I recognize that the alliteration in that title is a little over-the-top, but it’s accurate. The things I picked for this week’s post range from sorta fancy to veryfancy- perfect if you’re wanting to look especially festive.
We didn’t have internet at our house from Monday, 11/4, until last night at 8 p.m.
I know! Is a cold sweat breaking out on your forehead at the very thought?? We made do with coffee shop internet and some very kind neighbors allowing us to hack into their internet. Barely!
Throughout the week, I was flashing back to the “Dark Ages”, as we’re so fond of calling them- the good ol’ dial-up days! Remember? When your computer would make sounds as it connected to the internet? Listen and have a flash-back moment with me….
We’d bring a book to the computer with us so that we’d have something productive to do while waiting for each and every webpage to load. In my mom’s case, she’d knit in front of the computer. The unfortunate fact about that situation was that she actually got a lot of knitting done whenever she went online. One friend taught herself sign-language while waiting for her dial-up. It would take us at least half an hour to load a two-minute YouTube video. By the time your email loaded you felt like throwing your computer out the window. It was worse then waiting in line at the Post Office. If you think I’m exaggerating at all, think again. I’m very sorry to say that it really was that bad. Do you feel my pain yet?
I feel like now’s a good time to remind you that we live in the middle of no where. It takes 15 minutes to get “into town” to check the mail and go to the library and 30 minutes to go anywhere else. Going “into town” is an event that consists of very little excitement, since our little town just doesn’t have very much going on. I know that there’s probably some people out there reading this saying ‘that’s nothing- I live blank minutes from anywhere’. I have the utmost respect for you. Anyway, our internet options are pretty scarce out here in the sticks, and high-speed internet was just not an option until very recently. And even now, “high-speed” is a vast over-exaggeration. Anything beats dial-up though.
At least back then though, we did have some form of internet- this past week and a half we’ve had nothing. Nada. The AT&T guy came by our house on Day 5 of our departure into the dark ages, and informed us that our modem was broken and that he didn’t have a replacement modem in his service truck, so we’d have to wait for another person to come out and fix it for us. My question for Adam (the AT&T guy) was what self-respecting internet repair man doesn’t carry around a spare modem or two? Because you know, just in case someone has a problem with their internet and actually wants it fixed?!? I promise, I didn’t actually say this to him. I just thought it in my head. Loudly. If you can scream something in your head, I did.
Despite everything I just said in that rant, we’ve actually been seeing the perks in not having internet. We’ve realized that we do fill our time with some meaningless time online, and not being able to connect instantly has made us think about how we spend our free time. And having to get a Shivered Mint Cookie Frappuccino in order to use the local coffee shop’s internet has obvious benefits. Please don’t think that this means that you should call Adam for us and tell him that we really don’t want to keep our newly-restored internet, because we do. Oh we do.
In order to brighten my darkened existence, I found some adorable dark colored clothing to share with you all. I have to be completely honest (in case you were afraid that I wasn’t telling you how I really felt in the monologue above)- the real reason I’m doing this Fashion Friday post is because it gave me an excuse to hang out at the coffee shop and drink the afore-mentioned Shivered Mint Cookie Frappuccino. Life is good.
A friend and I just had a conversation about flannels, so when I saw this one I knew I had to post it. We agreed that the best place to buy flannels is in the men’s section of thrift stores. The perfect mix of oversized comfort and cute cozy flannel. Oh and adorable cheap thrift store wear.
I have a jacket that’s a similar cut to this but a different fabric. It’s a Free People denim jacket that I bought at a resale store for $25. I honestly think that it’s one of the best purchases I’ve ever made- it looks brand new, is the perfect size, and is obviously excellent quality. It looks like denim but is actually cotton so it’s super comfortable. I wear it a ton with dresses, and it also looks cute with black jeans.
When it comes to Fashion Friday, I normally start the post without a specific theme in mind and see what pieces I find to feature. This week’s post is a good example of that- I started to pick out pieces from my favorite clothing websites, and then I realized that they were all light-colored. Because of that, the entire post features only pale colored clothing 🙂
I wear a ton of different colors, but I love white clothes. Even though the pieces below aren’t all white, I still love them all.
Another explanation for the title could be that when I started this post I was feeling a little under-the-weather and my mother so kindly pointed out that I wasn’t looking so great. Thanks mom.
I recently got a second ear piercing, so I’m not totally sure how an earcuff would look with that, but this one is really cool- I like that it’s fun, but not over the top.
I know, I know. I’ve talked about it being Fall roughly a million times in recent Fashion Friday history. But! It’s finally starting to feel like Fall- cloudy mornings and cooler air. Despite the weather forecast of it being 80* and sunny by Sunday, I’m enjoying the fall weather while it lasts.
Our neighbors dropped by a couple of days ago and gave us some gorgeous home-grown pumpkins. We’re feeling festive around here.
Both my mom and I have a thing for watches with large faces- in fact, my mom is planning to go to our local jeweler’s soon to have my dad’s watch re-sized to fit her.
I love the simplicity of the face on the watch above, and the color of the band is perfect.
Castle is another one of our favorite shows- we were super excited about Season 6, which started about a month ago. Richard Castle, the “ruggedly handsome” mystery writer, and Detective Kate Beckett solve unusual NYPD murder cases with the help of Beckett’s co-workers, Detective Javier Esposito and Detective Kevin Ryan.
The show is more serious then Psych, but there are still a ton of really funny quotes…
Castle: Dude, they’re donuts. Either you’re in or you’re out.
Castle to Beckett: What I said was not confusing enough for your face to be doing what its doing.
Rick Castle: Actually, for a truly Castle-esque theory, it has to be fully thought through. Kate Beckett: Since when?
Ryan: Catholic school is like combat. If you haven’t been there, then you don’t know.
Esposito: I have been there…in combat.
Wow. So gorgeous.
My Daughter and I 