Bucket List

Do you have a bucket list--a list of all the exciting things you want to do before you die? I love making lists, so of course I do. It's constantly changing, naturally, as I check things off and add others. Here's what it looks like right now (mostly; I took out a few personal/embarrassing ones, haha):

• graduate college—with no debt
• go skydiving

• set up a home theatre in the backyard
• go to the beach in my fanciest clothes

• publish a book
• travel out of the States (particularly to France)

• go to a cat cafe in Japan
  
• road trip to California

• live in NYC
• go to a rock concert

and then I'll crowd-surf like this.

• learn to sew
• get a pet

awwww

AWWWWWWW

• go on a boat
  
• learn to drive a motorcycle (or even a vespa will do)

Yeah, in a SKIRT.

This'll be me, going "whooo!" before I crash into a tree.

• learn to ride a horse
• sell one of my artworks
• swim in the Washington Square Park fountain

or rather, frolic around in it half-naked.

• be shot by the Sartorialist (hey, a girl can dream!)
• get really completely drunk
• take a life drawing class. maybe model for one.

in case you didn't know: life drawing = butt naked time. scary!

• switch to a Mac
• get an iphone
• get a really nice camera

or maybe a whole collection... :)

• try a dragon fruit

they really look too gorgeous to eat. hoping they taste just as good as they look.

• run a 5k
• go on a train trip

• write a screenplay. (hey, I suppose the picture above works for this one too.)
  
• plan a wedding (not my own though, haha).

• write/direct/act in a play
• throw a really fancy dinner party in my own apartment

Mad Men style. Hell yes.

• visit the Winchester Mystery House in CA
• ride in a hot air balloon

Or.... I mean, I'm just saying, this would be even cooler. How do we make this happen?

• get a tutu and a pair of vintage roller skates, and go everywhere with them

...and then crash into everything all day long.

• visit a nude beach... this one is a maybe, haha.

I have a feeling that most people at a nude beach don't look like this.


I hope two of those in a row wasn't too overwhelming for you.

• get a tattoo; and this one is a really really BIG maybe.

it'd have to be about as small and cool as these.

• dye my hair white-blonde.

Cause she looks so good with it...

And there you have it! If you have a list of your own, what are some of the things on it? Would you do (or have you already done) any of the things I listed? Share in the comments!

Fall Fashion Inspiration

Alright, here's a very picture-heavy post, featuring two of my favorite things: fall fashion and street style. If you enjoy these things too, or if you're also looking for some inspiration for the fall, look no further. Enjoy!

No. 1 inspiration: plaid. I love how this girl wears it (and her chic haircut!) I don't know if I could pull off those ultra tight leggings or the painful-looking shoes, but I love the contrast between casual and fierce.

Here's some more plaid, as well as the ever chic black tights and adorable booties:

I love this model's entire look. I want her hair and red lips, not to mention her entire outfit. So, gotta find me: a graphic tee, a cool statement necklace, the perfect black blazer, cropped pants, amazing shoes, and a structured bag. Oh boy...

I really like the current trend of army green military jackets... Okay, probably just because I happen to own one that I got at H&M years ago. I always feel ridiculously cool when I wear it, though not as cool as this girl:
Love the boots and the bangs, too. It's a shame bangs don't work for me.

Another example of the military jacket. I like the idea of pairing it with a girly white dress and grey leggings. Also: rolling up the sleeves can have amazing results.

I love how adorable this girl is (the hair! the glasses! the lipstick!) but most of all I love the pop of yellow:
Again with those crazy leggings though!

I have yet to try an all-black outfit. I doubt it will look as effortlessly cool as this:

I love that the back of her sweater is sheer. Need one of those, NOW.
Also, how great is her smile?

Loving the leather and the pop of mustard:

Again with a perfect pop of mustard among black and leather. I love that. Obviously.

I love this girl's chunky, comfy grey sweater, and her boots:

This girl knows she's awesome:

This is so Parisian chic to me:

I want the dress, the tights, and I really need a pair of T-straps. The list (and greed) just keeps growing...

The Sartorialist just captured this one. Isn't her look so 70's, but at the same time, fresh? Also: her legs go on for miles.

This is sweet and adorable:

This picture just says "fall" to me:

Classic, understated, easy. Plus, I love the top knot and velvet blazer:

For those warmer fall days:

And there you have it! If you need to take a nap after plowing through all that, go ahead. You earned it. I think I'm going to take one too...

Quick Update

I realize I haven't written anything here for a while, probably not since August. I also realize that probably no one has been devastated by that, so therefore I haven't felt too guilty or rushed to get back to it. I guess I just needed a little break. Plus, a lot of things happened in the last four or five weeks. I failed my driver's test, I moved back to college for my junior year and started classes and work study at the campus library, I almost had to have surgery on my foot (nothing serious though), and so on. So things have been hectic.

Another thing is that I'm considering tweaking the content of my blog. There's still going to be a lot of fashion, don't worry; but now I'm thinking about including other things too. Sometimes I just want a place to write about funny things that happened to me during the day, or to share music and things I found on the Internet, and so on. Hopefully those things will be interesting and fun to read. There'll still be outfit pictures (I took two last week, they're not great quality but I might post them later anyway) and of course, tons of entries about things that I want.

So I'll be back with more posts soon, and in the meantime, if you haven't yet, check out some of these blogs that have inspired me: A Cup of Jo, Hyperbole and a Half (just found this and it's hilarious), Gala Darling, Yes and Yes, Daddy Likey (currently taking a break--sad!), and Kendi Everyday. (Sorry I didn't include links, I'm too lazy and you have Google.) A good mix of fashion, humor, fun links and funny pictures, and helpful advice for pretty much everything. Enjoy!

The Joy of Secondhand

Remember a few days (or, okay, weeks) ago when I mentioned that I got some new things that aren't actually new--specifically, boots for my birthday from eBay and a bunch of vintage clothes? Well, here they are, most of them worked into outfits!

I wore this badass outfit to church. That's right. My mom didn't even do a double take and simply said, "Oh, you look nice. Ready to go?" I only wore this to mess with her, and then I had to go to church looking like this. In 90 degree heat.

It turned out to be fun.
Red nails that I'm in love with:
The necklace I made a while ago, and my sister's bangles:
A ton of belts, most of which I got for a dollar at my church's summer festival, which is also where I got most of the vintage clothing, including the black dress I'm wearing under my old button-up.

The bag is from Modcloth and the boots were 10 bucks on eBay. I got my dad to nab them for me for my birthday. I figured I needed some sensible winter boots. That does not explain why I thought it'd be a good idea to wear them in July. Oh well.


This outfit features a $1 belt and $1 sunglasses from the aforementioned festival, an old corset-style top I've had for a while, and cutoffs I made myself from old jeans. And, of course, my new boots, and once again, the necklace I made.

This one was a bit more casual and easy, just a throw-on black tee I've had forever, the same cutoffs and shades, and my new boots that I just seem determined to wear no matter what the weather.

Here's what I wore for one of my birthday parties (I had two because I'm spoiled like that). I'm wearing an old black tee, a vintage skirt I just got for $5, and Vera Wang strappy heels.


And, apparently, metallic nail polish.

I really love the stripes and colors of the skirt.
Here's a vintage jacket that I got for $5. I can't wait to wear it in the fall. I'm only wearing it for the picture, don't worry-- I didn't actually walk around in it in this heat.

And this is my other birthday outfit. The same old black tee (can you tell how much I love it?) and a vintage skirt that I bought as a children's dress for $3 and then hacked up.


The heels are from Maurice's.

I also bought this vintage slip/nightgown for $3 and adjusted it a bit to make it shorter, I'll get a picture on here as soon as I find where I put the darn thing...


And here's a bunch of blouses that I also bought at the festival for $1 each:


The grey blouse in particular is really nice, and the mustard colored one is just insane--ruffles everywhere. I'll put up pictures of these being worn soon.

And I think that's it! I'm sorry to say that I failed my driver's test today (stupid parallel parking) so I'm off to make myself feel better with copies of Elle and Glamour that I splurged on. I don't normally buy magazines, and I just subscribed to Vogue and Glamour. I'm excited. Oh, and of course I also bought two shirts from Old Navy's clearance section. What's retail therapy without some cheap clothes thrown in? So I'll post outfit pictures of those too. Check back soon!

Back!

Well, I finally have my laptop back, so here's the latest picture of what I wore, and there's much more to come. I wore this to church and the flea market today:

Flats: Target
Skinny jeans: Target
Shirt, belt, sunglasses & vest: thrifted/too old to remember
Bag: Kohl's
Necklace: Gift from a friend

Here's a closeup of my new sunglasses that I got for a dollar at a church festival:


And I found this lifeguard hoodie for two bucks at the flea market today and obviously just had to get it.
Hooray, now I can save people's lives! (Not really. I can't even swim.)

Check back for more pictures (finally) soon.

Links and Inspiration

Have you checked out lookbook.nu? I'm ashamed to say that I've only just discovered it--and have since been browsing everyone's amazing outfits. It's great outfit inspiration, especially when you feel like you're in a rut. That often happens to me in August and February through March. I'd love to post some outfits of my own on there, but unfortunately it's apparently very exclusive: invite-only. Darn. In the meantime, I'm entertaining myself by creating outfits on Polyvore inspired (or pretty much copied from) the pictures on Lookbook.

Oh, and one other tidbit of news: I really love this post on Gala Darling. I am soooo in for the Gossip Girl on Acid uniform this fall. Are you?

Polyvore

Well, it's pretty much impossible to get pictures from my camera onto my dad's computer (which I'm currently using while I wait impatiently to get my laptop back) so I'm afraid the wait for pictures of my lovely new things and outfits will be a bit longer. However, if you're starved for some images and outfit inspiration, I've just recently been pulled into the all-enveloping addiction that is Polyvore. Of course, I've used it before, but I never had an account so I couldn't save the little works of art that I made. Now I do have an account, and I've been busy making tons of sets. Go check them out and let me know what you think: http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?id=1771856
I've only recently tried putting backgrounds and other non-fashion elements into the sets. I like the outcome, but I'm not sure if I prefer those (they seem a bit busy) or my older ones with just the clothes. The latter seems to showcase the outfit itself a lot more, while the other one is good for sharing a mood or idea. Share your opinions in the comments, as always!