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

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!

One Summer's Day

Bandana: vintage, Sparrow Necklace: Ebay, Black top: H&M, Dress: Delia's, Belt: H&M, Leggings: Old Navy, Shoes: Chuck Taylor

So it's not summer, in fact, it's the second day of October, and typically Minnesota takes that as an excuse to turn us all into snowmen. But this weekend, however, is insanely warm. It's supposed to get up to 80 this week (it wasn't even that warm in the last month of summer) so I'm pretending that it's still mid-July and I'm a little 50's schoolgirl frolicking about in freedom. Summer typically doesn't include my father screaming his uvula out while watching the Viking's game, but we'll pretend along with my mid-century summer fantasy that that isn't happening.

On another side of things, I don't believe I've ever shown/discussed my bracelet collection on this blog yet. I have several meaningful bracelets that I wear everyday on both wrists, and the collection keeps growing steadily.

My left wrist: The Obama bracelet is a play on the typical saints bracelet, I found it for $5 at the French Market in New Orleans (which is a large outdoor flea market), and I knew I simply had to buy it. The peace sign bracelet was a gift from my Grandparents from Las Vegas, and in my opinion is the coolest way to symbolize my belief in peace. The last one is a Tibetan Eye bracelet from a voodoo shop in New Orleans, and it's supposed to protect me from evil. Oh, and there's also the friendship bracelets, I made the rasta one and my friend Katt made the other one.

My right wrist: The first one is the Hand of Bibi Fatima, which represents femininity in the Islam culture. It's from, as pathetic as it sounds, Valleyfair.....but it's the symbol nonetheless. The green beaded bracelet was a gift from Sam, who gave it to me one day as a "surprise," quite adorable, in my opinion. The pentacle bracelet is to symbolize the Wiccan religion and I found it at Spencer's at the Mall of America. The "stress is overrated" bracelet is from the giftshop at Gooseberry Falls up in Northern Minnesota. The black ones are actually ponytail holders, but I wear them as bracelets. They say Good Luck, and my friend Anna got them for me in China.

Here's the real inspiration for the title, from my absolute favorite movie Spirited Away:



Sundays Suck

I think the beauty of Minnesota weather is that it never fails to defy everybody's wishes. Last spring, when we all hopelessly prayed for spring to conquer the endless winter, it didn't get warm until, oh, maybe end of May? And now, when we all want to cuddle up in our glorious layers and welcome fall with open arms, it remains an unwavering 80 degrees every day. I always use summer as an excuse to completely slack off in the fashion department, but now I really AM ready to get back into dressing better. I guess I know I can always count on a painfully long winter to make me crave spring again, so I'll be patient for the time being. And I also can count on the spell check on my father's iPad to let me slack off even more (before getting down and dirty with my English homework, of course. Oh man. That sounded awful. Sorry. Even though you know I'm not actually sorry)

This post was more of a talker one, but somehow they never really feel complete without images of some sort, so I'm going to scour my facebook page for pictures to commemorate my start of school.

Here's one of my best friends, Lee, wearing my favorite giant bow

And Maddie

......and Nayib

Although it took efforts such as these to get it onto his head

Oh yeah, I've also been working on my "Dreamcave" (a cool way of saying tiny teen girl basement bedroom) because I needed a change and I just bought a really cool wall clock on Etsy. No internet fellow can see it until it's actually done, but I will post a photo of this:

This is my nightstand, aka shelf that is functioning as a nightstand because my room is the size of a pocky box.

It's probably my favorite part of the room.

The little clock guy is Mitsubishi. Like a baby, he does not sleep through the night.

I also have some Gothic and Lolita Bibles, an awesome vintage Wonder Woman book, novels like Jane Eyre, Pet Semetary, and other random things to read, a little Neopets Aisha doll, a tray with some spiritual objects, stress relieving pillow mist, and a far too normal looking picture of Sam and me at prom. You can also see some pendants hanging down from the shelf above, which prompts me to also post a picture of the "Spiritual Shelf"

I have some books, my tarot cards, candles that I never burn in there, a voodoo doll from New Orleans, orbs, and a mini buddha statue

I guess the insane length of this so-called "mostly talker post" is due mainly to my Sunday boredom blahs (and the complete desire to avoid homework), but hey, it's been awhile

My lazy, entirely Target ensemble, and yes I know I wear the Beatles shirt waaaaay too often in these photos. Maybe there's just something about wearing such an uplifting band over your heart that uplifts your spirit as well. We'll never know.

I got a haircut as well, if you can't tell

(uh oh! Look! I lied! You get a little sneak peek of my room!)

I guess that's all for now.

Oh but P.S. I've been completely addicted to reading every single one of Isabel Slone's fabulous posts over at Hipster Musings? Check her out if you get the chance! (she's like me only older, better, and more fashionable)

"Oh those summer nights!"

Well they're over.

Time to go back to our not-so-cool schools and see some not-so-cool people and be our not-so-cool selves.

But maybe that, in itself, is pretty cool

Here's my back to school face:

Just kidding. I'm actually decently excited to go back to my nicely diverse high school and be a completely-invisible-slash-ignored sophomore.

At least then I have an excuse to rebel against my 10th grade invisibility by dressing weird.

Not that I need an excuse.

Good luck on your first days, kids. 

Don't look too normal for your pictures.

Time to go eat pancakes.

Out.

Cause you were born on the fourth of July, freedom ring

Here's to my pants, a favorite item that I rarely get to wear as they are hard to match. This is what I'm wearing to my little town's fourth of July street dance tonight. "Oh, those summer nights...."

Clothes:

Sunglasses: New Orleans riverboat gift shop

Tee-shirt: Target

Cardigan: Target

Bag: Gift

Pants: Delia's

Combat boots: Value Village

 Made ice cream cone cupcakes with my boyfriend yesterday, as you may have noticed they were delectable

P.S. I AM SO READY!!!:

Thunder & Sunshine, I need them both to live

Whoa. Summer's here. And I admit that I've been so caught up in it all that I completely forgot to post stuff. I've been spending a lot of time outside (the beach tends to call my name quite often....) and some weekends on the road all day. Quite literally. I'm a proud member of the marching band and our parade season has just started. Two parades yesterday, plenty more next week. How I love every minute of it though. Hopefully I'll think of more stuff to talk about later, but for now I'll just enjoy the warmth <3



Until next time,

~Charlie