well, it’s friday, folks! and i still have heaps of laundry all over the floors because i’m super lazy and still haven’t finished. so instead, it’s the easy as pie jeans and t-shirt look for today. but i do try to keep it a little interesting with high rise jeans, a vintage t-shirt, and red flats for a little bit of color. it’s one of those outfits that’s perfectly appropriate for many needs: laundry, grocery shopping, digging through musty old clothes at the thrift store, going to a friday night class, and then going out for beer and pizza. i wont get any, “hey, you’re dressed up.” or, “woah, fancy.” comments from any of my friends or passers-by and i’ll be able to casually go about my business without worrying about getting wrinkled or dirty. it’s that kind of a day.

haha, i should turn this into one of those posters that says “i hate mondays.” though even with my bedhead and snuggie, i think garfield might still be a better representative of that sentiment! anyway, my mom gave me this vintage blanket cape for christmas along with another one in a brown hounds-tooth. i have to say, they certainly come in handy on those days when you would prefer to just stay in bed all day! i feel perfectly self-sufficient in this: invite me over to watch a movie, and i come with my own blanket, ready to curl up on the couch!

and why am i so tired, you might ask? well, i have been having the worst trouble getting to sleep these days. i find myself still awake with my mind racing a mile-a-minute at 3:30am. i have to force myself to lay down in bed and try to calm my mind. i think my brain is in overdrive with this whole new year ahead of me. what will come next? life feels so unpredictable sometimes. we never really know what lies ahead, even with all of our goals and hopes and aspirations. but i will say, that i am very excited about a lot of what’s in store. calivintage has been growing and changing and there are tons of new collaborations, promos, and events coming up! plenty to look forward to.

oh, and one last thing about my little outfit today: i decided to balance out the laid-back feel of the cape with some nice designer duds from steven alan. a sophisticated wool herringbone pencil skirt with a pretty little ascot blouse. i find it always helps to temper something casual with something a bit more structured. too bad i forgot to get a picture of it!

oh, hi guys! i’m just chillin on my roof with none other than the super awesome and totally adorable diane of darling darling. no big thing. she comes over sometimes to visit and get her hair cut by my friend and hairstylist, shannon dean of indie industries. we hang out and drink beers and talk about blog stuff. you know, the usual.

anyway, i thought it was a nice coincidence that we were both decked out in furs yesterday. i had actually already done a photo shoot for my outfit post before she came over, but when i saw how well our outfits went together, i dragged her up to the roof for more pictures. so yes, this post will be very heavy on the images. i couldn’t help myself! also, i hope diane doesn’t mind that i’m writing this, but i am going to tell you a fun little fact: you might think that i am tall looking at these photos, but i am only 5’5″. diane is 4’10”. many of us bloggers are a very small and rare breed.

so onto my outfit: i have still been slowly recovering from winter vacation/ a gnarly cold/ excessive new year’s festivities/ etc. and whenever i’m feeling less than capable of getting dressed, i find myself digging through my boyfriend’s closet to look for something comfy to wear. i am currently in love with his vintage levi’s blouse, and have been styling it up in slightly androgynous and super comfy looks. at the last minute, i decided to throw on this vintage raccoon fur that my mom gave me for christmas. i was a little hesitant to wear it at first, but it’s vintage, and i have to say it is the warmest and most comfortable thing i have ever wrapped around my neck.

oh yeah, and in other news, i got a new haircut. i guess it’s more of a trim, but i’m prepping myself to try out more of a bowl cut and then possibly transition into a pixie cut. i haven’t really decided. for some reason, i have the hardest time committing to a new cut!

so technically i’ve been back home for a few days, but today marks the day when i have to admit that while i still have a few weeks before the new semester at school starts, i no longer have any excuses to slack on the blog. which is unfortunate, considering that i slept for like 11 hours last night and woke up in a strange fog, having dreamt of an almost full day of productivity: i had written and prepared several posts for the blog in clear detail while sleeping. you can imagine my disappointment when i hobbled over to the computer to discover that none of these things had happened in reality.

so while i continue to recover from this cold that just doesn’t seem to want to quit, and from the weekend of partying despite my condition, i bring you some silly photos of me at a bar on the first day of my vacation. i thought it might be fun to post these here because i’ve really only ever posted outfit shots. so this is what i look like having a grand old time at mr. bings after modeling at a photo shoot for shannon at indie industries with jennie of going west and joey de ruy. (more on that later…)

the photos were shot by natalia becker.

well, it’s the last day of the year, and it looks like a little countdown is in order! these are my top ten favorite outfits of 2009. i tried to keep them generally in chronological order so i could see the progression from when i first started posting my outfits through now. to be fair, i don’t think i actually started blogging my outfits until sometime in the early summer, but i did post daily outfits on chictopia starting in february. i had a fun time browsing through my first images taken with my little point and shoot on my back porch, reminiscing about what was happening in my life during those times.

aw shucks. i guess i’m getting a little sentimental here. i have to say i’m really glad that i stuck with blogging and that i have met so many awesome people, both friends and acquaintances. i’ve been inspired in different ways by each and every one of my readers, whether from a nice comment, from browsing your blogs, or just knowing that you’re out there, taking the time to stop by. it’s helped me to grow in many ways and i’m truly excited to see where else it will take me in the new year!

alright, now wipe your eyes and go enjoy the holiday! i’m ready for more.

alright you guys. dress up day two! i was just too excited not to try out the other dress i got. this one is definitely going to be my birthday dress, which is exactly one month from today. (weee!) anyway, i could have shown you my real outfit for today, but i’m not actually going to be wearing one! no, i’m not going to be naked, i’m going to san francisco to do a photo shoot for indie industries. so maybe technically, i’ll be wearing so many outfits, i couldn’t post them all here. but i will most definitely show you where to find them once they’re up! and then tomorrow i’m leaving for my vacation! so sadly, this might be my last outfit post for the next 8 or 9 days. i will continue to do blog posts, and if everything goes as planned, i’m also going to be doing one of those silly countdowns where i show you my top favorite outfits of 2009.

but for now, i really must be going.

i have a feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot of these pieces on the web pretty soon here. i just so happened to stop in at my local target yesterday and discovered the entire collection in all it’s glory just waiting on the racks for me. so yeah, i went for it and purchased this black tulle dress, the baby blue swiss dot dress, and the striped boat neck shirt. i wanted the mustard lace cardigan, but they didn’t have it there.

and of course, i saw the tavi video where i learned that the collection was inspired by bonnie and clyde, rosemary’s baby, and harold and maude. but honestly, this tulle dress speaks to my inner lydia deetz. i was obsessed with tim burton in high school (frankenweenie, beetlejuice and the nightmare before christmas) and even went through a (very) brief faze in which i wore white face makeup. and well, i never got a dress like this back then, so i think i must be making up for it now.

anyway, i got it to wear for new years but i had to play dress up and figure out how to style it. i asked my boyfriend for help and he said he prefers the black lace tights, even though it’s pretty literal this way. i also tried it with nude lace tights and leopard tights. the leopard was too much.

well well, looks like someone has recently discovered the color orange and that someone is me! right on the heels of two very neutral outfits, i decided to change it up a bit and play with some color. i never really wore orange before i got this sweater, and now it’s opening up a whole world of possibilities. isn’t orange notoriously difficult to wear? meh, the more i play with color, the more i realize that it’s the tans and taupes and olive greens that are scary. at least for me. for instance, there’s this particular shade of sage green that makes me look like death. but orange, well…

knock knock
who’s there?
banana
banana who?
knock knock
who’s there?
banana
banana who?!
knock knock
who’s there??!!
orange
orange who?
orange you glad i didn’t say banana?

wearing:
vintage rust sweater, thrifted
vintage orange plaid scarf, thrifted
vintage belt, thrifted
vintage navy coach purse, thrifted
custom high rise skinny jeans, courtesy of indidenim
star ling woven platform sandals, nordstrom