Negligent Lipstick

Today I wore this glittery shrug from F21, puff sleeve chiffon blouse plucked from the American Apparel warehouse sale, J Brand skiiiinny leggin' jeans and H&M pumps with studs all over the heels. And vans sunglasses.


This lipstick is Revlon Super Lustrous in Temptress and it's from that bag of freebies I'm working my way through.
I like this shade and formula, because it's sheer and I can apply it in that negligent way busy ladies love - fast, not-really-looking, messy- it works. Since I'm not riding on pink tires right now, I feel like I need to compensate with pink lipstick and super-girly clothes. 

Curling Irons and Pressed Powder

My blog is a little too bike-y lately. When dudes start commenting about serious bike mechanics, I know I need to throw them off with a seriously girly post. Let's talk curlin' irons!

I let my hair dry air-dry for President's day and it was big and wild, but pretty clean. I didn't want to do much for it Tuesday morning when I had to go to work. I dug out my old curling iron. I sprayed my hair lightly with some Ellnet and did a few curls. I really just corrected pieces that were really sharp at the ends.

I was very pleased. But gosh, I'm shiny.


Speaking of shiny... Here comes a sad story... I'm not kidding, it's sad.... 

Today is the 11th anniversary of my mom's funeral. She died on the 19th and her funeral was on the 21st of 2001.
Whitney Houston's recent death reminded me that one of my sorority sisters came and sang a Whitney song at the funeral. 

My Grandmother wanted some deacon at her church (puke and puke) to sing a song. I had heard him sing before and it was a horror story. I pretty much gave my friend no choice about singing. She had to do it. Luckily, you can't say no to your friend whose mom just died. I'm pretty sure it was her first funeral gig.

So Nakita came and sang "Count on Me" Whitney Houston style. I can't even think of YouTube linking it because I will fall apart if I hear that shit, so sorry, google it yourself if you're curious. Nakita was a sorority sister and almost my whole sorority attended and I am so grateful to them for doing that. Classes were skipped en masse.

Fast forward to recently, I don't know many smells in the world that remind me of my mom, but I know of one. If they ever change the formula, I don't know what I'll do, and this makes me understand people losing their minds over discontinued products. 

I can have a memory of the smell of my mother in Cover Girl Clean Pressed Powder. 

For the first time since she died, I stopped smelling it at the drug store and bought my own.

Halloween Costumes

Jem and Rio - Probably my favorite because we both look cute.
Matt's tan is Sally Hansen spray-on tan for legs.  I sewed my dress and belt. My earrings are foam-core. I dyed Matt's pants and made him that iron-on shirt and spray painted both our hair. I worked at my job at ad production-type place in this. It was fun driving (I had a jetta and worked in Raleigh) to work in this get-up. Talk about Rock Out!

Bride of Frankenstein + Frankenstein. I think Matt wore one of my jackets to be extra-tight. He definitely had some of my pants on.


I loved being scary Carrie. I didn't break character. I broke for a second from delight from this Kim Jong Il

This was easy - I had a thrift store slip and bloodied it in the bath-tub a few days before so it would be dry blood and I wouldn't be wet and freezing, but my hair is wet with goopy fake blood. I'm glad I committed to the messiness. I remember my phone being slimed with blood.

That sweat band has fake flowers on the other side - Carrie's prom corsage!

Prep-work!


First halloween in NYC! I made this purple flapper from scratch. Really proud of it. I think I still have it. Fringe is the funnest thing to wear.




Remember during the Obama/McCain campaign and that one girl beat herself up and lied and said Obama supporters beat her up? I was her and this was love at first sight.

This 2nd Halloween in NYC was one of the hardest cabs I've ever hailed and almost immediately gotten kicked-out of. I also dropped my first iPhone on hard tile in the bathroom and got the white screen of death, played dumb, and the wonderful people at Apple gave me a brand new one.



2003 - Film camera days!

Raccoon make-up

That's eyeliner, babe. Pencil. Yes- it took some time.

Raccoon suit. Funny story- I worked at the Pat Field store and weeks and weeks later someone called to ask whatever happened to their job application and I was like "We never got that" and the person on the phone said "I gave it to the raccoon." Busted! 


I had a lot of hair for a while and used my hot rollers and squeezed out this Midge:


Last year I went to the Rally 4 Sanity Halloween Weekend and had this get-up going on.

But that was for the Rally, totally not Halloween. Halloween fell on a Sunday and I had a house party to go to and I pulled together this Rachel Maddow.

-But I was at a mostly-lesbian house party and most people thought this was my look.
They were very nice and liked my look but didn't realize that I was being Maddow.

These are my nieces/nephews and a friend's baby but these are more get-ups that I crafted.

Queen of Hearts and her cards or court? There was a Joker and a 3 and an Ace. I made these out of felt and pleather cut-outs glued on. Her tutu has cards and beads and all kinds of stuff attached.

 I'm very proud of this mermaid skirt

I made her brother the nemo fish out of felt and lame.

The Flintstones! This is super cute looking back on it. Stretch vinyl.

This Hello Kitty was hi-tech. It has piping inside and a bag of air to try to keep it up high. Someone had to hold it during the parade. I'd like to try one of these again someday.

I was really proud to knock-off the Pottery Barn Kids witch.

This outfit also had components so she could just wear all black and be a cat at school.

I don't live anywhere near these guys - I've been lucky guess-timating measurements. I'm also too cave-girl to use real patterns. I just put stuff together. I've been on Martha Stewart, but overall I would say I have the sewing skills of a 6th grade girl.

I should have taken sewing/home-economics in school! Imagine if I had been practicing all these years. 

Beauty Injury Day

I had a terrible beauty injury today. I hurt myself doing something I've gotten away with for about 19 years. I thought I was going to permanently be wearing black-out shades like this:

So sad. 
I hurt myself doing this-



My left - your right. I was late to work because I had to sit and let it cry and water-out for about 10 minutes. 
I'm going to pick up a MAC 204 brush - To Avoid this old-fashioned injury. But I know I can't quit the 'pin. It's the best! 


Funny there were safety pins at the self-timer spot I went to in the park this morning! What a coincidence!




Thrifted gold necklace - Forever 21 leopard top - Ribbon belt - H&M dress shorts - Forever 21 bow flats. Really glad I can wear shorts and skirts. Sorry, dudes. 

Yesterday I dressed like Little House on the Prairie and wore sensible shoes.

Target dress & fake keds. Belt from some Charlotte Russe shorts. Wal-mart $5 sunglasses.

Back to today's little top; it had this little bullshit bowtie thing and I cut it off and used a more substantial belt.




Cute tshirt I fawned over pulled the trigger on today.

And I might go to this because I'm a fan.

On my way home- Summertime.

How I take my self-timer pics

This morning my normal self-timer spot was very busy, so I found a new one on the fly and thought I would show you how I take all these pics of myself all by myself.

I spotted this fountain. It's at a good height to hold my camera.


Then I set the camera on the edge.


Then I go stand in front of that shit.


I've got some new sandals that I got at Walmart in Kansas for $3! THREE DOLLARS.

Sorry about the Buzzard Feet!

The tank is from walmart too. $3.88 -The print is kind of too much for a girl of 31, so I threw on the vest at work so I wouldn't frighten the older people with all this neon leopard on my chest.

Ooh! Here's my new Kate Spade necklace I got through an online sample sale.

This is also what my hair is doing right now. I think this is a pretty good representation of my natural hair color BTW.

See my shiny skin? My make-up boyfriend told me that this summer he doesn't want anyone to wear powder. Don't fight the shine! You can't beat it, so why try? He also said "Lashes not liner" And coral lip.

I put on my helmet this morning then realized the ride would be more pleasant with a coral lip.


And it was!

Like Hell I Can't Ride in These Shoes...

Yes, I have these in brown too. They're from Forever 21 and I think they're last season because I can't find them online to put a link. 

My dress is really fucking short. -I just realized this. 

My outfit info:  Roxy dress. Gap leather jacket I've had forever, and pushed up the sleeves to look extra cool & tough with my heart-cut-out fingerless gloves and spotted tights. 

I was in such a hurry to get home to walk Bonnie that I asked a stranger to take my photo in Central Park. This little walking path in the park is in tons of shows & movies.

I got HECKLED outside of work when I was un-locking and getting ready to ride home: "YOU CAN'T RIDE IN THEM SHOES! YOU CAN'T RIDE IN THEM SHOES!" I didn't even look in the direction of this rude person to actually get a look at them. He was yelling this at pretty close range. Yuck!

OF COURSE I didn't respond verbally or in any way whatsoever. You do not respond to 99% of strange men on the street in New York City. I didn't even look up.

But really, what a rude dummy. How did he think I got there in the first place?! I rode to work in these shoes, homie! And mind your own bees-wax, sir.
A Fed Ex guy said something like "You go with your bad self." And I did.


The weather's only been better for a few days and I've already been stopped by waaaaay too many fellas on the street who initiate conversation on behalf of the bicycle and then it turns into some other junk.
Last night at a stoplight I said "When that light turns green, I'm out of here - make it quick." 





I saw buds on trees today, daffodils, buds that I don't know the names of - Four days into April and we're finally getting visual signs of spring!


I am happy! But remember, I'm not cycle chic, because I'm wearing a helmet. A bern watts helmet.
I feel pretty cute though. My little bow tie necklace is from Forever21. I have it in gold too. It was $2.80. Cheap chic!!! The lipgloss in this helmet photo is MAC Wonder Woman collection lipglass in Emancipation. That was a terrific purchase!

What's under that helmet? The best angle of my new haircut:

That is MAC Chatter Box lipstick. I think Speed Dial is prettier, personally, but this was fine too.

This was DAY FOUR of 30 Days of Biking, but I'm totally scared of all the rain in the forecast coming up.