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Showing posts with label thrifted woven belt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thrifted woven belt. Show all posts

Friday, October 12, 2012

serendipity

   Belt, thrifted
UK Style by French Connection cotton-modal tee, Sears
bracelets: DIY and gift from student

    Sometimes wonderful things happen outfit-wise when I haven't ironed in ages and have to pick whatever's left in the drawer. This is one of those throwaway belts that comes with pairs of shorts from the junior's department (I know because I saw it at Macy's the day I thrifted it!). However, I like the pattern so much, I'm considering hot-gluing a ribbon over the exposed threads on the back of the belt so I can enjoy it longer. Now I just need to locate my long-lost glue gun and glue refills ...
   All this week has been hazy from volcanic emissions and hot hot hot. Can't wait for the tradewinds to return! Also, I can't even think about ironing until the winds come back.
   Happy Friday! I've got a busy weekend ahead, but also some family time to look forward to on Saturday evening.What's in your plans?

Monday, September 3, 2012

second day

      For my second day at my practicum site, I had a great outfit planned. However, late-night snacking on salty things derailed this plan ... it seems that this bad habit results in a not-so-skinny-feeling day after. I decided to pair my elastic-waist dress with a non-constricting belt.

 dress, Old Navy
belt, thrifted
opal earrings, gift from EKM
      I have to admit I was snacking on Chicken in a Biskit. It's an odd snack all around: who decided that chicken makes a good cracker flavoring? How do they squeeze the chicken into the cracker? And why couldn't they spell "biscuit" properly?
      As strange as they are, Chicken in a Biskits hold a special place in my heart (er, stomach?) due to my childhood. It seems my childhood was largely comprised of ... reading and snacking. And these were not healthy snacks, but the glory of the processed-food industry: Oreos, cheese balls that came in a can, Icees, Combos, Otter Pops, Chips Ahoy, these strangely mushy microwaveable cakes, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs. (At this point you are either smiling nostalgically ... or feeling nauseated.) I'll stop here.


      I try to eat healthfully most of the time, but on occasion I give in to the temptation to revisit these childhood favorites. I'm not the only one, either ... my cousin shared recently how excited she was to find Biskits on the snack table at a meeting. While one of the attendees declared the Biskits weird, my cousin went back for three servings. Those childhood tastes are hard to shake!