sunshine on my shoulders

 dress: vintage

platforms: Blowfish resale

cardi: GAP

necklace: [un]possible cuts

Looking back through by outfits in May and early June, I was on a serious blue and yellow kick. I wore a whole lot of blue especially. I wore this because we were having a hot week and this particular day was supposed to get up towards the 90s. Nothing beats a light summer dress on a hot day!

Little Miss Teacher Maam

top: Old Navy

skirt: Anthropologie clearance

sweater: GAP clearance

belt: Target

wedges: Mia sale

necklace and pin: Unpossible Cuts

Week one is half way over and i am surviving. Heck, I'm thriving! I love my new class and I love my new grade level. I was so worried that such a big change (from 1st and 2nd to 5th) would kill me or I would just plain suck. Now that things are going I am feeling so much better. I always know I am in my dark place whenI stop posting b/c if I am not posting it's b/c I am busy and stressed out. Once life and I calm down, I jump right back in.

EBEW Yellow

cardigan: GAP sale
dress: Sway clearance
tights: Kohl's sale
boots: Seychelle Romance on sale

I have been out the loop for the past two Everybody Everywear challenges. I was torn on what to wear. I considered going all yellow but decided against it, thought about doing the yellow tights...I tried many outfits. And in the end I pulled an un-posted outfit from my archives and am using that.

I love the short, playfulness of this dress that I got for like 8 bucks. I added burgundy, textured tights and lace up boots to toughen up the look. Ooooo I'm so tough in my cardigan and satin dress. Don't mess with me. :)

restored faith

dress: vintage
cardigan: GAP sale
boots: Seychelle's sale
tights/belt: Target
necklace: Sway

Wow! I sure do look dour when I don't smile. I guess that would explain people telling me to smile when I am not. Granted I am, generally, a pretty, smiley person.

I didn't have many photos to choose from because I get nervous when I venture out to take photos. I try to take them as quickly as possible and then run away. So I posted this "dour Aubrey" photo because this blog isn't about, "Oh look at how pretty I am." It's about sharing a love of fashion and expressing myself.

Today my faith in moving and finding good roommates and a lovely place was renewed. This weekend I saw some places in great locations with nice, good people but it just wasn't a fit. I started questioning whether I would have to compromise on things I felt strongly about: having a connection with my roommates vs being a stranger in a room, clean and uncluttered space being the two biggest. But today, oh today, I saw a place that restored my hope. Please let them choose me!!!

indecisiveness

I was super indecisive today. I got dressed, changed, changed back. Then went outside to take photos. Looked at the photos, then went back inside and changed again!! Sometimes you try to make something work and it just doesn't. It just big, fat doesn't. I probably should have just chosen something else entirely and started from scratch but I'm a stubborn one. So now I have two sets of outfit photos. I need some feedback. Which one works...or perhaps neither does. That's okay too.
I felt like wearing this maxi dress as a skirt today. I first paired it with a white top with yellow stripes, a marigold cardigan, a belt and a beanie. Then I felt like I had too much yellow and orange going on...kind of like the sun threw up all over me. Here it is...

dress (worn as skirt): Macy's
top: H&M
Cardigan: GAP clearance
belt: Target
boots: Seychelles

So then I tried to tone it down. I lost the belt and beanie. I switched the all the yellow for a tan sweater and added a coral necklace.

sweater: GAP clearance
necklace: Crossroads

So what do you think? I am incapable of decisions today :( On a side note I go back to work tomorrow after 3 weeks of leisure. Sadly, the midday chair photos will be coming to an end so I need to throw a few more in for good measure :)

Inspired by: The Daybook

Sydney on The Datebook does pants so well. I am not so much a pants person but she for sure inspires me to try to look as effortless yet chic in jeans as she does :) That being said, I drew inspiration for today's post from this look. How gorgeous is that? Bold, vibrant colors, a hot skirt and killer heels. I love it all!

Cardigan: GAP clearance
blouse: GAP gift
skirt: Banana Republic resale
tights: GAP
heels: Target

fuzzy collar and sleek hair

Christmas shopping the final frontier happened today. I am thrilled to say that I am done, done, done!

I was torn between feeling fabulous and feeling ridiculous today in this fur collar. I've admired it on other people and having been wanting to try it myself. I like it. This dress is an old target that I've worn quite a bit over the past few years. I've been over it lately until I saw a woman wearing it yesterday and decided to pull it out again. It's a pretty dress but can easily go wrong. The color can look drab and the cut borders on juvenille. I brightened it up with this marigold cardigan. I am not happy with the tights but didn't have any other clean options. I ended up turning down the cuff on the boots after I left the house.

Also, new haircut. I am still not liking it. I was quite happy with my shaggy, fuzzy, over grown haircut I had. I liked that it didn't look fussy and I liked my too long, fall in my eyes bangs. But it has been 9 months since my last haircut and I figured a trin was in order. i should have been more specific about what i wanted. i feel like I have a whole new hairstyle :( Granted I have gotten a ton of compliments on it over the past two days. I'm just not a fan. I do have a tendancy to hide behind frumpiness. Sometimes frumpy clothing, sometimes my glasses, sometimes scraggly hair. And now my hairdresser has dragged me kicking and screaming into this polished stylish (supposedly) haircut. I'll probably thank him one day. But as of now I am still lamenting the loss of my messy mop of hair.

Dress, boots: Target
Tights: somewhere in NZ ???
Cardigan: GAP
Necklace: Sway
"fur" collar: H&M