The Yucatan peninsula

Dress Target; Shoes: Born Crown; Hair wreath: Self-made; Bag: Thrifted.

During our cruise, we explored a good bit of the Yucatan peninsula. On the first day, we went to Progreso and Merida, Mexico. Jeremiah's family hosted an exchange student from Mexico several years ago, so we met up with her and she showed us around her town. We visited Dzibilchaltun, and walked through the ancient Mayan ruins and cooled off in the cenote, a natural sinkhole for swimming. On the second day, Jeremiah and I explored Cozumel on our own and hung out at Ocean Beach for a few hours. My favorite part of the beach? Finding beautiful shells and rocks for my collection at home.

A thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket

 Dress: Shop Ruche; Sunglasses, scarf: Vintage, thrifted; 

Sandals: Miss Trish of Capri, Target.

"I dig my toes into the sand

The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds

Strewn across a blue blanket

I lean against the wind

Pretend that I am weightless

And in this moment I am happy ... happy.

I wish you were here

I wish you were here

I wish you were here

I wish you were here

I lay my head onto the sand

The sky resembles a backlit canopy

With holes punched in it

I'm counting UFOs

I signal them with my lighter

And in this moment I am happy... happy.

I wish you were here ... "

- Incubus

Forest for the trees

 Dress: Spenser Jeremy, thrifted; Shoes: Zigi Soho; 

Belt: Fossil; Bracelet: from Mexico, gift.

Here is one of my new thrift finds -- I'm really excited to be wearing this shade all summer. I experimented a little bit with doing photos during midday and have been trying new spots around my park. 

Today is my two-year anniversary with Jeremiah, so I'll keep this brief.  Hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day!

On the banks of Plum Creek

 Dress: thrifted, possibly vintage, homemade; 

Belt: BR, from Marilou; Boots: Target;

Rose bracelet: vintage, gift from my sister;

Rock bracelets: from Mexico, gift from Jessica.

It's been so long since I've taken daily outfit photos, I feel like a stranger around these parts. Let me re-introduce myself. Hi, I'm JoAnn. I like blogging, Old Hollywood movies and peppermint ice cream. I'm a Capricorn with a penchant for Libran scarves. And sometimes I dress up like an extra on Little House on the Prairie.

It was unusually warm this weekend, so I took advantage of the nice weather by wearing boots (with no tights) and this newly-thrifted candystriper prairie dress. It's made of a sack-like cotton material and has rows of buttons on the sleeves and the chest area, and it looks to be homemade. Because it has no tag, I'm having a hard time placing what time period it's from, though it could have been a recent art project or something. It would be fun to wear with a petticoat underneath because of how much the skirt billows out.

How was your holiday? Jeremiah and I spent the last few days away visiting family and friends. I'm slowly getting back into the routine of things after my gluttonous week, and I'm back to work on Tuesday. So much happened that for posterity's sake, I feel like listing some of it (again, Capricorn here).

During vacation, I:

- Celebrated my sister's birthday and my parents' anniversary;

- Watched a ridiculous amount of television dvds (mostly "Community" and "Glee") and saw "Black Swan" (which was grotesque and outstanding, and I'm still having nightmares over some of the scenes);

-  Thrift-shopped a little bit;

- Got a haircut, though it's so similar to my last one I'm thinking of chopping some more of my hair off;

- Was ridiculously spoiled by family with gifts and food. I'm grateful for all of it.

I am really excited about getting back to blogging. The break has helped me relax and kind of take a step back from the blog and photography, and made me realize some of the things I'd like to do. Starting next week, I'll be rolling out some new ideas and features that will help shape a blog schedule for Sidewalk Chic -- I am really excited and I hope you'll enjoy them. 

How was your break? How are you surviving the winter doldrums?