Drunk enough to dance... and build castles out of clay

So, my weekend was fun but quite busy. Lots of going out and lots of work, including building clay things for my set design model (1/8" scale... what a pain!) one of which just fell apart when I got home. Arg. My package from urban outfitters arrived on Thursday (yay!), though I am still waiting on the blasted Shakespeare book...

But anyway, the weather has been a crazy roller coaster, and from almost dying in the snow and wind on Wednesday night, it has now warmed up to the point where I hardly felt I needed a jacket this afternoon! (Of course, it won't last, and it was really just in my head, 40°ish (Fahrenheit) feeling very warm in contrast with say, 13°).

Friday's outfit:

{urban striped shirt, second hand recon-ed skirt, target tights (only 1 pair!), socks - ?, vintage boots}

I did also take pictures of the spiffy "either or" tights, however, I may wait until I have real outfit pictures to show them off. The other thing in the package (besides the tights and the blue striped shirt in the picture above) were a pair of slippers. They ran out of the medium before I ordered, but I got the small and they are only a teeny bit tight and I think they'll stretch out more. For $5, how could I resit? ;)

In other news, I finally caught the polyvore bug and made a little set of some items I've been lusting after lately. I feel that my wardrobe is lacking in a lot of nice, versatile basics and I've been a little frustrated by it lately :/ Sadly, polyvore wouldn't let me import my own items, so I had to browse through the items on the site, but there was certainly a lot to choose from.

{I desire: a classic trench coat, a black jersey skirt, a red wool coat, a white or cream ruffle front blouse,
a new little black dress- maybe one that is casual enough for day... or maybe two ;)}

I also wanted to thank those of you who left such lovely comments for me- I truly appreciate them! :)

Regards,
Freddie

Oh snow, why did I ever wish for you?

So, yesterday it had stopped snowing by the time I left for class, and I had a delightfully hazardous slushy mess to walk through. Then later it started snowing again, HARD, and I almost got blown away (the large hood on my winter coat helps to catch the breeze at times...) on my way down to see some of my friends in this. It was worth it though, they did a great job, and as with every Schwartz opening we went to the reception at Aladdin's afterwords which is always good stuff -- I love me some toasted ravioli. (And of course I stayed too late and then had to stay up doing my homework and didn't get enough sleep, yadda yadda, but oh well, it happens)





I did take some gorge pictures on my way home (from class, not from the show... and yes I do generally cross more than one bridge on my way home from class), but they are quite hard to capture on film. And they are also surprisingly much less frozen in these photos than they have been for the past few days... it's getting a bit warmer I guess.

Today thus far has been pleasantly unexciting. I had class, lunch, watched last night's episode of lost (what an amazing addicting show) and then took a deliciously long nap instead of going to office hours for math.


{target dress and button down, white long sleeve tee - ? - worn underneath dress, secondhand belt,
reconstructed skirt worn as petticoat, hunter boots and liners, and of course, 2 pairs of tights}

The nap was actually quite productive as I figured out the problem I wanted to ask about while I was falling asleep. Seriously, I swear. A much more productive use of time if I do say so myself ;)

Regards,
Freddie

Hi, I'm warm, who are you? -- Or looking cute in letters part one.

So I actually took outfit photos yesterday. But I decided not to post them because they just weren't exciting enough. In fact, all weekend my outfits were quite blah... I hardly even put on real clothes during the day Saturday and Sunday but I blame it on being sick... including the horrendous ear infection I got from fluid build-up in my ears from my cold (seriously). Sorry, perhaps that was a little TMI, but it is getting better now that I am on antibiotics, and I think my cold is getting a bit better too. I did go out a lot this weekend (probably made me sicker... whoops) and then last night I cheered my friends on at our basketball intramural (which we lost, but was still fun). They asked me if I wanted to play next week and I laughed, but if I have time I will definitely go watch again. However, school work is settling in and within a day or two I'm going to have to crack the whip on myself so I don't fall behind... well that's just sort of how it works around here. That and it being continually freezing. Two pairs of tights were in order again today, though I was really quite toasty in them which was nice. Tomorrow I want to snap some photos of our frozen over gorges and waterfalls for you. They are really interesting, unique and beautiful... and a true indicator of how freakin cold it is. haha. It is also supposed to snow again tomorrow which I think I'm happy about because I'd rather walk on squishy snow than extremely hazardous ice (though perhaps it's my fault for using short-cut paths marked "no winter matinence? haha).

Anyway, another real reason for my not posting yesterday's outfit photos was the reading of this post. While my blog is pretty young for my to already be having an existential crisis, the post really did make me think about why I started this blog.
1. to have a creative outlet
2. to have more fun with my wardrobe and
be more motivated to try new things
3. to meet people and be inspired by other
stylish bloggers

Yesterday's outfit was just fine, and I was wearing one of my favorite shirts, but creative, unique, interesting - nope. So anyway, it inspired me to try a little harder today


Oh and I'm not going to bothering hiding my letters anymore.
That's just silly and I'm sure they don't even mean anything to most of you.


{sorority rugby, target dress and tights, vintage boots, leg warmers from Italy 4 years ago,
earmuffs formerly my grandmother's, fingerless gloves a gift from my mom}

I've also been trying to experiment with cute/non-boring ways to wear my letters, especially when we have group lunches and such (where I spent a good deal of time during my 11:30am to 2pm break today rather than doing work) because it's nice when everyone is wearing house apparel but I don't like being dressed the same as 5-10-20 other people (in this rugby and jeans for example).

Sorry for such a wordy post. I wanted to post some inspiration photos but my interenet is being a poop as usual so I'll have to save that for another time.

Goodnight and Regards,
Freddie

p.s. Well I do have one more image for you that probably is only amsuing to me, but when I discovered one of my fish floating right below the "I'm hungry" thought bubble, I had to laugh. Yes, writing witty *cough* comments on your fishbowl with dry erase marker is cool... don't you think? ;) haha



and yes I do know the water level is rather low... I'm going to fix that soon, really, I swear!

Rabbits never die

That's what I learned in math class today. Sort of. haha. But seriously my teacher put a math problem about rabbits on the board (and yes I am a sophomore at Cornell University) and then added that clause. oh dear.

Anyway, I know I'm behind on posting but I have been taking outfit pictures, seriously! Which means you get to hear less of my ramblings (because it's harder for me to remember what happened three days ago now than if I had posted three days ago) and see more pictures. Isn't that exciting? I think it probably is.

So, starting with Wednesday... it was another long underwear sort of day... and this outfit is pretty close to an exact repeat of something you've seen before, but oh well. I did think it might be fun to also show you what I actually look like when I leave the house. Hat, scarf and gloves/mittens vary, but lately this has been the go-to combo.


{vintage red cardigan and vest, h&m turtleneck, level 99 pinstripe jeans, merrell boots, add jacket with detachable vest, holiday market (I think) glittens, black cashmere scarf from TJ Max, hat knit by me}

Sometimes I forget how absurdly large and puffy that jacket is... although you can't tell from my cranky facial expression, I still like it, and it certainly keeps me warm. My advisor actually commented on it after a meeting I had with her yesterday: "Is that a jacket and a vest? You must be cozy." haha. I love my advisor- she is the head of our theater department and really fantastic, ie letting my 200 level Shakespeare class fulfill a requirement normally requiring a 300 level class.

Anyway, Thursday was a little warmer... I only wore one pair of tights (though wool, and with socks over them) and wasn't too cold! Miracles.

{H&M sweater and shirt dress, target socks, hunter boots,
holiday market recycled sari silk hat and scarf, tights -?}

And today, actually, was a heck of a lot warmer. I was sort of unhappy to be so bundled up and warm in my jacket. However, despite that and the fact that I have come down with a rather miserable cold it was ultimately a good day. Perhaps because it was Friday and after classes I was actually required to go shop for arts and crafts type supplies- for set model building for my fundamentals of (theater) design class and for my stage makeup class. Good stuff.


{vintage red cardigan, target dress worn as shirt, flea market scarf,
urban renewal belt, j.crew jeans, hunter boots}

Today's outfit was inspired a bit by The Clothes Horse. I have really been trying to catch up on my fashion blog reading but you guys fast poster than I can read- for serious. Though maybe it's my fault for following so many blogs. But anyway, I was inspired by her little fashion "remix" idea to wear this dress as a shirt. I think it worked rather well. And I appreciate her new post feature because I am the queen of wearing the same thing over and over again, though I don't often do it quite so creatively as she. But, I mean, it's the sign of a good piece, right?

Anyway, I have so much I could ramble on about, but I'll just leave you on the note of another good piece. I'm glad someone (urban) is making knockoff's of the Chanel tights and yes, I really want them:

Regards,
Freddie

On this day in history...

This morning I got up early for visual comm at 9am (uck) which other than the 9am part will probably be a pretty good class. I had 20th Century European Culture and Intellectual Thought right after that, which as of about 2 hours ago I have already swapped for a Shakespeare and theory class ... haha. We did get out early though, which was good, because I was able to dash back to the house and gather a team of girls to move our large (and HEAVY) TV back upstairs (it was in the basement from rush week...) to watch the inauguration.

In the words of the fashion blogosphere:
epic.

I decided to wear a slightly patriotic outfit to commemorate the occasion.

{white top - h&m, vintage red cardigan, blue cords (from this shopping trip) - rugby,
snow boots - merrell, navy headband - bitten}

Also, I got paid back for "complaining" about how it wasn't cold yesterday. Today was cold. Seriously. And really snowy... boots 100% necessary. I did wear my awesome Erin Featherstone (for Target) long underwear under my cords though.

Sorry that's the best picture I could come up with online. If you click it should get much bigger. They have bunnies on them. I however do not agree with Target that wearing them with a dress is a "look." They are long underwear. They go under pants. Or function as pjs. Though I suppose the above model can pull it off.

Anyway, after watching the inauguration, I ate, relaxed, and stressed about whether or not I should switch out of the European history class (decision now made) and then went to my stage make-up class which seems like it's going to be awesome. Basically we have labs (almost) every week where we paint our faces and are graded on it. I mean, it's a little more complicated than that but I'm super psyched. I'll have to take pictures of my creations to share with you folks.

After I got home I helped move more furniture back upstairs (oh goodie) so we could have our first degree ceremony for our new members. I rocked my cream jovovich-hawk dress (also for target- yay target!) which of course one of the new members was wearing as well (one problem with target. haha). I also wore my vintage, white sam & libby bow ballet flats (all "white" is required for these things, matching is not).

(stole the picture of the flats from someone's ebay... my apologies)

After that we went to a barbecue type thing for dinner and I came home to finally, actually, read Medea. And write this. Gosh I am rambling.

Anyway, I will leave you with this:

Possibly my favorite part of the inauguration (sorry Obama, you were awesome too).

You rock that giant bow hat Aretha. Epic.

Regards,
Freddie

Back to school

So we were sort of supposed to wear our bid night shirts today, but I really need to shrink mine in the wash and I still feel like there's something sort of special about picking out an outfit for the first day of classes. Remember when you used to plan that outfit out days in advance and how your mom would take a picture of you that morning standing by the front door? Good times. I'll have to share some old back to school atrocities with you sometime... though my mom wasn't such a dedicated picture taker... I only have a few.

Anyway, I was all ready for sub-zero Ithaca weather today with two pairs of tights layered with my warm hunter bootie inserts and my wool sweater under my giant puffy coat.... and it was not that cold out! My feet were sweating by the time I got home :x


{vintage yellow cardigan, white sweater/blouse from H&M, skirt and tights - ?, hunter boots and liners}

Anyway, my first class this morning was my discussion section for Visual Comm. I arrived on time (and when is that going to happen again?) and of course, it was canceled because lecture doesn't start until tomorrow. oof. So, I had two hours to kill.... though it was kind of nice because I got to sit in Trillium (a-la-carte dining facility) and see a lot of my friends. Then I had theatre tech design which ended early since it was just an intro, followed by cryptography which I'm taking to fulfill my math requirement. Not much work to do yet (just read Medea by Wednesday and maybe some math for Friday... eek... I haven't done math since high school), but I'm irritated because although I already own copies of both Medea and Tartuffe I need to print/buy new ones because I have different translations. oy. I'm excited though because one of my theatre friends has both theatre tech and cryptography with me (what are the chances?) and I have my first day of stage makeup (as well as visual comm and modern european intellectual history... boy that's a mouthful) tomorrow!

Oh, also, flickr has just warned me that I only have space for 30 more photos before I need to upload to pro. Does anyone recommend it? I really like using flickr (even though my poopy internet in my house at school only lets me picnik when it's in the mood... maybe it thinks picnics are inappropriate for the Ithaca weather? :P) and it seems to me that it might be worth while, especially if I keep up with my blog as I have planned to.

Regards,
Freddie

So remember when I said I would have less time to post....

haha. Well, yes... less time indeed. Recruitment week was crazy. I'm talking waking up at 5:30am, going to bed at 2am, screaming my lungs out, girl flirting to the extreme, finally performing our skit, a surprise fire alarm during one of the rounds... the list goes on. But, we get our new pledge class tonight and I am oh so excited. And then classes start tomorrow. Holy Moly, I can't believe it. My schedule for next semester looks a little something like this.

I've basically spent today lying in bed, napping, catching up on TV shows and blogs, and just recovering from the week as a whole. But overall, it really was quite fun (though quite taxing too). Certainly an interesting way to end my "vacation." Also, I of course did not remember or really have a chance to photograph my outfits as promised :( (and they were quite cute if do say so myself). I hope to continue taking outfit pictures as we move into class time, however, expect a lot more pants and boots from me, as the weather has been looking something like this. Actually, today is not even that bad... yesterday I left the house for all of 10 minutes (I've hardly been out this week because of recruitment) and it was 1°F. I almost cried! Oh well, that's Ithaca for you.

At least these arrived in the mail. I'm excited to rock them with their (hopefully) warm, fuzzy green liners.

Anyway, as I continue my TV watching and blog reading, I'll leave you with a couple of recent inspiration photos. I do a lot of window shopping on e-bay and am always saving pictures of things I like in a folder on my desktop. (Of course I never save informative things like who the seller is... my apologies).





Until Next Time.

Regards,
Freddie