thrilled

{dress & skinny belt: forever 21; necklace: k lou's; trench & flats: target; tights: wal mart; ring and tote: banana}

Apologies all around for my absence. You see, this whole blogger thing relays quite a bit on technology: when your computer, camera, dryer, car, and bracelet breaks -it makes blogging more difficult. (Maybe the bracelet part is a little dramatic, but you get the idea). So, you've heard my excuses. Hopefully, you're feeling forgiving.

I had a wonderful visit from some wonderful friends while the Hubs left me for a jaunt in New York City. I had the best time exploring Athens with them. Also, how much does UGA look like the Carolina quad? Right? Thrilled? You with me?

Also, I'm really hoping everyone (Brad!) appreciates this GIF. I'd like to think I'm a computer genius, but really I have no idea what I'm doing. Needlesstosay this GIF took some serious figuring out. I hope you like it

smells like teen spirit

On our way home from our Athens adventure we stopped in Liddy Dole/Colleen's hometown of Salisbury, NC. It is also the home of Catawba College, my baby brother's school. As you can plainly see he is a lacrosse super star. At this particular game he had four goals -see what I mean SUPER STAR. He's been playing since middle school and every time I go to a game I'm completely confused. At one point there was a fight on the field -lucky my sweet and gentle brother was not involved.
-this moment inspired post title... if you get my drift

p.u.


yup, that's him -scoring.
Awesomeness

The best part of Lacrosse is when they do the face off. It gets seriously scrappy.

What the heck to wear?

It was pretty warm out and I wanted to show my undying support for the Indians -while maintaining some element of style. (and you know how I feel about face painting)

dress -American Apparel, white oxford shirt -JCrew, Jack Parcel Converse -JCrew, straw bag -vintage,

Catawaba cap (that didn't quite fit my big head) -borrowed from small headed K Lou, avaiators -Ray Ban

southern belle a-bloomin'

1st Athens Date Night!!!
You would have thought it was our first friggin' date. It took me about two hours to get ready -sorry Hubs! On the bright side I was pretty happy with the results -conceited much?

We went to a beautiful farm-to-table restaurant in downtown Athens called Farm 255. We were both super excited about it. The service was great; the atmosphere was great; and the drinks were heavenly. -Always a plus on date night.

The outfit was quite forgiving considering I stuffed myself. I've been waiting to bust out this dress all winter. It is from Forever 21, but is surprisingly high quality. I love the pattern and the fabric is a heavier canvas-like material. It was substantial enough to keep me warm while we ate outside even when the sun went down.

dress- forever 21, creamy cardigan -Island Passage, cat eye sunglasses -forever 21, hair bow -forever 21, heels -Island Passage,

belt -vintage (thanks mom!), necklace -thrifted.

Overall, if this date night was any indicator, Athens is going to be perfect.

exploration station

One point Athens!
Day two of our Athens exploration adventure took us to the tree that owns itself. The tree's original owner left the tree to the tree in his will.
Neat, right?!

Travel Tip: everything you pack should work together. Mix and Match! It makes everything so much easier and it makes all your vacation photos look more cohesive. (ok, maybe that last part isn't that important, but I like it!)

the straw clutch is my warm weather favorite. Words cannot describe my love.

Two points Athens! Gawd, littering is such a pet peeve -specifically, cigarette buds out the window while folks drive. That makes for some serious road rage...

shorts -banana republic, ribbon belt -gap, chambray shirt -men's department Forever 21, cat eye glasses -forever 21, necklace -thrifted, clutch -vintage, tan flats -target

spring is in full swing in Athens. It was actually Easter weekend and Friday evening while we were eating at a great vegetarian restaurant we watched a full on reenactment of the Crucifixion at the church across the street from the restaurant.
Honestly, it was kinda awkward to be sipping on beers while watching all that go down...

bulldog pride

New News: So, the Hubs and I took an impromptu road trip this past weekend to visit Athens, Georgia aka: our new home!!!

Yes, seriously. We're doing it; we're excited and nervous and crazy.

Our trip began with a stop in Charlotte to see one of our bestest friends, also the King of the email, voicemail, and note leaving
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We arrived in Athens and were immediately blown away. As a UNC girl (go heels!) I'm skeptical of all other colleges ever.
Surprisingly UGA is awesome. The campus was beautiful, everyone was friendly, and we ate a lot of really delicious food (which is obviously very important to us)

UGA's colors are black and red -do you think it's lame and corny to wear school colors? -or do you think it's awesome and rad?
I picked up one a local bridal magazine during our visit and one of the brides pictured had a temporary (I'm assuming and hoping) bulldog tattoo ON HER FACE.

that's crossing the line...

black shorts -Old Navy; tan flats -target, gingham shirt -stolen from KLou, wicker bag -vintage, red hairbows -Forever 21, aviators -rayban

the future Dr. Hubs: with his fellow Irish writers -looks like we're home already

blood, sweat, and tears baby

oh hey. Have you missed me?
All eight of you?
Well, I've missed you too AND I have a perfectly good excuse for my absence. I ran marathon. -well that's a lie.

It was a 1/2 marathon, but what have you done lately?
The Hubs and I did it together.
It wasn't romantic and we weren't very well, scratch that, we were not prepared at all.

In retrospect, it is a terrible idea to wait until the week-of to train for a half marathon.
FYI.

But, we made it, we certainly didn't win, I certainly didn't look cool or stylish

-a break from the norm, I know.

But, they did give us participation medals
-KLou was very impressed with the quality of said medals

13.1 Miles. I even beat a few elderly women, more probably beat me, but what-evs.

At around mile 11, aforementioned elderly woman decides to strike up a freaking conversation. Did you miss that, mile 11 e-l-e-v-e-n.

Yes, seriously. I have no idea why. I don't think I looked like I wanted to chat, but nonetheless she started: "so, is this your first marathon."

Yes, can't you tell. I'm about to keel over and die

"Are you doing it alone or with someone?" she pressed on

My inner monologue is somewhere between shut the f up and die bitch die, but I answered. "I'm doing it with my husband, he's ahead of me"

"Oh" she said, "I almost got divorced around mile 8 of one of these things."

Oh, you don't say.
It was at that point when I mustered energy from somewhere and got the hell away from her. and we didn't get a divorce.

All and all a very productive day.

tight tribute

Yesterday, I finally loaded up the collected prom dresses and brought them down to W.H.A.T. Today is the Prom Dress Swap -at Independence Mall, from 4-7. I am very excited, we've collected loads of dresses and I think it will be a very successful event.

As far as outfits go, I'm trying really hard to 'spring foward.' It's still been pretty chilly so I have to take advantage of tights for as long as I can. Some of my pairs are slowly disintegrating, but they've had good lives, they've done some serious stylin'

The thing I’m going to miss about the cold weather is tights, nylons, stockings, panty hose –whatever you want to call them, I appreciate them. Not only for their warming agent, but also for the color and texture they bring to an outfit. Furthermore, they feel lady like –even when you’re wearing shorts. I imagine ladies back in the day also enjoying all that tights have to offer..

Also, when I dropped off the dresses at W.H.A.T, a teenage boy told me he liked my nylons very much -It isn't everyday I get noticed by a teenage boy. Lucky me...

shoes -gift from Hubs, tights -Marshalls, shorts -Banana Republic, silk top -Marshalls,
cardigan -Banana Republic, belt -forever 21, jacket -Mango

haha. check that out. i was mid-jacket-dropping. weird...

don't you love those earrings? I do.

we wore the exact same belt yesterday! isn't that crazy?

shoes -target, tights -TJ Maxx, dress -Charlotte from SATC's brand, caridigan -Kolh's, scarf -Ross, belt -forever 21, earrings -Belks

march forward

oh hey ya'll.
missed you last week, but we're back and better than ever. wah wah -corny much?

March has arrived which means several things:
1. shamrock shakes -hello minty goodness
2. spring break. wooo hooo! -I understand that this means nothing to most people, but the Huz is a teacher so that means serious quality time (for me!), which I am a big fan of. We might try to take a road trip to Athens, GA. BECAUSE HE WAS ACCEPTED TO UGA FOR A PHD! whoop! whoop! He is such a little smarty pants.
3. further infiltration of Spring/Summer 2010 -meanwhile the weather forecast is still for snow (annoying, right?) I'm ready to bust out some shorts, we live in coastal North Carolina for cryin' out loud
4. The Huz and I are running a 1/2 marathon on the 21st. I'm getting pretty worried, this could make or break us. Literally, I'm so sore, I feel broken. 20 days and counting....
5. My goal for March is to re-do/re-organize our utility room a la Martha Stewart -I am dying to be one of those amazingly organized people. The idea of an organized house makes me really happy. Strangely happy.

Moving forward to: the outfits -in the spirit of Marching Forward

I learn a lot from ole K Lou, she is truly the master of transitional styling. Specifically, she can integrate pops of color into a seemingly "winter" outfit. See below and prepare to be impressed.

oh hey gurl. I like yo tights. you look fine. See what she did here? Bright blue tights scream spring, hear that? sprrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiingggggggg. sprrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnngggggg. Am I being too weird? Back on track: check the gingham print shirt, do you love it? I do. I'm pretty sure it's a spring trend and if it isn't, it should be. Someone get Jenna Lyons on the phone, stat!

blue tights -Marshalls, white skirt -Jcrew, gingham shirt -Kohls, black cardigan -the Gap, black flower (so goth, right?) -forever 21, patent leather mary janes -TJ Maxxx, blue belt -bargain box

I have the same pair of patent mary janes and I keep pushing them away with an inner monologue that goes something like this: "those are too holiday-ie, you can't wear those in Spring, fool." K Lou laughs in the face of my inner monologue. Her mary janes are made for walkin' anytime of year, all it takes is a little cre-ate-iv-it-eeeeee.


oh hey, my turn? ok. lets do this thing. I spent way too much time Saturday looking a pictures of Jackie O. I doubt anyone would debate her claim to fashion royalty, I'm certainly not going to. What really inspired me was her style -after Camelot. dun dun dunnnnn. Seriously though, Jackie after JFK, seventies Jackie. cOOl. very cOOl. The kind of cOOl that warrants copying and uppercase o's.

check the trench. so cOOl, so spring, so awesome. so seventies? I think the hair down, aviators, and geometric skirt helped my case. I find sometimes it can be tough to wear a skirt this length and still look young and fresh, I think the boots helped the skirt find some "edge."

I'm also a huge fan of the geometric pattern to the skirt. It looks vintage, without the polyester (yay!).

black boots -banana republic, pattern skirt -the Gap, teal sweater -Jcrew, trench -old navy, scarf -street vendor, aviators -Ray Ban

K Lou said this should be my head shot. for what I asked?
in general, she said.
awesome. Do you have an "in general" head shot? K Lou thinks you should.