dirty little secret

okay, heres my secret.....I HATE taking showers in the winter....are you totally grossed out?? heres the deal, it's not the actual shower, I love being all warm in a hot shower, its the getting out and being freezing for forever and having to do something with my massive amount of wet hair and all of the personal grooming that goes into a gals (at least this gal's) post shower routine! I am constantly amazed that my husband can take a shower and be entirely ready to go in 10 minutes. It takes me at least an hour to recover from a shower and I never feel like I can really warm back up! ( disclaimer...I am a big fan of the cat bath, a washcloth and a sink can mask, i mean, clean a lot!) Why am I admitting all this?? well, this is my roundabout way of trying to justify my crazy top-knot/ Pebbles Flinstone hair. This is the only hairstyle that I can muster after 4 days of not showering... oh the lengths I'll go to in order to not be cold!! sheesh!
have a wonderful/warm day!

outfit details: coat & boots: Forever 21, jeans: American Apparel, blouse: thrifted

happy birthday! (to me)

I spent this past weekend celebrating and relaxing in honor of my birthday! 28 is shaping up to be a wonderful year!

rewind it back: NYE

I realize that the new year has come and gone but, better late than never right?? Every year for nye my bar tending hubby works, so I am left to my own party devices... this year I was fortunate enough to model for an awesome event here in KC. I wore the beautiful stylings of WE ARE TRIBE Accessories and Clothing , an Etsy and sometimes pop-up shop of amazingly styled vintage finds, which is run by two inspiringly fashionable KC gals. Can you tell that I LOVE what these girls are doing??? lovelovelove. Be sure to check out the WE ARE TRIBE blog, which shows all of the other stunning models from the night!

Here are some behind the scenes shots....unfortunately I was a bit of a party pooper, as I was feeling pretty under the weather (alright, I was down right sick, but no way was I gonna miss this night!!)...can you tell how good I felt??

can you believe these shoes I wore?? I hardly ever wear heels, I'm tall enough as it is.... in these bad boys I was a whopping 6'4"!

all photos by Craig Klein

goodbye Kansas

Kansas skies say the prettiest goodbyes.

camo

my sweet sister in law took these photos while we were still in Kansas for Christmas break.....it seems like it was way more than just a week ago that I wasn't working and I was spending my days relaxing with family. My vacation went by waaay too fast in a whirl of gifts and food and friends and sickness and some wild nights (NEW YEARS EVE, wow!)! Now I have to reacclimate myself to working my normal 9-5/m-f gig (after a month of working Nutcracker in the theater and then a week of vacation it is proving VERY difficult to wake up in the am!)

I took down all of our christmas decorations this week, so sad... my living room looks very large without the tree, and my kitty misses knocking down every ornament. alas. Speaking of christmas...this cute lacey top was an x-mas gift from my sister and these new jeans are one of my fave xmas scores! yay christmas... I will miss you sooo! until next year!

outfit details: jeans:Cheap Monday, top: Target, coat and boots: Forever 21

christmas duds

Ryan and I spent christmas with his family this year, as a married couple we've taken to switching holidays between our respective families. So this year we spent Thanksgiving in Colorado with my family and Christmas in Kansas with his family. We had a beautiful fun-filled and festive day. I always wonder how it is that sitting around opening gifts, chatting and catching up and eating copious amounts of food can be so darn exhausting??? we were all wiped by the end of the night!


This year we decided to dress up for our christmas dinner. So, I found this vintage dress a few weeks ago while thrifting and although it needed some altering (it was HUGE! and had crazy baggy sleeves), it was just the perfect Christmas red, so I bought it. In the end I wasn't totally happy with its shape but it worked..... and after I threw on my favorite christmas coat and some textured tights I felt super festive! (again, I wish I could wear my coats all day, sometimes they just make an outfit!)


I snapped this picture of a pretty christmas sunset last night while walking my puppy. The sky is always amazingly beautiful out in the Kansas countryside!

outfit details: dress, coat: thrifted, tights: Forever 21, shoes: Dillards

merry christmas

have a happy happy day!



*here's a cute tutorial on how to make these festive pom-poms!*