These are a few of my favorite things ...

With this post, I have quite a bit to talk about ... namely, one of my favorite outfits in my closet now.  That doesn't sound too surprising at the moment but wait until you hear what inspired this outfit ... cause the beginning inspiration was True Blood.  You read that right.  The HBO show True Blood.  

Questions you may be asking:
Where's the sex?
Where's the red?
Where's Alexander Skarsgard?  
Are you on crack?


Answers:
Don't need it.
Don't be literal.
Seriously, where is he?
No, not crack but I am taking some pretty stiff allergy meds at the moment.  The Ohio valley is where people come to suffer seasonal allergies.  


What really inspired this was the final episode of Season One titled "You'll Be The Death Of Me," which, if you've seen the show, makes total sense.  Towards the end when Sookie is laying in the living room recovering from events earlier in the day, it looks like she is wearing the most comfortable denim shirt in the world.  As the credits rolled and the song "Ain't No Grave" covered by Crooked Still played, I thought to myself, "I WANT THAT SHIRT."

       (said inspirational music ... it's really good!)

The next step was to actually get up the courage to buy a denim shirt, something I've often associated with Kentucky Tuxedos and missing teeth.  Finally, after wandering a Kohl's for the better part of an hour, I found said denim shirt, groped it to see if it felt as good as it looked, and bought the sucker.  Boy, did I feel good after that purchase!  Not only did it look and feel great but there were also few witnesses since it was like, 10AM.


After that ... WHAT DO YOU WEAR IT WITH?!  I fought it works with so many different pairs of shorts!  The first few times I wore the shirt, it was with aqua shorts and grey flipflops.  Needless to say, I wasn't lookin' too good but honestly didn't care.  Finally I found some great olive green shorts on Forever 21's website and they were only $14.  ONLY $14.  Yes, it was meant to be.  


Thankfully and sadly, earlier in the summer, my old grey convers with a double tongue covered in sheep kind of bit the dust and I was in the market for a new pair.  I finally bought an original pair of black converse, a pair I had wanted for at least five years, and broke those out.  I wanted to give my denim and olive combo some edge!  


BUT WAIT.  I looked a bit unfinished ... what was missing?  JEWELRY.  I decided to dress it up with a spike necklace from Forever 21 that was less than $7.  Why spikes?  Why not.  The necklace looks like it's worth more than it was and is a bit unexpected.  Not only do I wear this necklace with this outfit but I love pairing it with things I believe are a bit too feminine or with v-neck shirts.  V-Neck act like a frame for a great piece of art with this necklace!  To be honest, a v-neck looks good with everything as long as it's not a thick choker (those always look like a bad interpretation of Cinderella's wedding jewelry at the end of the movie) so go wild.  Literally.  

Not only do I love this outfit but, the day I finally got it all together was also the day I wore it with PRIDE.  Later that day, I went with a friend to get sushi.  She was wearing a denim skirt, olive shirt, black sneakers, and big earrings.  We essentially matched.  Woops.  Neither of us decided to change and decided that olive and denim look friggin' sweet together and great minds thing alike.  


I still love this outfit and it looks like a perfect combo to go from summer into the fall.  


I'm also going to look forward to finding some olive skinny jeans with some kind of subtle cargo pocket detail for when it gets cold outside.  A girl can dream!


Live in comfort and shock with style.  With this outfit, that saying couldn't be more true.  Seriously.