what the !@#$ happened!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys.
I am so flipping mad.
I can't even look at this photo all I see is this shit. See this AMAZING shirt. This shirt I HAD TO HAVE because it practically screams me. Well I don't know what happened. But the back of it has these rando black lines on it. I didn't notice it the first time I wore it (no one said a thing..but you know how you will have something in your teeth and NO ONE TELLS you..maybe that happened). But after I washed it once I noticed it...So i treated it and washed it again..and again... and NO LUCK.
Just has these stupid black lines in it and it makes my soul so sad. 
I am currently paring down on my wardrobe hardcore and this shirt made the cut until I saw this. Now I don't know what to do. I mean I can wear it with my oversized grandpa sweaters all I want but if I get warm are people just going to gawk at me and be like WHAT IS HER DEAL?? 
Anyone I am super sad about it.... It is such a rad shirt and such a great light green color. WHAT DO I DO!?!? Do I buy a new one or just let it go and wear it anyway...so torn.  This is basically my go-to uniform of fall/winter (clearly these photos were taken a bit ago... I always seem to be behind. Thanks Kristin for these!). 
~Outfit Details~ Amazing Shirt: Grow Up Awesome Pants: American Apparel Sweater: Thrifted Boots: Dr. Martens Made in England
 

booked for the season

It is not a new thing to my readers that I love reading (haha see what i did there...clearly you like reading too!) But I normally talk about how much I LOVE my local library. Which don't get me wrong I totally do. You can get any book you want to read and don't pile up masses of books that you paid absurd amounts of money for....HOWEVER there are times when I like to OWN a book. I love old books, books with stories, bookplates that have other peoples names in them and a history of their own. I like books that are no longer published and you just can't find in the library and second hand book stores are just the place for me. 
I first came across Booked for the Season by accident. I was hoping to head to my local natural food store and couldn't find a parking spot. So I parked right in front of Booked for the Season and headed over to get my vegan nom on. On my way back the word BOOK bounced out at me and I had to check it out. This store is adorable and if you are into thrifting or book searching at all this is just your kind of place.  There is something magical about the hunt for books. They have tons of titles you would never have heard of. I love this shelf of older books so much. The owner also has set up a table near the cozy seating area in the first photo of the store with 'different books'. This space is meant for those who may come along with the book lover in their life but don't want to search on their own. These book are meant to get them interested. Some really funny and interesting reads in this pile.  So if your going to BUY books I highly recommend trying to get them used locally first. Then you can scour the internet for used versions as well, amazon is a great resource for this but I am also a huge fan of book exchanges like BookMooch (you can get rid of some books you no longer want! and find really cool international copies of stuff too.  I am trying to live more locally so I am using Booked for the Season as my local used book shop of choice. If I cannot find something at the library I may then head over to my other favorite local NEW book shop Bookman's and fork over the cash to them instead of Barnes and Noble or Amazon. How do you get your read on? 
~Outfit Details~ Jeans: American Apparel Shirt: Thrifted | Shelby's Place Jacket: My Mom's Hand me Down Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell Bag: TENDEN 

maybe too slow

Hello Bloggy World!!! These two photos pretty much sum up life lately. SO TIRED. So many wonderful things happening in my little world have resulted in a seriously 'slowness' to my blogging! I am here to share w/ you what has been keeping me busy and off slow your style. I have been growing my photography business, rehearsing for the part of Joanne in our local community theatre production of RENT and reading a lot for education and pleasure! This little indoor shoot seemed appropriate for how I am feeling lately! Playful, happy and also sleepy. Feels like I am go go going all the time but of course I learn to stop and smell the book bindings every once in awhile (reading or yoga are when I really can slow everything down). 

It is also all of a sudden WARM (if you can call 40F warm but seriously it has been so freezing all the time). Snow is melting and spring is coming which I KNOW means more excitement about the blog! Stay tuned!
~Outfit Details~ T-Shirt: From Powell's Books in Portland OR Skirt: Thrifted | Hope's Outlet  Boots: My go too babies from YEARS ago by Carlos Santana ;)  Belt: Express from forever ago Bracelet: Hightower Chains