Sneakers + bracelets

(Polyvore)

Upcoming trip to L.A. + back injury = NEW SHOES! (flat ones, of course)

I've been obsessing over these and can't pick just one. In my search for the perfect pair I also happened 

upon these awesome bracelets, which if you'll care to notice, have matching gold or red accents to each and every shoe. Comfy on the feet, fancy on the wrist. 

I envision that these will be super helpful running through the airport, get lots of mileage on the West Coast for a couple days and then once I'm back, could be paired with my black wool coat + jeans to keep me going through the winter into spring. Its been such a long time since I've worn sneakers though, that I don't even remember how they fare in snow, rain and puddles. Weatherproofing sneakers? Sounds strange but will have to look it up.

Consignment 101

(stubbs & wootton)

Yesterday, I had my first foray into consigning items from my closet. They took from me:

1 Theory dress
1 Theory pant
1 Calypso sweater
1 White & Warren sweater

Hopefully these pieces sell and I will get a nice check in the mail soon. I also discovered that since items rotate pretty frequently, my dresses that fit the bill for spring would be accepted in a couple of months, but not during peak holiday/winter season.  Back to storage they go.  Or perhaps to ebay.

On a sidenote....they didn't want my shoes!  I believe the exact quote was "too conservative, and in an unpopular size."  I'll admit, I do like my shoes flat and my foot well covered, but hey, I'm a size 6.5-7 which I thought was just a little smaller than a normal American foot! Call me below average or below par, but not unpopular or unlikeable!  My feet are sad and insulted, but still fashionably attired.

Dressing 101

(the sartorialist)

(the sartorialist)

How I would like to dress always.

One fancy piece.
One comfy piece.
Awesome shoes/purse.
Sunglasses.

Goals

(kk)

I'm not one for New Year's resolutions or any sort of structured time of year to reflect, holidays etc., in general.  I think it only ends up with people behaving badly and then repenting and so on and so forth into a cycle that doesn't promote any sort of personal growth.  I like to be inspired to try harder or do something different and then keep a running tab as I go along.  Yes, that means that sometimes I completely forget that I have any goals at all, but suprisingly, most of them get accomplished and more importantly, "stick" in my life.  So far my goals look like this.

1. Clean out my closet ENTIRELY (started off with having the perfect closet, now has devolved into a very different aim)
2. Ski on black diamond trails this year (started 4 years ago)
3. Learn how to surf (thought of it while in Montauk in July)
4. Cook more (reminded whenever bf cooks for me)
5. Sit/Stand up straight (used to have fantastic perfect violinist posture)


The first one is a monster of a task but is getting done, the next two just need some vacation planning, and while the last two sound the easiest, let me tell you, when I'm comfortably slouching on the couch with a takeout menu in hand, that's when I start thinking, goals? what goals?

Cull of the wild

"Then you have a cull. It's not nice but you have to do it."

That's Carine Roitfeld in an interview, see here.  Pretty much sums up what I am trying to do. I am person who hates "stuff" but has plenty of it, would like to live simply but just keeps making it complicated, and loves a good adventure but can't always find the time.  I think the time has come to answer the cull of the wild ( i know, i know, bad pun ) and trim the excess to get ready for the new changes coming my way......