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I can't decide if I look more like  a) A French woman or b) An eccentric granny. Am I having a fashion identity crisis? I know I'm not the only one. Can you imagine a older French woman sitting around pondering the idea of dressing like a 20-something from the Midwest? I actually she think would have it worse off. (Don't dress like me lady, you can do better!) I guess what I'm getting at is that life doesn't come with a manual on how you should act and dress like at every age. Books and magazines are guides , but they are not the answer . It's a lot of fun to try out different styles and make things up. Because really, I'm really just making up this fashion stuff as I go along. Outfit details - Black dress, .25 cents (garage sale) - Tights, c/o We Love Colors - Houndstooth cape, from my aunt - Scarf, .25 cents (thrifted) - Pork pie hat, paid w/ GC (Asos.com) - Flats, $10 (Wal-Mart) - Lipstick, 911D by Wet'n'Wild

While I adore the look I wore on New Years Eve , if I could have a do over, I would choose this dazzling retro outfit. It's got mixed metals, an actual vintage shirt, and enough sequins to make a 1980s Joan Rivers weep. Unfortunately this outfit didn't get to see the glitz of the evening and spent it's time running errands with a heavy winter coat over it for errands. So glam, I know. It seems now that the holidays are all over, I have the urge to wear all my sequins. I never really wore them in December but now that it's January, I'm all for it. Maybe it has something to do with it being a shiny new year or something? Let's go with that! Outfit details - Vintage sequin top, $1.23 (thrifted) - Gray skirt, $2 (thrifted) - Tights, $5 (Wal-Mart) - Flats, $10 (Wal-Mart) - Necklace, from my aunt (Avon brand) - Lip color, Dark Wine by Wet'n'Wild

 I had a pretty rockin' New Years Eve. It was spent with my closest gal pals, partying it up with copious amounts of board games, and downing a dangerous level of Smartwater. But I think my video below explains the evening much better than I can. Oh and happy new year! I'm ready for you, 2014. Outfit details - Dress, paid w/ GC (Asos.com) - Cardigan, $3 (thrifted) - Tights, $5 (Wal-Mart) - Necklace, gift from Dani (Jewelmint brand) - Lip color, Dark Wine by Wet'n'Wild - Pipe cleaner jewelry, DIY

Christmas Haul. I'm especially thankful for the underwear... Christmas day is finally here and I'm in a total food coma. I'm super thankful for all the hard work my mom put into baking lots of treats. (Though she made lots of cookies for Jesus' birthday, I think He would have been cool with an DQ ice-cream cake. But what do I know?) I'm also thankful for the wonderful & thoughtful presents from loved ones near and far away. And I'm super psyched to spend the rest of today chillin' with my family with some games & Christmas themed movies. Now get out of here you filthy animals and go enjoy the day! Outfit details - Dress, $1.23 (thrifted) - Tights, $3 (Wal-Mart) - Cardigan, $3 (thrifted) - Star necklace, handmade - Heel, $? (Payless, old) - Lip color, 911D by Wet'n'Wild Continuing a long honored tradition of sprinkling "reindeer dust" in the snow so that Santa can find our house. My official 2013 Christmas card.

Wearing red and green together is kind of an iffy combo, unless it's Christmas. Power to you if you want to wear those colors together in June, but you're just going to end up looking like December. With that in mind, I decided to take full advantage of power color clashing (and apparently pattern clashing) to create this nod to festive outfit. I wore it for some Saturday shopping and noticed that not a lot of people dress in the Christmas spirit. They mostly wear giant coats and have a painted on scowl. Luckily I had enough Christmas cheer for the grumpy folks and was able to make some people smile with my presence. (I think they were smiling at me, or maybe they were just happy about what they just bought??) I can't leave this post without talking about that house behind me in these photos. Doesn't it look like a postcard? I feel very lucky that they're my neighbors and I can just peek out my window and spy on it anytime I like. Outfit details - Shirt, skirt, and ...

Fashion is a means of time travelling. I bet you never thought an old pair of jeans could transport you to a different time, eh? If clothes are vintage or vintage inspired, wearing them can make you remember back to a good time you wore them or imagine a time before you existed when someone was sporting the very same look you have on. I basically just described the premise of my blog title - which is cool because today is my 4th blogiversary! Unfortunately my look does not embody any of the description from above. But these pictures do take me back to a couple weeks ago when I actually wore this outfit and the weather was tolerable without a heavy coat & scarf. It's composed of mostly new-to-me and barely worn pieces. Plus this skirt makes me feel fierce. (Oh and sorry if you were expecting a lot more Mean Girls references in this post considering the title. Like 'fetch', I just couldn't make it happen.) Outfit details - Pink sweaterette, $1 (thrifted) - Floral top,...

Does wearing orange lipstick count as taking Vitamin C? If so, then I'm going to kick this cold in the butt. I can't actually have most of the medicine needed to take care of a cold because of my stomach issues ; I've tried a couple cough drops and ended up nauseous in the end. I'll take a snotty nose over nausea any day! On Saturday, I pushed through feeling like death, put on clothes, and functioned like a regular member of society. When you look good, you feel good, right? No one will ever know that I've stuffed tissues up the sleeves of this fabulous floral blazer or that my foundation was discreetly covering a red face. Except you because I just told you on my blog. Hey, I'm not very good at keeping my own secrets! Outfit details - Dress, $7 (thrifted) - Floral blazer, $10 (thrifted) - Tights, $5 (Wal-Mart) - Flats, $10 (Wal-Mart) - Necklace, $1 ( Amazon.com ) - Hat, paid w/ GC ( Asos.com ) - Scarf, from my aunt - Lip color, Purty Persimmon by Wet'n...

While thrifting one day, my mom picked up what she thought was a dress and excitedly showed it to me. Turns out it was this romper and it fit like it was made for me! So to applaud my mother and to show her how thankful I am that she's in my life, I wore this little number for our turkey day. Our event was low key with food, games, fart jokes, and then a ton more games. A no fuss day is something I am totally thankful for! The only Black Friday shopping I'm doing is at Goodwill, but I'll totally enable others! An Old Store-y (my Etsy shop) is having a big sale all weekend! Use the code " FIFTYOFF " for 50% off your total purchase. It can be used on anything from scarves to my toys! Valid now thru Monday 12/2. Outfit details - Polka dot romper, $2 (thrifted) - Tights, $5 (Wal-Mart) - Flats, $10 (Wal-Mart) - Red lipstick, 001 by Kate for Rimmel London - Feather hair clip, handmade - Owl ring, from my aunt BOARD GAMES!!!

 Would you believe me if I told that I'm standing outside a cemetery? It's set in the back of the woods I frequently visit to take outfit pictures at and it's quite unusual. There are 13 marked graves with "headstones" (if you can call some roman numerals on a rock a headstone) but actually over 100 bodies reside within this small space. Creepy, right? Before the cold got to me too badly; I had a look around. While one grave seemed to be collapsed in on itself; everything else seemed pretty normal. The only evidence of human visits were paraphernalia from teenage parties. Such a shame! The wind was pretty fierce this day, but luckily I finally thrifted the perfect winter jacket that protected me from the elements. I wasn't sure what kind of coat I was looking for, I just kept thinking that if I saw it I would know. You know how sometimes you just have a gut feeling? That's what I got when I spotted this hanging at the end of a thrift store rack. It's p...