borrowed too much from the boys

Who gets a cold in the middle of summer? THIS GIRL! Do I get a prize? A box of Kleenex, mayhaps? A bottle of Nyquil with a bendy straw in it? Because that's what I need right now.

Moving on...

shirt, j.crew
jacket, gap kids
jeans, j.crew outlet
sandals, aldo
men's belt, ae
bracelet, kate spade
ring, f21

This was thrown together at the last possible second. I have a bad habit of sleeping through my alarm, which I pay dearly for whenever I'm trying to get dressed because I can think is "jeans! sandals! shirt! jacket! DONE!" without thinking that maybe these jeans with those sandals make me look shorter than I already am, or that maybe a men's-style shirt paired with a boy's-style jacket might need a touch more femininity to balance it all out.

Lesson learned: Wake up on time and get dressed thoughtfully.

drapey, slouchy, glittery

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Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that I'm officially on Twitter now! Follow me by clicking on the Twitter icon in the left side menu. Woohoo! I'm still new to this whole thing, so excuse me if I ever commit a Twitter faux pas....

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Guys! Where have I been? What has been happening? Why was I gone for so long?

Collective deep breath. I will tell you what I've been up to – or rather, I'll show you what I've been up to.

I was sick on Monday, which doesn't exactly put me in the blogging mood. Luckily, it wasn't anything an entire day of sleeping, Harry Potter-reading, and tea-drinking couldn't fix.

On Tuesday, I was in the Toyota Center, screaming out the words to "Wanted Dead or Alive" in the vain hope that maybe Jon Bon Jovi would hear my glorious tone-deaf voice soaring over the chorus of other tone-deaf voices, and that he'd then point at me and say, "You there! In the nosebleed section, with the voice that could give a manatee a headache! You should be in my band!" (That didn't happen, though, much to my chagrin.)

Then Wednesday crept up and I just plain old forgot to update.

But now I'm back, frizzy hair and all!

dress, modcloth

cardigan, j.crew

tights, xhilaration

vara pumps, salvatore ferragamo

half-slip, anthropologie

polish, clear base + milani's "disco lights" + sally hansen's "strobe light"

belt, mom's

I put my hair up after looking at these photos because I was creeping dangerously into "bobblehead" territory with that poofy, unruly mane. Sigh. My haircut this weekend could not come soon enough…

Check out the nails, too! I followed the tutorial from Jelly's Nails again, which is where I also got the inspiration for my floral nails. I've not met a glimmering, glittering polish I didn't love, except for when it comes to getting that stuff off. Ugh. Sometimes I feel like I need a hammer and chisel to get the most stubborn remnants off. If there's an easy way to remove glitter polish from your nails, do share those tips in the comments!