to rescue a lost [inflatable] [...]

Black-Out 2010: Friday Night Outfit

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Here’s what I wore to a small dinner party tonight:

Top- Thrifted, no label. Formerly pewter, I dyed it Skirt – Adrienne Vittadini Studio via Marshalls Earrings -gomeagan.etsy.com, two years ago Belt – Calvin Klein via Savers Shoes – Kenneth Cole Reaction, thrifted

Not a [...]

Black-Out 2010: Thursday Outfit

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Today, I only left home to 1) check the mail and 2) have this picture taken:

It was windy, and my camera died before we could manage an even semi-flattering shot. If I don’t hurry up and have some fun, today will have been a complete failure.

Hat – [...]

Black-Out 2010: Wednesday Outfit

Today’s Lesson: don’t nap in my clothes until AFTER the daily photo. I’ll model this skirt again after it’s had a good wash and press.

Top – Thrifted, Twenty-One. Drawstring neckline had a big, floppy bow, but I put an end to that Skirt – Mossimo via [...]

Black-Out 2010: Tuesday Outfit

Sal at alreadypretty.com has declared this week Summer Black-Out 2010, in which all interested parties abstain from wearing black clothing for seven days straight. Sal’s rules allow for black accessories, workout clothes, and prints containing black.

But after my strict religious upbringing, I DEMAND rigorous standards; therefore, I will wear no black whatsoever for [...]

Daily Outfit, Daily Failure

Pure Imagination

Today, a third grade boy paid me the compliment of a lifetime; he said, “You look like Willy Wonka… … ’s wife!”

I was honored. What gave him the idea? My waistcoat and brown top hat? Perhaps his mother doesn’t dress that way.

“If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything [...]

Hands Down Worst Purchase of 2009

Of all the numbskulled, senseless “Wait, what?!” things I bought last year, The Hands Down Worst Purchase of 2009 was…

… two pair of Leg Avenue peachy-flesh-toned fishnet thigh-high stockings. I love fishnets, and I thought thigh-highs might suit me better than standard pantyhose.

 In the words of Fastball, “How could I have ever been so blind?”

PRODUCT REVIEW: These Leg Avenue stockings come in one [...]

Me? Work out?

Christmas IS the season of miracles; I went running this morning! It’s been a YEAR since I lifted weights, and nearly six months since I regularly ran at the college track. Shameful.

Because I’ve never been athletic, my workout wardrobe is somewhat… lacking:

What the well-dressed slugabed is wearing this season