indentured ocelot on a leash

The weather this week has been amazing. I can't even explain the relief I feel now that I no longer have to wear my winter coat or my docs. I love both, but damn, a bitch just wants to wear a jean jacket and some normal shoes.

I wore this yesterday. I recently bought this leopard print skirt from the thrift store and I was really hesitant about it. I don't really like skirts too much because I am just really really lazy and I hate trying to figure out what to wear on top and bottom. My day to day uniform usually just involves all black or leggings and a shirt. I felt a little snazzy because it was 60 yesterday so I decided to fuck the bullshit. Also, if I buy an article of clothing, I have to at least wear it once. Since I no longer had to wear my winter coat, I felt that it was an appropriate time to whip out this cute lil skirt. The shirt that I'm wearing I bought a while ago. It was a men's long sleeve button down, but the sleeves looked ridiculous so I cut them off. This shirt has once been described as saying "HEY! I like A Tribe Called Quest" and I'm completely content with that. I don't wear this shirt often mostly because it's not black and it looks silly with cardigans. I know that a lot of people consider it a faux-pas to mix prints but I don't care. I wear so much leopard print that I pretty much consider it the 8th hue in the visible spectrum. It goes something like ROY G BIVL.

leopard print skirt - thrifted, shirt - thrfited, gap denim jacket - thrfited, tights - target

Stay fresh cause I'm accustomed to gold

One of a cat's greatest attributes are their claws. A stray cat is nothing without a strong pair of talons. Really, what I'm trying to say is that I've become completely obsessed with my nails. I made a new year resolution to keep my nails in check, and honestly it's the only resolution I've ever kept for this long.

this is how my nails look right now:

(lovin this asian pose, weirdly cute and really great for showing off nails)

So my nails are leopard print with a little bit of zebra and glitter, totz cute. What I love about these nails is that it looks like I spent at least $40 on a full set with designs but I only paid $8 at walgreens. Press on nails aren't extremely long lasting (I had to re-glue 4 of my nails after a rigorous day of thrifting) but they are cute for the amount of money you spend. Getting used to fake nails is hard for me though because I bite my nails and I have to keep them pretty short to ensure that I don't get ingrown fingernails while playing guitar. I currently can't play guitar at all because my nails are too long but that's the price you pay for cuteness. Also it's gross the amount of dirt that accumulates under them but bus cards are great for cleaning them. Another really great thing about glue-on nails is that removal is a lot easier than removing professionally done nails. I'm not sure how long I will keep these nails on but I'm really excited to by more press ons in the future!

nails by Kiss