she can do as she pleases she's nobody's fool

song of the day: 'she's always a woman' by billy joel

cheating again because this song is from 1977 but i love it!! i listen to it all the time while i'm getting ready in the mornings.

i debated heavily on whether or not to even post these photos. they aren't awesome and my outfit isn't even really an outfit per se but what i wore to lounge in yesterday. i had something much more work appropriate on when i was at my shop, don't worry. but whatever, it was comfortable and i felt good. plus i wanted to show you guys my new shoes! i bought these moccasins from action is the fruit and i love them!!! starr (a thought is the blossom) has such a total fab etsy shop and when she posted these shoes in her update recently, i knew they had to be mine. i kept checking on them to make sure they hadn't sold. i was going into cold sweats just thinking about someone swooping in and committing to buy before me. i bit the bullet and purchased. so glad i did! they are the most comfortable things i've ever had on my feet. my dress is the one i won from christina (second skin style) in her first giveaway.

i love that both the dress and the shoes are from amazing women who are beautiful inside and out. that's what's so cool about our community of bloggers and shop owners. we get to know the ladies behind the clothes and it makes us feel so much better about a purchase. it's so different than going to a big chain store and getting impersonal service and then buying the same thing as 100 other girls. don't get me wrong, i have loads of retail clothing. but there is something about buying from someone you respect who has handpicked the pieces and put a lot of their time and love into their store. ya know?

sorry to get so heavy on a friday. i understand that it's a little late in the week to get so deep. but anyway, if you guys haven't gone over to the etsy register, i really would encourage you to. this weekend i'll be getting my biz together to join in on the fun and participate but there are already a ton of bloggers/shop owners who are already on it. you may even discover someone new! i did. and that's the whole purpose of the register.

i had no idea i was going to write so much. i wasn't even gonna post because i wasn't wild about my pics and here i am writing a whole novel for you poor kids to read. thanks for sticking with me :)

and remember to be on the lookout for a cool postcard to send me! i really would love to get a ton of them in the mail. and when they all get here i'll show you the wall.

details:

dress-christina

shoes-action is the fruit

necklace-etsy store i can't remember