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Apple Picking

5/6/2014

As you can see, Spring is taking its own sweet time getting here. There are barely any leaves on the trees; it rains pretty much every day; and on this particular day, rays of sunshine were intermittent at best. At least it was 60 degrees. Heh. :D Ahh, yes. Gotta love seasons. If only the rest of the country could be like California. The weather this week is supposed to be erratic (i.e. 40s some days, 60s on others). It will likely be this way through May, so I fully expect to have people (probably from California or some other part of the country) comment on how "layered up" and "warm" I look for Spring in some of the outfits I wear in the coming weeks. All I can say is: not everywhere is like where you live! ;)

Now that I've gotten THAT out of the way...Haha. Look at me being all trendy and wearing overalls. o_O My first ever pair! I feel like it should have come with a pitchfork or something. I certainly felt a lot like a country bumpkin boppin' around the farmer's market in this outfit. I felt suuuper comfy, though. Despite how juvenile overalls and shortalls may seem, they really are nice for all-day wear. :D I give them that.

The top I'm wearing underneath is.....wait for it.....a dress! :P I got it from my swap group and I'm so happy to have it. I pined after it for soooo long and watched it bounce around from person to person. Finally, I found someone who had the dress but in a different size (medium instead of small) and when I received the medium, it fit me great. So, I guess it just wasn't meant to be until that moment. I think the size small I had wanted would have been too tight. Even the medium is a bit snug at the shoulders.

Anyway, I'm sure I will wear the dress in all its beautiful glory one day and take some photos for you guys. :D For this time wearing it, I simply tucked and folded the bottom portion into some seamless mid-thigh tights. I find that it really helps to have a relatively short dress in order to pull of this trick!

Oh and you probably noticed something sticking out of my vintage overalls at the front pocket. That would just be my cell phone. :D In the other pocket, I had my wallet and trusty chapstickums. ^_^

I carried my picnic basket like a purse. :D I thought it made a nice accessory given the look and feel I was going for with the outfit. You'll also notice that I'm wearing my awesome ankle booties. I'm not sure why they're classified as boots, though. Maybe it's because they have a heel on them. They just look like fancy sandals to me. Heh. That's what I was looking for when I had bought them. :P

There you have it! Nothing complicated, this time. This outfit is simple, comfortable and (hopefully) kinda cute, too. ^_^ I hope you had a great weekend and that your week is off to a good start! <3

Thrifted - Forever 21 Apple Dress (Swap Group), Vintage Denim Overalls (Ebay),
Black Fedora (Buffalo Exchange - Austin), Tortoise Cat Eye Glasses (Swap Group),
ModCloth Black Ankle Booties (Gift) & Woven Picnic Basket (Swap Group)
c/o Iconemesis - Tiger by Ciara Phelan iPhone 4S Case

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Style Break: Storytelling

5/1/2014

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Taken during my trip to Toronto a few years back.

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My main concern when I visit a style blog is what the person is wearing and how the clothes are worn. I zero in on the photos and I leave my impressions about what I've seen on the person's blog. Every now and then I'll scan the blog post for context, if I need to. This doesn't happen often though, partly because I follow so many that I don't have the time to read them all in depth. Also, as I said, I just want the facts, ma'am (i.e. what are you wearing?). Hehe. As a result, I find that my blog basically caters to readers who are like me. I keep it lean with very little filler. I don't like clutter. It's very to-the-point. And I'm not offended if someone leaves a comment about my style, but ignores the surrounding text.

Hence, I realize that I don't have much variety other than occasional sales alerts, intermittent style advice and a shameless plug here and there. Hehe. Yeah, this part of the internets is mostly about me and what I wear and I realize this can be kind of exhausting. I figured it was time to take a break from the style posts. So, I wanted to do something different and share a bit more of my personal life with you guys. I'm a visual person, so I decided to use photos. Many, but not all, are from my Instagram. ^_^

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Are there any blerds (black nerds) out there? Well, this paragraph is for you! :D

In typical nerd fashion, I have a periodic table of elements shower curtain in our bathroom (which I bought for my partner as a birthday gift, but let's be real - it was for me haha) and I have an entire wall in our living room dedicated to Mega Man. It's pretty extensive and it actually wraps around a bit to an adjacent wall, but I couldn't get a decent full shot. I also put together poster boards full of stuff that I gathered from my years of travel (tickets, fliers, posters, photos, cards, etc) and made them into wall hangings. If you find yourself with a ton of stuff in scrap books, try displaying them on the wall, instead!

Apparently, I always have a chai with my brunch and then a coffee after. Why? I have no idea. Haha.

Many of you probably already gleaned this as regular readers of my blog, but I'm addicted to Sunday brunch. It started about 5 years ago when my partner and I moved into our first apartment together. I had just graduated from law school and he drove all the way from Texas (with all of this stuff) to be with me. Luckily, he already had a job lined up. I, on the other hand, was filling out job applications for hours and hours each day for weeks. It was a tough time economically. My partner worked really hard at his new job and I was so busy with job hunting that, for a time, we didn't really get to enjoy being together.

I had been living in this city for 3 years, but I didn't get to enjoy it very much while I was in law school. My partner had visited me several times over the years, but the city was still new to him. Basically, there was a lot for us to explore and do and we just weren't doing anything. One Sunday morning, my partner suggested that we go for brunch. I looked up some brunch places that were highly rated and that neither one of us had been to, we picked one and from that point on, it became something that we did together every week. So, even if we were too busy to enjoy each other's company in the middle of the week, there would always be this one day that was just for the two of us, if that makes any sense?

Watch yourself! Crazy cat lady coming through!

I have a cat, ya'll! :D Her name is Bonaparte and she's a Maine Coon. We rescued her in September 2013 and she has been a ray of sunshine in our home ever since. She has a furry tail; she loves to play fetch; and every morning at 6 AM she chirps and howls outside of our bedroom until one of us comes out to greet her. Haha. We tried having her sleep in the room with us, but she is prone to chewing and scratching things (including my nice clothes), so she has to sleep in her cat bed in the living room, for now. We weren't sure how old she was when we got her, but we think she's just over a year old, now.

Two peas in a pod and what not ^_^

Oh that's just me and my Player Two, Colin. :D We like nerdy Threadless tees, apparently. Haha. The left photo is from our trip to Canada (Ottawa to be exact) and the one on the right is from Amsterdam.

Some outfits that didn't make the cut o_O

Finally, I thought it would be fun to show you guys some outfits that I've worn that didn't make it to my blog. As I've said in the past, I try to edit myself and be honest about which outfits are interesting enough to be featured. The ones you see here didn't make the cut for various reasons. I still like to keep a photographic journal of my outfits, though. I keep the photos so I can improve the outfits later. :P

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And that's that! If you found this post painful, you should know that I probably won't do these often. So, you can find some measure of solace in that. Haha. I will nevertheless try to do more non-outfit related posts, because I realize that seeing style posts exclusively can be pretty boring and I want my readers to have fun when they visit. So, please bear with me and thank you for your kindness as always! <3

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Hi! I'm Anna <3

I'm fond of artistic fashion, esoteric music, retro games (the older the platform, the better), delectable noms, good libations, my Maine Coon, Bonaparte, and my Tabby, Winsome.

Also, I attended university in Hyogo Prefecture and I am proficient in Japanese.

もし、あなたは日本語が話せる、あたしに日本語で話て下さい！練習が必要だ！*^_^*

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