PeSuit and Tie

as spring creeps into our lives, it feels like hibernation is at its end. so many fun events this week: karaoke for the clients, escape room and celebrating a work friend's birthday, first mix at the museum this year, and a visit to the rock and roll hall of fame. i was inspired by women and their fashion throughout the week, a great way to honor international women's day. at the mix this month, the theme was material girl  featuring music by the ladies of the 80s. sib and i played a drinking game: take a shot when you see someone fully dressed as madonna. i had a last-minute wardrobe malfunction so i was not truly on theme. it's okay, my eyes were filled with wonder seeing some fantastic ensembles.  i was obsessed with a woman dressed in a fishnet bodysuit, with a white slip dress on top, wearing a vintage military coat and cap with a patch saying, "make love not war", she added read ankle boots too. i had to come up to her to compliment it and the following day ...

  the start of the school year literally wiped away the heat of summer, so suddenly. summer arrives loudly, brightly and feels obnoxious sometimes. but it leaves and never gives you notice. truthfully, we still have a whole month of technical summer time, but this week i admit i'm liking the feeling of fall.  fall is my favorite season, but i feel so guilty at the beginning of it (or at the end of summer), because here in ohio we only get a sliver of true summer. or perhaps i was spoiled by my youth in dalmatia, where we had mostly summer and painful heat. boyfriend let me borrow his macbook, so it's been a bit easier instead of bouncing between library work hours, my own schedule, and sib's laptop with no storage. thank you boyfriend! on monday i dyed my hair back to copper, and had a proper therapy sesh with bestie morg, my hair stylist and wonderful friend. did i accidentally dye away the last blonde remnants of summer as well? oops.  friday i had an end of summer team...

  we're halfway through the summer season. it could be just a week where i was struggling with recovering from a massive hangover, and the fact sib and i had to go to a family friend's wake, but my outfits seemed pretty bleak? going to yoga with bestie victoria, and meeting up with an old friend from my community college days, and spending 5 hours at the coffee shop catching up (we haven't seen each other in 5 years), helped boost back my joie de vivre. and, of course a post-wake thrift run to find something denim/overall for my upcoming vermont trip (the looks are pending, keep an eye out in a couple weeks for a report on that!). a "vintage" gap denim dress, perfectly fitted and just the pefrect denim feel. i had something of the sorts when i was a kid, and y'all know me too well - anything nostalgic for the child within me. she's so spoiled. sib, though, was immensely lucky in the shoe aisle, where she go two glamourous pairs - in brand new conditions. l...