It's like raaaaaaaain

finally that really necessary rain has come! unfortunately, it had to be here the weekend i was scheduled to go pick up my bike! we were supposed to go to today to pick them up but because of the rain we had to postpone that until tomorrow. i am so impatient, i want it now! i really and i mean REALLY need to practice riding my bike especially if i want to be able to ride from the train to work. i'm not kidding when i tell you guys i was a freaking hot mess riding a bike the day we test rode. D didn't believe me that i hadnt been on a bike in over 12 years. "you never forget to ride a bike" he said...and i get it, you don't but the fear that comes with it, man, that fear is REAL. luckily i got the hang of it and the people at The Bicycle Stand in Long Beach are really great help! more on them later...

these photos were taken on Friday at work when there was a small break from the rain. my co-worker Iman of Polka Dots & Purses and i have teamed up to help each other with photos for our blogs! so yay! i'm going to actually try to put more effort into posting and i will feel much better about it since D always hates it when i make him take outfit photos, haha. 

also, it was crazy socks day at work and of course i had to participate! litte miss mismatched socks lookin so good through my new jellies! heck yea i'm totally an adult wearing jellies! i dont really care that they're a page from my childhood memories, I LOVE JELLY SHOES. there. i said it. you can't really tell in these photos but believe me when i tell you that they are clear with glitter!! GLITTER! ahhh!!! i wish i could wear them everyday and not look like a total psycho. 

okay, i've embarrassed myself enough, so i will leave you with that. haha

glitter jellies: urbanog, socks: little miss mismatched & target, jeans: kohls, sweater: urban outfitters (old), umbrella: urban outfitters, necklace: jens lekman merch, lip color: tarte lipsurgence lip tint in lively

Bauhaus Print

Remember that time I mentioned I bought a pair of those crazy print "casual" pants? These are the pants! They're ridiculously comfortable--i want to wear them every day! They were on super sale and I'm glad, otherwise I would have never even thought about giving them a chance. Also, they were called "bauhaus" print pants...so naturally, i was more inclined to purchase them. Lol. isn't that silly? like secret marketing. those copywriters man, they know what they're doing. 

Pants: threadsence (last ones!), top: target, boots: dolce vita (via macys), rings: erica weiner & thrifted, key necklace: jens lekman merch, bat necklace: moon raven designs, lip color: nars in scarlet empress

Ummm, I love bats. I know it's weird but i just think they're so cute! The folks over at moon raven designs make amazing jewelry and I have been dying to have more of their pieces. For example this little number just killlllssss meeeee. 

I got this key necklace at a Jens Lekman show a few years ago and It's seriously one of my favorite necklaces.  So i just tell everyone that i have the key to Jens Lekman's heart. hahaha. his name is written on the side...but you can't really see it. I wish more artists/bands sold more interesting merch like this. A tee shirt or a tote bag is great and all but sometimes a little surprise like this is pretty neat.

I don't know if you can see the color but I'm super loving this nail polish color from nailtini. It's like this orange/red and it's so bright and summery. I have a knack for liking nail polish colors that are completely inappropriate for my skin tone but whatever, I like this color regardless! This polish came in my ipsy bag for july and I have to admit I'm so glad my last bag was at least somewhat decent. You read that correctly, my last bag. It just wasn't working out. Out of the ten months I've been a subscriber I've only enjoyed two bags to the fullest. Every other bag I would only find one sample I liked and my sister would reap the benefits with the rest of the samples and the bag itself. Mreh. No qualms about cancelling, at least now I can have netflix again with that money. Haha

After D took these pictures for me, we headed over to the Segerstrom lawn for their outdoor showing of Mulan. I was super stoked--i mean, Mulan was only like my favorite movie when I was ten, buuuuuuut, we didn't stay for the screening after all. There were waaaaaayyy too many kiddies (I don't know what we were expecting) and D got uber creeped out so we had to bounce. But it was for the best really, the "lawn" was on concrete and we only brought a blanket to sit on which would've been way too uncomfortable for an hour and 28 minutes of sitting. We went to 25 degrees in Huntington Beach for some delicious burger time instead. No complaints here! We're gonna try to make the next screening, they'll be playing Phantom of the Opera, so hopefully not that many kiddies and we'll be prepared with beach chairs.  Fingers crossed!