Vintage Photo Shoot--Jessica Edition

Oh my gracious Aunt Betsy!!! I'm finally in a place where my internet speed will allow me to log into Blogger and make a post!!! I know it's been over a month and I'm incredibly sorry...but I couldn't log in (let alone upload) at home. Been so busy working my bookstore job, this is the first time I've been able to update while I have high-speed access :)

So Miss Jessica and I had a FABULOUS and DAH-LING photo shoot with Miss Abigail Stranz just last week...finally took out our favourite vintage ensembles and hit up an old mill museum downtown. Such swell times! We did the entire thing in the rain (brava!) but had a blast posing and feeling fine forties-fifties style :)

Here are a few of the Jessica photos I like best...mine will be posted tomorrow...and I'll wrap up with some double shots later on. Hope you enjoy!

Sunny Days, Sunny Daze

Working at the bookstore has gotten so crazy the past week...it's been absolute ages since I've posted!!! All apologies, sincerely offered, dear readers :) Today I a lovely restful morning, however, which involved sleeping until 9 and then going out for Russian food with my dear friend Nicole. We shared piroshki and borscht and these little dumplings with three different sauches. Delicious *licks lips* and scrumptious <3 I can't wait to go again. What have you been up to this fine summer's day?

The Fish are Jumping and the Cotton is High...

Tonight I am sitting on my deck during my favorite time of day. It's dusk and the air is finally cooling down and the sun is setting. I'm listening to Ella and Louis and I am dreading going back inside... except the June bugs are starting their "kamikaze" dive bombs. Mildly disturbing...these June bugs are abnormally huge. Seriously.
oh, and I'm working on homework.ugh. time to go in...

Today was one of those days where you try on a million (or 5) different outfits and nothing looks right. And it's humid, so your hair is a mess and your face resembles an oil slick...anyone else know what I'm talking about?
Anyways, I ended up deciding on this outfit and am quite happy with it! Please excuse the fuzziness of the picture...sometimes it happens. :)

Love Jess

PS- I beginning to think no outfit is complete without a brown woven belt. I love this belt. Love it. :)

This is Living.

Hello Hello! Never fear my darlings! I am very much alive and kicking! And wearing clothes, just for the record. My summer has already been quite the whirlwind, but summer is really quite delightful. No complaints.
Like C already mentioned, today was Humid with a capital "H" you could cut the air with a knife.
However, unlike Ms. C, I adore the heat. In my opinion, winter should only exist for December ( I do love a white Christmas) and then it should be lovely and warm the rest of the year. :D oh, if only.

Because of the weather, I wanted to be casual and cool today. So this little number was perfect!

I've missed you! I promise to get my act together and take more pictures of myself (or enlist ma mere to assist me.)

Love,
Jess

(Navy blue t-shirt from American Eagle $3, khaki shorts from Old Navy $5, woven leather belt $2 from Goodwill, heart necklace from American Eagle Gift, woven sandals from Aero $9)

Disgusting muggy-warm weather today...alas and alack, now I feel sticky and shiny all the time! If only those beautiful winter months would return! I definitely hold to the fact that you can always put more on, but you can only take so much off :)

This week I will be visiting a possible off-campus housing option with my roomies...I certainly hope it works out, since it would save a pile of money and trouble. Plus, it's nice just to be independent and in a home, isn't it? Anywho, keep you updated on that (perhaps even post some pics).

I think I'll take the rest of the afternoon to finish some summer class homework, read some "Momentary Marriage" by John Piper, and chat with our new Japanese foreign exchange student. Should be quite fun...I adore Sundays!

<3 Cambria
{brown military dress from Forever 21 via Goodwill $6, beige heels from Goodwill $5, and striped belt from Forever 21 was free}

Ode to a Long Work Day

Oh work, I am so grateful to have you
But I'm sure standing in this shoe
To do my ten hour shift at Border's
For my feet, is a tall order.

And I'm off to work with my lovely books and lovely coworkers for the next ten hours...such loads of fun :P Leaving my poor family at home and leaving my poor feet cooped up in these shoes all day! We will see if I survive...might be a close call, ya know. More later <3
Cambria

P.S. This skirt was a DRESS but I liked it better this way, so I did some DIY :)

{vintage flowered skirt from Goodwill, gifted brown tank from Old Navy, white cabled sweater from Penney's, vintage straw/leather belt from Goodwill, beige shoes from Goodwill, yellow bow from Claire's}