Bad Outfit #24: New Header Image

Sometimes, I see something so weird, so ugly, so delightfully tickery-tackery that I just can't resist it. That's the definitely the case with this stretch skirt: it was hanging on the side of a rack at Goodwill and cost a mere $5. My sister and her best friend were aghast when I insisted on trying it on, then rushed to buy it; they couldn't get over how cheap-looking it was.

Yeeeeeah, that's the skirt for me.

I should probably clarify that this isn't as "special occasion" as it might seem. I know that a lot of people wear skirts to feel feminine and look nice, but, uh...I wear them when I'm at home because they're comfortable and they don't have buttons. Same story with most of my dresses and leggings: I want to get dressed so I don't feel like a total scrub, but if I'm not going anywhere, I'm not going to put on jeans. Hey, I never claimed to be ambitious!

TOP: Old Navy button-up

SKIRT: We Too Sportswear; thrifted

BOOTS: Vince Camuto Bollo

LIPSTICK: MAC Lady Danger

Bad Outfit #22: Is it autumn yet?!

Yes, yes, I know: it's mid-August and I really have no excuse for pulling out the old light-sweater-and-shorts-with-tights combo that everybody knows and has gotten sick of. But now that I'm getting up earlier and earlier, and now that Pennsylvania has finally decided that 90+ degrees and 98% humidity is Maybe Not Cool, I can go for 8am walks without turning in to a sticky, sweaty mess. And at 8am, it's rarely over 60 degrees.

Just...take the excuse and go with it, kay?

I made some super-derpy faces in this, so I cropped them out. I might have been derping so hard because I went through all of my old teaching clothes before I threw this outfit on for the rest of the day, and half of said teaching clothes no longer fit me. Goodbye, size 2! Goodbye, paycheck I'll be spending entirely on new and much-needed size 6 pencil skirts!

And goodbye to this gray sweater, which I wore for 2 years and no longer find all that flattering. (Possibly because going up 2 dress sizes also meant, um, going up a bra size, and now it tends to show an awkward sliver of belly even when my arms are down.) Hey, it had a good run!

SWEATER: Old Navy

SHORTS: Mudd

SKULL TIGHTS: thrifty find

CLOGS: State Street

Bad Outfit #18: Loungewear

It's a day off in a 40-hour work week that consists of what I call the Western Pennsylvanian Hat Trick from Hell: there's a holiday coming up, there's snow, and I work nothing but weekend and rush hour shifts. Times like this make working in a grocery store even more frustrating. It's Pennsylvania! IT'S GONNA SNOW! And if you somehow actually get snowed in for a day, are you REALLY going to die without those four gallons of milk? I doubt it.

So the store was non-stop yesterday, and I was so stiff and sore after 8 hours of bagging hams and listening to pointless bitching that I could barely move. My day off just HAD to be an anti-social, anti-function relaxation day, meaning I muted my phone, ignored my e-mail, and waited a few hours before doing my makeup. And of course, I needed very comfortable clothes. Stretch fabric and over-sized shirts, here I come!

SHIRT: cut-up Old Navy t-shirt, thrifty find

LEGGINGS: Mudd, from Kohl's clearance

BOOTS: Dr. Martens 1B60

I made sure to eat a super-decadent lunch before brushing my teeth and slapping on some makeup. I've become obsessed with some of the offerings on the grocery store's antipasto bar, and these stuffed banana papers are probably my favorite! They're full of cheese and prosciutto. *drools* And to finish it off, I had a little piece of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.

Sometimes I think I should've been a food blogger...

ANYWAY! I decided to a do a dark eyes/soft pinks look today. Nothing too exciting, but my clothes were so obviously a version of my usual "uniform" (something loose, something fitted, mostly black, boots, no jewelry) that I felt the need to mix it up a little. My apologies about the little red spots under my brows; they needed plucked something awful. I realize I need to add a bit more white to my foundation to get a better match...Toto, I don't think we're in N10 territory anymore. :(

BASE: MAC Face & Body foundation in N1 + White, Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer in Sx02, ELF Complexion Perfection

EYES: Too Faced Shadow Insurance, Shu Uemura Hard Formula brow pencil in Seal Brown, Anastasia Clear Brow Gel, 100% Pure Cream Stick eye liner in Black Pearl, MAC Frost eyeshadow in Vex, MAC Frost eyeshadow in Satin Taupe, Milani Liquid Eye pencil in Black, Maybelline Great Last Lots of Lashes mascara

CHEEKS: Cargo blush in Catalina, MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel [LE]

LIPS: NARS Matte lip pencil in Roman Holiday, Butter London Lippy gloss in Teddy Girl