"Come get me lemons!!"

Greetings fellow internet beings!

It certainly has been awhile. What can I say? I've been keeping busy! Seeing friends, participating in the preferred Twin Cities method of transportation (biking), and of course, working. Speaking of, I start work at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival bright and early tomorrow morning and HOLY PICKLES AND WHIPPED CREAM am I excited. I've tried on my costume a few times already, which consists of a skirt, blouse, headscarf, and, of course, a corset. I find myself saddened every time I have to remove this piece of work and return to the mundane ways that make up modern living. Thankfully tomorrow morning and every weekend for the next seven weeks I will become the British peasant girl that I've always desired to be, hawking my wares in the most offensive and obnoxious ways possible. (I sell lemonade, which provides endless opportunities for catchy tunes about "my lemons"). I even screamed "Huzzah!" once while doing dishes at my other job at Potbelly, and my boss yelled at me for being a nerd. I'm hoping nerdiness isn't a fireable offense.

In other news, I've been participating in copious amounts of shopping with all the new cash I've been pocketing and to prepare for the imminent school year, and have bought so much cool new stuff that I have had to rearrange my entire closet to accommodate. Expect plenty of new outfit posts when the fall rolls around, and I actually mean it this time. Anywho, check out some of the stuff in my life:

I ordered this backpack from Forever21.com after seeing it in the store and falling head over heels, coincidentally they were having a deal for free shipping on any orders over $25 at the same time. I decided it was meant to be. Zebras are a muse of mine, and I loved the fact that on the website it was listed as a "Zebra Print Backpack." Unlike the striped backpacks that Ugg-wearing girls with PINK across their asses wear, this backpack is literally zebra. print.

THIS JACKET.

This marvelous, Picasso inspired piece of wonder that I found at TurnStyle Consignments is now my own

I did this painting yesterday and it reminds me of Starry Night, but with a very special Charlie twist. Moony night? I dunnoooo

The aforementioned closet, all freshly reorganized and loaded with new purchases. I can't wait for it to get cooler out and I can start building outfits, I already have so many awesome ideas

I also ended up taking my dresses out and moving them to the curtain rod that separates my room from my sisters, I like it quite a bit better and have so much more closet space now

And on top of all the other awesome things happening, the folks are remodeling the basement and I got to move this beauty to the foot of my bed! I've never had a TV in my room before, and it's pretty sweet. Late night Netflix documentaries here I come!

Oh yeah, and if that bag wasn't cool enough already for you I added some of my riot grrrl buttons.

GURL POWER YO

Just for shits and giggles, some mirror shots with people I love. Me looking like a hobbit with Wendy in TurnStyle and Mark about to do something terrible to me in Target

And of course, to top it all off, a sand submarine.

Cause, well, it's a fucking sand submarine

I suppose that's about it, keep living your fabulous lives and inspiring me. And if any of you happen to stop by the Minnesota Renaissance Festival during one of the next seven weekends, well, do as the title says and "COME GET ME LEMONS!!" (said in an extremely Scottish accent of course)

Oh yeah I almost forgot, if you haven't seen Moonrise Kingdom yet go do it. NOW.

HEAT WAVE

Muscle shirt, sunnies, and shoes: Target; Denim vest: thrifted; Sparrow necklace: eBay; Bandana: vintage

Why HELLOOOOO blogosphere it has certainly been a long time since we've seen one another! I can explain guys.....summer is hot and I'm lazy. Also, I have a job and am in the marching band. SERIOUSLY THOUGH THIS HEAT IS INSANE. I'm sitting in the loft of my nice air conditioned house awaiting the next moment when I have to step outside. Even taking these pictures this morning nearly suffocated me. That being said, I'm attempting to remain fashionable while wearing as little clothing as possible. I scored this tiger muscle shirt for 50% off at Target yesterday, and it makes me feel like I'm in the circus. I've also practically been living in these shorts. They're cozy and cotton and don't give me a muffin top. I could use some new black shorts though, but for some reason all the money I make keeps disappearing the second I get paid! *Cough* shopaholic *cough*. Anywho, these sunnies are also new. EXCEPT THEY BROKE THE THIRD DAY OF OWNING THEM. Thankfully super glue fixes all, but it still is frustrating.

In other news, tonight is the annual July 3rd street fair in my town to celebrate the 4th. I'll be hittin' that up with my pals later on, hoping beyond all meaning of the word that it will cool down a little by then so I won't be a sweaty pig by the end of the night. But as you well know, there's probably very little chance of preventing that.

Probably more importantly than any of the aforementioned things, however, is that last week I made a mad dash to AMC in order to see the movie Brave and OHMYGOODNESS I'm kind of obsessed with it now. For those who don't know, Brave is the first Pixar movie to feature a female lead, is one of the only Disney princess movies in which the princess doesn't meet her prince charming by the end, and is an animation revolution by way of Princess Merida's hair. Merida has now dethroned Jasmine and claimed her rightful title as "Charlie's Favorite Disney Princess." So much so that when I got home from the theater, I went to the Disney Store website and, like a little girl with her Christmas money, bought this:

If you're new to my blog then I guess I should inform you that I have an insane obsession with dolls, particularly dolls of my favorite movie characters. (now we know where that money I mentioned earlier keeps disappearing to, eh?) I'm now ecstatically waiting for her to arrive so that my friend Dani (who owns the Mulan doll) and I can have a Disney Princess Doll photoshoot. Pictures will be posted. 

Well now that you all have gotten a clear glimpse of the 6 year old in me, I'll leave you with some badass bathroom photos of me pretending to be a model so you'll remember that I actually am 16

Here Comes the Sun

Shorts: Forever 21; Sparrow necklace: Ebay; Shirt: Kohl's; Peace bracelet: birthday gift, from Haight Street; Shoes: Target

Sorry this outfit is from like two weeks ago, I just never got around to posting the pictures. I've been busy living life, which I daresay is at a pretty significant high right now. I'm finishing up my second year of high school, captaining the woodwind section of the marching band, making new friends, and working a new job at my local Potbelly. And you know, things are going pretty damn sweet. 

Also, I know I make promises I can't keep, so I'll stop saying that I will be posting regularly again. Truth is, I don't know when I will post. Of course I still WILL post, but they will be spontaneous, whenever-I-feel-like-it posts. So don't you dare unfollow!

The weather is warm, the birds are singing, the sun is shining, and the beach is calling. Take care, my lovelies. See you on a rainy day sometime soon.

-Charlie

Polka dots and why the swimsuit industry is discriminatory toward big busted women

..........Oh no wait that's for a different post

Anyway so um hi there I like stuff with polka dots and these are my favorite polka dot items that I own bye the end.

In light of my polka dot revolution, I have a severe desire to obtain this swimsuit for summer:

Or you know if that doesn't work I could always just get this one, simply because it's fucking awesome:

See you at the beach!

Being back and how sweet it is

MISS ME?

Top and pants: from Isabel, Beret: H&M, Scarf: gift from Dad, FOMS (fake TOMS): Heartbreaker

So I had Maddie take my outfit photos today, therefore I also took a picture of her so you can all see for the kajillionth time what my best friend looks like. When I asked her if I could take her picture for the blog she replied with "Oh so all those fashion-ey people can see my ratchet-sweatpants-Jesus look?" Yes, my dear, those fabulous outfit descriptions are precisely why I want to feature you :) For the record though she really does have great style, there are plenty of awesome pieces I've worn in these posts that have been borrowed from her closet, she just succumbs to the general high school laziness that every functioning teenager is afflicted with on a daily basis. Either way, she still looks cute!

Now that the musical is over (it went awesomely, by the way!) I finally have all this free time on my hands. I'm going to spend time studying for my AP exam (it's on the 17th!), practicing for my driver's test, spending time with my friends, and rekindling my creative brain. AHHH SUMMER HOW I LONG FOR THEE! It'll be here soon.

In other news, in a week or so I'll either be cutting my hair like this:

Or like Kate Micucci of Garfunkel&Oates/Raising Hope/Scrubs fame:

I tried the whole long hair thing this year, partially because it's easier as an actress to get roles with longer hair but mostly just because I haven't been bothered to cut it, and I've learned that it simply is not for me. I'll always be a short hair girl, and it's time to return to those ways. When I'm off to college and won't be acting as much I'll go full-out pixie cut, but right now I need at least a little bit of curlable length. Expect plenty of photos!

ALSO, more excitement, I've recently been informed that my school's band will be taking our next trip this coming October and guess where it'll be? Boston and NEW YORK!! Unfortunately, being that it's this fall rather than next summer which we expected, that doesn't give us much time to raise funds. I'm going to try to go out job-hunting on Saturday to start making money, and I'll hopefully be working at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival starting in August! Ahh, the rest of this year is looking great! I guess there is a huge plus-side to the trip timing, I get to visit the Empire State before the world ends! ;D

Peace kids, it's great to be back

Tester photo.....starting out small......

OMG GUYS LOOK I CAN POST TO MY BLOG AGAIN WITHOUT PAYING A DIME!!!! THANK THE HEAVENLY STARS!!!!

(excuse the random photo, I took it of a car parked in the lot at Anime Detour andit was the first one I saw in my files)

This is fantastic news, considering Isabel from I Fly a Starship just gave me multiple bags of her old clothes and I'm dying to start building outfits and showing them off! Now that the musical is over I have plenty of time to get back to blogging.

YAAAAYY LIFE!!!

So funny story haha.......

So I basically hate blogger now because of this. Since I've already built up a base here, however, it's hard to pick up and move to a new hosting website. I guess I don't know much about blogger, and I haven't really taken the time to look into the whole struggle so I'm not entirely sure if there's a way to do this without paying. Oh! Yes! I didn't even tell you the story yet. Essentially, I filled up my picasa memory (picasa is the picture hosting site, yada yada yada) and now I can't post any pictures without either (to my knowledge):

A. Paying for more storage

or

B. Deleting old photos from picasa, which, yes, would delete them from my blog

Since the latter just doesn't resonate well with me, because I believe I have some really good old stuff in the archives, right now it appears my only option is A. Does anyone know a free fix to this?? If not that's fine, I think its only 5 or so dollars and I'll hopefully purchase the storage and be back up and running in no time (don't worry, I have plenty outfits-of-the day waiting to be uploaded) but it would be nice not to have to spend any money, regardless of how cheap it is. So if you know another way let me know, and if there is no other way then I'll try and be back up and blogging by spring break, which is next week. Thanks for putting up with this shenanigans. I'm so glad I haven't lost any followers through all this. And spring is coming too, and I always get more creative in the warmer months. Be prepared for a return of the Charlie at any moment!
Bye all
Peace, love, and basketball (as my hilarious best friend says jokingly every time we part)