Outfit: Skippy Doo, Caribou

I saw this belt at St. Vincent dePaul and I said, "I must have that belt". The fact that it is far too big for my waist is a minor technicality. I just pulled it through the loop and tucked the end behind. Looks a little weird, but it's cool to look weird nowadays, right?

Jewelry made with white magnesite and caribou antler.

Outfits: Dressing Up

March 15-

If I ever try the 30/30 Challenge, this dress is definitely going in the line-up. It is hands down my favorite item in my closet and I am so happy that my mom talked me into it (when I first tried it on I was on the fence; she was the one that made me decide on it) for my graduation. I am tired of having to layer over and under it, though. Mr. Sun, please come back to me soon!

March 16-

This was my second vintage dress that I bought on Etsy, but for reasons unknown, I've never worn it before. It's super cute and breezy and I can't wait to wear it more this summer.

My wild woman hair is kind of getting out of control. I desperately need a haircut before I turn into Cousin It. That would be no bueno.

Etsy Front Page Feature + Outfit: Alaskan Raven

Yay! My Creamy Magnesite Necklace was on the front page of Etsy today! Unfortunately by the time I saw it the necklace had already sold (I mean, how dare someone buy something from me?!?!) so it wasn't there anymore, but I got a screen shot from CraftCult. It's in the 2nd row, third item.

This is actually my 5th time on the FP, but it's my first time since June 2010, so it was a pretty exciting feeling. It does make me feel a little bad that my Etsy shop is so neglected and barren, though. Maybe I could have made a few more sales from it if I was better stocked... oh well, too late now! Anyways, thank you to octopurse for including me in this treasury!

Since today was so gray and gloomy (it's kinda sorta sunny now, but it will doubtlessly be gray again in a few minutes in classic Oregon style), I opted for my favorite man sweater. No really, it's a man sweater. I also added a new necklace I made for myself last night, using a pendant that my sister got me almost a year ago for my birthday (at least I think it was my birthday... it might possibly have been Christmas 2009. Yikes!). When I came out this morning wearing it:
Mom: "I've never seen you wear a cross before!"
Me: "Silly mom, it's a raven, not a cross. How could you make such an egregious error?"*
*Not actually what I said

 

It's from my sister that is crazy enough to live in Alaska. Apparently it's made out of Musk Ox horn, so that's kind of neat, right? I mean, what's not awesome about getting to wear dead animal parts? Hmm... wait a second...

Outfits: My Favorite Skirts

March 9-

Favorite Skirt #1 also qualifies as my favorite thrift store find ever. Seriously, I love it. A lot. You can't really see it that well in the pictures, but it is pleated all the way around and has a great motion when I walk. So glad I found this guy.

This top was another Vera Wang item I picked up at Kohl's. It was on the clearance rack for a gazillion dollars off so I couldn't resist. I love how it ties at the neck.

March 10-

Favorite Skirt #2 is one that I bought a long time ago and didn't wear it for months because I thought is was really unflattering. I eventually figured out that if I got it to sit at my waist instead of my hips, though, it looks much better. I just use the waist sash to tie keep it in place. And now it's my best friend and I wish I could wear it every day. 

Side note: this is one of my new ModCloth coats! I love the color, and the buttons are super killer. And don't even get me started on the pink lining... pure gorgeousness...

The other coat I got is pretty cool, too. Not quite as fabulous as this one, but still good. The skirt, on the other hand, was awful. On the ModCloth site is said that it ran large so I should order a size down. So I did. And it's too small. Thanks for nothing, ModCloth. At least it was only $15... I can't imagine who would have paid the original $50 for it. The darn thing wasn't even lined.

Reasons Why Today Is/Will Be Awesome

This isn't part of the blog, but just wanted to say thanks to one of my readers, Miss Monica, who linked up my Here Not There features on nevershoppedout.com. Thank you, Monica, I appreciate it! (I would have written you an email but I didn't see one on your profile).

Tuesday, the 8th of March, 2011, also known as today, should be a pretty spectacular day. Why is that? Let me tell you:

1) My ModCloth purchase is supposed to come today! I just checked on the UPS tracking site and it's out for delivery! Huzzah!

2) I am wearing the most adorable dress ever from dirtybettyvintage. Does that make me a Dirty Betty? I don't know. I've had it for a few weeks now and haven't worn it before because it needed a little hemming since it was way past my knees. I finally got around to it last night and took about 4 inches off the bottom, and ended up taking the sleeves up a few inches as well. I did a pretty dandy job, I think.

3) I am wearing my new wedges I got at Kohl's the other day. This is awesome because I found them on Clearance for only $9.99 (and I had the 15% off coupon). I actually had tried these on and almost bought them a few weeks back, but didn't want to spend $35 on them. Patience pays off, my friends.

4) I get to see my dearest bestest friend Janell today. She left me this year to go to college (the nerve!) so I don't get to see her much anymore. Fun fact: my dearest bestest friend has the exact same birthday as me. Same day, same year. I think she's got a few hours on me.
My dearest bestest friend:

Isn't she the cutest thing ever? I don't know how to give photo credit here because I'm not sure if the photographer has a website or not, but the pics were taken by Kristin.

4) The most important reason I am excited for today, though, is what Janell and I are going to be doing. We are going to go here:

It's the new basketball court at the University of Oregon. But we aren't going to see any boring basketball game, we are going to see an exhibition match between the two current tennis gods. That's right, I'm going to see Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

Oh, and I guess Maria Sharapova and some other shrieking girl will be there, too, but who cares about them?

I am so excited! Can it please be 3 o'clock now?

Outfits: The Lost Look, the White Dress, and the Petri Dish

March 5-
I may have accidentally deleted the picture of this day's outfit, as I can't find it anywhere on my computer. Perhaps I'll come across it in a few days on some deep, dark corner of my pictures folder. I was able to find the picture I took of my new necklace that I made for myself, though, so not all is lost. I used some sweet Amethyst nuggets that I've had kicking around my bead box forever and a day. It's simple, but I really like it.

March 6-

Love love love love love love love love love love love love love love this dress I traded for with ModernMode. Meg (the shop owner) is so sweet and I love doing trades with her. She gets awesome jewelry and I get awesome dresses. Happiness all around!

I'm really looking forward to wearing this one without the cardigan and tights. It'll still probably be another few weeks before the weather allows for that, though.

Just noticed I forgot to list the belt! It was $6.29 at Urban Outfitters.

March 7-

So I finally got around to going to Kohl's yesterday to get myself some new gray tights, since both my dark and light gray pairs had huge holes in them and were no longer wearable. Naturally I found two other pairs I liked, but they were a good price and I had a 15% off coupon so I let myself splurge and get 4 pairs total (2 gray, 1 ivory, and the lavender ones I'm wearing right now).

I also scoped out some sweet Vera Wang tank tops that were only $15 each, and after the additional discount I thought they were a pretty good price so I got two (the other one has a different print). I like this one a lot even though I think it looks like a petri dish.

And I never thought this would happen to me or that I would ever be willing to admit it on the internet, but I fell in love with a pair of Lauren Conrad shoes. I'm not really sure who Lauren Conrad is except that she was on some dumb TV show a while back (maybe she still is? I don't know...) so I automatically want to hate everything she designs. But there was no way I could make myself hate these shoes. So stinking cute. They were also $45, though, and no matter how much I wanted to get them I couldn't make myself spend that much on them. I found them on the Kohl's website and now have them bookmarked, so if they go on sale I will be ready. Check them out HERE and tell me if I'm crazy for loving them or not.

Outfits: Pink and Frilly

March 3-

In yesterday's "Save Money" post, I said you should never skip the sale section just because you think it's gross stuff that a store is trying to get rid of. I think Target was really trying to get rid of this shirt because it was on $3.74 and it was the last one, but I'm not going to complain. I didn't have any light pink shirts like this so I thought it would be good to have at least one in my collection. So yay for cheap, new clothes!

March 4-

I realized I hadn't worn any of the loot I got from my trip to the first ever Oregon H&M yet, so I broke out my frilly cardigan today. I was originally going to wear some heels, but when I put them on and looked in the mirror I just looked so... girly. So out came the flats and, of course, my favorite gray jacket, which both helped to tone down the fancy-pants-ness of it.

Outfit: Amazon --- A Few Notes

 

You may be wondering why I am standing next to an empty clothes rack today. Well, I just wanted to brag about the fact that I carried said empty clothes rack up a flight of stairs today while wearing high-heeled boots. The darn thing was too wide to carry it next to me, too, so I had to hold it out in front of me which made it infinitely harder. But I prevailed in the end and now I'm trying to decide what clothes I'm going to put on it. Me = Amazon. 

And yes, I am aware that I look wholly unfashionable/boring today. I needed a lazy day.

A Few Notes:

-There is seriously a flash flood going on outside my store today. I can hardly even see the buildings across the street because the rain is so thick. If I never blog again, you can assume I have drowned. Cry not, my friends.

- I have not forgotten about the giveaway. I just had a bunch of other, more important stuff to tend to this weekend (like, you know, watching the Oscars for 5 hours). I will try to get everything figured out and get it ready to go next Monday, so keep your eyes open for it!

- My boss is giving birth to twins today, so if you're the praying sort of person, prayers are always appreciated.

- Downton Abbey is awesome. That is all.

-Oh, and Amanda, I though Sandra Bullock's was okay... I thought it was the best red of the night (there were  lot of funky reds out there that clashed hardcore with the carpet), but I wasn't a fan of the top/bustline. 

-For those of you who don't know (which I imagine would be all of you), Amanda and I both love red carpet stuff, and we always disagree on who looked good and who didn't. 

-I may or may not be doing a Music Monday post today. We'll see how it goes.

-I've been playing guitar almost non-stop since I started about 2 weeks ago, and I proud to say that I can finally no longer feel my fingers tips. Typing feels kind of weird, but I suppose I'll get used to it.

- OK, I'm off to try and figure out what I'm going to put on that clothes rack now. Ta!

Outfit: Scarf Surgery

I am officially declaring this jacket my favorite thrift store purchase to date. I wear it every day to and from work, even when I don't show it on my blog. And to think, I was this close to not buying it.

This morning I made myself a cowl. Well, I didn't really make it make it, but I created it from a scarf. Last time you saw this guy, it looked like this:

But I haven't worn it since then because it was really just too bulky to be worn as a scarf. So this morning I whipped out my scissors, cut off the fringe at the ends, and used some of the strands of yarn that I cut off to tie the ends of the scarf together. It's not beautiful, but as long as I keep that part at the back of my neck no one will ever have to know.

So my bulky scarf is now a lovely cowl. All together it took my about 10 minutes. Not bad!

Outfits: From the farm straight to your monitor

True story about this outfit:
I wore this same top and skirt combo (styled differently, of course) to church a few weeks ago. I teach 4th and 5th grade Sunday School for girls, and usually they go gaga over what I wear. OK, so not really gaga, but I'm pretty much the fashion icon of 5th graders at my church.
Well, when I walked into class wearing this shirt, one of the girls looked me up and down a few times and said, "Wow, Leanna, it looks like you just came from the farm." Uhm, okay. "Is that a good thing?" I asked her. "Yeah, I like it," she said. The moral of my tale: If you are ever going to talk to a group of 5th grade girls, try going for a farmer-chic look and they will love you.

That said, I don't think I look like I came from the farm. Unless the farm was one that it would be acceptable to wear heels to.

Outfit: Snow

It totally snowed here this morning. Thankfully it didn't last long and didn't stick either. Oh spring, where art thou?

Hm, I think this might be one of my favorite outfits ever. I don't really know why, though. I shall ponder this. If you are a newer follower and didn't get to read my tale of woe regarding this skirt the first time I wore it, you can check it out HERE.

I have no clue what this stone is that I used in this necklace, but it's prety sweet. I suspect it's nothing more than just a sliced up piece of plain 'ol agate, but when I saw it it was screaming at me to be made into a necklace. It's not that special, but it's nice anyways.

And I don't think I've ever shown off my cutesy little rose ring that I traded for with Brydferth. It's kind of hard to see because it's almost the same color as my finger, but you get the picture. She has a lot of other colors to pick from her shop, and at only $10 it's a great deal.

Outfit & A Rant About Facebook

Last night I did myself the biggest favor ever and picked out my outfits for the rest of the week. There was nothing interesting on TV so I just decided to go play dress up for a while so I could save myself some time the rest of the evenings this week. So now I have 4 more outfits all picked out and hanging, in order, in my closet. If only other aspects of my life were so organized...

But anyways.
I was going to take a moment to rant about the number of people on facebook doing the stupid 60 Day Photo Challenge (if you don't know what I'm talking about, be glad), but then I remembered that I did a 30 Day Blogging challenge and a lot of people probably thought that was stupid too so maybe I won't complain.

Nah, I'll complain anyways.

Seriously, almost half of my news feed is pictures for this challenge. I have to sift through all these random pictures that I don't care about (i.e. A picture that makes you smile. A picture of your dream car. A picture of your favorite sport... and the list goes on and on) to find actual status updates that I might care about. Because if I can't keep up with who's dating who and who just broke up then I will die! Die, people! This is serious!

OK, so maybe it's not such a big deal, but the end of this stupid challenge cannot come quickly enough. If you want to post pictures of all of your favorite things, get a blog. Facebook is for dumb status updates, blogs are for pointless pictures. The end.

Outfits: Sunday & Monday

Sunday-

I got my Urban Outfitters order on Saturday! Hurrah! I picked up this dress for a mere $16, which if you know anything about UO you will know that is ridiculously cheap for them - it was originally $70! You can get one for yourself HERE if you want (I had a 20% off code, so that's why it's $20 on the site).

Monday (today)-

Get the top HERE (it's actually been marked down even more since I bought it, now it's only $10), or the cardigan HERE.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend! I spent mine working (on Saturday), and lazing around after church on Sunday. Oh, and eating lots of Cheetos, too. I love those things!

Outfit: Leanna Cartoonified

 

 Well, this morning I left my camera at home by accident, so no pictures for you. Instead, you get to admire this stunning piece of artwork that I drew using my touch-screen laptop. That's right folks, I drew this using my pointer finger. Fear me.

Also, just wanted to say thanks to Ashley at Piloting Life for giving me the "Stylish Blogger" award. As part of getting that, I'm supposed to write 7 things about myself. Those of you who have been around since the beginning of the 30 Day Challenge know that I had to write 30 things about myself on Day 6, so I won't be repetitive. You can read any seven facts you like by clicking HERE. 

I'm also supposed to tag 7 other people to  get the award. Hurrah!

1) Meg at The Modern Mode. Fashion and music combined. What more could you want?

2) Kira at Rain or Shine. She interned at Betsey Johnson, and once got to sit down and make a shopping list of make-up with Betsey Johnson herself. If that's not stylish I don't know what is.

3) Savannah at Sweet and Savvy. I don't know how it is possible that this girl only has 4 followers. Her clothes are soooo cute. Excuse the extra o's.

4) Mckenzie at March Rielo. I'm fairly certain she has already got this award, but if not I'm giving it to her now.

5) Jennifer at The Blair Affairs. I'm pretty sure she must have gotten this already as well, but whatever. She deserves it!

6) Amanda at Farmgirl Writes. She likes to blog about the red carpet styles, and we always find someone to disagree on. :) It's kind of fun, though!

7) Emma at Behind the Leopard Glasses. She collects Toms! That reeks of stylish-ness.

Outfit: Free Coffee!

 Well, this is what I'm wearing today. Blah blah blah, boring I know.

The exciting thing today is that I got free coffee! Well, not really free, but I finally filled up my punch card from the coffee shop next door. So of course, I treated myself to the big size (20oz.) instead of my usual medium (16oz.).

 Also, I got mini donuts! And yes, they have chocolate frosting and Oreo crumbles on top. Yum.

 Between the time I started this blog and now, my donuts disappeared. Please let me know if you see them around anywhere.

Oh, well, I might have eaten them actually, so never mind.

Outfit: Alterations

So, this is a vintage dress I got for Christmas from my mom. I have the coolest mom ever and she let me pick out a few vintage things on Etsy, and I spent a good 3 days searching all the possibilities and trying to narrow down my list to fit in the given budget. This dress, that I got from vintagecarliss, was actually giant on me when I first put it on. During the search process I was checking measurements to make sure that what I was getting wouldn't be too small, but it never really crossed my mind that anything would be too big.

I've been meaning for a while to fix it up a bit, and finally I got around to it last night. My mom wasn't home so it was a bit scary because I've never tailored anything before and would have liked to ask her the best way to do it, but I decided it would be god for me to try and figure it out on my own. All in all, I think I did a pretty smashing job.

 I cut about half of the sleeve off, and then took out a considerable amount from underneath the arm and sewed it back up before hemming the sleeve. I would have taken pictures but my camera (well, it's actually my dad's but it's vacationing with me) was at work. The pics above are courtesy of the awful webcam on my laptop.

And of course I had to take some off the bottom, as it was hitting me several inches below my knees. It ended up being a little shorter than I'm comfortable with, but I did it that way because I realized that it would be easiest to hem it along the line where an extra piece of fabric was already attached around the bottom (where the print ran sideways instead of vertical).

The official "before and after":

I just noticed that in the picture above it looks like the sleeves are different lengths, but the one sleeve must have bunched a bit because it definitely does not look like that in real life, I promise!

Hope you all are having a great day!

Outfit: A Dress as a Skirt

Confession: I am covering up the top half of my favorite Calvin Klein dress with a thrifted sweater that cost me less than 2 bucks. Is that like a sin or something? I don't know, but I like the way it looks! I would love the way this looks even more with a necklace instead of a cowl and with no tights, but alas, the weather disagrees. Brr.

Outfit: What to wear when you just don't care...

There are a few thing I ask you to excuse:
-My boring outfit
-My dopey facial expression
-The lack of prices
-My wild-woman hair
-That I was too lazy to cut this out.
-This entire outfit blog. I don't even know why I bothered putting it together.

There's actually a reason I am dressed so uninterestingly (totally not a word, but whatever) today. I have grand plans of redecorating the store I work at, and that involves a lot of heavy lifting and pushing stuff around. So no skirts and heels for me today!

Outfit: Mellow Yellow --- Day 28: I Miss...

I love yellow. This cardigan is really more of a camel brown, but for some reason in pictures it looks more mustard-y and I am A-O-K with that. :)

30 Day Challenge. I'm almost done! Yay!
Day 28: Something you miss.
I miss sleeping in! I used to sleep in 5 days a week (Mon.-Fri.) since I only worked on Saturday and had church on Sunday, but now I sleep in ZERO days a week because I work 6 days and church on the 7th. Booo! I get up at 8am every morning, and even more early on Sunday. It's tragic.
However, I am getting paid to wake up early, which makes it not quite so bad. Earning money is a good thing!

Outfit: Red --- Day 27: Problematic

Red is one color that I've never really been able to get that excited about. I love me some green, blue, yellow, and pretty much any other color, but when it comes to my wardrobe I tend to avoid red at all costs. I think that's because in most cases, red just isn't a good color for me. With my coloring, anything but the exact right shade of red makes me looks gross.

Thankfully, this cowl is that perfect exact shade of red. It's a bit of a risk ordering things online since colors can look different on different monitors, but my gamble paid off big time because I love it! And my red tights aren't really the best shade, but it's not a big deal because they aren't right next to any visible skin.


See the full list of 30 Day Challenge topics HERE.
Day 27: A problem that you have had.
Ugh, man these topics are really starting to annoy me. Only 3 more days.... only 3 more days... only 3 more days...
One time I had a hang nail. That was a problem, but I clipped it off and it wasn't a problem anymore.
Then another time I locked myself out of the house while I was barefoot and had to trudge through my backyard (while it was raining) so I could break in through the laundry room window, which is a LOT higher off the ground that I thought at first.
And then another time I was in Vietnam and one of my eyelids swelled up so bad I couldn't even see out of that eye for a while until the swelling started to go down. That happened to be the day I was flying home, and everyone in the airport looked at me weird and some little Chinese girl in the Hong Kong airport just stood and stared at me while I washed my hands in the bathroom. I still don't know why it happened.
The end.