Bugs and Bugs

Last week, it was randomly summer one day, and I was happy to dig out my shorts!  My legs just like to live out in the world, so winter is not my friend.  I also figured it was an appropriate time of year to wear floral print, even if I do kind of hate the bugs that are also included on this shirt.  John was surprised that I would wear a shirt with bugs on it, and I confessed I would not have bought it if I'd have noticed, but it was only like $4, so I'm not too upset about it.

Mr. Baby and I went to a park to have lunch with John.  It was so easy last summer when Mr. Baby would just lay on the blanket where we put him.  Now he wants to crawl off into the grass, eat some leaves, wave sticks around, steal our french fries.  He's a very busy child these days.  There were some ladybugs that came to visit us, so we were trying to show Mr. Baby.  He promptly tried to eat them, so that experiment was short-lived.  And I realized I am now the type of woman who will purposely touch a bug, in order to share the wonder of nature with my child.  What has happened to me???

Shirt: Old Navy (similar)
Shorts: Gap maternity (similar)
Shoes: Sperry (similar)

#22 - Writer's Block

New hardest part of the 30x30 is that I apparently don't have 30 days worth of things to say in a month.  So let me just talk about my outfit.  I like it in theory, but I think the proportions are a little bit off.  I still need to take this skirt in a couple inches, because it's still way too big.  And the cardigan is a bit more fitted than the shirt, so I think it looks a little funny.  In a normal world, I would have switched out for a longer cardigan, but in 30x30 world, this is my only option. 

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Cardigan: Gap  (similar)
Top: Old Navy (similar, similar)
Belt: Chinese Laundry (similar)
Skirt: Gap  (similar, similar)
Shoes: Old Navy (similar without captoe)

#16 - Item Counts

Since I like keeping track of things in spreadsheets, I'm again using Excel to keep track of my 30x30.  I have a tab where I'm keeping a count of how many times I've worn each item, and a tab where I have my full list of outfit ideas, and mark off when I wore it and when I blogged it.  It's really handy!  I'm considering doing this all the time, but it is a bit time consuming.  

Just for fun (because I'm so fun!), I looked at my item counts from last time and compared to this time.  I thought the results were interesting.  Without planning it, I have almost the exact same numbers as last time:

item type	Last time	This time
tops	9	9
layers	7	4
skirts	4	7
jeans	3	0
shorts	0	2
dresses	2	2
shoes	5	6

Considering that it is summer now, instead of the dead of winter, I have shorts instead of jeans, and more skirts than layers.  But I thought it was funny that I had the exact same number of tops.  I guess 9 is the magic number!  If you've done a 30x30, I must know if you chose 9 tops!

Shirt: Old Navy (similar, similar)
Shorts: Old Navy (exact)
Shoes: Sperry (exact)

#9 - Fashion Insects

I was super excited when I bought this shirt at Old Navy.  I'd been wanting a floral shirt like this for awhile, so when I saw this one for $5, I was sold.  But then I noticed a (probably lipstick) stain on it, so I asked if I could get an extra discount.  They wanted to give me 10% off, but then it wouldn't be returnable if the stain didn't come out.  10% off $5 isn't really anything, so I declined.  But then the stain came out with a little help from a bleach pen!  Hooray!

But then I was ironing it and noticed that in addition to the pretty flowers, there are insects all over this shirt.  And not just pretty butterflies.  There are beetles and bees and grasshoppers.  YUCK!  Why would you put bugs on a shirt?  After my initial horror, I decided the shirt is still pretty cute, so I'm just going to pretend the bugs aren't there.

Have you ever bought something and then noticed an awkward flaw?

Shirt: Old Navy (similar, similar)
Shorts: Gap (exact, similar)
Shoes: Sperry (exact)

#5 - John Deere Green

For some reason, I felt kind of like a farm girl in this outfit.  It's probably the way my shirt is tied Daisy Duke style.  And my skirt isn't quite John Deere green, but it still makes me think of this song.  Wasn't 90's country just the best ever?

Anyway, for the record - my family is strictly Farmall people.  Red tractors all the way.

Oh, and I'm finally remembering to link up with Laura for Confident Twosday!  Go check it out and join in!

Top: Old Navy (similar, similar)
Skirt: Target (exact, similar)
Shoes: Old Navy (option, option)

Junkstock (aka Not Festival Style, Pt 2)

Have you ever heard of Junkstock?  Well, I hadn't until I was invited to go with a group of friends on Saturday.  It's basically a little antique festival in a field.  I'm not super into antiques, but it was still fun to hang out with friends and look around at all the crazy stuff.  It's amazing to me how much they charge for stuff that I could have just scavenged from my grandpa's farm 15 years ago.  But that was before Pinterest taught us all how to do crazy DIY projects and decorate our homes with refashioned junk.  Here are some random things I took pictures of:

My new arrow tattoo.  Just kidding - it's the entry stamp!  A silver tea set.  Kansas earrings that I probably would have bought if I didn't have sensitive ears.  And a Hershey cocoa tin robot, because obviously.  

    

I was very tempted to buy the Mrs. & Smith pendants.  They are from an old friendship quilt, but were $20 each.  Too expensive.  Buckets with numbers on them!  Charming Bible stories - I am curious how they are different from regular Bible stories.  And tea light candle towers that I think I could probably manage to make myself!  Maybe someday...

I only bought 2 things:  a bottle of water and a sno cone.  Because I have priorities!  

sno cone buddies

Oh, and I even remembered to get an outfit photo by the windmill!  Very simple outfit for trekking around the antique shops.  I should have worn older shoes, because it was super muddy!  My Chucks have a little more character now.  

I'm afraid the background of this picture just reinforces all the stereotypes about Nebraska.  I promise I really do live in a city!

Top: Old Navy (similar, similar)
Shorts: Gap (similar, similar, similar)
Shoes: Converse (similar)
Purse: Dooney & Bourke (exact)

Nautical Week - Anchors Away!

Get excited!  It's NAUTICAL WEEK!  Make sure you are following along with Laura to see how she is rocking the boat theme this week.  First up, a sweater with an anchor on it!  (said in my best Brian Fellow voice).  

It's been almost a year since I painted this sweater, and I've worn it exactly one time.  Oops!  But it's perfect for Nautical Week!  I wore this outfit on the last day of April, when it was quite chilly and dreary out.  And then a friend (jokingly) called me out for wearing white pants before Memorial Day.  Shh, don't tell that I bought these in October and have been wearing them all winter long.  We don't really believe in that rule anymore, anyway.  Right?

Anyway, Nautical Week is here, so get ready to see lots of red/white/navy in the next few days.  I do have at least one outfit that isn't unintentionally patriotic. Link up is after the jump!  

Sweater: Gap (but then painted) (Similar)
Shirt: Old Navy
Jeans: Limited
Shoes: Target