12-15: Catching Up

I'll admit that I've been living mostly in boy-beaters and yoga pants for the past few days.  Today I was feeling better so I decided to just play with my clothes as if I were a child playing dress up, and dammit, it's fun!  I should do that more often!  Something I learned:  Who says you can't do smoky eyes with red lips?  Rules were made to stomp on, I say.  Preferably in monster platforms like these.

I started with this:

Added the skirt, headband and lipstick:

Then stripped back down to the dress, changed out the boots for my Litas and added a hairy vest.

Then I took the vest off because I realise that I do hate it after all.  Loathe entirely!

This is me, loathing entirely.

Then I stayed that way for the rest of the day, other than to swap out the cute shoes for rubber boots since it was raining.  The frown might have possibly stayed as well. :)

Dress, skirt, vest:  Old Navy

Cummerbund:  Aldo

Tights:  Payless

Boots:  George

Booties:  Jeffrey Campbell

Headband:  Zellers

For some reason I never seem to realise precisely how short my skirts and dresses are until I see there here.  For years I've never known, I swear!  It's all good though; I'm 31 and I happen to be someone's mom, but I'm not dead yet.

That's all,

Twills

XOXO

Day 11: Purple Rain

It's hella cold right now.  Why can't I just wear this dress for the rest of the challenge?  It's made of corduroy and it's so warm!  In posting this I just realised that I'm not just black, white, grey and red.  I'm also kind of purple as well.  Day 11 and I'm still learning things.

Ignore the camera flash; here's a picture where I don't look quite so awkward!

Dress, leggings:  Old Navy

Burnout Tee, belt:  Joe

Socks:  Some gun company like Winchester or Remington or something.  Thanks, daddy!

Boots:  Doc Martens

Ring:  Found inside the wall of an old house, lol

Bracelet:  gifted

Watch:  Funky Laura on Etsy

Also, ignore my incredibly unladylike pose in the second photo.  I do have dress-etiquette, I swear!  My mother did actually teach me how to get in and out of cars in miniskirts without flashing my ladybits to the world as well, thank you. :P  There will be no "Pulling a Britney" up in here.

That's all,

Twills

XOXO

Day 10: Meh

I felt weird in this outfit:

Just because the jacket is grey.  I felt so weird, in fact, that I had to take it off and freeze:

So this is rather uninspired, but I felt comfortable which is what's important.

Shirt:  Old Navy

Pants:  The Hudson's Bay Company

Belt:  Le Chateau

Shoes:  Jeffrey Campbell Lita

Perhaps attributing to the feeling of weirdness is this natural hair kick I've been on lately.  Get thee to a straightener!

That's all,

Twills

XOXO

Day 9: Derby Day

Last night was my last night of roller derby for the 2010 season, and now I have to wait until spring of 2011 to get back on skates!  I celebrated/mourned the end of season by hanging out in my derby "boutfit" all day.  Normally I feel awkward taking my pictures every day and you can see it all over my face.  This picture cracks me up because I didn't feel awkward but... look what happened:

Photobomb!

Shirt:  Uniform

Booty Shorts:  Old Navy

Tights:  American Apparel, Joe and Ardene

Socks:  Ardene

Arm warmers:  DIY

Raddest skates in the universe:  Riedell Diablo

Photobombers:  My spawn

Then of course I had a parent-teacher interview at school...  So I decided to change into something a little more mainstream.  I kept the tights on, if only because they're so damn hard to squeeze in and out of when you wear three pairs at once.  Four if you count the DIY arm warmers.

Jacket:  Smart Set

Tank:  Calvin Klein

Skirt: F21

Tights:  See above

Boots:  Aldo

The season may have just ended, but I'm looking forward to what the next few months will bring.  So exciting!

That's all,

Twills

XOXO

Day 8: Nothing is Black!

Everything I learned about mixing stripes and plaids, I learned from watching "Don't Tell Mom, The Babysitter's Dead".

Stray baby-head in the mirror:

I'm just goofing around... I don't really meditate like this.  See me trying not to smirk?

I feel like congratulating myself once again, there is nothing black about this outfit at all!  And!  I live in Canada and for some reason it was warm enough to go outside in this today without a coat!

Hat: Gap

Sweater, scarf:  Stitches

Tuxedo shirt that you can't really see:  Old Navy

Jeans:  Joe

Boots:  Doc Martens

Rings:  Gifted

Brooch:  Lol.  It was attached to some chocolate-covered coffee beans from Timothy's Coffee last Christmas.  But it's shiny!

That's all,

Twills

XOXO

Derby Style

I'm taking a moment away from my 30 for 30 challenge to post one of my derby outfits.  If there ever was a better excuse to dress like a hoochie, I haven't found one yet.  This is not my team, nor my colours, but it was my favourite team for years before I had a league of my own to fall in love with.  I think I have actually worn this same outfit to one of their bouts, minus the helmet of course, with my silver Doc Martens.

Smoke City Betties, bitches!

That's all,

Twills

XOXO

Day 7: Derby Inspired

My roller derby season ends after next week's practice, and I'm going to miss it terribly.  I decided today to wear a pair of my derby socks, though I slouched them down a little so as not to look too much like I'm wearing a costume.

Close-up of accessories:

Cardigan/Shrug thingy:  George

Striped tee, jersey fold-over skirt, leggings:  Old Navy

Socks:  Ardene

Boots:  Aldo

Skull watch:  A great Etsy find

Rings:  Two were found, one turned my sister's finger green but not mine (lol)

Belt:  Joe

I tried so hard to remove the red eye from the photo, but every time I did it made me look as if I had black eyes.  I don't know what I was doing wrong. :(  I'll remember to not stare at the flash next time, I swear!  Day 7 of 30 accounted for!

That's all,

Twills

XOXO