Ive been pretty absent on my blog. I just haven't had the time to get ready. I work in a uniform and by the time I get home from work the last thing I want to do is get all dolled up and take photos. Then on my days off Im busy driving back and forth to my moms to do laundry, going to the post office, to the bank, grocery shopping or just flat out boring stuff. So theres no point in looking cute to do all that. The only time I "get ready" is when I work my retail 2nd job because theres no dress code there. It's nice to be able to wear whatever you want to work. Im going to try and make an effort to take more photos. I love expressing myself through style. I love clothes and outfits so I really do want to share more outfit posts. Im going to colorado in 2 weeks so i will definitely try and make my friend take outfit photos for me. Sorry, thats the price you pay for being my friend!
Trying to find places to take photos is probably the hardest part of blogging. There are always people around. Which is fine, I just don't want them in the background of the photos. I found this abandoned house and decided that it was a good place. No one will come out and tell you to stop taking pictures on their property. Well... hopefully not. The only people who saw me were the mailman and a convertible car full of old people. All of them turned their heads and stared. Yes I am a weird girl taking photos of herself, move it along! I don't usually wear clothing that everyone else has. This shirt is that exception. I've seen this shirt everywhere and I loved so I bought it. Im someone who doesn't really pay attention to trends. I get inspiration from people on pinterest and blogs but I never want to go somewhere and end up in the same outfit as someone else. I feel like thrifting clothes give you that advantage of being different. If I match someone else while wearing this shirt I think ill be ok with it, Because its a good shirt.
I figured I would share what I was wearing in my most recent youtube video. The shirt is from ROMWE. An asian website that clearly knocks off wild fox, topshop, urban outfitters, etc. But whatever its suuuuper cheap you just have to wait AGES for it to ship out. It is coming from somewhere in Asia after all. This shirt though is possibly one of the best shirts I own. It was like $7 and I just paired it with high waisted black shorts I thrifted a while ago. You can go on down to the very bottom and watch my video where I try on my latest thrift finds and show a lot of skin. Scandalous! But whatever we all have bodies, get over it. We are all just a bag of bones.
This building is abandoned. There is even a "for sale" sign out front. So to my surprise mid way through taking pictures someone walked out of the building and looked at me. Didn't say anything. Just creepily looked and walked away. YEP. He was in there the whole time. Watching some weird girl take an embarrassing amount of photos of herself. I didn't care though, I kept going. If anything he was the one that wasn't supposed to be there because clearly he was a squatter. Im not bothered by people watching me take photos of myself. I know ill never see that person again, so it doesn't phase me. I use to be weird about it, but ever since I started talking to a camera for youtube I've become a lot more comfortable in front of a camera. Even if there are random people watching.
Jacket- Thrifted
jimi hendrix shirt- Thrifted
floral shorts- Plates Closet
Boots- Thrifted
Purse- Thrifted
Sunglasses- Free People
Hoop earrings- Urban outfitters
I go to disney alone. I do most things alone, actually. I am a very independent person. I enjoy my own company. Not in a conceded way. Just in a "I'm comfortable with myself, by myself" kind of way. Ive always been like that. Thinking back on my childhood I would always go off on my own. Not in a child runaway sense but in a "I'm gonna be over here, alone" sense. I would hide in the racks at stores but I would climb up the poles so when my mom bent down looking under the racks she wouldn't see feet. She could never find me. It was great as a child, terrifying however for my mother. There was one time I ran and jumped on the blue line at wdw so I would get my own booth. Well the car I was in detached from the car my mom and sister were in and i rode away alone, crying. hahah To be fair that was when I was 4? Since then I've become a pro at being alone. I feel like its a good skill to learn in your 20s. Before you're bound to someone legally for the rest of your life (marriage). You should never depend on someone else for your own happiness. You should be the one bringing that to the table. Then when someone else comes into your life, its a bonus. Like "Hey I'm already happy, but its really cool you're here to add to this mutual happiness". Notice how I said "mutual". In addition to creating your own happiness you shouldn't have to make someone else happy. If you are a happy person you'll know how draining it is to be with someone who isn't happy. You shouldn't have to sacrifice your own happiness to try and make someone else happy. If they are not happy with themselves, no one else will ever make them happy. GETTING OFF TOPIC. Yes Disney alone is really fun. You choose all the rides you want to go on, all the food you want to eat, stop and take ages to get a good photo. I walked back and forth between adventure land and tomorrow land because I couldn't decide on a ride. They are on the other side of the park! If i was with my mom she wouldn't have put up with that. No shade to the mom, I love going to disney with her. She just gets tired of walking. But when you're alone you can do annoying stuff like that. When you're alone you can do whatever you want. Its the best part about being an adult. Doing whatever you want, whenever you want. The freedom and independence of adulthood are a beautiful thing.
I hated the color blue for the longest time. I had to wear it every single day for like a year and a half when i worked at ross. I was just sick of it. It's been over 3 years since I left that job and I'm finally warming back up to blue clothing. Also yes, jeans were a bad decision. I was sweating bullets by the time I finished taking these photos. It was only 85 degrees but its just sooo humid right now your body can't help but to sweat. The joy of florida summers.
St. Pete has the best graffiti, or murals. Potato, tomato. So many buildings near downtown are just covered in amazing art. I had previously seen the cat mural the last time I was in St. pete but the skeleton one was new to me. Im always impressed when someone is talented in a creative way. Im a decent drawer but I can only draw things I see. I can't just picture something in my head and put it down onto paper. I don't have that imagination aspect to art. Which is fine. We can't all be Dali. If we were like him or any other creative artist, they wouldn't be special.
If you look back on some of my older blog posts A LOT of them are babydoll dresses and combat boots. Not much has changed over the years. Im still wearing the 90s grunge style clothing because its super easy to find at thrift stores. Also I like the way mixing feminine dresses with masculine boots looks. I think it's good to neutralize a dress and make it more casual.
I am the worst when it comes to wearing wrinkled clothes. I blame the fact that I don't own a dyer (or washer) and can't just pop something in it to get the wrinkles out. I do own an iron but who has time for that? Not me. So I just walk around the earth looking like I rolled out of bed. Owell, at least I have on cool boots to distract from the wrinkles. My david bowie boots. Can you believe these are childrens shoes? Yes. I have tiny feet. But also why would a child need boots these funky?
I've had bangs for 7 years! You wouldn't know it because I always pull them back or push them to the side. They are a lot of work and I am very much a person who hates having hair in their face. Im one of those people who pushes their hair behind their ears and I don't even realizing I'm doing it. I like bangs, I like the way they look. I just wish I was better at maintaining them and not getting annoyed every time I have to re-adjust them.
So my sister is getting married in 2018 and we had to book the venue today because its THAT popular. It really is a beautiful spot to get married at. I feel like I'm not fancy enough to belong there. But its not about me. Even though I did make my sister take my photo ahahah maybe its about me a little...But not when it comes to the wedding. Its a 1930s mansion so i did feel a little bit on theme with my 1940s style cat eye sunglasses and red lip.
