Dressember: Day 31 of 31 THE LAST DAY

Is it really here? The last day of Dressember?! Another year, another victory. ;)
Which reminds me, the end of Dressember marks the end of 2011 (oh, that? New Years? Right..)

New Year's Eve is a funny holiday. In my experience, there's either nothing going on, or six to ten parties to choose from. This year it's the latter and it's a little overwhelming. I've chosen to stay local and hang out with a few new friends who show potential to become pretty great friends. Tough choice because I'd love to see old friends in OC, but the drive.....I'm not feeling the drive today. Or the other drivers who will inevitably be on the road.

What are your plans? Whatever you end up doing, I hope it's a fun time and that you get to spend it with people you love. Cheers to the happiest new year!

 [dress- forever 21 | shirt- foreign exchange | boots- h&m | necklace- nordstrom | bracelet- j crew]

Stay tuned for my 4th annual Year in Photos post, and some resolution thoughts!

Dressember: Day 30 of 31

Holy moly, hide the cannoli--- tomorrow is the last day, guys!

"Can I do it next year?"
"Why sure, Dixie."

I wandered into Foreign Exchange while I was at the mall a couple days ago to exchange something at Nordstrom because there was a sign that said 50% EVERYTHING IN THE STORE. Even though I've not historically had much luck at Foreign Exchange (everything fits a little weirdly there, or a little too tightly, or looks like club wear to me), I DO love sales, and decided to take a gander. I'm glad I did because I found this awesome flowy minty top for an amazing price, and then bought that coppery glittery nail polish for $2, and another vibrant top I might wear tomorrow.

Also, I signed the lease and paid the deposit on the room I'm moving into next month! I'm going to be living in a spacious house in Eagle Rock with three other girls. I'm super excited!!!

[dress- vintage | blouse- foreign exchange | tights- forever 21 | shoes- painted bird LA]

Dressember: Day 29 of 31

You know those people who wash clothes after every single time they've worn it? And those people who would never ever wear the same item of clothing two days in a row? Yeah, well I'm neither of those people. Today's outfit proves it: I'm wearing the under layer dress from yesterday's double Dressember duo. I'm perfectly fine about it. It's not like I sweated in it, or saw the same people. Except everyone on instagram, I suppose, and now all you folks reading here. So the cat's out of the bag: I'm not a person who washes things every single time. Usually every second or third time. And wearing things a couple days in a row is perfectly kosher, in my book. Both are arguably great ways of going green. So there.

Terrible lighting, but this new nail polish is a brassy coppery glitter and I love itttttttttt

 [dress- old navy | leggings- forever 21 | boots- h&m | stone ring- forever 21 | stacked ring- target]

Only two more days of Dressember, wahhhhh! This year's went so fast!
A few weeks ago I made a joke about doing "Jeanuary," and my friend Melissa is spear heading it to make it a reality! One item of denim every day in January. If you're interested in joining in, or want to follow along, follow the hashtag "jeanuary" on instagram starting on January 1st!

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Dressember: Day 28 of 31-- the DOUBLE DRESSEMBER

So there's a secret to this dress.....

it's TWO DRESSES!

What? Double dressember, what does it mean??
It means I was feeling really creative this morning, folks. Crazy creative, you might say. I had my first day in ten days off yesterday (besides Christmas day), and I started a large scale craft I've been wanting to start, wrote three pages of the pilot script I'm working on, and made myself two great meals. It was a great day to be me, and all that productivity spilled into today and I'm finding myself dressing crazy creative.

It's starting to look like a triple dressember!

This is also a day when I rummaged through my boxes and accessorized-- something that's rare in these transitional days before I have adequate, visible jewelry access again.

The arrow necklace is a piece of blue coral and I'm obsessed with it.

 [gingham dress- vintage | chambray dress- old navy | tights- gap? | boots- steve madden

necklace- fickle heart | bow ring- forever 21]

Also, I made a video on how to do this hair style, in case you're curious. I told you--- super productive crazy creativeness abounds! Happy Wednesday.

Dressember: Day 27 of 31

Ahoy mateys! In a perfect world, that nautical greeting would be paired with a nautical themed Dressember post, but...my world is far from a perfect one, and my blog follows suit.

Perfect it may not be, but it isn't boring either! This dress is so colorful and fun and I can't stop looking at it. It was a Christmas present from my sister, and although I have no idea where she bought it, I can tell you it's by Element, if that helps. I always forget about skate and surf brands because I do neither of those things (too bad there aren't razor scooter brands, eh?), but they make some really cute things, it turns out. Things that aren't blazoned with logos and brand names.

This dress is so much fun, I made you another ridiculous GIF. Possibly even more ridiculous than the razor scooter one.

[dress- element | jacket- gap | tights- old navy | shoes- urban outfitters]

And now that this is my third posted GIF, I went ahead and tagged them all with a label ("GIFs"), so you can find them all at the click of a button below this post and every other subsequent GIF-inclusive post. How do you like that, GIF-fans?

Happy Tuesday :)

Dressember: Day 26 of 31

 Anddddd back to work today.

[dress- vintage | sweater- anthropologie | tights- forever 21 | shoes- Painted Bird LA]

Dressember: Day 25 of 31:::: MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Fragile finger sent to heal us
Tender brow prepared for thorn
Tiny heart whose blood will save us
Unto us is born
Unto us is born
So wrap our injured flesh around You
Breathe our air and walk our sod
Rob our sin and make us holy

Perfect Son of God
Welcome to our world

[dress- forever 21 | skirt- h&m | shoes- goldenponies on etsy | tights- target]

Dressember: Day 24 of 31

A quick post on a busy day--- just want to say Merry Christmas Eve to you all! I hope it's a time of joy and a time with family and loved ones. May your heart be light!

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Dressember: Day 23 of 31

I'm fighting off a bug today. Literally went to bed at 8:30 last night because my body is trying to fight it off and is so. tired.
I wonder if working again and being on my feet is doing it? Or being around lots of people? Either way, I'm hoping it gets better and not worse by Christmas. Dressember is also considerably less fun when sick....aka you have to go on hiatus because you're in bed in your pjs and that's A-OK. Remember the pajama clause? Pajamas are kosher when sleeping or sick! I hope there's no one out there thinking I'm the Hitler of dresses and telling you guys to where dresses 24/7, even while sleeping and working out and cleaning your bathroom. I'm a realist, folks. Dresses 24/7 isn't possible this side of 1900. Unless you live on a farm and need to wear dresses to hold eggs, and wear flannel nighties to bed. Or maybe you're a Hollywood diva, and dresses to bed and to work out is easy because those tennis dresses are perfect for light work outs, you have people who clean your house for you, and you only wear those lacy, sheer dresses to bed. Props to you both.

And props to the rest of us, for being normal and wearing them when we can and just having FUN with it. That's what Dressember's all about, after all. 

 

[dress- urban outfitters | top- h&m | tights- gap | shoes- forever 21 via buffalo exchange]

Dressember: Day 22 of 31

This week has been crazypants. I've worked every day since last Friday and it's really wearing on me. I don't get a break until Christmas day! Not complaining though; it's great to be working and I certainly need the cash flow this time of year.

On a brighter note, I'm moving into my new place in just a couple weeks! It's a 4 bedroom house in Eagle Rock (sandwiched between Pasadena and Glendale), and I'll have my own room, with 3 other girls sharing the house. I'm so excited to move, to decorate, to unpack my boxes. Ahhhhh! I have to remind myself to breathe, I'm so excited about it. I've been scouring craig's list for good stuff to fill my room. I have a sort of industrial/metal vision for it...

 

[dress- urban outfitters | coat- forever 21 | boots- h&m]