Outfit 6/28 Floral shorts and Vintage necklace

 

 

 

 Yellow floral shorts: Rue21

White button down: Aeropostale

White beaded flats: Steve Madden

Yellow bead necklace: Vintage

The only way to get used to posing for the camera is to practice right?

One of these days I'll get over my camera fright.

Until then, you can have some awkward photos of me. 

As I climb the pecan tree in the front yard. 

What do you do to feel more comfortable in front of the camera lens?

DIY your way through Denim

Quick! Before it gets too hot out to wear long denim!
(what am I saying? It was 109 here today. I think we've already hit that mark) 

Stamp your own geometric shapes on Studs.and.Pearls

 

Ombre jeans with dye and a spray bottle at  Stripes.and.Sequins

 

American Flag jeans for Fourth of July? Yes! Check out N-Stitches for directions how.

Instagram Roundup

I haven't had too much time to update the past few days. So you can see what I've been up to!

1. Iced coffee. Cupcake. The cupcake was fantastic- bacon, beer, and creamcheese. Yeah.

2. The boyfriends band played. The Minor Prophets.

3. My parents fat cat, Batman. (yes, there is a Robin in the house too!)

4. Gouda and wine for dinner Friday evening.

5+6. Me trying to be artsy. bahahaha

7. A very good friend is in town from LA. Her and her pink hair!

8. Me, and two very fun boys.

9. The coolest tattoo a biker could get? Possibly yes.

10. Terry Allen Band. Well, 2 of them. My bff Tayler on drums Saturday night. 

Cleaning the Closet Part 4 - dresses

This is an ongoing war between me and the attempt to simplify my wardrobe. 

Todays battle was with skirts, dresses, and pajamas.

 

Confused? Yeah, you should be. Any and everything I've worn as pajamas for a few years now. 

Yes, indeed, those are penguin pants. Annnnd matching shorts. Yoga pants that are town out. 

Soccer shorts... and lets not talk about how old those are. (I played soccer in Jr High!)

HUUUGE polkadot pants. I could probably fit 4 of me in those. bahah.

This is what I ended up putting in the "give" pile.

 

Soffe shorts added. Tinkerbell pants. 

Things that adults probably shouldn't wear. ;-)

 

Left, short skirts. Middle, long skirts. Right, dresses.

That grey flower skirt? It's been in my closet since 9th grade. 2000. hahah.
The gold skirt is Simply Vera, vera wang. I love it. Loooove it. I need to find someone who can sew to shorten it for me though. It's a very awkward just-under-knee length. And shiny. Very shiny!

What I got rid of. Not much, but a start.
Denim skirt is too big. Zebra print, oy. Other things that just look bad, or don't fit.

My pile to giveaway keeps getting larger. I probably should finish this up soon, as the pile is in the dining room and someone will probably start to notice it soon. "Hunny, is there a reason why your closet now includes the dining room floor?" hmm... well...

Miss any updates?
Part 1

Part 2 - Shoes

Part 3 - Bags and Belts

Music Monday - Dan Tedesco and Colossus of Rhodes

I wrote this yesterday. Apparently, I hit save instead of publish.
So this is music Monday, as seen on Tuesday. heheh
A small taste of who I saw live this past Friday.

Colossus of Rhodes
A little bit of a funny story. While these guys were performing, they mentioned that "The Minor Prophets cd has been in my car since they came to town and I got it". The minor prophets is the band my boyfriend is in, and they played with these guys in Lubbock, TX a few weeks ago. While at that show, me and Chuck (the bf) picked up a copy of CORs cd. Funny enough, their cd hasn't left my car cd player since then.
I like good metal. I really like good local metal.
This is the only cover song I've heard them do, but they do it like a boss!
What's better than a good cover song? One with a video of zombies... fast zombies.
Find them on facebook and give a few songs a listen on reverbnation.

Dan Tedesco
I had no idea this guy was opening Friday night up until a just a few hours prior to the show. It's a little folk rockish. I was wondering how well that would fit with the other band. Also, I wondered if it would bore me. Lets face it, most slow moving guitar stuff like this just isn't high energy enough for me while at a pub. I want to move around and get up and dance, not cry into my beer, which a lot of similar music feels like.
I went in with my doubts, and they were turned over quite quickly.
 I was highly impressed.
This guy is am absolutely amazing guitar player, and has a fantastic voice. I loved all his originals, but I must say this above video I found was the best cover he did. I even had to grab a Tshirt before leaving. He was that good! If you like lighter rock, check him out. Especially if you're in his hometown area of Chicago, IL.
Find him on facebook, twitter, as well as his own website.