A Natural Noise Is Free in the Air

Ruffle-front blouse: Forever 21, remixed * Jeans: Old Navy, remixed * Cardigan: UO, remixed * Boots: Target, remixed

It's raining right now. And it's 62 degrees. In Chicago. In November. What the what is going on? I mean, don't get me wrong, I'll take it, but it's pretty effing bizarre. We had such a mild winter, then that blazingly hot summer, and now this? Makes you wonder, doesn't it, if this whole warming up thing is a global trend. Hm...what would we call it if it was? (Haha. Joe told me this joke yesterday and I thought it was delightful. I don' t know if it's communicated as well in writing, but I like it nonetheless.)

Despite the ever more confusing weather, I had a truly lovely weekend. Joe got in on Thursday night, and left yesterday evening, so we had a nice long weekend together. We went to our favorite breakfast place, found canning jars and snowboots at a thrift store, slept in, got almost nothing productive done (yay!), and had a fantastic date night on Saturday. We had gift certificates from last Christmas to go to Second City (I know, I know, it's November, and we really should have gone earlier, but we've been busy, and procrastinating, so the deck was definitely stacked against us). So on Saturday we went to the afternoon matinee of the 50 year anniversary show at Second City. It was hilarious! Way funnier than I had even expected.

I'll post pictures from Saturday a bit later, with my comedy club/dinner date outfit (spoiler alert: red lipstick!). These pictures are from yesterday, when we went out to breakfast and then on a very long walk. I've just been loving these little buckle boots lately. They are so comfortable, but feel so supremely badass. I love how they look with rolled up jeans and this varsity style cardigan. Perfect for a lazy Sunday, full of rifling through bargains at Unique and filling my belly with french toast and bacon.

During our super lovely long walk after breakfast, we came across this fantastically weird sight along the lake. A vintage Ouija board, sitting out on a concrete platform, just waiting to be played with. It was particularly perfect because of the dark, windy, cloudy day. The best part was the note inside: To whom it may concern: Use this board for the greater good of your higher self. Fantastic. The spirits told us that it was time to go home and have some hot chocolate, so we did.

Title song: Bright Eyes, "Ouija"