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i've been sick for the last few days and have been wearing comfort clothes as a result. today, being friday, i'm hoping to hit the town after class so i made a bit of an effort despite waking up 20 minutes AFTER i have to leave for work in order to arrive on time.



dress: thrifted in champaign-urbana on my visit there this past weekend
tights: anthro
belt: salvation army
boots: thrifted from etsy

i SWEAR i'm going to get the frock swap rolling. my plate has been full to the point of overflowing for the last couple of weeks and i'm taking this weekend to get things in order - study for an upcoming test, clean my room, drop off laundry, wax eyebrows, open new bank account. i'm also trying to get third fridays back up and rolling and hoping to meet with some friends about that. perhaps i'll squeeze a thrift shop visit or two in there somewhere. at any rate, i hope to have something or another to post this weekend. . .

happy friday!

xo audrey

sick leave

sorry for the lull in posts, this blogger's sick and taking the day off tomorrow to recover. if i accomplish what i hope to (who sets goals for their sick day? when you work/go to school as much as i do. . .) then i'll have a nice clean room to take some frock swap photos in tomorrow and hopefully get that ball a-rollin'.

until then, be well, sleep tight and sweet dreams!

xo audrey

h&m dressing room

went out last night long and hard and woke up super late this morning, kept my hair in the ponytail i slept in, put on an old reliable outfit and dashed off to work. feeling extremely hungover today and so instead of posting anything new, here is something else that i'm waiting for: i've seen this jumpsuit on a mannequin in the h&m window every day when i walk by (there's a shop across from my office) and wanted it, but haven't stopped in to try it on; i finally got in last night, but the only size they had left was an 8, and it's a little baggy. lucky for me, the mannequin is wearing a 4, and they've promised it to me when they change her outfit.



the jumper i posted a couple of days ago came, but it's a little big and i can't decide if i should get a smaller size or just exchange it for something else all together. hard to determine how much a small will fix.

off to champaign for the weekend to visit my beautiful sister esther. hope everyone has a good one!

xo audrey

99 ways to cut, sew, and tie your t-shirt

is a book i have wanted every time i've seen it in the last 3 years or so, and i thiiiink today i'm just going to break down and buy it. i'll try to post one every couple of days if they jump out at me. maybe i can get myself sued for copyright infringement!

until i obtain said book, however, here is an amazing way to alter a shirt that i stumbled across on that blog i mentioned yesterday, publicpersonae. the girl in the video has a blog of her own: childhoodflames.blogspot.com.



she acts like i imagine i would if i posted a video tutorial: awkward and stoned. i find it charming.

edit: upon further exploring the girl's blog, i discovered that she is only 16. HOW IS IT THAT ALL OF THESE CHILDREN CAN AFFORD THIS STUFF?!? regardless, i take back the "stoned" comment. although it is certainly possible.

enjoy!

xo audrey

today sucks

and i am stuck at work waiting to hear back from people so it looks like i may not make it to class tonight, which feels me with a terrible sense of guilt and dread. work has been manically insane today - clients rushing in and out, last minute requests being barked at me over shoulders, the same 4 clients calling over and over as if they have their phones set to speed dial digital kitchen every 12 minutes. but, work is work, and i am grateful for a job and even more grateful for a paycheck, so i digress. if i miss class and keep my job, i'll take that trade.

as such i'm not going to bother taking photos of today's ensemble (it's not a bad one, tho) but instead post some real gems i found today, and one that i am expecting in the mail *any minute.*



and, quickly, a few sites you should all check out:


www.publicpersonae.com blog by a girl who worked at dk freelance for a bit. full of things i want so bad but can't afford.

nasty gal vintage genuine vintage and vintage-style clothing, impeccably hand picked by the nasty gal herself.

bijules heartbreakingly beautiful and stomach-wrenchingly expensive jewelry. i. want. these. earrings.


that's all from me for now, folks -

xo audrey

forgot my glasses

this morning. my room is a goddamned disaster. every night i swear to myself i'm going to clean it, and every night i instead climb into bed, push the clothes, gloves, headphones, and other crap to the side, and nestle down with a book/hulu/this american life until i fall asleep. i've managed to collect my laundry and drop it off, but that's about it. i expect once i finally get all the clothes off the floor and put away my outfit potential will grow exponentially. (clearly i am a nerd even without my glasses.)

annnyhow. today wearing one of the oldest pieces of clothing in my closet. (i use the term closet loosely, as all of my clothes are stuffed into a bookshelf cube. all the clothes, that is, that are not laying my floor in a lush, very expensive carpet.) i got this dress at a thrift store in chicago right when i moved up for school. i pretty immediately took it home and butchered it; it was before i did any sewing and i have always been very impatient and rather careless when making amendments to garments, so the hem, which i meant to just shorten, is asymmetrical, and the straps are simply tied around my neck. still, i love it.



dress: thrifted
cardigan: akira chicago
tights: hue (anthropologie)
shoes: pour la victoire!, via shopbop

i actually stumbled across the same dress, in different colors, on etsy a year or so ago and bought it, and shortened the hem properly this time.



there are some cute and similar options on etsy right now. . .




numero uno via easystreetvintage, and the second dress is from putonthatdress.

keeping pretty busy today - i'm gonna go make a sandwich. hope everyone enjoys their tuesday!

xo audrey

USO

good morning! i hope everyone had a lovely valentine's day. mine was pretty uneventful. i DID, however, make it to the flea market, and find something i have been searching for on etsy for awhile.

a note: i feel kind of weird posting pictures of myself in a bathing suit on here, but i figure a. pictures of me in much skimpier swimsuits than this already exist on facebook and b. we're all adults and, you know, whatever. i think this one is pretty modest.



got this awesome, never-worn, pinup style swimsuit from the same girl that sold me the white/turquoise dress from a couple of days ago. she also taught me something very handy for anyone who buys vintage clothes online: i noticed the suit hanging on a rack, but the tag said it was a 10/11, which in modern sizes would be way too big for me. she explained that at some point in the early 80s clothing manufacturers switched over to modern sizing standards, but before then a 10/11 is the equivalent of a 2 or 4. so if you are buying clothes that are more than 25 or so years old online, and they list the tag size, keep that in mind. i also got the gloves at the flea market, from another girl who has a store near me in williamsburg. they match my coat perfectly and have lovely little pearl buttons at the wrist. the combo makes me feel like i should put rollers in my hair and do a song and dance for our troops.

i had actually been eyeballing vintage suits on etsy for the past week, and these two were already in my shopping cart:




these are both for sale at ladylydia's shop, a very reasonably priced store based out of new zealand.



and this one i just stumbled upon this morning, and i LOVE, from bigyellowtaxivintage.

last night i tossed and turned until about 5 am, so it seemed fitting to wear a pajama shirt to work:



shirt: vintage pj shirt, from mi madre
skirt: american apparel
belt: vintage, mom
tights: old, mom
shoes: vintage, etsy

my hair is so awkward right now. i'm trying to stay strong.

happy monday!

xo audrey