through the jungle through the dark

Man, oh man, you're my best friend
I scream it to the nothingness
There ain't nothing that I need

A Long and Winding Road

Let me start this blog post on an up note: I am spending this evening writing, drinking wine, eating pizza, and scheming with my roommate (all happy schemes). Now lets head down a few keys: this morning was my worst morning in London. I leave my apartment just before 9AM (plenty of time for my 40 minute commute to work). I get to the tube station and the circle line is down. Fine, I hop on the district line and transfer at Earl's Court to get on the district line going west. Now there are no trains going through Bayswater. This means I can't take the train to work because I have to go through Bayswater!

So I run aboveground and catch the 74... going the wrong way. Of course (because I've never taken this bus before) I don't realize this for 30 minutes. I get off and walk to the bus stop going the other way. I practice my breathing and try not to cry. I get on the 74 and at 10:30 I am back where I started. I transfer to the 10 and am planning to get off at Tottenham Road Station to switch to the 55. Except, for some reason the bus driver turns before that stop and instead drops us off five blocks away. I walk those five blocks back to Oxford Street and wait to catch the 55. There are actually tears in my eyes but i blink them away.

I get to work at 12. The 55 drops me off right across the street from my museum. I know a large part of this was my fault but a lot of it was also just plain bad luck. However, there were so many people today who made me feel better. Here goes:

Thank you kind woman who let me use her iphone to call work; thank you sandwich boy who asked me if I was ok when I came into your shop for a to-go lunch; thank you Annabel for giving me chocolate at work; thank you to my boss for being so understanding; thank you to Brendon for sending me happy tweets; thank you to the busker at the Picadelly Station for singing songs I know and love; and thank you to Ellie for giving me wine.

As the Beatles said,
"I get by with a little help from my friends."

without you, the moon glows, the river flows

virginia beach, fall 2009

a day of thrifting, fall 2009

harper's ferry, summer 2010

Here's a face who has been missing from the blog for awhile. It has now been twenty-five days since I last say Boyfriend. We have never been apart this long in over almost two years. I miss him every single day, even though I'm having an amazing adventure. I just wanted to see his handsome face on my blog once again. I miss you honey honey.

Mr. Moon

Moon, Bright and Shiny Moon. Won't you please shine down on me."

i need a kiss to build a life on

(H&M dress, converse tank, unknown stockings,
thrifted shoes, forever 21 sunglasses)

I have several days of outfit photos saved that I haven't yet posted. This may be a good thing because it is so gray outside that I don't want to get out of bed much less plan an outfit.
I wore this on Thursday of last week. I loved the braids and the simpleness of the outfit; very milkmaid. Haha. Taking these photos with Boyfriend reminded me of when we first started documenting my outfits. There was a lot of goofing around and laughing. Having warm weather again makes everything better.

For example: Here is me baking a pie. Because this is my housewife dress.
hahahaha. I love Boyfriend and I love this dress.

a blossom fell and very soon I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon

(unknown top; thrifted skirt, belt, and shoes; target tights.)



These shoes may actually be the first pair of shoes I bought at a thrift store.
Aren't they lovely?
I've been wearing my bangs back for the past couple of days because I'm thinking of growing them out for the summer. The humid weather in the D.C. area is hell on bangs/hair. However, I have a huge (aha pun) problem with my forehead. It has not gone away in the past 7 months of having bangs. Shoot.

P.S. Lyrics are Nat King Cole's A Blossom Fell

I'm surprised that you've never been told before
That you're lovely and you're perfect
And that somebody wants you.

I'm surprised that you've never been told before
That you're priceless and you're precious
Even when you are not new.

- F.N.T. by Supersonic