in this corner of the ring...

so tonight ended up being super low key, which was super nice because I have been cleaning ALL day! I am in phase 1 of packing for moving soon. This means I daydream most waking hours of how I will decorate my new place, listen to good music, and bust my ass.

I wasn't going to let the ass busting stop me from going out, so I went to a ska show with a cool co-worker. It was at the U of M Union and it was in their bowling alley area, good music, mellow and fun :o)

http://theprizefighters.net/ <---- the band's website

you can only sort of tell in the photo, but I couldn't decide between Pink Friday, and the new Gaga 2 Viva Glam from MAC- SOOOOOO I wore the Pink Friday lipstick with the Gaga lipglass! They mix beautifully! love it!

I wore a Harajuku Lovers shirt with some pants I got in Hong Kong, L.A.M.B. watch, "Return to Tiffany" bracelet modified with HL charm, skull/spike bracelet, and stud earrings- with the standard ska show shoes- Doc Martens!

and of course, a favorite of mine that no one in the US ever seems to go for...

DROP CROTCH PANTS!!!

so the band gave me a total SUBLIME vibe so I am now sitting here chillin, drinking wine out of a teacup and listening to the 40 oz. to Freedom album... this album is love

Cleaning out stuff and getting ready to pack is awesome! I found these sunglasses that I thought were long gone! I can't really do regular Wayfarers, they just don't work on me, but I love them, so I was happy to find these (I will call them) "Nayfarers" at Target, the shape is a little bigger so I get the style and it works on my face.

I have found HELLA other stuff while cleaning too, stuff I can use to decorate the new place! SCORE :o)

my birthday suit...

SO, I have had a totally awesome birthday weekend so far and I have chronicled my outfits in iPhone photos! My goal once I move and get settled into my new place, is to have a good photo set up to start doing outfits justice!

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Friday I wore my "Who Killed the Newspaper" tunic hoodie that I bought in Hong Kong with some leggings and my "What do we do when we fall off the horse?" boots :o) and my FAVORITE Dior stunners.

I actually got quite a few compliments on the Newspaper top! Even from the lady at the Target fitting room- who knew? haha

and I am starting to feel like Justin Tranter from Semi Precious Weapons with my Trouve leather jacket in so many pics- but his awesome jacket was part of my inspiration bug to find this jacket anyway so it works!

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On Saturday (my actual Birthday) I realized there was no way I could go without getting one of the MAC Wonder Woman belts, so I picked myself up and got ready to go to the MAC store un Uptown. I figured what better day than any is my BIRTHDAY to wear my Monster varsity jacket. I thought the girls at MAC would be more into it, but I just got weird looks! Although at Urban Oufitters the guy that rung up the cute top and iPhone case I got was LOVING it! :o)

I also wore some custom dog tags I had made that say my name, birthday, and "WALK THE WALK"

I got them after this quote came out from Gaga's Rolling Stone interview-

"When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, 'BITCH, you're Lady Gaga: You get up and walk the walk today.'"

and I do say this to myself now, well, with my name inserted haha... LAHV it

I got the dog tags done by http://www.soldiercity.com/

VERY inexpensive and they ship fast!

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For dinner, I ended up going out to an AMAZING Greek restaurant in Uptown with some super cool chicks from work. I know this looked good because on the way back to my car I got a "Girl you know you lookin good." from a friendly stranger... haha, I will take it!

Also must have scared some poor Minnesotans "Ohhh nooo, I hope you don't FALL in those" haha! I just gracefully and carefully walked over some ice while saying "I know how to walk in my shoes" before using the crosswalk like it was a runway and showing them who was boss!

The jacket and pants are Trouve and the top is Wessex, shoes Forever 21! ha, they are some of my favorite shoes though!

and since the iPhone photos don't showcase my accessories here you go- it's a good thing that Wonder Woman card came in the mail YESTERDAY! haha, literally after I went to 3 MAC counters in 2 days collecting my haul!

Han Cholo chain hoop earrings

L.A.M.B. watch

name necklace

& random bangles and stud bracelets and such

My birthday ended up being super awesome and even Capital H-I-M gave me a present, a BEAUTIFUL sunny day!!! I was even able to take Dukes out to run around on the frozen lake!