Summer Returnings!

Headband-UO
'90s dress- Etsy
Purse- Vintage, thrifted
Socks- Macys
Woven oxfords- Vintage, from Ebay (they're falling apart!!)

I'm sitting outside in my backyard on my favorite little porch where most of my summer reading occurs, looking out at the lake, listening to the funny little fountain that has grinning, unrealistically big frogs lounging on it that my mom probably bought from a home shopping network, beginning to have to swat the evil night bugs away from me and the light from my laptop, and realizing it's summer and I haven't posted on this blog since it was snowing out!

I sort of can't believe it has been that long--especially since so much has happened in between that I would have loved to blog about if I hadn't been so busy with school and everything that came along with it! Some things: playing a lot more shows with the band I'm in, House Cat (recordings soon!), picnics on the lawn, attending shows in the Tea Haus, spending late nights on the lawn with friends, cooking dinners in small kitchens, attending student film festivals/art shows, making lots of art, and feverishly reading and writing 25+ page final papers! I definitely missed blogging, though, and I'm glad to be back for the summer! (And this time, I'm really going to try and get some posts in once I'm back at school, too!) I have to admit, I've actually been home for a few weeks now, but I've been lazy about writing my first post back mainly because I got overwhelmed with how I should approach it and sort of avoided it! Plus, I was pretty slow at unpacking and pretty busy with job hunting, working on new listings for the Etsy store (including something very exciting for me that I'll be selling that isn't clothing! More on that very soon!), and settling back home/spending time with friends. But, I've finally forced myself to sit down and get back to it! I know once I've got this post goin' I'll settle back into the rhythm!

Anyway, I figure I can't really cram everything into one post, so I'm going to start with this simple outfit/outing post! Kat and I have been spending many'a lovely summer days together already (when it hasn't been raining!) going to shows in the city, meeting up with friends from school, rummaging through plenty of thrift stores and flea markets, making dinner and baking apple pies, going to the movies, watching plenty of X-Files, and--what we were doing when we took these pictures--going on many summer walks! Kat took these photos while we went walking around the entire lake I live on, which involves precariously stepping through this great marshy area that has a rickety old wooden board set across it that some boy scout probably made for one of his projects a long time ago.

Oh! I was also asked by the sweet Nab of Rockabella a few weeks ago to do an interview for her blog that you can check out here! It's my first ever interview, and the idea of me doing one at all is sort of a funny thing for me, but it was really an honor to be asked and I hope I didn't babble too much!








PS: I think I might've just accidentally squished a night bug on my screen.

xx