How I wore it: peacock(ing)

People, for some reason, I am finally kind of out of the Great Malaise of 2011. My husband's spring break is rapidly approaching (as is our trip to Madrid!), meaning that his only work today was to send e-mails, rather than correct lots of homework. So we went out for a long walk which involved lots of grocery and cat food shopping. Aaaaaaaaaaaaand ended up buying a 1935 Smith-Corona burgundy typewriter. Yeah, we're dumb. My husband has long wanted to buy a typewriter, as he's considering handwriting scores and writing instructions on typewriter. And wouldn't you know it, there's an awesome antique typewriter shop in Arlington, so, um, we went in and left with a gorgeous model!

In other news, my best friend's boyfriend, an editor, sent us five books today to thank us for putting him up. AND my advisor wrote back to me and said that we could think about me graduating THIS SUMMER HOLY SHIT (yes, I curse. A lot. Sorry, people.). AND, there's a chance I'll be meeting a fellow blogger in the next couple of days. Yes, I'm psyched.

Oh, and I wore a lot of colors today:

You see those enormous things hanging from my ears? Yeah, I based my whole outfit on these earrings:

When my best friend and her boyfriend were here, we took a long stroll up Newbury Street in Boston. As we neared Mass Ave, I saw that a Forever 21 had opened, a store which I've never visited. I've been kind of obsessed with [HOLY S, Mercedes on "Glee" is wearing a Lady Gaga top suspiciously similar to mine!] Forever 21 since I've heard about it. Cheap trendy clothes that might fall apart in a few months? Okay! However, the only store I knew about in NYC was kind of an in inconvenient location. So when I saw a store in Boston, I dragged my friends inside and walked out with two cheap-ass pairs of earrings. Including those peacock wonders. I've wanted peacock earrings since I was seven (BECAUSE THIS SAME BEST FRIEND HAD SOME!).

Whoof. Big breath. So a pair of turquoise pants, a turquoise scarf, and a purple cardigan seemed to be the way to go in order to finally wear these earrings. They're a little much, but fun.

Speaking of earrings and nice things, I got a new necklace today. Last week, when I was quite down, I - as you know - bought a pear-shaped Islam-inspired necklace. The next day, the jewelry on offer by Gilt Groupe included a pretty garnet pendant by Satya Jewelry. After dithering for a few hours, the necklace was still on sale and I decided to go for it. Do you guys get the sense that I turn to retail therapy when I'm sad? I've learned something Very Special about myself. Anyway, the necklace arrived today (I was more excited about the books, to be honest, but only for an hour or so) and it is super pretty:

I'm looking forward to wearing it. Isn't it pretty and simple? I'm excited that it arrived before our trip to Spain. I love the little lotus detail next to the clasp:

I'm a sucker for Indian-inspired anything! Would you all like a droning etymological explanation of the origin of the word "satya"?

I dithered for a while before buying this necklace because I had, y'know, BOUGHT A GOLD NECKLACE THE NIGHT BEFORE. But it was so pretty that I couldn't just let it go. However, one thing in this necklace's favor was the fact that I already own a pair of gold and garnet earrings, bought in Prague in 1997:

I already have pre-existing! matchy-matchy accessories! I'm so happy! I'm going to try to wear it all tomorrow - it's the little things, people.

So, yeah. Life is a little better! Yay! And thanks for all your support in the last couple of posts, people. You're all great.

Big-ass peacock earrings: Forever 21
Turquoise scarf: gift from tutee's parents, remixed
Purple cardigan: from my mom, via Lord and Taylor (NYC), remixed
Striped tunic: American Apparel, remixed
Turquoise corduroy leggings: HUE, by way of Lord and Taylor (Boston), remixed
Grey boots: Frye Paige Huaraches, by way of endless.com, remixed