Wake Up To The Sight of Love

I had a hard time dragging my butt off my bed this morning...stupid time change. It was already 7 o'clock but it was still dark outside! I'm all achy because I spent the entire weekend cleaning and clearing my backyard, with the amazing help of the husb, of course. So thankful I didn't pull a snake from my plant beds this time. My yard is now clean but bald since the perennials haven't grown back yet.

Yup, that's a pink dollhouse that I meant to redo and house all my Blythe dolls but never really got around to it. I'll get to it eventually.



I'm very much infatuated with this song and band right now. They're called The Camerawalls. This is the kind of music that mentally plays in my mind when I'm home laying on my hammock enjoying a breezy day.



Have a great start of the week everyone. Frock on!

Stepping Out with Jean Paul Gaultier

My Jean Paul Gaultier wedges came in the mail today!!! I like the dust bag they came with, they're actually made of thicker fabric than my Chloe's. I love them so much. They're so quirky and the colors are funkalicious! Purple and Yellow! Thad was actually thrilled since they're LSU colors. I really much prefer colored shoes. I can't live without my staple blacks, taupes, tans and browns, greys etc. but wild colored shoes bring so much ummmpph to an outfit. I also love how it always poses a challenge on what to wear it with. In that way, you can really stretch your imagination and might come up with iconoclastic style!

Fringe With Benefits

Recently, I feel like an archeologist every time I go into my closet. I’ve been unearthing clothes I had bought and forgotten about. Like this mini dress, for instance. I bought this mini dress a year ago and I never wore it till now. I now remember that I’ve been meaning to readjust the hem and just turn it into a top and wear bellbottom jeans with them. I really don’t know if I want to do that now seeing that as a mini dress, it’s not too bad.




I made the leather and beaded necklace from left over scraps from a project and I think it turned out way better than that other project. People have asked me where I got them and I just say from my “brains and hands” and they still look at me quizzically. “I made it!” and they go “Aaaaah, do you sell them?” “No sorry.” But then I mentally say " I make my own stuffs sometimes so that there’s no one else in the world wearing them." insert devious chortle



I’ve always wanted fringe boots ever since I saw Tiger Lilly in Peter Pan, even though she wasn’t wearing any. Several years later, I finally went and got them. It’s never too late to make your dreams come true ;-)

Frocking on Friday!

Nautical Nice

My god, it’s cold again! I was freezing when I took that photo but was too lazy to go run back inside to get a coat. I got the sweater a year ago but it’s the first time I’ve worn it because I’ve forgotten about it :-) Teehee. It was really stupid of me to forget about it especially since now I remember how I wanted to find an anchor printed/patterned sweater. I bought the skirt very recently though. The girl at the checkout flipped out when she saw the skirt and wanted to know which specific rack I got it from. Unfortunately for her, that was the last skirt. I though it was a super sleek pencil skirt but it’s actually got that “bubble” look…and it’s perfect to wear my mustard Litas with.

Destined for Greyness

Today is a grey day. It looks like a depressed day…the skies still pregnant with rain, wet empty streets. My mood isn’t, but my zest is zero on the scale only because I woke up at 4 AM to a big whining dog who was terribly scared of the thunderstorm that was happening several miles from us. Damn a dog’s sensitive hearing sometimes.



If I were home all day and not going to work, I’d be doing all sorts of creative stuff. Grey days don’t really dampen my spirits.



The outfit is of course, largely influenced on the weather and the overall blahness of it. I’m not wearing my usual bright colors, even my floral printed stockings are diffused with grey. My corset boots look like my black Jeffrey Campbell Litas after hanging out with the goth kids or with some Japanese visual kei band. Hehe. The lacing on them is pretty interesting, goes all the way to the front of the shoes. It’s got an applique of copper-colored leather cross in the back.



My necklaces are from Forever 21. I like piling necklaces on like Mr. T

Laissez le bon temps roulez!

I know that’s grammatically incorrect in purist French but it has been Cajunified over the years. That’s how we say “let the good times roll” in Louisiana…and everybody, no matter what day it is, is always having a good time :-)

As much as I positively hate this color combination, I have to at least celebrate today which is Mardi Gras. It’s the only day in the year it’s acceptable to wear them all together. I hope I got away with this outfit. I tried hard to make it palatable to my own fashion taste.



No day off for me though, I have to be at work which is quite alright. It’s rainy and being in a crowd of chocka blocka people in the rain is not my idea of fun. Actually, crowds are not my idea of fun, rain or shine. Gone are the days of me enjoying a wild rock concert. Now, I much prefer being in a coffee shop reading a book.

Alright guys, Happy Mardi Gras!
Frock on!

Hare Raising Adventure

Today is 1-11-11. ^_ I ought to buy a lottery ticket. I’m pretty sure this is an auspicious day.

It is fuhreezing!!! No magical snowy backgrounds for me. It’s just wet and windy. It’s one of those I-wish-I-was-in-bed-reading-Neil Gaiman-books kind of day… but work beckons.

It’s time to cut my bangs. You can’t see my eyes from these photos.

I bought my sweater from Forever 21. When I spied the adorable rabbit pattern on it, i knew I had to take it home. I don’t exactly remember where I got the skirt. I’d like to think I have a magic closet :-) You guys have seen my mustard Litas. I may just have to warn you that they will be a staple. I actually wanted to wear something normal-ish like what most people wear, sweatpants, sneakers and a sports hoodie (but then I don’t even own one) because I knew I was going to drop by the gas station. I didn’t want to walk in or stand outside pumping gas with a " look at me!!!" outfit. I told my husb about this concern and he said, “Why should that bother you? That’s how you dress. That’s who you are. Let them stare…” So there. I didn’t get to wear my outlandish garb because it was too cold anyway. I opted for this ensemble last minute. It’s not so bad.