Happy sixteenth to a dear friend of mine: A tribute (more or less)

(I can't take credit for this photograph...)

In honor of Krista's 16th I figured I'd post some photographs of her at her finest, whether that be acting like a total goofball, letting me play dress up with her for hours (and posing for photos for several more afterwards), or just being her good-natured, open-and-honest self.  I hope you had a good one this year!

**The last image is a photograph of her birthday outfit taken on her brand new Canon Rebel.  You can find more photos in this series on her blog, http://thenestingdolls.blogspot.com!! 

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Chroni(what?)cles of my trip to Phoenix (or at least this past weekend)


Chapter 1: Happy hour with friends

Chapter 2: "Homemade" cookies, dominos and Wii's version of DDR (my five-or-so-year-old competitor beat me!) with friends of the family

Chapter 3: State Fair festivities, including eating lots of fried things, petting lots of farm animals, and poking our heads through cardboard cutouts of cartoon characters every chance we got.  

Eating a fried spicy pickle

My brother-in-law's donut burger

Geometric print leotard:  Thrift store in Phoenix

High waisted blue pants:  American Apparel (borrowed from my sister)

Alligator belt:  Borrowed from my sister

Black cardigan:  Borrowed from my sister

Shoes:  keds.com

Sunglasses:  Rose Bowl Flea Market

Chapter 4: Arizona Falls

This little man was sitting on top of one of the walls of the falls.  He's about 2 inches tall.

Phew!  I'm exhausted just recalling it all.  

Tonight Colin and I will be celebrating our neighbor's birthday with line dancing.  I've never done it before but I'm very excited to see if I've got the skills or not.  Judging from my moves while playing the Wii, I'm pretty sure no one will be begging to be my partner...  

The Life: My Weekend

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This weekend consisted of booze, making new friends, sleeping, Mad Men, booze, making new friends, sleeping, baking, and walking along the boardwalk.  It was quite enjoyable to say the least!

Yesterday I drove to AZ to shadow some teachers this week to see if teaching is possibly something I'm interested in.  Today I looked in on a seventh and eighth grade science class.  Wednesday I'll be shadowing at the high school.  We'll see how it goes...

Here are some photographs from the weekend:

Colin's giant sandwich. We needed to refuel halfway through the three hour long walk we'd taken along the beach.

My outfit that day.

Our view from the boardwalk.

Sassy/lazy Zeena

My sister's dog, Onion, with evidence of digging all over his face.

Tomorrow I will definitely have an outfit picture up!  Today I wore boring-ish work clothes and I didn't want to document an outfit that I wouldn't be particularly excited about viewing if I were a reader.  Please forgive me!

Prost!

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Yesterday Colin and I set out to experience Oktoberfest with a couple of German interns from Colin's work.  La Mesa apparently has the largest Oktoberfest west of the Mississippi, though you wouldn't have known this by the looks of it.  The "celebration" ended up consisting of hundreds of tents dedicated to selling the latest fads, artificial grass being one of them.  We encountered one beer garden that was completely empty and not a single German flag in sight.  We eventually heard from someone that there was a more "authentic" Oktoberfest about ten minutes away.

And boy was it authentic.

I have never seen so many lederhosen in my life!  

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And it wasn't just the little boys that were sporting them.  The middle-aged and older took part by baring it all in the name of tradition.  It was a sight to see.  Unfortunately I left my camera at home so you'll have to imagine what I'd seen (think Bruno).

On Friday night we went to a bar with our neighbors where we danced (and drank!) the night away.

And now for today's outfit:

Sweater:  Secondhand store in New Mexico

Jeans:  Thrift store in San Diego

Shoes:  Thrift store in San Diego

Pine cone necklace:  Rose Bowl Flea Market

Dooney&Burke purse:  Antique store in Phoenix

It was another rainy day here in San Diego so I was (finally) able to bust out one of my most beloved sweaters.  It's sooo comfortable.  Wearing sweaters makes me want to sit on the couch with a cup of chamomile and a good novel and just melt into the sofa.

I'll be posting two more items up on The Betties today, and I'll also be discounting some of the older merchandise by 20%.  So check back at the store to see if some of your favorites have been reduced in price!

80s grey, pink, purple GEOMETRIC PRINT sweater top

high waisted RED AND WHITE GRID-PATTERNED pants

I'll be in Las Vegas for an interview for graduate school tomorrow evening until Friday so I will probably be posting intermittently until then. The hotel claims to have free wi-fi so I'll try to give updates as often as possible!  And I promise to bring my camera along this time...  :)