Sleep the clock around

How was your weekend? Mine was- I'm pleased to say- glorious!

Cape: AA

Scarf: Vintage thrift ($3)

Belt: AA

Top c/o ModCloth

Skirt: Cali Select /AA

Tights: AA Super opaque in "Truffle"

Shoes: Vintage thrift ($3)

Necklace: UO (gift)

Some of you may have already read this on Twitter or Facebook, but on Wednesday I quit my job. I have never done this before, left a job without immediate back up, or at least a plan. Mainly because I have never needed to, but the past few months have been so stressful, stressful actually is not accurate enough a word, I'm not sure there is one. I've watched myself become a shell of what I was before, unhappy, with no energy. All I did was complain about work, and that's literally all I had to talk about in real life conversations, or how tired I was. Because that's all I did, I was either working, or sleeping to recover from work. The job was just not the right fit for me. So I left.

I've spent the past four days making up for very lost time: I got together with friends, went out on a date with Chris, cleaned my apartment (I can't even described what it looked like), and went to Boston for fun. Oh, and I also went on a job interview and got a new job! This is what I wore to my interview on Friday, I wanted something professional but still me. I've made the mistake in the past year of wearing clothes to interviews that don't exactly represent my personal style, it's important to look professional, but if you're not comfortable with what you're wearing it'll effect your interview skills. Luckily I think I chose pretty well, a little Miu Miu inspired: a vintage inspired top from ModCloth, which had been strangely forgotten in the depths of my closet was pretty but conservative (I wore a cardigan over it, not pictured), and a camel skirt. As a jacket I wore the camel cape I bought before I left my last job, it's not the warmest thing in the world, but by slipping a belt through the arm holes and cinching it close, I'm able to warm it up considerably.

So today I start my part time sales gig with J. ____, and I'm so excited! Most of you know (if it isn't already evident) that I love J.____, the quality of the fabric and colors is fantastic and I feel like it meshes with my personal taste and style much more. Plus it's 20 minutes away from home, not an hour. I go in for training at 6, wish me luck!

How was your weekend? Did you have fun? Get snow? See friends?

6 Years in the Making...

we're gettin' hitched!

Chris actually popped the question in the car in the rain on Saturday night, not in a photo-booth, but we thought this would be a cute way of announcing our huge news considering we've been visiting this particular photo-booth since the beginning of our relationship. He had more romantic plans, but unfortunately they were dashed by a trip to the emergency room on Friday night after he tripped and fell in Boston and shattered his right hand. It's been quite a week! We've both had such a hard time holding this back from blogging and Facebook, but wanted to at least contact the majority of our families first (I still haven't gotten in touch with my step-mom who is out at sea- she's a Merchant Marine). I'm so ridiculously excited! The ring he gave me is perfect, he picked it out himself but brought along my mom and two of his closet friends for second opinions, it's art deco style from the 1930's and completely beautiful. Every time I think of him going with my Mom and his friends, I tear up a little, it kills me.

These are all the photos that we've taken over our six years together at the same photo-booth. Chris and I met in high school, but didn't start dating until the end of my Sophomore year of college. We've certainly had our ups and downs, including two difficult years of long-distance-love, but we helped each other through it all. Words really can not describe how much I love him, and how excited I am to be his wife.

So this is my big news! I was hoping to be able to post it yesterday, but we literally spent the entire day from 10 am to 9:30 pm in different hospitals trying to get his hand fixed. It was a compound fracture, where the bone breaks the skin, yeah it's disgusting and I hated seeing him in that much pain. Hopefully he'll be able to get it completely fixed by next week!

So, I'm sorry for getting all mushy on here, I know I don't talk about my relationship that much on this blog, and I promise that this isn't going to turn into wedding central, but I wanted to share this with you all!

Have a great night!