11.1.11

Gap Black Cowl Neck Tee (similar)

Anthropologie Pleated Ponte Skirt (similar)

Forever 21 Leopard Belt (similar)

Charlotte Russe Black Flats (similar)

Charlotte Russe Gold Necklace (similar)

This is an outfit from a few months ago...back when I could have bare legs and not feel silly about it.

I like tights, I really do - I look forward to tights weather every year (maybe because that means it's boot weather?) - but sometimes I wish I was brave enough to wear bare legs in the winter. Even though it's in the 60s today, I still just can't do it - I feel like it's all wrong - like wearing a sweater in July.

Where do you fall on this issue?

2.7.12

Land's End White Shell (similar)

LOFT Grey Skirt (similar)

Old Navy Blue and White Spotted Cardigan (similar)

Target Black Tights (similar)

Life Stride Black Flats (similar)

Charlotte Russe Blue Necklace (similar)

One of my favorite things about living away from home (and with my boyfriend) is getting to meal plan, grocery shop, and cook dinner every night. Just call me Susie Homemaker.

Anyway, my local grocery store is pretty good - it's got almost everything I want (just no Carnation Instant Breakfast...so annoying), and good produce. Plus the staff is super friendly and will help me locate wonton wrappers when I realize I need them 30 minutes before the Super Bowl starts.

But I digress.

Anyway, sometimes I'm at the grocery store with a cart full of food, and there are no (or very few) baggers. So after the checker rings my food up, she walks around the the side and starts bagging. Now, mind you, this isn't a Trader Joe's where there's that unwritten "Thou must bag your own groceries" rule - it's just a regular old grocery store. So I pay, and the cashier starts bagging. And then I stand there...and fiddle with my phone...and basically look everywhere except AT the checker who just bagged all my frozen vegetables (I do always thank them, though).

Anyway, it's obviously a super First World Problem, but I always feel awkward. Do I help (I'm not trained in bagging!)? Do I continue to just stand there?

What would you do?

1.30.12

Target Xhilaration Blue Dress (buy it)

We Love Colors Tights in Grey (buy them)

Target Merona Camel Cardigan (similar)

H&M Orange Belt (similar)

BCBG Brown Boots (similar)

How to Make Yourself Feel Awesome:


1) Buy Benefit's They're Real! Mascara and marvel at the fact that your short, stubby, blonde lashes look like Kim Kardashian's, minus the ugly cry face. Even better? Buy it with a gift card that you win from a blog giveaway (thanks, Ashley!)


2) Have people ask if you've lost weight (even if you haven't).


3) Start a blog and write on it almost every day. Then, after about a year, fall off the face of the planet. Enjoy the concerned tweets/comments/emails (Thanks, guys!).


P.S. I'm back!