im a lucky girl

photos by leonard

floppy hat: thrifted

80's burnt sienna shawl: thrifted

gray t-shirt: urban outfitters
black lace bra: thrifted

black faux leather sash belt: american apparel

black velvet stirrup leggings: american apparel

black sheer luxe polka dot tights: american apparel

black suede bow flats: thrifted

i finally got over my nervousness and asked my boyfriend to take some outfit pictures for me.  truthfully i was inspired by a lot of your blogs, there seem to be quite a few of you who are brave enough to let your signifigant other take your outfit shots all the time.  i think that is so nice!  i was specifically inspired by the beautiful tieka of Selective Potential.  if you are not reading her blog already, go and add her!  she's my favorite new-found internet friend, plus her husband takes these gorgeous pictures of her in always amazing outfits.  you can almost see how much they love each other in the pictures.  so cute.  but anways, taking pictures wth leonard was actually really fun!  and he did such a good job! thank you len, i love you.  he wasn't supposed to come and visit me this weekend, we were going to stay in our respective cities and miss each other but catch up on house cleaning and laundry and other boring things you do when you're boyfriend in not in town visiting for one day.  but then friday rolled around and neither of us could stand the idea of going a whole other week without seeing each other so he hopped on the bus in nyc and made it here last night.  this morning he made a breakfast feast for us: fried egg sandwiches with cheese and avacados, bacon, fresh grapefruit, and fried tomatoes.  i am so lucky to be his girlfriend.  i think we're spending the rest of the day on the couch watching food network.

me on american apparel part deux

american apparel is using some more of my pictures on their website! it's for their sash belt and the chambray jumper pant which are both really awesome and versatile pieces that i whole-heartedly reccomend to you.   especially the jumper pants.  out of everything i've bought since working there (and believe me, i've bought a lot of stuff) i'd say that these pants and my viscose dolman sleeve shirt are my two absolute favorites.  both are so comfy and yet still modern and super easy to build an outfit around.  what could possibly beat that?

a case of the mondays on a tuesday

photos by caroline

1940s black velvet hat: thrifted

velvet shirt: urban outfitters bargain basement

black camisole: thrifted

white faux fur muff: thrifted

red zipper leggings: american apparel

black riding boots: ginchy baby vintage on etsy

thank you all so much for your wonderful book reccomendations! wednesdays and thursdays are my usual days off, and i am for sure heading to the library tomorrow to order a million new books.  i was planning on doing a movie list for 2010 too, but i'm afraid it would take up so much space that even the boundless internet wouldn't be able to hold all the movies i could watch in a year.  right now i'm watching requiem for a dream because its on televison.  ugh i don't know, it's an amazing movie and all but still, it just hurts my soul whenever i try watch it.  bummercity.

playing dress up

photos by caroline

black velvet bustier: urban outfitters bargain basement

sash belt: american apparel

jumper pant: american apparel

black lace up platforms: urban outfitters bargain basement

i was so excited yesterday when i found that bustier for $10 at urban outfitters!  it's kind of difficult to get on and off, but i don't care, i love it.   leonard is here and last night we had a date in cambridge after i got off work and then we got to sleep in this morning and go to brunch together and hang out all day in bed.  the perfect sunday.  lets talk about how i feel like this year i am going to be very adult and very good.  now all i have to do is quit smoking.  how do i quit smoking though, i can't, its too harddddddddd.  i guess i could start by buying the nicotine patch. 

Ladies dresses in realistic sizes, for every type of woman.

red roses and bitter cold

photos by caroline

white faux fur jacket: thrifted

black t-shirt dress: thrifted

brown and black knit vest: thrifted

black highwaisted leggings: aa

pewter sheer shiny stirrup tights: aa

black lace up boots: thrifted

it's been forever since i've done an outfit post! i just got these twinkling tights in pewter from american apparel and i love them and totally reccomend them to all of you.  they come in all kinds of pretty colors and they shimmer and glow in the light.  plus here im wearing them over black leggings which really brings out the color and helps to beat the cold.  and i guess tomorrow night is new years eve.  i'm not all that excited because i've never really had a good new years, and this year looks like it'll be more of the same.  leonard will be in new york working and i have to work on friday morning so i'll get no kisses at midnight.  but with this weather and how busy i've been recently i don't think it'll be too much of a bummer.  i would be happy to spend the night watching the ball drop on tv from the couch with a couple beers.  i am, however, very excited for 2010!  i've got a good feeling about it and i am going to try really hard to stick with my resolution to start saving money and to get myself out of debt. 

this is not an outfit post

photos by caroline

at work i have to wear head to toe american apparel.  its not hard because i like the clothes and so far i've come up with pretty mediocre outfits but today i was kind of proud of what i wore.  i guess the point of getting an extra job is to SAVE money but we'll see how that works out.  i was talking to this girl today about spending every paycheck on clothes and she said, "well the thing is, the longer you spend around these clothes, the more they grow on you." its way too true.  things that i thought i would never want, are now on my "to buy" list.    in other news, i still hate christmas. 

499 loads of laundry to go

(photos by caroline)

black beret: thrifted

grey scarf: thrifted

beaded applique leotard: thrifted

navy tulip skirt: american apparel

mustard tights: american apparel

floral white tights: thrifted

grey patent leather pumps: thrifted

today is going to be a cleaning day.  my poor boyfriend has to wade through piles of clothes everytime he comes to visit. so i'm going to do about 500 loads of laundry and i'm going to clean out my closet.   recently i've been buying new underwear instead of just doing the wash.   i don't reccomend this. 

the wild lily of the cumberland

(photos by caroline)

fur hat: vintage ebay

burgandy plaid jacket: vintage thrifted

lace bodysuit: thrifted

grey jeans: american apparel

black and brown oxfords: thrifted

i'm reading zelda fitgerald's biography right now and it's pretty awesome.  i mean her mother's nickname was the wild lily of the cumberland.  how wonderful is that?  i'm still only in her childhood years, but i can't wait to read about her marriage and her mysterious death by fire in an insane asylum.   i've been starting and stopping books recently, or maybe i've just been reading sub-par books.  i have high hopes for zelda, but have you guys read anything mind blowing lately?