Sunday, October 28, 2012

Frocktober


I love October. Autumn is one of my favorite times of the year, the only exception being Christmas, for a plethora of reasons, a few of which being the weather, the colors, the clothes, and Halloween. Halloween because that means it is officially time to begin the count down until Christmas. I would say October is the time when it is appropriate time to start listening to Christmas, but back in September the temperature dropped below 65 degrees and I broke out Sufjan's beautiful yuletide album for the first time. I am without shame. It's always time for Christmas time.


But, anywho. Back to October, or Frocktober as I call it now. October is now Frocktober because my favorite online dress store Ruche has a thing going on where every day of the month they release a brand new dress. And they call it Frocktober. Speaking of dresses! This is the perfect time to showcase a very Frocktober-y outfit I sported today.

Cardigan (it's actually Em's): Target
Dress: Ruche
Tights: JC Penney
Boots: Payless
My dad thought the specks on my tights were bats and now I kind of wish they were because that would really complete this Halloween-ish ensemble. Some of the other guesses I got were mustaches and airplanes but the specks are bows in fact.

Speaking of Halloween! Our neighbors across the street have completely decked their yard out for Halloween. I haven't met them yet, so I'm sure it was a little awkward for me to be photographing their yard from my front yard - awkward for them, of course since I was the one with the camera. (sarcasm) I tried to be as creepy as possible so it isn't the best picture. But you get the general idea.

I think my favorite part of this the sign under the ghost on the left that
 says "Welcome to the graveyard!" That grim reaper is also pretty nifty. 

One more picture before I'm off to study. 


Happy Frocktober y'all!

-jolly molly

Saturday, October 27, 2012

As of late


I didn't expect to return to Blogger as my primary blog, but here I am again because I'm attempting to simplify my technological life by having as much of my online social whathaveyous through one venue - Google.

So what's new? Well, let's see. Most of you know that I moved from my much beloved Denton, Texas to Memphis (well, technically Cordova, but everyone tells me these two cities are synonymous). I got to see my absolute favorite band, Mumford & Sons, in the flesh this past August in Bristol, VA about a week after I moved. I'm going to school at the University of Memphis and I'm studying Creative Writing. I'm a sales associate at Justice for Girls at the mall which is...an interesting place to say the least.

Now, for the fun stuff.

Apparently, Fall Break is a thing here in Memphis so I was able to make a short trip back home where I spent several lovely days with my best friends. We got to go see Gotye (yeah, the guy who sings Somebody That I Used to Know, but also the guy who sings many more beautiful songs that YOU should check out) at the Verizon Theater in Dallas. Before he went on, Kimbra (yes, the girl who sings with Gotye on Somebody That I Used to Know, but also has a slew of other great songs) got to do a set, and let me just say that it was fan-freaking-tastic. Everything about her performance was spot on and I think my sister Em described her movement perfectly when she said that Kimbra dances the way we all really want to when we hear good music - completely uninhibited and perfectly uncoordinated.

(PS: I'm completely obsessed with this song right now. Give it a listen if you want your socks to fall off.)



Gotye did his wonderful thing after Kimbra's set and, oh my lanta, was it the bomb. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures, because security wouldn't let me take in my camera, but I did get an awesome t-shirt with THE cotillion on it - needless to say, State of the Art is my favorite Gotye song and it was probably his best performance that night.

My best friends are coming to see me in about a week and I'm really excited. I'm going to see them the week before Christmas and it'll be a wonderful time, as it always is. Here are a couple shots from our last visit.

Chris, Emily, Mike, and Lesley before leaving
for the Gotye concert!

Mike's ridiculously cool band The Boxcar Gypsies.
Check them out!
It's getting late, so this is all for now. I hope to be updating the blog soon with ramblings about life, music, movies, books, special happenings, and maybe even some original fiction - we shall see!

Nighty night!

-jolly molly