staunton, va

I've spent the last few days in one of the cutest towns in the country: Staunton. I do love Staunton, it's so small but it's so cute. You can cover the whole town in a little over an hour. It's a bit touristy now, but still fun. Though it's so small, there's really plenty to do.  

 1 - downtown Staunton; 2 - some lovely architecture near the famous train station; 3 - an amazing Hugh Laurie/Dr. House stencil; 4 - a pretty little barren vineyard; 5 - a snazzy hotride; 6 - my temporary place of residence; 7 - various pretty bits and pieces at the local junk store; 8 - a  fantastic Dr. Frankenfurter ducky;  9 - an advice-giving pegasus; 10 - beautiful tilework on one of the 2 cinemas in town; 11 - a truly magnificent doorknob

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with is extra

Life is weird. That's about it.

disclaimer: the blood is fake. 

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a week in photos

it's really more like a few weeks in photos but details, details.

1 - marilyn monroe's autobiography that i just ordered (it's wonderful!); 2 - enjoying my record-playing apparatus (it's a record player hooked up to a portable amp); 3 - a cozy night in and tea with friends; 4 - the addition of a purple chanel mascara to my beauty product hoard; 5 - watching candide on broadway on youtube - patti lupone is my hero; 6 - spending some quality time in the VCU art rooms - they're beautiful. the floors are covered in paint; 7 - a cute little red velvet cupcake i picked up yesterday. can you believe you can buy them in these little plastic bubbles at the drugstore now?

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this week has kind of sucked. my show is next week, and i'm not a big role or anything, but i've lost my voice. this past week i've had a little cold, but i currently have lost my voice. which, considering the show is in a few mere days, is bad. it's causing me to be pretty anxious but c'est la vie, right? we'll see how everything plays out. for now, it's chamomile tea and salt water gargles.
hopefully after the show i can show you all some photos and maybe a few pictures of our incredible set!

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winter wallflower

coat - anne klein; shoes - dollhouse; gloves - gift (vintage); scarf - american apparel; dress (not shown) - thrifted

this is my winter uniform. well, at least as close to one as i have. although it is not very cold here, in the 50s and 60s most days. however, i'm absolutely in love with this coat, so even though it is a little heavy, i wear it nonstop. it is so classic. and i am a firm believer in the school of thought that says nothing is better for winter than bright colors!  these gloves always give me a little happiness boost.

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 these are the first 'outfit' pictures i have taken with my new baby. aren't they a nice change from the iphone photos of yesterday?

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a day downtown

 yesterday carson and i spent a lovely day downtown. naturally, i brought the new camera, and documented our walk through main street and monument avenue, two of the prettiest streets in richmond. did you know richmond has one of the highest concentrations of victorian architecture in the united states? more often than not, they're very colorful, too. 

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stick lips

i own a lot of lipstick. 30+ tubes.  i really, really like lipstick, and thus i thought, 'why not show it off?'

also, let's just take a minute to look at the quality of the pictures here.

lipstick pictured above: limecrime's "chinchilla" lipstick from their lip noir collection.

boom. that's right, it's pretty damn good. i finally got myself a decent camera, and the improvement is just amazing. i love it. it's so much fun.

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a brief post today, but i'm going to be back to regular blogging now, i promise. stuff has kind of been hard lately - i'm in the midst of exams, a person close to me died this  past saturday, and i've been very sleep deprived. but otherwise, i'm pretty okay. how are you?

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november street style

i'm a little late in relaying this (more than a week late), but a fashion site based in richmond, from the runway to rva, has a monthly street-style post - headed by leney - and i just so happen to be on it from the fashion show! made me feel pretty cool. my friends lucy and jack are both in it too, we're a pretty stylin' bunch if i do say so myself.

i'm wearing that sea of bees necklace, an american eagle shirt (old), and h&m pants and shoes.

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