engineer boots, leather jackets and tight blue jeans

I'm not feeling super wordy today so I'll keep it short. How was everyone's weekend? Mine was lovely and relaxing. The weather wasn't super warm, but it was sunny which was nice. Now it's rain, rain, rain all week long in the forecast. Those April showers apparently are not kidding around this year.

[Jacket - Forever 21 (similar)/Shirt - H&M/Jeans - Gap/Boots - Marshall's/Ring - H&M]

This was just a simple, rock and roll type of outfit. It felt very old-school me. I tend to either be sort of tomboy-girly - short, flirty dresses and skirts, flowy tops - or a little bit rock and roll - lots of black, leather, studs and silver. Luckily for me, the two styles play nice together and I can mix and match whenever I please. I plan on wearing this jacket over lots of girly dresses and skirts this spring. If spring ever arrives, that is.

Time to go tie on the sneakers and get in my gym clothes, this past week/weekend was full of way too many indulgences!

the owls are not what they seem

It snowed today. No, this is not an April Fools. This was just super unfortunate and depressing and not funny at all. I busted out the layers for what is hopefully the last time. I need a tan! I look all sad and seasonal affective disorder-y.

I'm so glad this week is finally over. It went by quickly, but for some reason I was just not feeling it. Happily it is the weekend now and I plan on maxin' and relaxin'. I think tomorrow I am going to try to make some homemade bread. I've never made bread before. Yeast frightens me. On Sunday I plan on making cranberry scones and working on some sewing projects. Super exciting right? I'm pretty sure the average 75 year old has the same weekend plans as me.

Actually, tomorrow I am going with my BFF when she gets her next tattoo. So take THAT Grannies! Then we're having a movie night because we are planning a trip to Savannah in May and mom says we need to watch Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil first. I've never seen it, but John Cusack and Jude Law are in it, so it's A-OK in my book.

[Cardigan - Old Navy/Shirt - H&M/Shorts - H&M/Boots - Hunter]

I"m pretty excited to go to Savannah. I've just always wanted to go there. I am already plotting all my Southern Belle outfits. Plus, the hotel I think we're going to stay at is advertised as being only fifty steps away from Paula Deen's restaurant! Just fifty steps from sticks and sticks of butter! Heaven.

So far tonight I've just been editing pictures and dancing around my room to Newsies and Biggie. With a lilttle Sweet Caroline thrown in there in honor of opening day! Can't wait to get me to some Sox games this year. Right now I have to go pry my brother away from his computer so we can go watch Twin Peaks, hence the title of this post. We're about halfway through season two, and it feels like the series should be over, so I guess we'll find out what the heck else happens on this show. We like to pretend we're in the 90s when we watch it. That involves saying "Oh no talking on cell phones!" whenever a cell phone rings. It also involves him saying "Hey what is that guy from?" and me saying "We'll never know! IMDB doesn't exist yet!" We think it's funny.

come on spring!

I'm getting pretty good at pushing Picnik to it's limits. I really wish they'd come up with a product I can buy and keep forever, rather than having to continually pay for the upgraded account. I paid for it a couple months, and it had some cool features, but I've gone back to the free stuff. It's not as involved as Photoshop, but it gets the basic job done.

[Cardigan - BP from Nordstrom/Dress - Forever 21/Tights - Forever 21/Boots - Oh Deer!/Belt - J.Crew Outlet]

This outfit is from last week. The weather has been hovering in the high 30s, low 40s here in New England and I would give just about anything for things to warm up! I was saving this dress for a nice warm, sunny spring day but finally caved and wore it even though it was cloudy. I just love everything about it.

It came with an attached fabric belt, but I like switching out belts, so the attached one had to go. A couple quick snips and voila! Belt was gone. Luckily it was only attached with two small stitches. Now I can mix and match belts to my heart's content, and the one that I snipped off is still totally usable.

I've been itching to do some sewing/crafting lately. Jessica from What I Wore has been seriously inspiring me with all the super clever things she's been posting lately. I have a dress I started making out of one of Boyfriend's old shirts, but it got abandoned somewhere along the way. I think I'm going to dig it out this weekend and finish it.

Boyfriend and I have been trying to think of things to do when we hang out. Instead of sitting around, drinking wine, eating, and watching Jeopardy. Not that there's anything wrong with that...but we're 25 and we have plenty of years of Jeopardy ahead of us.

Anyone have any good (cheap) date ideas? If you're from the Boston area, any cool places we can check out? We're open to adventures!