My Outfits for the Damned Show

Hi there. Finally posting a bit of what I'll be wearing for nights 1 & 2 of the Damned art show. I am not wearing everything-just the basics. I also have jewelry which includes: a skeleton keys set necklace, earrings, bracelet, ring, watch...maybe tights (I say that because I kinda don't like wearing 'em & my Bibi tattoo can be easily seen without 'em...yes, I wanna show it off, lol).

So above are the shoes. Shoes are a BIG part to any outfit, I think. And these shoes go with both outfits and are EXACTLY what I wanted-no heel, shiny, straps, and BLACK. So those the shoes, yo! ;)

• Below is my outfit for Night One: VIP show & day one, very important-first impressions! (VIP show is for 2 hours, before the doors get opened to the public. It's where it's kinda a hang out with all the artists and people (the public, artists, whomever wants to hang out & see the art before doors open at 9 pm)...and those people pay the $25-$33 bucks to come into VIP for a couple hours).
• Can you tell what my two favorite colors are from this outfit??? :) Oh and yeah, excuse the hair...as it's not even washed yet & just blah. :P

YUP, purple and black. The shirt is pretty much all lacey, the skirt is a pencil skirt (if I got that right) from Torrid...and it's AWESOME, very slimming and I just love the way it feels. And I KNOW it's a bit long (my sis kept mentioning it on FB, kinda ugh)...BUT I'm short (5'1). So it's hard to both find a skirt in my waist size as well as fitting me like the 'average girl's height.' BUT it is a tad loose so I may try pulling it up a bit or using a thin belt. I'll see how it goes.

• Again, this outfit is not complete...I still have jewelry. (Maybe tights?...what do you all think...tights or no? Cuz I bought black ones, but I could also get sheer). And the hat below could also be worn Night One but I'm unsure because I kinda want to save the hat for the Masquerade Ball. Kinda just wanted to look nice & presentable the 1st night, if that makes ay sense. OK, enough about this outfit.
  
  
• Below is my outfit for Night 2: The Masquerade Ball. First know, that the skirt is so awesome to me & I'll be wearing it BOTH nights (I mean I really don't care if someone thinks OH, she's wearing the same skirt! And who the hell is going to care or notice anyways, it's weird!)
• Well, I'm not wearing the 'required mask' (still have to get one) but I am wearing the 'required' formal clothes. The purse is for both nights also. Oh and Queen that is the Saks Fifth Avenue purse I got for $1.49 at the Salvation Army, pretty awesome, huh? Cheapest part of my outfit for sure! Such an awesome score. ;)
  

So, hm, I do have a belt that is awesome...from Torrid also. This is what I got from Torrid: skirt, belt, and all my jewelry minus the watch. But sadly, the belt is not looking right with either outfits. And this belt is SWEEEET! But I'm gonna hold on to it cuz you never know. And yeah, the skirt is slimming but it don't slim everything unfortunately! ;) So I bought a shirt that goes underneath (updating this 3 hours after I 1st post it) that will hopefully slim my boobs (ah!) and my tummy a bit. I hope it works!

• OK, the hat is pictured below. It is probably the icing on the cake because I never expected to find something so cool & my style! Cuz I love the little hats (they're like gothic lolita hats & I LOVE the style-gothloli-in general, as soon of you know)...and I just love the little touch of the skull & crossbones charm on it too!
  
  

So can you guess where it's from? I really did not EVER expect to find something THIS cool at THIS particular store. They have some cool stuff, but definitely not stuff this sweet & gothic. Guesses? Guesses? Guesses?

Hint: Is a tiny store at most malls...and no, it's not Hot Topic. Curious?!?

• OK, let me know what you think about my outfits, if you'd like. :) And I must thank Mike for taking the pics & for letting me do a little fashion show for him, awww. Isn't he nice? Haha. What a good sport as I know guys really could care less about girls outfits & such. And honestly I'm not a big fan of it but for this particular event, of course an outfit is important! :)
• Alright, pleae take care & hope you all enjoy your Saturday. I'm actually dropping off my art pieces at the gallery in a couple hours. Ooooo, so close...it's really getting me so anxious & excited. Woweeeee...only 5 days now!!! TTYL. ^_^

Memorial Day Sales, Oh My!

Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone.
And with that comes...
SALES!!!
And you know me, I LOVE a good sale or 2.
You might say "Eve oh Eve, you do love to spend $$$,
but...
this picture is proof to how cheap I really am.
I was at Target & just wanted a pic of me...
wearing the 'America/Uncle Sam' hat.

I didn't want to pay the $1 for it.
Yeah, I'm cheaper than you think.
Wait, that didn't sound right...;}
Anyways...here's my sales adventures.

This is a pic of MY Hot Topic, wooo hoo cuz...
Hot Topic had their half off the half off sale this weekend...
& I always hit it up then.
Some things I couldn't pass up include:

An Alice shirt...and you know...
there's no question about whether or not to get it!

Purrrrple, is one of my colors.
And so is black...
And I love the skeleton image...
so Voila, I got this shirt.
It's a bit low cut for me...
so I'll be tank topping it under.

One of the best deals EVER.
Skelly animals totes for 4.99!!!
Isn't that sweet?
And I LOVE the bat skelly animal.
I know it's Skeleanimal, right?...
just like callin' em that.

The only thing at Hot Topic that I paid full price for.
A very creepy & cool Day of the Dead patch.
Now where to put it...
probably on a tote bag.

And BORDERS bookstore...
was extremely awesome for the holiday weekend too.
They had great sales on their clearance books...
aka: bargain books.

And they were buy one get one free...
and they were ALREADY very inexpensive.
I paid a total of $10.60 for all the books/CD's below.

I mean look at the cover...
it was a must-have.
Yeah yeah yeah,
don't judge a book by its cover but...
c'mon, Frankenstein & Cake...
how can you go wrong?!?
^_^

I got French Milk because it's a girl & her mother's 6 week travels to France. It looks really interesting because it's documented ALL in photos the girl took (she wrote/documented the experience)...and cool illustrations of things they did. Why is it called French Milk? The girl, Lucy, fell in love with France's milk while she visited there. I guess it's pretty yummy.

Kittenwar Postcards are cute...and are mainly for my cat-loving-friends (and YOU know who you are). Be expecting some from me in the mail or in person soon.

Carrie (in the right corner) is of course the Stephen King book...
but on CD's (7 of 'em, unabridged).
Yikes, I can't imagine how many hours that is but I'm sure it'll be awesome.
And to top it off it's read by Sissy Spacek.
How cool is that?
I read Carrie but a long time ago...
and I remember it being quite good.
So when I saw this book on CD's I thought hmmm....

Let me break it down cuz I think it's pretty sweet.
It normal retail price was 39.99...
& it was on sale for 5.99...
but since they were BOGO free...
it was only 3.00 + tax.
Major SCORE!!!
AKA: Score of the week...or maybe the whole month!
I hope it don't scare me too much though.
I can be a scaredy cat sometimes.


SOOO, all in all a great sales weekend.
And it isn't over...but I'm not going back out...
Well, a BIG maybe on Michaels (craft store) on Monday.

Some people often say...
I have some type of 'skill' with my shopping...
or that I'm a shopaholic (cough cough, Diane)...;}
But I don't see it either way.
I don't scope out stores for days & days....
waiting to see what'll get marked down.
Or planning/calculating things...that'd be a lot of work!
And I don't spend my entire day in the mall...
or at TARGET (my fave store as you know).
And ugh, you already know how I feel about shopping for...
dressy clothes/shirts other than t-shirts/pants/shoes shopping and grocery shopping,
but if not, I'll refresh your memory...
I hate it!

I mean a girl's got to eat, sleep, & blog...
at some time!
^_^

I just keep my eye out for certain sales...
from time to time...
especially the clearance sales.
Those are the BEST.
And I get some good selection sometimes...
and sometimes I don't.
Typically my local Hot Topic is kinda sucky...
for their 1/2 off sales, but I really lucked out this time around.
And BORDERS was kinda luck too.
I hadn't been there in a while...
and low & behold I found this great sale,
that actually had some good stuff.

So this was my BIG clearance splurge of the month.
And everything will be put to good use,
and that's all that matters, right?!!

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend.
I'm off to Meijer in a sec for...
BIG SALES!
Just kidding...
I gotta grocery shop.
It shouldn't be busy cuz it's late.

I prefer going later...
not a lot of long lines & usually not a million peeps down the aisles.
I'm quite the power shopper at the grocery store cuz I just wanna get the heck out of there asap. Unless I get sidetracked by something curious.
And yes you are right Diane, Meijer does have a BIG ol' selection of wines/beer/etc....
but Meijer is SO huge so no wonder, right??!

OK, adios for now amigos!~