Outfit of the Day - Stripes, Cowlneck, and Mesh Plus New Stuff at Work

Cowlneck top - unbranded; Mesh shrug - CAbi; Garter belt - Foreplay; Headband - Love Culture; Boots - New Rock

Work this week was pretty fun. The store has two new employees - one of whom is actually named Chelsey (same spelling and same name - no joke!), who I have yet to meet. The other gal is young and spirited and I had an easy time training her for the first part of the day.

I wore lots of sheer yesterday and also mixed it up with some stripes, both on my garter belt and my headband…ignore my roots by the way! I haven't had a chance to have Kyle color my hair as he has been so busy. Also, I'm pretty sick of headbands, but my bangs are having a hell of a time recovering and growing back from all the bleaching, so until then, I will pretty much be stuck sweeping them back with a headband.

Purse - Coach; Bracelet - 925 sterling silver; Ring - consigned

One of the cool things about working at French Cuff Consignment is that they offer layaway, even to employees. So when I saw a bag that I couldn't live without with a price point of $200 (WAY cheaper than retail by the way!), I decided to take advantage of this option. I don't usually like Coach bags as they tend to plaster their logo all over everything, but the bag shown above is pebbled leather with only the one plaque logo, which I actually kind of like. I'm also digging on all the chunky silver hardware.

Interestingly enough, my ring and bracelet were also purchased from work. The bracelet I got a year or two ago because I really liked the hinge aspect of it. The ring is nothing special - just a cocktail chunky piece, but I really liked it and it was cheap, so why not?

Anyways, back to work stories! My bosses came in and put up some spray-painted animal heads that turned out really neat. Since they were originally white, I have decided I actually want some for home and Kyle agrees.

Until next time!

Outfit of the Day - Bats, Bones, and Iron Fist

Bat flight cropped tank, strappy vinyl garter belt, chiffon top from Forever 21, zombie heart bag from Iron Fist, boots by New Rock

Friday night Les Claypool's Duo De Twang played at Ace of Spades. I can never have enough Claypool in my life and being a huge fan of Les' bass work (and the bass guitar in general!), naturally Kyle and I had to go. But more on that in a separate post. Stay tuned!

Any and all concerts are excuses for me to get dressed up, so even though the show was a twangy bluegrass country show, I still went all out.

I have a really sweet vinyl strappy garter belt that I hadn't worn out of the house yet, and of course in order to be able to show it off, I had to sport a crop top. I've got a lot to choose from, but the bats tank hadn't seen the light of day in about six months, so I went with it. I'm only 5 foot two inches tall, so I layered a high-low hem blouse over the top to make sure I didn't make myself look too truncated. That's often a problem with short frames and crop tops.

Stag skull ring from eBay, razorblade and curb chain bracelet also from eBay, and zombie heart purse from Iron Fist

To match my horror-themed bat tank, I chose a small Iron Fist zombie purse. It's rather small, but since I only needed to fit my camera inside, it worked perfect for an evening on the town. It comes with a chain strap that you can tuck inside or detach altogether if you'd rather wear it as a clutch. But for convenience's sake, I chose to wear it over the shoulder.

The razor blade bracelet is actually a necklace, but I didn't feel like wearing it the way it was supposed to be worn, so voila - it became a rather unwieldy bracelet. It takes up my entire wrist top.

I had the stag skull ring from a Halloween costume from some years ago and decided it was time to break it out again. It's something I can really only wear sparingly because if I'm doing anything with any sort of activity involved, the antlers tend to get caught on things!

Hope you enjoyed reading. Check back for more on the Due De Twang show!

Kreepsville 666 Bones Coffin Bag

If you're into horror movies and you haven't heard of Kreepsville 666, you're missing out.

Being a big horror movie fan myself, I couldn't resist this coffin-shaped bag featuring a print of human bones. Even the handle is adorable - it's a miniature human femur bone, in case you couldn't tell.

The bag is made of vinyl, so it's vegi-leather and safe for vegans. It's also convenient because you can use it as a hand bag or attach the shoulder strap if you prefer to wear your purse instead of hold it. The strap is also unusual because it's made of a light-weight chain with only a vegi-leather accent strip where it hits the shoulder.

Even the inside is cute….printed with eyeballs and the brand's logo, the liner is to die for, if you'll excuse the pun.

I think it also warrants mentioning that Kreepsville 666 stands by its products. Let me tell you a little story to explain.

Originally, I purchased this bag from an online retailer and hid it away in my purse cubby, awaiting the perfect opportunity to use it. I "saved" it for about two months, until I had a fun outing of wine tasting with my bosses planned. I figured that was the perfect occasion to break this baby out for a day of fun and tasty alcohol. I carried the bag for not even five minutes and guess what? The whole top came off! I was beyond pissed. I mean, literally, I hadn't used the purse for five minutes! I cradled it for the rest of the day and felt lucky that there's not a lot of activity involved in sitting at a bar sipping wine and eating a picnic lunch.

Anyways, when I got home, I was still mad so I wrote the Kreepsville 666 Facebook page and sent them a photo of what had happened. They were apologetic and said they would be checking with the manufacturer to make sure this was only a one-off issue. And guess what? They got some info from me and sent me a brand new bag FREE OF CHARGE! Now THAT'S customer service! :) Needless to say, I won't be hesitating to buy anything from them in the future.

Ultimately, my verdict on the bag is that it's worth the $40-$50 investment, depending where you buy it from. Kreepsville has a whole line of these little coffin-shaped bags in different themes ranging from Elvira to plain black with studs….the black studded one will be the next bag I buy!

Thanks for reading,