PMS

"He's really going to hate me for telling you all this (and I don't doubt that he'll find out someday that I have, since it was the very fact that I'm kind of a public person that scared him off), but little by little, his PMS started to get the better of him. You know, his 'Pure Macho Shit.' Maybe it's not fair to call what he started to feel towards me that, but I don't know what else it was. I can't explain none of it. I don't know why he's gone, why I'm here worrying about it..."

excerpt from Ana Castillo's" Loverboys"

I tried this sweater on at WEAVE, a thrift store/organization that helps abused women in Sacramento. Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month the whole store is 50% off. And they have a vintage room, so you know I'm there. One of the sales girls saw me try it on and asked me if I liked vintage sweaters. "Is my mom Catholic?" I didn't respond, but should have. I just said yes. She came back with a sweater similar to this with suede fringe. It fit me and I bought both of them. I was happy I bought this sweater after all and wore it and took the time to photograph it. Will be wearing my other one soon.

I wore my fringe boots and fringe sweater. sue me.

My dreamcatcher earring I made last year. 

Proof of life

There is nothing spectacular about this get up, but you can see, Im still alive and well. Please keep hope for me and my blogspot.

sweater- vintage

blouse- thrifted

earrings- thrifted

I really enjoyed this ladybug nail art my boyfriend did for me. Even though I called the design, "nail art 101." He is getting less willing to paint my nails for me on an every 2 week basis.

my gold pumps I thrifted in Anaheim many months ago.

Be careful how you behave in your early 20's... God will punish you with premature gray. 

Don't eat the fruit,

LaSophia

Prison Time

Last Sunday I took my boyfriend to a place my dad took me to a lot as a child. No, not Chuck E. Cheese, Folsom Prison. It is very close to my house and welcomes visitors to it's museum. It was only 2 dollars to enter, so we went. The museum has cases of prisoner made weapons, some that have actually been used to stab staff. There are old artifacts from the prison's early days, photos of when Johnny Cash went and had his concert, hanging ropes, and a mock cell with a fake prisoner that talks and scared the bajeezies out of me. We did not go in glorification of the prison system, or for possible prisoner sightings. If I wanted to do that, I would just go to dinner at my mom's house on Christmas eve. I went because I find prison life an interesting part of the human experience. We were allowed to take pictures, we just had to make sure no officers or inmates were in them.

I wore my boyfriend's vintage wool letterman sweater we got at the Salvation Army for 3 dollars. It is worth so much more. And a lace skirt from the Goodwill with a slip underneath and boots.

Johnny Cash standing at the same gate. They let him stand closer cause he's famous or something. pssshh.

Oh crap, I broke the rules. Just kidding, that's just my baby daddy. 

I got ball-sy and walked past the crosswalk. Weeeeeeeee. I wasn't smiling later that day when I sat on a wood bench and got a splinter in my butt, right through my lace skirt! When we got home my boyfriend promptly removed it with tweezers. 

This little cottage is the museum. 2 dollars and you're in. They donate the money to cancer research.

Stay Clean, 

LaSophia

Saturday

Since my baby daddy and I are on a spending freeze, we did a bunch of free activities this weekend. Saturday was free museum day in Sacramento so he took me to the Crocker Art Museum. He goes there all the time but I'd never been there so we checked it out with the other 712 cheap people that decided to go there on this day. There were a lot of people, but it was fun and free.

I wore this thrifted red blazer for the first time yay! I also decided it was time to bust out my J.C.'s again. BIG mistake. I had blisters on my outer toe, on the bottom of my foot, and could barely walk getting out of there. My baby daddy had to go get the car while I stood on the sidewalk barefoot and waited for him. I think my feet are just not used to heels right now cause all Ive been wearing is flat boots.

Don't judge. What face would you make if 400 people were walking by all looking at you? All my items are thrifted except my shoes which were my b-day present. 

This was the most awkward and embarrassing shoot of my life. There were so many people walking around and I swear they were all staring at me. My boyfriend said, "Who is staring at you Sophia? That baby in the car?" Oh geez, it was a mess. 

After this, we went to an overrated cafe for lunch and he had to carry me from the car to the cafe. I mustered up enough energy to check out Fringe, a store Citizen Rosebud always talks about on her blog.  When I got there guess who was there? La Citizen Rosebud herself! Bella Q!! It was my first celebrity sighting in Sacramento. She was sooo nice and full of knowledge. She gave me a lot of blogging advice. Too bad we were on a freeze, cause there are a lot of nice things in that store, including a leopard cape. I may have not spent a dime, but I made a new friend. awwww.

FIN

All in a days work

One of the ways I get clothes (besides hooking) is trading in my old clothes at those trading stores. Where I live we have Crossroads and Freestyle (but I hate Crossroads only for their terrible customer service). They are like Plato's Closet and Buffalo Xchange. What I like about Freestyle is that they have a vintage section. That way I'm able to take my thrifted goods in. Sometimes I even flip a profit, if I bought a skirt for 99 cents, and they sell it at 8 dollars, they give me 4 dollars in trade. Im such a tricky bitch. I traded in some items and got all 3 of these items in one day. I somehow thought they went together.

This hat is vintage and so warm. 

Yay life is so fun. Be a clown.

hat, dress, and shoes -Freestyle

My customers are going to love these.

Tiger wear

I'm working on my roar

From last Thursday till Tuesday, there was so sun. I have been living an uneventful life for the past couple of weeks. The highlight of last week was watching my mom back her car up into our trash can. Other than that, just a whole lot of Toddlers and Tiaras and Dance Moms. To top it all off, I was diagnosed with TMJ today. wwhhhhhhhhyyyyyy???? I just want a normal jaw that shuts without clicking.

My vintage tiger sweater from Gypsy Land- $12.99

the back

I wore it with a tiger sweater skirt from Eff-21

My boyfriend painted me some tiger stripes on my nails. Back in the day he used to paint me a lot of designs, but then I started biting them again. So here is me trying to say sober again.

He bought me my dream shoe, white Docs for Xmas but they just dont fit me! I got a size UK 4 then a 5. The 4 is too small and the 5 is too big. I wish they had half sizes. Gonna have to send them back again.

my shoe rack. 

My friend Sunny tagged me on her blog, so Im answering these questions.

• What do you do to de-stress?
• Read blogs
• What do you want to be remembered for?
• my art
• What is your favorite thing to eat? (<----------- why am I always thinking about food?)
• carbs and lipids
• If you were stranded on an island, what one celebrity would you like to be there with you?
• Ross Mathews
• What is the one item of clothing that you own that every woman should have?
• spanx black tights
• What is your favorite scent?
• pizza
• What is the best song ever?
• Sweet Thing by Chaka Khan and Let the beat hit em by Lisa Lisa
• What is your favorite thing to do on a date?
• make babies
• Gold or silver?
• gold, its more expensive
• What is your favorite store to shop?
• Any thrift store
• Your favorite color?
• black white and red.

Quartzite, Arizona

Last week my mom and I went to Quartzite, Arizona for an annual gem and mineral show. If you ask my mom, she will tell you she went to "Crystal Light", Arizona. She just couldn't get the name straight. My aunt and her boyfriend invited us as they are part of a gem and mineral society and they go every year. It only took us 2.5 hours to get there. It was a pretty rad event and huuuuggeee. You could spend days there.

I wanted this pyrite heart like sooo bad.

I wore this dress I found in the pajama section of Eco-Thrift in San Bernadino. Pardon my black flip flops, we were on vacay and I was not expecting such warm weather. I had no other shoes.

Patting my weave in the desert heat.

Minerals are priced by ounces and grams, you know, just like drugs.

So magical.

My bracelet I thrifted with Maricela for 10 dollars. Great bead work. 

I got one of these large Selenite lamps for 30 dollars. Selenite is one of the varieties of gypsum. It is found in Morocco and has a hardness of 2. That was a fun walk back to the car. 

The vendors set up their trailers like this as the show goes on for a while. 

Mother gave me grief about wearing this dress with the tear in the back. I was sick as a dog 2 days prior to this event so I had no energy to sew it. People still told me they liked it...when they saw it from the front.

Rock people are people too,

LaSophia