Deer Friend,

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Every Now And Then I Fall Apart

Slowly but surely making our way through this week.

Looks like Mother Nature kind of heard my plea for a frost.

It’s cold + gray, so that’s a bit of a compromise…

But hey!

Did anyone stay up late for the Lunar Eclipse (/Winter Solstice/Full Moon) last night?

I did.

It was phenomenal.

And thanks to the telescope that Papa Cullie gave me for my birthday, it was amplified to crazy-insane-awesome-status.

Un

real.

As the Earth’s shadow slowly covers the milky surface of the moon, the orange glow of the sun takes over and the moon appears to be a perfectly round, hot coal.

Luminescent, in a way.

It was awesome, even though I was admittedly kind of a sleepy grumpy pants.

And yup- you guessed it.

This is the “festive sweater” that I coupled with the bottom-half of yesterday’s outfit for this past weekend’s Christmas party.

I tucked it in.

I love the collar of it. That’s what sold me.

But seeing as it is not tucked in today, I had to wear a t-shirt underneath as to avoid any potential midriff showcasing.

Ew.

Sam Edelmans: Gift from this guy :: Jeans + Sweater: Urban :: Bag: Ross

And if you were curious, the two remaining rogue gifts arrived yesterday.

{thankgod}

Now, to find a few little stocking stuffers and then

Santa

is

done!

Good Day

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Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

Good Monday to you.

Hi.

It’s 9:00 AM and it’s 54˚ out.

It’s also December 20th in Colorado.

I have to say, it’s really hard to imagine that Christmas is this week.

It’s sad, really.

I feel like this Holiday Season has just been a whisper.

It has been so sunny and so warm, that even with the Christmas songs on the radio and lights on the houses, it feels like Christmas should be next month or something.

It just isn’t right.

And that is a gigantic bummer.

It will pass us quickly and then we will have to wait an entire year to get another shot.

Boo.

So, this is a loose representation of what I wore to this weekend’s Christmas party.

Obviously the jumpsuit failed the test, so I had to last-minute the outfit which is usually one of the worst experiences known to man.

However, someone must have been looking out for yours truly, as I only had to go to one store- and only needed one round in the fitting rooms.

That has never happened in the history of the world.

Especially a matter of hours before said event.

WOW.

So yeah, these tights + shorts, but a different {more festive} sweater.

Bam. Done.

And I’m pretty obsessed with these tights.

Yup.

Pumps: Steve Madden Luxe :: Tights + Shorts: Urban Outfitters :: Top: Target :: Bag: Ross

And this weekend I actually managed to wrap every single Christmas present!

Except for the rogue gifts that have yet to arrive…

Ahem… UPS… etsy….

Ah well, ’tis the Season.

My Love, I Get High

Ah, a little snow this fine Friday.

Just a little, though.

You know, enough to make the photos super dark.

So, this is kind of an important outfit.

This is the Holiday jumpsuit.

I decided to throw a wrench in Christmas’ gears this year and not fall prey to the Christmas {dress} Stress.

I’m wearing pants motherfuckers.

Merry Christmas.

So, this is a little test drive for tomorrow’s party.

Unfortunately, I don’t know if it will pass the test.

We’re having a little saggy bum problem.

Which is not a little problem in the least.

But either way, I will not be wearing a dress.

And everyone, I would like to introduce you to the new bag.

This bag has already passed the test and I’ve had it for less than 24 hours.

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that this bag wrote the fucking the test.

Do you love it?

I love it.

I got it at Ross!

{what you can’t see: the leopard is fur. the leather is more buttery than butter. it’s deceivingly large. it’s perfect}

Pumps: Steve Madden Luxe :: Jumpsuit + Gypsy hand: Asos :: Bag: Ross :: Necklace: Target

OH, and what’s that?

That’s my Gypsy Hand, friend.

Watch.

Out.

{what i want to do: walk around all day pointing at strangers going, “Thinnnnerrrrr.”}

And with THAT friends, I bid you all the most creepy voodoo gypsiest, being super thriftiest, wrapping christmas giftiest, killer air guitar riffiest, Willy Loman and Biffiest weekends of your lives!

As If We Were Both Quite Insane

Ta da.

Monday.

Technically, today is Tuesday- but there just wasn’t enough time in the day yesterday to get everything done.

Plus, today is super boring anyway.

You’d hate it.

Does anyone know anything about this necklace?

I see them in all sorts of colors, all with different colored/patterned handkerchiefs.

Any clues?

Or is it just some crafty old lady who lives near the thrift store and tries to populate it as heavily as possible with her wares?

Perhaps?

Who knows.

Pumps: Steve Madden Luxe :: Leggings: Forever21 :: Tee + Blazer + Necklace: Thrifted

This hair-growing-out business is surely tedious.

And I’m working with like half roots, half blonde now which is lovely.

In a classy, trashy sort of way.

I want to dye the blonde, but I’m worried it will either come out orange or green.

No no.

* * * *

And I took a few little pictures of our weekend.

Well, of our Sunday really.

We decided to take a trip up to Georgetown for the day and just schmuck about and look at things we haven’t seen.

We took a detour to the grave of Buffalo Bill.

It was maybe an ounce more exciting than it sounds.

But then in Georgetown, we parked on 0th Street.

HUWWAAHH?

And then we ate a very late breakfast.

Had to pee at Town Hall while having breakfast because that’s how awesome Georgetown is.

Saw another reindeer.

Bought lotsa fudge.

Bought peanut brittle with coconut in it.

Bought caramel corn with almonds and cashews in it.

And found some unexpected Christmas presents.

Thanks, Georgetown!

And I also bought a new app for my iPhone.

I went a little hog wild with it.

Above, you see a shot I took on the way home from Georgetown.

We ran home to quickly let Duncan out, then headed to Hollie‘s house for latkes!

The menorah:

And the latkes, frying up on the stove:

It was flipping delicious.

Thanks in big part to the one and only Papa Cullie.

All in all, I would say it was a grand success.

In Absentia

It’s my favorite day of the week again, folks.

And tonight is this guys‘s company Holiday Party, which should lend itself to a good time indeed.

I will try my hardest to remember to document it for you.

And for me.

Last year there was a photo booth, so maybe I won’t even have to remember!

I also got wind of a Karaoke machine, so hopefully everyone will be really excited about it and they won’t have to pick people from the audience to sing against their wills.

AHEM.

And I have to say that I am feeling awfully 90s today.

I think it’s the boot + lace combo. Kind of baby-doll, kind of grunge.

Totally 90s.

But since, as humans, we can do whatever we want on a Friday–

I’ma rock the 1990s and you’ll just have to deal with it.

Boots: Jeffrey Campbell :: Socks: Target :: Skirt: Forever21 :: Top: Thrifted :: BLACK Blazer: Thrifted

And here are some dog schmear shots from last night.

This is Duncan’s girlfriend, Eva.

She lives down the hall and has very fluffy fur.

They love each other.

And with that friends, I bid you all the most chasing your tailest, Dale’s Pale Alest, finding the Holy Grailest, not going to jailest, singing like a whalest, George Washington ponytailest weekends of your lives.

He Wear No Shoeshine

Sun again!

And a high of 59˚!

Al Gore loves this shit right now.

So, I just have to talk about this.

If you follow me on twitter, then chances are you’ve heard, but…

We have a tiny dish full of chocolates for clients at work.

I noticed it was low and went to fill it.

I also noticed that one (two, actually) of these things was not like the others.

One (two) of these things just didn’t belong.

I pulled out two warm mayo packets.

Quel suprise!

But in other, less utterly bizarre news, I am wearing earrings which I rarely do.

They make me feel a little goofy.

But today I just went with it.

Goofy schmoofy. I don’t care.

And we can all say hello to the shoes I bought that I was going to return, but that then promptly sat in the back seat of my car for 2 1/2 weeks until this morning when I decided to keep them.

Hello.

You passed!

Don’t schmuck it up.

Pumps: Steve Madden Luxe :: Jeans: Charlotte Russe :: Top + Necklace: Nordstrom Rack :: Blazer: Thrifted :: Earrings: Clare’s or some such garbage

I think that’s about all I’ve got for you today.

Class dismissed.

Isn't He A Bit Like You and Me?

Happy humps, dudes.

We’ve been having some relatively un-cold, sunny weather around these parts.

Not bad, not bad.

So in lieu of this unseasonable weather, I thought I would bust out my bright orange, houndstooth pencil skirt.

And, why not put them blue suede shoes on, too?

Come onnnn, you know you want to.

Okay.

Fine.

And I’ve had two people ask me if I feel tall in these shoes today.

Yeah.

Do I look tall?

Yeah.

Chances are I feel that way, too.

(Dude says, “Yeah, well I’m 5’11 so how tall are you?”

Um. Do I look like one of your fucking gym buddies? Leave me alone.)

And thanks to everyone and their nice words about yesterday’s hair do.

I think that will be a new, semi-permanent fixture.

Expect to see it.

Often.

And here are two little glimpses into {literally} our Christmas tree.

I tried to showcase the pineconeage.

Oh how I love those tiny little pinecones.

It looks like I am also showcasing our vacuum for you.

Please enjoy the vacuum.

***

And hey, since I’ve got you here- why don’t you just take a deep breath, maybe wave your cursor around a little bit and take a small moment of silence for John.

You are deeply + forever missed.

And I See It Needs Sweeping

Heya howya doin.

Wanna know what I did?

Yep.

I totally bought that sweater in black. It had to be done, folks.

It just had to be done.

But I came up with a new ‘do.

It was kind of an accident, but I have to say I am pleased with the result.

I would recommend it to a friend.

Sam Edelman Zoe’s: Gift from this guy :: Leggings: Forever21 :: Shirt: Forever 21 :: Sweater: Urban :: Obi: Thrifted

In fact, this whole outfit was kind of just a series of accidents.

It involved no planning whatsoever, and came together hastily.

But seeing as it is now 2:30 PM, I can say that I have received more compliments on this look than any in recent memory.

Just co-workers, so nothing too epic.

But I’d have to say {to quote a one, Mr. Cube} that today was a good day.

* * *

AND

This weekend was a total fairy tale dream come true kinda weekend.

We ate that.

All of it.

At this place.

{and then I hid my phone from myself for two days because I was relaxing!}

And then on the way home we picked up our Christmas tree!

Can you see that it has pinecones on it?!

And here’s a funny story:

We went to the tree place {which has a weirder, extended story to it in the first place} and started looking around when we were approached by the female owner who proceeded to talk to us + follow us around for about five minutes.

Then she offered us hot cider which made the creepiness go away.

Then we were approached by her male counterpart, who was wearing Snowboarding pants + boots in Boulder on a sunny day, as your typical Boulder dingus would.

He proceeds to talk to us and follow us around for about 6 minutes, concluding his speech about their tree-selling philosophies and miscellaneous items they have for sale with,

“…and we also have reindeer-carved walking sticks.”

Um, excuse me.

Ryan and I walked away, looked at each other and promptly burst into hysterical, snot-bubble laughter.

I imagine the charming reindeer you see above is the slave they spoke of, carving away day and night to make pretty little walking sticks for all the pretty little Boulder hippies.

WHAT?!

I want to see some diagrams and figures about the physics of a reindeer carving wood.

Thank you.

And then Duncan feel asleep sitting up in the car.

The End.