my apologies

sorry about the no-photo's things recently. ya know. Holidays..blues..too many things going on. i will be better in the new year with all the fun things i got to wear as gifts of course!!! lol

tank top Old Navy $4.99

Camel Sweater i've had for years from like Wet Seal or something lol

boots $15 (from my secret shopping spot)

the jeans were pricey if i remember though..then again..spending on GOOD denim is never wrong

mocha-chocolata

Vintage pink velvet coat $20
pink and red striped sweater Target $16.99

Starbucks Mocha Mint Frappuccino---more than i wanted to spend, but it was calling my name!

long time no see pretty outfits lol

some outfits from the past days

it's been a long time ;)

Skirt Old Navy $4.99
black tunic Joyce Leslie

Green belt Pay Half $3.99

there's been some slacking.i know

dress by Japanese Lolita website $14.99
stretch buckle corset belt from Walmart $4.99

flowery friday

Dress found at Goodwill in Florida $8.00
faux snakeskin corset belt from Payhalf $6.99

orange plastic necklace H&M $4.50

busy week so far..sorry for the lack of fab lol

beige tunic sweater "Danices of Hempstead" lol
silk printed wrap skirt Payhalf $14.99
pink pearls Joyce Leslie $7.00

steph's style......priceless (jk lol)

a party at Hollis's is always an occasion to dress your best!

dress from the $15 shoppe website

Fur vest (yes you've seen it before..fur is always recycleable in the wardrobe) H&M

a little schoolgirl?

Top from website $24
skirt from Ebay  $11.99 (seller from Japan)

lace bloomers were a gift from a friend

first day back at work after the cuboid fiasco

ruched mauve shirt from Charlotte Russe $5.00
sequin matching shrug to shirt also from Charlotte Russe sale $5 rack
skirt $15 from some random website that i was up at 4am an liked it lol

circle of life diamond necklace makes the cheap clothes look less tacky.  It's good to have a few pieces of real jewelry that you will wear for years. all well kept ladies should sport a little real bling, casually.

Dr's appointment outing

Sweater Tunic from Target $17.99
patterned skirt from Danices of Hempsted (lol)
suede boot Payless $19.99

velvet scarf from Joyce Leslie $3.99

start wearing purple for me now..

dress Old Navy $9.99
striped leggings Target $7.99
purple shrug from Charlotte Russe

Apologies!

sorry about the lack of fashion inspiration lately. i've been out of work and wearing rags that you don't wanna see. when i get back to work..things shall resume as normal.

I'm home so this isn't really an outfit the way i see it

Plaid tank from Target $7.99
cardigan from Target also $14.99

too bad i got sent to the ER and home halfway thru the day..i liked this one

shirt $14.99 (from a website that i'm not sure i wanna disclose right now because it's just too good and cheap and i'd like to keep it my own lol sorry..sometimes i gotta have my flair)

skirt by Esprit

enamel earrings $3.99 Old Navy

day off. Dermatologist appt

wrap dress was given to me by a very kind co-worker

fur scarf H&M 12.99

earrings from NYC street vendor

baby it's cold outside!

the grey roses shirt is from Target $14.99

the furry jacket is one that Chris bought me for Xmas one year back in the day...then i lent it to him...(cause he was doing that Tyler Durden thing lol)..and he subsequently gave it to a girl he was sleeping with after we broke up because she was "cold" one night (lol)..i actually had to contact the girl to get the jacket back..which was the biggest fiasco ever and he drove me to her house to get it after 14 million phone calls and MySpace messages like she was KEEPIN' that thing lol..yes..this jacket has a story hahaha

pink velvet hat from a vintage fair in manhatten

pink flower pin $3.99 from PayHalf

i wear black on the outside cause black is how i feel...(i play a tiny violin for Morrissey)

oh good goth look what the cat dragged into my wardrobe today!....Actually, it's more of a take on military chic you can't go wrong with those lines.

black military tunic top Old Navy $14.99

leggings with silver studs around the ankle from Ebay $5

BONUS!! outfit

you would not believe it but i got this for $7.49 in the Walgreens halloween sale aisle! lol i didn't wear it today..but i bought it this morning and i just HAD to share the absurdity of where i found it.

so late for work..not my favourite

Cardigan from Target $19.99

Chiffon tunic from TJ Maxx $12.99

I was really running late this morning and have to say that this is definitely not my best work lol...oh and the gloves are H&M $9.99 Necklace from the collection of Elisabeth Derroisne.

Trip to the Podiatrist office

everybody needs to rethink wearing the Cloche hat because it's too cute to just pass over! Fur vest from H&M $29 Hat from PayHalf $12.99

homeward bound, had to go to Post Office

shirt : Target

scarf: Pay Half

just another Tues

something I whipped up to go get my MRI done

tunic sweater from Target

hat and scarf combo from vendor on St Marks

the essence of Green

Skirt $4.00 Old Navy

top $10.00 Danices

about time already

I realized that it's such a shame that i take the care everyday to pick out such fabulous outfits and only Mercy Medical Center gets to see them? it's quite a travesty if you ask me..so from here on in..(yes i finally read the manual about self timers on the camera guys lol) i'm going to show you what i wear in the hopes that I can inspire YOU to dress better : )

Terrorists on the LIRR???

I saw the most disgusting display of brainwashed media junkie conspiracy-theorists in action last night on the LIRR. a normally dressed middle eastern looking man was seated in the car I came into and was being harassed by Conductors of the train, and the surrounding civilians, he was being humiliated and yelled at because someone got upset that he didn't put his bag on the seat next to him, but chose the overhead rack instead. they assumed of course that it was a..i dunno.a.BOMB? and were quoting the line repeatedly "if you see something- say something!! it's not our fault!" trying to justify what they had done when they realized how ridiculous it was, and that this man was only going home like everyone else. it made me so sick to my stomach....i wanted to rip the eyeballs out of these twenty-something girls and the Conductors that ALLOWED the behaviour to go on "hey buddy..we're just doin' OUR job". this hysteria is appalling and made me really unproud to be american..people wonder why the rest of the world can't stand Americans? I mean the guy was wearing clothes from the Gap even..unbelievable!

Whatever they sewed inside of my body with the hernia..doesn't feel so good all of a sudden. i'm scared.

this is not normal is it?

If you received a gift that you didn't like from someone...would you consequently go online and look up reviews of the product..read bad ones..and then relate these reviews to the person who gave you gift..thus saying that, the gift you gave me?..not only did i not like it?..but according to consumer reports and the general populice it's the worst possible model you could have bought me (you idiot)..but thanks anyway..can we return it now? Thats what my mom did when i gave her a microwave oven for her birthday. i feel so loved.

no drama lol

so i can't really post anything if there's no drama in a drama queen's diary right? But ya know what? the peacefulness that has settled is quite nice...we'll see how long it lasts haha

nothing surprises me anymore

You can't trust anyone in life they say...it's true...problem is that we inherently WANT to trust in people so we learn the hard way over and over again that...nothing's changed..and yes..they do all talk behind your back...and sometimes you meet psychos that you really thought you could trust like..your best friend for 8 years..and even they..turn and talk behind your back...my god even your mom talks behind your back...if people could just stop doing that and really say what they meant to each other without fearing confrontation...things would be so different.

sad but true

someone in New York Magazine wrote this and I reread it and always think how true it is.

"..Kids today. They have no sense of shame. They have no sense of privacy. They are show-offs, fame whores, pornographic little loons who post their diaries, their phone numbers, their stupid poetry-for God's sake, their dirty photos!-online. They have virtual friends instead of real ones. They talk in illiterate instant messages. They are interested only in attention-and yet they have zero attention span, flitting like hummingbirds from one virtual stage to another.."

in the same article a young person is quoted as saying..." Without any meaningful standard by which to measure our worth, we turn to the public eye for affirmation.."
all of these words really make me scared for how things are gonna turn out for humanity.

metamorphosis

I've spent so much time building a coccoon that i've forgotten I was supposed to emerge with wings.

do brunettes have more fun than redheads?

Recently i was viewing some photos of myself and looking at my candy coloured hair and i said..."geez..isn't that a little juvenile looking Steph?" I think i was right..upon further examination I almost started to think that i looked like a cartoon character..or was getting close to Mimi from Drew Carey..there's a fine line i'm walking between being young and being a lady...and maybe this red hair is starting to cross that line. But it's been my signature for 10 years, so letting it go feels like i'm disappointing my fanclub (lol)..Red looks great on older women though right? i mean look at Pat Field!..and Vivienne Westwood!..ok..i realize i don't have their cult status..but i can be fabulous..maybe..not..we'll try the mahogany for now and see how i feel next week.

What do YOU wanna be when you grow up?

I didn't wanna be a ballerina, an astronaut, a teacher or a foreign spy (well..okay..maybe that was kind of a fabulous idea) I wanted to be Scarlet-friggin'-O'Hara!

Will i ever have this again?

Right now this seems so far away from who i am. I've been alone and in bad health to long to even remember what it was like to wake up next to someone beautiful. I want that feeling back.

You probably need a psychiatrist when..

You realize that you're turning 36 this week, but you've been locked in the same room, home on disability for 2 months making skeleton dolls (and no one's even BOUGHT a set from you ever). You don't have an apt, a boyfriend, an income that can get you jack shit in this world, you barely have any real friends..life is moving past you..but you're not living it..a car accident took you out of commission a year and a half ago..and everything was downhill from there..you don't know how to get back on your feet..and guess what? your feet don't even work because of the accident. Good thing you keep buying all those shoes you can never wear though..right on.

this from a woman who fames herself for her commen sense

My mom needs glasses. (and a hearing aid if you ask me) But she doesn't WANT to wear them, for what reason? I'm not sure. So instead of just wearing glasses like most normal people she's gone and made up little handwritten stickers on everything in her bathroom cabinet so she can read what it is in the morning (you'd think we'd get her a Brother P-touch...but it's kinda more fun to laugh and watch her do it)..she has "lipgloss"..(and she gets really detailed in her descriptions) "illuminating face powder" she even writes "good" or "bad" depending on how she thinks the color of something flatters her. She spent the entire day yesterday re-labeling one cabinet. I said.."just wear your glasses mom" and she barked back at me.."Stephie! you know i hate those things!!" ...bewildering..really.

What they DON'T tell you about being skinny

They don't tell you that when you get past the glory years of 25-35 your Dr's gonna come into the room one day and say.."did you know your bone density scan shows that you have Osteoperosis?"..and even then you're looking down at your shoes and going.."God i am SO glad i got these, i should have bought them in brown too."

in a sea of blogs..who am i to say i'm hot shit?

Everyone has a blog. They're so trendy now...so why the hell do i want one? Because if people thought Cory Kennedy was cool why the hell wouldn't they think i was? Everyone seems to be having 15 minutes of internet fame these days so why the hell don't i jump on the bandwagon..I don't really have anything better to do and i actually might have some funny things to say. If no one reads it..I'll amuse myself anyway : )

the Truth Hurts

When I was in the 3rd grade, my teacher Mrs Sable told my mom.."Stephanie doesn't always play well with the other students". I loathed her for saying so. It wasn't possible. Those other kids were lunatics.