For a second I thought I might sit around my house this past weekend and wallow knee deep in self pity and other sorrows. Sounds like fun, right? A real riot.
I thought better of it. I kicked myself right in the pants and put on the biggest party dress I could find.
Big party dresses are key to healing any of life’s little hiccups. You think I’m kidding? Put on a dress… you’ll feel way better.
Know what else helps with life’s hiccups? Bourbon. Or wait…. does that cause the hiccups in the first place? I’m not sure. Jury is still out on that one.
Big party dress, check. Bourbon, check. Country funk records spinin’ on the turntable, check. One heck of an afternoon in the sun… success.
Throw in my two best friends Whitney and Rachel. Holy heckballs…. that was one fine weekend.
Please note: this post was just a shameless excuse to show you the fantastic vintage dress I wore this weekend. If this dress or my unabashed love of bourbon and country funk music offends your sensibilities…. well… that’s a real shame. You must admit though… it’s a pretty rad dress.
Tomorrow we discuss pie bars. It’s important. Really important.
Photographs by Marisa Q Photography
Maria Trader
love your dress!
christine louise
You are too cute! That dress looks great on you!!
Kaitlin
You’re adorable!
I’m sorry you’re going through some rough times, but I’m glad you’ve got your friends to cheer you up :)
Caroline
heck yes Bulleit! i know i can trust a girl when she’s got fine taste in whiskey.
makes your blog all the more of a go-to for me. your entry on seducing boys with baked goods successfully put my personal manifesto into words and pictures. my (anti-domestic-goddess-cooking-is-modern-slavery-i-buy-my-men-a-six-pack-and-that’s-good-enough) friend barfed on her keyboard when i sent her the link, though. some women just aren’t down. but that’s okay.
don’t feel blue! you’re rad. you know about baking, the power of a pretty dress, good bourbon, and friends. you’re money, girl.
joythebaker
Bulleit is absolutely the best around! you’re right!
the baking for boys isn’t for every girl. some girls find it downright offensive. that’s ok. i can deal with that. we can’t all be the same kind of girl… you know?
Allison from "a for aubergine"
Great dress! AND it looks uber comfortable, which is always a plus, right?! :)
My Delicious
you look georgeous!
Sarafina
beautiful photo of you!
Adriana
you look gorgeous joy! there’s no self pity possible looking like that! and I love the hair flowers! very… ‘if you’re going to san francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair’, only LA version ;)
Megabite
Pretty! I know what you mean about dresses solving sadness. Love the dress!
Ariella
Joy! how do you stay so thin eating all these wonderful baked goods?! I’m jealous. Your dress is amazing, and I’m also pretty jealous about that.
joythebaker
i’m not actually all that skinny. i just wear flattering clothes and i really like to hike.
Katrina
I love your dress! And am awaiting pie bars..yum!
Julie @ Willow Bird Baking
It IS a totally rad dress! And I completely agree that putting on a dress makes you feel so much better!
Sam
I love your blog, it’s one of my favourites and now i can see you have fabulous taste in clothes to, that dress is bloody great, i want one, and some of that bourbon to!
Courtney
Rockin’ dress, Joy!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is
Gorgeous dress, Joy!