Boots: Off Broadway Shoes Bracelet: JCPenny Earrings: San Fransiscostreet vendor Sweater Dress: Ross? Leggings:Target I love wearing my boots with dresses! These black one's are so soft and cozy on the inside, like slippers. I could live in them!
So last night I had a nightmare the tattoo became alive and grew and took over my entire back. It was horrible and I woke up with a dull, aching headache. I thought getting the tattoo would let me sleep peacefully again, but obviously not. However, this morning when I checked her out in the mirror, there she was, and she even seemed smaller than yesterday, which is good. I was having some serious buyers remorse. I needed about ten shoulders to sob into (really, I haven't cried, but I still kinda want to). As I write this, I keep looking at it, and it is pretty. Just a little edgy and unpredictable, like I said (hmmmm, sounds like ME!) We will just have to get used to each other, me and this tattoo. See the circle at the bottom of the flower/peacock thing? My original plan was to pierce that with a pretty little blue jewel. However, seeing as how I have freaked out about the tattoo, I think I might just slow my unpredictable, impulsive ass down and wait a while. I really tried my hardest not to be impulsive about this. I looked at thousands of tattoos. I looked at designs on my clothes and on my throw pillows. I brought in some ideas. But then when the guy showed me this, sketched in black and white, I was just like, Yes! DO it! And that's just me. So in a way we are perfect for each other, me and my tattoo--even if she is keeping me up at night.
It's feeling a little better today. It's a little edgy and unpredictable, (like, what is that thing?) and now that the adrenaline has worn off, I am freaking out. It's so BIG! But I am letting myself get to know it, warm up to it, grow into it. I swear to God the stencil did not look that big. I am so freak'en crazy. Also, I just realized today is Friday the 22cnd and not Monday the 25th! Silly! So anyway I guess I just got a little practice in for the Fall Fashion week! And thank you Jill for helping me out with the picture issue, duh!
Dress: Forever 21 Jean jacket: the Gap Boots: Off Broadway Shoes Purse: Forever 21 Bracelet: San Fransisco Pier Earrings: JC Penny
This is one of my most favorite outfits of all time. If I die, go ahead and bury me in it. PS: Would one of you more blogger savvy people tell me how the heck to turn that vertical picture around? (I mean, wouldn't that be such a great picture if it were THE RIGHT WAY AROUND?) I would just love you forever!!
So as soon as the thing isn't all red and swollen and bloody I will post a picture or two. I had no idea you bleed getting a tattoo. Before he started I noticed the six inch high stack of paper towels and thought, now what could those be for? Soaked in my blood, that's what they were for. So the pain was like a small pocket knife carving the design into my flesh, or someone with super long nails popping two thousand pimples on my back, like for three hours. However, and I just have to say this, compared to a long labor, on a scale from one to ten, the pain of a tattoo is like a two. I mean, for Pete's sake he stopped every three seconds or so to re-dip the ink. One side of my shoulder was like a hundred times worse than anywhere else for some reason. It wasn't on a bone or anything, it just hurt like the devil. That's really the only time I wanted to back kick the guy right in the nuts. The artist was very nice, and when I shook his hand I noticed how soft it was. He was a L.A. lifeguard for like ten years before becoming a tattoo artist. The L.A. county had to implement a tattoo policy because of him. He's married and has a little girl, who's two and a half. He put me at ease and did a fantastic job on the tattoo. Can't wait to show all of you!!
I am definitely going to do this! I have followed Miss Emery (http://emeryjo.blogspot.com) on many of her seasonal fashion weeks and it has been so fun I just can't not be a part of it anymore! I will try to be really good and post everyday! (Now I better go find some worthy outfits!)
