Map Quest Dress

After this post by The Clothes Horse I just had to try my luck at finding a wearable map-printed-dress. So off to Etsy I trudged - and look what I found!

(click on the photo to be taken to it's Etsy page)

Too bad it's out of my price range at $200. Maybe if I find some map-printed fabric Heather would help me make one...

Fun Week End

Dress - Merona
Tights - Kohls
Boots - Thrifted
Sweater - Kohls
Belt - Thrifted


Tee Shirt - Walmart
Jeans - So...
Ballet Flats - Kohls
Jacket - From a Neighbor


White Shirt - Limited Too
Red Plaid Dress - Thrifted
Jeans - So...
Ballet Flats - Kohls

White Blouse - Kohls

Cardigain - Vintage
Jeans - So
Brown Heels - Kohls

Well, this is what happens when I go away for a week end - I end up coming back with more outfit pictures than is good for me. *sighs*

But I did really have a lovely week end. It was my family's Christmas party, and this was the first year I participated in the white elephant. My reward was a lovely 1980's wedding gown with a lacy, high necked collar, and long, lacy sleeves - it even had a veil! It fit me perfectly, and my five year old cousin told me that I was "more than pretty." (He's so cute!)

I got to wear the dress to a friends party later that night, and had a great time! It was a role playing party and I went as my character, Audra. It was fun to act like her, though I kind of wished I had gone as a more talkative character, like Audra's friend Gordana - still, it was fun! Several hours into it I looked at Molly, and suddenly realized that we had both been talking with a British accent without even noticing! We both found this very funny - especially as Audra is from the fictional country of Ilonia, and Molly's character was from Missouri!

And then of course there were several birthday presents, as my sixteenth birthday is this Friday, and I won't be able to see most of my family till sometime next year. I think, however, that I shall save that, and write about all my presents on/after my birthday. Right now I need to get to bed...

~ Katie

Snow Day

Shirt - Thrifted
Purse - Thrifted
Jeans - So...
Ballet Flats - Kohls
Belt - Thrifted
Necklace - Plato's Closet

I had the idea to use this skirt as a shirt several months ago, but didn't have the courage to try until recently. I put a white tee-shirt under it because I didn't want to wear a sleeveless shirt, and the belt gives it a waist. :)

We were supposed to have snow storms yesterday, but after half a day of flurries had collected on the ground it rained. Luckily today we got some more snow. Now the ground is covered in a mixture of slippery slush/ice and snow. Earlier today, before it snowed again, it felt like spring - I wish it were. I don't know what I shall do once it gets too cold for me to venture outside to take pictures. I'm nearly freezing as it is, and I have a strange inkling that my cold is due to my going outside without a coat on...

But the snow is lovely, and reminds me of last November when I was writing my NaNoWriMo novel, Audra. that was the first, and - to date - only novel I've ever finished. I still don't know how exactly I did it - the characters just sort of took over. I put a part of myself into all of them and "all I could do was trot along behind them with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what they said and did."

I would sit in my room as the rain/snow fell outside my window and write away - it was so peaceful (most of the time). For once I was finally able to put some my thoughts and emotions down on paper. I still miss it...

Advancing Backwards

I once heard that in the days of the Revolutionary War, when the patriot army was loosing, that George Washionton said they were not retreating, they were simply advancing backwards. Well, I'd like to find some way to adopt that saying for my NaNoWriMo experience this year. It was rather awful - I only got halfway.

The strange thing is - I don't mind. In the past year I have written a first draft of Audra, and edited it to the third draft. I think I deserved a break! And I had a great month even without NaNoWriMo. I got to talk with my best friend/unofficially adopted sister, Heather, a lot this past month, which was really nice, and then she got to come for Thanksgiving, which was a blast!

And speaking of Heather, here is a re-creation of the outfit I wore that day to pick her up. I've decided that I'd like to keep a sort of picture-diary of my favorite outfits to keep the memories, since at some point the clothes will wear out.

Shirt - Thrifted (it's actually maternity!)
Jeans - So..
Ballet Flats - Kohls
Necklace - Vintage

Changes

Well as you can see I've made some changes - I've finally got around to fixing all the pictures on my blog (yes, that guy really freaked me out), and taken off my screen name - since I have decided to make this my main blog.

So, yes, it is still me, and I am still going to blog about fashion, I'm just going to blog about the rest of my life as well.

Gotta Love the 80*s

While visiting my family for Thanksgiving I got a chance to visit my favorite thrift store - which just happened to be having a sale on everything in honor of Black Friday. They had %50 off everything! Needless to say I was happy, and walked out with quite a lot of stuff.

I was able to wear one of the pieces yesterday, but since I was traveling most of the day and didn't have my camera with me I wasn't able to take pictures. Today, however I found my camera and stumbled on a way to get decent looking photos while still keeping some privacy. I am very happy now.

(Sorry for such a bad picture - I didn't find my camera until late and I didn't have much time to get a good one.)

Jacket - Thrifted
Belt - Thrifted
Jeans - Kohls
Boots - Thrifted

Above is the outfit I wore today - yes, the jacket is very 1980's, but I don't mind that much. I like it - shoulder pads and all.

On another note: those of you who got comments from me under a different name this week end, that is because I am going through some stuff trying to decide what to do about my blogs. What I might end up doing is taking my online name off this blog and putting my real name up and then just making this my main blog instead of just my fashion blog. I want to blog about writing as well as fashion, but I think it is my favorite blog and I'd rather keep it than start a whole new blog. Plus I love all my readers on this blog. You girls are the best. <3

~ Caitie

The Five Love Languages

With being a "wedding novelist" it's no wonder that I often find myself thinking about love lately - not to mention the fact that my uncle getting married this past week end.

The question that comes up most often is how can one show love?

One of my friends was mentioning the five love languages a few weeks ago, which got me thinking about that. For those of you who don't know the five love languages are as follows:

Words of affirmation,
Quality time,
Receiving gifts,
Acts of service,
and Physical touch.

She said that she thinks that can sometimes cause problems - people show love in different ways, and their loved ones don't always have the same love language, so they don't always feel loved (if that makes sense).

This would make sense, I thought, and when my friend said that her love language was quality time I instantly saw a flashback of all the times I had texted her while watching TV and not really been in the conversation. I hadn't meant to be rude or insensitive - my love language is words of affirmation, and was constantly making sure to tell my friend how much I appreciated and loved her. However, when I found out her love language I started making a conscious effort to give her my full attention when we talked, and to spend lots of time with her. I wanted to make sure she realized how much I love her.

This past week she got to come for a visit, and we watched part of The Lord of the Rings almost every night. This is my friends favorite movie, and so I wanted watched it with her even though it isn't my favorite movie in the world.

Well she went back home last night, and when we were texting today our movie choices while she was here came up. I told her that I hadn't minded not watching Persuasion because she was the guest and because I knew how much it meant to her - I also mentioned that I had been trying to show her I loved her through her love language. Well, she really liked that, and told me that she had noticed that I had been more "always there when she needed someone," and that totally made my day (see, I'm easilly satisfied!).

I'm not sure exactly why I started posting about this - I just felt the need to talk about it - but now that I'm finishing up I do see a point behind this story. We could all use to think about our loved ones love languages and what they'll like a little more - a way to show them we love them by doing what they'll really apriciate.