sister golden hair surprise

Hi everybody -- it's been a while.

I just returned from another week-long stay at the hospital, nothing serious, similar circumstances. Oh well. It had me re-evaluate things a little bit, and I think I'm a little more on track, just in general. I hope no one feels I've been neglectful... because I have... But the week before that I had exams and things were just so stressful. Supposedly, I have 6 weeks of blog reading to do, but I'm only going to read one haha.

Well, the return to blogging, here's an outfit:

Dress - wholesale-dress.net; hat - gift; shoes - Payless; bracelet/ring - Target; polish - Milani in Gold, lipstick - Revlon in Coralberry

I look a little stupid holding onto my hat in almost every photo haha. Oh well. 

I found this little patch of grass, flowers, and sunshine with a tree swing behind a newly-constructed house.. Trespassing is fun. But it was too cute to pass up. The house just sold, so I guess I won't be returning.. 

Hopefully since it is summer now I will have a few more posts more often. I do have some work, class, and an audition or two set up, but otherwise, my summer's pretty free! 

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Glad to be back.

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a week in photos

i don't usually do this kind of thing, but to hell with it. i know i've been a little neglectful over here, it's just exams next week and a lack of sleep and over-all moody me. i don't want to inflict my fury upon the innocent reader (you).

so, to kind of catch you up, here is my week in photos.

Shown here:

1) Not-so-required reading (Nylon, Vogue, Rolling Stone Gaga Edition, Shoes Shoes Shoes by Andy Warhol, Fifty Bags that Changed the World by the Design Museum)

2) The best Shining-themed laptop case in the entire world that just barely fits my monster of a laptop

3) 3 new gaga posters ♥

4) A portrait of my week: Late, frazzled, and lazy.

5) A kick-ass Twiggy sticker on a streetlight
6) A view of one of my favorite parts of the city from the riverside.

7) Fantastic local art on display at one  of my favorite shops.. I was very tempted to touch the last one.

What's not shown here:

How yesterday was the worst day of my life. Halfway through the day i had one of my inexplicable and unexplainable breakdowns. So that sucked, and i went through with some self-prescribed retail therapy. Which was nice, until as i was walking to work at the Firehouse Theatre, a hobo decided it would be so fucking hilarious to smear chili on me. So i ran to work from there, and washed my shit in the sink, and smelled like chili. Left my clothes to dry in the bathroom, and changed into a dress i had bought. Then i  went on to create a little song that i sang for my friend at work, Georgina, that went a little something like this: "Next time I see a hobo imma shoot him in the head on the ground." With a very nice little tune and everything. And then i had to wash and wipe myself numerous times, being a paranoid obsessive compulsive neat freak, rub perfume and stress-relief lotion all over myself, smoke a cigarette, and administer about 8 ibuprofen. Yesterday sucked.

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sickly sweet

this is me admitting into the aztec trend. super huge bubble-gum pink striped high waisted shorts (no doubt from the 80's),  a black aztec tank, a boy's aztec printed leather belt, and my favorite sandals. 

tank top - walmart; belt - thrifted; shorts - thrifted; sandals - deena & ozzy via rumors (thrifted); lipstick shown is revlon's matte stormy pink - a look-a-like to mac's candy yum yum.

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i know my blog's layout/header/fonts/etc. have been fluctuating wildly, but i think i have some watercolors i've made and a version of the header i'm going to enact.. sorry for any confusion/stupidity that's my fault haha!

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it's an honor

today, i've been featured twice: in Missfits magazine (one i've touted the greatness of before) and by the effervescent and famous Alyse. I just hope they know how honored i feel.

Alyse featured my Daring to Bare video - which whenever i look at i feel silly - and Missfits took a few outfits of mine (see: Rosie the Riveter; O Captain my Captain) for their reader style submissions as well as a few paragraphs i wrote a while ago about what my personal style and style in general means to me.

If you haven't read this or any other issue of Missfits, i strongly recommend it. Missfits is a feminist magazine with loads of reader submitted art, poems, articles, and this month, a feature and interview with the lovely Kate Nash. 

If you have never read (either of) Alyse's blog(s) i also strongly recommend it. Alyse is beautiful, talented with a makeup brush and just as talented with a keyboard and a pencil. She has a fairly new weekly feature of 'Makeover Sunday' in which she shows a before and after picture of herself with and without makeup, and then many other bloggers daring to do the same. 

Again, I couldn't be more honored by these small acts of kindness, and i feel so lucky to be shown alongside people like Alyse herself, Kate Nash, Gemma Correll, Sian, Fern, Gem, etc.

This blogger feels pretty snappy.

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an education

i watched the film 'an education' last night. my opinion?

ohmygodit'sreallygood. carey mulligan is so beautiful - she rocks the beehive for a few scenes - and she's an excellent actress. the whole movie was great though. i wish that kind of thing would happen to me - getting swept off of her feet by a charismatic rich young man.. british, too.. who takes her to paris! oh i could die.

so, with the help of carrie's beehive tut (although i don't have enough hair for a real one), some juliette greco, brigitte bardot, and the teenagers thrown in for good measure, and a 60's filter,  i came up with my inspired outfit. to be fair, i did wear this outfit today, but little to no makeup and messy hair at school.

can you tell i like polka dots? i don't know exactly why i wore this when thinking of british, but i do know i bought this dress because it was similar to one popular with the british lady bloggers at the time, except theirs was this one from topshop with a black collar and spots, as well as a rised bustline and no sleeves. the dress is from wholesale-dress.net, and i love that site, though i must warn you the quality is always below average. the buttons on this dress are hot glued on. yeah.

while i was shooting my baby b came over and distracted me.

even he's more british than i am! how i envy his little bombay self. so darling though, right? 

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drumroll please...

and  the winner of the vintage princess giveaway is....

Beth! Congratulations! I will package with care, and send to you immediately. I'll email you promptly, too.

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Alas, my poor lovelies, not everyone can win. But some people did not follow directions... tut tut. You MUST follow -- and that means on a reading format, not just reading my blog. You were not counted in the giveaway if i could not find your profile on GFC or bloglovin. Sorry.

But never fear, as there are many giveaways in the future of {accoudrements}. It seems to me that one will happen for my upcoming blogiversary (oh goodness, does anyone remember the stark infancy here? Oh, what a laugh.) and i also broke a hundred followers last week. A clap for  you guys.

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