tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585658644920749312024-03-05T11:35:01.383-06:00Steampunk DollsThere is no beauty without strangeness. ~Karl LagerfeldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-68281772328858845352010-09-17T18:33:00.004-05:002010-09-17T18:37:33.291-05:00New Hair<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">I've been growing out my hair for a long time, but I'm tired of it. It's in that awful shaggy, half-grown out stage. I have an appointment to get it cut tomorrow, and I still have no clue what to get, so I'm documenting for future reference. Maybe it'll just get a trim, maybe I'll go bald, we'll just have to see.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAodAx9GJULfCRZx328Oqpr_SLXU04giht_TzPDQRXyUD9Y9ZnNwCbZmLKSLXUC8WYGDXxiOHMmuduJ891MkeTwLIViJInLaQ9P-CBirork-p_p4IjsfEdNGmg50S45Wh_ShAcClA2qZdt/s1600/Photo+on+2010-09-17+at+19.32+%232.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAodAx9GJULfCRZx328Oqpr_SLXU04giht_TzPDQRXyUD9Y9ZnNwCbZmLKSLXUC8WYGDXxiOHMmuduJ891MkeTwLIViJInLaQ9P-CBirork-p_p4IjsfEdNGmg50S45Wh_ShAcClA2qZdt/s320/Photo+on+2010-09-17+at+19.32+%232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518029864273449346" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgst08i3hrNVPAKGKZjKlYD0TYzyfwazVIf6QzNCBDp90YFeM8wCPzo-6b6PrhktC_7aQUUCflGv9QMEotzqxYVOyku0G2N1l10CagDGR8CNZy7gZnU3gcIXFBLUjNYb6mhe2_g4aUpxM/s1600/Photo+on+2010-09-17+at+19.32+%234.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgst08i3hrNVPAKGKZjKlYD0TYzyfwazVIf6QzNCBDp90YFeM8wCPzo-6b6PrhktC_7aQUUCflGv9QMEotzqxYVOyku0G2N1l10CagDGR8CNZy7gZnU3gcIXFBLUjNYb6mhe2_g4aUpxM/s320/Photo+on+2010-09-17+at+19.32+%234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518029852748671570" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3XhryS13YWit2NAfywIGkNK39ttn1yA6eCeTqU63Kj2t3zkrD9TZ3RGeU6dOEzyPpzz_tyggTad2NcJEc8MjMwLJqIjK5wETLutkfvVizRqKRxjWBnXo4lV45pL5XWVjVHAk8srhY-vM/s1600/Photo+on+2010-09-17+at+19.32+%233.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3XhryS13YWit2NAfywIGkNK39ttn1yA6eCeTqU63Kj2t3zkrD9TZ3RGeU6dOEzyPpzz_tyggTad2NcJEc8MjMwLJqIjK5wETLutkfvVizRqKRxjWBnXo4lV45pL5XWVjVHAk8srhY-vM/s320/Photo+on+2010-09-17+at+19.32+%233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518029862433048834" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-4130102370328766242010-09-16T20:17:00.004-05:002010-09-16T20:23:02.164-05:00All Grown Up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZ9asLviE4wXTZpatkb5nO6bKR-ClqYmLYhcs0q3yxyF2G1XzfQu7S85QIUDkrFfK7eaoY9S9WBwai8G0A0qhZjXyaRI4bSjPpzKiAa5MWpjR3gH_XDrT04Q6MdMBrk3R6nC7L2zGmvUt/s1600/Photo+on+2010-09-16+at+20.24.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZ9asLviE4wXTZpatkb5nO6bKR-ClqYmLYhcs0q3yxyF2G1XzfQu7S85QIUDkrFfK7eaoY9S9WBwai8G0A0qhZjXyaRI4bSjPpzKiAa5MWpjR3gH_XDrT04Q6MdMBrk3R6nC7L2zGmvUt/s320/Photo+on+2010-09-16+at+20.24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517686081894689378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfS-FUOQSeF3EgYG_OaKDb9i2ws6Ki463o2qjlPgLEy9xTEpbG-ZTRWjbR3oP4COZjmDPKMKn7Q1GjNlvlB1nKb1TP9sswWOu6t-1arhg5_BNyML0ttSgLldEqKpuUJ7HVVL-I3xBnzpGl/s1600/Photo+on+2010-09-16+at+20.24+%233.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfS-FUOQSeF3EgYG_OaKDb9i2ws6Ki463o2qjlPgLEy9xTEpbG-ZTRWjbR3oP4COZjmDPKMKn7Q1GjNlvlB1nKb1TP9sswWOu6t-1arhg5_BNyML0ttSgLldEqKpuUJ7HVVL-I3xBnzpGl/s320/Photo+on+2010-09-16+at+20.24+%233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517685912633241954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIXQhnEpn0fgLXiLfqrOmsHedaPku3KqR27zMyiQH8p5tWxamzY71HxRXT3RgEqdH23T7NP2bmcrvTDm4_x4n_UAX6SpAXqzM85GMlMdz43Ub5v3F9JV3XWNajIJL9cxQAJWyBCnE8lmU/s1600/Photo+on+2010-09-16+at+20.24+%232.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIXQhnEpn0fgLXiLfqrOmsHedaPku3KqR27zMyiQH8p5tWxamzY71HxRXT3RgEqdH23T7NP2bmcrvTDm4_x4n_UAX6SpAXqzM85GMlMdz43Ub5v3F9JV3XWNajIJL9cxQAJWyBCnE8lmU/s320/Photo+on+2010-09-16+at+20.24+%232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517685909626269010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" >So, I've gotten my first pair of fake nails. Yes, I've finally become a real woman. I know, oh I know. We're all proud.</span><span style="font-family: courier new;"> Also, you can't tell in the picture but I'm wearing a black leotard, black leggings, black cardigan, and grey skirt. I'm feeling a little Greta Garbo today.</span><br /></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-10518466587589403692010-07-20T22:49:00.004-05:002010-07-20T22:55:05.306-05:00Holy Ghost People<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcU-zZ2gCVKyKHJInZrrs4ogbcCoAy5ruznSLaUT7rBWzPZL17GsoZ-ijzy4Y1-3Aq84BXytPsSVywU_6UlV6Nel8yVcHpwsPdzpTTuAsMK8U1TQJzgDpQC_mN0IVAXHM4utS5ekJ9oHML/s1600/IMG_1489.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcU-zZ2gCVKyKHJInZrrs4ogbcCoAy5ruznSLaUT7rBWzPZL17GsoZ-ijzy4Y1-3Aq84BXytPsSVywU_6UlV6Nel8yVcHpwsPdzpTTuAsMK8U1TQJzgDpQC_mN0IVAXHM4utS5ekJ9oHML/s320/IMG_1489.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496202700128880114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbanBuQI4NN_XHN67OVnAEO0GrgaxTOqEbxsCU_5Bs0spFO3xROiUr5h_bwRlARDbu0z9-SzZ19s5Flo7fZbk28gki0BlFSzLxsRSGUpTzXlqFRXx6pgo0pHjZweTz0X1XG4ct4Vr14-m/s1600/IMG_1481.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbanBuQI4NN_XHN67OVnAEO0GrgaxTOqEbxsCU_5Bs0spFO3xROiUr5h_bwRlARDbu0z9-SzZ19s5Flo7fZbk28gki0BlFSzLxsRSGUpTzXlqFRXx6pgo0pHjZweTz0X1XG4ct4Vr14-m/s320/IMG_1481.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496202690991918370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTBNZXEDdXAktB9Qst_akHxemTScAd5-k0IWXzSy8W0C79uH9ckkbE5CpKPbIGr6_90upcDuoy1y22m0lhMUb6NGKJSqjNjuWzPmxisZdiMkhYqciOcorAISaIJx3P3NvOiu7sov-W97B/s1600/IMG_1476.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTBNZXEDdXAktB9Qst_akHxemTScAd5-k0IWXzSy8W0C79uH9ckkbE5CpKPbIGr6_90upcDuoy1y22m0lhMUb6NGKJSqjNjuWzPmxisZdiMkhYqciOcorAISaIJx3P3NvOiu7sov-W97B/s320/IMG_1476.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496202685354638130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvtCrobdFZqU3WXkRHEDtQ40I4Oxg1Ksp-Gl5_MuwSNGgOwp29_B-9TBhVvtDsNCXCKD8v1ymClhRd1GEQ185QAKJeYtOTkUaoDoClzS7UDJNLxWpAtFnsNpK9Qn4u-0LHDYxU6ZyHFS4/s1600/IMG_1475.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvtCrobdFZqU3WXkRHEDtQ40I4Oxg1Ksp-Gl5_MuwSNGgOwp29_B-9TBhVvtDsNCXCKD8v1ymClhRd1GEQ185QAKJeYtOTkUaoDoClzS7UDJNLxWpAtFnsNpK9Qn4u-0LHDYxU6ZyHFS4/s320/IMG_1475.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496202678032861586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuE9GgjhmLtukFrl4QT-DRwk9j8BqhSddw6ms0ozzfn9o-2Knw2MRu5Z7hnmt0xOdGEM1uF-4TokDFpLluEencD3J_MKg7n7GUwLpRL7w-arDAATYRaNmlqh9SfTrWxwVKM3iCegdWpiRK/s1600/IMG_1470.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuE9GgjhmLtukFrl4QT-DRwk9j8BqhSddw6ms0ozzfn9o-2Knw2MRu5Z7hnmt0xOdGEM1uF-4TokDFpLluEencD3J_MKg7n7GUwLpRL7w-arDAATYRaNmlqh9SfTrWxwVKM3iCegdWpiRK/s320/IMG_1470.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496202671103231586" border="0" /></a><br /><!--BEGIN HYPE WIDGET--><script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="http://lookbook.nu/look/widget/902597.js?include=all&size=medium&style=button&align=left"></script><div id="hype_container_902597"></div><!--END HYPE WIDGET--><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Hype me on Lookbook!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">But in other news, today I played dress up with my new 1950's thrift store find. Curled hair, red lipstick, and saddle shoes complete the picture.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-66517741413136208052010-07-19T21:49:00.007-05:002010-07-19T22:27:13.879-05:00To Everything There is a Season<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's really crazy how much you can change in one year. Even more insane is how much you can change in 5 years, in just one thing. Take, for example, my hair.</span><br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqSlJz1fdCwM5BScb6992kTx-6-4SVeDTSXGJxNX7B8T88or85rclLK1LE8epA8jX1hN25JozLMn5-DX6z7eC-MoDSAg8Ek93AqWg59zupoD7jXs8WTgYf2axSr765tTZlwPGXCCTwlnl/s1600/brigid+and+katie%27s+bowling+party+015.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqSlJz1fdCwM5BScb6992kTx-6-4SVeDTSXGJxNX7B8T88or85rclLK1LE8epA8jX1hN25JozLMn5-DX6z7eC-MoDSAg8Ek93AqWg59zupoD7jXs8WTgYf2axSr765tTZlwPGXCCTwlnl/s320/brigid+and+katie%27s+bowling+party+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495818062629067570" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Me, sophomore year of high school. I started out with my hair long and unkempt. This wasn't so much a stylistic choice so much as I didn't bother to learn how to blow-dry hair until I was like in college. Ok, I'll be honest, I'm still not great at it...<br /><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkB1K6Q5-3kkBm5T77gVR5BbOD5q_kdVnW10YAXc0IGQwKY9h1NAjzsKoqfC-w6SGrshXOSu4oViDuD6KrfF55W4OPnyY28kHvVp3Z6wBWMT5fYtotujKTf0b9sO43joulFhvjlbG24233/s1600/IMG_0213.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkB1K6Q5-3kkBm5T77gVR5BbOD5q_kdVnW10YAXc0IGQwKY9h1NAjzsKoqfC-w6SGrshXOSu4oViDuD6KrfF55W4OPnyY28kHvVp3Z6wBWMT5fYtotujKTf0b9sO43joulFhvjlbG24233/s320/IMG_0213.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495818052418899810" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is me from prom my senior year. Junior year I got my haircut into a fantastic messy textured bob type thing. I got a ton of compliments, many phrased along the lines of "I never noticed you before but now I actually think you look good!" While flattered this incident made me afraid to grow my hair out for years.<br /><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOafa1ZuFI0OavAyroYO6liojq4VAntBMypJEo2Z8cPN_jtTZnWwmoVNMvEh2rpjSmJKlCM2lPb5P1EerYi4r2wquHxJ116RAWAxhFFGcTKBPGrLntXW66YR-brmpOfF9Iq9BbTCBPmPWx/s1600/IMG_0804.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOafa1ZuFI0OavAyroYO6liojq4VAntBMypJEo2Z8cPN_jtTZnWwmoVNMvEh2rpjSmJKlCM2lPb5P1EerYi4r2wquHxJ116RAWAxhFFGcTKBPGrLntXW66YR-brmpOfF9Iq9BbTCBPmPWx/s320/IMG_0804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495818037592768050" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Freshman year of college I decided to try something I'd been thinking about getting for years: a pixie cut. Also I decided to go ginger, another thing I'd wanted to do for forever.<br /><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFMTj7nG-pPOWMopshyphenhyphenUJU8NRjiD9dBx2Li2Ci4FdewWkYscwyFibBu__FGL2qsNJP9hB-gOBIaMElHSu65QDbRWJmLOuyu18nhXyjy1zlSJ3MGHDWmwB1T4kMVIxbRhZcgv-9y1V0-2w/s1600/Photo+1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFMTj7nG-pPOWMopshyphenhyphenUJU8NRjiD9dBx2Li2Ci4FdewWkYscwyFibBu__FGL2qsNJP9hB-gOBIaMElHSu65QDbRWJmLOuyu18nhXyjy1zlSJ3MGHDWmwB1T4kMVIxbRhZcgv-9y1V0-2w/s320/Photo+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495817802872628802" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">And then the awkward growing out stage. I have pictures that are way worse, but you can bet your ass I'm not posting them online.</span><br /><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkiSegkyRG2PPKcbbc5CYsKbptvK9MlpyzpZxG46Es5z-_5T9MiBBNouIdvA8k2FvfIBFmuQRuos1BMdhkQGtTQZIq1ShV6bZkKW7fyyglgvZfVM36y-dT0EyfpYsLp-ZFvmBypS88-5q/s1600/Photo+18.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkiSegkyRG2PPKcbbc5CYsKbptvK9MlpyzpZxG46Es5z-_5T9MiBBNouIdvA8k2FvfIBFmuQRuos1BMdhkQGtTQZIq1ShV6bZkKW7fyyglgvZfVM36y-dT0EyfpYsLp-ZFvmBypS88-5q/s320/Photo+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495822744395643442" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">More growing out, except I really like this length. This is basically the messy bob I got so many compliments on in high school. I'm growing my hair out right now for fun, but something tells me I'll end up back at this. If something works for you go for it. </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://lobellovida.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/anna-wintour.jpg">Just</a><span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://anthonygeorge.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/anna-wintour.jpg">ask</a><span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://famespy.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/anna-wintour.jpg">Anna</a><span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEJuXN5e02GpknJkIyUHAnCG4eUvqQwCRGsYWprPPSL1vvTvFpsqOjCQ8Hj3FnDDtCRN_OpF24AGBr8ARshu17zDS1Ds6B-CV3cotetTi7U4taCMxVzl-syHhcxQrzNYRR4i3ViuJEHXL/s400/anna_wintour2.jpg">Wintour</a><span style="font-family: courier new;">.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5N0CzZj6gS5lm3T91yRk9RgkOZAXqtn247nGqQE2R9axT76RFxOx7jXtY9zTqVI4KmmwSVPddCOtt1sv7nBQaHem-ZsuzXv59445EpTtLUgHto4jkjZb6uMp8M-xl_oeYJGKGQbfLhPe/s1600/Photo+on+2010-05-21+at+13.13+%233.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5N0CzZj6gS5lm3T91yRk9RgkOZAXqtn247nGqQE2R9axT76RFxOx7jXtY9zTqVI4KmmwSVPddCOtt1sv7nBQaHem-ZsuzXv59445EpTtLUgHto4jkjZb6uMp8M-xl_oeYJGKGQbfLhPe/s320/Photo+on+2010-05-21+at+13.13+%233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495821789369746642" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Worst haircut ever, but I basically got what I asked for. I'm always envious of other people's bangs or edgy cuts, but they always look terrible on me. I really do best with simple hair styles. And bangs are always a poor choice for me because I have so little patience for styling them. I do like the dark color against my skin, I'd be willing to go brunette again.<br /><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tGcfOHWx29NDbgleRWn-Gom-A8yLJ-YzJB6zJi2Vr9XPe0p4E9KtKKiCCKWgE64pdz2UObpiKVWRKBm-XmOqb-844_yOXtexV6Zz10t7oGo3Qc7aMX5GTRCkGZUi37RXeN96_2-6p5Kg/s1600/Photo+on+2010-07-19+at+22.52.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tGcfOHWx29NDbgleRWn-Gom-A8yLJ-YzJB6zJi2Vr9XPe0p4E9KtKKiCCKWgE64pdz2UObpiKVWRKBm-XmOqb-844_yOXtexV6Zz10t7oGo3Qc7aMX5GTRCkGZUi37RXeN96_2-6p5Kg/s320/Photo+on+2010-07-19+at+22.52.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495817779169133138" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Aaaand this is me as of today. The dark hair lightened, the ginger faded, it's all still growing out (especially those bangs). Not sure what I'm doing next, planning on growing it out, but the wait is so long and awkward stages are so, well, awkward.</span></span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvUjJZbzy2e1eo3CEmVPelpRohYY-fi2O8uWI57sL7lfOcF4m9mErdzc2UsIjZz96-C1N06xANb_bUcmLT1mDqDMVgz4eavFv7OtYCGN0U5RT3hr5LoW4fklHzLdNxPPz2KmYH0TttlBh/s1600/Photo+on+2010-07-19+at+22.53.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvUjJZbzy2e1eo3CEmVPelpRohYY-fi2O8uWI57sL7lfOcF4m9mErdzc2UsIjZz96-C1N06xANb_bUcmLT1mDqDMVgz4eavFv7OtYCGN0U5RT3hr5LoW4fklHzLdNxPPz2KmYH0TttlBh/s320/Photo+on+2010-07-19+at+22.53.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495817770055554930" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">P.S. In case you didn't catch it in the previous photo, I got my nose pierced! New addition from this weekend.</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">It's amazing how much a different hairstyle can change your look, and it's always amusing to realize how different you or your tastes have become in even a short period of time. So now I've shared mine, I think you need to share yours. Best haircuts? Worst haircuts? </span></span><span style="font-family: courier new;">I demand to see them all!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-9750618955235578242010-06-24T19:48:00.006-05:002010-06-24T20:02:34.454-05:00Summer Camp Destroys My Attractiveness Possibilities<div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">So I got a job at a summer camp at a nature center. Goodbye pretty clothes, goodbye fun purses, goodbye cute shoes. Hello sports t-shirts and khaki shorts everyday!Basically I'm trying to excuse why I haven't updated in forever.<br /><br /><br />Instead of necklaces and jewelry I wear a lanyard with a plastic name-tag and keys attached. Plus my dad's man watch (I actually kind of like this addition).<br /></div><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnavMYqRmBimIvHLLlZEgnXaWTK4iE6aSuFmzTZpJ7a-eJGimUIo31ceCuoybKgfOsr_m-kZPhtj3dchrkorCtD8Hun_IhMcY9BHrnq5pmY2E4dhRF_Hr1wwCVf1HYurGzBwoTYYo6gvO/s1600/IMG_1442.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnavMYqRmBimIvHLLlZEgnXaWTK4iE6aSuFmzTZpJ7a-eJGimUIo31ceCuoybKgfOsr_m-kZPhtj3dchrkorCtD8Hun_IhMcY9BHrnq5pmY2E4dhRF_Hr1wwCVf1HYurGzBwoTYYo6gvO/s320/IMG_1442.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486507026226418082" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />I also wear tie-dye now. No, I'm serious.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oy4lPLaPjknMUNis5AXze8yKMEdPFupL3-2IFiNXOWaTqgyNgT30qyNkL9uJqyWtzDYpoxjK9vk8wKVznhh5mbXswt7XBssPxLjBxgoN9OVVlCIfD82ZDLeBcGVfe5uJ6msW-_-Pupz8/s1600/IMG_1443.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oy4lPLaPjknMUNis5AXze8yKMEdPFupL3-2IFiNXOWaTqgyNgT30qyNkL9uJqyWtzDYpoxjK9vk8wKVznhh5mbXswt7XBssPxLjBxgoN9OVVlCIfD82ZDLeBcGVfe5uJ6msW-_-Pupz8/s320/IMG_1443.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486507034029771890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Aaaand I wear these combo hiking/river shoes. They're like legitimate crocs. Oh yeah, I'm serious.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3t_RL7MeJHTzAkC6Gs9aiK1C9XmZYxkVQJ0SV8oIuU3ZKlulzbX06UtmJbonOCVKMO2tJa-fSoLP_KBV3P8QHdfCd8mOLKN1zBlx7dGiTZF59mrIfMA5373BMCowPKm94JuxwKXtBe1h/s1600/IMG_1444.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3t_RL7MeJHTzAkC6Gs9aiK1C9XmZYxkVQJ0SV8oIuU3ZKlulzbX06UtmJbonOCVKMO2tJa-fSoLP_KBV3P8QHdfCd8mOLKN1zBlx7dGiTZF59mrIfMA5373BMCowPKm94JuxwKXtBe1h/s320/IMG_1444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486507044563342290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And this is my new carryall.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-SzU7pKpTAMHdi9AFnrRnKwuevQDTIGmhZcyTNYUKCUa3qr8_QgitAwm7nNuRWkkBy3F6iywacuThYhTauCnUp0Rm3ZIIyY7ruwGYhxzLu5-0FRTheFGX_Ika5FJJzukP7KDaD9ZZZWM/s1600/IMG_1448.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-SzU7pKpTAMHdi9AFnrRnKwuevQDTIGmhZcyTNYUKCUa3qr8_QgitAwm7nNuRWkkBy3F6iywacuThYhTauCnUp0Rm3ZIIyY7ruwGYhxzLu5-0FRTheFGX_Ika5FJJzukP7KDaD9ZZZWM/s320/IMG_1448.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486507058234032898" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: courier new;">So I'm sorry I never post anymore, you can kind of see why. I hope you guys are having an awesome summer! And I will be updating, just probably far less personal fashion shots. And I'm hoping to be going to New York in the fall, so my outfits will not go to waste! But admit it, the river shoes are kind of cool...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-31971689656512524972010-05-24T13:27:00.002-05:002010-05-24T13:31:54.277-05:00It's Been a While...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Hey y'all. I just wanted to say sorry for the lack of new posts. Alexi is in Italy (lucky!) and I'm busy looking for a job (also after moving out of my dorm room I can't seem to find my camera...), so it might be a longer wait than usual for new content. But, hey! It's summer vacation! Why are you inside reading a blog when you could be outside in the sun?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">(Because our blog is super awesome and new updates in the future will be exciting, that's why! Come back soon, as soon as I nail down employment and find my camera I've got a ton of new outfits and updates to share!)</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-9961411745159465962010-05-10T01:42:00.002-05:002010-05-10T01:49:06.561-05:00Givenchy Goes Coed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_eHKobySLAFW_ZYJ1yjry-RNnLHAvtLBGlYFNsI3zJNq8mpJO540gVG3wbbHT3i9oRn-Ds70trz8NeNo9q_GUME0j_4m3SwATLRVNIMxXEybzC72x8I8hWQipavlIpHCGJwC-nJxlnOj/s1600/givenchy01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_eHKobySLAFW_ZYJ1yjry-RNnLHAvtLBGlYFNsI3zJNq8mpJO540gVG3wbbHT3i9oRn-Ds70trz8NeNo9q_GUME0j_4m3SwATLRVNIMxXEybzC72x8I8hWQipavlIpHCGJwC-nJxlnOj/s320/givenchy01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469528231894467250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">Can you spot what's new in this picture? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Givenchy designer </span><strong style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: normal;">Riccardo Tisci is <a href="http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/tiscis-trans-europe-express-fashionair-paused-3063927?module=memopad#/article/media-news/fashion-memopad/tiscis-trans-europe-express-fashionair-paused-3063927?page=1">"</a></strong><span style="font-family: courier new;"><a href="http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/tiscis-trans-europe-express-fashionair-paused-3063927?module=memopad#/article/media-news/fashion-memopad/tiscis-trans-europe-express-fashionair-paused-3063927?page=1">using a transsexual among the cast for the house’s fall-winter ad campaign"</a>, a Brazilian named Lea T.<br /><br />This is utterly fabulous, I love it. It reminds me of an <a href="http://steampunkdolls.blogspot.com/2010/01/musings-on-gender-in-fashion-pt-1.html">earlier post </a>where I talked about gender and fashion. That model is beautiful and everyone knows I love gender ambiguity, I'm excited for the new ad campaign!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-6501453821743604552010-05-05T22:38:00.009-05:002010-05-07T12:31:27.004-05:00Remember This?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisokRnYS6PlYuzuR66mqOAzBpNdUujvy7OorjdUcIuUvuwDs_qPaHCBTJ8VZf4B_VnJa8btRVIsqqgdyPRTbVx-_88iZnrSDiONS9us-BppY_jLiKCO9a4h14AeVrpPvATCQCjUzohLHx/s1600/20100505-8unx68qhqb585kj87apggtr743.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisokRnYS6PlYuzuR66mqOAzBpNdUujvy7OorjdUcIuUvuwDs_qPaHCBTJ8VZf4B_VnJa8btRVIsqqgdyPRTbVx-_88iZnrSDiONS9us-BppY_jLiKCO9a4h14AeVrpPvATCQCjUzohLHx/s320/20100505-8unx68qhqb585kj87apggtr743.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467999137015595938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Remember back in February when I was </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://steampunkdolls.blogspot.com/2010/02/everything-that-is-wrong-about-us.html">complaining about American Apparel</a><span style="font-family:courier new;">?</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">Well apparently </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://hollynorris.ca/americanable#h39067524">somebody else hates them too</a><span style="font-family:courier new;">.</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">The best way to explain is to quote the site itself (I bolded the pertinent parts):<br /><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >"</span> 'American Able' intends to, through spoof, reveal the ways in which <span style="font-weight: bold;">women with disabilities are invisibilized in advertising and mass media</span>. I chose American Apparel not just for their notable style, but also for t<span style="font-weight: bold;">heir claims that many of their models are just ‘every day’ women who are employees, friends and fans of the company. However, these women fit particular body types. Their campaigns are highly sexualized and feature women who are generally thin, and who appear to be able-bodied. </span>Women with disabilities go unrepresented, not only in American Apparel advertising, but also in most of popular culture. Rarely, if ever, are <span style="font-weight: bold;">women with disabilities portrayed in anything other than an asexual manner, for ‘disabled’ bodies are largely perceived as ‘undesirable.’ In a society where sexuality is created and performed over and over within popular culture, the invisibility of women with disabilities in many ways denies them the right to sexuality, particularly within a public context.</span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyJtXNHRIvVxsNBcVzfCwkGiyYc22PgajDXN0wU5MV-9Nqny9ojdODAeU2FClLP3pTAmkWWhezGYaJwua_hcVzKz060Sgsoxbgzzq_B1pOYPEuIABoZ83nJ2gqVsicwOKHUs_MQiJ_qoO/s1600/5a67094c.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyJtXNHRIvVxsNBcVzfCwkGiyYc22PgajDXN0wU5MV-9Nqny9ojdODAeU2FClLP3pTAmkWWhezGYaJwua_hcVzKz060Sgsoxbgzzq_B1pOYPEuIABoZ83nJ2gqVsicwOKHUs_MQiJ_qoO/s320/5a67094c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467998830514829634" border="0" /></a></span></span></span><blockquote>Too often, the pervasive influence of imagery in mass media goes unexamined, consumed en masse by the public. However, this imagery has real, oppressive effects on people who are continuously ‘othered’ by society. The model, <strong>Jes Sachse</strong>, and I intend to reveal these stories by placing her in a position where women with disabilities are typically excluded.<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >"</span></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKRqXe7qaXlhtyyN1vfBsjzZq-a2WrZYDpoCQ9ErFHaabP2zuTIx-i1ixSl1VQXZhpdv_zIaJTeuG_4F45pi8ZDy9uCZhPrEsx9OUrEFBWwuuT4Bi63f_mtOFjnoyD7urs0G_yI2g93If/s1600/20100505-gewgxk486ahxdwid9a4g3n8muq.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKRqXe7qaXlhtyyN1vfBsjzZq-a2WrZYDpoCQ9ErFHaabP2zuTIx-i1ixSl1VQXZhpdv_zIaJTeuG_4F45pi8ZDy9uCZhPrEsx9OUrEFBWwuuT4Bi63f_mtOFjnoyD7urs0G_yI2g93If/s320/20100505-gewgxk486ahxdwid9a4g3n8muq.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467998373637775922" border="0" /></a><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span>Persona</span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span>lly</span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span> I think this is totally awesome, although it brings up conflicted feelings. On the one hand, it is totally unrealistic and kind of sick</span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span> that we only use models that look completely different than the majority of people in society, and marginalize anyone that looks different. On the other, if I were a clothing designer and I wanted to show off my new line, of course I want to do it on fit, attractive people (at which point the problem ceases to be with fashion per se, but with the warped minds of the people, which are heavily influenced my magazines, back and forth, on and on. Phew!). You're selling America a fantasy, saying "if you buy this Marc Jacobs dress you'll be 93 pounds and gorgeous too". </span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">At least most runways don't claim to host "normal" people, they admit they deal with fantasy. Which is not to say that it makes it OK for designers to do that, just that I appreciate that man of them seem to recognize that they are fostering unrealistic expectations.<br /><br />I think what bothers me so much about American Apparel is exactly what she says above, their claim to normalcy. It's normal to be stick thin with a huge rack and booty, to wander around all day scantily clad and be as sexual as possible. Hey little girls, everyone is like us, we're normal. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">But then again, maybe I'm just taking this all way too seriously. What do you think, of the photos, the reasoning behind them, everything?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">ETA: Another </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://cocoperez.com/2010-05-06-american-apparel-claims-they-still-use-real-people-as-models/?from=PH">"article"</a><span style="font-family: courier new;"> on the subject (I say "article" because it's on Perez Hilton)</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-44038122092141825052010-05-01T15:23:00.006-05:002010-05-05T00:58:09.518-05:00Vintage Throwback<div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;">It's ok to dress slutty if you look vintage-inspired, right?<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvcQrpQmnwF97rVU24xQUJOUkes-9LNuX_oGwR-GjA-kiF4IR1sTLkJlbontDzUlADpj1bf1Dg609e0Se7kYnMI0uQ1nCc62em9wCcIM5wqAdB2OR2y2sVMQ0FL-U3cA4V3nCYuTVCCYh/s1600/IMG_1435.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvcQrpQmnwF97rVU24xQUJOUkes-9LNuX_oGwR-GjA-kiF4IR1sTLkJlbontDzUlADpj1bf1Dg609e0Se7kYnMI0uQ1nCc62em9wCcIM5wqAdB2OR2y2sVMQ0FL-U3cA4V3nCYuTVCCYh/s320/IMG_1435.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466400025715661474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sK3zRcK7XdSQ9j3vIoe3HT2HNveDYNAAAa08YzBPEDa_oBVC8qBl3R09kqrZE7ckeyMghkjTXWItWCU8gRJ0r2iXHAec8lxd1XyAddk9lTCdN2Fa2xSpg1mIOeYU30Mcl0e_vxOhSPGX/s1600/IMG_1439.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sK3zRcK7XdSQ9j3vIoe3HT2HNveDYNAAAa08YzBPEDa_oBVC8qBl3R09kqrZE7ckeyMghkjTXWItWCU8gRJ0r2iXHAec8lxd1XyAddk9lTCdN2Fa2xSpg1mIOeYU30Mcl0e_vxOhSPGX/s320/IMG_1439.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466400226459204402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0A2mDGB1To-GTEorcp43Aqjh_lWe9KV22TWNDnEXwJ2q5xCXR36jY7mgGnK16XPVyPY5rX_LKFXa7-BubETZ-eqAc1hG2PaqSTi4D6hEGQvbI3YjCiNLumoyP1KGphyphenhyphenofVHmNuEshxzt/s1600/IMG_1437.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0A2mDGB1To-GTEorcp43Aqjh_lWe9KV22TWNDnEXwJ2q5xCXR36jY7mgGnK16XPVyPY5rX_LKFXa7-BubETZ-eqAc1hG2PaqSTi4D6hEGQvbI3YjCiNLumoyP1KGphyphenhyphenofVHmNuEshxzt/s320/IMG_1437.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466400043738766722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qlVBJkhbXlHUjHFj45Khs8gj8aW2E5ySk71q3G10Os4_u5GWXQ6Tc0uTgQAd9rw9FnOS6M0isFkJ3rw-ZsnNLz3PpjUS2UhuWA6f7AwLy2PMzdgQ91O3T8_hD1LZEc7lMMx4NmMAuOVc/s1600/IMG_1436.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qlVBJkhbXlHUjHFj45Khs8gj8aW2E5ySk71q3G10Os4_u5GWXQ6Tc0uTgQAd9rw9FnOS6M0isFkJ3rw-ZsnNLz3PpjUS2UhuWA6f7AwLy2PMzdgQ91O3T8_hD1LZEc7lMMx4NmMAuOVc/s320/IMG_1436.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466400035915714738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">My gentleman friend needs help moving out, so I figured I would dress impractically and watch him move instead of contribute. Yay warm weather!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">urban outfitters shorts, Forever 21 shirt, Modcloth watch necklace, Target belt and headscarf</span></span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-54197973223300979112010-04-27T11:24:00.016-05:002010-04-27T11:51:05.822-05:00A floral touch.<span style="font-family:georgia;">I've been looking at a lot of floral hairpieces in the past week. I haven't bought anything yet (suggestions please), but all I know is that I really want to buy one. Sometimes a floral touch is all you need to add to a simple </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">summer outfit<span style="font-family:georgia;"> to make it really look good!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">ModCloth:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6ueiC8kjpy5SoZW1H97ZbbPrKoMN-WtRpEHO9jNzpckQGMrSYMmR38IKX3e6RKEKXVb2UgIPNuS99DqzFdMpkQSZjTCgC9_Rjjf9MXnq-5RafVScbQ1hFIwXBsJTIs5jF1ceXV4IGy8/s1600/modcloth_10763-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6ueiC8kjpy5SoZW1H97ZbbPrKoMN-WtRpEHO9jNzpckQGMrSYMmR38IKX3e6RKEKXVb2UgIPNuS99DqzFdMpkQSZjTCgC9_Rjjf9MXnq-5RafVScbQ1hFIwXBsJTIs5jF1ceXV4IGy8/s200/modcloth_10763-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464858275286242994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Mustard Seed Etsy (I discovered this one from <a href="http://matissecolor.blogspot.com/">simplyhue</a>):</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrLKa3qv599GltyQD1YS6Mlwq9Wd0O7omHqO6TzsaKlWugPnhgnRwe8nRGvidmphEUC0Jgy6tiILyy3jXblT4JQ2FPngL_HqNJxiXOErA2Y-vPpnvGwjam8-WDbLSFJsbx55DKTQLIs4/s1600/DiscoveredFrmSimplyHue_TheMustardSeed_il_430xN.135523918.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrLKa3qv599GltyQD1YS6Mlwq9Wd0O7omHqO6TzsaKlWugPnhgnRwe8nRGvidmphEUC0Jgy6tiILyy3jXblT4JQ2FPngL_HqNJxiXOErA2Y-vPpnvGwjam8-WDbLSFJsbx55DKTQLIs4/s200/DiscoveredFrmSimplyHue_TheMustardSeed_il_430xN.135523918.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464858416843020258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Peppermint Sage Etsy:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjjP8Fk5F0Z6h15wN0YFbCC6H-UOAV79LGOusFi9eBlj2az_4VlEiwG-dpKfrOdyyMrlX6tUD4CXwKY4YM1tNidw_cVDWHTr8-jHK8vp3KRQZ-_n9_2EL3R8mmWOl_ZmwBoBqoByF_U0/s1600/PeppermintSage_il_430xN.134346331.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjjP8Fk5F0Z6h15wN0YFbCC6H-UOAV79LGOusFi9eBlj2az_4VlEiwG-dpKfrOdyyMrlX6tUD4CXwKY4YM1tNidw_cVDWHTr8-jHK8vp3KRQZ-_n9_2EL3R8mmWOl_ZmwBoBqoByF_U0/s200/PeppermintSage_il_430xN.134346331.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464858558965138546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZzMWH0x51TLvpDNrVZHaYlnpgLgwvIamq4LYQwvfLwFSKCPe24eEezrD1ZLsEo21u6YYzJeEKpjrhw9KmJsN2BIQRSJs1fb_2plJ0tcbfigYMDJR4_pt016NRDr8bqDY9e6YjHMUbxY/s1600/il_430xN.134066009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZzMWH0x51TLvpDNrVZHaYlnpgLgwvIamq4LYQwvfLwFSKCPe24eEezrD1ZLsEo21u6YYzJeEKpjrhw9KmJsN2BIQRSJs1fb_2plJ0tcbfigYMDJR4_pt016NRDr8bqDY9e6YjHMUbxY/s200/il_430xN.134066009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464858629317953138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Love, Taza (I found this shop from <a href="http://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com/">rockstar diaries</a>):<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPL9Qr2pwbghWvjQTBedoU7y4vgoniQymr89NAgQ2nMecFouElxvqwvvGPwqOOPjmIhoaRjGD4EyEccwGYgRcohZF_zyP7FSEeBKyH8FimFjVcMetfftdtR_m_bGEEaRHR_QRMqaJrIJ0/s1600/18160016.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPL9Qr2pwbghWvjQTBedoU7y4vgoniQymr89NAgQ2nMecFouElxvqwvvGPwqOOPjmIhoaRjGD4EyEccwGYgRcohZF_zyP7FSEeBKyH8FimFjVcMetfftdtR_m_bGEEaRHR_QRMqaJrIJ0/s200/18160016.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464858859156696050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1O3QXIq7Jd3AWCjb1Uc8hEuW0MfFdFQI4BnIFPOo04bhlfwqPzfsmZa5FKcBZ9wRYCP5-pCAaBS_WRoxLfAzk82nfQ1lbPT5mIPAuxSx8LenGaMJywYfrKbv9OYz0HCCSk5rM_-wW1Dk/s1600/love,taza_rockstardiaries_175.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1O3QXIq7Jd3AWCjb1Uc8hEuW0MfFdFQI4BnIFPOo04bhlfwqPzfsmZa5FKcBZ9wRYCP5-pCAaBS_WRoxLfAzk82nfQ1lbPT5mIPAuxSx8LenGaMJywYfrKbv9OYz0HCCSk5rM_-wW1Dk/s200/love,taza_rockstardiaries_175.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464858926087899602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTADSz-BELHWfu2VqQ6bln76hqHQeLcOtFTvuk0meK715PLKAIYk8dmeP2omKuPZg4Jj9fIo8QQZ7XaJT9cquFI2VtAVxg5XgV1MePAfzD9BYYFuSNg91Nd0FFw1S1GrBxUK9clwF9TA/s1600/300.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTADSz-BELHWfu2VqQ6bln76hqHQeLcOtFTvuk0meK715PLKAIYk8dmeP2omKuPZg4Jj9fIo8QQZ7XaJT9cquFI2VtAVxg5XgV1MePAfzD9BYYFuSNg91Nd0FFw1S1GrBxUK9clwF9TA/s200/300.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464858800356221874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Lou and Lee Etsy:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_lRiX6emBUc9N4-HgtQBktaJEP6PxCHbzfhyphenhyphenCRYOXtGVlrEycmEsrQxh3mZNIRgSawNsN-C1zx4oFzJBV4K5Y_U-7uGsUID9jZtOf-udK_c5ZUgooeQlhvwpjkEDjmC5ckk4723p6-M/s1600/il_430xN.140294570.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_lRiX6emBUc9N4-HgtQBktaJEP6PxCHbzfhyphenhyphenCRYOXtGVlrEycmEsrQxh3mZNIRgSawNsN-C1zx4oFzJBV4K5Y_U-7uGsUID9jZtOf-udK_c5ZUgooeQlhvwpjkEDjmC5ckk4723p6-M/s200/il_430xN.140294570.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464859246160511746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhQNrBFUzSw5qCwSzoEKlTXcKSrHlFRZz6xtYLrg9IMjAj1_zZUSBwXJ2uaNRGwOjprvJ1CgMo96-IxpT4HC3ZOpxeXi7ggkZf10tfmsQJX8XGrKUEiNLGuVKmLqqNLdkzPOrE9Uup3Q/s1600/LouAndLee_il_430xN.136394826.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhQNrBFUzSw5qCwSzoEKlTXcKSrHlFRZz6xtYLrg9IMjAj1_zZUSBwXJ2uaNRGwOjprvJ1CgMo96-IxpT4HC3ZOpxeXi7ggkZf10tfmsQJX8XGrKUEiNLGuVKmLqqNLdkzPOrE9Uup3Q/s200/LouAndLee_il_430xN.136394826.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464859182699012882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">So do you guys think you can help me at least narrow it down to a shop?</span></span> Right now I</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">m leaning towards Lour and Lee Etsy or Love, Taza... Hard choices! Last thing- Check out these AWESOME sock things! I bought the octopus ones, haha.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNdwET_OKSc-yqTkPFVCLQOsqNMX-NI6CAltH6Ex0aZ_AziydZv1hBXcdrbSy5mjciIhx9S6pfhAkwcWvxulj0RUqQ4ugvYnxXvDAdFL9IB5l5R_BSfmhIQ4JW7t0XQvFlFNcInSf_dY/s1600/il_430xN.138181407.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNdwET_OKSc-yqTkPFVCLQOsqNMX-NI6CAltH6Ex0aZ_AziydZv1hBXcdrbSy5mjciIhx9S6pfhAkwcWvxulj0RUqQ4ugvYnxXvDAdFL9IB5l5R_BSfmhIQ4JW7t0XQvFlFNcInSf_dY/s200/il_430xN.138181407.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464859869537292674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeguCXAnrNf47OPWJmfb8P5-5YXZ5qqChFuNh723nFnikecKYR0XaY8rf3ll9dt1zjtqdgUlXkgzGrW0EJuBRZWCfx8OtXMI_2wWE48q_ucnbYngB38AZL9ZNC7Vh6WhG56gCgbjNNQ9A/s1600/il_430xN.138127842.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeguCXAnrNf47OPWJmfb8P5-5YXZ5qqChFuNh723nFnikecKYR0XaY8rf3ll9dt1zjtqdgUlXkgzGrW0EJuBRZWCfx8OtXMI_2wWE48q_ucnbYngB38AZL9ZNC7Vh6WhG56gCgbjNNQ9A/s200/il_430xN.138127842.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464859966171028738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPat_R5v6VD_GLygJNmjzwA3r-ZqmpBfS8sF2H1KP93dVjLcktypMykBNkF1s5PzZQ3B45R0ASsC1KliyziWzK3llH26zW-IstUEJvjQpRiB-1uS-VK3oUEB3Y7JreQcx5N2z0hVdKu0c/s1600/il_430xN.138340530.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPat_R5v6VD_GLygJNmjzwA3r-ZqmpBfS8sF2H1KP93dVjLcktypMykBNkF1s5PzZQ3B45R0ASsC1KliyziWzK3llH26zW-IstUEJvjQpRiB-1uS-VK3oUEB3Y7JreQcx5N2z0hVdKu0c/s200/il_430xN.138340530.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464859917609091154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">'</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">(from </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/post">tattoo socks & more etsy </a><span style="font-family: georgia;">in case you were wondering)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:78%;">xo, Alexi</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /></span></span>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-85685580465316531442010-04-24T02:19:00.009-05:002010-04-24T02:33:46.700-05:00In my mother's shoes<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZv3-ILOFTOxfCUvgM1BR5MmXja4nXdCvf7pdDjdelhfx4SYDEUmYH47Yf6tM9EZMnG9rhwkCwjjFZhsrtPrKmDp7HKX_UtPSy4mCgptNgSOyynSuXrspI3rpuh9zxGytR0yDlyRwI8c/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZv3-ILOFTOxfCUvgM1BR5MmXja4nXdCvf7pdDjdelhfx4SYDEUmYH47Yf6tM9EZMnG9rhwkCwjjFZhsrtPrKmDp7HKX_UtPSy4mCgptNgSOyynSuXrspI3rpuh9zxGytR0yDlyRwI8c/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463600981612112706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAsojtJJl0nASETxLmSETqb9YBn8_2A4UHZ9-OfEWJzMQ1BoXCCbeAH76iHEPFR3mjqA3dKfNvzGS2hk1EzBY1pj3qxAoRGsZIHuRznfjv0_U_IrqtiIqXt48yf5Z7DOsVqJvfzz1toc/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAsojtJJl0nASETxLmSETqb9YBn8_2A4UHZ9-OfEWJzMQ1BoXCCbeAH76iHEPFR3mjqA3dKfNvzGS2hk1EzBY1pj3qxAoRGsZIHuRznfjv0_U_IrqtiIqXt48yf5Z7DOsVqJvfzz1toc/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463600924498033458" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I had a little bit of fun playing around with the lighting from outside. Sorry, but this is as professional as my pictures get. My camera is skillfully hanging from some books on my bookshelf so that I can get it at the right height.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuOLBvqBFwhMW-_l1y1YlkIiin_ioKHgJFHyvbZlT82BaMuA5MFW-caanVywoE2Sa6xoLENAIPJEpuhSOEanYrEIdV6TwOeBJ3mKW5LiCxl3BQTD6QunQGbAyjBgSGQWFkYE9osIrQy4/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuOLBvqBFwhMW-_l1y1YlkIiin_ioKHgJFHyvbZlT82BaMuA5MFW-caanVywoE2Sa6xoLENAIPJEpuhSOEanYrEIdV6TwOeBJ3mKW5LiCxl3BQTD6QunQGbAyjBgSGQWFkYE9osIrQy4/s400/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463601083940807554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRA8SGIeS3p0GOE_mfcSfwR2FRmLdF46O4hwGX4FfEldtQfEKIjISf_bUwU_Q2LhBFi76Z4nyzb6Tzi6bNyM6u4hiiUv-Z-Ot3k6i3USVqLFMQP5seMPqSf3-pG5N166xWE42Q4d_j14/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRA8SGIeS3p0GOE_mfcSfwR2FRmLdF46O4hwGX4FfEldtQfEKIjISf_bUwU_Q2LhBFi76Z4nyzb6Tzi6bNyM6u4hiiUv-Z-Ot3k6i3USVqLFMQP5seMPqSf3-pG5N166xWE42Q4d_j14/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463601039006156978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Necklace: </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Forever 21<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mesh top:</span> Aeropostale<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tank Top: </span>American Eagle<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Skirt:</span> Zara<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tights:</span> H&M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shoes: </span>Salvatore Ferragamo<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">As you can tell from the title, the shoes were my mom's. They're a bit small on me, which is funny because my mom's </span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">feet are bigger than mine now (*sarcastic tone* I guess mom's bodies change after pregnancy or something like that). I also have a few pants from her that are tight on me. I know I'm not the thinnest person in the world, but I was surprised at how small my mom must have been! She was a model, though, so that makes sense. Do you have anything clothes/accessories that you would like to give your children?</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">xo, Alexi</span></span><br /></div>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-72397143897328440812010-04-22T19:55:00.005-05:002010-04-22T20:07:08.143-05:00Target<span style="font-family:georgia;">Okay everyone. This is IMPORTANT. Don't forget that this Sunday Target is selling Zac Posen clothing! I don't know about you, but I completely forgot about that coming up, so just a heads up.</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chicintuition.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/target-zac-posen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 591px; height: 591px;" src="http://www.chicintuition.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/target-zac-posen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Also- guess who did some modcloth shopping? MOI. Actually, both the steampunk dolls did some modcloth shopping. Genny was just telling me about a dress she just bought from there, which then inspired me to order a few things. I might've spent a hefty amount, but whatever. Two of my items were on sale! Here's what I bought.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYv4VM_qofSsJmLyXw33iFsx1BP-JPGH7a4fI5p3AW82z8hUJok8SUOZ69Nj_ym3KFOmViy44GBVq08z3UnxvL7v6hy_redQTYxpc7OP8Qy8uO5Tji3IUImZjUNFAIJ9sf2AHae7vjcv0/s1600/Picture+2cropped.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYv4VM_qofSsJmLyXw33iFsx1BP-JPGH7a4fI5p3AW82z8hUJok8SUOZ69Nj_ym3KFOmViy44GBVq08z3UnxvL7v6hy_redQTYxpc7OP8Qy8uO5Tji3IUImZjUNFAIJ9sf2AHae7vjcv0/s400/Picture+2cropped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463132864882433602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Lastly, <a href="http://selectivepotential.blogspot.com/">Selective Potential</a> is one of my favorite blogs. She has a giveaway that's open until Sunday</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, so you guys should check it out. Of course, I want the beautiful necklace for myself, but I thought I'd let you guys know anyways since I love you all. </span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br />Tomorrow's Friday! Wa-HOO! I hope you've all had a great week. Any weekend plans other then Target shopping?</span> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">xo, Alexi</span></span><br /></div>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-43432941655820074492010-04-20T18:11:00.005-05:002010-04-20T18:29:21.532-05:00ITALY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://geology.com/world/italy-map.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 602px; height: 750px;" src="http://geology.com/world/italy-map.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Guess what?!?! I'm going to <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">T</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">A</span>L<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">A</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> </span>this summer!!! For all you followers out there, I did a post about my awesome marketing professor. She's teaching a fashion marketing class in Rome for two weeks and afterwards we're going to Milan for fashion shows. This is a total dream come true! I just have to get my visa together...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.freefoto.com/images/14/26/14_26_4---Trevi-Fountain--Rome--Italy_web.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 159px;" src="http://www.freefoto.com/images/14/26/14_26_4---Trevi-Fountain--Rome--Italy_web.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jeanfairy.com/shop/images/Fendi.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 127px;" src="http://jeanfairy.com/shop/images/Fendi.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://itsthattimeagain.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/valentino-garavani-retires-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 167px;" src="http://itsthattimeagain.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/valentino-garavani-retires-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dweb.repubblica.it/dweb/images/2009/02/21/D634.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 158px;" src="http://dweb.repubblica.it/dweb/images/2009/02/21/D634.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://api.ning.com/files/oYUCdOcsDmICbloExZGtQTd1Z-juq4nbf2A9RvBIvjBR5DdW6i0Wb2kH0OX5flpcUBCyrrGmKuv-6tSF8IhNrubUikQZh3UH/ItalyLake_Garda.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 149px;" src="http://api.ning.com/files/oYUCdOcsDmICbloExZGtQTd1Z-juq4nbf2A9RvBIvjBR5DdW6i0Wb2kH0OX5flpcUBCyrrGmKuv-6tSF8IhNrubUikQZh3UH/ItalyLake_Garda.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.photoatlas.com/photo/italy_vatican.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 135px;" src="http://www.photoatlas.com/photo/italy_vatican.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://speakertv.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/giorgio_armani.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 141px;" src="http://speakertv.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/giorgio_armani.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.concierge.com/images/destinations/destinationguide/europe/italy/rome/rome/rome_030p.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 131px;" src="http://www.concierge.com/images/destinations/destinationguide/europe/italy/rome/rome/rome_030p.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.abcfotos.com/images/fotos-futbol-seleccion-italia-campeona-p.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 135px;" src="http://www.abcfotos.com/images/fotos-futbol-seleccion-italia-campeona-p.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">P.S. I've never been to Italy before. Any suggestions? Places I have to see? People I need to stalk (cough cough, Valentino....)<br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;" >xo, Alexi</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-67374036352979661472010-04-10T12:35:00.004-05:002010-04-10T12:40:07.381-05:00VERY IMPORTANT<div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;">Look. Look at this dog.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija51VqmNFGmn3w6CekozHP3OcYHLVqdbrnsC_IoUREQ2xdsli5Q-uImRrVY7l7IxXa1F69YSvfR5yJmvsc99-raYl4JPxlblOWgBKPIjoG07f_S3WgjRYxkbRRjWk5bQHkMMN0FVdrOzt/s1600/screen-capture.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija51VqmNFGmn3w6CekozHP3OcYHLVqdbrnsC_IoUREQ2xdsli5Q-uImRrVY7l7IxXa1F69YSvfR5yJmvsc99-raYl4JPxlblOWgBKPIjoG07f_S3WgjRYxkbRRjWk5bQHkMMN0FVdrOzt/s320/screen-capture.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458564159949379266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">This dog is a hipster talking about steampunk (totally applicable). No, I just saw the steampunk</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">and thought, "this is a great way to include something our blog is sorely lacking, and that is puppies". This is a picture from</span> <a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com/">hipster puppies</a><span style="font-family:courier new;">, a completely awesome website FYI. Enjoy a carefree and hopefully puppy filled Saturday!</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-3203043274450019572010-04-08T22:48:00.008-05:002010-04-08T23:09:42.778-05:00Places Worth the CTA Money: Chinatown<div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;">On Monday I visited Chicago's very own Chinatown, off the red line (Cermak-Chinatown)! Good times: fun sights, interesting shops, thus totally worth a visit if you're in the area. There is not a lot of clothing shops, it is more filled with restaurants, trinket and souvenir sores, and what I like to call weird-food stores (my personal favorite). It's a beautiful section of the city to wander around in aimlessly, while dressed fabulously of course. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82mVcxPjDtbgrDT9mKtWAjnVFTyYncPSckr2UFJ143zwzL3bT0CnsnhdH5gFFbuDoMbKTu0IjhWeplxGsdB4pnmnCXQo9ZR796dJ0ix9JwEGdWdYUMrpHHc9ImSbyr1EuDW62d1hgr9ss/s320/IMG_1426.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457979993066211842" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-72051750013948698442010-04-07T12:53:00.014-05:002010-04-07T13:15:40.569-05:00The Red Line: North and Clybourn<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcOUtkdc98R7WNXXycHGZfNHJWa-yjh8AGjrTGBK_XraCfp3USRibCfKw__q1zFVfTxWnISnBJazeKVEii0CY4UrjtyXNgwlWI6MxfCwx0TJ_ErQwv5W0G9k1e9kthlyrR8XgELjOTp0/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcOUtkdc98R7WNXXycHGZfNHJWa-yjh8AGjrTGBK_XraCfp3USRibCfKw__q1zFVfTxWnISnBJazeKVEii0CY4UrjtyXNgwlWI6MxfCwx0TJ_ErQwv5W0G9k1e9kthlyrR8XgELjOTp0/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457457423642321106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">One of my best friends wor</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">ks at the Old Navy at the North/Clybourn st</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">op and after visiting her there multiple times, it has become one of my favorite places to</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> shop. The Belmont stop and Wicker Park will always and forever be my favorite stops on the El, but t</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">he next time you want to shop down Michigan Avenue- you might want to consider North/Clybourn instead. It's much quieter, there. Also, there's an American Eagle, Victoria's Secret, Express, J.Crew, Banana Republic, Old Navy, and THE CONTAINER STORE.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><--Here's me in my constant state of shopping. This was when it was still snowing a bit, so that's why I've got my winder coat on.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQuyw65J72Y9DW-SAU_0CrrokkBhwD7u8jbAzXc1XU48B8tm0PC0RfGMzt9pZmnOP4ZXzSzRYR-8jE7pCkErPmM11QQ0elo39PkghJY0L4r__wsub0zXhtEjSgQRffoNZ-YDbFphEQV8/s1600/6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQuyw65J72Y9DW-SAU_0CrrokkBhwD7u8jbAzXc1XU48B8tm0PC0RfGMzt9pZmnOP4ZXzSzRYR-8jE7pCkErPmM11QQ0elo39PkghJY0L4r__wsub0zXhtEjSgQRffoNZ-YDbFphEQV8/s320/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457456838497473954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZalH7O22UaVkFjw-WHdvCuSKUZI4O5WUhq8B-s7RJv_eiHTT4pLCiYsLSDSwJtNLiOmna0VDbAhtCz6wW45RLP_seZAd2pmVYTvddHaerUMdPDqAoBSR11CqIAAVmERK6E3U-eJSvj5M/s1600/7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZalH7O22UaVkFjw-WHdvCuSKUZI4O5WUhq8B-s7RJv_eiHTT4pLCiYsLSDSwJtNLiOmna0VDbAhtCz6wW45RLP_seZAd2pmVYTvddHaerUMdPDqAoBSR11CqIAAVmERK6E3U-eJSvj5M/s320/7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457456904803771394" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">J.Crew's most recent display windows. I'm in love...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgUjQ4pZsaR2M-THB2d2pzigU8BOal1AiDKczFFC9CqvZNt0OYouqBIHW1CGDc_JiQeBzEL8Agkj44u1HU9BwVCXZojw86sGZmjd0mvFmdrANu-RUtq8z0UDV25H3r4fhYEBipWxEfV0/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgUjQ4pZsaR2M-THB2d2pzigU8BOal1AiDKczFFC9CqvZNt0OYouqBIHW1CGDc_JiQeBzEL8Agkj44u1HU9BwVCXZojw86sGZmjd0mvFmdrANu-RUtq8z0UDV25H3r4fhYEBipWxEfV0/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457458160428970402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH86hTEoFq1Cyy9uJsRQMyDSe8Sg4QbQh2apfGinmJ0CcrKffxVkTnGca-CUMJnkrYG1Zdhv8Eh9UYDFwpDQkB6GDGKo0aEZQC4AvU8mAHQCqgAyWNLq7ZeMYRMSlR7yAuXEi1p6iikY0/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH86hTEoFq1Cyy9uJsRQMyDSe8Sg4QbQh2apfGinmJ0CcrKffxVkTnGca-CUMJnkrYG1Zdhv8Eh9UYDFwpDQkB6GDGKo0aEZQC4AvU8mAHQCqgAyWNLq7ZeMYRMSlR7yAuXEi1p6iikY0/s400/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457458324202934642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3aPtx-X_L_Qta_orz_pWo0loCnN_witZoaki7lwf8IXo_8DPDOKVVjvZlcalq8r9whgOJoTUH-2qRh_4aXlfAJaCPYzk7d8L1U1clHIcVfKtFYu6cS34fzq5ycNuHLC0slIrpkPrgUQ/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3aPtx-X_L_Qta_orz_pWo0loCnN_witZoaki7lwf8IXo_8DPDOKVVjvZlcalq8r9whgOJoTUH-2qRh_4aXlfAJaCPYzk7d8L1U1clHIcVfKtFYu6cS34fzq5ycNuHLC0slIrpkPrgUQ/s400/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457458398774093810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Top:</span> Flea market in the Philippines<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Skirt:</span> Forever 21<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TIghts: </span>Filene's Basement<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Socks: </span>Old Navy<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shoes: </span>Piperlime.com<br /><br /></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So do you guys any unusual places you like to shop? I hope your week is going well. Last thing: I was a creeper and took a picture of this older lady a few days ago. She SPIKED her grey hair!!! How awesome is that?!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDl0MfTvl4C6UXoTonYWzzlZSITztdjSzxrV0DbiwIcyNJoNnpqMxq19pgyvPwMtUp0jocDpQeYbo2CbP9DaYPBEIwbkbjSLObPVGPZALH2-uKN2B7-ZW3c8HaYjzggDo7lOsBn0NiIAw/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDl0MfTvl4C6UXoTonYWzzlZSITztdjSzxrV0DbiwIcyNJoNnpqMxq19pgyvPwMtUp0jocDpQeYbo2CbP9DaYPBEIwbkbjSLObPVGPZALH2-uKN2B7-ZW3c8HaYjzggDo7lOsBn0NiIAw/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457460146820724338" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;" >xo, Alexi</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7aL9u42hMskxmRy6ENwUj8HqxBbFd_gpqRpCUIWq8VtocCOg5zIkHmLogJFFslZhOZjFdiDdBO-eZTWyV9gYbOcxILTT7pMu964jXW2qInD2QEWS-3RTXcHEWQ2hgRh9ut3eJq8cmxw/s1600/2.jpg"><br /></a>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-76659132530857532792010-04-02T12:15:00.017-05:002010-04-02T15:31:39.832-05:00Gap shopping<span style="font-family:georgia;">So I found a sale, bought a lot of stuff, and spent money that I'm not supposed to spend. What else is new? Here are some of the things I bought:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpzrySRLJkBqEJdgOy36TM5dgOKcQ6_cjM2UXZGHu-acJt1G7FEC7-5dOjqgG7fBC6BLRrPURgMYxXAKYeCTsbKTZkL7S81sAUSjuMGxx0Qhsg_d0H1nz5yR7JqPPcEpXGACSDILzgaM/s1600/hoodie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 82px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpzrySRLJkBqEJdgOy36TM5dgOKcQ6_cjM2UXZGHu-acJt1G7FEC7-5dOjqgG7fBC6BLRrPURgMYxXAKYeCTsbKTZkL7S81sAUSjuMGxx0Qhsg_d0H1nz5yR7JqPPcEpXGACSDILzgaM/s200/hoodie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455590641496010434" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:georgia;">This sweater, but in lime green $15</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-UGg1kwXca2nyHN4RSxHXdMU-d0wlYWTCdExh5OHYR04HC9qG-BEBZGpzrwVoSjUqxO7JynG92c1gWCrT3wH1fI5f7UhswgLEUptGiOriL-2JSaRgDDJO0qD3qgxfolAVhW4xGVCe1Y/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 84px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-UGg1kwXca2nyHN4RSxHXdMU-d0wlYWTCdExh5OHYR04HC9qG-BEBZGpzrwVoSjUqxO7JynG92c1gWCrT3wH1fI5f7UhswgLEUptGiOriL-2JSaRgDDJO0qD3qgxfolAVhW4xGVCe1Y/s200/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455590792227950674" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:georgia;">A very comfy top for $10</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">3) An orange pullover for $20 (sorry, I couldn't find a picture online</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6qX3_6L02gh-FknLwvzY7TdJELuPtt2VaKEHf5BiN4BIM-pVgOF0uWlnMoGkphsj88wQt98jGoRgofyp0WghjgGPWgFStSjXRuRG4x2jBsUKkSMRcejLPvKJIblsy3aC0jm35ISK3Ao/s1600/Photo+212.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6qX3_6L02gh-FknLwvzY7TdJELuPtt2VaKEHf5BiN4BIM-pVgOF0uWlnMoGkphsj88wQt98jGoRgofyp0WghjgGPWgFStSjXRuRG4x2jBsUKkSMRcejLPvKJIblsy3aC0jm35ISK3Ao/s400/Photo+212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455594122401351842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">And of course, here's me showing off some of my new stuff!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I wore my pullover to the gym today. It's sooo comfy!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Also it was sunny, but still a little chilly today. So my new top plus a skirt and tights were perfect!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tIEv58QUSE53M2R7YPps7OtLl_iyYefiGWZIkstgfots2Bh2hMeeT1B_j5tfzzT1gLPkEHMVaSHgQbNXKs2BAso3kxFBerm03VwBBR0XH6SIdjJ-RwHgl_JLpMIRyzcDnLuWXnoGTmE/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tIEv58QUSE53M2R7YPps7OtLl_iyYefiGWZIkstgfots2Bh2hMeeT1B_j5tfzzT1gLPkEHMVaSHgQbNXKs2BAso3kxFBerm03VwBBR0XH6SIdjJ-RwHgl_JLpMIRyzcDnLuWXnoGTmE/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455594476654394946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqp_VhR5VegW9Smz7aQXBsHywN1v9yb6J2g_pKAN_aINQbSCTOyu4lwPSDJeHFMJIGCAzwVyxeMlq5vZA29Xon0_FrON22RhS7s-3dQI1mmrby25cI8vQamaq8gyUwmR9PkmlBShkZqg/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqp_VhR5VegW9Smz7aQXBsHywN1v9yb6J2g_pKAN_aINQbSCTOyu4lwPSDJeHFMJIGCAzwVyxeMlq5vZA29Xon0_FrON22RhS7s-3dQI1mmrby25cI8vQamaq8gyUwmR9PkmlBShkZqg/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455594537374745746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufwl-Xk5KI8QTNDk8FLIPr-NiRiM3IWNRdNj9Ocfow81VBE9I-4shXyJYoz8aUQYi2gINpkNff-Ilps1Ks_U8TzHtvrILTsrX025TFyxpNIV1J8kwcrwMU-feHRS_QV8yUPpT3f6ohbo/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufwl-Xk5KI8QTNDk8FLIPr-NiRiM3IWNRdNj9Ocfow81VBE9I-4shXyJYoz8aUQYi2gINpkNff-Ilps1Ks_U8TzHtvrILTsrX025TFyxpNIV1J8kwcrwMU-feHRS_QV8yUPpT3f6ohbo/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455594597784859042" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Top: </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gap<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Skirt:</span> Singapore<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Bracelet:</span> DIY<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Tights<span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span> Target<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Shoes: </span>Piperlime.com<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I later discovered that the bathroom has much better lighting, haha.<br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">xo, Alexi</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div></div>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-29792965819654229582010-03-30T09:27:00.004-05:002010-03-30T16:05:39.782-05:00Check Me Out: Flavor Flav Edition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItzRwcXFBB5l4ZtlZEkcG9DnhvrIlhuvl-K_NvwcFlfjw-ovbfEQ-zdw0olyW55zkv2lkdxnF8n26qBtKnoENjvVmER6IIH5uZUIO-Cdy_RAo68kAWImzQQbWUj9D3ph-D_dLMNRvx-Mo/s1600/IMG_1418.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAMk8HIj7vHMboOO0BEWaQzGEwTen85V8H4F2NqiXE201-lIl6BR2iQpiGx5l5id50uk8bFuxRHda43bmWUVo2bFyhRXIQ7KH7jgDQ-5NgCF_iVBejy31EpKcxZu3Btg0B8FiuapWFXEV/s320/IMG_1420.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454434197649677362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZnacgPn41-wiyvK3Z-fpRvg2wUdjghy6p4clDwOofSbVhu2WcH4tK3XVvvmTI1HmOssEtmMtZ8_ZKccdB9_BWLQpXabjppONDrDR6JF_Rn_1meLhIDr_BIJ7PaI78eGjxapq96H0jBAz/s1600/IMG_1423.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZnacgPn41-wiyvK3Z-fpRvg2wUdjghy6p4clDwOofSbVhu2WcH4tK3XVvvmTI1HmOssEtmMtZ8_ZKccdB9_BWLQpXabjppONDrDR6JF_Rn_1meLhIDr_BIJ7PaI78eGjxapq96H0jBAz/s320/IMG_1423.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454434189041482786" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Check me out, with my new timepiece and snazzy shoes. Funny story, this store Alexi & I both enjoy off the Belmont stop on the red line (that's el talk for all the Chicagoans out there) called Nevermind was having some sort of sale. Despite going there separately, we each ended up with the same pair of shoes. Clearly pretty minds think alike. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">dress is thrifted, shoes from Nevermind in Chicago, jacket and hair bow are Forever 21, watch necklace from <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Accessories/Necklaces/Time+for+Romance+Necklace">ModCloth.com</a></span></span></span><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-61627958517028334552010-03-28T21:52:00.004-05:002010-03-29T18:15:01.464-05:00Makeup Skills?First on Effy...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3357516611_04d172a2e0_m.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3357516611_04d172a2e0_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now on me!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGawSB4lZ-dHDSHt0YQ2gZtEqIANNEdWRBa8qXakcoXmFAtCPJoz4nTobcVIs9RqttfPtWtYTN285RG05diZp8TgVb8rESaW_RvgEXtwEPIOnq_jQh7k6hSa9nmviWzMwJjrYSY3mnOHAM/s1600/Photo+on+2010-03-29+at+18.12.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGawSB4lZ-dHDSHt0YQ2gZtEqIANNEdWRBa8qXakcoXmFAtCPJoz4nTobcVIs9RqttfPtWtYTN285RG05diZp8TgVb8rESaW_RvgEXtwEPIOnq_jQh7k6hSa9nmviWzMwJjrYSY3mnOHAM/s320/Photo+on+2010-03-29+at+18.12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454197809340968962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUsAaRz5N7RtLJvrizH3u3T2JO-VJTZI9Ga9aFR-xtcVtjfq1Qj6pxr193Ioh96PU0GvkHTFitMQZ3YaTwK8FKsrGNY_zgarq58TEZV63PLOy_SZVGOycrIDqefXHzwkKKNqWYg7x77C3/s1600/Photo+on+2010-03-29+at+18.11+%234.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUsAaRz5N7RtLJvrizH3u3T2JO-VJTZI9Ga9aFR-xtcVtjfq1Qj6pxr193Ioh96PU0GvkHTFitMQZ3YaTwK8FKsrGNY_zgarq58TEZV63PLOy_SZVGOycrIDqefXHzwkKKNqWYg7x77C3/s320/Photo+on+2010-03-29+at+18.11+%234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454197815245013986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So my first attempt at a makeup tutorial. I'm going for the above look, but I did mine a lot lighter and less intense because I'm not a total BAMF like Effy. Please watch and let me know what you think!</span><br /></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzJOp4asmy8KEeXIcIPzktI66jaZfUmVIrYkZKHNgsTnd4NiZ-AK4f-RY01yNqPK8Az6xHPcsXdmZB1jvxM' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-45534798311549417202010-03-28T17:27:00.009-05:002010-03-28T17:44:57.531-05:00Chained<span style="font-family:georgia;">It's been getting warmer, but still not that great. This is the FIRST time I've worn shorts with tights, though! I felt sooo self-conscious, haha</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9R2xW1IfqQZoSoig6oHXDlGAa7Tq87JTQDk30MIsQORuVPVHOsoG3UVGQc8yB6tkHJq5tmeMlAcyGlVNgx9XD8ieE04sYGjkSTeaJV_WgvODSeGy6D-HYyho0pIq5TkEz2n0dZ1-Ho4/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9R2xW1IfqQZoSoig6oHXDlGAa7Tq87JTQDk30MIsQORuVPVHOsoG3UVGQc8yB6tkHJq5tmeMlAcyGlVNgx9XD8ieE04sYGjkSTeaJV_WgvODSeGy6D-HYyho0pIq5TkEz2n0dZ1-Ho4/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453817136585465314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cDCpKOYiyARVXsKG8IR5CBfdIlkDplJV42tegIAojshfeHBI8L717TpqWl_unpE-hiUZjarMBpLJHEkwwWMmnXzN0f9RI8Aj6RWJHwzF2pkr2hwlkIsRUj-B-2VH4RS77zUpgYATJeM/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cDCpKOYiyARVXsKG8IR5CBfdIlkDplJV42tegIAojshfeHBI8L717TpqWl_unpE-hiUZjarMBpLJHEkwwWMmnXzN0f9RI8Aj6RWJHwzF2pkr2hwlkIsRUj-B-2VH4RS77zUpgYATJeM/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453817227144639026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">All my bling...</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-El6abyYlhvO3G5bx024mPT8lt4rJDc6KLfFfRxX5LY03wNhvsAGiuxetB05WtqexcHdFv_PNmQpkBEB5Y4g3jBTEhyrI5RQrFZzIC4fWYpvPvaCTiUEALimyPVTTB5ViQqiFBaL85YU/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-El6abyYlhvO3G5bx024mPT8lt4rJDc6KLfFfRxX5LY03wNhvsAGiuxetB05WtqexcHdFv_PNmQpkBEB5Y4g3jBTEhyrI5RQrFZzIC4fWYpvPvaCTiUEALimyPVTTB5ViQqiFBaL85YU/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453817399984350242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Earrings:</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Martin+Osa</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Necklaces: </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Flower= Urban Outfitters; Best Friends= Christmas gift</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Vest:</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"> American Eagle</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Tee: </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Target</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Bracelets: </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">mix of American Eagle and DIY's</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Shorts: </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Hollister</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Tights: </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Target</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Boots: </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">Zara</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">xo, Alexi</span></span><br /></div>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-36619604642532151582010-03-25T11:16:00.009-05:002010-03-25T12:19:11.296-05:00I promise I havne't left you...<span style="font-family:georgia;">I HAVEN"T ABANDONED YOU! I PROMISE, I PROMISE!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Just like Genny- I've been super busy since Spring Break. I simply can't wait for the weekend. All I have to say is...</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">FCUK YES tomorrow's Friday. </span><div><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/thursday/set?.embedder=786388&.mid=embed&id=16772617"><img alt="Thursday" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFnNETXAxQzR0M3hHbFVSdjg3Ukxyb1EAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Thursday" border="0" height="400" width="400" /></a><br /><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/thursday/set?.embedder=786388&.mid=embed&id=16772617">Thursday</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=786388&.mid=embed&id=786388">NEED$$forFASHION</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/valentino_skirts/shop?brand=Valentino&category_id=7">Valentino skirts</a></small></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Also, Spring Break was lots of fun. I got to spend the first half of the week with friends then the second half with family:</span><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7QB6ANl5OfvfnRxZ5jUE26cribOFoXLrsPM68EaTkS67pfCVJpEMSHkruiWKg8HWTIaEh4JAdwHUnlFh1eV4s3v_z4aQBpZI4epvE4ApPMESSRHdUezCW6h3SYWEesoRZgranfa6L4Y/s1600/CIMG7781.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7QB6ANl5OfvfnRxZ5jUE26cribOFoXLrsPM68EaTkS67pfCVJpEMSHkruiWKg8HWTIaEh4JAdwHUnlFh1eV4s3v_z4aQBpZI4epvE4ApPMESSRHdUezCW6h3SYWEesoRZgranfa6L4Y/s320/CIMG7781.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452620789651372690" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLn77ylZu6SUMICSRAVZXnlRmIZp4tPVZcwkzU11qp6w9v8v4rXhRRUsMVJXo5Vh2Ipxzz4gt2CNjgKcVrrJXLw3QXNcX240thIfZa4SGdjg8akisLYT41w0c6FHMjVZ53rYGgxp18xs0/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLn77ylZu6SUMICSRAVZXnlRmIZp4tPVZcwkzU11qp6w9v8v4rXhRRUsMVJXo5Vh2Ipxzz4gt2CNjgKcVrrJXLw3QXNcX240thIfZa4SGdjg8akisLYT41w0c6FHMjVZ53rYGgxp18xs0/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452620637335242546" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSV3M1KjtXU3BFFWqddtGBQkHIE4mrWjk3df8Ygf3pz-EH5e2HIGtaZJyn8ShfrEQwvqcJyK4Xw_vANVt02tqEZG4yQ0cU0TvoPHPT7rwTkA6FbeG8MRmoCayF7IvwRierCuE6KQwVvs/s1600/8.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSV3M1KjtXU3BFFWqddtGBQkHIE4mrWjk3df8Ygf3pz-EH5e2HIGtaZJyn8ShfrEQwvqcJyK4Xw_vANVt02tqEZG4yQ0cU0TvoPHPT7rwTkA6FbeG8MRmoCayF7IvwRierCuE6KQwVvs/s320/8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452620733224161826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">1. Road trip to U of I</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">2. Mustache party!!! Urban Outfitters sold mustache stickers for $1.50</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">3. Ohhhh my family's so silly! We did this for no reason</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Have you guys had any vacation time lately?</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Mine was MUCH needed</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >xo, Alexi</span></span><br /></div>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-30502309103986489722010-03-24T00:34:00.004-05:002010-03-24T00:51:31.684-05:00SKINS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/20/202476/04_2009/8b7379cb05d239fe_skins.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 610px; height: 375px;" src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/20/202476/04_2009/8b7379cb05d239fe_skins.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I am so completely totally 100% obsessed with the UK series <a href="http://www.e4.com/skins/">Skins</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09BRwe5jowA">Seriously</a>, I'm <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMHmsmi-VN8">addicted</a>, I <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7do0QaTzg">need</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpdrQRSIg_g">help</a>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Maybe at a later (less BUSYBUSYBUSY) date I'll go ahead and post something more in-depth about the fashion on Skins, but for now please enjoy my picturexplosion.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.evavavoom.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/skins-emily-katie.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 205px;" src="http://www.evavavoom.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/skins-emily-katie.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.katiehyams.com/USERIMAGES/skins%20200.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 205px;" src="http://www.katiehyams.com/USERIMAGES/skins%20200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.e4.com/images/mb/E4/skins/series%203/editorial/screengrabs/fashion-ep9-twins-510.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 236px;" src="http://www.e4.com/images/mb/E4/skins/series%203/editorial/screengrabs/fashion-ep9-twins-510.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fashiongrunge.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dl-4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 429px; height: 635px;" src="http://fashiongrunge.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dl-4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YQhZKD90c-Xp_9228D9EPdhuo6xIlfEoApCozXG6sfAZ2TgqCxjv6TT-kaBBS5_hwQOQd4wmR1CgWJcs8mbs6HYtzoZuSB2HaeNzoTQB28gBDw3SQV9zmnsvSTl43IedS2xmbKSRiXU/s400/CASSIE-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YQhZKD90c-Xp_9228D9EPdhuo6xIlfEoApCozXG6sfAZ2TgqCxjv6TT-kaBBS5_hwQOQd4wmR1CgWJcs8mbs6HYtzoZuSB2HaeNzoTQB28gBDw3SQV9zmnsvSTl43IedS2xmbKSRiXU/s400/CASSIE-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2oHeCADNDhFtLTqys7wPCUQO-xu5yI2PmO9hd2NFiodt1IYDcA_VJCR8PJyoqf9_rKmSFQRu1nj5koVlmxuuT3rwSDEEUvLkqNS3Pt5OG7UXSTuOlIn7EPSJMqM2Iy6Oc5CqyAKK90c/s1600/Skins_season3_effy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 383px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2oHeCADNDhFtLTqys7wPCUQO-xu5yI2PmO9hd2NFiodt1IYDcA_VJCR8PJyoqf9_rKmSFQRu1nj5koVlmxuuT3rwSDEEUvLkqNS3Pt5OG7UXSTuOlIn7EPSJMqM2Iy6Oc5CqyAKK90c/s1600/Skins_season3_effy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.nme.com/images/0916_113019_080909skins20162.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 509px; height: 328px;" src="http://static.nme.com/images/0916_113019_080909skins20162.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.benbarren.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3220850391_fc3c4bdeb7_b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 507px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.benbarren.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3220850391_fc3c4bdeb7_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-61659557203312159882010-03-16T09:01:00.005-05:002010-03-16T09:15:12.914-05:00La La Love You<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ucaarchitecureandinteriors.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/doolittle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 450px;" src="http://ucaarchitecureandinteriors.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/doolittle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >So back in October of 2009 I was lucky enough to see one of my favorite bands, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixies">The Pixies</a>, live at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragon_Ballroom_%28Chicago%29">Aragon Ballroom</a>. Since the first time I moved to Chicago and saw the Aragon off the red line I've wanted to go to an event there, and when I found out</span> a band I actually love was playing, well I got pretty excited. Crazy outfit excited. The Aragon is beautiful inside and out, so I included some pictures* of that too. Have a happy spring break time! We just got back from ours, which is sad. Let <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P3lhrwio-M">this</a> make it better.<br /><br />*Pictures taken by a friend, not me.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQX4xJR5FjhQ3UveHFeQOXteOpGc0efnNzhjz4hG79bW6bx7GGsfnBTwGqPPW5816oVurJPRDJ8F0lpOq7zNGFNReKhxqfA2mdvj3zhhNcMPi6FZmzUOomPezh6Ee1E_JIlt1e9tZMB4Q/s1600-h/11034_1196256392827_1420980542_30682284_7435679_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQX4xJR5FjhQ3UveHFeQOXteOpGc0efnNzhjz4hG79bW6bx7GGsfnBTwGqPPW5816oVurJPRDJ8F0lpOq7zNGFNReKhxqfA2mdvj3zhhNcMPi6FZmzUOomPezh6Ee1E_JIlt1e9tZMB4Q/s400/11034_1196256392827_1420980542_30682284_7435679_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449232662604899890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGb5FekqMIvo7sgsW-h0MlGMmNt3dgIhGEc97LY8qqSGNrJXi8UdeqUY2xcHjTySM2VRO6pmZvrqwPmsX7-TT9odu0M3u-0hgruZSI5vGM405wc8FQroFtH5aJsKYbey3XCKJXuiKUbil/s1600-h/11034_1196255232798_1420980542_30682256_1426225_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGb5FekqMIvo7sgsW-h0MlGMmNt3dgIhGEc97LY8qqSGNrJXi8UdeqUY2xcHjTySM2VRO6pmZvrqwPmsX7-TT9odu0M3u-0hgruZSI5vGM405wc8FQroFtH5aJsKYbey3XCKJXuiKUbil/s400/11034_1196255232798_1420980542_30682256_1426225_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449232686219514242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJCpQOb172_tk6I00Ml0KW3Qp2sjrFQ9ifQ_NFX8uaobNoAK1LJUx6jsx04TWUm5NizxFJZCyi_wVriJpTVF3CW1Xe7jiVeGapTrIoatLmWRVXcik71TXPbPVSsepzZaMT0Ko9akZlyvy/s1600-h/11034_1196255272799_1420980542_30682257_2306359_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJCpQOb172_tk6I00Ml0KW3Qp2sjrFQ9ifQ_NFX8uaobNoAK1LJUx6jsx04TWUm5NizxFJZCyi_wVriJpTVF3CW1Xe7jiVeGapTrIoatLmWRVXcik71TXPbPVSsepzZaMT0Ko9akZlyvy/s400/11034_1196255272799_1420980542_30682257_2306359_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449232676474375026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HDLZXb4_eaM5mkn0dBtgFHyBjJuMl8TKeI12WbepKY_eKWJe9X4OOYikX7_JH-rV8nc_ep1tpUemKm757azAdnsHei6A3G4LD7mm1yZWeXVJSxSQGKP2wNgpYEz8ev-8eim5qvH0g_cD/s1600-h/11034_1196255112795_1420980542_30682253_2318002_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HDLZXb4_eaM5mkn0dBtgFHyBjJuMl8TKeI12WbepKY_eKWJe9X4OOYikX7_JH-rV8nc_ep1tpUemKm757azAdnsHei6A3G4LD7mm1yZWeXVJSxSQGKP2wNgpYEz8ev-8eim5qvH0g_cD/s400/11034_1196255112795_1420980542_30682253_2318002_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449233003624936898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhk1vF0ObmoZcy2UOP23UvHS9SbU0o1fvYS-HyGf5v56205rpeVDB2v2mZUUoNqoR1VLDamSvMQMVyf8CaxDarpOGBUYu-PR7NgbkVCDoPBeMiioUHreaIJbnA6cHRxgemwayL-DA-Wx6/s1600-h/11034_1196255312800_1420980542_30682258_3488479_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhk1vF0ObmoZcy2UOP23UvHS9SbU0o1fvYS-HyGf5v56205rpeVDB2v2mZUUoNqoR1VLDamSvMQMVyf8CaxDarpOGBUYu-PR7NgbkVCDoPBeMiioUHreaIJbnA6cHRxgemwayL-DA-Wx6/s400/11034_1196255312800_1420980542_30682258_3488479_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449232672728649234" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Vintage tux jacket, H&M Sequin minidress, Belt and Clutch from Urban Outfitters, Jessica Simpson heels</span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-82709135436116053232010-03-10T10:50:00.007-06:002010-03-10T11:05:54.414-06:00Style War 2010<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Soooo basically I have the most *awesomest* Marketing professor ever. Last week, I attended the Chicago Fashion Foundation's </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >"Future of Chicago Fashion 2010 Student Design Competition" with her (Look forward for my post about that. I'm still putting it together since it was such an unbelievabe event!!) and she just sent me an e-mail about the Style Wars coming up on April 22nd. Style Wars is featured in the video.<br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9865866&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9865866&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9865866">STYLE WARS 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2036002">PROJECT VYNE</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /></span></strong></span></span></strong></span></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">xo, Alexi</span></span></span><span><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong></strong></span></strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong></strong></span></span></strong></span></span></span></div>xo, Alexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150716093104764233noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158565864492074931.post-12873622489458157562010-03-09T12:52:00.005-06:002010-03-09T18:30:17.083-06:00OSCARS<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Who cares who won? Let's admire the pretty!</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Starting with the "ugh, what were you thinking?" category:</span><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/images/zoe-saldana-030710.preview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 471px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/images/zoe-saldana-030710.preview.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2010/03/diane-kruger-2010-oscars-red-carpet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2010/03/diane-kruger-2010-oscars-red-carpet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/lifeline-live/2010/03/08/CharlizeTheronx-inset-community.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 453px;" src="http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/lifeline-live/2010/03/08/CharlizeTheronx-inset-community.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chron.com/photos/2010/03/07/20753208/260xStory.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 407px;" src="http://www.chron.com/photos/2010/03/07/20753208/260xStory.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/images/sarah-jessica-parker-030710.preview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 469px;" src="http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/images/sarah-jessica-parker-030710.preview.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Blech, enough of that. I'm moving on to clothes I like, care to join me?</span><br /></span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2010/03/robert-downey-jr-2010-oscars.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2010/03/robert-downey-jr-2010-oscars.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/images/meryl-streep-030710.preview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 429px;" src="http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/images/meryl-streep-030710.preview.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2010/03/penelope-cruz-2010-oscars-red-carpet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2010/03/penelope-cruz-2010-oscars-red-carpet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/images/anika-noni-rose-030710.preview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 513px;" src="http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/images/anika-noni-rose-030710.preview.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/03/08/article-1256195-089D6D94000005DC-672_306x728.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 597px;" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/03/08/article-1256195-089D6D94000005DC-672_306x728.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wedding-pictures.onewed.com/edgy/files/imagecache/576w/images/1042920/rachel-mcadams.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 510px;" src="http://wedding-pictures.onewed.com/edgy/files/imagecache/576w/images/1042920/rachel-mcadams.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6