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For Christmas this year, our sweet brother surprised Grace and I with concert tickets. We were soooo excited to see (drumroll)……WILCO!

Wait? Who the heck is Wilco?  We weren’t exactly sure. To help us out, brother bear burned some cd’s for us to listen to in the car. He wanted to prepare us for the big event (what a great guy). We accidentally forgot about them.

Which brings us to the BIG dilemma: How do you dress for a concert, when you have no idea who the band is? Our first thought was to go full out rock and roll and mimic KISS. The BF informed me that that was definitely a no-go (not that we cared, but we couldn’t find face paint or black and silver leotards anyway). Next, we googled “groupie,” and images of topless hippies with flowers in their hair popped up. Clearly we were not doing that with the bro. AWKWARD.

We settled on 60′s inspired groupies, our point of reference being the movie, That Thing You Do.  It turned out really great!

In a last attempt to not look like tards, we changed into flannels and our everyday hipster looks. After going to the concert and seeing the chill indie band, we were certainly glad we changed!

Fun Fact: I was walking in front of Grace and I heard her dying laughing. I said, “Grace, what’s so funny?” She squealed, “When you walk, the faces on your dress move and it looks like your butt cheeks are talking to each other!!!” Nice observation G.

Cassie and Gracie’s Mod Squad Look: Yellow dress by Benetton, Glasses vintage from Ray’s Ragtime, Necklace by Stylecast, Bracelets from Macy’s, Shoes by Joe’s Jeans. Orange dress by Honey, Glasses from LF, Shoes and Jewelry from Forever 21.

I love going to the movies, although recently I’ve had the worst experiences with LOUD CHEWERS ruining the movie. Who chose popcorn as a snack anyway? It is the loudest, crunchiest, most obnoxious food.  Why not pick something quiet? Marshmallows? At least you can’t chomp on those. I’ve always been very sensitive to loud chewing…any noise really. It bugs me! Those movie people get me every time… they wait for the most quiet, suspenseful part of the film to start chowing on handfuls of popcorn. Quit it already! While I’m at it, eating during live theatre performances is unacceptable as well. There is nothing worse than seeing a Broadway show and not being able to enjoy it because the goober next to you is unwrapping their GOOBER chocolates. Enough eaters! Save it for home!

LOUD Prints:

Cassie’s Fed Up with Popcorn Look: Skirt by Silence + Noise, Shirt by H&M, Blazer by Sparkle and Fade, Bracelet Assortment from LF, Forever21, H&M, Ring by Forever21, Shoes by Forever 21, Glasses by Urban Outfitters.

Couldn’t decide between a rose, cross, or some barbed wire.

Ha, yea right. Tars would take my head off! G and I had a great afternoon applying new lip tattoo’s made by Violent Lips. I must admit, they were difficult to apply and sort of look just like lipstick, but we had some great laughs during the whole process. The lip tattoo is applied just like a temporary tattoo (peel the plastic cover, apply the tattoo, and hold a cold compress for stick). The difficult part is cutting the tattoo to fit your exact lip shape, or else you end up with some funky, diseased-looking thing hanging from your lip (noted from experience).

The gold lip reminded me of Ke$ha, and so I felt inspired to bring out my inner white trash. Here’s a music video I did with her awhile back. You will totally get the reference after viewing.

Can you find my lips? (Hint: I have the whitest teeth, thanks Crest)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYC2FUutdKA

Cassie’s Got Ink Look: Lips by Violent Lips, available at violentlips.com, Gold:  Necklace by JCrew, Glasses by Tom Ford. Pink: Necklace by Forever21, Glasses by Banana Republic. Candy Stripe: Glasses by Speedway (Boo ya!).