I just got this racerback vest and I predict you'll be seeing it as often as you see this tank top, that chain necklace, and those shoes. Sorry for playing favorites here. It's summertime and I'm feeling lazy.
Silence & Noise vest
Thrifted tank
Vintage chain necklace
Brassy pyramid stud bracelet
Limited denim mini skirt
80%20 Shoes ♥

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Chickdowntown.com and I have teamed up
to offer you a free pair of Current/Elliot skinny jeans!!!
These are sooo hot. I wish I could win them!

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Chick Downtown is a great place to shop for wicked brands and designer items. Check out their summer jersey dresses from Gypsy 05. I love jersey dresses best of all. I can never get enough!
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You may or may not have noticed, but there have been a lot of incredible Chick Downtown giveaways lately. Stay up to date with them on Facebook and Twitter so you won't be left out of what's going on.
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As for this giveaway, here's how to enter:

Leave a comment talking about how you would style the Current/Elliot jeans. What would you wear with them? Would you dress them up or down?
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I'll be choosing a winner by random drawing on July 13. Good luck!!
Sorry to all my international readers, this giveaway is limited to those in the US.

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Thank you so much for all your kind comments on my anniversary post! Everything you said really made me smile.

This is what I wore to celebrate that day:

I got these leggings recently for cheap on eBay and they're soo soft. They came with lace trimming on the bottom which I immediately snipped off. I rolled up the raw hems a round, mostly because I wanted the leggings to hit at just below my knees.

Then I got the idea to wrap the lace clippings around my wrists. I like how the leggings peek out from the skirt and the bracelets reflect the leggings.

Target tank
French Connection skirt
Leggings from eBay
Cole Haan for Nike shoes

My friend, the super-cute and super-clever textibitionist Sunny, has a very interesting story to tell about what happened when she entered a contest to win a car.
The contest was an embarrassing fiasco: blunders were made, people were misled, time was wasted, contestants were insulted, and a very large corporation failed at their apparent goal to come across as "cool."
Go give it a read!

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It was on this date one year ago that I launched anniespandex.com.

It was just an experiment at first, something to keep me busy. I had no idea what would come from it.
A lot has changed for me personally in this past year: my living space, my relationships, my goals, my haircolor . Sometimes it feels like my life has been turned upside down, and while I don't feel like I have it together yet: I'm so happy. I'm living my life for me, and not for anyone else. I'm doing what I want to do.
Starting this blog is one of the greatest decisions I've ever made. It's been so much fun! I had no idea it would be this much fun. The best part has been getting to know you guys. Without you, this blog wouldn't be what it is. So...

Thank you!!!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Hearts galore,
Annie

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I soaked this dress in bleach.
Here's the before from last summer (when it was my hair that was bleached):

While I love orange and blue as a color combination, something about the dress seemed a little too loud for my fair skin. I decided to bleach it out with hopes that the bright orange would turn into a nice peachy hue, and the blue a softer pastel blue. However, the orange was very stubborn and the blue was all too willing; while waiting on the orange to turn I bleached the blue out almost completely. In certain lights one can see a faint sky blue, but mostly it has turned into a light taupe. That's okay though, I still find the change an improvement.

I like how the blue buttons are more noticeable now.

Thrifted vest that I'm crazy about
Target jersey dress - DIY bleached out
80%20 Dani boots Love!
I put some buttons on my vest. I kind of want to fill that whole shoulder panel up with buttons, but is that "too much flair?" Probably so...

Here's how I actually looked before walking out the door, with hair down, lipstick, leather bracelet, and vintage doctor's bag:

I got busy this weekend with making the video and visiting my parents and failed to reply to all your awesome comments on the make-up post--but I have now, so if you commented, go check out my reply.

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Who's going to kick off summer with an awesome new pair of 80%20 shoes?

I'm always sooo excited for the winner! I have another giveaway in the works so stay tuned...

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I've been using this eyeshadow for several years as my default go-to every day and also nighttime color, Maybelline's "Silken Taupe." I love it because it adds a little color and shimmer but looks natural, and it lasts without creasing.

I recently picked up the "Metal Eyes" trio and it is the best thing ever. It's still subtle shimmer but with a little more depth, and gold eye shadow looks good on everyone.

What's your favorite drugstore make-up?
Edit: The lovely Frances is giving away a bunch of Maybelline products.
Go check out how to enter!

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Lauren, who runs an awesome blog called I Don't Eat Bread, just opened an Etsy shop where she's selling tops with hand-drawn anatomical organs and skeletal structures, sometimes accented with sequins as seen here on the Cardiac Arrest crop top.

Considering the fact that these images are hand-drawn on the front with the reverse view on the back, $25 is a bargain price.

Check out her shop here.

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Somewhat inspired by the genius jersey trimmings of Maegan and Jennine, as well as the cloth necklaces that have been popping up on Urban Outfitters (realizing now I must have been really rather inspired by that one, whoops), I cut up an old around-the-house shirt into strips and knotted them together to make a necklace.

Do you like it? I'm thinking about making others and experimenting with
using more fabric, different colored fabric (possibly tie-dye?),
and maybe some metal beads or something.

P.S. I'm a little roughed up from taking a spill the other day.
I'm okay, my chin and arm are a little bruised and sore, that's all.

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Just in case you haven't noticed or if you're new here, 80%20 and I are giving away a pair of shoes just like these! I'll be announcing the winner a week from today.

Have you entered? You need to enter!
♥ Enter The Giveaway ♥

Banana Repubic t-shirt
F21 Necklace
Hint Jeans
80%20 Shoes - You like? Enter the giveaway!

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I've been trying to find a gold tooth charm within my budget for a few months.
I want to hang one from a long chain and be both delicate and crunk.
How awesome would that be?

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Betsy--the laidback, cheerful, awesome artist behind Betsy & Iya Jewelry--is giving away two tickets to the Shecky's Girl's Night Out event in NYC June 23 - June 27.
Friday and Saturday are sold out!

It's going to be a lot of fun with cocktails, beer and food pairings, major markdowns on summer fashions, goodie bags , and there are going to be a lot of Etsy vendors there, like Betsy, who is bringing a bunch of stuff not yet listed in her shop.

I wish I could go! Sometimes I feel pretty land-locked in Nashville, I do love the scene here, but there's always sooo much going on in NYC!

East coast ladies, go to Betsy's blog and leave a comment for an easy shot at tickets to what seems like it's going to be a blast. She'll be announcing the winner on June 17.

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I have been digging all over Google for a quote of what Chloe Sevigny once said about Uggs. I remember reading in a magazine that she said they were a surf classic, and she would always wear them--something like that. I don't have a pair, but I am not anti. I realize these are a love-'em or hate-'em kind of shoe. They aren't high glam but they are cool.
If you love them, Michael from Whoogaboots is offering you guys $30 off any purchase when you type in "ANNIESPAND" at checkout! That's awesome!

Here are my favorite pairs:

Short Pewter Ugg Boot
These are by far the most awesome-est. They look like space boots.
I LOVE shoes that look futuristic. I would totally rock these.

Mini Violet Ugg Boots
Gala recently wrote an article expressing her guilty pleasure over Uggs in which she dissed purple ones and suggested basic black ones. Personally, I think they both have their appeal. These little purple ones are totally wild and cute (I LOVE that ankle length!), and the long black ones seem to be the most sophisticated of the Uggs.

Black Ugg Boots - Classic Tall
What do you think?

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Remember when I dyed a t-shirt? It came out so awesome. I love it so much. I used black RIT and a white shirt, but somehow it came out all gray and purple and pink like a stormy summer sky.

Here I am wearing it the other night to go see some bands.
I do this a lot. A lot a lot a lot.

DIY shirt
Limited denim skirt
Gray tights
My Name Necklace
Vintage chain necklace
Beaded bracelet from Chloride, AZ
80%20 Shoes (I am totally officially addicted. And you need to enter my giveaway!)

Last night I did the same thing. Only they were better bands.
This is what I wore:

I layered a shirt I bleached over a dyed shirt that I bought.
I'm also wearing those fingerless gloves.

I kept my accessories simple since the gloves are somewhat statementy.

These girls are awesome.

DIY bleached shirt
Forever21 shirt underneath
Zipper skirt from eBay
Black tights
My Name Necklace
Dark blue fingerless gloves from eBay
80%20 Shoes (Again, you must enter the giveaway!)

Something really great about this skirt is that it has exposed zippers going all the way up and down each side of it.

I sent some twitpics out over Twitter. You should follow me if you're not already.
Here is one I wanted to send the other night, before I knew how to send pics:

Bb and I both have suede shoes.

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Something went wrong with my camera and the wide shots er whatever turned out looking like I'd used a yellow gel filter. It was random. My camera used to do this occasionally at my old place with the orange wall, but it was like an orange filter. I miss that orange wall, by the way. And the stool I used as a tripod. I've been propping my camera up on the windowsill.
Anyway, this is just another normal outfit. I wore it the other night to go see a bunch of local bands, as usual.

Tank thrifted in St. Louis - I love this thing.
Wet Seal teal acid wash skinny jeans
My Name Necklace
Roadtrip beads from Chloride, AZ
Clock locket ♥
80%20 Booties (Yes, I am obsessed with these. And you need to enter the giveaway!)

I've been doing everything but voodoo to make that massive zit on my chin go away.

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