Girlieversary in the Social Distancing Era

Dress: Strawberry Lemonade Fit & Flare Dress by Eva Rose (size 4x) via Gwynnie Bee Try Then Buy
Teggings: Re/Dress
Sandals: Born
Earring: The Embellishing Room
Necklace & Earring: Wendy Baker
Photography: Super Boo, Kate, & Me
Stats: 5'7" 55-50-64

I want to drink sangria on my porch this summer while wearing this lemon & strawberry dress. Totally adorable, I immediately bought it on sale so I could keep it. The fabric is incredibly soft & stretchy...& the fit was spot on. The arm holes were slightly too big & I always dislike when dresses are lined in white, but mostly it stayed out of sight. Perfect warm weather fun dress. 

I like when there is something going on in the back...matching v-necks. I nearly changed my teggings to yellow, but in looking at these photos...I'm glad I stuck with red. 

Jason thought my lemons were kiwis & both he & Kate were quite sure my lemons were green. THAT is how far away we have to sit from one another! 

My make-up with this outfit included...Urban Decay eyeliner in Mars, Huda Beauty Neon palette, Oh Snap! palette by Violet Voss, Bite Beauty 030 lip pencil, UD Ready? lipstick, & Aim to Misbehave nail polish from Essie. 

I wore this dress to eat lunch & check in on Alton & his wife...then pick up from Wednesday's farmers' market, where in addition to veggies...I got some flowers to plant. David very kindly spray painted our school desks & other bits...then planted the flowers in front where we can admire them. I'm slowing down on the online concerts...but had to check out The Resonant Rouges...a cute lead singer who plays the banjo *and* accordion...I'm all over that. 

Kate & Jason came to visit last Saturday so the girlie & I could drink bubbles for our girlieversary...it was 21 years ago that we met on June 4th. I am hopeful that we will be able to celebrate in our customary fashion next year...dining out & sitting closely. A girl can dream. Look! I'm the devil on Kate's shoulder...but we already knew that. 

My view of our flowers, delicious sparkling wine from Michigan (like me!)...cheers...

Kate trying hard to get a good usie of us, David & I, & peonies from our backyard that David picked for me. 

After Kate & Jason left, David & I continued to hang out on the porch...the weather has been just lovely & we've got our little flower garden to admire. 

A Girlie Visit!

 Dress: Polka Dot Detail Floral Fit & Flare Dress by Every Body Every Wear (size 4x) via Gwynnie Bee

Teggings: Re/Dress

Sandals: Born

All Jewelry: Colleen Toland

Photography: Super Boo, Kate, & Me

Stats: 5'7" 55-50-64

What's not to love about a mixed pattern dress?! Floral & polka dots play well together in this cute dress. The fit was okay, a bit big on top for me...which is often the case since I'm pear shaped AND it's expected that a person of my size would have much bigger boobs. Pretty warm weather frock.

A party of polka dots on the back...I wish this dress would have had a waist band of dots in front. 

This is the day I decided...I need to chop away at the right side of my bangs...

My make-up with this outfit included...Urban Decay eyeliner in Mars, Huda Beauty Ruby Obsessions & Amethyst Obsessions eyeshadow palettes, Spiced Plum lipstick by Bite Beauty, NYX Simply Vamp lipstick in Temptress, & OPI nail polish in Do You Have This Color in Stockholm?

I wore this dress to do teletherapy & some of the things pictured below. Sean Hayes, coming to us live every Friday night from a different area of his home. And a musician I discovered when Sean did a shout out to him...Rob Reich. It took a bit of sleuthing to find him as it sounded like Rob Wright...I finally had to look at Sean's liner notes for various albums until I found this guy credited for playing accordion. My Juki serger! It's been sitting in a box for over a month...unopened because threading 4 spools of thread was extremely intimidating. 

Carsie Blanton! I love her SO much...I am forever grateful to High Noon Saloon for advertising the heck out of her show in Madison last year or the year before? I finally broke down & listened...to be honest...she's adorable too, so that was probably the final push I needed. And I bought a ticket to that show & my admiration for her has only grown...check out their matching USPS shirts. Double doggies...watching David eat breakfast outside my office while I ate inside. I had gone to farmers' market to pick up our produce & used a super stinky disinfectant wipe on everything when I got home...& this room smelled too much for David to eat in here with me. 

It had been about 3! months since I'd seen Kate in person. She & Jason came over last Saturday & we socially distanced visited on our front porch. It was wonderful to see her, but so odd not to be able to hug her or sit close. 

Garver Feed Mill had been doing a drive through art exhibit that I'd been meaning to go to, but Kate & Jason went right before our visit & the girlie shared with me the best part of it. That night...I watched The Lowest Pair & Them Coulee Boys.

Alright...I've read the manual (there's a first time for everything) & watched some videos...I can do this! And I did! I felt like a super hero...I thread this baby & look...it sewed correctly! A major step towards my curtain project for the dining & living rooms. 

Bret from Audra, my Boxy Charm box (I resubscribed...I need things to look forward to), cutting my hair, & Davina. Davina lives just blocks from the Minneapolis protests & she's been driving 30 minutes outside the city to the closest open stores to stock up on food & supplies for those effected. She is a lovely human & I was happy to donate money to her cause. 

Plaid All Over

 Dress: Cowl Neck Plaid Dress by Robbie Bee (size 3x) via Gwynnie Bee

Leggings: Torrid (size 4x)

Shoes: Merona, thrifted

Earring: etXarte

Necklace & Bracelet: Vintage

Photography: Super Boo & Me

Stats: 5'7" 55-50-64

Alright, so I dislike cowl necks & it's the wrong season for this dress...BUT, I loved it. And I simply adore plaid, so I could not resist throwing more plaid into the mix. Fantastic fit & length, deep pockets, & gorgeous green mixed with the b&w print. 

So, my office is a bit dim...& the color in this dress seemed teal to me...so that is how I planned my outfit...makeup & accessories. Once I took this dress into my closet with fantastic lighting...I noticed it was in fact...green. But I was already all made up...I was just grabbing shoes. I thought about changing...but I wasn't actually *going* anywhere in this outfit...so...off we went to take photos. And David said, blue & green are the same color. 

Hair salons opened up here last week, but I just don't think getting my hair done is a good idea while the virus numbers are worse than ever here in Wisconsin. I may have to chop at my bangs myself. I *did* go to cosmetology school back in the 80s. 

My make-up with this outfit included...Urban Decay eyeliner in Perversion; UD eyeshadow in Urb, Half Baked, & Minx; Gothica lipstick from Kat von D; NYX Cosmic Metals lipstick in Electromagnetic; & This Color's Making Waves nail polish by OPI. 

I wore this outfit to do teletherapy & other things at home. Including watching a fabulous Fleetwood Mac drag brunch...with Biqtch Puddin', Dusty Ray Bottoms, & Pandora Boxx...& a bunch of other fun queens. 

Davina singing to us & Bret Helm of Audra trying out his Sunday show on Instagram (no one liked it as much). Pokey LaFarge DJed for 2 hours & of course has awesome taste in music...my favorite was the Esther Phillips songs he played. I'm sure I've heard her before, but I did a deep dive after listening to his radio show. Angie texted us about this FREE table on FB Marketplace & David immediately went to pick it up...they threw in 2 chairs too. The top is slate & the bottom is concrete...suuuuuper heavy. I'm going to paint the base some fun colors. 

Cory Chisel! He hasn't been online much, but he did a one hour show on Tuesday Tub Tunes to raise money for his new initiative called Soundlab...for healthcare workers to heal through songwriting. I got a notice that Trixie Mattel went live...& apparently she plays some video game online? Picking up from the Wednesday farmers' market on a lovely day. 

 Scott Bradlee, Amanda Palmer, Pokey LaFarge, & new shoes. 

Hold On To Hope

 Dress: Floral Lavender Fit & Flare Dress by Eva Rose (size 4x) via Gwynnie Bee

Teggings: Re/Dress

Sandals: Born

Earring: The Embellishing Room

Necklace: Green Goddess Vintage

Bracelet: Old Costume Jewelry

Photography: Super Boo & Me

Stats: 5'7" 55-50-64

Eva Rose makes lovely warm weather dresses...& this lavender frock was all about spring. The fit & length were good, but it got easily wrinkled around my waist from sitting. Also, the fabric was super shiny & thin. It was still a fun dress to wear.

I'm incredibly excited that it's finally sandal season. But incredibly depressed that my knee hurts so much that I had to use my cane half way through taking these photos because just standing in place is too painful. 

All the jewelry here is being worn by me for the first time...the earring & necklace are from newly discovered artists on Etsy & the bracelet we found at the Nashville flea market last autumn. 

My make-up with this outfit included...Urban Decay eyeliner in Voodoo; UD eyeshadow in Asphyxia, Wildheart, Guilt Trip, & Big Sky; Mad lipstick by UD; & Samurai Breaks a Nail nail polish from OPI. 

A surprise delightful Davina singing live on my computer screen, a little vinyl garden art seen driving home, & a delicious dinner that David made from farmers' market goodness...including some amazing asparagus. I've been buying 3 pounds a week...their season is sadly so short. 

People! In person! People we like! People we like in person! I know you can all relate to how exciting that is in these times. David & Fred played peek-a-boo, which was...of course...adorable. After not seeing us for 2 months, he was a bit shy. We all socially distanced...with the exception of Val. Val surprised me by jumping up on my lap...my hat flew off...& it was pretty much one of the best things ever. At home...PBS was showing a Concert on the Square from two years ago. Kate & I attended this one because it was all Journey & Queen songs...we were there for Queen, but ended up loving the Journey part much more. The singer sounded quite a bit like Steve Perry...so I just watched that first half & marveled at how blissfully normal everything was back then. Also, since Kate & I sit very far away...I was not aware that all three back-up singers were wearing Fluevogs. 

High Noon also premiered a taped show from a few years ago of Seasaw. And Scott Bradlee did a late night online request show for an hour. Kate & I went to see Postmodern Jukebox a few years ago, but he wasn't on that tour & it seemed really cheap & gimmicky. But he was amazing playing live...someone would throw out a request of...play a mashup of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds & Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...in ragtime style. I was smiling the whole time he was playing. 

I have such a full live online music schedule...that I nearly missed this one...luckily Kate reminded me. Green Note, a music venue in London...has been doing a series called Virtually Green Note...in the round, featuring three artists taking turns playing songs. We were in it for The Lowest Pair...but the other two guys were awesome too. I love discovering new music. 

Another surprise Davina...giving us a tour of outside & inside her house. Charlie Parr (& some guy on harmonica that he called his brother), & Friday night regular, Sean Hayes. I spied this colorful hopeful message painted on the side of a building on my way to farmers' market pickup, Hold On To Hope. Yes, let us do that. First strawberries of spring from Young Earth Farm were a tasty treat. 

Pink Flamingos

 Dress: Flamingo Print Pink/Black Fit & Flare Dress by Eva Rose (size 4x) via Gwynnie Bee

Teggings: Re/Dress

Sandals: Born

Earring: Wendy Baker

Necklaces & Bracelet: Vintage

Photography: Super Boo & Me

Stats: 5'7" 55-50-64

I was smitten with this flamingo dress...I mean...the kitsch of it all. The fit & length were great...& the fabric was soft like pajamas. My only criticism was...I wish more flamingoes had been right side up, as the majority of them were standing on their heads. 

As we were taking these photos in front of the mural painted on the side of A Pig in a Fur Coat...the door was open & they were cooking...it smelled sooooooo fabulous, but they aren't even open right now.

The armholes were a bit large...but not so much that my bra showed.

My make-up with this outfit included...Urban Decay eyeliner in Perversion; Violet Voss eyeshadow in Flamingo, Donut, Pineapple, & Seashell; Big Bang lipliner & lipstick from UD; & OPI nail polish in I Can't Hear Myself Pink!

I wore this dress to do some teletherapy & gather things from farmers' market. I also watched some live online concerts (mostly while *not* wearing this dress)...JP Harris, Bret Helm from Audra, & Brandon Beebe (Kate & I "discovered" him when he opened up for Zoe Keating)...he played some Prince covers & in addition to his own music, he has a cover band called Purple Veins. A neighbor who walks by our house often, knocked & asked David if he could have some of the bricks we have stacked in front of our house (all vintage recycled from Deconstruction Inc). We used them for building our fireplace surround & David is currently using some for making a walkway outside his shop. This neighbor was looking for something to put under his rain barrel & David had a bunch of cement blocks in the backyard that the guy & his wife loaded into David's truck...so the wife baked us a rhubarb pie. Yum. David is the friendly one...I never would have answered the door. 

A new style of earrings from Wendy (worn in these outfit photos), a vintage necklace from Australia that I feared was lost, lovely vintage earrings repurposed into something more fantastic, & a set of purple flower jewelry from Colleen Toland. 

After perusing nearly 70 curtain books...I've narrowed it down to 5 that have useful information...but really...the best of all of them (which I've downloaded, but will probably buy a paper copy of too) is The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments. David picking my favorite flowers...lilacs. And...more live music curtesy of Arts + Literature Laboratory of a delightful band I'd never heard of. 

Every Friday night...Sean Hayes, live from his house in Petaluma. Charlie Parr...live from someone else's backyard (is it because he doesn't have a computer/internet...or because he doesn't want to clean his place up?). Mary Lou Lord has been doing Facebook live popup practices, but she isn't ready to show her face (she deletes them afterwards...which is sad). Waiting in line for Saturday Dane County Farmers' Market pickup...I also got delicious veggies from farmers directly. 

I ordered a pink carnation vinyl copy of Pokey LaFarge's new album a month & a half ago...by the time they sent it out, the pink ones were gone & I got a boring black record. I needed a new jar of Drunk Elephant moisturizer & Sephora sent it along with a Nars birthday gift. My dying lilacs...less than 24 hours after they were picked. Is it just me, or did lilacs used to last longer? Another Sunday with Bret...& more Charlie.