Hamish Macbeth 1990s fashion:

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that Lar and I are a bit obsessed with anything and everything that has to do with Scotland. A couple of months after I returned from studying abroad in Edinburgh in 2004, I discovered ‘Hamish Macbeth’ on BBC America – a 1990s adaption of M.C. Beaton’s mystery novels set in a small Scottish town. Fast forward to today: not only are Lar and I proud owners of the whole ‘Hamish Macbeth’ series on DVD, Lauren has actually been to the town where it was filmed!

I know this post is sounding incredibly nerdy and I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve here, but it’s worth it because I wanted to show you all the clothes in the show. Lar and I were re-watching season 2 the other day and noticed how the women in ‘Hamish Macbeth’ were wearing clothes that, without a doubt, would be snapped by any self-respecting street style photog out there.

For example, this white shirt above. I doubt even The Row could create such a great, weighted shirt. It makes me want to go back to 1996 and snatch up the wardrobe from the whole show.

And look below! Chambray! In the 1990s you could buy a chambray button-up for $10. Now they sell for $80+ at Madewell (this one is on sale for $48!).

I know it’s not really groundbreaking to say that 90s fashion is back in style, but I love how unpretentious and modern-looking it appears in one of my favorite shows.

L’Intrus “the intruder”:

Before this post gets too long, I want to include a video that my talented friends created for a school festival. It was shot in one day and my bf did all the sound editing. Warning: there’s part of it that’s NSFW. So at the very least, watch it with the sound turned down if you’re in a cubicle.

PS: I threw a surprise engagement party for Lauren and Matt this past weekend. I’ll post photos soon!

A cousin of the messy bun, the messy ponytail was inspired by this post on A Cup of Jo, which was inspired by J. Crew’s spring lookbook. Lar and I both took a stab at it on Friday. I love how different our ponytails turned out.

I’m so impressed that so many of you can tell us apart! For those of you who can’t tell, that’s me (Cath) on the left and Lar on the right. The easiest way to tell us apart on this blog is our fall-back, blog-photo-taking faces. I always end up smiling like a goob and Lar does her fish face, kissy look (see above image as an example).

On me: Second hand Echo scarf, American Apparel v-neck, H&M cardi and jeans, Payless shoes.

On Lar: Old Navy cardi, Wildfox tee, Blank cords, Frye boots.

This necklace is one of my favorite Christmas gifts. Pam found it at a craft fair. It use to be a bottle label. The best part? My middle name is Gin. No, I don’t mean that I love to drink gin (I’m more of a beer and wine girl). I mean that my middle name is literally Gin. It was the American first name of my Chinese grandmother. Uh huh.

Lar is wearing a necklace from one of our favorite local jewelry designers, June Shin. At any given time either Lar or I are usually wearing one of June’s pieces.

Now for a bit more about the ponytails:

I didn’t follow directions very well and didn’t realize it’s suppose to be a side ponytail, but I’m happy with the way it turned out. We took these photos after work, so my poof had fallen a little bit. I’ll probably tease a bit more next time and wrap a bit of hair around the band to give it a more polished look.

Lar adorned her side sweep with this cute clock pin. I have no idea where she got it, but once I find out I’ll let you all know.

Even though this weekend started with Apple support telling me I need to spend $130 for a new battery (thank you worthless, expired Apple Care!), I think it’s going to be a good couple of days: three parties that will include a mac & cheese tasting, homemade brews and a delicious meal cooked by a friend.

Hope you’re having a great weekend, lovely readers!

At least I think it’s the first tutorial – it’s definitely the first video tutorial.

Lar has been trying to get me to do a tutorial on styling my hair in a messy bun for months. We finally got around to filming it last weekend. I hope you find it useful!

Since you can’t really tell what products I’m using in the video, here’s a photo of them:

Goody Ouchless Hair Elastics, a mix of hair pins and bobby pins, Tresemme dry shampoo, my hair brush from the 1980s, and Pantene hairspray.

We’re going into day three of our snow days in Atlanta. The snow started falling Sunday, then there was freezing rain on Monday and it’s stayed below freezing ever since. With only a couple inches of accumulation on the ground, this would be nothing for those of you up north. However, considering that the City of Atlanta only has two snowplows (that’s right, TWO), everything has remained frozen and almost every secondary street has turned into an ice skating rink  -schools are closed again tomorrow for the third day in a row.

Lar and I took these photos a few hours before it began to snow on Sunday. It  really wasn’t that cold outside, so I scoffed at all the southerners stocking up on milk, bread and eggs. That was before I realized that Atlanta only had two snowplows and no one down here seems to have any salt or sand of any kind. A co-worker picked me up in his snow chain equipped SUV on Monday, but I’ve been working from home ever since. Hurrah for the internet! Kind of. . .

These outfits are basically two takes on cold weather wear – and I’ll be the first one to admit that Lar’s is by far more elegant: her hat is a recently thrifted purchase, scarf from Vivid (a local boutique), coat from Victoria’s Secret, jeans? I have no idea, and Frye boots. My coat is from Delia’s ages ago, Cheap Monday jeans and Lar’s H&M boots.

Here’s proof that the south is (or at least Atlanta) is frozen over. (My leather Frye boots have held up pretty well in the snow and ice). Troy and I shuffled about half a mile to our local pub this evening. Nothing like a pint to warm you up and I didn’t even fall once! Do you like my Team Zissou hat? It’s Troy’s roommate’s hat. I snatched it before we headed out and hate how it clashes with my pink plaid shirt, but was so grateful for the warmth. I usually can’t relate when people say they choose comfort over fashion (bring on the 5″ heels!), but when it comes to icy weather I could care less that I’m wearing a brown scarf with black accessories, a coat that would fit a high schooler better and a red hat that gives me terrible hat hair.

For those of you like my sis who can stay stylish when the weather is nasty, I salute you!