Dress Me Up Dollie

Jacket, Torrid; top, Old Navy; pants, Torrid; shoes, Classified

Oh, the pouf.  Back in college, my three best girlfriends and I all wore our hair puffed up a little in the front and called it a pouf.  It's really a riff on the pompadour style that's popular in the rockabilly/retro revival scene.  That's what I was going for today, and when I went to visit my grandparents, my grandpa said I looked like Rosie the Riveter!  Then my dad said he was pretty sure he had a photo of my grandma (on his side, I was visiting my maternal grandparents) with her hair styled very much the same way.  What a massive compliment!  I adored my paternal grandma!  (And continue to adore my maternal one, of course.)

Bonus for today, as I was talking about how I'm pretty cyclical with my style.  Check this out:

Hair, from the top, 3 years ago, 2 years ago and a year ago.  All styles I've featured in this blog in the last year.  Also, why am I always in pictures with other people, not alone?

Outfit, Torrid; tights, GNW; shoes, Classified

Swing...and a miss.  Another work/school outfit.  I love this skirt, but have yet to find a way to wear it that isn't 15-year-old-oing-to-the-mall-like.  Suggestions?

Shirt, Old Navy; skirt, Old Navy; tights, GNW; shoes, Classified

The cold finally broke today and it started dumping rain.  I was less than thrilled about that, as you could imagine.  I'm finding that there's a reason why I shouldn't buy pajama tops and wear them as shirts--I'm just not a fan of this top anymore.

Today, I hit a massive road block on my way to fashion design school.  PSU and UO won't release my grades to Ai, so it'll be a while before I can be admitted.  Therefore I can't take classes.  Major bummer.  But it is making me slow down and focus on whether I want to go the Ai route or if I want to move away for school.  An odd thing to be considering after college.

Shirt, Faith 21; pants, Tripp; shoes, Classified

I wore this to my first day at the new office.  Still love this shirt, it flows very nicely.

The shoes I bought for Megan's wedding.  Unlike my Alfanis, I didn't wear them for the ceremony (obviously, because you can only wear one pair of shoes at a time), but I did for the rehursal.  Much fun.

Cardigan, Old Navy; sparrow pin, DIY; shirt, Old Navy, jeans, Dickies; shoes, Classified

I was really resistant to the idea of wearing these shoes today.  They're my absolute favorite flats and they're leather, so they're a little more resistant to Portland's famous rain.  But, given that it's going to rain today and I'm going to First Thursday (an event that involves a lot of walking), these really are the right shoes for the situation.  It just means that I don't get to wear these shoes for another month!  Very disappointing.

My sparrow pin is beaded.  I finally finished it earlier this week after working on it (clearly not very seriously) for well over a month.  I'm pretty fond of it.

I bet y'all are tired of photos in that corner.  It's just so damn convenient, I can leave my tripod set up there, which really streamlines the process of getting ready in the morning (if you assume that part of getting ready is taking a photo for the blog.  Maybe this weekend, I'll take some more interesting photos.