Nautical Nonsense

Hooray, it's another incredibly late Marvelous Monday post! Still not on a Monday! Yeah!

The theme: nautical.

Now, let's be real here: I love everything to do with water. Every single thing. The proudest moment of my life was driving a pontoon boat on Convict Lake in Mammoth. (Which reminds me that I still have a ton of Mammoth pictures to post. Whoops.)

Best day ever.

As such, I'm a sucker for nautical fashion. I've been wearing that striped dress to death lately, and now, you can see it in nautical action. I really ought to have pictures of me in something else one of these days. It's getting a little weird. I'm also incredibly disappointed that I forgot my anchor earrings, but oh well.

Chambray dress: WalMart | Striped dress, red belt: Image | Shoes: Forever 21

Oh, Pablo

It's another super late Marvelous Monday post on a day that's not Monday!

Sheesh.

This theme is celebrity-inspired.

Now, I don't live under a rock. As you can tell, I live in a pretty nice dorm with five other people. There are very few rocks even in sight, and I don't live under any of them. Thus, I know abut modern celebrities. More importantly, I know that quite a few of them have some rad style. I don't really care about Taylor Swift's music, but I do care about her closet. Same goes for Kim Kardashian and...whatever she does, and her closet. I don't care, but I'm aware.

All of this is to say that I totally know about modern celebrities, even though I'm channeling Pablo Picasso today. And why wouldn't I? He's one of the most well-known painters in history, he was friends with Jacques Cousteau, and he could do stripes like no one else. I mean, look at this guy:

I just got dressed to get some breakfast at the cafe, but let me tell you, dressing up with one of my favorite artists in mind totally helped make the morning trek a little more bearable.

I promise I wore shoes today. I really did.

Dress (as top): Image | Skirt: mom

Finally, I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month this year! The goal is to write 50,000 words in thirty days in November. Come be my writing buddy if you plan on participating!

Over the Top

So, wow, I am really, really, really behind on Marvelous Mondays. I formally apologize, and offer up this post on a Wednesday. I'm going to do them all this week, and hopefully one day I'll get a shot outside! I think we all fail to understand just how gorgeous my campus is.

The first theme I'm behind on is Over the Top. While I'm occasionally a bit of an obnoxious dresser, I generally tend towards more simplistic looks. I think I'm turning into a minimalist. I wore this obnoxious pattern party with much more low-key accessories. I was so excited when I woke up this morning and it was cold outside! I've been waiting to wear this sweater since I put it away for the summer.

Sweater, collared top, dangly earrings: Forever 21 | Dress (worn underneath): Image | Leggings: WalMart | Boots: Forever | Cuff: Vintage | Headband: Christmas present | Necklace: Claire's | Studs (worn later): Mudd

And my mom sent Halloween decorations in her last care package! While we haven't gotten around to hanging up some of the cooler ones yet, we have started decorating. One of my roommates even brought these cool Olvera Street guys to hang out with some leaves and stuff.

And finally, I wrote a short article about my love of biology and the importance of education for a local environmental group. Maybe go check it out?

Kind of Obnoxious

Welcome back, dear readers, to yet another Marvelous Monday!

This week's theme: neon!

I don't know if this will come as a surprise or not, but I don't own any neon clothes. I know, it's shocking, right? Well, I do have some neon accessories, and I wore a couple of them with a simple black and white dress for extra impact.

That fantastic, aggressively neon bag is a Nine West bag my mom and I found in Ross last December. I loved it so much that my mom ended up getting it that day and then giving it to me as a Christmas present. Considering the fact that it's Nine West, it was dirt cheap, and an amazing find.

The necklace has a much less interesting story. It was a dollar from Forever 21.

And I have to apologise for the state of my room. Half of it is dominated by Kittentopia (which, unfortunately, will be dismantled toward the end of the week, as we're starting to find homes for them), and the other half by boxes. That whole moving thing is starting to get pretty real, and I'm so incredibly excited. And on top of that, I'm starting to get things together for our upcoming family vacation. Things are a bit more frenetic than usual, and it's manifesting as a mess in my room.

I've also started getting into painting. While I don't paint faithful representations of the fake daisies on our dining table, it is a lot of fun for me. I'm planning on painting and embroidering a bunch of stupid things and putting them on the walls of my room in the dorm.

And then, I did something crazy a couple of days ago: I sent a query letter to a literary agent. We'll see where that goes, if anywhere.

Finally, I've started speaking to some of my suitemates. It's weird to start thinking of them as real people I'll be living with for sixteen weeks, rather than blank entities I'll live with eventually, in the vaguely distant future. I don't mind it, actually. And at least one of them has a face, as far as I'm concerned.

Anyway, enough of that. How about some clothes and paintings? Yeah.

Dress: Image | Headband: Dollar Tree | Necklace: Forever 21 | Bag: Nine West via Ross

I want this in the kitchen. I hope my roommates aren't put off
by that.

My favourite quote.

Some of my things and an AWESOME present
from Dani.

Now that you've experienced my babbling and wild mess, go cast your eyes in the direction of the others!

Sian: Sort Life Out; Buy Milk

Jocelyn: Fat, Fashionable, and Feminist

Cheri: Cheri'z Style and Angel Luvin

L: goodbye hollywood

Rebel Rebel

In case you haven't paid as much attention as you normally should through the week, it's Monday. But you should also know by now that Mondays around here are marvelous. If you didn't know this, head right over here and change that.

This week's theme: breaking fashion rules!

I'm sure I do this all the time, because let's face it, most fashion rules are straight-up silly. They're too constricting, whether or not you're a fat girl, and they're not much fun.

I mean, come on—don't wear horizontal stripes? That's absurd! I am a strong supporter of the horizontal striped look because you can look like an Elvis Presley-type jailbird, a pirate, or a sailor. Or all three at the same time! What's not to love about horizontal stripes?

Of course, the reasoning behind this is that they make you look bigger. Which is silly. Just as silly as clothes that are designed to "flatter" and "conceal trouble areas." Because that toga-like tee-shirt is going to fool everyone into thinking I'm a size two, I'd imagine.

I'm also pretty sure that one of the fat-girl fashion rules is that we shouldn't wear short skirts, but my new slogan may just become "Short skirts fo' life, yo." It just feels right.

So, hopefully, I've broken two rules with this one amazing dress. I absolutely love it and can't believe I haven't worn it yet. Though, truth be told, I actually wore it out into the world yesterday, where I was accosted by wind. Not fun. No, today was spent baking a cake and some cupcakes for Casey's birthday, and I did all of that in my pajamas.

I love low backs like this, I really, really do.

Dress: Image | Shoes, socks: Forever 21 | Watch: WalMart | Necklace: Hot Topic | Earrings: Claire's

Now, head on over to the others' blogs and see just how rebellious they are!

Sian: Sort Life Out; Buy Milk

Jocelyn: Fat, Fashionable, and Feminist

Cheri: Cheri'z Angel and Style Luvin

L: goodbye hollywood