Excuse Me If I Have Some Place In My Mind Where I Go Time To Time

Tom Petty. The music he and the Heartbreakers made is such an integral part of the soundtrack of my life. Breakdown, one of my top five Petty songs, may have been recorded in 1976 but it became a hit the year I was born. Both Full Moon Fever and Wildflowers are close to perfect albums. And there are so very many songs before, in between and after that speak to my soul. I spent the week of his death telling people that his was the first big concert that I attended. Memory can be a funny thing and it turns out I was lying, my scrapbook tells me that I saw Aerosmith, the Eagles, Metallica, and the Moody Blues before I saw Tom Petty.

But in my mind Tom Petty's concert, on the Wildflowers tour, stands out as the most memorable. Maybe it was because I was the instigator for seeing the show; I was the one to drive my friends up to Desert Sky Pavilion, I was also the responsible one who turned down the chance to drop acid for the first time because I wasn't sure how it would affect my ability to drive.  I remember that it was Nathan and Mikey for sure who went with me but I don't remember now if Jennifer went too. Another question that I can't ask her and another dip back into the dark hole of her loss. Maybe the reason that I so vividly remember this show is because it was my first transcendent concert moment. The entire audience sang along to every word of every song and it was beautiful. The same thing happened the next two times that I saw him live. Will, (the GH), remembers more detail than I do about the set lists of shows and says that the first time we saw Tom Petty together he opened with Listen To Her Heart and the second time with You Wreck Me. I do remember squealing with delight at the opening notes of You Wreck Me, it is also in my top five Petty favorites.

Another of my top five Petty songs is also my go to karaoke song, You Don't Know How It Feels. I love this song for its simplicity, its universal truth and the fact that most of the karaoke crowd will sing along, at least with the chorus. The final two of my top five are not consistent, instead it's a constant rotation depending on my mood. Honey Bee is a pretty constant contender. Currently I am obsessed with Yer So Bad but any number of other hits rotate in and out of my mental list of favorites.  The last song that Tom Petty played live was American Girl, he ended the last concert of his 40th anniversary tour with it. It seems fitting in a way, but still so achingly sad.

And now on to the stated purpose of this blog. Two weeks of outfits.

September 26 - With bonus headshot
  

Top: Ann Taylor - Thrifted here in June 2016  Skirt: Coldwater Creek - Last seen here (9th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift from T  Bracelet: Mom

September 27 - Full outfit repeat from March

Top: Jean Paul Richard - Last seen here (6th outfit)  Pants: Jones New York - Last seen here (6th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift  Necklace and Bracelet: Rosetta

September 28

Top: Old Navy - Last seen here (3rd outfit)  Jeans: Levis - Last seen here (4th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift from the GH  Necklace: Rosetta  Bracelet: Mom

September 29

Dress: I Love H81 - Last seen here (11th outfit) Cardigan: J Crew - Hand me down from T

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift from Mom  Necklace: Etsy  Bracelets: Gifts

September 30

Top: Chicos - Last seen here (5th outfit) Jeans: Chicos - Last seen here (5th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift from the GH  Bracelet: Chicos  Necklace: Etsy

October 3 - Who knew the blue hair would stay so bright for so long.
  

Cardigan: Ann Taylor - Last seen here (14th outfit)  Skirt: Jones New York - Last seen here (6th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Rosetta  Bracelet: Mom  Necklace: Online

October 4

Top: Banana Republic - Last seen here (5th outfit)  Skirt: Odille - Last seen here (2nd outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift from T  Bracelets: Hand me downs from Jennifer

October 5 - Full outfit repeat from April

Top: Express - Last seen here (14th outfit)  Skirt: Chicos - Last seen here (14th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Old  Necklace: Susie  Bangle: Mom

October 6 - It was bright out
  

Dress: Nine West - Last seen here (4th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Mom  Bracelet: Chicos

October 7

Top: She Said - Last seen here (1st outfit)  Jeans: Levis - last seen above  Cardigan: J Crew - Hand me down from T

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift from the GH  Bracelet: Mom

All about my New Mexico Fall Break trip in the next post.

As always thank you to blog photographers BB, Mr DC and the GH.

See you soon!

Life Could Be a Dream

Hi there. So obviously I failed in the weekly blogging thing so here is a two week catch up.

Do you wake up with random songs in your head?  I did this morning, hence the title of the post. And I know the song, not for itself, but for being in the soundtrack of Clue. It is one of my absolutely favorite movies. If you've never seen it you should. Madeline Kahn, Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull and Martin McKean doing over the top comedy in the best way possible.

And since this blog is ostensibly about being frugal as well as clothes I thought I'd try to think of three things I've done to save money each time I write a post. So here goes.

1. I called my internet provider on Monday, because my year long bundle package had expired, to ask what they could do for me to keep my costs down.  After being passed to a loyalty agent I was offered a new year long bundle discount that keeps my costs the same and may even save me a few more dollars each month. It's never fun to spend time on hold with awful wait music and a recording reminding me that I could be chatting with customer service online, but in the long run 30 minutes of patience can be rewarded with a year of savings.

2. I remembered to use one of the $25 gas cards my Mom gave me to fill up my car and I gave one to the GH to use for his. Gift cards are great, but only if you use them.

3. I paid my federal and state taxes, yes I owed both money, online directly through my checking account, which avoided both the processing fee of using a credit card and the interest that would have accrued if I took longer to pay down the card. I also changed my federal withholding to hopefully avoid owing anything in the first place next year.

And now onto the clothes.

April 25 - We got new puppets in at work, I am holding the capybara which is as yet unnamed.

Top: Saks 5th Ave - Last seen here (9th outfit)  Skirt: Hillard and Hanson - Last seen here (5th outfit)

     
The blue is holding up amazingly well, and a closer shot of the capybara.

The Stuff

Earrings and Necklace: Gift from Mom  Bracelets: Chicos

April 26 - A full repeat, from August 2016, but with mostly different stuff

Dress: Jonathan Martin Studio- Last seen here (8th outfit) Cardigan: Ann Taylor Loft - Last seen here (8th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift    Necklace: Retail, don't remember when maybe 199?   Bracelet: Chicos

April 27- Another full repeat from August 2016, with different stuff

Top: Peck & Peck - Last seen here (2nd outfit)  Skirt: Apt 9 - Last seen here (2nd outfit)

The Stuff

Necklace and Earrings: Grandma T   Bracelet: Susie

April 28

Top: J Jill - Thrifted 2015  Skirt: Banana Republic - Last seen here (8th outfit)

The Stuff

Everything is a hand me down from Mom

April 29

Top: Talbots - Lat seen here (8th outfit)  Jeans: Chicos - Last seen here (2nd outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Unicef   Bracelet: Mom

May 2- Another outfit repeat, this from July 2016, different stuff

Top: Ralph Lauren - Last seen here (2nd outfit)   Skirt: Jones New York - Last seen here (1st outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Aunt Rosetta   Bracelet: Mom

May 3 - Yes that is a tiara on my head. It's the emergency tiara, courtesy of Debbi,  for when you just need a little extra sparkle in your day.
    
Top: Banana Republic - Last seen here (12th outfit)   Skirt: Vesti - Last seen here (3rd outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings and Bracelets: Chicos  Necklace: Gift

May 4

Top: Ann Taylor - Purchased here in January  Skirt: Banana Republic - Last seen here (4th outfit)

We had Star Wars Day at work, May the Fourth Be With You.
 
I don't own enough white for a true Leia look, but the mini buns go the point accross.

The Stuff

Earrings: Chicos  Necklace: Etsy  Bracelets: Retail 199?

May 5

Dress: INC - Last seen here (7th outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Retail  Necklace: Online  Bracelets: Mom

May 6

Top: Banana Republic - Hand me down from T  Jeans: Levis - Last seen here (1st outfit)

The Stuff

Earrings: Gift from Mom  Bracelet: Mom Necklace: Etsy

I forgot to add in my last post that I had a run of luck at the Community Food Bank Auction my library system runs each year. I won two of the baskets that were raffled off.

This is most of what was in the Go Green basket

This is most of what was in the Women's Power and Pampering basket

I've been going to the auction for four years and this is the first time I've won any of the raffles, it was pretty cool.

And here is a parting photo of the cat my Mom feeds. He/she is a stray but hangs in my mom's yard pretty much every day.

The fuzz is from a mesquite tree.

Here is a link to the song from the post title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9G0-4TWwew

See you soon!

As always thank you to blog photographers BB, Mr DC and the GH.