settle down

 

coral blouse: mom's from the 90s

strapless paisley dress: american eagle sidewalk sale

leaf ring: expression by the bay

It's that time of year again, where I clean out all the closets at my house (no one would do it otherwise) and discover things we forgot / didn't know we had. The detailed collar on this blouse is really cute, so it's a pity that it's a couple sizes too large, like most of Mom's old clothes. (She's always been tiny, though, so it was probably just a grunge thing to buy things loose, unlike the tight-tight-scenekid-tight 00s.) Unbuttoned, it's lovely.

birthday present

so so so excited that i finally got my michael kors watch ! i went to holt renfrew with my parents in september to get the watch and i've been counting down the days till i get to wear it :) i love it and kjhfdh finally sixteen !

ootd: modern tribal (09/14/11)

top: guess
skirt: guess
belt: anne klein
bracelets: zellers
ring: zellers

i need to stop buying costume jewelry at zellers. also, please disregard my bedhead and pouty lips. nail polish in sheer cotton; i love that gold! waterproof e/s stick from gosh. this cream-coloured cropped shirt has a lace-up back- it's what won me over in the store. i also wore my (mom's) marisa minicucci blazer as a jacket, since it was fairly breezy out today.

on a side note, i took an extra ten minutes this morning to punch a new hole in this belt... y'know, so it actually functions as a belt? turns out the label was an impression in the backside of the belt. size large; oops. didn't see that. a leather hole punch would've come in handy, but i made do with a utility knife.

ootd: lazing (09/08/11)

top: stitches
jeans: guess
belt: mom
necklace: gift
ring: gift, from georgina :)

i bought these boyfriend fit jeans from winners in august for a whopping $16. i never find shit like that almost in my size*, but there they were. it's also unusual for me to sleep past 6:30, which i managed to do yesterday morning. however, i woke up nice and early this morning... only to find that i'd fallen asleep while my hair was wet. nothing drastic, just twice as poufy as usual (and i have thick hair). ultimately, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

throw on some slouchy jeans, a pair of flip flops, pull your hair back into a poof (to disguise that bedhead; unfortunately, my hair won't respond to backcombing, so my "poof" was pretty half-assed). i guess half-assed the lazy aspect as well- i could've left my shirt untucked without a belt, but it works out that i don't like this shirt (which i bought three years ago), and it's the only button-up ridiculously long enough to tuck into those ridiculously** low-rise jeans. (what else can you expect from guess?)

*they're meant to be slouchy, anyways.
**fairly low-rise for boyfriend-style pants. that's why the belt's there.

music: "the low hum" by moby