I'm completely exhausted lately. My body just aches and even the smallest usual tasks seem like chores to do. I'm tired of the crowds in the cafeteria, waking up every morning for my job, even taking pictures most days is beyond wearying. On top of that I am just bored to tears. I know what I need is my vacation, just a break from it all (the weekends aren't long enough and don't offer enough variety to rejuvenate), but my vacation is still a month away. I keep telling myself that it will be worth the wait and that this next semester won't even feel like work, but it's hard to live today on the promise of tomorrow. Sometimes I just feel as if we spend most of our lives waiting. Not literally waiting in lines (though I suppose that is true too), but waiting until we feel beautiful, or that boy asks us out, or until I'm older, etc, etc. I'm tired of waiting for things to happen and enduring the mind numbing minutes, hours, days before that "something" happens. But I suppose this is life. You can't go on that beautiful vacation until you've earned the money in your job to afford it...
Maybe some inspiration will lift my spirits. At the moment I am in love with quietly and beautifully mixed prints. I love the clean look of the girl from
Facehunter. It is a perfect summer style to look eclectic but not have to layer a lot. The detail shot from the
Sartorialist is visually stunning.
This editorial (found on
Foto_Decadent) has been posted by nearly everyone, but I think it is my favorite in a long time. The entire shoot to me seems like the Mad Hatter's tea party and is just brilliantly styled. I want to dress like a demented ballerina!
As for me, it has been raining quite a bit here. I used that as an excuse to wear my crocheted, fingerless gloves out. I picked these up awhile ago at one of my antique shops but it was far too warm to consider them. They're just marvelous. I'll have to take better pictures of them soon...
Outfit details: dress- White House Black Market (super, super sale), shoes- Urban Outfitters (gift), scarf- secondhand, gloves- vintage via antique shop, umbrella- Target
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Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting and waiting, all for what? Nothing. But of course, it's worth waiting for things most of the time, because rushing into something will turn into a mess!
Those are cute gloves you got there!
Cute gloves.
You just reminded me of that song "In the waiting line" by Zero 7. I hope you get your vacation soon, it sucks to feel like that.
I like the pose with the umbrella.
I see the rain didn't stop you form wearing a dress! That's fabulous.
You are so right about waiting! We build our lives around it, and then Oh! it's all over. I so wish I believed in after-life:)
Me too,
but my next vocation is in march next year! there is a lot to go..hehehe
Where are you going for vocation?
A kiss for you my friend!
I was good to hear from you again. You actually sound somewhat like a younger version of myself. I also spend a lot of time engaged in quiet activities like reading and working on arts and crafts. I also buy stuff based on what I like, and actually it didn't occur to me that people would buy something just because it is "in." Like I said, living here in rural Appalachia it is difficult to even find anything that looks like the fashion magazines. I personally don't know anyone who buys stuff just because its in, and it has been about 30 years since I gave much thought to who the cool kids are. I'm actually glad to be away from all that.
In your last post, you were talking about how your views on style were influenced by your family. It mad e me think about how I was also strongly influenced by my mother. My mom is now 75 years old and also loves art and fashion. She grew up in an extremely poor rural coal mining town just a few miles from where I live now. She grew up dreaming and wishing for the day that she could afford to wear some nice clothes like the ones she saw in the magazines. During high school a sherif came and kicked here family out of the house because they were no able to pay the rent. I'm not sure where they moved to after that. Anyway, to make a long story short, her older sister worked hard to send her to college here at Ohio University, she married a successful lawyer, and has been able to afford some nice clothes ever since. She still seems to be worried that if she doesn't dress nicely, somebody might think that she is just a hillbilly.
So, I grew up in a fairly affluent home, but my mom still was somewhat frugal due to all those years of poverty. She is still a dedicated thrift store shopper as am I.
I hope that we can continue to talk about these things. As far as waiting, would it help to read a good book or see a good movie? I actually got somewhat excited about fashion after watching Project Runway on TV last night. The designers on that show have some really great new ideas.
I love that editorial too. It's so dark and beautiful.
beautiful gloves
I feel you, honey. I feel the same way; restless but lazy, eager but tired. It comes & goes, it seems.
I'm also in love with mixed pattern... but I'm also afraid of trying it... might look ridiculous.
Love that shot of you with the umbrella...the dude wearing the multi-florals on the Sart is very cool...he had amazing style at Hyeres.... I was actually more intrigued by his outfits more than the women there...
Susie from Style Bubble
I've been feeling a bit like this too lately but it's the little perks that get you along, buying yourself presents like new make up or indulgent food like sweets, having movie nights and taking a day off blogging. i love your gloves! i find gloves quite restricting and i'm paranoid of dropping bags but they look darling
Great gloves! The photos are beautiful too!
Wow! I recently "discovered" your blog and I absolutely love it. You have a great sense of style. This is my blog if you want to take a look though it is written in spanish (I live in Madrid.. and am too lazy to translate hahah)
http://elnotable.blogspot.com/
ciao!
I feel your pain. It's hard going when you feel as though you're stuck in limbo. I hope you enjoy your vacation all the more because of what was required to achieve it, though. Where are you off to?
i adore the look of the girl from facehunter.
she looks so sleek and refreshing.
i love it.
Your gloves are lovely! I started watching Pandora's Box last night because of your numerous postings containing wonderful stills of the film. It rather makes me want to be in the twenties.
xo
angela
Super cute gloves! I like the lighting a lot! :)
Oh, how I keep waiting for something truly exciting & wonderful to begin! Or less so; sometimes I just want a career, a witch home with a garden, time to truly vacation... sometimes it's hard to remain optimistic and not fear that I'll fall in to the patterns that so many do, of "waiting" their whole lives...
How tired must I be to have read "crochet" as "crotchless"? Man, that was a confusing moment of my life...
I totally feel you and I suppose, yes, it's life...
Do you know that song, "Wait", from Get Set Go...? I feel that way everyday and it scares me to death. I'm so impatient and anxious but at the same time there are things that block me. Some self imposed limits that I'm desperately trying to break and, sadly, some other limitations, beyond my will...
I been feeling the same recently, I find when I'm bored I feel physically exhausted too (and vice versa). I might follow your lead and put some inspiration together!
Dear Clothes Horse,
Sorry you're feeling so blue. . .sometimes a rainy day makes it worse. I'm a relatively new reader so am not sure about your personal life~~do you have a boyfriend? If you do, tell him to take you out to a great French restaurant and splurge on good champagne & lots of bread and butter. If you don't, don't fret, just take yourself out! After a hot bath, a manicure and some amazing outfit I know you could pull together in no time!!
Hope tomorrow is sunny for you~
Michelle
Perhaps a trip out of the country and into the city is necessary! ~_O
In all seriousness (well, not all, but whatever), I'm in Philadelphia for an internship at an NGO in University City and subletting a room in NW Philly.
Yeah, the gloomy weather from yesterday could anyone in a dour mood. I really do think we spend a lot of time waiting for things, but it simply makes the reward at the end more enjoyable, no?
I love the first picture, it's a very interesting mix of colours; textures and patterns. Your interpretation as good as always
Seriously, I understand. I'm learning that as we go through our twenties, waiting is just a natural part of the process. I hope you get what you're waiting for! :)
At any rate, love the gloves! I've been trying to crochet some like that!
Oh I exactly know this feeling you'are talking about.Well moods come and go ;)
love the lighting in the photo of you! and that simple facehunter girl is perfect :)
Although someone could read this post and deem is pessimistic, I relate too! I dunno if this is a blogger affliction judging by how many bloggers agree with you, or if its just summer. But for me, it's not that I have a job and am constantly stressed because of that, but every day is just the same, same weather, same routine, same friends to hang out (therefore I've inevitably hung out with them way too many times, and am running out of people to even plan things with, in the end, I now spend way too much time alone, which is not a good thing for me, I get into really moody funks when I'm solitary for long periods of time). I've also completely run out of resources for what to do both with friends and alone, sometimes the highlight of my day is going to starbucks, which is just lame. and the annoying thing is, I actually will be going on vacation, and although I will enjoy the change of scenery, from flatlands to ocean, I'm basically flying across the country for another week of nothing happening. which I'm aware sounds horribly ungrateful, but I just need something stimulating in my life and nothing is helping. I'm waiting too, it is sad, we're always all waiting- waiting to finish high school, waiting to get into college, waiting for college (these are my "waitings"). It's like all I've been doing is waiting for my life to supposedly "begin" once college starts, but of course, even with that I'll still be waiting...ugg wow sorry if I'm such a downer, but like I said I see exactly where you're coming from
Oh, I just love picture poses with an umbrella, so romantic!
And I agree, the stunning and stylish-wild floral mix from The Sartorialist is very inspiring.
I totally hear u on the waiting thing, Im so sick of it! I feel like Im always waiting for something....
xoxo
I absolutely love the Facehunter girl and her high waisted skirt and you yellow tinged pictures are really great as well.
i feel alot better knowing someone else is going through the same process as me. im home from school, working, talking to friends, wash and repeat.
oh and i saved those street photos as well, the first i could never get tired of
so cute! I love the gloves.
That picture of you is so adorable.
Sometimes I feel like summer is good for 3 weeks or so and then it just gets monotonous. I'm sure that once school starts again and the stress ensues I'll feel differently, but for right now, I am bored to tears as well. There are limited things to do when you live in suburbia and you don't have endless amounts of money or the ability to hop on a boat and fly to the bahamas.
dont worry, one day the time will come to rest :) just trudge through and know that you're doing it in great style :)
Oh I just stumbled across your blog and I think it's divine! If only more people were as stylish as you!
Regarding your post - I feel the same way, I feel as though I'm only really living on the weekends or on holidays, the week days at work are heartbreakingly boring. But I guess also that if the days weren't so tedious then the holidays and the fun times wouldn't be as sweet.
Waiting is probably the most boring/soul sucking part of life and yet we all do so much of it.
I was waiting until I finished uni to find out what I really want to do.... I still have no idea.
I love your rain photos, you seem to be quite talented with an umbrella.
Is the umbrella white polka dots?
That's what I fee like. Instead of waiting for vacation, I'm waiting for school. Ah, I'm constantly thinking about that guy in the Sart picture. Have you seen the full shot? The bottom part is actually a shirt. It's really beautiful.
i'm waiting, too. while doing that, i'm extremely tired and have that odd feeling that i might have forgotten to do something very important. well, as you said: i suppose that's what life's about.
your little gloves are adorable!
ohh I loveee the last pic with you and the umbrella
waiting, looking forward to,
the pursuit of happiness,
all the same?
i think it may be how you look at things.
just a thought.
I hope you can find something to cheer you up until it's vacation time!!
I love that editorial and the pose you did with the umbrella!
don't worry vacation will come soon! try to keep your spirits lifted :) btw thank you for introing me to facehunter, love it. esp the mix prints, ive always wanted to try but i feel like every time i do i look too gaudy. i'm going to get it another whirl soon though!
Just wanted to say that you are so so right about waiting. During the school year I wait for the summer. During the summer I wait for school to start. When I was younger I waited to be the age I am now. And now I wait to be older. Despite all this waiting, it seems that whatever we are waiting for never arrives, because we are always waiting for the next thing. I suppose this is why the Buddhists stress living in the moment. Much easier said than done, of course...
wow! the picture's incredible -- was that edited? i love your dress.(:
Do not feel low. Jobs these days suck, and vacation is like a midnight dream. Any way I like this clean look.
You make an interesting piont about waiting. we do wait a whole lot. That editorial is dreamy. and the gloves are pretty sweet.
Yeah sometimes the prospect of the future can be a burden. I know I wish I had more patience, so I don't have to keep thinking of where I'm supposed to be instead of focusing on where I'm at.
I love the mixture of those two floral prints. It looks so lovely!
Your dress is beautiful! Love the lighting in the background!!
Oh my that detailed shot is simply so colourful and amazing. Its been raining and thundering loads here as well.
Hope your vacation comes sooner than you think! The little gloves are the sweetest.
i really hope your summer, and the weather, picks up. i know 'deserving' to have a good summer has nothing to do with anything at all, but from what i know of you, you work incredibly hard and really do deserve a relaxing break.
i'm so bad at saying what i mean to say, but...i hope you feel more fulfilled soon, because i think you're wonderful!
I'm sad to read of your malaise. Life can feel like a treadmill sometimes. You are smart to reach for inspiration—wherever you may find it.
xx
Awesome editorial!
Great lighting in these photos!
Those gloves are sweet :) and as much as I love work and blogging its good to take a break from it time to time. Esp as summer won't last forever!
Haha, thanks. Those gloves are so snazzy, I love how they're fingerless but do NOT bring up images of early Madonna in my head!
love your outfit.
love your inspirations- the fashion inspiration photos are lovely, and i love that editiorial! love foto_decadent!
:D
Oh I know exactly what you mean about the waiting, the routine, the pain of life (at least the life we really want) not starting until the next big change...and then even a month can stretch on to become infinity, even when you don't notice the days slipping by and all you're waiting and watching are those dates until the day. I'm just glad there are other people who share this feeling. And sometimes the best battle for it is to take a step back, enjoy the silence and solitude and freedom of being able to do absolutely nothing or absolutely everything without an occasion and falling in love with each day..
also I realized I should really stop by your blog more often. sometimes i'm so limited to scattered quick glances at flickr and w_r I am missing out on the lovely lovely content. I love how much your photography have improved and how generally well written and inspired most of your posts are. :)
I had a discussion like this with one of my friends. I told him that my whole life, it feels like I'm waiting for something.. but for what?
We are always in a constant state of waiting.. I think we can never rest until we decide not to wait for anything anymore..
Omg I love that shot of you with the umbrella! Someone seriously needs to hire you as a photographer and stylist for their magazine stat! I too love fingerless gloves, yet alas I have been pounded by peer pressure to not get them. Life is harsh :(
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