who won the buffalo tooth necklace..!?

 I love sea horses. I love rings. Sea horse ring. Heck yes.

You know what I realized today? I will never be able to just buy things that I "absolutely love". I do not over spend, my budget is pretty set out and followed...but I do need to someday figure out how to not buy things I like and only purchase things I love. Mostly talking about clothing, here. It's just too easy to walk in somewhere looking for one thing and leaving with a lot of other things and without that one thing. I don't feel alone, I think every female interested in fashion probably has this mindset. Maybe? Last night I stayed in Omaha after a block party and my friends dog chewed up my leather purse and leather necklace string. I have never been around one of "those" dogs. But, she was too adorable and loving otherwise, so I convinced myself that I didn't like that purse anyway and the necklace needed a new chain. This is how much I love dogs. They can rip apart my belongings and then shake my hand and lick my arm and I am instantly okay with what they just did. This does not work with humans, however, so don't get any ideas. 

Alas! The winner of the water buffalo necklace by Miss M....goes to...drumroll here...

After counting twice, it looks as though #11 is Kathleen! Way to go girl, all it took was a second of your time and a little typing, and now you get a sweet necklace that I want! My readers can still use my 15% discount code on both her vintage and jewelry shop, up until tomorrow (Monday). Code is STRAWBERRYFF15.

I am wearing:

2 different pairs of leather feather earrings courtesy of  My Salvation

charm bracelet courtesy of Vestige 

 Seahorse ring courtesy of Ardent1

Flea market, F21, Kaitlyn other jewelry

American Apparel bandeau

thrifted tank

headquarters

My only roommate, mannequin lady. Weird that I haven't named her. She was a gift from my friend Jasmin. She only has one limb, poor gal.

Bracelets. Not enough room.

My husband, Weezy. Notice how good I am at putting up posters. Also, I am 26 and still have posters up. Cool.

My babies. Got an ant farm but actually this picture is a few months old and they have since all died. Ants are surprisingly intelligent and super interesting to watch. You should google them and then get an ant farm, and you'll never consciously step on an ant ever again. Those white mounds are food that they have covered up. Notice little pooky carrying a big chunk of sand. Strong.

This is actually quite annoying. I cannot get a necklace off of this without other necklaces falling off. Does anyone have a necklace holder they don't want/use? I could really use a second, and probably a third.

Some shooz.

Living room. Sweet couch I got for really cheap. This couch has helped many drunk friends get a good nights rest when they could't drive home. The art on my wall is my sisters work. She is super super talented.

Bracelets. Duh.

Lucky cat, japanese soda, and other stuff on my window. 

View from outside my windows. Right down that street a giant porn store got burned down to the ground a few months ago. Just the porn store. Nothing surrounding it. That was a sight to see at 10 am on a Sunday morning. 

You've requested and now you shall receive. I didn't take photos of everything, because honestly my apartment isn't that exciting. The one thing I wish I could photograph but couldn't are my high ceilings. 15 feet of open space up there. And lots of high windows. I feel like I have exhausted everyone with my jewelry, but it takes up a lot of space here so I figured I would photograph some of it. But yes, this is where I spend a lot of my time, and it is my favorite place to be (excluding the southwest, and the beach). I live alone which freaking rules, and even better - one block away from the salon, so I hardly drive. My place is downtown, so at night it is very fun to spy on drunken idiots fighting outside of the bars, and during the day the streets are riddled with every kind of person you can imagine walking around. Fun to people watch. Hope you enjoyed this post. I want food now. Later.

Don't forget to enter the buffalo tooth necklace give-away here. Sunday the winner will be announced!

Buffalo tooth necklace GIVEAWAY!

The wind is INSANE in this state. Some days, there is not a single point in the day when the wind isn't blowing like crazy. Today being one of them.

So, as promised...a give-away! I actually found Miss M's blog, The Huntress awhile back and fell in love with it. Her style is pretty spot on with mine, and I love love LOVE her jewelry. Not only does she make jewelry, she also has a vintage shop here where I got this striking poncho from. I have never seen a poncho like this, and I now stick out my tongue and flip off my other dumb ponchos because I have shifted my love and attention towards this one. Like choosing a favorite sibling. This one is the best. She also made the charm bracelet that I am wearing in these photos. I needed no other accessories on my arm with this baby. I have been looking for the perfect charm bracelet and now I have it to go along with the perfect poncho adsfjhasdfasf ahhhh.

SO! On to the fun stuff. The give-away is for this so-amazingly-boss water buffalo necklace. (ps I want this necklace so I am super jealous) This give-away will last until Sunday the 15th, so just less than a week away! Some lucky jewelry lover like myself will receive this in the mail sent by Miss M herself. Yippee!

HOW TO ENTER

1. Leave a comment with your email address.

2. Follow her blog OR like her facebook here

3. Follow me on Bloglovin here (don't want a non-reader to win, that's not cool)

ALSO- she is giving all of my readers 15% off both her jewelry store AND her vintage store. Just enter the code STRAWBERRYFF15 at checkout. You really should follow her blog regardless of this give-away. Girl's got mad taste. And she just got done putting together a Gypsy Night Market with a lot of other talented crafters. Suhweet.

That's it. Simple dimple. Winner receives a lovely water buffalo tooth necklace pictured below.

CB

YES, I am wearing shorts under this. I'm not like that. 

American Gold blouse

Sam Edelman shoes

CBdesignsNYC body chain

American Apparel crossback bra

ebay bag

random rings

Outfits like these make me even more upset and solidify my hatred for boobs in clothing (my boobs in clothing). All I want is to wear loose fitting tops and dresses without them looking like a moo-moo. Boobs make this very difficult. Also, it is very easy to look slutty when you have boobs. I had to be very careful as to not show too much cleave in this, which took a lot of effort and placing everything on my chest correctly. This is AFTER I duct taped them down (pretty normal) and am wearing a string strappy bra with zero padding. Sigh. What a weird "flaw" to have. Again, this is only a "problem" when it comes to clothing choices. I like what I like, and what I like typically isn't for my body type. I shouldn't be complaining, this just seems to bother me on a daily basis in one way or another. Regardless, I love this top. Long sleeved, and able to breathe in the heat. 

The body chain is from the delightful Chelsea from CBdesignsNYC, who makes jewelry inspired by skulls, stones, and metals, just what I love. Her body chains are awesome, and affordable! I thought it went absolutely perfect with this simple bone colored blouse. Her style reminds me a lot of what you'd find on the streets of Venice Beach. I'll probably wear this body chain to death. :-)

Also. Need these boots. 

Also also, I will do a post in the near future with my friends and where I live, as requested. 

dandelion haven

F21 wedges

H&M shawl

Urban Outfitters lace body suit

Noble Town Vintage necklaces

My Salvation earrings

F21 shorts

Thrifted belt

Be Yourself bandeau

random rings

thrifted leather bag

Don't have time to write much. I'm a busy bee right now. I do have a question for you all though. What do you want to see? Photos of my friends? My room? Work biz? Inspiration photos? Details of...whoknowswhat? I always do outfit posts and I am wondering if that ever gets old and you'd like me to throw something new in the mix. If you have any suggestions or would love to see something in particular, write here or email me. I'll try to come up with something not so TYPICAL. I'M SO TYPICAL. 

Marvelous give-away coming up here soon. Stay posted. Jewelry. Jewelry that I am rather into. Heck yes.

tommy want wingy

I don't usually do these collage things but...I just happened to find a bunch of things that happened to create a perfect outfit for this weekend. Too bad I have none of this. UGH, LIFE, right? ;-)

Top: Topshop

Shorts: Runwaydreamz

Shoes: Maurie and Eve

Bag: Topshop

Jewelry: AllForTheMountain

Check out AllForTheMountain jewelry here. Their collections are out of this world (pun intended), and their website is like a virtual acid trip inspired by the past and the future and all sacred things in between.

nobletown and moth

Ignore the healing cuts all over my knuckles. I'm a hair stylist, these are battle scars.

Kaitlyn top

thrifted cut off shorts

Jeffrey Campbell shoes from lulus

bag from ebay

Noble Town Vintage necklaces

Moth and Garnet gifted mother of pearl ring

My Salvation gifted crystal earrings

other flea market rings

I think Spring has made it's way here. Finally! With the way this years weather has been, let's hope for no mid-May blizzards. Fun weekend I've had. Last night I saw Dead Prez, which was pretty awesome. It's been awhile since I have been to a big hip hop show...the last one being Lil Wayne, and that was awhile ago. Oh, just so you all know - I have a major crush on Lil Wayne. I find his Rudy Huxtable baby face somehow to be so attractive. And that raw, crackling voice of his is SO hot to me. He is the only celeb that I have had multiple dreams about, always involving me chasing him around at some party trying to get him to pay attention to me. I never really end up successful in those dreams. But yes, this is my strange crush. A little out of the norm for what I typically go for. 

The necklaces I am wearing are from Noble Town Vintage, aka Sarah, who lives in SLC and sells awesome jewelry. She holds a special place in my heart because not only do I adore her jewelry, but she is also a hairstylist like myself. Her jewelry is inexpensive for what it is, so you all should definitely give her etsy page a holler. Oh! And she sends her stuff in the raddest packaging!

Also, the mother of pearl ring I am wearing is handmade (to fit my abnormally fat sausage fingers) by Moth and Garnet of England. I am a stone and crystal freak, so naturally I love her jewelry. I am tempted to purchase this cage ring if no one else jumps on it. So awesome.

The entire time I have been writing this post my left foot has been pulsating. WTF. Why do I feel my heart beating in the bottom of my extremely ticklish foot? I keep wanting to scratch it because it feel so weird, but that is the worst place to touch. I am not sure if you guys are able to tickle yourselves, but touching the bottom of my feet results in unwarranted extreme tickle sensitivity. And it involves no laughing. Painful tickle.  Eep.