And I'll meet you at the station

Dress: Donna Ricco, thrifted;

Belt: J. Crew, thrifted;

Shoes: Aerosoles;

Bag: Louis Vuitton, gift.

Photos by Jeremiah.

Listening to: "Last Train to Clarksville,"

The Monkees.

It's been a fun but busy few days. Jeremiah and I finally got around to taking outfit photos at one of my favorite locations in Athens, the railroad tracks. My old dorm on the east side of campus is right by these tracks, and in the four years I lived here during college, I think I've only seen a train go by on them once. Still, it's a very picturesque place,and one that's often frequented by photographers and fraternity boys (the new fraternity house lane is right by them now).

I wore this outfit to lunch at Weaver D's, which is a Southern soul food place that's basically an institution in this town. My research seminar professor took my small class out to lunch at this place several years ago, and I've been obsessed ever since. On this trip I chose the fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and corn bread, and it's always piled really high. Food coma-inducing, but delicious. The motto of Weaver D's is "Automatic for the People," and it's a motto that's so ingrained in this town, R.E.M. named one of their albums after it.

 

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend. My plans? More moving and unpacking. It's all coming together, and I can't wait to start decorating.

 

I am back

Dress, belt: Ann Taylor Loft;

Shoes: From Philippines, gift;

Sunglasses: thrifted;

Bag: Louis Vuitton, gift from Mom.

How I've worn the dress: here.

I'm back now, and hopefully here to stay. The last week has been beyond crazy and feels like it all happened a million years ago. To sum up, I finished up work at my current store, I'm still waiting to hear on my transfer to the Athens store, and Jeremiah and I are just now getting around to packing things up for the move this weekend. Kinda stressful, but exciting. 

After moving every summer for the last five years (starting when I was 18 for college), I am looking forward to settling down to a place that we want to live in for the next couple of years, and having a new, bigger apartment is going to be awesome. Jeremiah and I will both have our own closets, there will be a guest room that we can use as an office, and most importantly, we'll have our own washer/dryer. The place we live in now has a laundry room on site, but it's just not as easy carrying laundry out of the home to do every couple weeks. I am so excited about that change.
But packing up is so daunting -- I'm looking around our place now and wondering how we amassed so much in the last year of living here (answer: thrifting, probably). I hate packing things up, but I love unpacking and organizing the things I love, like clothes and pictures and books. There's something very therapeutic and invigorating about arranging favorite things just so. My muscle memory prevents me from being too thrilled though, knowing from last time just how much of a pain our behemoth couch, television and bed all were to move.

Anyways, my outfit yesterday was worn during some alone time while I thrifted. Now that I've suspended the ban, I've found very little in the clothing department but seem to keep finding good accessories. Funny how that now I'm looking and willing to spend, there isn't anything to be had. I'm hoping for more luck today because it's 50 percent off day at the Salvation Army. This outfit was basically a repeat of this one, but with different shoes. I originally had a sweater on over it, but after about five minutes I was afraid of collapsing from heatstroke, so I took it off. I have to admit I've been really inspired by "Mad Men" recently, and this outfit is basically an homage to Betty's third season outfit here. Hate what she was doing in the scene (meeting with Henry), but loved what she was wearing. I found the sunglasses yesterday for $2, and I love the shape of them! I feel pretty kicky in them. Speaking of the show, did you see the fourth season premiere, and what did you think? I think I was overwhelmed by the time jump, and the fact that SCDP had a new office. I've been reading lots of Television Without Pity threads about the series...

In other news, perhaps unsurprisingly, I've been craving change to my appearance lately. I've just been bored with my hair and its long length has been extremely hard to style. I don't know exactly what I want to do yet, whether it'll mean a haircut or new makeup or what. I usually get a haircut during transition periods in my life, and it might be time to change it up a little before we head to Athens. Got any suggestions?