this snow keeps fallin'.

tights - forever21
everything else - thrifted

i am trying to figure out how to do my hair differently now that it's getting long.
this was an attempt at a 50's pin-up style i found on youtube.
it went horribly wrong but i left part of it in just to show you that i tried.
i have no idea what i'm doing when it comes to hair & make-up... oh well!!
i'm a simple lady! haha.

tori took these pictures for me over the weekend when we had quite a bit of snow
but today it is over 50 degrees outside!
and here i am just sitting at my desk at work staring outside at the sunny day i'm missing!

on a different note,
one week from today i will be on a train heading to nyc for the ifb conference!
oh. my. goodness.
so excited!!

painting the paneling!

after 9 months of dealing with dark & dreary wood paneling in our living room...
i finally painted the walls! {with the help of my sweet cousins}
we still have some decorating & reorganizing to do,
but it's so much brighter and i'm so much happier!
now we just need to convince our landlord to get new carpeting in here...

the sunday extra {5}

bows & backpacks.

floral sweater - vintage thrifted
black vest - h&m
black pleated skirt - vintage thrifted
floral tights - forever 21
belt - vintage thrifted
backpack - thrifted
green heels - vintage thrifted
clip-on bow tie - vintage thrifted
swell photos by miss tori!

{sorry for such a dark outfit!}

i was wearing these floral tights a few weeks ago
and i had been shopping and was walking in the parking lot back to my car
a 50-ish year old guy with a long pony tail was walking towards me
and yelled, "WOAH! those are some killer stockings! i thought you had a serious disease at first."
hahaha. thanks buddy!

hope the beginning of your week is going great!

adventures.

some little adventures i've had lately
that my canon ae-1 has tagged along to snap some photos of:

went on some hikes.

went ice skating {a.k.a. learned that i didn't know how to anymore}

went out and explored buffalo with some friends.
visited some of their awesome apartments while i was there.
{i have major apartment envy.}

went thrifting with some sweet friends.

spent an afternoon taking some self portraits.

worked on getting the shop organized for my upcoming sale!


every time i get a roll of film developed, i get all giddy!
there's something magic about it, you just never know what you'll get!
and hopefully i'll get better at using it soon ;)

happy monday! xo.

the sunday extra {4}

this weekend i'm giving my living room a serious makeover!
this wood paneling will soon be painted.
getting the dark & dreary out of this apartment.
can't wait to share the results!

blowin' in the wind.

vintage floral bodysuit - thrifted
vintage navy light cardigan -thrifted
vintage reebok tennis skirt - thrifted {was my favorite back in 9th grade}
scarf worn as belt - stole from manda
navy sheer tights - thrifted
cat socks - thrifted
brown heels - charlotte russe



so looking forward to this weekend.

relaxing, cleaning, crafting, finally painting over the terrible wood paneling in our living room...
it should be great!

here is a terrible little outtake from our windy outfit shoot...
{but it made tori & i laugh enough to share.}

hahaha. oops. it looks bizarre with my body suit over my tights.
i think it looks like i'm wearing a cup. hahaha! sick!
everyone driving by got quite a few sneak peeks.