Lady Tie

Sweater and pants - Walmart, scarf - stolen from my mom, socks - Sock Dreams, shoes - Payless.

I have my sweet little lady tie on and rainbow socks, so obviously I can take on the world today. I got back from the Punch Brothers concert late last night. (Late for me, that is.) It was so good! I had listened to their stuff on Spotify and I was feeling sort of ehhh about the concert. But the tickets were cheap, and it's always fun to go to a concert with my dad. They are definitely a band to see live. You know how some bands are always better live, and some are (sadly) better polished on their records? [Cough, poor little Taylor Swift who always seems to sound bad at every awards show.] Punch Brothers is a total live band. The guys are all complete music dorks, you can tell, and they just feed off of each other. Also, it's incredibly encouraging to see A&F type guys in the audience rocking out to progressive bluegrass unironically!

Taxi-cab purses and Punch Brothers

I couldn't help it. I had to buy it in yellow, too.

My purse addiction shows no signs of stopping. I really like this Top Notch purse, which is my Barbie pink purse. It's a great style, so when I saw the bright yellow (in person, a taxi-cab yellow), I really wanted it. BOOM. It somehow made it's way to my house. Look how cheerful it is! How can I be depressed on a grey day when I can look at this brightness and cuteness? And the Barbie purse is wearing great (as in, not wearing at all), so this is definitely worth the $40. (Pro Tip: the Boston Common's handle is flaking, so I'll have to do something about that one in a while.)

Tonight, I'm going to a Punch Brothers concert with my dad. We both really enjoy Americana/progressive bluegrass type music. I'm not a enormous fan of the band, like I am of Gillian Welch, but they're playing at the college I work at, so the tickets are cheap. I loved Chris Thile in Nickel Creek (why did you have to split up into solo careers??), so I figure I should give Punch Brothers a decent try.

Top, Shoes, and Cords - Simply Be, Tank - Hanes,  Necklace - Forever 21

This is a gorgeous shirt with a problematic neckline. HOW MUCH SPACE am I supposed to have between my shoulders and my actual boobs? Because it's not this much. I'm petite, but I have an average to long torso, and this is ridiculous. Honestly, manufacturers. I love cleavage, but not in all my shirts and bras. And as I just realized, I want to keep my cleavage to v-neck shirts, not bizarrely low scoopnecks. I do love the color of this shirt and it's deliberately rumpled pockets, though. 

My non-super bowl party

Cardigan - Simply Be, Pants - Walmart, Shoes - Payless.

Much like Mia, my family doesn't sports. So instead of watching the Super Bowl, we just had a great big bucket of KFC with sides and caught up on this season of Justified. (If you don't watch it, do yourself a favor and start. It's awesome.) It's full of shooting and quips and crazy people and US Marshals and meth and cowboy hats and horrible family relationships. As a bonus for you, here are all the shootings from the first two season from the lead character, Raylan, played by Timothy Olyphant.

French braids cause big hurr

While it's fun to have my hair as big as this (right after I took out my french braid from yesterday, which I slept in all night), it's just not a "work look". Big hurrr like that is for the weekends, but since I don't take that many weekend pics, I thought you guys should be amused as well. Up in a bun keeps it all contained.

Outfit - Simply Be, Clogs - Earth Shoes.

 So my Cosmo came today, and on the front Miley Cyrus is promising me that she's "never faked anything" underneath a giant caption that says "It's Miley, B*tches..." (asterisk theirs). I'm sorry, but Miley Cyrus is just not hardcore, Cosmo, and a bleeped curse word isn't going to convince me otherwise. Am I the only one who reads Cosmo primarily for people's embarrassing confessions? I like the cheap beauty tips too, but I get a vicious thrill out of all those stories of dumb stuff people get caught doing.

Did you know that also, according to Cosmo, the "3 words you must never say to a guy" are I look fat? But Cosmo, I AM fat. And I look it. And that's not a big deal, or a bad thing, or equal to killing a puppy or even as bad as going out without makeup. I'm fat. And Miley Cyrus is skinny. And unless she's really hiding something, a bit dumb too, but that's not the issue. Size doesn't equal beauty, or even personality. All size equals is size. So stop trying to make me hate myself! Just show me ads for some fat girl clothes, and I'll snap those babies right up. I buy more new clothes than I should, because I can't find any non-maternity plus size clothes at my local thrift stores. So let my fat wallet loose, and we'll all be happy.

Red continues to be the word

You guys know how much I love Simply Be (I wear something from them every day, practically!).  My old college roomie, Jessie, does too and she scored a $50 giveaway! Just go to her blog and enter! And then go on and read her blog, especially if you're a mom. She has two kids and a third on the way. Simply Be does maternity clothes, too.

Top - Faded Glory, Cords - Simply Be, Socks - Sock Dreams, Necklace - self-made.

I actually had a guy contact me on OKC who wanted to talk about books. Oh the excitement for my little shriveled former English major heart! So much better than the guys who just write "Nice boobs". I'm joking, I've only had one guy write that overtly. Usually, they just hide behind "nice curves", which okay, my curves are awesome, but I would like to make some kind of connection with a guy that can type a full sentence about something other than my body. It's like the online version of being whistled at. :(

Purple Rain

We're in a flash flood warning right now. Yesterday was in the sixties, today it was in the high fifties and started pouring around 4 pm like the skies just opened up, with a handy severe wind as well. Tomorrow is supposed to be around 35! Climate change, kiddos, it's here to stay.

Top - Avenue, Pants - Denim 24/7, Socks - Sock Dreams, Shoes - Payless.

In fantastic news though, a little dumpling place has opened up opposite the building I work in. It has a teeny menu (only 7 items) and everything is cheap, so if you bought one of everything and a drink, it would only be around $17. But I like to stick with the fried pork dumplings. It's rare to find really yummy dumplings here in the Appalachian mountains. You can find them on every Chinese buffet table, but they'll be limp sad tough approximations of what a good dumpling should be. These are really good, though, almost as good as the best I've had, which come from a little hole in the wall about 5 minutes from work.

Does anyone else have a favorite food that you are super picky about? One that you grade in your mind from restaurant to restaurant?

Brighter than the sun

Sweater - Avenue, Jeans - Simply Be, Shoes - TOMS.

Forget all that stuff about emerald green being the color of the year. The color I've seen the most bloggers wearing? Red. Em X wearing red scarf, lipstick and belt over a basic black. Sal wearing a red cardi with a fun print tee. Gracey wearing a fantastic long red jacket over black again. And Mia is working another pair of red pants along with a red tee and a cute polka dot cami in her 30 for 30 this month! (Yay, red pants!!)

I do like green, but I love red more. Personally, I actually prefer khaki/army green, but it might be my high school grunge phase peeking out there. (But I'm starting to really like Barbie-pink accessories, particularly my purse, although not with red. That's verboten.) How's everyone else feeling about colors lately? I am happier now that we're onto a nice jewel tone unlike last year's Tangerine Tango. 

Doctor Doctor

Cardi - Avenue, Top - Simply Be, Pants - Denim 24/7, Shoes - Target.

Several months ago, I made my sister start watching Doctor Who (don't worry, by the third episode, she was obsessed). We've finally gotten to the 11th Doctor, although the changeover did take some time. Jen was SURE that she wouldn't like him and that Matt Smith wouldn't be a good Doctor. But after the weep-a-thon of David Tennant leaving in "The End of Time", we watched "The Eleventh Hour" and she admitted that Matt Smith is a great Doctor. She loved the Apparently, from pictures, she found him to look like "girly and stupid". I think it was the stupid bit that was really throwing her off...Lord knows, the Doctor can't be dumb. He can look a bit ridiculous in photos sometimes, though. He's got a malleable face. 

Rainbows!

Sweater and Jeans - Simply Be, Shoes - Payless.

I've been listening to a lot of musicals on Spotify lately. Can you tell that I wear my nerdom proudly? My three favorites have always been Godspell, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Little Shop of Horrors. Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

Curvy Rainbow Stripes

                                                                                               My socks look a lot like the packaging for Lifesavers. Evidently, I decided I needed a rainbow day, because I ended up carrying up my pink purse as well (since I was too lazy to shift my stuff to a more coordinated one). These socks are from Sock Dreams and they fit my large calves perfectly. Curvy Stripes is right!