Down for the Count

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Apparently I'm getting too old for little to no sleep on the weekends. I'm out with a head cold of death. Things may be a little quiet around here while I attempt to get rid of this thing by sleeping, overdosing on vitamin C, and making sure I've got plenty of Nyquil. And kleenex. And hand sanitizer. 

Snapshot of the Weekend

I had one whirlwind of a weekend. On Friday Kacey and I drove to Kansas City, MO to surprise his grandma who lives there and his mom who was visiting.

It was a looong drive but totally worth it to have his sister sneak us in the back and completely surprise both his mom and grandma!

Saturday we drove around Kansas City and went shopping at the Plaza. I think I was in a fog most of the day from lack of sleep, but I had a blast despite being a walking zombie. 

Goofing off outside of the art museum. Not pictured: the creepiest beheaded zombie statues ever. I don't get art sometimes. 

Lunch at the Plaza, delicious! 

Sign in Maggie Moos' Ice Cream shop

Saturday night we there was a festival along the river called Firewater. As you can see, the whole river was lit up with bonfires, live music was playing along with various entertainment. It was pretty cool.

You're ok in my book, Kansas City. I'm sorry I never visited you sooner.

All Out of Air

I have not had good luck lately. This is my car tire that went flat. Kacey and I were supposed to take a mini trip this weekend in my car, however the shop can't fix the tire until Monday because they don't have it in stock and I'm currently cruising with a donut. But not an actual yummy donut, which is a shame because that would be awesome and make my day a lot better. It's not a huge deal because we can take Kacey's car, but the blown tire is on top of my laptop being on the fritz and my phone deciding it doesn't want to have service anywhere I need it like at my apartment or at work. So here's hoping that the weekend is a lot better than this past week! TGIF indeed.

Literary Inspirations - A Modern American Girl - Meet Felicity

First, let me say that I grew up absolutely obsessed with American Girl dolls. One Christmas I even dressed up in a girl size version of Felicity's Christmas dress (with a matching blue faux fur headband, it was awesome, let me tell you) and it was the best Christmas ever. I credit those books and dolls for my love of both history and fashion and I have a secret dream to work there someday designing beautiful doll dresses based on historically accurate clothing. Nerd alert over here!

One day when I was randomly reminiscing about that particular Christmas outfit I started thinking about how you could interpret their looks to fit in today. Could you keep the essence of their outfits but still have it trendy and look cute in today's world? I started playing around on Polyvore, and a new feature for my blog was born!

I'll be doing outfits for the original 6 dolls that were around when I was a kid - Felicity, Josefina, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, and Molly. Technically you could argue that Josefina wasn't an original doll since she was added quite a bit later, but I had way too many fun ideas for her so she's staying. I figure I'll follow the books and timelines of the dolls, starting with Meet Felicity and going through Changes for Molly. I aged the outfits up a bit - there's no way I'd put a 9 year old in some of the looks - but I think that makes it a bit more challenging/fun. I'll post these every Thursday as a new feature. I'm super excited, I had a blast making these! I hope you enjoy them as well!

Trying the Trend: Bright Pants

jeans: Forever 21, striped top: H&M, blazer: H&M

shoes: Simply Vera Vera Wang-Kohls, watch: Michael Kors

bracelet: Loft, necklace: Forever 21

I've been seeing people rock bright colored pant/skirts since the summer but I wasn't sure if I could pull them off. Still not sure, but I found some cute, cheap red jeans at Forever 21 that actually fit and weren't a foot too long so I went for it. Fun fact, this old stone building is a little schoolhouse which is apparently the birthplace of Flag Day. I like to think I wore red in tribute of that.

So, ridiculously red pants, yay or nay?