fffffriday

I'm actually wearing a semi cute outfit to work today. Friday's always get me a little excited so I tend to spend a little more time in the morning getting ready (think 7 minutes instead of 4). I'm wearing jeans, black ballet flats, black tank, white button down with ruffles, that pretty red belt on top of ruffly shirt, black sweater (cause my office is unnecessarily cold). I was thinking of putting the belt over the sweater but I didn't have time, plus I wanted to be able to rip the sweater off in case of a freak office heatwave.

Last night my mom treated me to a birthday mani/pedi. I haven't had a manicure in about 4 years because I they chip so easily but I couldn't resist a free one. Hopefully it will last a little longer this time.

I got into work a little after 7 this morning, which shocked all the old engineer men in my office because I usually don't roll in until close to 9. But I wanted to be able to leave for the beach today at 3 guilt free. I am very excited about the shore this weekend. Tonight we are going to celebrate my birthday, which means it will probably be like a regular night out but with people randomly yelling 'Happy Birthday!'. And maybe there will be a birthday crown involved. Tomorrow is the high school reunion for most of the people in my shore house, which means they will all be out of the house for happy hour I'll have a nice relaxing afternoon. Our plan is to sun ourselves all morning and afternoon, while drinking the perfect amount of wine to make us giddy and then sleepy. Then we're going to take a really bitching nap until the drunk kids return from the reunion.

I am trying to think of something with pictures to post in order to keep your attention. Can't think of anything at the moment. Maybe it will be a two-post kinda day...

Peace and fashionable Fridays,

TheFashionHead

technical difficulties

In an attempt to further improve this already amazing awesome blog, last night I bought the domain www.thefashionhead.com. I am hoping to learn more about domains and hosts and all that kind of stuff. As of this moment, I still have not figured out how to get my .blogspot blog to appear under my fantastic new domain name, so I'm still using the old name. This whole Internet deal is confusing, no? If anyone has any helpful hints on using this new domain name, please let me know!

This weekend was awesome and fun, as usual. I skipped out of work a little early and picked up Courtney in Philly. We hit some traffic on the way down but it wasn't too bad. We arrived around 6, packed a cooler, and headed to the beach where some of the girls already were hanging out. It's lovely and peaceful being on the beach in the evening. We had it completely to ourselves. I cooked up the chicken nugs for dinner and they were a big giant hit. I wore my new black F21 dress with my new red belt and it looked better then I thought it would, so that was a pleasant surprise. After a significant pregame, we danced the night away at the bar and hit up Wawa on the way home where I purchased a wrap and baked chips (a very healthy end of the night meal, if I may say so myself). Saturday was BEAUTIFUL. We literally spent the entire day on the beach with the exception of eating meals and refilling the cooler. I took a shower in our outside shower and it was lovely and refreshing. Showering indoors is highly overrated. On Saturday night I wore my new gold F21 dress, which also looked better then I remembered (maybe the Forever21 dressing room is to blame...). Another night filled with drinking and dancing but unfortunately not healthy meals (mmm... pizza...). We got some beach time in on Sunday before we had to leave. I finished the book I was reading, Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. Next weekend I'm going to start another Chuck P. book, Choke. AND I did not feel sick or hungover at all. All in all, a pretty fantastic weekend!

Tonight's plans include going to the gym and making my sister take some pictures of me in reenacted weekend outfits.

Peace and my expanding blog empire,

TheFashionHead

summer style

I got many a compliment this weekend on my extensive summer attire, but I still feel as if it's a bit incomplete. Here is what I need:

Life would be easier if shopbop accepted handmade paint pictures as currency.

Marc by MJ Cut Paper Posy Dress

An easy transition from day to evening (aka No Shower Happy Hour)

A Peace Treaty Shehri Handkerchief Scarf

For those chillier days on the beach...when you want to be covered up by something that costs $121.

Diane von Furstenberg Dani Dress

omg How adorable would this lovely thing look with the shoes! It's like they were made for each other...

lisli Swarovski Drape Dress

Can you be casual and elegant at the same time? lisli says yes! Maybe with the lobster necklace? Yeah? Maybe?

Elizabeth and James Petunia Dress

Oh MK why do you tease me with your adorable $325 dresses??

True Religion Bobby Jean

I don't even know why I want these jeans considering I wear dresses at every available moment. But they are cute. Plus I'm over light summery denim.

Virginia Johnson Giant Tote

Adorable little sailboats everywhere. It's also in yellow! Love it.

Tibi Oaxocan Embroidery 3/4 Sleeve Dress

Long name for such a short dress. More of a beach cover up, I think. Another easy day to night transition piece.

Mike & Chris Keller Leather Jacket

Maybe not shore attire, but this would look pretty freaking cool over practically any of the dresses. Namely the Elizabeth and James one... With boots. If only I had approx $1500 to spend on ONE OUTFIT...

Gara Danielle Hammered Cuff

Love the turquoise look of this metal cuff. They have it in silver and black (oh, gunmetal, sorry) but this is definitely the prettiest of the bunch. Plus it's not totally outrageous at $74.

L.A.M.B. Shoes Gala Woven Crisscross Sandal

I know, I know, how many times have I mentioned this shoe? Well, maybe only once. But I've thought about it like a million. I think I remember seeing a fairly identical cheap knockoff somewhere but I can't recall where. Who knew summer and metallic mixed so well? Like Jager and redbull...

Foley + Corinna Handbags Side Saddle Pouch

I've been on the lookout for a purse with a long strap like this one. Bonus, the strap is completely adjustable so it can be shortened to a.. shorter shoulder bag or ...one you hold with you hand. Wow, that was a seriously awful description. I apologize. Sadly I can't even think of a better way to describe what I was trying to say.

Kenneth Jay Lane Snake Pendant Necklace

This is the closest necklace I've found to my adorable giant gold lobster necklace. This one is not quite so gaudy and old lady-ish, so it's really not as appealing...

Charlotte Ronson Shoes Zoe Platform Wedge Sandal

I've been seeing this shoe all over the place. Should I take that as a sign and just get them? I don't want to make the DKNY's mad though....

Kerri Wilder Peace Ring

Ug, I hate peace signs. I'm really more of a violent, vengeful kinda gal. Hippies are dirty losers.

Mayle Mariachi Sun Bag

Yeah, so I was kidding about that whole hippie thing, if you couldn't tell.

Kerri Wilder Buddah Cuff

I miss yoga. OK, I guess I don't miss it that much or I would do it more. I miss saying that I do yoga and having the only thing in my trunk be my yoga mat.

Alica + Olivia Crochet Ombre Dress

Crochet AND Ombre!!?? Can't get any better then that.

(All pics from shopbop.com)

Peace and fake shopping sprees,

TheFashionHead

insanity

It's Tuesday and I'm back at work. The weekend was amazingly fantastically awesome and fun. We left at 4 on Friday, expecting to sit in traffic for hours and hours... and there was no traffic. It was seriously bizarre. Like, was Memorial Day weekend canceled and no one told us? Was there a giant 50 story wave headed straight for the Jersey shore and we were driving to our imminent deaths? Were we really headed in the opposite direction and going to end up somewhere in Ohio? It was strange, and we got down there in about 2 and a half hours (I guess that good traffic karma did really work). We unpacked and settled into our adorable little room. There are about 20 people in the house, and we have 4 bedrooms. The house is pretty awesome. We have a giant living room, 2 decks, and 2.5 bathrooms, plus parking for like 6 cars which is really key. We pregamed for a bit then headed out to the bar. The cover was $10 (seriously?). We were there about a half hour when some douchebag dropped a beer bottle on my foot. It was so painful I started to cry like a little baby, but what I really looked like was a stupid drunk girl who was crying in a bar about boys and stickers when in reality I was just a semi drunk girl crying in a bar about her toe. So that was a tad embarrassing, not to mention sobering. We left soon after that and called it an early night. Saturday and Sunday were filled with running/walking, the beach, visiting with my family and their new puppy, trips to Wawa, BudLights, and Mexican food and drinks. It was a pretty relaxing weekend when we weren't drinking, except we were all up by like 8am every morning, being loud and talking about the events from the night before (like who slept out, who was swinging from our living room rafters at 3 in the morning, and who is that sleeping in our hallway?). I got about 20 hours of sleep the whole weekend, which may not seem awful or horrible, but I require much more to be a functioning human being. Monday was nice, we hit up the beach for awhile but it was pretty cold and windy, so we ended up packing and heading back around 12:30. It was pretty trafficy but we were making ok progress until we got to the tolls and realized that we had spent our last DOLLAR at the bar on Sunday night. This was a problem. The ATM's at the rest stops were all out of cash. No one gave us cash back. We literally only had pennies. The first toll let us through with a little slip that we have to mail in. We were not so lucky on the Walt Whitman toll. Apparently, they don't allow you to mail in your money. We had to pull over to the side of the road and wait for a police officer. He gave us 3 options; have someone bring us the money (Hey mom, would you mind driving down into Philly on the Monday afternoon of Memorial day weekend, crossing over the Walt Whitman into Jersey, turning around and going back across it, meeting me on the side of the road and bringing me $1.50? Thanks, you're the best....), look through your car until you find it (we had already done that, duh) or driving back into Jersey, finding an ATM, getting money out, and coming over again. So that's what we had to do. So annoying but we're so dumb for not even having $2 between us...It made the trip back take significantly longer. By the time I dropped Court off and headed home, it was already 5. Gross. But still, one of the best weekends I've had in awhile and I get to do it again and again and again until Labor Day!

And I'm aware this post had absolutely nothing to do with fashion or clothes or anything like that but I had to discuss my weekend. I wore a lot of dresses and the wedges. Hope everyone's weekend was as entertaining and fun as mine!

Peace and long weekends,

TheFashionHead

almost there

Last night, I was supposed to go get a detox pedicure. I ended up getting just a regular pedi. Why, you ask? Well, allow me to explain. Yesterday, I was hanging out/working with the the 40 year old engineer men I work with when I casually mentioned my plans for the evening. They started to laugh and pretty much told me that it was not only a dumb idea and waste of money, but also a scam. They were disappointed that my engineering logic had been overruled by my desire to expel toxins from my body (and get pretty toes in the process, bonus). I tried to defend the procedure, but after doing some research (google), I realized that they were probably right and ions in water probably can't suck all of the nasty toxins out of my body through the pores on my feet... After our conversations I couldn't bring myself to spend an extra $30 on the detox portion, so I opted for the regular old pedicure instead. Gross, I feel all toxin-y.

After the pedi, I spend most of the evening perfecting the shore playlist, which was probably a dumb idea cause at like 11 I realized that I hadn't started packing yet. Luckily, all my clothes were still hanging out on my futon, so the packing part was pretty easy. I basically shoved my lesportsac full with as many adorable dresses (the new Lux ones, and old black Lux classic, a Juicy jumper-esque one, and the feathery Anthro one I just bought on sale), wedges (you know, my lovers), jewelry (crazy necklace lady!!) , jeans (3 different pairs of jeans is reasonable for 3 days at the shore, right?), shorts, adorable tops, hair accessories (it might be the public debut of the homemade leather headband) as it could handle. Oh yeah, plus sneakers, socks, sports bras, and tshirts because I plan to repair all the damage I do to my body at night by running a lot during the day, and come out basically even.

It's pretty amazing how fast I can get into work when I want to leave early. I was out of bed by 6:30 and in work by 7:30. Between you and me, it's been a fairly unproductive day. I've mainly been texting and googlemaping, trying to coordinate schedules, departure times, and routes down to the shore. Oh, and I also made time to pick up a giant tomato pie on my lunch break (remember that damage to my body that I mentioned?) I showered and did my hair last night so I could immediately start to drink once I arrived at our fantastic amazing awesome house. I hoped to avoid wearing a hard hat all day, but no luck. (Oh, and that wasn't a joke, hard hats are a requirement at the mill... And I'm trying to get away from the girlish pouting thing I tend to do when I'm trying to get out of the boy-like stuff that is sometimes required of me. It's a tad unprofessional. So instead voicing my inner thoughts (Oh but that will ruin my hair!) I sucked it up and put on my hard hat...) I only had it on for about 10 minutes, so hopefully it didn't damage my perfectly imperfect hairdo...I've been listing to the mix all day at work to get pumped up and make sure it all sounds all right. I'm pretty proud of it, and I think even my mixmaster friend Hail would be proud as well (Hi Hail!). It's a great combination of classic rock, regular rock, old old rap, techno dance crazyness, 90's pop, some newish punk stuff, and of course the current hits. Oh yeah, and jock jams. I threw in a few country songs that I know only I will appreciate, and will probably be skipped over, but who knows?

And final arrangements have been made. I am leaving work around 3:40 and picking up Courtney at the train station. We will then proceed make the dumb move of leaving for the Jersey shore, at rush hour, on the Friday memorial day weekend. The ride is usually a little less then 2 hours, and I'm hoping it won't take us more then 4...

I would promise fun fashionable picture, but I still don't have a camera. So, no fun pictures for you. I'll do my best to describe everything vividly and wittily. (Ok, so I thought I made wittily up, but unfortunately it's a real word.)

Hope everyone has a peaceful, safe, amazing, awesome weekend! Posting will resume Monday if you're lucky, but more likely on Tuesday.

Peace and good traffic karma*,

TheFashionHead

*and I know that no amount of good karma is going to help with the impending traffic situation, but I had to throw it in there....

clothing inventory

So I was taking a casual clothing inventory last night in preparation for the shore (oh, you didn't know? I'm going to the shore this weekend.) In case you have never taken a clothing inventory before, it's a little less time consuming then a full on fashion show (plus the big bonus, for me at least, is that you can do it when you get home from the gym and haven't showered yet without smelling up all of your pretty clothes), but with basically the same results. I take out all of my pretty dresses and line them up on my futon, like they are my fashionable friends hanging out.. on my futon. Anyway. I bring out all of my shoes and accessories to determine what I have, what goes with what, and what I need. I am pretty set in the shoe department (oh, you didn't know that I fell in love with a pair of shoes?) and I have been buying necklaces like a crazy person (oh, you didn't know? I'm a crazy necklace buying person). I was just bragging to one of my loyal admirers about how many dresses I have, how I am like the queen of adorable dresses, how I'll probably never have to buy another adorable dress again because of how many adorable dresses I already have, etc. So you can imagine how shocked I was to find that I only really had 2 acceptable dresses for shore time shenanigans. Both from Urban, both by Lux. Having 2 dresses for 2 nights would be fine for, I don't know, unfashionable people who are dumb. But I know that I will need as least 3 options for each night, which amounts to approx 18 different outfits. If you think that I may have made a math error, you are probably using regular numbers math and not girl math, and certainly not fashion math. OK I should probably round this up before I start to sound... crazy. Basically, the end result is the inventory necessitated a trip to KOP today after work before I head to the gym.

And if you're as in love as I am with Anthro, then you probably get their emails too. But in case you don't have an email address or you're allergic to computers, their super secret loyal-fans-only presale starts today. The regular people sale starts tomorrow, but you're not just a regular person, are you? Shop today! Feel special! And goddamnit that crazy high waisted floral skirt I bought a few weeks ago is on like crazy half off sale. And I haven't even worn it yet. Grr... And also, I just realized that if you're allergic to computers, you wouldn't be able to read this blog... Man I'm dumb. At least I'm not unfashionable...

Peace and fashion math,

TheFashionHead

one track mind

If you couldn't tell, I haven't been able to stop thinking about summer and the shore...

1. Grass > Sand

2. That lemonade has vodka in it

3. Apparently I equate bikes with summer

4. How adorably hippie are those striped blue shorts?

5. I am surprised there are only 2 tie dyed items on this collage

6. It's really neat that my numbers formed a pyrimid..................................

Peace and lime green drink mixers,

TheFashionHead

9 miles

I woke up this morning and ran 9 miles. Outside. With no headphones. It was pretty awesome. We went down to Philly and did the loop around the Art Museum and Boat House Row. It was really pretty and the weather was perfect. It almost made me miss rowing. Almost. Then I came home and slept until dinner. All in all, a pretty nice and relaxing day.

This time next week, I will probably be chugging lemonades and borderline blackout at Sunday happy hour down the shore. I can't believe it's less then a week away! Last night Courtney and I (how 'bout that grammar) went to BJs to stock up on essentials (700 solo cups, industrial sized crystal lite packets for the vat, giant canister of pretzels, toilet paper..). It's all sitting out in my car. This is going to be one looooooong week at work (expect a lot of updates because I'm going to be pretty antsy). I am going down to Delaware Monday after work to stock up on discounted tax free booze. I am getting a detoxing pedicure on Tuesday night (which should be pretty interesting..). I am getting my hair cut and colored on Thursday. What a jam packed week. There probably won't be much time for shopping or anything fashion related (good thing I have about 7 dresses in my closet with the tags on them still). But somehow I always manage to make time...

I picked up some pretty things at the mall on Saturday with Rachel. Oh! I'm going to Polyvore them, get excited.

The dress and the jewelry is from Urban Outfitters. How cool is the back of that freaking dress? The print is adorable too. Haven't figured the bra situation out yet.... My friend Rachel said this was the dress she saw online and wanted but they didn't have it in her size. So I was like duh, try it on here (she didn't care for my printed version but they had a lovely purple color) and she was like no, it's too bright for me. Too bright? Oh just try it on! I think I might have yelled at her. I pretty much try on anything I think is pretty regardless of the color, style, or shape cause why not? I don't understand when people automatically think they won't like something on a hanger. You really have no idea until you try it on. Anyway long story short, she tried it on and bought it (I'm pretty sure) so fashion horizons were expanded. You're welcome.

Both of the shoes are Blowfish from DSW. They are kind of similar in concept (flat, white...) but I couldn't decide between the 2 (ok, I could decide but I just wanted them both anyway). I figure I can wear the pair on the left to work with jeans and an adorable blouse. And I can wear the pair on the right to work.. with jeans.. and an adorable blouse... when I'm feeling saucy (btw they are called Swiss Cheese which I thought was adorable, how could I resist?). I was wearing jean shorts at the mall when I was trying them on and I def felt like Amy Winehouse, minus the beehive.. and the crack addiction.

Peace and Sunday happy hour lemonades,

TheFashionHead

red hot summer

2 posts in one day? A bit unconventional, yes, but I had to show off my first official polyvore creation entitled 'Red Hot Summer'. It was inspired by SUMMER (duh) and also my boredom.

I usually don't go for red but this kinda came together naturally and the result was... overwhelmingly red. Strange. It's vintage inspired, obv. The theme of the summer: pretty sundresses and wedges. And blisters. Ow. And bicycles!

Hope you like it!

Peace and inspiration,

TheFashionHead

sad face

Sad face, indeed. I got an email from the ladies over at Hautelook saying that there was too much traffic on their site during the Jovovich Hawk sale and my dress that I already paid for is actually sold out. So I am not in fact the proud owner of an adorable polka-dot Jovovich Hawk dress. They're giving me my money back plus a $20 store credit which was very nice of them. I decided to comfort myself/celebrate being $200 richer today by stopping by Anthropologie. Good move. It is an unbelievable store, by far my most favorite clothing store. Like, ever. Of all time. I always find at least 11 things to try on and usually I have more trouble deciding what not to buy. Today was no exception. I tried on a ton of stuff and somehow narrowed it down to 3 pieces. For some reason I can't figure out how to get Anthro pictures into the blog, so links will have to do.

First I got this Odille floral skirt because it's just so pretty. Not sure how I'm going to wear it yet. It's pretty high waisted and since I'm so short it's also pretty long so I think I'm going to go with a plain tucked in shirt. I'm not usually a fan of the tucking but I feel like an untucked shirt would make it pretty shapeless. We'll see. Isn't it just beautiful though?

Then I decided on this jersey tank top by RicRac. It's Ella Moss-ish but fairly cheaper. I love the colors. It just reminded me of summer the moment I saw it. Coincidently, it's called the Everlasting Summer Tank. Just a few more weeks until the shore!!

I had stalked out this dress since the fall (I think). It's not on the website but its a black white grey feather print dress with a green belt. It finally went on sale. It's a little fall/winter-ish but I think it could easily transition into springtime with the right shoes. I'm pretty much going to wear it not matter how well it transitions...

And the honorable mentions....

This lovely Ella Moss dress. Its cute but too ...stripy. And it kinda looks like something I could get for like a quarter of the price by someone not as lovely as Ella...

What a beautiful summer dress. It kinda looked strange on. I think it might have been static cling-y. Plus where would I wear something like that?

Loved the color of this tank. The straps were kinda strange. Too billow-y.

Almost almost almost got this one. So summer-y and cute. Plus it goes along with my new crisscross strap obsession... In between sizes. Wah.

Tried to pick up some jewelry but I couldn't really find anything I liked enough to spend that kind of money on. Instead, I online shopped at Forever21 and found a few cute items.

Boy do I love leafs. Couldn't decide between the silver and gold but hey, when they're only $10 you can go crazy and get both. And oh I don't know, LAYER THEM. So adorable.

Pretttty earrrrrings. Mmm coral. I have apparently abandoned my search for posts....

I can't wait to 17,245,237 necklaces at once. Layers, baby, layers.

Channeling MK with the giant rings. On every finger. All this for $46? Can't beat it with a stick.

Peace and cheap jewelry,

TheFashionHead

yo quiero...

The weather forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday said its supposed to be mid 60's. Mid 60's! As if I needed more reminders of spring, as if the resort stuff out and the spring previews weren't enough. I got a 15% Bloomingdales coup in the mail today (my paycheck will get here just in time) so I've decided to do a little 'Yo quiero' for spring post. Mostly, I am really desiring the the entire Tory Burch shoe collection. Somehow I have managed to narrow it down to only two pairs. First I choose the classic Reva nappa leather ballet flat in Grass Green (shown on left). I absolutely love the color and I think it looks great with the gold logo. I think it's such a fun spring shoe option. I already own the Reva patent leather ballet flat in black with the black logo which are great for going out/dressing up an outfit but I am feeling the need for a more colorful/less shiny version. Second, I've actually wanted the patent Thora thong (right) for quite some time now but I haven't found a place in my budget for sandles just yet. I'm leaning towards the white just so I could wear them constantly and never ever take them off my feet but they too have some great color options.

I think white jeans try to come back in style each spring/summer. This year I think I am going to choose to embrace them. Well, maybe not ALL of them. But I definitely enjoy this pair from True Religion. There are just so many things about this pant that I love; the yellow stitching, the wide leg, the big hem. They make it look really comfortable and casual. I can see myself wearing them a lot down the shore this summer with flip flops and nice flowy summery shirts. And they're only $172 on shopbop.com which is a surprisingly low price for True Relig's.

Spring makes me think of summer and summer makes me thing of the shore and the shore makes me think of bathing suits and bathing suits make me think of HOLY CRAP BATHING SUITS. So I'm going to end this quiero post and head over to the gym.






Peace and the revival of white denim,

TheFashionHead