Long Island City

American Apparel raglan; Gap jeans; Jacobs by Marc Jacobs (etc. etc.) bag; 

Minnetonka moccasins; Burberry sunglasses

Back from another long blog break, and it's a whole new season! Leaves are changing colors, there's a chill in the air, and my diet consists solely of pumpkin-flavored foods... it must be Fall!

Happy 4th of July!

Tank: F21
Flannel: Urban Outfitters
Shirt-as-skirt: Gap

Happy Independence Day to all of my American readers!! What are you all up to today? I'll be barbecuing with the BF, drinking too much, and watching the big fireworks show downtown. And hopefully taking a ton of pictures. Enjoy yourself!

Bright Sunshiny Day

Tee: Gap
Shorts: Siwy
Sandals: Nine West
Scarf: Urban Outfitters
Sunglasses: Burberry

I'm pretty exhausted right now, so I'm just going to summarize my thoughts into bullet points.

• I am becoming addicted to weardrobe.com, you have to check it out, the ladies on that site are so talented at putting together outfits, plus there are weekly contests to win $50 giftcards to stores like Urban Outfitters and American Apparel (and if you're already on weardrobe, friend me!)
  
• My new shoes got delivered today, Nine West Ciraco's, and I love them so so much. I also got another new pair of shoes a week or two ago, lace-up flat sandals from Target, which I also love. I have too many black sandals. But I'm sure I'll buy even more this summer.
• I saw the movie "Observe and Report" yesterday with my BF at the dollar movie theater, and wow, it was just terrible. But I've heard "The Hangover" is really funny, so we might go see that this weekend to cleanse the pallet.
• Also this weekend is my 5 year high school reunion. Have any of you gone to a high school reunion? I have no idea what to expect, I'm a little nervous about it because I haven't kept in touch with very many people from my high school. But it's a cocktail party, so the free drinks should put everyone at ease!
• I miss having long hair. Any suggestions on how to make your hair grow faster?
  

The colors, Duke, the colors!

Dress- Urban Outfitters
Tank (under)- Gap
Belt- Stolen from Boyfriend
Tights- Marshall's
Shoes- Nine West Cuzza
Earrings- Random vendor @ Park Ave. Fest

Ate Mexican food and watched Gossip Girl with the boyfriend tonight - I swear I must have the best boyfriend ever, he watches Gossip Girl with me and makes me believe he actually enjoys it. I appreciate it. Also, this is my first (recent) attempt at forcing color into my wardrobe. This "dress" is technically a slip, but it's gorgeous so it should be shown off. I guess color isn't so bad after all!

Icicles

Tank/Dress- Gap

Tights- Marshall's
Boots- Colin Stuart (Victoria's Secret)
Necklace- Margo Morrison

It has snowed more than a foot in the past day, so I feel the need to tell you that I didn't wear just this outside. Add a couple sweaters, jacket, scarf, hat, and 2 pairs of gloves and you get a better idea of what I have to wear just to go check my mail. However, it is beautiful outside. I love fresh, clean snow before the cars drive through it and the trucks come through dropping salt and sand, when it is still perfectly white and untouched. And check out the icicles that were hanging outside the kitchen window this morning - one of them had to be more than 2 feet long! Winter is so lovely, well, everything except the temperatures.

I have also realized I need to add more color to the outfits I wear every day. It's not that I don't own anything in colors, I just seem to always stick to the white/black/grey palette, it's the easiest to match and just throw on before I leave the house. But I have resolved this year to embrace colors, and I aim to stick to that resolution! Any suggestions on how to ease color back into my wardrobe?

Parisian Perhaps?

Hat: Marc by Marc Jacobs

Necklaces: Margo Morrison + Heart Necklace from BF
Long Tank Top: Gap
Cardigan + Tights: Urban Outfitters
Boots: Nine West Cuzza

I had my boyfriend take a quick outfit pic before we left to go meet up with some friends for coffee and a movie. We saw Seven Pounds with Will Smith, which I absolutely loved, but it is really intense for basically the whole movie so I'm kind of exhausted. Also, I'm sorry about the red eye and the overall quality of a lot of the pictures I take, my camera is in the process of dying and I'm just too busy/poor to get a new one. As soon as I get back to school though I will be trying to teach myself how to use Photoshop! So expect me to be less red-eyed and possibly 10lbs lighter in future pictures (just kidding about the 10lbs... maybe?).

Economic Crisis = Excellent Shopping

Xmas tree in the middle of Crocker Park

I went to Crocker Park this weekend with my boyfriend. For those who don't know (I'm assuming most of you don't), Crocker Park is a fancy outdoor shopping mall near Cleveland, with stores like H&M, Urban Outfitters, Guess, Coach, and Sephora (much like any regular mall). We took a bus there with a bunch of other Oberlin students, and on the way back I noticed that me and the BF by far had the most bags. I guess Consumer Society may have been a better name for this blog after all! Anyways, I posted pictures of what I bought, and then I realized they don't look like much of anything laying on the floor, so I'll take outfit pictures sometime during the week.

Sidebar: I kind of love that a side-effect of the horrible economy is incredible sales. Like, more than 90% off in the case of my men's wifebeater (which for me is a dress....).

Pleather skirt from H&M, $25
I'm kind of obsessed with this, in all its fake-leather glory.

Ecote slip from Urban Outfitters, $9.99 (marked down from $58)
I plan to wear this like a dress, a la bohemian Kate Moss, obviously with a slip underneath.

Black tee from Gap, $5.99 (marked down from $16.99)
Boring, but highly functional, and will probably get the most wear.

Black wifebeater from the men's department of Gap, $.97 (marked down from $16.50)
This will function as a tank dress for me, or a slip for under the UO dress, or something... I'll find a use for it, considering it was less than $1.

Black Cuzza boots from Nine West
This is just a better picture of the boots I ordered a few weeks back, they are still slightly muddy but trust me, they were much worse before.