I went to a “Ladies’ Tea” recently that definitely called for a little dressin’ up! To celebrate the warmer weather, some girls and I gathered at the house of a friend for tea, crumpets, petitfours and champagne. Needless to say, nobody drank tea!

I snapped a couple pictures before I left the house.  I bought this dress at a STREET FAIR of all places!

It’s from a place called “Silk Dragons” or something and is my go-to party dress.  It’s a fantastic deep blue – though it looks brighter here with the lighting.  Don’t mind the ugly comforter under the sofa…..

I wore it with a little light-blue vintage hat, white gloves, and these crazy gold platforms from Hale Bob – which, I have to say, I’m disappointed in!  Over the course of only a few hours, the finish on the wedges had started to come off around the bottom exposing the white wedge material beneath.

I also tried a new and super-easy method of pincurling, where you use a small barrel (1″) curling iron and set the curls in place, then pin them to your head until you’ve done your entire set.  When you pull the pins out and softly brush through it it creates this curly, wavy look that I achieved.  I didn’t use setting lotion, only this crazy “Big Sexy” root-boost-mousse that I bought at the grocery store, and a little hairspray and I had curls 3 DAYS LATER!

The jewels you see here are vintage.  Krystal of Smashing Divas fame found me the most incredible deal – her great aunt was getting rid of excess and she invited me over to take a look.  I’m wearing a demi-parure I found that’s TOTALLY Trifari.  It’s fantastic.  the pearl bracelet is from the same vintage set.  Notice the incredible “hot magenta” manicure – I felt a little springy and went all out with an insane electric-Barbie color.  Totally eye-catching!

Sexy black on black

buckled shoes, liquid leggings

pearls are the icing.

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To welcome everybody back to the fray, I thought I’d show you guys the amazing Fluevog Buffys I acquired in my absence.  They’re a beast to buckle, and rather high, but sexy as hell with a little bit of a bondage feel.  Yum!

I paired them with a cute little thrifted sailor-inspired dress and leggings.  The look was dark but still sweet.   The pairing of the cute little black dress with the semi-sultry shoes and leggings offered an excellent versatility for pubcrawls and pool halls.

It’s easy to get stuck in a rut in the rainy northwest winters.  It’s too easy to throw on jeans and an oversize sweater to head to work, and it’s work – what kind of fun is that?!

My bustin’-out-of-the-blues fix involves a light swingy skirt, and a gorgeous blue tissue tee from Banana Republic.

You can tell it’s winter-y out, because this picture is so damn dark!  Or my living room has strange light.  That’s probably part of it.  Also, I made the pillowcases in the background (all by myself!) and that’s some of Mister’s really cool Math Art hanging up in the background.

Is this any better?  I’m standing in front of my bedroom wall, which is covered in like 2-3 sets of round hanging mirrors.  I loaded up on accessories here, because I was wearing this funky belt, and a disc necklace (that I also made, all by my self), and happened to receive a little package from a giveaway at Girl and City that contained (among other things) this giant flower of a ring!

Little did I know at the time that my fingernails matched my top, which also matched the lush fuzzy blanket on my bed.  MMM details.

Also, I had to show you this crazy-awesome blazer that Kimberlee found while she was out thrifting.  Helloooo shoulders!

It’s great.  I’ve been wearing it everywhere.  I love that it has no collar, and little pockets, and that it’s grey tweed.

What was your favorite outfit this week?