so i'm a nerd...

ok, so some people may laugh at me for liking science and planets and dark matter and all that... but it's just plain cool.  i'm already halfway through my first donated magazine and can't wait for the second, even if some of the good articles have been ripped out by teenage girls who only bought them because they had a project for school. this is my reading material for the next couple of days and when i start spouting off facts like the passage of the magellanic clouds through our galaxy creates a wake through the dark matter which in turn causes a gravitational disturbance that explains the warp observed by martin weinberg in 1998, you'll know why.

 

DAY 7, yes i'm a week in, and this isn't a sweater per se, but close enough because it kept me warm in the freezing calgary weather.  turquoise cowl neck sweater *wink*... anthro, bootcut jeans... addition elle which ps were way too long the last time i wore them but i was so excited to have a new pair of jeans that i wore them anyway.  and stepped on them all day.  now they're stitched up nice and neat!

best primary kids...

DAY 6... outfit from friday that just didn't get posted.  i'm lazy.  the blue top was a smash success though.

then i got a sweet little surprise today.  a bunch of kids i go to church with made this really cute thank you board for myself and my pianist. yes it's pilfered a little, but who can pass up werther's original?  these kids are the best best best!  they sang their hearts out today and it made me soooo happy.

it was a sparkly day...

DAY 5 and i'm not kidding, it really was sparkly.  this shirt is one i've been admiring from the new addition elle catalogue and believe me, it's a lot more sparkly than it looks!  this top, combined with my super soft and fuzzy (and majorly shedly) sweater made me real happy today, and you can't see it, but i wore my shiny bow necklace too... soo cute!

hip hop makes my hair messy...

DAY 4!!  and it feels like i've been doing this forever.  maybe because i almost always wear a sweater, even in the summer!

coral knit sweater from anthro, cream tank from ruche, black bootcut slack from lane bryant.  speaking of lane bryant, they're shipping now to canada (much more user friendly than before), and how pretty is this??? 

shout out to my hip hop peeps... they keep me jumping!  tonight was a little pyt a la michael jackson and stephanie let loose enough to show them all a new hairstyle!  anyone that knows me well knows that my hair is sacred.  no one is allowed to touch, rub, pull etc.  however, tonight there was, dare i say, just a little craziness.  see below for details.
  

blue blue blue...

DAY 3 of my challenge... is it sad that i already want to repeat sweaters?  i'm glad i wore this one today, i haven't pulled it out for a while and it just reminded me how much i love blue!

bootcut denim and lace tank... addition elle... i have no idea where i got this faux wrap sweater, i've had it so long!

yikes...

wish me luck... if you don't see me tomorrow you'll know my battery replacement didn't go as planned.  on the plus, at least my laptop will have a new battery.

60 sweaters in 60 days does include blazers...

here's my offering for today.  entire outfit via addition elle...

60 sweaters in 60 days...

so a while ago i actually counted the amount of sweaters hiding under sweaters in my closet.  i've decided to issue myself a challenge.  i will wear one sweater a day until i've gone through them all.  no repeats.  this will be hard because i'm sure you, like me, have a few sweaters that i really love and wear all the time.  enough.  if i'm going to spend the money buying these great sweaters i may as well wear them! 

DAY 1

sweater of choice... black sweater vest from back in the jacob days.  it's got great deep pockets for me to hold my chapstick!

as a side note... shout out to my hip hop peeps!!  we had a killer class tonight and it just goes to show that sometimes trying something new or different will add a whole new layer of loveliness to your existence! 

to read or not to read...

so, i am in awe of my brother.  he is one of those people that has a library to rival alexandria, with the same kind of diverse and classical selection.  (he was not too long ago in the midst of learning some ancient greek, just for kicks).  anyways, i also have a great library, with a lot of books that i have either never read or never had any interest in.  it begs to say that some of these books were inherited from my father when they hightailed it to mexico. 

i have now given myself a challenge to read some of these books that have been collecting dust for a few years.  first off...  opinions, reviews or warnings anyone?  i've only just begun but it reminds me a lot of downton abbey.  my aspiration is to be able to read and retain significant literature so my mind is filled with words of yore and tales of ye olden tymes.

and one of my recent outfits...

i would just like to mention that when i wore this tank on thursday, i didn't realize that i had been wearing a blue & white striped t-shirt the day before.  i do love my stripes!!!!

grey sweater... jacob
striped tank, belt, jeans, addition elle

the charming and the tai chi...

oh today.  it was just one of those days that i couldn't seem to find success.  two drill bits and a migraine later i was joined at the studio by some great girls, we busted it out the j hud and did a little tai chi *read cool swag move* that astounded some and baffled others.  beware girls, i think i saw bailey recording some of that sesh.  hey, it's all in good fun right?

here are some charming little charms from the new anthro collection...

people asked me why the ladder... i don't really know, it just speaks to me.  however i did realize that it's in perfect conjunction with this blog... i mean who aspires more than me?  i'll use a ladder to get me a little higher in life.  and i did snag the only ladder we got.  yay for me!  actually, my heart wanted all the charms.  i mean hello, the vintage pencil that actually works??  come on now, how can you resist?

setting goals...

so tonight we had some great girls from iviva come to the studio.  they let my students design their dream dance clothes, try on cute iviva outfits and set goals for themselves.  seriously, i just about died when i saw this paper.  the author is a sweet little 7 year old who has some major plans for herself.  i'm not sure why she thinks the third goal is necessary but i love it anyways.

here's what i would have written if i was doing a goal sheet...

1) to be able to do the splits better than this by January 2015

 

2) to go back here before i die

3) to learn how to do magic (or to draw better, either/or)

sorry for all the pics but here are some outfits from the past couple of days...

this one is mostly anthro, nothing new from previous posts...

this is a brand new lace skirt i got from ASOS... just a note, i ordered it on tuesday and had it by friday.  and it came all the way from jolly ole england.  impressive i know.