There is nothing easier to wear then black and white, especially when paired with colorful patterns. It’s crisp, modern, simple and uncomplicated in this complicated world.

I look forward to sharing pictures of my last couple of weeks adventures, as well as our home projects that are keeping hairs from staying attached to our heads. I mean head ♥ Reffrey’s bald ♥ !

These days I am thankful for dress wearing weather and for having a slightly natural tan for easy-on-the-eyeball seasonal skirt length transition. Thank you mom and dad!

A majority of my outfit posts will be carryover pieces from summer 2012 but I will often plug in new pieces like this Joanna Laura Constantine gunmetal wing necklace I found on Bluefly.com. This is a great site for bargains as they often send out $30 off purchase emails if you subscribe to them.

A-line skirts: wear them! I tend to gravitate towards above knee skirts because of my short height. Be mindful of skirts that drop below the knee if you have shorter legs. Because it cuts your length off at the widest part of your calf, be sure to wear a shoe that gives you some height. This style is so comfortable to wear dressed up, show a little leg yet have enough length to sit criss-cross-apple-sauce for a picnic in the grass.

Anthropologie has a perk card called “anthro” where you receive birthday discounts, free shipping, advanced notice of sales and so on for it’s members. Being that my birthday is the 18th of May I made off with this quadruple pocket hip party with my 15% off birthday discount. 

I’m guessing if you live in PNW the only thing on your mind currently is the 85 degree days approaching us right now. I often tell the story of the amazing summer back in the early 2000’s when I floated the Clackamas River in March; this might be the earliest hot weather weekend Portland’s had since. I’m not quite sure what to do with myself and I’m accepting this problem with funny jiggles and my elbow up, naturally!

Photo credit: Ryan Brandel

 

I have been selling and buying on eBay since 2002 so I rarely pay attention to the number of feedbacks.  829 feedbacks from sellers and buyers… eBay Junky!?! I am so curious what my number of transactions is being that only a quarter of buyers and sellers actually take the time to leave feedback? Sometimes I wonder if I could make it a full time job minus the shipping.

Side note: Frequent Goodwill pop-ins are worth it when you snag a shrunken wool coat for $9!