ASTRONAUT SHORTS

thrifted cut up shorts, top c/o lune vintage, jeffrey campbell ankle boots, yumena melody skull necklace, asos cuff

The best time to go thrifting is during the month of October where the "costume" racks are full of goodies that I view as normal attire. These shorts, for example. Starting out as flared astronaut pants for a little kid, at least I assume a kid as they only reached mid-calf, I cut these textured duct tape looking suckers into shorts. Obviously I did a fantastic job, since at first (and in one of two of these photos) they were cut slightly uneven. I really do an amateur job when cutting up my clothing, honestly. Too impatient. Want to wear right meow. Anyhow, got some other awesome and cheap "costume" finds on top of the now astronaut shorts. I still do need to figure out a costume, though. Yikes. Off to enjoy this beautiful 75 degree weather! Bi-polar midwest, jeesh. Make up ya mind.

PS. What is your favorite fashion blog? I want something new and exciting to look at.

PPS. Pumpkin beer. That is all.

BABES IN NEBRASKA PT. 4

Oh how I miss this lady. This is one of my besties, Lacey. This girl typically rocks Mad Men inspired vintage and thrifted clothing better than almost anyone I know. If I wore the same style of rad vintage like she does, I would look like an old beast of a woman. Not her. Killin' it like whoaaaa.

After interning for NPR, my poopsy left me for LA. Yet another reason to go visit. Funny thing, we actually met on Myspace years ago. I mean, YEARS ago. Back when I was living in the SF bay and she was new to Lincoln. When I came back, BAM, sparks flew and we became amazing friends. COME BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

JUST SOME MEN, MOSTLY

thrifted most everything except shorts from pixie market, jewelry from flea markets and boutiques and yadda yadda

These were taken inside my place, as we are under a FREEZE WARNING. Kill me now. For those of you that live on the sunny warm coast, can you even imagine what this would be like? Well try, then tack on -30 more degrees, snow, insane wind, and everything covered in ice. Add all of that up and you have the most awful 3-5 months of hell. Screw that, right? Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Leaving. For January. Peace out midwest. I can't deal with this BS you put us through every single miserable year. I feel like an old person, leaving for Arizona in the Winter. Only I think I might be heading to Mexico after I spend some time in my second home, California. 

Anyway, enough complaining. Though sometimes it feels good to complain. Well, obviously, or we wouldn't do it. But occasionally it feels good to be in a bad mood, agree? I don't quite understand it but man, angry moods can be so fun.  

Anyone else find Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad to be strangely (very) attractive? Something about him, jeesh. Not at all my type but holy moly. Here is my type, though. Ignore that weird man in the corner. I assume that was his voice-over.

Evil villain and hot anime dude, Kadaj.

Or Aaron Johnson from Kickass. But he married his 40+ year old director and is having old-hag babies with her. Aaron sucks.

Leto from Children of Dune. Geek? Me?

Duh.

Duh #2.

James Hot Franco. Master of all trades. School nerd = hot.

I'm feeling less into trendy men, or men in hipster bands (I'm old, over it.)...but Andrew from MGMT is still mmm mmm good.

And Lil Wayne. My Weezy. Forever I will love him and his Rudy Huxtable goofy face.

So I guess this post had absolutely nothing to do with fashion and everything to do with a few of my top looking dudes? Sorry for wasting your time, folks. For my apologies, I leave you with a song.

DAMNED

BLAIR WITCHY

dress c/o away we vintage , thrifted flannel, my salvation antler necklace, melrose trading jewelry, skull necklace made by me

It really erks me when people are concerned with my eating habits. I eat more than almost any female my age that I know of, and guess what? I then work out. A normal amount. Just because every other 26 year old American woman is overweight does not mean I am anorexic. Just to clear that up. Have you seen my gross buff muscles? Ha. But seriously, this whole old-lady-crippled-foot thing is really harshin' my physical mellow. I can't run, I definitely can't jump, and I can only wear some of my shoes. Ahhhh. Injuries are TERRIBLE when you are into fitness. Especially when you eat like an obese middle aged male. Send good vibes to my feet, will you?

Outfit deets. I wear long dresses about as often as I wear pants, but I fell in love with this dress. I love the zipper down the front, the corset-tied detail on the sides, the slit down the middle, and the print. I of course had to spice up the muted fabric with some neon. And how pissed do I look in these photos? Man, no wonder people always think I am upset or hate them. Look at that face! 

As Jean Greige had posted, Margaret is back!! Freaking finally. No more internet vacations, okay?

PS. Just started a lookbook and so far, so lame. Mine, that is. And seriously? People on there messaging me to ask me to promote their blog/lookbook on my blog? Get out of here.

A pump-up song to leave you with.

MUDFLAP SKIRT

 cut up thrifted skirt and top, luckyvintage purse, sam edelman shoes, thrifted belt, my salvation ladder necklace, aa crossback bra

I did a fast and terrible job when cutting this skirt. After trying it on, I decided I kind of liked the raw edges where I cut. Until I went outside and had the wind pounding against me, I hadn't thought of this outfit being anything less than a weird pile up of Sahara desert witch doctor in space...but then I realized I just look like a dweeb from The Matrix, or some sort of anime weirdo who idolizes JP from Grandmas Boy. Probably due to the combination of the already-there slit in the back of the skirt, and the black sunglasses that actually belong to Cody. Pictured below is what he was wearing while shooting these photos. A pink shirt with homemade 3D nipples on it. Typical.

Since I have not let this purse off of my shoulder in about, oh, 2 weeks, it's safe to assume I am obsessed with it. I just can't get enough of those little flingy leather pieces. And don't get used to this straight hair business. I hate my hair straight, as it accentuates the the most insane jawline ever found on a female. I just hadn't washed it in a good week or so and instead of being a good hair stylist, I slapped on color with my hands, rinsed out the tips without shampooing, and quickly blow dried it the easiest way possible. So there you have it. Dried crusty hair color on this dirty head.

Since I am infatuated with Etsy, I thought I would share with you a few things from my always expanding "favorites" page on there. Feel free to purchase any of these and send them to me for my upcoming birthday. Or get yourself an early Christmas present and I'll be happy for you.

Rainbow hammock   Third Eye body chain  Dragon tattoo pants   Inverted cross bralette   Carved shell skull   3 spike cuff    Spiked friendship bracelet    Vintage Aztec Levi cut offs  Suede lace-up boots  Tie-dye bralette  Moonstone occult necklace  Leather Tuareg bag   Black denim shorts with camels  1980s wide belt   Multi cross chain necklace  Shark print leggings   Arabic script ring  Metal-toed snakeskin boots

Those are only a few of very many favorites. Hope you enjoy!

BABES IN NEBRASKA PT. 3

Here we have my hottie-tottie gal Alyssa. On top of being a rad "geek" of sorts, this lil' lady not only wears awesome clothing, but makes awesome clothing as well. After getting these Black Milk leggings, she has decided to make her own fly leggings in a similar fashion. (we have a fabric store here called Cosmic Cow where she has purchased the craziest prints - and how cool is that store name?) I can't wait to wear some. 

Oh, and I gave her that hair that she so effortlessly rocks.