A sweet piggy mask made of pink feathers! A little creepy or strange? Maybe. But that’s why I put the title in french. “Cochon” sounds whimsical and theatrical, non? I found it at local antiques mecca Kudzu Antiques with its friend (a goat mask made of white feathers) marked “old theater costume masks– fragile.” I think they are pretty neat. They are made of papier mache and a plethora of pink and white feathers.

I don’t intend to actually wear either mask out. I added them to the decor in my bedroom (I’ve got a creamy, beige-y, soft pink thing going on. Yup- incredibly girlie).

So, fear not, locals. You won’t see me traipsing around Decatur dressed as a pig or goat, but I thought a little dress up on a Sunday afternoon couldn’t hurt.

This cochon mask goes perfectly with an pink vintage tea dress Cath found for me at Salvation Army many moons ago. The shoes are Payless Marc Jacobs’ knock-offs from 2002-ish. Remember those?

I remember reading a long time ago that mask were bad luck to hang up in your house, especially if they were from another culture other than your own. Sounds like a lot of phooey to me, but if that were true I’ll just say these are my inner Cajun hanging on my wall (old Mardi Gras mask, non?).

Speaking of Cajun things. Cath and I are headed to New Orleans this week! It’s my first real vacation in two years, and my first time in twenty years to visit NOLA (all I remember from my last trip is beignets: eating beignets, making beignets and then eating some more beignets– hopefully this trip will be quite similar).

Laissez les bon temps roulez!

The end of summer is just a few days away- boohiss! I’m a fan of fall layers and crispy, colorful leaves and pumpkins and cider, but I’m really a Spring/Summer girl at heart. I like the heat and the sun and long days and short nights. Le sigh.

But I think I might have found an answer to my nostalgic summer woes: a beautiful new (and summery) outdoor chair from the 1960s to use year-round. Cath and I have a mid-century thing going on in our living room, so when I saw this at Kudzu Antiques on Saturday, I had to snatch it up. Isn’t that turquoise color awesome?! I’m pleased as punch! Any time this winter I start feeling a little blue about the cold, I’ll crank up the heat and sip something summery while sitting in my turquoise chair.

Happy Monday, ladies and gents! Hope this week treats you well!

A little while ago I threatened the return of the biker short (see here). That was not an empty threat (as most of you hoped 😉 ). I’ve been sporting these hot, shiny things all summer: under big tees and – my favorite- incongruously girlie dresses. I actually have a second item of neon hidden under all this feminine lace and cream: a hot pink bandeau (also from American Apparel). 

I like the idea of the pink just barely peaking out. It reminds me of the red petticoat Rhett buys for Mammy in Gone With The Wind- you can only see glimpses of red when she swishes around.

I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I’m still a fan of neon and still a fan of bike shorts. For those of you who hate both of those things- no worries, they will be put away for the winter. I’ll have to find cold weather replacements. Any thoughts? Maybe an actual red petticoat. 

It’s another Friday, lovely readers! Woohoo! I hope you all have wonderful and/or relaxing weekend plans. I’m hoping to hole-up for a bit with my bf and eat some delicious food stuffs.

What do you ladies and gents think of this dress below? I bought it at UO on sale earlier this summer and thought it was the perfect summer dress. I tired it on in the deceptive low-lights of the UO dressing rooms- perfect! lovely! couldn’t be happier! I tried it on at home and realized then that it was quite see-through. Boo. My somewhat successful (read: ghetto) solution was to stick a matching halter under it and wear a nude colored body stocking thingy. Not exactly the perfect summer outfit when you have to add a few layers to it. However in the photo below, I look quite pleased with my “ingenuity”/I blinked.

Even with it’s high maintenance tendencies, I still kind of love it because of the slashing action in the back. Also, as Fall creeps up on us, I’m clinging onto summer in any way I can- and you can’t mistake this dress for autumnal- even with the layers. This is a salt-breezes, sun-on-your-skin, toes-in-the-sand kind of dress. The last hurrah of summer!

p.s. Any readers from Milwaukee? Cath is there this weekend on a business trip. I miss ya, KitCath! Bring me back some cheese, please 😉

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Hi Lovely Readers!

Apologies for the brief hiatus! I’ve been under the weather for a while and trying to take it easy, and Cath had to work all weekend (Book Fest – woohoo!) and is in recovery mode. Regular blogging and commenting will resume shortly!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend- and ran into your own Wild Things!

xoxo,

Lar