lazy lazy

I know, I know, I haven't done any posts for the 30 for 30, but it's just a super stressful busy time right now, working on three short stories for my first collection, holiday season at work (retail at American Apparel), and being lazy with any free time I do have. I'll try to catch up, but it's more than half over! Just know that I'm keeping the deal and I haven't bought anything new the whole time. I've been sticking to the items on my list, I promise. I'll at least do some highlight outfits for sure, when I get the time.

For now, enjoy this.

My real-life friend from my days in Orange County and blogger/youtube fashion sensation, Christine, has been a pal and plugged my blog and Etsy shop on her YouTube channel here. She does outfit videos, hair and makeup tips, the works. Right now she does these uniform videos where one key piece rolls over from the outfit before, sort of in keeping with the 30 for 30, in that it helps when you're on a tight budget. Check the video for Uniform #7 down below, inspired by yours truly. :)

back to the first time

shop stuff and sling shots

The little stinker above is J's mom's french bulldog Elijah Blue. He's just about to sneeze and J was quick enough to catch this funny little guy's funny little face. :)

I added some new items to the shop, HoneyBee Vintage; a dress, shoes, some tops, pants... (True to form, however, I did not have time this week to chronicle my 30 for 30 outfits this first week. I promise next week I will, and that I have been staying true to the deal! You have my word. :) ) There's more that I don't have time to add just yet but check right now and see the cute new stuff. The rest will be up tonight I think. Or tomorrow early.

edinburgh

So this is where I'm planning to put all my money into. It's a month long study abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland Summer 2011. Writing workshops, castles, and lots of green. Trees and hills, I mean. I won't have any money after I pay for this.

Edinburgh 2011



It's a worthy endeavor, if you want to help, you can do so by going to my Etsy shop and buying some of my inventory! I'll be putting a bunch of listings up tomorrow for sure. (It's a new store and I just made my third sale yesterday... And it's still really exciting.) :) Check it out!

HoneyBee Vintage

navy and tan and red!

Why, Ramona West? Every time I'm sure I can pull off saving and not buying anything new, you restock your inventory. Thanks a lot! Check out the new additions here. Here are my most coveted pieces...





But the treasure I really want from Ramona West's shop is this here lovely, which is why I had to post two different views. Love love love.

peter pan collars abound!

Okay, I know I'm late on this but here are my 30 for 30 items! I'm excited. Yesterday I had work so I couldn't participate on the first day, but today will be day one of my challenge. I decided I'll take a picture of my outfits every day but only post them weekly. So you'll get to see a whole week at once! :) Anyway, on to the list...

9 tops: (American Apparel ivory blouse, Urban Outfitters creme lace top, thrifted brown gingham crop, J.Crew navy dot blouse, Lark and Wolff red plaid top, Erin Fetherston for Target creme blouse with black peter pan collar!, Urban Outfitters black and white stripe blouse, American Apparel grey triblend shirt, Anthropologie navy/rust stripe top)
5 sweaters: (Urban Outfitters black strong shoulder cardigan, J.Crew plaid panel cardigan, UO creme crochet peter pan collar cardigan, thrifted grey oversized cardigan, Anthropologie navy/white stripe cardigan)



6 dresses: (Anthropologie black/multi print, UO red bow print, thrifted green dot print, Anthro green/black print, Alexa Chung for Madewell white/black dot print, Alexa Chung for Madewell black peter pan collar dress)
4 skirts/shorts: (thrifted tan dot skirt--might be traded out, UO flower print skirt, UO pale petal pleated skirt, J.Crew brown corduroy shorts)



3 pants: (J.Crew dark tan corduroy pants, American Apparel black high waist pants, American Apparel brick red high waist pleated trousers)
3 shoes: (Kimchi Blue sand t-straps, Kimchi Blue black heels, thrifted brown fringe wingtip loafers)


As you can tell, it's primarily dark colors and prints and peter pan collars and chunky knits, but I'll be sprucing it up with bright accessories and such. I'm thinking of switching some stuff out since some of my clothes are at my old place still, like a skirt I was planning to include in the challenge. I'm particularly proud of my coats but I probably won't get much chance to wear them in southern California. We'll see!