What are you looking at?
I would like you to meet my new favorite shirt. I was at the mall yesterday (oh, yes. I went to a store that wasn’t Goodwill! It was special) browsing through Forever 21’s sale racks when I spied this baby sitting on the end of a display. I snatched him up, and decided to buy him before I’d even tried on the shirt. Which is now a him, apparently.
I also found two pairs of owl earrings (because the 10 pairs I own are not enough) and a coat with owl lining that I have decided I should ask for for Christmas. (Sadly, they don’t show the lining on the website.)
And apparently this shirt requires that I pose oddly.
Although I could attribute the urge to pose randomly to the slight insecurities I have about these pictures. See, I’m still not convinced that skinny pants and my hips work well together, and I’ve also foregone all makeup but lipstick today. No foundation to cover up blemishes, no mascara and shadow to make my eyes stand out behind glasses, not even brow powder to help even out the proportions of my lenses and my face.
And when I feel… not really uncomfortable, but less-than-confident about me, I tend to break out the quirky posing.
Either that, or I just don’t look at the camera.
But then I got the pictures uploaded to my computer and realized… I quite like these pants. And going makeupless once in a while. And mostly this shirt.
Have I also mentioned that these shoes are possibly the most amazing shoes on the planet? Because they are. They’re furry on the inside, soft on the outside, and pretty much the most comfortable shoes I own. They’re like slippers. They might actually be slippers. But I don’t care. I will wear them outside of my house anyway.
I also took a ton of pictures today. This is what I do when I’m supposed to be cleaning and packing.
Which reminds me, I probably should mention that I’m going to move to a new house with my parents and brother. A new house where I’ll have a bigger bedroom that we are going to paint this color (I’m excited for that), and I plan to redecorate it once we’re all moved in. I’m not looking forward to cleaning the old house, but I’m incredibly excited for the move. My bedroom is upstairs (!!! I hate living downstairs), it’s in town and closer to work, and more importantly it’s much, much closer to Goodwill. This might be bad for my paycheck, but… you know. I don’t mind too much.
And I couldn’t think of a good way to segue into this, so here’s a random gif of me throwing leaves.
 Because leaf-throwing is fun.
In case you’re curious, the shirt says “What are you looking at…” (it may bother me a wee bit that there’s no question mark there), and yes, my pants really are this bright.
I also love the mushrooms growing in our backyard. They are adorable.
Well! I’m off to have dinner at a friend’s house, and then we’re going to tackle the mess of packing and cleaning that needs to be done in my room. It should be fun.
I hope you’ve all had a relaxing Sunday!
22 Comments
It's A Want
cute outfit! what a bargain!
Mara
Thank you!
Marie
I love that whole outfit! I actually almost bought that shirt at forever 21 yesterday….weird 😛
Mara
It’s a good shirt. Apparently everyone almost bought it. 😀
piccolaitaliana
I almost bought that shirt, too. Creeeepy.
I love your skinny jeans! I’m not usually a huge fan of red but I love them 😀 They look fantastic on you. And I say that in the least weird way possible…
Mara
Haha! That’s so great! It is a rather fantastic shirt. 😀
Thank you! I’m not usually a fan of skinny jeans, but I like these because they’re red. 😉
Booksphotographsandartwork
Love the gif. My daugther in law would love that shirt.
Mara
She has good taste. 😉
Emily Blackburn
The jeans look great on you! I recently bought some burgundy jeans and worried that my hips were too big for brightly coloured skinny jeans, but I think they actually look really good when you can fill them out a bit. Yay for curves!
Mara
Yeah, I agree. The more I wear these, the more I like them. Although for me, it also looks better if I wear a looser, longer top, just to make me look more proportionate.
Burgundy is such a great color for jeans!
Emily Blackburn
I’ve noticed the same thing for myself – floaty on top and tight on the bottom looks best on me. Otherwise I look ridiculously pear shaped!
Elana
Aww, that’s a lovely shirt! I love the owl’s little feet! 😀
By the way, isn’t this super cute as well? http://laceaffair.com/#/item/sleepy_owl_bag/
Mara
Oh my goodness, that bag is amazing! I need it…
Demy
New house??? AWESOME!!! And omgosh the color you’ll paint your room is sooo pretty! I need pics when you finally are all settled down at the new house! Congrats on the move haha! 😀
And as for the red pants, WOW. Fullstop! They look awesome on you and honestly there’s nothing you should feel weird about. Your hips look healthily gorgeous! 😀 And THE TOP WAS MADE FOR YOUUUUU!!!!!! Really!! For you! Look how awesome it looks! 😀 Plus, these shoes look perfect! Indeed, like slippers 😀 I love SO much your earrings as well! They’re so cute 🙂
Now I’m off to sleep 😀 Kisseeees!
Mara
Yes, I’m SO excited! I’m painting tomorrow or Wednesday. I’ll SO be posting pictures of my room when we’re moved in. Because that’s just what I do. 😀
Thank you, love! I think I’ve become more… toned. Because the pants fit better than they used to. It could also just be the proportions are better in this outfit than they have been in the past. 😀
Sleep well! <3
midnitechef
An OWL shirt! How cool is that!
Mara
I think it’s pretty darn awesome. 😀
saltwatertiffy
I love your mocs! And that leaf throwing picture is too cute.
Mara
Thank you! They are the best shoes I’ve ever bought.
Kelly
I love your pants! Although, red skinnies always reminds me of this guy we called Red Jeans Jonny and how one of my favorite online authors sort of completely disappeared this year. Embrace your hips babe, they aren’t meant to be hidden!
(did I cross a line, calling you ‘babe’? I call everyone babe. Don’t worry.)
Jamie Rose
Your new owl shirt is so cute! The red pants look really nice with it. You definitely pull them off well!
miffalicious
Absolutely adore this outfit. Just saying. I have missed you.