Gray Day

(Shirt: TJ Maxx, Skirt: Target, Shoes: Charlotte Russe, Belt: Vintage)

This weekend I was at a dance competition, so I didn't have an outfit to post even if I had had the time. Instead, I spent my two free days dancing in restaurants, watching the Food Network and losing my Camelbak water bottle! What a horrible experience. I've only had it for four days. I amaze myself.

Cheyenne was back today! Hooray for that.

Happy Monday! (Is there such a thing?)

Shadows and Shades of Brown

(Cardigan: TJ Maxx, Skirt: Target, Belt: Vintage, Cami: Aeropostale, Shoes: Rainbows, Ring: Vintage Spoon Ring via Etsy)

Today I was planning on wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt until I had to throw on jeans for a charity walk, but, lucky you, I had to change this morning unexpectedly to go to lunch with my family. We went to see a family friend at a nursing home nearby. The food was fantastic! And the guy was so funny, telling us all kinds of stories. Apparently there are collisions of motor wheelchairs in the hallways.

It got really warm! And it's going to stay that way for at least a week. I have mixed feelings about this. I'm looking forward to wearing this cardigan in different ways.

photo cred: my sister

Puddle Jumper

(Skirt: Target, Shirt: Banana Republic, Shoes: Steinmart, Belt: Target)

The first shot is kinda blurry, but the focused one I took somehow made me look like I had a beard? What? Anyway, these are from last weekend when it was still raining. It rained here for 3 days! It was awesome. I love the sound of the rain on the roof. I also hate it when I'm wearing jeans in the rain and they get wet. Plus it was too hot too even a repeat a sentence including the word "pants". So super conservative skirt bought for me by my mother knotted up to an acceptable rain height it is. (And okay mom, maybe it's a little too short. But I'm still getting the hang of this knotting thing.)

Yay Rain!

Kasey Moan

(Shirt: Miley Cyrus and Max Azira via Walmart, Skirt: Target, Shoes: Converse)

Kayla and I went down to the train tracks near my school today. It was a lot of fun, although the direct sunlight is not especially flattering when you have skin the color of paper. There were a lot of cool angles, and tomorrow we're going to go out when we have more time and take some more. :)

This tank top was $3. You can't beat Walmart prices! Yay Corporate America! I was super comfortable today, and I love my converse to death. That's why the previously white shoes are turning gray. Oh well. I'll wear them until they fall apart.

The title of this post is in reference to the song "Kasey Moan" which is about a train. My friend Mieka likes to sing it. The lyrics makes me laugh. I thought it was appropriate. (haha, more like inappropriate. seriously. look up the lyrics.)  Trains have always been my favorite thing, especially AMTRAK because whenever my dad and I were on a train when I was little, the electricity would go out and we'd always be at least an hour late to where ever we were going. Did I mention I loved trains?

If a Body Meet a Body Coming Through the Rye

In the 11th grade I read The Catcher in the Rye with my English class, and I loved it. A lot. I liked how J.D. Salinger wrote with a voice that sounded a lot like what goes on in my head: random, and sarcastic. The difference between myself and Holden is, one, I'm not an angry high school dropout/delinquent. Also, I'm not a boy. And secondly, While I may think some of the things that he does, I don't act on them. The whole idea of sleeping in train stations and hiding out in hotels filled with hookers doesn't really appeal to me. But to each his own. The reason I just babbled on about Catcher in the Rye is style related, I promise:

This shirt is from Out of Print Clothing, a website where when you buy a shirt, a book is given to a school in Africa. That plus the fact that they put book covers on the front of their shirts had me sold.

(Shirt: Out of Print Clothing, Skirt: Target, Belt: Vintage, Shoes: Miss Trish for Target)