I Am What I Wore

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Tag Archives: Spain

I Like The Way You Move.

Item: Cape-ish, tunic-ish Blouse Color/Fabric: Lavender, cotton Designer: Elizabeth and James Where Purchased: Next Boutique Years Owned: One Well, I had every intention of doing this last night. But I simply ran out of steam. I haven’t done any morning writing in a very long time. I am not what one might call “A Morning …

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Uno! Dos! Tres!

Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Poppy, cotton Designer: Maeve Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: 5 To begin, a confession. I am having a very hard time with the writing these days. Tonight, I decided I would give myself a goal of writing every other day for a bit and see how that goes. It’s getting hard to …

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The Final Dress.

Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Lavender, polyester Designer: Kimchi Blue Where purchased: Urban Outfitters Years Owned: 1.5 Here it is, my friends. My last post of the year! Technically, I will be writing another one tonight, but it won’t post until after midnight, so I guess this is it. And I thought, what a better piece for …

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It’s Not A Hill, It’s A Mountain!

Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Grey, rayon/silk Designer: ? Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: 0.5 Today I am feeling a little jealous of my New York and New Jersey-ers who are snowed into a Winter Wonderland. here in Ohio we got just a dusting of snow. I’m not looking forward to digging out our driveway late tomorrow …

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O Valencia!

Item: Tank top Color/Fabric: Blue/white, cotton/polyester Designer: Eloise Where Purchased: Anthroplogie Years Owned: 0.5 Tomorrow my first batch of Ebay auctions end, and I’m not sure that this experiment was a success. Certainly I was not attempting it for money; I just was hopeful that a few fun readers who didn’t know me might pop …

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“EEEeeiiii!!… chocolat?” (Or, The Importance Of the Do Not Disturb Sign).

Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Olive with black beading, silk Designer: Vera Wang Where Purchased: ideeli.com (go here and join! http://www.ideeli.com/invite/voltee) Years Owned: 1 I apologize that I have been so delinquent in posting. It’s just getting harder and harder for me to write at night. Somehow in the last week and a half I have suddenly …

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Alas, A Tale Of Tears. And Food. Specifically Chocolate. Also Gummy Bears.

Item: Perfect, beautiful Dress Color/Fabric: Wild Plum/ Silky, satiny heaven Designer: Nicole Miller Collection Where Purchased: ideeli.com Years Owned: Not long enough! Not even six months. Tonight I lay before you something that I has been tormenting me relentlessly for the last two weeks. My Barcelona dress. Yes, I am showing you the back first. …

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Memoirs Of A Board-game Geisha.

Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Pinks/white/black, Silk chiffon Where Purchased: The Salvation Army Years Owned: Four I had quite a nice weekend this past weekend. Except for the fact that I had to do the absolute worst part of travel- unpacking. I unabashedly adore packing. I may start doing it a month before I leave for a …

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Goodbye To Spain.

Here I am, about to board an airplane headed to Frankfurt, en route back to New York. And I am feeling sad. Despite my initial feelings, it really did go too fast. I’m happy to be headed home, though. I can’t wait to cuddle all my furry babies, and sleep in my freezing dungeon of …

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Look Up: Read Subtitles!

Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Black, white, sparkles/Silk Designer: Rebecca Taylor Where Purchased: Last Call Neiman Marcus Years Owned: 0.75 Hello from beautiful Barcelona! Currently, we are enjoying and absorbing this great city through the open window in our hotel room, listening while someone far below us practices her Spanish guitar. It’s our first night here, and …

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