Comfy cozy (with a side order of happy leggings rant)

This hooded cardigan is a size too big, (Taillissime clothes are all 1-2 sizes large on me) but it is so deliciously cozy that I kept it after I realized that.  I wear it around the house, as a top layer over tight things like this shirt (bought a size too small by my mama) and leggings.  Gracey of the new blog Fashion for Giants recently talked in a post about how it took her a while, but she came to love leggings.  AND I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.  I was part of the whole "leggings aren't pants" brigade.  And then I got some to wear under a skirt...and started wearing them all the time.  Don't get me wrong, I always make sure my butt is covered, but really, leggings are like a little fashion miracle.

They're like really heavy tights...with no feet...and they don't cut into my tummy...and they don't make me sweaty!  
Basically, leggings = smooth, tight fabric on my legs with NONE of the bad points of hose.  Have you ever managed to PICK your leggings?

Cardigan - Taillissime
Shirt - JMS
Leggings - White Stag
Boots - Avenue
Jewelry by me

It's all about the little things.

Like the buttons on my leg warmers, and the steampunkyness of my necklace, and the fact that when I wear rings I mostly wear them on my middle fingers.  The fact that my mom took me out to eat at a Chinese buffet today after the whole sushi rice debacle. The fact that I'm wearing pettipants under my dress, and the only part of me that got cold outside today was the little bit above my knee between the leg warmers and the bottom of my dress.  The fact that you hopefully all love me even though I ramble.

Cardigan - Torrid
Dress - JMS
Leggings - athletic ones 
Boots - Avenue
Leg Warmers - christmas present
Necklace - handmade

Evil rice

I tried to fix Onigiri last night, to take as lunches this week.  It seemed to go alright.  Then I bit into one at lunch today.  It was HORRIBLE.  The kind of horrible mush that makes you sad you have a mouth and tastebuds.  I don't know what I did wrong to the sushi rice, but I definitely failed.  Luckily, I could dash over to the Au Bon Pain and get some tasty carbs.  But now I have all these evil onigiri in my fridge at home.  Waiting for me.  And now they will be tossed in the trash.  WASTEFUL FAILURE!

Sweater - Roaman's
Leggings - Avenue
Boots - Avenue
Earrings - present
Necklace - upcycled

No more mullet!

Seriously, that's how I convinced my little mama to cut my hair!  I told her that the difference in length between the front pieces and the back was giving me a mullet.  I don't think she agreed, but she cut it for me.  It was FOUR DEGREES when I got up this morning.  How am I supposed to go out in that?  That is TOO DAMN COLD for me.  (Shush and let me have my whine, RMb, I'm really quite delicate!)  Luckily, I have my new boots to wear, so my feet were nice and toasty.  And it warmed up to 19 later in the day.

Really, the comfiest boots I've ever had.  On par with all my comfy shoes.  Not that you don't know you're wearing them or anything; I always prefer going without shoes.

Here's a better hair shot, along with a jewelry shot.  Now that my hair is all so short again, the curls popped out!  Seriously, they seem to hide for long periods of time, just to mess with me.  I'm thinking of doing a jewelry giveaway from my store - is anyone interested?

Boots, Glorious Boots!

That's right, I have boots!  That fit!  And are pretty!  [Seriously, the months that have gone by as I've looked for boots to fit my enormously wide feet and calves (I hate you, shoe manufacturers, with all of my burning sarcastic fire) would have driven a saint crazy.  I'd try on a pair of boots/booties and have 3 inches between the zippers! WTF!!!]  Jen's husband noticed how cute they are within two seconds of seeing me!  I might have been a little boot-starved.  Maybe.  They came from OneStopPlus, even though I've had poor luck with shoes from them.  (My shooties are from Avenue, though, so I have had a little luck.)  These boots are fantastic, and they're also from Avenue. But their shoes all run too big, so I guess I need to order them a half size down.

The rest of today's outfit is just random layers thrown together.  White Stag leggings and skirt, Avenue shirt, Lane Bryant cardigan, self-made earrings, and an upcycled necklace.  Warmth is crucial, people!  If I keep the clothes to black and grey, I can pile on as many layers as I need.  Right?  RIGHT???  Like I care about anything but my boots at this point.

snow snow snow snow

Snow again!  And my shirt may have long sleeves, but it wasn't nearly warm enough to deal with the crazy fluctuating temperature at work.  I froze sitting up front until I went back and borrowed a coworker's cardigan.  It was that or wear my parka (because I was a fool and took home my own work cardigan over the holiday break).  The shirt is Ellos and the pants are Source of Wisdom.  And I need my sister to pin me down and tame my eyebrows into well-plucked submission.  Maybe that'll get down in the same realm of Never-Never Land as my much-needed haircut!  [Seriously, it'll happen in the next few days and then I'll quit whining about my hair.  Maybe.]

I had on gorgeous jewelry today, NONE of it handmade, oddly.  The spoon ring was from an antique store, and my sister picked up the earrings for me at Claire's.  The little zippers actually unzip!

This bracelet came from Target, a few months ago when during a sale.

Save our city...

Do you like the band Ludo?  You should.  You should also go and watch the video for "Save our city" cause it's AWESOME and stuck in my head.  Look!  Yesterday I wore all black and red, including my awesome stripy socks!

I look a little unsure of the camera, don't I?  Notice the tension in my hands...and how I've been watching too much of shows like "Lie to me" and now think that I can understand body language.  Really, I just had to pee and wanted to change into my jammies.  I started (and have almost finished) reading "It sucked and then I cried" by Heather Armstrong (aka dooce).  It's SO GOOD.  Even though I have LESS THAN ZERO interest in having any children of my own.  The only type of non-fiction I really like are memoirs like this.  Real stuff that happened to real, non-famous people.  I do read the odd celebrity bio, but only if I really like the person and they wrote it themselves (Alan Alda's books are great and so are Michael J. Fox's).

Sweater - Roaman's
Pants - umm, old ones...maybe White Stag?
lovely socks - Target, a long long while ago

short skirt and a loooong jacket

My hair is driving me crazy.  I need to get it trimmed so it's all the same length, but this would require either getting up earlier, or washing my hair at night (which would make it completely unmanageable in the morning).  This might have to wait until Sunday.  My poor little mama (haircut specialist) is also dreadfully sick with a cold and has been in bed for the last few days.

This picture drives me crazy.  I SWEAR I AM WEARING THE CUTEST LITTLE SKIRT OVER MY LEGGINGS.  But you can't see it at all.  Grr.  Such a FAIL post.



Cardigan - Christmas present!
Top -  Merona
Leggings - Avenue
Skirt - Merona

It's a brand new day, and the sun is high...

So the other movie that we watched New Year's Eve was Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.  I could watch it at least once a week without getting sick of it.  That's why Joss is the BOSS!  Such a great blend of good/evil in all his characters!

I got a new RED jacket for Christmas!  My mama keeps trying to get me into blazers.  I don't ever button them up, though.  This has a nice shape to it, and it's actually reversible.  I got the most compliments on my red plaid Crocs, though.  People LOVE these shoes!

It's happened...the little bit of color I got during the summer has completely left.  Skin white as snow (check), lips red as a rose (hmm, more pinkish), and hair black as ebony. (it's brown.  Other woods are brown.)  I have become Snow White, just as the snow starts falling here in the mountains.  Only without the whole fairytale bit.  And the nature-loving, singing sweet songs, and twee little voice.

I bought a whole thing of charms just for this pendant.  It made me think of the pendant from the movie version of Stargate.  As you see, it's not very much like it; no Eye of Ra or anything.  But the crossing lines spoke to my inner sci-fi geek, and I had to have it.  Plus, it's so cute and little that it's like a little geeky secret just for me.

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