Just One Day Out of Life

Outfit details:
Yellow t-shirt: Old Navy, remixed
Gray t-shirt: Urban Outfitters
Skinny jeans: Old Navy, remixed here and here
Shoes: Converse All-Stars, DSW
Turquoise ring: Forever 21, remixed

Where:
Bike to work, work, Memorial Day cookout at work, more work, walk (w/bike in tow) home with Joe

Man, am I ever itching for a holiday! I know that this is normally a big weekend for people here, with grills and cookouts and family, but since I have to work through most of it I haven't been able to embrace it as I should. But both Joe and I are taking tomorrow off, so I'm very excited for our day! We probably won't do much grilling (it looks like rain), but we have a coffee + breakfast date all planned out, which sounds like the perfect medicine for the No Vacation Blues (a.k.a. toomuchworkitis).

In order to feel holiday chic (or maybe just holiday casz), I am so rocking the jeans and t-shirt today. Once upon a time, today's outfit was my absolute go-to uniform of choice, with a few minor adjustments (red Chucks, looser jeans, longer hair). So I always feel the most comfortable in my original "look". I'm also pretty happy about this yellow tee under the gray one. I've had the yellow one for awhile and just never wear it because it always seems too bright. Maybe it'll just go into the layering pile...

This gray t-shirt holds a special place in my heart. I got it in a bargain bin at the downtown Urban Outfitters, so there's not that much special there. But I adore Kerouac. In that total hipster, On-the-Road-changed-my-life kind of way. And I don't even care. One of the happiest, purest moments in my life was spent in a village at 12,000 feet above sea level in Bolivia reading The Dharma Bums. It may have been the altitude, but I never quite got over ol' Jack after that. What about you all? Is there a specific piece of clothing that holds a piece of your heart? Is it a fashion-related connection or does it tie to something else in your life?