Gainfully employed.

Hello my lovelies!

How have you been?  I’ve been really well! I’m sorry I’ve been MIA as of late but good news! It’s because I got a job (yay!) and I have finally joined the ranks of the gainfully employed! I had several days of training and for the past few weeks I’ve been working at an awesome clothing store that I’ll call Indi for the sake of anonymity. It is fabulous. I’m totally drinking the Kool-Aid, but for serious, it’s great. I got my

first paycheck today and so I decided to do some damage and bought a new pair of shoes for work. Conveniently, my work wardrobe needs to be fashion forward so these shoes are a win-win purchase! They are the Steve Madden ‘Annnie’ Wedge Bootie (which is strangely appropriate, since I used to go by the moniker “Annie”). Who knows why there are three letter “n”s in it though. Anyway, how freaking cute?! I’m imagining them with a pair of black skinny pants or with tights and a dress/skirt. Anything really that is fitted at the ankle.

It’s funny, I feel like I’ve always had decently good taste, but now with this job I need to look presentable/super awesome every time I work. Which is good. It holds me accountable and doesn’t let me be lazy with my clothing. It’s teaching me how to dress. I know that sounds ridiculous, but when you are the one doling out the fashion advice, you have to rep it yourself. For example Indi is all about the “third piece” so I have to make sure that I don’t just wear pants and a top, but instead I wear pants and a top and a blazer or pants and a top and a statement necklace. It is some seriously excellent life-skills kind of training. Like balancing a checkbook. But prettier and more useful. Anyway, I just wanted to let you two (hahaha) know why I’ve been absent. But don’t worry, now that I’m in the groove with work and everything, I’ll be more regular about posting.

gros bisouxx,

annhyphencharlotte

p.s. Remember the post where I told you all the things I wanted to buy as soon as I got a job? Well I don’t think I’m going to invest in the desk right now (I’ll buy it when I’m in a long term lease I think), but I’ve already  ordered the Allure by Chanel perfume! I couldn’t help myself. It’s a necessity, methinks. 

Celebrities in Bunny Ears

I’m on the fence about these bad boys.  what do you think?

On one hand I think they are really dumb.  But on the other hand I think they are a little bit clever.  It’s kinda like the fashion industry’s own little fuck you.  I first saw them on Lady Gaga and didn’t even blink.  Then Lily Allen wore them and now they are popping up everywhere.  Fashionistas Mary-Kate and Ashley are even sporting the Maison de Michel ears at Paris Fashion Week, above.

If they catch on, they will be a fun trend to regret in 15 years.

xxo

Traveling in Style

slash not.  By the time we arrived in Virginia last night, I was the most unpresentable I’ve probably ever been.  My mom was impressed that I didn’t even need a bobby pin to hold back my bangs anymore, because they were staying back on their own lol.

It was a pretty neat trip though because now I can say I’ve been to three states that I’d never been to before! Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania!  Although I’ve gotta say- Ohio and Indiana: get off your high “east coast” horses and just admit already that you are part of the midwest!  Like, seriously, you don’t need to be an hour ahead of Illinois & the rest of us.  Also, your agriculture looks exactly the same as the rest of the midwest!

Side Note: Pennsylvania is legitmately not a midwestern state.  The trees were so different and seriously they are the cutest things ever!  My mom had to be sick of me commenting on them by the time we made it into Maryland.  They look like some great being-mythical or not- like a giant, a wizard, or even God, took his pointer finger and thumb and pulled the trees upwards from the ground.  Seriously.  Go to Pennsylvania and tell me the trees don’t look like that.

Anyway, I digress.

I’m happy to be here, finally (remember how I said we were going to leave Tuesday?  Well because of that physical that I had to get we didn’t leave until Wednesday afternoon lol), even if it is just for a day.  We broke our trip up into two days and stayed in Rockford, IL for a night with my cousin.  The rest of the fam was on vacation at Lake of the Woods in Canada except for Miriam (who stayed home to work on projects for her fashion label) and Anna (who had to work).  Sadly we didn’t get to see Anna due to an unfortuneate series of events.  The first of which was a cocktail party (i think) for work that she had to attend, the second was a car accident :(  Total bummer.  At least she is fine though.  And although it sucked that we only got time with one family member, it was totally lovely overall.

&&& I got to meet their new(ish) puppy named Charley.  Cuteeee.  He is a chocolate lab and by now he is past the true puppy stage.  He is more in the gangly adolescent phase now. Presh! although a little naughty at times.  He did pee on my foot. lol. But it was sooo much fun to watch him and GiGi play.  They were vicious!  The teeth totally came out, but it was all in good fun.

Alrighty, well I have much to do before tomorrow’s departure (!) and so I must bid you all adieu.

xxo

p.s. scary thing- my computer logged me out of wordpress because I hadn’t been on in so long!! I promise to be better in the future!

p.s.s. I’m still working on the invisible header thing.  Hopefully it will be fixed soon!

p.s.s.s.  It rained almost the entire two day trip! I couldn’t believe it.  And now, it just started raining like nuts in Alexandria, VA!  What’s the delio, weatherman?