I scream, you scream

This weekend me and my dad went out for our first ice cream of the season (or sorbet, in my case) and it was just so nice! I love that every year there's always that one day, usually a week or two after the official start of spring, when it actually *feels* like spring for the first time. Like magic the weather changes overnight. You needed a winter coat to go out the day before, but today a light sweater or jacket would almost be too much. All of the trees were barren when you fell asleep, but suddenly there are pink buds everywhere you turn. People are coming out of their houses and walking around the town like bears coming out of hibernation. The fountain on the Princeton campus was turned on, and the line for ice cream was at least 25 people long.

I know that as soon as I see my first thousand-legger crawling above my bed frame or as soon as a giant wasp chases me away from my mailbox I'll start to bemoan the arrival of spring, but for now I want to hold onto this feeling and enjoy the change in the seasons. There is just something so beautiful and refreshing about the start of spring that I don't think I ever really appreciated until I got really sick last winter. Now I'm not taking it for granted, and I'm fully enjoying this annual renewal of life and beauty and sunshine.

dress - vintage | collar - amazon

shoes - karmaloop | belt - old

no winter blues

dress - h&m

collar - handmade (gift from casey)

cat pin - vintage (gift from casey)

shoes - c/o blowfish

belt - forever 21

Spring may be right around the corner, but I'm still really enjoying winter! I love soup, hot drinks, comforters, my cozy bed and cats snuggling up to me to keep warm. For me, spring means insanely bad allergies, neighbors using noisy lawnmowers, stink bugs (does anyone else have them? ahh they're so annoying!) and less soup. Anything that causes less soup can't be all that great. The idea of more watermelon and strawberries makes me a little less hostile towards spring, but man I really love soup.

As spring draws closer I've been finding myself more and more drawn to deep, dark tones. I usually go for bright colors and pastels, subconsciously matching my outfits to my pink hair, but I suppose my clinging-on-for-dear-life attachment to winter must be affecting my current taste in clothing as well.

posh frock friday

dress - boohoo

tights - no idea

shoes - charlotte russe

wig - wighall

I'm really not thrilled with my PFF outfit this week, but I was feeling incredibly lazy and sluggish this week and didn't feel like putting on a different outfit once I had this one on! Allergy season has the strangest effect on me. While my body is in a constantly run down state, and I feel like not even the softest pajamas are comfortable enough, my mind is just bursting with new ideas! I get both versions of spring fever; renewal and allergies. If only my body was in tip top shape, I can't even imagine what I'd be getting done! As it stands, a painting that would normally take 2 hours to paint instead takes 3 solely because of how many times I need to interrupt my progress to run over to the tissue box. I guess this outfit is kind of representative of my attitude towards spring. The top (my mind) is cotton candy pink, spring-like and Eastery! Fresh, light and blooming with new ideas. The bottom (my body) is mourning the passing of winter, when I felt healthy, comfortable and above all else, functional!

the blues are still blue

dress - modcloth

tights - we love colors

cardigan - target

shoes - uo

You can't really tell in the photos, but the tights are bright blue. I really haven't been wearing my colored rights often enough lately, and pretty soon it'll be so hot that I won't be able to wear any tights at all! I'm not a giant fan of all the snow we're getting this winter, but I'm not actually looking forward to spring at all. I'm cursed with the worst allergies ever. I had an allergy test before we adopted Chloe, and I swear I'm allergic to the planet. Trees, dust, flowers, grass, dirt, basically everything they tested came out positive. Zyrtec helps curb my cat allergies in the winter but it's not strong enough when spring comes around to keep the blossoming earth from attacking and invading my eyes, ears and nostrils :p Is anyone else on Zyrtec indefinitely? I've been on it for about 8 years and if I miss even one day I get so itchy, my eyes water and I sneeze ten times a minute. I'm a mess without it!!