playing dress up for the dmv

some days are just not meant to be awesome, and i think that any day involving the dmv is going to be one of those days. luckily, my dad and i only had about a 45 minute wait and our interaction with the actual dmv clerk lasted all of 7 minutes. unluckily, part of our business included my getting a new license plate. :( i had no idea how attached i was to those 7 letters and numbers! i tend to get attached to strange things, but this one was the strangest.

i had already gotten dressed for the day when i got the news that i'd be spending a chunk of my day off at the dmv, but i like to accredit my favorite shirt and sandals with why the experience was overall so pleasant.

i got this little button-up blouse at nostalgia in knoxville. it has the tiniest peter pan collar, which usually isn't apparent because i don't button it all the way up! whoops. but mostly, the print of foxes and deer and bunnies and leaves and acorns and squirrels and trees sold me on it.

i usually wear this top tucked into skirts, but it's kiiiind of a crop top and has these cute slits up the sides, so i've been wanting to wear it with jeans a lot lately. well, actually, this jeans obsession has had me wanting to wear EVERYTHING with jeans lately. i'm trying to talk myself out of ordering a pair of polka dot jeans as we speak, but they just seem so practical! ;)

it's been SO. long. since i wore heels for the heck of it. when i worked in an office, i wore them nearly every day, and built up quite a collection. i've missed it. :( and i LOVE these target sandals from last year. the heel is so chunky that it's practically a wedge so they're super easy for me to walk in (i'm fairly clumsy).. they also give the look of a clog, for like 1/5th of the price.

as a side note, i cannot remember what it was like to wear jeans that were not cuffed. i miss it! i can never find jeans with an inseam short enough for my little legs! i need to start hemming them all, i guess.

necklace: cm via local honey
shirt: nostalgia
belt: charlotte ruse
jeans: levi's
shoes: target

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things i can't stop thinking about

quick update: i'm still not really sure how to use my computer!! all of my questions seem like really, really silly ones, so i haven't even worked up the courage to ask my mac-owning friends yet. :) while i'm getting these kinks worked out, i'm sure my posting will be really silly and short and sweet.

right now, i want to focus on some things that i can't stop thinking about lately.

thing 1 that i can't stop thinking about lately: getting my hair cut!! my next hair appointment is a week from tomorrow (eep!) and i'm pretty sure that i will be showing my hairdresser this picture:

source

i saw it on modcloth's tumblr back in february, and i haven't stopped thinking about it since. the heat is really getting to me lately, and working in retail, my hair mostly does nothing but get in the way. i can't wait to see what happens next thursday (ie, whether i chicken out or not..)!!

thing 2 that i can't stop thinking about lately: flatforms. bekuh has been wearing her new pair so often, and i'm super jealous. we're both tiny little girls who date (/are married to) big tall guys, and i miss when i worked in an office and could get away with sky-high heels and wedges. flatforms seem like the perfect marriage of wearability/functionality and height :)

i'm leaning towards the most affordable/highly recommended pair that i've come across right now:

blowfish gypsy shoe

but these are a CLOSE second (in that i almost feel like i may change my mind and spend the extra $100+ on them).

either way, i will own flatforms SOON. :)

thing 3 i can't stop thinking about lately: laura jane grace. i sort of saved the most important for last. i don't know how many people have heard about this, but one of my favorite musicians has recently come out as being transgender. tom gabel, of against me!, will now be living her life as laura grace.

found in this month's issue of rolling stone magazine

this story has brought me to happy tears many times already, and i don't think it's stopping anytime soon. i have no personal understanding of what tom was feeling, but i do know what it's like to wake up in the morning and feel 100% uncomfortable and inhibited in the body given to you. what laura has done is courageous and inspiring. there are so many aspects of the story that i love (LOOOVE), and i highly recommend tracking down the issue of rolling stone and reading the article yourself. :) i have seen against me! before, and would love to see them again with their new, badass female lead.

i hope everything is well. <3