Tye-Dye

Dress: [hand-me-down]

Belt: thrift store [25 cents]

Boots: Target [$11]

Sorry for the recent absence! I've been in Boston and now am in New York with a busy schedule and little time. Thankfully, I should be all unpacked tomorrow into my new apartment, and hopefully should be ready to go for school starting up again on Thursday. Whew. Anyhow, this absurdly comfortable dress was handed down to me by my mom's friend (Asian women are just so tiny sometimes), and I broke it out for one of my last days in beautiful California. New York has been hot and humid lately, and I've got some gnarly bug bites decorating my legs. So enjoy these pictures of pre mosquito torture! 

Pictures by Ken

Mr. November

Purse: Target [$3]

Dress: F21 [borrowed from Mary]

Blouse: Urban Outfitters [$5]

Belt: thrift store [25 cents]

Boots: Target [$11]

This bag has been my go-to bag this summer partly because I love it, and partly because it's really the only bag I have here. I wore this outfit to church, took pictures real quick, skyped with Mary, and then changed and jumped into the car with Ken to meet up with friends, gorge on Korean BBQ, and see Daughter and The National at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. I wish I brought my camera to capture everything, but it was probably one of the most memorable and fun nights of summer. Good food, good people, good music, good stuff. 

Photos by Ken

Westernized

Shirt: H&M [clothing exchange]

Shorts: Old Navy [$10ish]
Boots: Target [$11]
Necklace: Old Navy [$2]

I felt very western/rodeo-ish with this getup. Like I was going to be an extra in Footloose or something, but with absolutely no dance skill. Still, whenever I don't really know what to do with the ends of a shirt, I always end up typing it up. Especially because I'm on the shorter side of the spectrum, the extra fabric can sometimes overwhelm everything, resulting in sad potato sack looks.  But hooray for playing with proportions! It's my last day in California before heading to Boston tomorrow morning, and I realized I acquired way more clothes throughout this summer than I probably should have. Whoops! Enjoy your day y'all. 
Photos by Dais

Homeward

A couple snaps from the drive back from Arizona to California.

Rest stoppin'. Trying to appear relaxed but looking far from it. 

I love how they're called wind farms. I always wonder if this area is like a graveyard for birds that didn't see it coming. 

A much frazzled picture of Ken and I (okay, mostly me) after a handful of hours in the car. My hair was not happy with me this day, but whatcha gonna do? To stay awake we had an arsenal of flavor-blasted Goldfish (the best), rock-hard Red Vines (we left them on the dashboard to heat em' up), Starbucks refresher drinks (kinda weird tasting but not half bad), and tropical Skittles (delicious stuff). Man, I love road trips. 

Vest Up

Vest: Urban Outfitters [$10]

Tank: F21 [$2]

Shorts: Old Navy [$10?]

Sandals: Urban Outfitters [$10]

Arizona yards with an abundance of rocks instead of grass and spherical cacti are the best. On my first full day in the good 'ol Grand Canyon State, I wore the basic jean short-shorts and white tank, but jazzed it up a bit with this awesome sequin vest. I scored this baby at Urban for $10 when the original price was a whopping $110. WHEW. My frugal brain can barely fathom that amount for a vest. Granted, it's pretty gorgeous and I mean, it's got sequins, but still. If I were in New York, or even southern California, I would have styled it differently, but I didn't want to scare the good people of Arizona. So I kept it simple for a day of family, delicious pizza, and viewing of Sharknado. Enjoy the photos!

Pictures taken by the boy aka the boyfriend aka Ken

HotPants

Shirt: Zara [$5]

Shorts: F21 [clothing exchange]

Boots: Target [$11]

Necklace: taken from Daisy

My first Zara purchase, nuts! It's a fun shirt, this one. Lifting my arms to the side is slightly ghostly and great and the fabric is also super soft. Viscose. Which I know little of except that you shouldn't iron it or it'll melt. Valuable information, really. The boy left for Japan today and I'll be back off to Boston/New York in just a couple of days, so it was a bittersweet last couple of days. But back to Skype and novel-like text messages we go!

Pictures taken by the Dais

Purple-y

Dress: F21 [borrowed from Mary]

Tee: the upper half of an old Urban Outfitters romper [$5]

Boots: Target [$11]

The second in the series of the recurring boots. Spanish tile steps are nice. 

Photos by Ken

These Boots Were Made

Cardigan: Old Navy [$5]

Tank: F21 [$2]

Skirt: F21 [$4ish?]

Boots: Target [$11]

I've been wearing these boots almost every day for the past week and a half. Which means that I have them in 90% of my upcoming blog posts. Which I apologize for in advance.

Photos taken by the boy

Cruisin'

Blouse: Zara [$5]

Leggings: 90 Degree from Marshall's [$15]

Sneaks: old Vans

Ken and I biked the Santa Ana River Trail this day. Roughly 13 miles. As a celebration, we had Taco Bell and devoured a crunchwrap supreme and Doritios nacho. Not too shabby, eh?

Photos by ze boy