We're Baaaaa-aaaack!

Ah, why must the workaday life drag on and vacations fly by so quickly?

sigh.

Back from our Vegas Adventure, all worn out and bruised up (!) and slightly suntanned.

I had a great time with the girls and think this might be a once a year thing. Only not in summertime! Ever again!

Well, what happens in Vegas may stay there but the photos don't soooooo.......

Go East Young Women!

Prepping for a night on Freemont

CJ really liked being a ninja

Good Time Girls

In a tram on the Strip

We gambled for maybe half an hour the whole trip

Hand fans are most helpful in 110 degree heat

Vegas is not for the weak

Happy Vacation Packing Post

A day late but no worse for it. Today was miles better then yesterday and I'm officially packed up for Vegas. Not quite ready to go yet as I still have to go pull out money and shower.

I did put off getting ready to spend about four hours hanging out with TB today. He's back in town (again) and after five months of not seeing him, three times in a month is like Christmas! I think of him as a very good friend and really miss him now that he's up in La.

And now I sit here, seven hours from starting my trip and put off getting ready just a bit more to post about getting ready. Ironic?

 

This was supposed to be a happy "Vacation-packing" post-

but today has been such an awful day I don't want to think about packing. Or going to Vegas.

I can't find my parasol or hand fan. Anywhere. And I can remember exactly where they were in the old house but here all my things are in boxes and crates still. All of my old life is in disarray out in the shed because I had to get out of that apartment ahead of The Ex. In the matter of a week, I lost my boyfriend and my home and now I can't find a damn thing.

Except a whole bunch of junk that reminds me of him, that is.

I hate going through those boxes because my old life with him is all still in there.

This coupled with my nightmare day at work just makes me want to go to sleep.

At the risk of sounding lame-

I need more friends!

It's Friday night and I'm sitting on the couch with my cat. KJ is up in Vista, CJ has plans with her other friends.

No idea where ML is...

I just hate the thought of wasting the few nights I have during the week to go out and stay out.

boo...

Umer-ica- fuck yeah!

Okay all joking aside, celebrating our independence day is always a fun surprise for me. Maybe it's because the holiday falls in the summer (my least favorite season) or because of all the relentless patriotism after 9-11 but the 4th of July usually seems like a chore until it's actually here.

Then I remember it's sparklers and friends and beer and cupcakes that turn your tongue blue.

And as if that's not enough.... fireworks!

Happy 4th of July!

 

Over the past few weeks-

I've noticed a funny little shift in my outfit and styling choices. It seems that ever since I got my new haircut, I've been favoring the 20's and 30's era so much more. Something about having shorter hair just demands lower waistlines and darker makeup. The problem with that is my vintage wardrobe consists almost entirely of 50's dresses. I do have a few modern pieces  and a couple 40's styles that I can tweak to look passable for depression era. But I would love to have some more accurate dresses (reproduction as anything actual from that time would be too delicate to wear daily)

The 20's/30's had an easy-wearing quality to their clothes that the much more polished 40's and 50's lack. I've always been drawn to 20's fashion- comfort over custom in fashion.

Unfortunately, I hardly fit the body type to pull off that era.  But that doesn't keep me from loving the look, especially the lingerie! It might be the fact that I really don't care for the confining shapewear that I wear with my later vintage but there's something about silk robes and tap pants and the opaque stockings that makes me so happy. Some nights, I like to lounge around in a slip and stockings and channel Sally Bowles. Tonight is one of those nights ; )

At a loss for a title...

As promised, a bit on some decorating projects and other artsy things I've been up to lately.

Firstly- the results of ML and my trip to the art fusion studio. Which was ages ago, but I'm lazy and like to procrastinate. We made a pendant and a tile- I was feeling green that day and it's abound in my pieces.

ML and I have a thing for peacocks. Kinda peacock vibe right?

My bedroom photo project is slow going but I'm making some progress. Months ago, I bought a bunch of reprints of vintage postcards from the 20's. I decided they would be a great little art collage for when I move out. I've been trolling etsy.com and thrift stores, looking for frames and have found all but one. Once i have them all, I plan to sand them down, paint them copper and rose and complete my 30's boudoir vision.

Onto my righteous victory at the auction!

With a little liquor courage and some last minute bidding, I won my Mike Maxwell. Yay! More then I ought to spend but it's for a good cause and all. I also got a cute little framed feather deal. Which has a reserved spot on my vanity.

 El Tigre