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I’ve been tromping around the GossipGirl sim because I’ve never really been there.  Little did I know, it’s actually closing soon.  At least, that’s what I gathered from the street fair, rides, vendor booths and signs saying ‘Goodbye GossipGirl’.  Could always mean something else, I’m sure.  Today’s look is nothing out of the ordinary…  I think.  I can’t really see what I’m wearing through my hair.

Hair: Tiny Bird – Velma – Dragees (Hair Fair gift) [SLURL]

Skin: Pleiades, tan – Maea, brown hair, freckles (free and open source) [SLURL]

Dress: “anuenue.PetitelowerDress (Lucky Board) [SLURL]

Pants: *Alg.*  Side Slit Denim Pants (old in store gift?) [SLURL]

Shoes: {Cherry} Dailey Ballet Flats – silver (recent freebie from somewhere) [SLURL]

Socks: CONCRETE FLOWERS- RETRO SOCKS -COLOURS/PLUM- (in store dollarbie) [SLURL]

Necklace: HPMD* pendant-duck- s  (chest) (old group gift) [SLURL]

Pose: **Ray Skin** 05 (came with some free outfit) [SLURL]

Tags: Algernon, anuenue, Cherry, Concrete Flowers, GossipGirl, HPMD, Ray Skin, Tiny Bird
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Don’t let the surroundings and antlers fool you… I’m not the outdoorsy type in the slightest.  I picked up these boots from HOC the other day after seeing them somewhere in the blagowebs.  The multicolor laces option drew me to them immediately.  Everything that HOC sells is beautifully sculpted with baked textures and awesome prices.  It’s one of the only places I’ve spent more than 1L for a pair of shoes.

Hair: *TRUTH* Kensei 2 – Dark Choco (in store dollarbie) [SLURL]

Skin: Pleiades, tan – Maea, brown hair, freckles (free and open source) [SLURL]

Nails: nail ST 075 Green&Green (picked up free en masse from somewhere)

Glasses: <SE> Rodeo Drive Eyeglasses (I’ve had these since I started SL, 199L) [SLURL]

Eyes: InSight ~ Cartoon Brown – L (75L) [SLURL]

Top: Naith Smit Design – (NS) Womans open office shirt-black 3 (probably an old hunt gift) [SLURL]

Tank: [IE] Rich Plain Tanks – Green (old in store dollarbie) [SLURL]

Pants: CONCRETE FLOWERS- JEANS CHECKER -GREEN- (weekly dollarbie) [SLURL]

Necklace: CONCRETE FLOWERS- BLOX NECKLACE (weekly dollarbie) [SLURL]

Boots: HOC Apparel – Knee Boots (40L) [SLURL]

Antlers, ears and tail: Eat Rice! Freebie Christmas Kit (old Christmas gift, store is closed)

Poses

CCJ – crouch peace pose (FreeStyle HQ) [SLURL]

*Luth* Shoes 13 (DSN sampler) [SLURL]

Location: Straylight [SLURL]

Tags: Concrete Flowers, Eat Rice!, HOC, ImpEle, InSight, Luth, Naith Smit Design, Second Eyes, Straylight, TRUTH
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I’ve been trying to get this dress from Blue Blood for ages now.  I really only wanted the yellow one, but as all the colors are in the lucky chair, my chances of getting it were even smaller.  I managed to snag it today and it looks very nice with my harpy parts.  The leg warmers are shaped just right and fit over my huge chicken feet.  Sadly, I can’t wear the cute arm warmers that come with the dress, should I go wingless.  Either way, I probably won’t take it off for a while.

Hair: Diversity Hair – Stephanie – Cocoa Brown (1L for fatpack in store) [SLURL]

Glasses: <SE> Rodeo Drive Eyeglasses (I’ve had these since I started SL, 199L) [SLURL]

Eyes: InSight ~ Cartoon Brown – L (75L) [SLURL]

Skin: Pleiades, tan – Merope, brown hair, freckles (free and open source) [SLURL]

Lashes: Alady island freebie [SLURL]

Dress: +++BB+++ PLaidStars (YELLOW) (Lucky chair prize) [SLURL]

Wings and feet: BAKEMONOYA – Harpy (600L, includes AO, tail, particle effects, sounds… worth the price.  There is a 1L demo that has a limited AO) [SLURL]

Pose: *V* Vain Boudoir 3 [SLURL]

Tags: BAKEMONOYA, Blue Blood, Diversity Hair, InSight, Second Eyes, Vain Inc
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I’m not really sure who decided that yellow was mellow, but I don’t agree at all.  Yellow is far from mellow.  It’s fun, it’s sweet, it’s sexy and flirty and it’s one of my favorite colors to wear.  I thought I’d put together three different lemony outfits JUST TO PROVE how awesome of a color it is.

First outfit

Hair: Uw.St  Julie-Hair type-B size-L  red brown (old in store freebie) [SLURL]

Eyes: [KICK] Prim Eye “MOON” (Bunny Hop gift) [SLURL]

Lashes: PIDIDDLE – Eyelashes (old in store freebie) [SLURL]

Nails: Fleur Reverse French Black & White nails (nails don’t seem to be on sale right now) [SLURL]

Necklace: :+*R*+: Cyerny Necklace (old lucky chair gift) [SLURL]

Dress: AOHARU_BT_ChiffonRuffleDress_Yellow x Gold(in store freebie) [SLURL]

Tights: G.L.A.M Tintable Metallic Lycra Tights in gold (old in store freebie, can’t find store) [SLURL]

Shoes: ETD Wedge Pumps in gold (old in store hunt) [SLURL]

Second outfit

Hair: ?? – Undine Black (camping chair, not sure of store, creator profile empty) [SLURL]

Skin: Pleiades, tan – Alcyone, brown hair, freckles (free and open source) [SLURL]

Lashes: *TSM* NINJA STAR LASH-BLACK (old in store hunt) [SLURL]

Nails: Fleur Reverse French Black & White nails (nails don’t seem to be on sale right now) [SLURL]

Outfit: Dare Designs – Enthralled gold (lucky chair) [SLURL]

Boots: (Shiny Things) Chunky Ribbon Boots – black (500L) [SLURL]

Third outfit

Hair: .:[ Tiny Bird ]:. Stein – Brownie (old group freebie) [SLURL]

Skin: Another Skin, (Se) brow2, freckles, humility (free and open source) [Website]

Glasses: <SE> Rodeo Drive Eyeglasses (I’ve had these since I started SL, 199L) [SLURL]

Eyes: InSight ~ Cartoon Brown – L (75L) [SLURL]

Raincoat: [GM]Rainy set Yellow (lucky board) [SLURL]

Tank: >TRUTH< Style Tank [storm] (old SoM gift) [SLURL]

Jeans: *Alg.*  Side Slit Denim Pants (old in store freebie?) [SLURL]

Sneakers: AKEYO_sneaker_DUSTIE_yellow (old in store freebie) [SLURL]

Umbrella: GG-Spring Awakening Umbrella* (old hunt gift? I cannot figure out where it’s from.) [SLURL]

Poses

[LAP] – C-Come Get Some [SLURL]

Mela’s cute 06 [SLURL]

[LAP] – Falldown3 [SLURL]

Tags: AKEYO, Algernon, Another Skin, Aoharu, Dare Designs, ETD, Fleur, gustnado modo, InSight, KICK, Long Akward Pose, Mela's, PIdiddle, Pleiades, Second Eyes, Shiny Things, The Stringer Mausoleum, Tiny Bird, TRUTH, U&R Dogs, Uncleweb Studio, yellow
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After sorting inventory, it’s nice to have a couple throwback outfits to toss on before logging out.  That way, should I need to log in quickly and teleport somewhere, I’m dressed.  This whole outfit, minus the shoes, all came together, socks and all.  Added some giant hair, tinted my glasses to match, and I’m good to go.

Hair: BP*big bomb hair2 (old Lucky Chair prize) [SLURL]

Skin: Pleiades, tan – Maea, brown hair, freckles (free and open source) [SLURL]

Glasses: <SE> Rodeo Drive Eyeglasses (I’ve had these since I started SL, 199L) [SLURL]

Eyes: InSight ~ Cartoon Brown – L (75L) [SLURL]

Outfit: Sleepy Cat – Ladybird*Parka Set(Black) (old in store dollarbie) [SLURL]

Shoes: HOC Apparel – Chucks – Plain Color Pack (30L) [SLURL]

Pose: VPoses_FM_08 (in store freebie) [SLURL]

Tags: BP*, HOC, InSight, Second Eyes, Sleepy Cat, VPoses
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Out of all the different things there are to wear in Second Life, ugly shoes are the one things I cannot understand.  Even when I was a noob, if I put on a pair of shoes that squished my feet into impossible shapes or blinged to the point where I would never lose them in my closet, I took them off and trashed them.  There’s no shame in going barefoot if you can’t find decent shoes to wear.  I know for a fact there are cheap or free QUALITY shoes.  I rarely pay for shoes, and the ones I do are never more than a few hundred linden.

I don’t understand what makes an avatar put on a pair of terrible shoes and think they look okay.  I am generally very liberal when it comes to personal style.  Everyone has a different idea of what looks good.  However, there is no excuse for some of the ugly things you see on the feet of both new and old avatars.  When I take a snapshot of someone, it’s always after checking their rezdate.  You get the benefit of the doubt if you’re less than a few weeks old.  The freebie warehouses out there are full of ugly clothes, including ugly heels that blind you with bling.  I usually find myself running into avatars several months, or even years, old coming the same crimes against fashion that noobs do.  There’s really no excuse for it at that point.

To me, there are three main offences.  The first is the most plentiful: ugly, illfitting spike heels with poorly used invisiprims and an insane ammount of bling.  Most of these shoes have been around for a long time, but have evolved from a new concept into a clickyclacking, blingy, sexywalking, too small disaster.

The second is wearing shoe bases but forgetting to actually wear the shoes.  I imagine if our feet looked like footbound-esque stumps in real life like they do in Second Life without shoes, we’d never forget to put them on.

The last is dying out, but I still see them from time to time: SYSTEM SHOES!  It’s 2009!  We’ve got Havok 4, Midnight Mania and flexy sculpts!  You don’t have to wear system shoes anymore!  Honestly, system shoes were never good (just like everything else system based, like hair and skin) and I don’t even know where people get them.  They’re not even in the library anymore!

Not really sure what else to say to wrap it up that hasn’t already been said.  Stop wearing ugly shoes!

Tags: fug, shoes
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Today’s look is based around this awesome dress from the Sn@tch VIP in-world group.  I saw it on a few freebie blogs and had to have it.  As you can see, it’s not the most polite dress, on top of it being really short, so I wore some jeans with it.  I really suck at being chatty about outfits, so I’ll just hook you up with the SLURLs.

Hair: .:[ Tiny Bird ]:. Maggie – Espresso (SoM gift) [SLURL]

Skin: Pleiades, tan – Alcyone, brown hair, freckles (free and open source) [SLURL]

Nails: Candy nail 023 Snow White (purchased in store, but I think they closed)

Glasses: <SE> Rodeo Drive Eyeglasses (I’ve had these since I started SL, 199L) [SLURL]

Eyes: [KICK] Prim Eye “MOON” (Bunny Hop gift) [SLURL]

Lashes: Alady island freebie [SLURL]

Necklace: CONCRETE FLOWERS- BLOX NECKLACE (weekly dollarbie, 1L) [SLURL]

Jacket: = Hal*Hina = knit Bolero -B2203*G- (in store freebie) [SLURL]

Dress: Sn@tch – Words (Sn@tch VIP group gift) [SLURL]

Armwarmers: [Tokeo Plastik]-TokeoPrize.FloraWarmer (Lucky Chair?) [SLURL]

Pants: WoE GRJ-F5c Caela Jeans – Lead (group gift? in store freebie?) [SLURL]

Boots: J’s Engineer Long Boots (old group gift) [SLURL]

Tags: Candy Nail, Concrete Flowers, Hal*Hina, J's, KICK, Second Eyes, Sn@tch, Tiny Bird, Tokeo Plastik, WoE
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I love the stuff at Intrigue Co.  Lots of pop culture/cute/dorky stuff with a Lucky Chair and a Midnight Mania.  I’ve been poking the MM for a few days trying to get this hoodie with no luck, but it finally filled up and I got it tonight.  Unlike last time, everything I’m wearing (except my old glasses) are free.

Hair: .:[ Tiny Bird ]:. Stein – Brownie (DSN promo) [SLURL]

Skin: Pleiades, tan – Maea, brown hair, freckles (free and open source) [SLURL]

Glasses: <SE> Rodeo Drive Eyeglasses (I’ve had these since I started SL, 199L) [SLURL]

Eyes: [ Anz ] Eyes Brown (L) (Old freebie, can’t find store info)

Lashes: Alady island freebie [SLURL]

Hoodie: Intrigue Co. – I Choo Choo Choose You (Midnight Mania) [SLURL]

Tank: :::Sn@tch Boybeater (White)::: (Old weekly freebie) [SLURL]

Jeans: * Deviance * Jeans-Rockstar-DarkBlue (Old group gift) [SLURL]

Shoes: ..::A.Y.Y::.. Raging Rainbow Sneakers (Lucky Board) [SLURL]

Poses: [LP] Lazy Places For DSN Female 1, [LP] Lazy Places For DSN Female 3 (DSN promo) [SLURL]

Tags: A.Y.Y., Anz, Deviance, Fashion, free fashion, Intrigue Co., Lazy Places, Second Eyes, Sn@tch, Tiny Bird
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I’ve been neglecting my domain and blog for ages and it’s about time I break down and do my thing.  I’ve got plenty to bring to a bunch of tables and micro blogging doesn’t really cut it for everything.  If for some reason you’re reading my blog and are completely unfamiliar with me (because I’m SOOO popular you have no idea), I’m a hardcore freebie hunter.  Very rarely will I spend more than 1L on a piece of clothing.  Something has to be pretty epic for me to want to drop some of my hard earned (see: grandfathered free account stipend) lindens on it.  One of those epic items are these pants.

I’m the sort of person who can’t stand wearing jeans without sculptey cuffs unless those jeans are getting tucked into sculpted boots.  Sure, there are exceptions, but they’re rare anymore.  When it comes to jeans with sculpted cuffs, you must admit that the cuffs on BP’s appropriately named Flare Leg Jeans are pretty much the definition of epic.  The jeans comes in 6 colors and each color has three options on the gingham color.  The cuffs change via script, so you only have to fit them once.

So, let’s put them in an outfit!  The rest of the look is pretty cute/casual so all the focus can be on these awesome pants.

Hair: >TRUTH< Jess – cocoa (recent in store freebie) [SLURL]

Skin: Pleiades, tan – Maea, brown hair, freckles (free and open source) [SLURL]

Glasses: <SE> Rodeo Drive Eyeglasses (I’ve had these since I started SL, 199L) [SLURL]

Eyes: [ENDEAVOR] Shiny eyes1 Beyonce Brown (old lucky board prize) [SLURL]

Lashes: Alady island freebie [SLURL]

Nails: nail ST 073 Blue&Blue (picked up free en masse from somewhere)

Tee: ~momo~candy tee blue (old group freebie) [SLURL]

Jeans: BP* flare leg jeans/indigo+blue (150L) [SLURL]

Shoes: [ hoorenbeek ] SuperStar – White/Blue/Red/Blue (old in store gift) [SLURL]

Necklace: Ducknipple – Necklace Atari (150L) [SLURL]

Bracelet: CONCRETE FLOWERS- STARRY STRIPEY SHINEY BRACELETS (weekly dollarbie, 1L) [SLURL]

Pose: *Luth* Runway V2 13 (DSN promo) [SLURL]

Tags: BP*, Concrete Flowers, Ducknipple, Endeavor, Fashion, free fashion, hoorenbeek, Luth, momo, TRUTH
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