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Sitting in the Yellow Leaves

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10.28.10 – Thursday

Finally!  This is where the new header came from.  I think I’m going to keep it… until it’s winter, then I’ll make a new one.  Anyway.  Recently — okay not that recently, I’m totally behind with this post, Terra (Stylish White Female) blogged about vegetarianism and faux fur and Kendra (Closet Confections) scored an amazing faux shearling jacket.  And I might have seen some other posts about fur but I can’t remember.  So I thought… it’s really past time that I think about wearing fur/shearling/leather.  And I have no idea how I feel about cruelty to silkworms.  I really enjoy my silk pieces. 

I actually own… not a lot of fur, but more than you would probably expect, considering its cost.  I own: 

  • magenta rabbit scarf (not kidding), gift
  • black puffer with coyote ruff, gift
  • pink woven rabbit scarf, purchased in fall 2007 from a local boutique that went out of business last year
  • black rabbit scarf, a gift  

I’m fairly certain that’s everything.  And I gave away the magenta scarf last year.  It didn’t really go with any of my coats and it wasn’t the type of scarf that you could just throw on with a sweater.  

So…. about fur I already own… the animal is already dead, I may as well honor it by wearing the scarf/coat/whatever and thanking it for keeping me warm.  And I would probably buy vintage fur as well (same idea, it was killed a long time ago) but I would never buy new fur.  I wouldn’t care if someone else bought new fur, but I feel… it’s too unethical (I can’t believe I just said that) and I wouldn’t be able to wear it without feeling sad.  Something that probably no one on the interwebs knows about me is that I was a vegetarian for almost a year in college, and vegan for about a month and a half.  I have two digestive disorders meaning (1) I cannot eat anything and (2) I cannot eat anything.  I am not supposed to eat a huge list of things (although sometimes I do anyway).  And when I say not supposed to eat I mean I’ve had gastrointestinal bleeding kinds of not supposed to eat.  The list includes about 97% of vegetables… so you can guess how that didn’t quite work out for me.  I dropped to 0/2 from 4/6, was dizzy and falling asleep all the time…   And I really like vegetables.  All I really want to do is eat a spinach salad.  

But. 

Anyway. 

I own a lot of leather.  

…thoughts for another day.  

Back

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5.5.2010 Wednesday

I’m back from Atlantic City and severely underslept… and no caffeine today either, except for tea.  I have a lot of back posts again and this seems to happen to me a lot.  Maybe I should get myself on some kind of a schedule or something? 

I wore quite a bit of yellow over the course about seven days… the next photos I have are seriously yellow!  It was apparently just a yellow kind of week :)

Grey shirt (Old Navy), yellow skirt (Odille – Anthropologie), brown belt (Charlotte Russe), nude shoes (Sofft). 

Tropical Weather

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5.2.2010

This is something I would wear on a casual day, a day most other bloggers probably wouldn’t bother with a photo.  This is not one of my more inspired looks but it was probably the best possible one for the weather.  It was hot.  And not hot in a good way because the temperature was stuck somewhere around ninety and the humidity at around 300%.  August thunderstorm kind of weather. 

My knee with the big scar was seriously bothering me during yoga on Saturday and didn’t improve on Sunday (still so wobbly! and it swelled badly and there is fluid still there… I have actual water on the knee) so I had to wear wedge sandals.  And with the curly hair I unfortunately went sort of beachy… as beachy as one can be in overcast skies at not the beach!

I did quite a lot of shopping.  Bad!

I leave you with a photo of my fish, I wished I was swimming in some cool water! 

Blue shirt (Old Navy), striped ribbon belt (J. Crew), patterend skirt (J. Crew), brown wedges (J. Crew), brown bag (Marc Jacobs Collection).

Yes… They are Jeggings

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4.29.2010 Thursday

Debut of the jeggings.  I’ve had these for a while but just never got any photos of them.  I wore this to a casual lunch with one of my friends… and proceeded to stuff myself with a plate of pasta.  And a whole bunch of bread.  I guess it’s lucky that these jeggings are a bit too big for me, then.  I definitely couldn’t have gotten into the next size down though.  Maybe these are a little too long on me or something?  I can’t help but think jeggings should fit closer to the leg.  These are more like straight leg/skinny jeans on me. 

I’m trying out a different way of letting you know what I’m wearing… it’s the way you’re supposed to describe things on Mode Republic.  So really I’m just being lazy :)

Green shirt (Old Navy), grey and white striped cardigan (Ann Taylor Loft), brown leather belt (Target), green and white scarf (Intermix), light blue jeggings (J Brand), nude pumps (Sofft). 

Washed Out

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4.23.2010

I’m starting to think there’s something wrong with my camera… no matter what I do to the settings if it’s a bright day everything comes out overexposed.  This camera is going on three years so maybe it’s just nearing the end of its life.  Maybe I should buy myself a better camera for my birthday?  It’s coming up soon, I’m getting old! 

Old Navy cardigan, Old Navy camisole, J. Crew skirt, Sofft shoes.