Arghhhhhh!

Makayla, one of my Juniors, told me she liked my Pirate shirt today.  Arghhhh, I love stripes.  Its pretty much the running theme in our house.  Bridget and I love stripes.  In fact, today when we were both home I realized we were wearing almost the same striped shirt in different colors to work today.  I guess the longer we live together the more we rub off on each other!  

Halloween in coming up!  And there are actually no Pirate plans in the works.  What I would really like to be for halloween is Betty Draper.  This costume would be much better if I could find a Don and perhaps a few other Mad Men ensemble characters, but as it is I will be portraying just-kicked-the-cheating-bastard-out-and-now-I'm-single-and-hammered Betty.  Sigh, If only I coulda made just-kicked-the-cheating-bastard-out-and-now-I'm-single-and-hammered Katie look this good:

Looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!

Wish I had come home from Houston with nothing to do but cuddle with my puppy dog, alas, its Progress Report time!  Stayed out grading until midnight then woke up at 5 to get it all finished!  Was a rough day when you add in the fasting for Yom Kippur with the lack of sleep, but a huge relief to have everything done!  Now its 9 pm and I'm in bed!  Can't even drag myself to the TV for Gossip Girl.  Guess I'll have to catch it on Hulu.  XOXO

Plane Attire

An awesome weekend in Houston for my first experience at an Indian wedding.  I have never seen such an outrageous display of silk and shine!  Above is, as promised on a daily basis, my outfit from Friday that was worn to school and accompanied me on the plane.  I was so rank from sweating in my classroom and sitting on the plane that I couldn't leave these clothes on one second longer, not even to take a picture!  So, not a terribly exciting outfit, but I was shooting for comfort.

While there was no way I was going to compete with all the Saris and bangles, I had planned on wearing a pretty flashy little number.  Vintage floral paillettes in pale yellow!  Sadly, as I was rushing out the door to catch my flight I realized that I had left that stunner on the hanger in my closet!  Sigh.  Found a fun navy dress at Zara for the right price as I was perusing the Galleria with my Momma.  Now THAT is a mall a girl could do some damage in!

Thursday, Sept 24

Pretty tired tonight, but I must say that I am proud of my continued recessionista efforts.  Those are some WHITE jeans I'm wearing. And it is definitely after Labor Day folks.

I'm having a lot of issues getting my photos to upload, hence Thursday's pic on Monday.  Hmmmm.

One, Seasonal Sensation...

I HATE when people wear fabrics that are seasonally inappropriate.  Velvet in summer should lead to public floggings.  And I have always lived hard and fast by the no white after labor day mantra...

However, we are in a finacial crisis and I did not get my pay step this year.  As a teacher I'd usually have a hefty spending allowance for clothes.  Much like Anna Wintour's $200,000 budget provided by Vogue, the Mapleton Public Schools, in a more typical year, would provide me with a handsome stipend for essential designer pieces.  Having to forgo my usual spending, I have decided to revisit these seasonal norms.

It is only fall (though it feels like winter), but yesterday for Jury Duty I broke out my black velveteen vintage blazer that I picked up in London while I was studying abroad in college.  This is generally a strictly winter piece.  No Mas.  In true recessionista pride, I meshed said blazer with my favorite Jeans and and a slew of inherited and sale price gems:  AMAZING Sergio Rossi oxfords that were gifted to me by my Mama, vintage Lanvin belt that I took from my Dad's closet and had cut down to my size, purple J.Crew boyfriend cardigan that I used Bieber's employee discount to purchase.

Today for school I went layer crazy!  Cable knit leggings are pretty sweet.  Comfy comfy.   Time for the scarf collection to start coming out...

Pipe Dreams

"Miss, why is your room so cold?"

Seriously?  I've spent the last month marinating in my own stink and now I can't take off my jacket all day. If 3A and 3B don't pass I'm moving my ass to Aspen where the schools have enough money to regulate the temperature and I can ski on Fridays.  Of course, I can't actually afford to live in Aspen, but the sentiment is there.  This would only be after my year long hiatus to learn to surf and speak Spanish in Central America.  There's quite a lot to get done before I turn 30...

So let's not focus on that just now.  Let's focus on my favorite color combo--purple and yellow.  More specifically plum and mustard, but that sounds gross and I don't want it to sound gross.  I want it to sound warm and yummy like squash out of the oven with brown sugar on top next to a glass of Malbec.  Isn't it obvious that fall is here?  On top of my general excitement about the fabulousness of fall colors on my ginger complexion, I have Jury duty tomorrow!  That means late sleep, no kids, and not losing a personal day.  This is the most patriotic I have ever felt!  Maybe I will wear red, white, and blue tomorrow...

Stripes and Florals

Just some pattern mixing.