My Holiday in Pictures

Sorry for the unplanned blog posting break readers!  I've just had so much fun at home with my family and friends that I failed to nurture my little corner of the web.  But never fear!  I have been quite active on Twitter and Instagr.am documenting my various adventures.  And thought I'd share a select few of those here!

My vacation started with at the San Jose Mineta International Airport with a flight to Chicago.  I got there an hour and a half early expecting horrendous lines and irritated fellow passengers.  Instead, I found this: 

Seriously empty right?  As a result, I breezed through bag check in and security, and spend an hour hanging out at the Santa Cruz Wine Bar.  And wasn't it the most fantastic relaxing time! 

Mercury Rising, which was the darkest wine, was one of my favorites.  I then stopped over in Las Vegas, an airport complete with slot machines and Ethel M's, one of my favorite chocolatiers.  They used to have several locations in Chicago, but when the economy collapsed, they retreated back to their Las Vegas home base.  I made it a point to pick up a few bags of their drinking chocolate, which makes such dark and rich hot chocolate! 

The next few days I spent working from home and getting my pamper on with my mom!  I only get my hair cut in Chicago (anyone else commiserate with me on the pains of finding a new hair stylist?), so I got some new layers.  She curled my hair too and it was just too cute -- I can never get my hair to do that stuff! Then I got a fun, Christmassy manicure using Opi's Santa Baby.

This has been a very vintage/thrifty trip because I've really scored a bunch of great pieces!  Not least of all these fantastic Ray Ban wayfarers my mom's left in the guest bedroom I sleep in when I come home.  They've been there for 3 years and I finally asked if I could have them.  After a little resistance she said yes!  How awesome are these? 

And just to go with the vintage theme, check out a pic of  my mom from when she was in high school.  So awesome! Isn't she pretty? 

Well that concludes Part 1 of my trip home.  Stay tuned for the next part!  Hope you all had a fantastic holiday.   Did you get anything good? 

Thanks for stopping by!

to look for: Me!? - Part 2

In a previous post, you learned what my goals for this blog are.  I'm still VERY excited about this site, even with a very minimal readership, which is great, because I'm hoping its an indicator of my dedication to this little project of mine.

This is an old picture of an outfit I wore months ago for another blog's reader outfit feature.  Just to break up the text ^_-. 

Outfit Details:

Tunic: Bought in a boutique in Chinatown (need to find that again)

Undershirt: Anthropologie Melting Cowlneck

Jeans: Anthro AG Stevie Crops

Boots: Chelsea Boots from Ambiance

Here are some of the features I'm hoping to work into this blog over time:

• Outfit of the Day or OOTD: This will be my bread and butter, where I will be taking daily (!) pictures of myself and my outfits with hopefully amusing narrative.
• What Does This Button Do!?: These posts will contain on-location photographs while my BF and I try to learn how to use our DLSR.  There will be mistakes and non-outfit photos, but the intent is to make them fun and relevant to the blog.
• Style Challenge: I plan to take a hard-to-do trend and figure out how to incorporate it into one of my outfits.  Some examples are: Skirts with socks and heels, Scarves tucked into belts, Dresses as Tops, etc.  If this blog grows bigger, I would love to turn this into a reader-participation feature.  I would LOVE some suggestions!  Please post in comments. 
• Fitting Room Reviews: These will be Anthro heavy, since I go there A LOT.
• 30-second Outfit: Idea courtesy of my roommate, this feature will consist of an outfit pulled together in 30 seconds or less.  
• Boutique Spotlight: Anytime I find a random, but awesome boutique, I will write a review on it.  Easy enough, right? 

I would love some suggestions or feedback!  Any other feature ideas? Expansions? Votes for the first round of Style Challenges?

Thanks for stopping by!  See ya tomorrow!