monday (staph & snags)

j crew lydia blouse & lattice print skirt {both thrifted}
gap cardigan   ·   mossimo wanda wedges

i think of you guys as my friends and people who are likely much smarter than me, so i have to come to you with some of my life's burning questions.  you've already helped me learn the ins & outs of dry cleaning and probably many other things, but today i come to you with concerns about staph & snags.  are you on the edge of your seat yet?  :)

this outfit might seem more apt to wear on halloween but after trying three other outfits this morning, snagging a brand new pair of navy tights (here's where the "snag" comes in), and feeling frustrated that i didn't think i had any shoes that would look good with navy tights anyway, i settled on this outfit that i had put together and hanging on the back of my closet door.  now i need to find a way to repair my snagged tights - it is a tiny little hole, not a full on snag, so i am hoping i can sew it shut or something?  what do you guys think?  they're thicker, ribbed tights if that helps.

in the middle of my work day i borrowed some gloves, rags, and high potency cleaner from the housekeeping department at my building to disinfect my office after my coworker (she was not in our office while i was doing this!) left me a message telling me she has a staph infection.  she's had this boil (?) on her index finger that has been very painful and i guess she finally got a diagnosis.  i'm not sure if my disinfecting was effective or not (well, it was, in a way... i talk on my phone a lot, that thing needed to be disinfected!), but it's serious enough that she has to have surgery on the finger and stay in the hospital a few days.  does anyone have any experience with staph infections?  i probably shouldn't mention that i usually--okay, almost always--eat lunch at my desk.  i'm just a little concerned because we share a small office and both touch the light switches, shredder, fax machine, file drawers, doorknob, cd player, etc a lot... 

well, i really can only imagine what the rest of the week has in store for me.  i hope your week is off to an equally as exciting start! 

mon-tues-wed

how is it that some weeks go by so slowly and others pass before you can even figure out what day it is supposed to be?  i guess that's me this week.  in an effort to get caught up i'm fast forwarding through the outfits i've worn this week instead of doing individual posts for all of them.  it's nothing you haven't seen before anyway!

 
i think that's enough of me for one day,  i'm off on friday but i will try to pop in tomorrow.  i hope you are all having a great week!

friday!

if there were ever a day to wear a tiered, wrinkled, chartreuse skirt... it should be on a friday! 
happy weekending!

wednesday (challenged: bow blouse)

 

 old navy bow tie blouse {temporarily swapped}   gap cardigan

semantiks skirt {thrifted}   handmade necklace

target belt   american eagle myles riding boots

why is it that the week leading up to a vacation is always so stressful?  i always feel twice as stressed before i can finally leave for a vacation and totally let it all go.  all i can think about is everything that needs to be done around my apartment before the end of the week {i can't stand coming home to a messy apartment after a trip... or knowing that my pet sitter is going to see my mess while i'm away!}.  hopefully my look didn't come across as disheveled as my mind feels.  i wasn't quite sure how to wear this bow-tie blouse whitney sent me for our challenge this week; i tried to be creative and wear it backwards but that didn't work, so i wore it the most natural way tied loosely in the front.  i remember seeing this blouse at old navy but didn't snatch it up, so i'm glad i got to wear whitney's!  if you haven't been with me this week, my friend whitney from between the lines and i are participating in a challenge to style some of each other's clothes that we get stuck wearing the same way over & over.  i have a few more of her pieces to wear, so stick with me!

thanks to any new followers who have come over here from whitney's blog, i hope you are enjoying following our challenge from both perspectives!

{see how whitney wore it here}

wednesday (ordeals)

mossimo draped elastic waist dress   gap cardigan   f21 medieval filigree bangle

merona leather belt {thrifted new}   old navy sliver wedge boots

i had a long night last night.  i brought my car into a shop to get new tires at 5pm, expecting it would only take about an hour, as that is the time i was quoted.  i also thought that by making an appointment, they would be prepared for my arrival and stagger any other appointments or walk-ins they received.  well, what i thought was logical definitely wasn't reality as it took three hours for the tire installation to be completed.  although i received an explanation about the length of time it took to complete the job, i could barely squeak an apology out of the sales associate despite my thanking them for getting the job done.  it made me feel like my time wasn't a concern.  it takes so little effort for people in retail or service industries to make customers feel validated and that their business is appreciated, and i think i have clout to say this because i have worked in three different retail jobs over the years and the managers i had at each one were adamant about providing good customer service, greeting every customer, and always doing something within the store and not just idly standing around.  anyway, i feel better now that i have new tires on my car for the impending winter, but the experience didn't leave me feeling good about giving the company my business.  has anyone else noticed this trend?