red, white, blue, & Sherlocked

Sometimes you just have to put on a nice outfit and take yourself out to the movies! I loved the outfit so much that I wore it to work the next day. Which wasn't nearly as fun as watching a Sherlock double feature, but what are you gonna do.

This entire outfit is either handmade or hand me downs. I bought the blue floral fabric nearly 10 years ago when I had just moved to Seattle to go to school. It use to be a table cloth and only cost me $2. Despite many a purge, it has stayed in my fabric drawer until I found the perfect project. I used a simple pleated skirt pattern, but altered it to be tea length.

I haven't been to the New Bev much since "the troubles", but I just couldn't not go to a Sherlock Holmes double feature! It had been years since I saw Mr Rathbone's Hounds of Baskerville, and I had never seen The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Christopher Lee as Mycroft gave me life!

Sweater: Forever 21- hand me down from Greta

Skirt: handmade by moi

Shoes: melissa- hand me down from Iza

Sunglasses: Dita knockoff's- hand me down from Iza

Sherlock pin- Christmas gift from Greta

outfit photos by Lex 

haircut needed. like yesterday.

I know, I know- it has been 2 months. But these months have been filled to the brim. After a whirlwind week in London (can I go back now? Like, right now?) and moving to a new apartment I finally feel stable. Which, after three years of jumping from apartment to couch to sublet (and repeat) in LA, is a fucking amazing feeling.

Shirt: hand-me-down from Iza

Skirt: thrifted & then altered dress
Belt: Value Village (in Seattle)
Earrings: Forever 21 (last year)

Shoes: Target (hand-me-down Holly)

Photos by my beloved Lexi

meow meow meow

Cat dress: Retrolicious (hand me down from Greta)
shoes: H&M clearance

Photos by Miss Lexi

I have a blog post that is percolating in my brain about finances, hand me downs, and being a broke chubby girl trying to dress cute. Not today- but soon.