Ruffled

These OOTD posts make me feel silly most of the time. I mean, sure, cute clothes and making faces for the camera. But the logical part of my brain is rolling her eyes and feeling horribly ridiculous during the whole process. Yay for insecurities!

I have yet to find a way to take my OOTD pics on each day. So far, I mostly take them on my day off. (I lie! It isn't an OOTD. OH NOES!) Although if I wear something super cute out for the night, I'll snap a few quick shots.

(And send them to my TwitPic account. Because I am super-lame! Whoo!)

For today's outfit, I love this dress. I complained and despaired over being unable to wear wrap dresses a while back, because they turn from cute and flirty to Jessica Rabbit. (And, yes, I am drawn that way.)

I ordered it from Forever 21 ages ago, when I was a twiglet university gal, dreaming of becoming a homicide detective. So what if that was just a few short years ago? It still fits pretty good, although I have to wear the cami underneath to keep my ta-tas from cha-cha-ing out the low cut top.

Feisty lil' things, I swear.

I love the shoes because they sparkle! A gal like me can always use a little sparkle in her life. They were uncomfy as hell, because my feet aren't used to being at that low of an angle. I think my calf muscles are shortening, but that is the price I am willing to pay for awesome shoes.

Pardon some of my faces. I was rocking out the The Who (my favorite band EVER, sorry The Grindstone Band) while shooting the pictures. I tend to flail when I'm rokking out in my own one-person mosh pit. Fear my noodle armed wrath!

Cardigan: Vera by Vera Wang at Kohl's

Dress: Forever 21

Tank: Forever 21

Heels: Forever 21

Bag: imitation Gucci fishscales (not shown)

Sunglasses: Thrift store

Earrings: Birthday gift

Song: The Who - Seeker

(Holy crackers. Love me?)

Vital Statistics

So, by now, some of you are probably wondering, "Gee whiz Ari! I wish I knew more about you! Like, what are your stats and shit?"

Well reader, you've got it!

Me and my buddy Richard.

• Nom de plume: Arianna Loucard
• Age: 23
• Location: Florida (Space Coast)
• Sign: Capricorn (OMG, it is so true in so many areas of my life. Uff duh. Only Midwesterners and other Northerners will see what I did there. Eh? Eh?)
• Status: Happily unattached
• Children: Delicious when fried.
• Style: Hodge-podge. That's the reason I'm doing this. To find myself and evolve. And bring y'all on the journey! Yay!
• What You'll See Me Wear: Mostly Forever 21, GAP, Michael Antonio, American Apparel, vintage or thrift store finds, J Crew, Banana Republic, Anthropologie, and shit I find on Amazon. (It's my crack!)
• What You'll See Me Fawn Over: Marc Jacobs, LOUBOUTIN, Christian Siriano, Alice + Olivia, Dior, on and on and on.
• Favorite Designer: Alexander McQueen, bless his heart. Everyone should check out his final collection. It is HAUNTING to look at.
• Favorite Food: I love food. I love to cook, and I like to play with my family recipes. I'm German, Irish and Italian, so when I cook, I fucking cook. Since I was ten, I've been making the big family holiday meals. KA-BLAM.
• What I Do When I'm Not Working, Blogging, Or At School: reading, reading at the bar, dancing, and loving every moment of life I get.
• Is This Going The Way Of My Other Projects: I sure as hell hope not! I've decided to treat this as a real job, just like my day job, and my free-lancing journalist job. Baby needs to pay her bills, so don't be surprised if I get another free-lance job. Yay adulthood!

I love shopping. I love writing. I love sharing my opinion on fashion. This is a platform for me to do it all. To share my dorky humor and silly fashion ideas. To share my steps and falterings as I transition from being the party-girl nursing student to capable yet still hard-partying nurse (off duty only) who may or may not change her mind on love and family at an undetermined point in the future.

Who knows what going to happen? Fuck, I've haven't the slightest. So, come on the ride with me. At the very least, it'll be a good laugh.

Wear It All

Instead of donning my Saturday night outfit again, I just decided to update it. I wore black tights and my argyle sweater on Saturday, and some jewelry, but other than that, just keeping it frugal gangsta. Word.

I had errands to do today, school stuff, laundry, groceries, the usual, like anyone else does. So, it was nice to have something easy and right at hand to throw on.

A nice plus, I got lots of attention. One sweet old man told me to go in ahead of him at the grocery store, and after I thanked him, said, "A beautiful girl like you must always have a good day. I hope you do." He was so sweet. I don't always have such a positive attitude about being complimented, but some days it's nice.

On to the outfit!

Like I said, this is like the one I wore out Saturday. It was really comfy, so I decided to use this as the template for my lazy days, instead of my gym pants and big sweatshirts. (I KNOW. FAUX PAS. GOD.) I fucking love those Slinger boots. Cushy cushy CUSHY.

It was a nice sunny afternoon. I think it's funny that the sunlight makes my waist pop in. Nice. Then again, I have big hips (comparatively) so that shouldn't surprise me.

Hee, I love Photoshop. I usually try to keep the photomanipulations to a minimum, but I tried a new template today, and wanted to share. I like the acid type look.

I just like how this captured my attitude. And I was making some tasty stroganoff. NOM.

Dress: American Apparel
Tights: delia's
Boots: RocketDog Slinger boots
Hair: outta control

Erin Go Bragh!

Happy St. Paddy's Day to you all!

I love SPD, mostly for the HUGE street party hosted by Meg O'Malley's. The downtown area is closed off, there's bands all over the place, vodka vendors and jello shots all over. $1 shots? It's good to be Irish.

Hope everyone has some fun plans for tonight, and please, be safe!

Bad-Ass Biker Chick?

What does one wear for a night of partying and hell-raising with thousands of bikers?



Something leather. Something tight. Something studded. ATTITUDE REQUIRED.



Yeah, yeah, Bike Week was last week. Gimme a break! I was rushing out the door to make it to Daytona, so I only got these quick camera shots. And the one from the bar my girl Jess took. It was pretty damn chilly out, needed a scarf, but not too bad.


I wore my Volatile boots. Studded and I love them! You can't see them in the photos, but they are so freakin' awesome! I'll be wearing them again.



Yes, that is a wreath on the wall. With seashells. My workplace is special.

The bathroom cubicle is realy tiny, and the techs don't knock. They just bust up in there.

My girl Jess took this at the bar. She had never seen a cigarette machine before, and needed proof for everyone in New York. Funny, eh?

Top: bra top cami and tunic from NYE

Leggings: Mossimo faux leather

Boots: Volatile

Scarf: depeche mod

Earrings: Grandma's

Jacket: Forever 21

Purse: Ariat

I had a blast visiting with Jess and the BBT boyfriend. And breaking all the darts in the bar. Thank goodness we're cute, or else we'd never have gotten away with that.

Until tomorrow!