DIY Halloween

 Happy early Halloween, guys! I decided to throw together a few DIY Halloween costumes that are pretty easy to assemble last minute. First, a black cat! No need to get flashy! If you've got a black outfit, you can easily put some pipe cleaners on a headband and use some tights as a tail! This one's easy because you can customize it... use a dress or pants or whatever you have!

 Second, do you guys remember Madeline? From the children's book? This was going to be my costume this year, until I realized that I dress like this everyday. Hah.
Anyway, all you need is a blue dress, a red tie, and a yellow hat. Slap a ribbon on that thing and you're set!

This last one is my actual costume. I'm a ladybug! For this, I just taped a bunch of black circles to a red coat and threw it over my cat costume. Swap out your cat ears for antennae, and it's a go.

Hope it gave you guys some ideas!

Cats and Cameras

My sister's boyfriend is away in the Marines. And lucky her, he left her his fancy DSLR camera! He should've left it with me, I'd get way more use out of it. I was really impressed at the quality of these pictures. I've never really used a camera like that, it's been all point and shoots for me all my life (except for the 5 straight years of disposables... you know what I'm talking about). I'd love to get the chance to play around with it more.

 I got these shoes at a thrift store in Columbia. They cost me $18, which is a little on the splurgey side for me. But I looked them up, and they're being sold at Urban Outfitters for $59. So how about that! And they're comfy.

 Fall is starting to look really pretty around here.

 I've never owned much black, and now look at me! A black hat, and my second pair of black shoes? I even have a black dress!

 Those are my sister's feet. She took these pictures for me.

 shirt-hand me down

skirt-american eagle outlet

tights-romwe

shoes-thrift store

hat-f21

Pictures From Lately

 My smoothie matched my dress perfectly. So did my underwear, but I didn't photograph them.

 This poor bee couldn't fly! Or maybe he didn't want to.

What I have to show from my last shopping trip.

Egg salad is really pretty good.

The fair was in town. I didn't go because it was too blurry.

Baby pinecone.

Some water in a fountain.

Me by that same fountain.

Travis and me. Sepia version.

Rails

Did I ever tell you people have mistaken these tights for tatoos? True story. Sometimes I think I want a tatoo. And then I remember that I don't like pain.

I've always coveted those jumping pictures (you know the ones) where the jumper just looks like she's floating peacefully. I have yet to master that jump.

I got totally sweaty walking out to these tracks. It wasn't really hot, and it wasn't that far, but I'm not gonna lie.

dress, sweater,bag-goodwill

tights-f21

boots-wanted via delias

necklace-diy

Pants and Me Complaining About Pants

Howdy!

I noticed I was wearing a lot of dresses lately. So I wore some pants, and promptly remembered why I haven't been wearing pants. Y'see, my thighs are bigger than my waist by a bit, and It's hard to squeeze them into a pair of skinny jeans that fits me everywhere else. So if they fit my thighs, they're too loose on the waist and calves. Wah wah body problems, I know, I'll get over it.

Have you ever heard that we are wired to find symmetrical faces more attractive than asymmetrical ones? Have you ever covered up half your face to see which side is more attractive?

Or am I just weird?

In other news, a little doodle I did and posted on tumblr came across my sister's feed. And she noticed I wasn't the source.

Basically, someone who follows me took my image and posted it themselves instead of reblogging it. They didn't claim it was theirs or anything, but it was pretty annoying that they went out of their way to not give me credit. How did I handle this? Passive aggressive reblog.

shirt, shoes, hat, bag-goodwill

pants-delias

collar-diy

Asylum

For one of my "adventures" for that class I have to go on adventures for, Travis and I went to an abandoned insane asylum. Whoa, I bet you didn't see that coming! It was his idea, but the whole time Travis was looking over his shoulder for cops and telling me to hurry up. Haha. Like they'd arrest us for taking pictures of the front of the building. It wasn't very spooky at 2 in the afternoon.

I tried to edit the pictures to make them look a little less happy-go-lucky. I'd hate to be around this place at night.

 So, enough of the dark and gloom! I tried making a gif of my dress, but it just ended up making me dizzy.

Whoaaahaaahhhh!

I also tried a milkmaid braid and was really proud with how it came out! My braids always end up looking like an accident, and this one actually looked pretty good!

pinafore,shirt-goodwill

diy lace slip underneath

boots-wanted via delias

Another Week

You guys, I wish I were good at photography. I wish I didn't have to work at it, and it would magically come to me.

Anyway, here is a dramatic sunset from this weekend. I saw a dramatic sunrise, too, for about 3 seconds before I fell back asleep! It wasn't the best weekend, but I'm going to forget about it and this week will be great.

Am I right or am I right?

necklace-target

everything else-goodwill

Real Clothes from a Real Store

 Time to show off my goodies from romwe! I got this dress and I love it I love it I love it! I feel like a doll or something in it. It was a leeetle too short, so I added a slip (to which I sewed lace) underneath.

If it's possible, I love the tights even more. I know you've seen them around, and well, now you can see them again!

It looks like rococo art or something, right?

 My roomate was kind enough to take these pictures of me. I was practically giddy the whole time. I didn't receive a compliment on this dress all day, but did I care? NO. I was just like "That's YOUR loss, world!"

dress, tights-romwe

boots-blowfish

cardigan-secondhand, from my mom

slip-walmart, diy