another week gone by, another week to go

Apparently I like to just disappear for days at a time. I lose track of it. Today during church I was inspired to make a list of things I need to get done before Christmas... and just in general. I have a feeling that there will be a lot of craft posts coming soon. maybe not this week because I work 35 hours, but maybe more so because of that. I tend to like to keep things going when I'm busy and tend to stay lazy when I don't work much. I should be posting Christmas gift crafts within the next seven weeks. To all of you family that read this, I'll say who it's going to be for at the beginning of the post so you don't get a glimpse of your gift if you don't want to.

So for the dress today, it isn't technically a dress. Mom has always called it her getaway dress, so who's to say I can't call it a dress? This is the "dress" that she wore after her reception or wedding after she married Dad and they ran off together for the rest of their lives. When I was at home the last time Mom had Dad get it out of the hallway closet so I could try it on. IT FIT! I think it's so pretty. The whole thing is knit with a cream yarn that kind of has little popcornish thick parts on it. Anyway, it's very cute. It has a long skirt, a top with a bit of an X pattern at the top, and a matching belt. It's so vintage and pretty.
Oh course I had to wear my vintage red snakeskin heels with it. A perfect match.


Yesterday, Saturday, I decided to get things done seeing as how it was my day off. I also decided to wear something I probably wouldn't wear to work because of that as well. Basically I cleaned and organized my room and for some reason decided to put things in jars on my windowsill... like you can see in these pictures. I'll take a closeup of them sometime I'm sure.

So I was fed like a queen yesterday. Right when I was about to go upstairs and make myself some food I got a knock on my door from Bert practically shoving tamales into my hands. They were hot and delicious. Apparently some woman came around selling them and Bert bought a ton. She handed me the ones she couldn't fit in the fridge. Mmmmmm. Tamales are one of the many reasons I love the holidays and am sad I'm not in Texas.

After getting things done and stopping by the French Bakery to pick up some bread for dinner I went to my dear Dallinfriend's place for dinner. Oooooh my goodness. He made the BEST clam chowder I have ever had. It didn't even cross my mind to pick out the onions and corn. I love onions and corn... I just usually don't like the texture. I know I'm a picky eater. Anyway, we cut the bread I got in half and made bread bowls and dined dined dined. Seriously, I was so full and happy and sleepy after that I left relatively early. But oh my Dallin, you can cook that for me anytime.

The dress for Saturday was a Silence and Noise colorblock dress I got from Urban Outfitters one depressing day when I needed to run away and went to Salt Lake. I think buying dresses when you are feeling down is always a good thing.
The boots are my Blowfish Falls in whiskey as always.
The cardigan under it is a tan Gap one that I have four of in different colors.


Friday was just another Friday. I worked long and hard, passed up on watching a movie with friends I ran into at the grocery store, and passed out while talking to my old friend Mr. Mike and eating oreos and milk. All in all I'd say it was productive.

The dress is an old Gap dress that I replaced the buttons on.
The shoes are once again my Blowfish Falls in whiskey.
The shirt underneath is a remade cream mens waffle henley from Gap.


I had another interview with my friend Rene's work on Thursday, so I wore plants for the first half of it... then realized that I hadn't worn a dress and that I was going to a show that night and coerced Brandon into helping me pick something to wear. Kind of hard over the computer I guess. Oh well. Even though I was hesitant to wear velvet, I think it worked out well.

My friend Kris' band is on tour right now and Thursday was their stop in Utah. I got my friend Emily, who also kind of knows Kris and his brother Andrew to come with me. Those kids are very talented. It is a group of four brothers in a band called Les Sages. You should check them out at lessages.com. Anyway, since most of their family is here they added a part for one of their sisters at this show, so she was up there on Thursday. The whole family has nine kids. Their mom came and so did one of their other sisters... maybe one of their other brothers, but I'm not too sure. I had meet about four of them before, but it was cool to see more. I swear that whole family has something about them. I have a communal crush on that family. They are so genuine and their style is just so unique. They grew up in Canada and picked up and moved around from there. You should listen to the song Nomad. It's a story of their childhood and their parents' love. They even switched instruments after every song and sang acapella after the show. Anyway, they are all very talented and beautiful people. Check them out.

So my dress for the night was a navy velvet Gap dress.
The cardigan was a cream boyfriend Gap one.
The boots are Simple brown felt that lace up the back.
The belt in my Gap hemp one.


I kind of feel like I just didn't care what I work on Wednesday. It was shipment and I knew I needed to move around and get dirty.

The dress is a Gap nightgown from years ago.
The tights are greyish brown ribbed Gap tights.
Blowfish Falls boots in whiskey.
Gap blue and white striped cardigan with added lace.


Now I KNOW I just threw this on on Tuesday. It's a throwback to the 90's with an 00's twist.

The dress is a remake of one of my mom's old dresses from the 80's or 90's.
The cardigan is a black and navy wrap sweater from Gap.
Blowfish Falls boots in black.

I'll talk to you later kids. I only have a week of dresses to go. It's kind of bitter sweet.

three two one

So I may have been busy, so here are the past three days all at once. On Thursday I went to Salt Lake and hung out with my Joe friend. We wandered down town and then went to a bar and had some delicious food. He took a few pictures of me when we were wandering around. There was one little spot in the sidewalk with a single rose. He had to get a shot of that.


I was wearing a cream dress that I made from my own little head and dress form. I have too much fun just draping sometimes.
The jacket is a navy Gap military jacket.
The tights are my blue polka dot Gap tights.
The shoes are brown Steve Madden tuxxedo shoes.
The hat is one that I crocheted. I like that it's kind of 20's.


Friday night I went to see the wonderful and amazing Jonsi with my dear friend Dave. We decided that we are apparently Friday friends... cause that's when we hang out. These are a couple of pictures I took on my phone while I was there. The show was truly amazing. The crowd was silent when they needed to be. The sound was perfect. They energy was great.


I'm five feet tall. So we were like 10 feet from the front, but this cluster of people over six feet tall was standing right in front of us. It was hard to see, but I could usually get around their shoulders. About four songs from the end one of them walked off and my friends shoved me up there. Front row. He kept walking over right in front of me, and when he was playing the keyboard it was right in front of me as well. Pretty much awesome.


This is what I wore yesterday. I did change out of the dress and into a tshirt for the concert though. It was all hot and sticky in there and cold outside. A dress and sweater with jeans wouldn't do.
The dress is an old Gap one.
The sweater and shoes are Gap as well.
The jeans are Refuge. They're cheap and they fit. Woot.


Now this is today. It's an inside kind of day. The pants are stretchy black legging pant things from the Gap with little zippers in the back and seams along the front and back. If I wasn't wearing dresses every day I'd probably be wearing these right now.
The dress is one I got from Urban Otfitters a long time ago. No shoes are required today... because I'm a bum.