Showing posts with label Melissa is my number one. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melissa is my number one. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2009

The One Where I Rant about Indie Dudes

Its Monday. There will never be any picture of my outfit today, because it consists of a solid green knit top and black dress pants. And black ballet flats. No jewelry, no charming scarf. I stayed in bed till 7:53 am because I was trying to hold on to some shreds of a crazy dream I was having about Some Guy from Back in the Day. So I didn't feel like devoting any time to make a lasting fashion impression. I'm shocked I brushed my hair and washed my face. I'm not even wearing a bra, I'm wearing one of those camis with a shelf bra. Seriously, I don't even remember putting it on... wtf? Poor judgement call. And I'm STILL wearing glasses, but my contacts just came in, so hopefully I can pick them up asap and start wearing my knock off wayfarers outdoors and indoors. Okay so these are some of my outfits from last week. Woohoo! Black Cardigan (MILEY CERTIFIED) and blue bow flats from Walmart, Blue Leggins from Target , Pink Tank from Old Navy, Pink Scarf from Accessorize in Oxford, England, that also sold me a shitty bracelet that broke the same night. Thanks alot, Oxford!
White dress (actually, my high school graduation sundress!) and black tank from Old Navy
Black (MILEY CERTIFIED) stirrup leggins, silver interlocking bangles, and purple print scarf from Walmart
Cardigan from BCBG Max Azria (who stooped to work with Miley the demon spawn, wtf?)
Black patent heels from Payless

This is easy. Everything is from Old Navy.

Except the boots, which are from a store in London called Schuh (It was like a grown up Journeys). And the key necklace is from Fossil.

And I admit that I wore some sweet outfits this weekend, including some of my goodwill plaid and my good luck thrifting shoes, but I didn't take pictures, cause I was out doing things, which happens once a month usually. This weekend was super successful, on a thrift shopping front. Meliss the Wonderful and I cruised the antique stores and thrift shops, and I returned with a great haul, and some left over subway, yo!

I scored a Fiesta Ware yellow pitcher that I dream of serving lemonade with. And maybe Dirty Shirleys (shirlies?). I also brought home a cute little wing pin (I'm trying to put pins into my wardrobe), some vintage alcoholic beverage glassware, a Miss Dior train case (!!! I think it originally must have been a perfume gift set, but for $2!!!), a 50 cent rainbow mug, and a handful of used books, including siddhartha and mister popper's penguins. Life is good. But the best part had to be landing a $12 jewelry box, right after I had been saying, omg, my jewelry is a mess I need a tackle box for it. This, my dears, is so much better. I vented some emotional angst on Sunday afternoon by painting it white and jamming to some of my songs of summer. aka "Like a Prayer" by Madonna and "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Next up I'm gonna multi-media collage the crap out of it and then modge podge it to death. Woo! In other news, I've been coveting a gray body con dress from Dorothy Perkins. Its on sale, and shipping isn't nearly as terrible as those danish bitches. But I still can't imagine ordering clothes from a different country, unless they're made of unicorn or something. But anywho, I would totally pair this with the dress:

Yeah, I definitely could use a sequined men's blazer.

Oh yeah, I wanted to complain about something (whatevs, get over it, its my blog I can totally complain). I have a not-so-secret love for the hilarity of boner party. And I like looking at hot chicks too. Especially since bp shares my love of zooey deschanel, the little indie goddess that she is. And today, being bored, I decided to go all the way back and start at the beginning of bp's archives. I don't have anything better to do, y'know? After snickering at the snarky observances and their dreams to smoke a bowl with pretty much every girl in the universe, I started to get irritated by the constant referrences to "finding an 8" (offensive all on its own for ranking women, but I don't want to sound like a feminazi) and all this whining and whining about how there aren't good wifey material indie chicks out there. Like, seriously. I'm probably just sensitive to all this because I spent the last year hanging out with indie dudes. Are they all the same??? They all seem to have heavy emotional damage to blame on some terrible ex-girlfriend, a love of chicks with bangs, and a drinking/weed problem. Listen up, bp. I've made out with 2 different over-opinionated dudes that wanted the same vonnegut tattoo. so it goes, right? I know indie dudes. I get all the obscure literature and movie references. And I let you pick the music that sometimes doesn't sound like music at all. Just stop whining for Christ's sake! Indie dudes are so tortured/idealistic. On the flip side, all I ever do is whine about the lack of satisfying indie dudes and why did I choose to go to a lame-ass conservative Christian college and how did my high school me not realize once I got out of the hometown I would want to go to an art school in a city somewhere and smoke a bunch of ciggs and hang out with indie guys? Maybe I'll make a new tumblr of just hot indie guys and I'll rank them and complain about how no indie dudes stumble to my door in the middle of the night, cold, wet, and amnesia-ridden. Anyway, bp, we're probably soul mates. I have a really good track record with indie guys who smoke up a lot and whose exes left them with a serious need for therapy. Call me!

Thursday, August 6, 2009

The One About Denmark

So tired this afternoon, since I had to pop out of a (squeaky) bed this morning and drive back to my house in the dewy 6 am morning... oh, the sacrifices we make for friends. I've taken a few outfit pictures, but realized I have yet to clean the mirror in my room, resulting in a nasty dust smear. I promise to clean the glass tonight. Also, sorry they are sometimes blurry. I'm gonna work on my hand strength. Actually, I'm wondering if maybe my camera is just dying. Sometimes pictures are randomly blurry even when I'm standing still and holding it with both hands. I've had it for about 4 years, and that's like 68 in camera years.

I'm rocking a dress and cardigan from Old Navy, belt thrifted straight out of dad's closet, some walmart leggin's, and awesome new $9 walmart ballet flats. With bows yo. And my sweet necklace is from a surf shop in Ocean City. And that bracelet is diy goodness. Fashion buy of the week: I went on a Goodwill $16 shopping spree, and came up victorious by crossing off one of my fashion wishes: XL mens flannel plaid shirts. A red one and a blue one, to be precise.

Oh yeah, that's me cheesing in the Goodwill dressing room. Can I just mention how I am so for the leggin's as pants movement? And to think I used to be against it. But its cool, I checked the bum coverage and we're golden. I would wear this with jeans too, for that lumberjack vibe.

On the DIY front, I watched some L&O:SVU (I have a thing for Elliot Stabler) and covered some old silver bangles with fabric, creating multicolored, whimsical bangles. I'm working my way through the set of 20 I bought a couple summers ago. Its super easy: cut a 2-inch wide strip of fabric about 10 inches long, spread tacky craft glue on the plain side (I used a foam brush) and then start wrapping the fabric around the bangle. I'll post some pictures soon!

Okay now I can talk about Denmark. Specifically, this gorgeous design brand Carmakoma. A fabulous, edgy line that is made JUST FOR CURVY, CHARISMATIC WOMEN!! And its SO HOT! So cool. The chick with the long wavy hair and bangs? I'd like to be her. AND the models have tattoos!!! But my favorite thing? This beautiful, adorable pink shirtdress. A shirtdress made for a curvy girl! A shirtdress that takes into consideration that tight armholes suck!

Now, the website listed it as on sale(!) for 24.66 Euros... and conveniently offer a currency converter. In good hard American dollars, this shirt dress is 34.62. ZOMG! I would totally buy that dress for $35. Whats stopping me from giving the women at Carmakoma my credit card, my Social Security number, and my soul?

A FORTY-TWO DOLLAR SHIPPING COST! Argh wtf!wtf!wtf! I mean, I know. Its coming from Denmark. But for that much money I could play Russian roulette at Urban Outfitters and get like, three indie outfits that are designed for waifs, yet kind of mostly fit. So, Carmakoma, you dirty little tease, I will drool over you from the states, and maybe one day I'll get in touch with my Dutch roots, and then swing by Denmark on the way back.

PS. Check out my fancy-full tumblr: wildrumpusfashion.tumblr.com . It has loads of sweet pictures and literary quotes. And the occasional baby animal. They're so cute.

PPS. Shout out to my number one fan and only reader. Melissa you rock my world with your groovy ways!