Um...oops.

I forgot I had a blog.

Oops.
(No, I'm not kidding. I forgot.) 

Sorry!

Here are some outfits I wore over the last few months. I took a break for health reasons and then totally forgot about the blog when I came back to doing OOTD. So, yeah. Sorry bout that to anyone who follows me here. haha

Here's what you missed of my life in the last few months. 

Summer

More summer. Me feeling crappy.

KITTEN!!! (My mom's new kitten. We rescued him from death. Literally)

Feeling a bit better!

Feeling lots better!

OMG she's old enough for HOMECOMING????

Freshman year HOCO 2019. *sniffle*

Summer holding out on us, not ever leaving even though it's FALL.

Hi cuteness!!! You're so stinking adorable and I love you!

I don't feel like death today!

Still feeling good.

Top is a little long, but I like this outfit.

Love this outfit. Panda Pants!!!

Wore this to Girl Scout Camporee. :) Wheee

Just a casual day and your'e all caught up. :)

Day 32

Day 32! 

Today's outfit was honestly a bit challenging to put together. I got this skirt on clearance a while back and haven't really worn it, as it's been difficult to pair with anything and look right. 

Well, I bought this shirt more recently to go with those black and white polka dot pants and it does, but it hasn't sung to me as to what else to pair it with. So I thought why not try these two together and I love it. :) 

Both shirt and skirt are from Lane Bryant. Necklace from Amrita Singh and shoes from Tieks in ballet pink. I could have also paired Poppy with these, but I tried it and it looked unbalanced. So I went with my gut and picked BP's. :)

Close up of the necklace.

I need to do some packing and organizing today. I might actually accomplish some of that. I'm hurting a bit today so we'll see if my back loosens up enough for me to do so. Right now, it's hexagons and stargate. I didn't make a whole lot of progress on my hexagons yesterday as I kept getting distracted by stupid stuff. I have got to stop doing that. 

My brain has been really "froggy" lately. Which is to say that pain signals seem to block my brain signals. It's not your typical "brain fog" (aka, forgot what you were doing, etc) it's more like, I just sit there and space out for five minutes and come to still having no idea what I was doing or what happened. It's a byproduct of brain damage I had as a young adult and it's annoying. It's A LOT worse when my pain levels are higher and well, frankly, they've been high lately. Not determentially so, just annoyingly so. Enough to hinder my every day, but not enough that I can't take a few RX painkillers and get through. 

But I'm trying. And I'll live. So I smile and keep going. 

And onto the pictures that didn't make it today to the TA group....

My face when I am giving my trash guy the stank eye for knocking over my trash cans, but it's not full on stank eye yet. lol.

Don't blink! I swear I'm not stoned, just blinking.

Day 22

Apparently my snake provoked some controversy yesterday when I posted a picture him in the Tieks group. It was relative! He matched my dress. And he's cute! I get that some people are afraid of reptiles. That fear is completely unfounded (in general) and society tells us we should be scared of anything that isn't cute. Plus there's that whole "the devil is a snake" thing. They've got such a bad rep for such amazingly gentle animals. Honestly, I'm way more afraid of dogs than I am of snakes. I know a lot of people that agree with me. 

*sigh* I reposted the picture in the comments section after he was removed, as someone was like, "oh I was looking for your snake in the pictures and didn't see him" And that's when I got attacked by a troll. It was fun. Also, apparently I think I'm the SHIT cuz I have a "fan club". (and WOAH is that giving me WAY more credit than I deserve, and shows that she's OBVIOUSLY threatened by my confidence.) I'm also "promoting obesity" by showing my outfits of the day. Uh huh. Because I haven't heard those 10000 times before. I should stick to my blog and promote my obesity there. 

Got anything new yet?

Nope.

I do genuinely apologize for scaring anyone with him yesterday. It was not my intention. Snakes get discriminated against as much as fat people do, so he and I are in the same boat. It's ok though, I understand. I don't want to scare anyone. 

So yeah, admin contacted, and explained to me why the picture was removed even though it was 100% tieks related and relevant. (Exposure therapy guys! In all seriousness, this is how we overcome fears and how we get better at facing challenges. I did it with my autistic son as a child.) However, I did post a lot of education in that comment section before it was taken down, and I have 7 or so message me and tell me that I helped them overcome their fear a little because my snake looked so sweet. ^_^ So YAY that!!

Not only am I changing the world one fat people picture at a time, I'm changing it one snake picture at a time. lol.

Anywho...

Day Twenty Two!

Today's OOTD is casual. For one reason only. My bra yesterday has those silicone grips on it and when I took it off, it ripped my skin off. 

OW. 

So today I've got sores on my back. And a blister. Seriously. I'm not posting the brand of the bra until I talk to the company and see if they can come to a resolution. Because that shouldn't happen. I'd post pictures, but THAT might offend some people, because it's medical-ish and gross looking, so I won't. 

So yeah. Today's outfit is a comfy cotton bra with neat neck detailing from LB, which shows through a V-cut grey tank top from Old Navy paired with black leggings from Torrid today. My new mustard Tieks complete the look adding a much needed touch of color. 

The back of this shirt has a really cute white crochet at the top.

Also, yes, I'm aware that this is pretty um...showy. (As my 14 year old will say "Your nip-nips are showing!" LOL.) It's a home day, so Shhhh. Today's honestly not as much about fashion, it's about heat evasion and comfort from skin being torn. If I left the house, I'd wear it, but only because of my bra injury making it impossible to wear a "real" bra for probably the next few days until I get proper scabs. Ow. :( 

Heat index of 110 again. Ugh. Staying inside with my AC. 

My Cricut came from Amazon anyway, so I want to play with that today. ^_^ 

...

Also, fan club....*giggles and shakes my head* I'm still honestly laughing over that one. Um. Yeah. A daily post of myself in a closed group that is empowering women of all sizes (Hi, there's like, 5 of us at least who post daily and get a ton of comments) and my blog gets like, 4 hits a day and so far has zero comments. Yup. I'm REALLY popular over here with a HUGE fan club. *SNORT*

As Madonna said: "If you don't like me and you still watch everything I do, bitch, you're a fan!"

Day 20

So yesterday, I wore the white pants and got strawberry on them. D'oh. I got the stain out, but I had to change because I was meeting another Tieks Sister - Priti - in Cleveland for Tacos and Rum! So this is what I changed into. :) 

(Haha, I just realized you can see my phone and the jellyfish stand shadow in this picture)

So I went for this outfit. We had a blast, got a free drink by a guy at the table next to us who wanted to get a drink put on the menu, and by all rights IT SHOULD BE THERE cuz it was delicious! 

This wasn't that drink. It was one on the menu, and it was good, but it pales in comparison. 

Anyway, we had tacos, rum, drinks, and went over to Mitchell's for Ice cream. We had a blast and I made a new friend! She was amazing, awesome and fun. It had been so long since I've gone out just for myself, and met someone and hung out and chatted about everything. I had a great time and I hope we can get together again soon! 

So now on to today's OOTD and blog. :D 

Wow, I've been doing this 20 days already? Boy time flies. They say it takes 20 days to form a habit and apparently they're right, because I get up, and one of the very first things I do (aside from groan that it's morning, take my pills, roll over and wait for my second alarm to go off) is think about what I'm going to wear that day. I get dressed and hop onto my porch for pictures. This morning some guy was driving by looking at me taking pictures on my porch cuz I was posing. I stuck my tongue out at him. haha. 

Today's OOTD is casual. I'm hanging out at home, and it's going to be hot, (heat index says 110 today. Ugh.) but not too hot inside because we have AC so I can wear my jeans in peace. Jeans from Lane Bryant, shirt from Torrid, razzleberry shoes by Tieks! 

Yeah, I did the pose.

I chose razzleberry because they match Sailor Moon's bows. ^_^

The shirt is Sailor Moon!! I was OBSESSED with Sailor Moon when I was a teenager. I wanted to be like Sailor Jupiter and she was always my favorite, but good luck finding plus size shirt with her on it. haha. But this anime and show was my happy place growing up. It inspired the very first fanfiction that I ever wrote (I still have that purple notebook. Filled up the entire thing, and honestly re-reading it 15 years later, it's NOT HALF BAD! Maybe I missed my calling to be an author?) But anyway, I get my hands on anything Sailor Moon now, even as a 37 year old adult woman because I still love it. I'm not ashamed to admit I even have Sailor Moon Funko Pop! figurines. 

And yes, I made all kinds of happy noises when they did Sailor Moon Crystal for the 20 year anniversary. It follows the Manga and is SO MUCH BETTER.

The shirt is thinner than I'd normally like, and if it weren't so hot, I'd put a tank under it to hide it's thinness, but oh freaking well. 

Anyway, pictures!

{All pictures have the same backdrop: My Porch. Picture 1: Me being goofy, in the outfit as described above, with one hand on my hip, the other in a peace sign on my forehead in Sailor Moon's classic post after she transforms. Pictures 2-5 much the same, just various poses}

On of the things I loved about Sailor Moon was her nail transformation. I mean, don't we all wish nail polish was that easy!? I got these press on nails from impress online. They were 7 ish bucks. Not too bad. They are supposed to last for a week, but I am HARD on my nails (which is why I usually get acrylics) and so they last for a day or two. Now, if I take off the press on glue and use real nail glue, then they last for like, 2 weeks or so. I usually use the stickies, wait until they fall off and then peel all the sticky off and reapply with nail glue (they toss once those fall off) or I'll peel the sticky and store them until I feel like wearing that color again. They have a new kind I want to try (the 'ultra') and I just ordered some, so we'll see how I like those too. Anyway, here's the ones I put on yesterday. 

They're shimmery mermaid. Obviously I didn't use the glitter nail. I have them stored though.