I Am What I Wore

One girl's quest to streamline and catalog her nostalgia-laden wardrobe.

Tag Archives: Travel

Je suis… malade?

Item: Top Designer: PLANET by Lauren G Where Purchased: Thred Up Years Owned: Fourish Dear Gentle Reader, We have been apart for far too long. Ok, yes, so maybe I have been watching a bit of Brigerton lately, but that is not (the only) reason I have been struggling to be consistent with this project …

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Excuse Me, But Can I Be You For A While?

Item: Jacket. Color/Fabric: Wedding Pink, Viscose. Designer: Kate Spade. Where Purchased: Marshall’s. Years Owned: Just over one. So tonight, I have a few things to confess. The first is that I love this jacket dearly, and it is one of my favorite pieces. I will probably not get rid of it, even if you beg …

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Too Much Is Not Enough!

Item: Dress/Tunic Color/Fabric: Black/Floral, cotton/silk Designer: Kenar Where Purchased: Marshall’s Years Owned: 3 I started writing this one week and one day ago. I wrote until I was physically and emotionally unable to form coherent words. And then I busied myself with knickers, buttons, swings, and corsets for a week. Now I am back, and …

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Ode to Pain.

Item: Pants Color/Fabric: Army green, Designer: Sanctuary Where Purchased: A gift from Tess Years Owned: Five Today was sort of a monumental day. I went to see my superstar surgeon, Dr. Bryan Kelly, to check on my three-month post-op progress. I’m proud to say that it’s very good! I think I could take A-Rod at …

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Gemütlichkeit!

Item: Tee-shirt Color/Fabric: Grey, polyester/cotton/spandex Designer: Spark In The Dark Where Purchased: Urban Outfitters Years Owned: 4 Tonight, a graphic tee! Which is truly a rare entity in my closet. I do have a few that I love to distraction, and can’t imagine living without. Mostly the graphics on the tees I love are pictures, …

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Brighter Than Sunshine.

Item: Tee-shirt Color/Fabric: Sunshine, cotton Designer: Rebecca Beeson Where Purchased: TJ Maxx Years Owned: Three Tonight, I am pondering a tee. This isn’t just any tee. It’s my Sure-Pack Vaycay tee. Finding a wonderful tee that is classic and special at the same time, and that fits, well, to a tee, is a rare and …

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Adventuring!

Item: Sweatshirt Color/Fabric: Grey, cotton Designer: Mike and Chris Where Purchased: Next Boutique Years Owned: Five Here I am, again, starting again! I was building quite a lot of momentum and enthusiasm from organizing my old posts, and passing judgement. I was ready and eager to start writing consistently again, and then something happened that …

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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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A Corner, Turned.

Item: Sweatshirt Color/Fabric: Raisin, polyester/rayon/spandex Designer: Mossimo Where Purchased: Target Years Owned: 4 What an eventful Saturday! There was a very fun rehearsal, some relaxing, more sugar than a hummingbird, one Christmas tree successfully dismantled, and Sex and the City. Plus, I nearly burned down the house with a careless microwave setting. No fire, thankfully, …

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