fins about four feet high.

Sorry for the lack of posting.  I've been busy this weekend, and on top of that I was sick.  Friday was Mrs. Kim's birthday.  Saturday I was really sick.  Sunday Andrew's friend Don came up from Waycross to pick up an old Vespa, so we saw him and his wife a while. 

I bought two dresses from Forever 21 this weekend, and a pair of boots from Target.  These boots come in ankle and mid-calf.  I'm trying to get them in every color I can find them in.  They even have a plaid one.  And they're suede-like on the inside.  And they're so comfortable!!! Happiness.

I want to buy more flats for fall.  I love boots, and I love boots with skirts or shorts but some of my dresses I can't get away with wearing boots.  And I want to buy tons of new tights in different colors.  Maybe some patterened ones.  I have a few but it's not enough, my closet has grown considerably since last fall, and I need more stuff to coordinate with.  I think I just want an excuse to shop.

Andrew works for Chrysler and I found these old ads.  I guess they're from the late 50s early 60s.  Too bad he's not here, he'd be able to tell me.  The fins are fabulous.  I love old cars, so much cooler than new cars.  I should post some of the hot rods and old cars from the Rockabilly BBQ sometime.  I think I will.

eclectic eccentricity.

This jewelry is fabulous!  I love the vintage look and uniqueness of every piece.  The woman who makes these has a good thing going.  Everything she makes is limited of course, but she has certain pieces that are editions which are actually advertised as limited.  There is also an exclusive section, and those are the one of a kind. 

These are three one-of-a-kind pieces that were recently sold.  The watch is really something, isn't it?

Here is the link to the website.

Eclectic Eccentricity Jewellery- jewellery with inspired kookiness.

marilyn.

As fas as I'm concerned, it doesn't get any better than Marilyn Monroe.

Lady never took a bad picture. It was impossible.

fossil love.

I was never a huge fan of Fossil. My brother is obsessed with their watches, but I didn't even know they made clothes until a few years ago. But even then, when I looked at them they didn't have much I liked. That has changed now. I still don't love all the stuff but these pieces are awesome. I love the vintage look and the almost western feel that some of the pieces have. And I love the plaids. They also make shoes now (I want most of them, too). The heels are adorable and have a vintage feel to them. The leather and suede... Chunky heels... Peep-toe and t-strap. There's even a Mary-Jane and a wedge style one. There is one flat called the Roxanne that has an open back on it. Adorable. However, not so much a fan of their boots, I was rather disappointed. Can't have it all, I guess.

new things, possibly old things.

This has been a good weekend, and a good Monday.

So I went to some antique stores with Andrew's Mom yesterday. Found a few things, including my Dad's Christmas presents. At Treasure Mart I found a badass purse and some bracelets.

I'm not sure how old the purse is, or if it's even vintage, but it's vintagy and when I saw the strap was adjustable I HAD to have it. The tooling is awesome, and it's in excellent condition. There are two little pockets on the inside, and it's clean. Can't fit very much in it though, which is good because I did need to downsize.

Bracelets. The two skinny ones on the right I already had, but I love those style bracelets. And of the two on the right the one on the inside was my Grandmommy's, so it's special. The biggest bracelet had another one that looked like they were supposed to match, but it's was really ugly, and they weren't priced together, so I let it go. I spent $14 on the purse, the three bracelets on the left were together and $4, and the big one was $2. So a grand total of $20.

The whole weekend was just good. Friday I hung out with Andrew. Saturday we went to Ron's house to grill out with him and his girlfriend (Melissa), her daughters (Anna and Ashley), and her roommate (Sara). I stayed at Andrew's Saturday night. He suprised me with the magazine LIFE put out on Marilyn Monroe. Then Sunday after church was the Treasure Mart extravaganza. We also went to My Favorite Place and he bought me a cool cigar box, and a tiny wooden box inlaid with brass. He spoils me.

I had orientation for school this morning. The teacher is awesome, the people in there with me seem cool, one girl I already know, and the classes are going to be great. It's going to be awesome. :)

funky, funky.

I've only dyed my hair a funky color once in my life. I was 15 and dyed it blue. My Mother was very pissed and made me wash it out as soon as she realized what I'd done. When I was still around that age I did want to do funky things to my hair, dye it a crazy color, something. But I never did seeing as I did not want to sign my own death warrant. Now as I've gotten older I've stopped caring about dying my hair strange colors. But every now and then I see a really cool color job involving teal or purple and it makes me want to do that to my hair. I've always loved the cool blues, purples and greens.

Even if I just did one chunk, I think I'd feel better. Like, I finally got to do it.

On another note, I bought my denim sweetheart dress from AE yesterday. I'm very pleased with it. I wore it with a Converse button up plaid shirt. It's going to become one of my favorite articles of clothing. I also bought another dress. It's blue plaid and definately a summery dress. I'll post pictures sometime. I also bought two necklaces. The jewelry this year is awesome. Very vintagey with lots of lockets and cameos and pearls. Lots of clustering the charms. Very pretty.

suspension.

Well, I got suspended from work for a week. Bullshit.

I'm going to AE today to buy two of those dresses. Then I'm hitting up some thrift stores. :)

ae love.

I used to HATE American Eagle. Read that: HATE. In middle school/early high school I had a pair of jeans and a few shirts that I found at TJ Maxx. American Eagle was just not my thing. They didn't have anything black, and they were a little too expensive for me. And the cool kids were wearing it.

That changed my junior year of high school. Some stuff happened, my closet was purged of all things black (which was ALL my clothes), and I showed up to the first day of school in a yellow shirt. Thus begun my turn away from the 'dark side', and for a while I pretty much wore what my Mom wanted me to. I just didn't care.

Shortly after I graduated high school I got a job at American Eagle. I'm not even going to lie: I loved that job. I still do. It's still one of my favorite jobs I've ever had. Most of the people were cool, and the discount was frickin' fabulous. You got 40% off, and then depending on what the item was (like if it was on the sale rack) you got an additional 25%. Needless to say most of my paycheck went straight back to the store, and they actually got me caring about what I wore again. Some of the things they have out now are making me wish I still worked there so I could use my employee discount.

These are the things I'm currently lusting after...

The strapless dress I also want in the railroad stripe pattern, but since one of the dresses is already that pattern I'll get it in denim first. And the ballet flats I want in pretty much every color and pattern they have. And the motorcycle boots come in suede. I want those, too. There is also a white pin stripe vest and a denim western shirt I want. And all the jewelry is fantastic this season, and I want it, too. I'll never be able to afford all that, haha!

reunions and southern sundays.

Went to a family reunion on Saturday, in lovely Moore, SC. It's a southern family, it's an old family, and it's a HUGE family (I mean there were 700 + people at this thing), so it's interesting. Got to see my darling brother and his wife, who came down from NC, which was the highlight. I hadn't seen them since my birthday in March. Pretty much everyone I saw I hadn't seen since I was 11. I'm 21. After the actual reunion we all (me, my parents, my brother and his wife) had dinner with Uncle Louie and Aunt Sue, their son Justin and his wife Mandy, and Uncle Harry and Aunt Ethel. That was the other highlight. And I came to the conclusion this weekend that just because someone is family doesn't mean they're going to act like family. And that's a sad thing to realise.

Sunday Andrew and I took the motorcycle to Allen's house in Jackson county. Allan works with Andrew, and it was decided that we were going to use his tools so we could rebuild our friend Ron's rear dif on his Chevy truck. And by we I mean this: Andrew did it while Ron and I watched and Allen came over every now and then to help when he wasn't helping his son cut the floor out of a '65 Mustang. We sat in a hot metal building all day, next to an old Charger drag car, smoking cigarettes, drinking sweet tea, having a ball, getting dirty, while one of Allen's 3 horses wandered around the front yard among all the old cars. We were about two miles away from Winder, and the house is off a dirt road. God, I love the South. Maybe next time I'll get some pictures.

Yeah, sorry for no pictures this time. And sorry if the post is boring, but this is part of my life. I never guaranteed excitement.

converse love.

So I've always liked Converse. Who doesn't own at least one pair of old school Chuck Taylors? That's what I had when I was little, and I still own a pair. But what I've really become obsessed with is the Converse One Star dresses. I bought one, and loved it. It very quickly became one of my favorite articles of clothing. I bought two Converse dresses today, saw another one I want, and then I looked at the Target website and I pretty much want all the Converse dresses. The dresses are around $30, which isn't too bad, but there are a lot of dresses. This could be a problem.

I'm going to post pictures of the dresses. Please excuse my crappy camera.

This is the first dress I bought by Converse, several months ago. It's a nice navy color (I know it looks black, pardon my camera), and has little pockets.

The striped one is just adorable. It's a little tight in the shoulders but I couldn't not buy it. Stupid, I know. I'm going to take it somewhere to see if I can get it let out a bit, if that's possible. It also has little pockets, which I love. And I love the ruffle details. The black one I will probably live in. It's so comfortable, and the material is cool.

Today was a little bit of retail therapy.

psycho.

Sorry about the lack of updating. I would say I've been extremely busy, but that's not true. I have sometimes, but mostly I'm just lazy or have nothing to talk about.

Anyway, school is going to be paid for today once I get up to the school. $733 was saved in about 3 weeks. Very happy, very relieved.

I got my hair dyed back to my natural color on Friday. I forgot how dark my hair was...

And there is a family reunion this weekend. We don't talk to her side of the family. I haven't seen them since I was about 11. I don't remember anyone. They're mean to her. They abandonded her. Recently one of her aunts died. My Mom got more money from an insurance policy than her siblings did. People are pissed. And they're the kind of people to say something. And my Mom's not the kind of person to take it well. I don't even consider those people family. Well, except Uncle Louie.

Andrew and I saw the Psycho DeVilles on Saturday night. They played with The Atomic Rockets and The Tremors at the Star Bar in Little 5. If anyone that reads this ever goes to Atlanta, I suggest going to Little 5 Points. Especially if you like vintage. Or thrifting.

Anyway, I leave you with this.

Hot Rod Walt.

Kevin "Leroy" Waters.