Happy Halloween!

If you were deft enough to notice in my outfit photo yesterday, you got a sneak peak at my costume as it was hanging on the door behind me.

:)

Happy Halloween everyone!

Goals Update: October

Not going to lie, I'm kind of over these goals.... just like I am starting to feel about blogging in general.  Maybe I just need to readjust my priorities and that will get me interested in writing again.

In any case, I only have a few more months to update on the goals, so I'm committed.  I can at least follow through with this.

1. Complete at least 2 items from my 101 IN 1,001 LIST each month - I did TWO!  SUCCESS!!!  This one and this one.  So yay!

2. GET IN SHAPE - Well, at least volleyball started again so I am doing something on Thursdays.  I tried to get to the gym when I can, but with class on Tuesdays and volleyball on Thursdays, I have only a few days a week to go and I can always find other things to do.  I am debating cancelling my membership.  I joined to have a way to train for the half marathon in the winter and also because of the classes.  And I have never gotten to  a class.  I'm going to try to focus on the next two months on picking classes and going when I can before making a decision to quit the gym or not.

3. EAT BETTER -  My eating has been sporadic at best.  Many times, especially at home at night, I feel almost vegetarian.  I have a giant plate of veggies for dinner and salads during the day for lunch.  Of course, some chicken or fish or an occasion piece of red meat always tastes delicious, but I tend to crave something simple and veggie-centric for dinner.  Halloween candy has not been helping curb my sweet tooth, which is really what I am focusing on - addressing that issue.

Yeah, leather leggings

I have been on a hunt for leather (or fake leather) leggings.  It's been a lot harder than I thought.  Either they are CRAZY expensive or I think they look ridiculous so I don't even bother to try them.

All these companies making leggings with stripes of leather or bands of leather have been nice alternatives.

Towards the beginning of the summer, Sprangers and I took a try to Express and I found this pair of leggings.  I liked them on, so I bought them.

Well today was the first time I bothered to try to wear them - I actually still had the tags on them.

So today, outfit by Express.  I LOVE this shirt, though I have a problem keeping the button closed on the top.

#35 - Make a new friend

I haven't really updated on this, but I guess I did this a while ago.

When I started this list, my goal was to meet some new people aside from my good friends from school.

I figured that I would make friends through work - which I guess is sort of true.  It's not that I haven't tried.  It's more that I don't really have much in common with people from work.  Most are older with teenage kids and the younger single people are, well, younger.  So maybe a little more like work acquaintances that occasionally hang out outside of work.

Recently, I have developed a friendship with Heather from Vavoom and a few of the other girls who have been working in our little group.

So, while I am really going to be sad when my two closest friends leave Chicago - yep, talking about you Brooke and Sprangers - I will do okay.  Better than what I think I will be.

On that note, making friends in your 30s is hard.  So I'm still working on this goal even though it's technically completed.

Project DIY - October

FINALLY, my October Project DIY box arrived yesterday and I wasted no time breaking everything out and making the pieces.

This month was "Punk Revival".  Still not completely my style, but more my style than the equestrian stuff from last month.

Here's the box - this month it came without all the fluff in the box, thank God.

The three pieces were a pin...

A collar necklace...

And a spiked chain...

They were all fairly easy (even the last one that they deemed difficult).  And now I have a few more accessories to wear.

Wanted: Cozy Sweaters

Sorry I haven't been posting much.  Aside from feeling really busy, I also don't really know what to write about.  Maybe I'm over this whole blogging thing?  It has been three years.  Guess I'll see how I feel over the next couple of months.

It's gotten colder here suddenly and I have to admit that my closet is not prepared.  I need more sweaters.  I seem to only have 3-4 thick, cozy sweaters.  Don't get me wrong.  My closet is teaming with cardigans and tissue thick sweaters.... but big chunky sweaters?  Hardly any.  So I'm on a mission.

I've been taking pictures of my outfits this week, and just forget to post them.  So here is my outfit from yesterday and today.   Enjoy. :)

Vintage Shopping Weekend

In a pretty quick turn of events, my weekend's tentative plans completely changed.  I had originally planned to meet up with Brooke and Sprangers on Friday evening and hang out with Brooke for a bit on Saturday, but none of that ended up happening.

While I was in Austin on Thursday, I got an email from the pin up photographer to see if I could come and work her photo booth at this vintage fair going on downtown.  Of course, I said yes because I knew it was supposed to be over by 8pm.  After a flurry of activity on Friday afternoon and with Brooke and Spranger's plans changing as well, I ended up staying pretty late at the fair.  I did manage to snag a couple of photos though.  The theme was punk and paper dolls - you can see my "paper doll tabs" in the second picture. :)

I did some window shopping that night and found some really great items.  It was an accessories fair so there was a TON of jewelry and hats and there was some clothing.

I convinced my mom late that night to go back with me on Saturday.  My aunt, Lindy, met us down there and we spend about 5 hours browsing and shopping.  All of us managed to find at least one thing, but I definitely hit it big.  

I got a great jacket....

and amazing floor length velvet opera cape (with the original tag)

this adorable hat

and a nice necklace (no picture sorry).

I tried on SOOO many hats between Friday night and Saturday.  I love hats.  I think I need to just make that my thing... hats. :)

Here are two I didn't end up getting.

I had a blast hanging on with my mom and aunt and it reaffirmed my love of vintage shopping.  While I may not be able to fit most of the vintage clothes (why were all the women so tiny), I can certainly partake in the accessories!