Bonzai Aphrodite » handmade http://bonzaiaphrodite.com Socially Conscious, Totally Fabulous Tue, 15 May 2012 22:12:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Playing Dress-Up: For My Birthday! http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2010/01/playing-dress-up-for-my-birthday/ http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2010/01/playing-dress-up-for-my-birthday/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:04:11 +0000 Sayward http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/?p=3864 IMG_1335


I’ve been on bed rest going on 6 weeks now, and let me tell you, I am cabin fevered! Putting on a dress and going out to dinner for my birthday was a huge treat. 29 years young (so happy to be here) and 33 weeks pregnant (also so happy to be here) (though it certainly limits one’s outfit options).




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Apparently I only wear high heels twice a year : for Damian’s Birthday and for my birthday. What can I say? I’m 6’1” – I don’t need the height! And I have no experience walking in heels, so I just sort of wobble around and try not to totter over. It’s pretty ridiculous, but I have fun with it!




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  • Black Flowered Dress: Ancient. A relic.
  • Black Long-Sleeved Maternity Shirt: secondhand by Gap Maternity
  • Maternity Jeans: secondhand by Old Navy, dyed darker by me
  • Red Faux-Patent Heels: secondhand
  • Necklace: my wedding rings on a rope
  • Bracelet: a cheap chain necklace
  • Black Cardigan: secondhand by Banana Republic
  • Scarf: handmade by my wifey
  • Gloves: I got these at Urban Outfitters like 5 years ago for $2
  • Purse: from Herbivore



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Are people from Las Vegas called Las Vegans?

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I spent this past weekend in Vegas, celebrating my good friend’s 30th birthday.  It was wacky-town 5000 full of awesome, awesome adventuring with amazing old friends.  This is what I wore out galavanting around on Saturday, 2/21/09.

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  • White Mens V-neck Tee : secondhand
  • Black Slip : secondhand near a decade ago, it has served me SO well
  • Full+Cropped Leggings : Target+Nordstrom respectively, pre-autumn 2008
  • Black Leg Warmers : made by me
  • Engineer Boots : secondhand, by Carolina
  • Black Lace Gloves : man I dunno, the 80s? (ha!)
  • Necklace : my Mother’s pocket watch, one of the few things I have of hers

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Tell me your BEST Vegas story!

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  • White Sheath: secondhand, by Moon Collection
  • Black Slip: secondhand
  • Black Leggings: Target
  • Black Leg Warmers: made by me
  • Engineer Boots: secondhand, by Carolina
  • Green Jacket: secondhand
  • Ring and Earrings: handmade by my Grandmother when she was 16

 

And just for fun, a little tour of New Years’ past . . .

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I was just 18 wee years old in that last one, and a candy raver.  We were at a rave of course, outside of Santa Cruz Ca, and ringing in Y2K in a very rave-like way, ha!

I hope you all had a fun and fabulous New Years Eve, a portent of the year to come!

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