i’m back! (by elizabeth)

foreword: i’m going to state my authorship in my post titles, and if anyone wants to do the same, i’d really appreciate it because i’m really lazy.

speaking of lazy, i’ve been back from israel for 2+ weeks but i got logged out of wordpress during that time, and didn’t bother to log back in until today. but, here i am, with much to discuss.

israel was great, some girls on the trip nicknamed me ‘vintage city girl’ (strange in so many ways – i really don’t wear all that much vintage, nor have i ever actually lived in a city aside from 4 months in prague). however, they thought i had great style, so i’ll just appreciate the nickname as an uninformed compliment. jellies as water shoes was an awful idea and i don’t suggest it. ‘water shoes’ didn’t mean shower shoes, it meant BE READY TO HIKE THROUGH A RIVER WITH BIG ROCKS FOR AN HOUR shoes. i hate to say it, but one girl had keen’s (a la derek) and i think she was onto something not fashion savvy, but practical.

while in new york last weekend, i went to built by wendy, for the first time in my life. i agree 200% with jessica’s thoughts on BBW (re: “confession o’clock”) and i really wasn’t sure if i’d be able to bring myself to buy something, but the 50% off sale sure helped. i’d been eyeing the garden flower a-line skirt online for months, but i quickly realized it’s made like shit (and i may or may not have pulled a bit too hard at the zipper and created a little rip, sry wendy). however, i did buy the same a-line skirt in black (the major difference being the black one is fully lined) AND I LUV IT. such a high waist, a nice little arrow pointing right to my cleav, although the length is a bit matronly, so i’m going to have to hem that.

i also was in the market for a dress for my birthday (although i still have to create plans to revolve around this dress) and settled on this from BBW:

it buttons all the way down the back which is problematic for getting dressed/undressed, but of course i expect someone to do that shiz for me on my 2nd 21st birthday.

my biggest news is that as of 2 hours ago, i finally have a purse! it’s mj (not mbmj) and comes courtesy of my generous mother for my birthday. she thinks it will get stolen at mustard seed and so i should lock it in the car trunk. unfortunately this picture doesn’t do it justice.