BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

It's so cold outside that even online all I want to do is stay in with some cocoa. With things so busy right now, the week has sped by and today is already the last day of Relay for Life's Christmas Expo, and here I am to blog the last bits and bobs I have, and to encourage you to go before time runs out. Go now! This fun jacket is really for men but it's transferrable so you can give it to your man if you want to take him to a party all spiffed up.

Jacket/Shirt/Tie: Citrus "Men's Leather Xmas Jacket" (at Christmas Expo)



How about this cute jacket and sweater set? It came with a pair of black pants too but they didn't fit well with the shoes.

Jacket/Shirt: LIV-Glam "Funny Honey" (at Christmas Expo)



Or just something cuddly for a quiet night in?

Pajamas: Ever An' Angel "Not So Prim Candy Cane PJs" (at Christmas Expo)
Holly: Evie's Closet "Holly Headpiece" (at Christmas Expo)

also shown:
Hat: Remarkable Oblivion "Festivat - Little Drummer Boy" (at the Arcade Gacha)
Leggings: Teefy "Black Shine Leggings"
Boots: J's "Ankle Boots Square"
Hair: D!va "Daisy" (at the Arcade Gacha)
Hair: Clawtooth "Temptation - Valentine" (at the Arcade Gacha)
Skin: Essences ""Olyvia" (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Ikon "Ardent"
Sofa: Lisp "Winter Sofa Red"
Cute Doggy: Zooby "Tan Pug"

Love,
Serene

MOUSIE

Some days an umbrella doesn't help. Some days the cloud is right underneath your bumbershoot.



Oh well. It's one of those days.

Outfit: LIV-Glam "Broken Hearted Girl" (coming soon)
Ears: Epic "Mousey Glitter Bow Ears" (VIP Group gift)
Umbrella: Curio Obscura "Polka Dot Umbrella" (gacha)
Leggings: Tee*fy "Cloud Layers Leggings"
Shoes: J's "Rose Pumps"
Hair: Exile "Bad Reputation"
Skin: Essences "Qopi"
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"

Love,
Serene

FASHION FOR LIFE 2013 three

Relay for Life raises great sums of money every year for cancer research. Year after year. Sometimes it might seem as if the work will never be over.



But I think back. When I was a kid, the word "cancer" was roughly equivalent to the word "death". It isn't quite that bad anymore. We've made so much progress!



Let's keep on keepin' on :)

Jacket/Pants: Liv Glam "Etro Linen Outfit" (Fashion for Life)
Bodysuit: Nemesis "Friendship" (old)
Jewels: Eclectica "Bibelot" pendant, earrings and ring (Fashion for Life)
Shoes: J's "Ankle Boots Square"
Hair: booN "UUT664"
Skin: Amacci "Emma (Pale) - Rose" (Fashion for Life)
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Lashes: Lelutka "Photoshoot II"
Poses: by Marukin

Love,
Serene

NOSTALGIA

Nostalgia is more a styling choice today than an actual mood. I fell in love with Villena's simple Varsity Jacket. It brings up the feelings of a distant idealized past. Many people look back on the past longing for a lost time or place. I'd rather look forward, but I wish I had a clearer idea what to look forward to and what to wish for. I'm not an optimist by nature or experience but I still like to indulge in a little hope. Don't we all?

It isn't just a jacket. It includes several versions, male and female, the jacket alone or with several t-shirts built in underneath. All nicely designed. I managed to combine the mesh top and bottom by wearing the larger jacket with the very skinny version of Maitreya's jeans. I would have paid for jeans but these were a store gift! As it happens the "dirty" version was my favorite color.

Jacket/Shirt: Villena "Varsity" (mesh)
Jeans: Maitreya "Zipper Skinny Jeans" (mesh)
Boots: J's "Sabo Boots" (texture change and with/without knit socks)
Hair: Lamb "Ruby" (mesh)(yup I had to modify my head to wear it!)
Skin: Mynerva "Milena Preview" (other variations available in store)
Eyes: Ikon "Horizon"
Lashes: Glow Studio "Innocent. eyelashes - pure"
Poses: included in Art Dummy bench (tres vieux)
Location: my Place

Love,
Serene

BRUNETTE

It's no mystery that lately I've been drawn into shops to buy sweaters, furs, even a muff.

I feel so warm in this knitty mesh dress from Jane. I love the fit, it has a nice bum without getting the ridiculous bubble-butt I've been seeing on some skirts. I like the little detail where the sleeves push down over my hands just the way I like them in cold weather. And BRB's fur stole is just soft and huggable.

Hat/Hair: Mr. Poet “Bakerboy Cap and Hair” (texture change everything)
Fur Stole: BRB “Comfy Stole”
Dress: Jane “2nd Skin Dress Trio Purples” (mesh)
Boots: J’s “Ankle Boots Square”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Bean Frex [Dark] Pout – Whine 1”
Eyes: Fashism “Sunrise”
Eyelashes: by Exodi
Poses: by Penny Dreadful Arcade

Love,
Serene

SEPTEMBER

September is here and fall is so close I can hardly stand it. I am looking forward to soups and cooshy sweaters. The first pumpkin pie and hot chocolate.

I'm trying not to get ahead of myself. I'm going to slow down and enjoy the fall leaves, and the aromatic smells of the lavender and catmint and russian sage in my flower bed. I'm going to take my daughter on that hayride, to the pumpkin patch, and the petting zoo and fall pony rides. We are going to make sugar cookies and harvest fennel seeds and the last tomatoes.

Shirt: Ducknipple “Mole”
Pants: Callie Cline “jeans – floral wash”
Earrings: Mandala “Monica Earrings / inca gold”
Boots: J’s “Western Boots”
Hair: Truth “Paige” silver
Skin: Mynerva “Summer Nights”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose
Photostudio: by N30

Love,
Serene

BACK AT THE SUBWAY

That boy is late again. I feel like I spend my life waiting.

Maybe ... he isn't coming.

Glasses: Glow Studio “Shutter Shades” (unavailable)
Skin: Glam Affair “Sofia Tan Skin” (at The Dressing Room 70L)
Jewelry: Garage “Coins”
Jacket: DeLa “Short Jacket Bette”
Shirt: Cupcakes “Lacy Tank Top”
Pants: Coco “Shiny Leggings” (group gift in store)
Boots: J’s “Ankle Boots Square”
Hair: Cake “Dakota”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Poses: Long Awkward Pose
Location: Trilogy at Combeynot

Love,
Serene

HOT FOR ZOMBIES

Usually I'm just a wallflower.

But when I met him I just couldn't help myself. We danced all night. (And let me say, for the undead he was shockingly light on his feet.)

Then abruptly, everything went wrong ... just a little nosebleed sent him completely around the bend. But I kept a cool head.

I had to get all kung fu on him for a minute.

But hey, it was all just a misunderstanding.

The Hot for Zombies "Bloody Valentines Celebration" this weekend benefits the Red Cross. Why not go shopping and enjoy the company of the Undead? I am wearing a shirt and skirt I picked up at the fundraiser.

(Thanks Acha for being such a good sport on short notice!!)

Acha is wearing:
Shirt: Connors "Country Boy T-shirt"
Pants: Sprawl "The Road Jeans"
Shoes: Akeyo "Slippers Bean"
Cigarette: Naith Smit "cigarette"
Hair: Gritty Kitty "Davinci reloaded" wheat
Eyes: Poetic Color "Eyes - fairy - wolf dark"
Skin: Nomine "Zombie stage 2 mid"

Serene is wearing:
Shirt: Deviant Girls "skeleton T"(100% of sales to the Red Cross)
Skirt: Deviant Girls "cutoff skirt red"(100% of sales to the Red Cross)
Jacket: Aoharu "Short Riders Jacket"
Stockings: Dare "Lace Stockings Blacky"
Shoes: J's "Rose Pumps"
Eyes: Poetic Color "Night Rain"
Hair: Cake "Dakota"
Skin: Pink Fuel "Skye Honey Oopsies" (Valentines Bazaar exclusive)

Love,
Serene

I LOVE FALL

Dressing warmly for a walk in the woods. I'm in this mood as fall comes along.

The weather has been so nice and crisp the last couple of days, and the mossy woods and earth have complicated and enchanting scents I love ... they lured me out of doors. But I am not sure I remember my way back to the house. The mist is tricky.

I am sure this is nowhere near my home. I think I have wandered out of all the familiar places into one of the lands in Between.

These aren't the best shoes for hiking but who cares? They're fabulous.

I like to do a few fall posts of "normal" clothes but I'm not sure if I'll be doing many this year. It's October, so who has time for "normal"? Coming soon: all Things Halloweeny!!

Hair/Hat: Argrace “Knit Beret Loose Up” (color change)
Earrings: Kunstkammer “Falling Stones Earrings” (gatcha gatcha festival)
Jacket: Ibizarre “Black Knit Jacket”
Shirt: Second Wave Apparel “RuffleTop ChocolateSilk”
Skirt: Ibizarre “Highwaist Tweed Skirt”
Gloves: The Plastik “AnnaMalie Gloves”
Socks: Maitreya “Toeless Slouch Autumn Orange” (gift)
Shoes: J’s “Ankle Boots Square”
Eyes: Poetic Color “Night Rain”
Skin: Curio “:GP: Moonbeam [Dark] Lovely-Firehouse2”
Poses: by Animazoo
Location: Wasted Night

Love,
Serene

p.s. Dang. I did some more exploring and this accidentally turned into a Halloween post.