heidi

dress: Target clearance

fur collar: H&M

tights: Old navy

Jeffery Campbell platforms

necklace: gift

jacket: GAP clearance

belt: H&M

I am very excited that I learned how to automatically have pictures post with a uniform width. Sadly, it only highlights how mediocre my camera phone is. sigh. 

I felt like I should be yodeling and climbing a mountain with a goat. Between the hair and the fur and the sweet, demure dress...this outfit was a bit costume-y, which I like. It's hard to tell with these crappy photos but the tights have little red polka dots on them. There is no way I was going to not like this outfit...polka dots, pleats, sheer. Oh how I love girly details!

still searching

cardi: Target

blouse: resale

skirt: Anthro clearance

heels: Seychelle's

flag pendant necklace: [un]possible cuts  

So I moved months and months ago. I have been unpacked and settled in for a while now. That is except for a picture spot. I can not find a convenient place to take pictures, where the lighting is good. The roof is ideal but I don't want to get too comfortable since I am, technically speaking, trespassing. So on a sunny day, I attempted photos in my apartment. sigh. And the search continues.

rainy days and ombre nails

jacket: Nordstrom Rack

dress: H&M clearance\

tights: H&M

shoes: Target

belt: Kohl's sale

necklace: gift

ombre nails: The Beauty Department tutorial 

As you can see in the last picture I was expecting to get rained on any minute. This was last week on a grey, overcast day. I decided to brighten my day with lots of pattern mixing. If you've read my blog for any length of time you know that I am of the mindset...the more patterns the better. Maybe I don't match. Perhaps I look like I got dressed in the dark. That's okay by me :)

How fun are my ombre nails? It was a first attempt and turned out really well. I've gotten a ton of compliments. I made a mess and probably ruined a concealer brush so I'd recommend actually buying a paintbrush from Michael's not using a makeup brush. 

everything is better on vacation

skirt: Anthro clearance

peplum blazer: Anthro clearance

polka dot top: Old Navy

heels: Target

giraffe necklace: [un]possible cuts 

 sunglasses: Target

Summer school ended yesterday and I am officially on summer vacation. And how do I kick off my first morning of vacation you ask? By completing an online food handler certification and watching an episode of glee. But it's okay because no matter how mundane your day, life is just better on vacation. 

I bought this lovely lace skirt and peplum blazer with the last of my birthday money. Lace and peplum are favorites of mine so they had to be paired together. I love these bright, happy colors...these shoes however are gonna have to go. As far as Target shoes go, they are the exception...super uncomfortable. So cute, but painful after 5 minutes. How I wore them for even a half day of teaching is beyond me. I will rave about how comfortable Target shoes are to anyone I meet, so I am so disappointed that these never broke in :(

dot dot dot

 dress: Vintage

pins: random

tights: H&M

heels: Simply Vera Wang

Excuse my absence but I have been mighty preoccupied lately. Open house, visitors, moving, being sick, lack of internet. Life has been conspiring against this little old blog.

I figured I would come back with a bang. They are serious polka dot tights. This dress has been seen now and again on here. I recently unearthed it when packing and unpacking. When your closet gets super full, things get lost. My new closet is SO MUCH bigger!

mocked by Anthropologie, as per usual

 dress: H&M

sweater: Old Navy clearance

belt: Kohl's

tights: Target

botos: Simply Vera Wang from Kohl's

necklace: Unpossible Cuts

The new Anthropologie catalog is as beautiful and unattainable as ever. One thought kept running thru my mind as I leaf past gorgeously style photo after photo..."These bitches are crazy!" I sat shivering in my apartment gazing longingly and disapprovingly at bare legs and strapless dresses. It is winter Anthropologie. Please do not mock me and my double layered tights and bulky sweaters by parading ads of stylish women in summer gear across the pages of your catalog that lands on my doorstep in December. It's just mean. Mean and wrong.

That being said, this was my interpretation of one photo in the catalog. It was of a light polka dot dress with a chucky knit sweater, thick belt and sherpa ankle boots. Oh and of course bare legs (shaking my fist at you Anthro). I have two pairs of tights on and a tshirt under my dress. It's freakin cold here no matter what the dumb ANthropologie catalog tries to get me to believe.

Andi's real camera

I am feeling so ridiculously grateful to my little sister, Andi. She graciously agreed to let me borrow her super fancy camera while I continue to contemplate upgrading from my smart phone camera to a real camera. And would you look at these photos!!! Real cameras take pretty amazing pictures. I almost feel like I shouldn't ruin it by telling you that I am pretty sure I am standing on a landfill in these pictures. But, obviously I am unable to keep things to myself and there we are. Landfill. Yup. Standing on one.

But the view from the landfill sure is pretty.

skirt: Target resale

cardigan: Banana Republic resale

top: Old Navy, gift from Andi

tights: Kohl's 

wedges: Forever 21

 necklace: gift from Mom

Purple haze

 dress: H&M

cardigans: Target

tights:Kohl's 

hawk wedges: Seychelle's

EBEW colored tights. I felt alittle bummed about this challenge b/c I didn't have any fun new tights to wear. My drawer is packed full on last winter's tights in the same, old colors I've worn and worn and worn. I can't really justify buying new tights though, when I already have so many pairs. I have never pair these tights with this polka dot dress. I have usually worn this dress as a top but today I wanted a light colored, short dress to show these purple tights off. In these chilly temps I added a purple button-up layered under the dress.

in it for the mix

 top: Old Navy

skirt: Anthropologie clearnace

hat, shoes: Target

necklace: Unpossible Cuts

Perfect outfit for people watching, in the sunshine, over micheladas. Micheladas are just about my favorite thing ever! I love bloody mary's but don't like them super strong, as I like the mix better than the vodka. Micheladas are the perfect solution. Beer, lots of bloody mary mix, lime and salt. Soooo good on a hot day. On Saturday I got up for a run and some yoga. By early afternoon, I had planted myself at a picnic table, with a friend to enjoy the beautiful weather. As you can see, I was not kidding about wearing this skirt every weekend. I'd call it a rut but this skirt is too awesome for such a derogatory word. I'm in a good rut.

yeehaw!!

 top: H&M

sweater/skirt: GAP clearance

peeptoe wedges: Rocket Dog

pins: reused from some other item and unpossible cuts

I have never been much of a pull over sweater person. For me, sweaters have always had this itchy, bulky, unflattering conotation in my mind. I felt lumpy, bumpy, and all round not right in them. Within the past year I have realized that the hideous Old Navy sweaters of my youth that, in fact, DID look god awful on me are not the only option as far as knitted tops go. I had just barely realzed this last winter and before I knew it winter faded away. Even though temps have not started dropping here, I am already antsy for some sweater, layering action. I got this sparkly, cropped number at GAP on massive clearance for $10. Yeehaw! I love the 3/4 sleeves and can't wait to pair it with something long-sleeve.
And yes, I did just yeehaw. I may be absent from Texas but it's not absent from me.

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.

rocking the ugly skirt

Since today was Jungle/Tropical Spirit Day at school and I wore this...


I instead belatedly bring you what I wore on Monday...

skirt: Kohl's $8
top: Old Navy
jacket: Target clearance
belt: Kohl's sale
shoes: Dolce Vita for target

I saw this skirt at Kohl's and picked it up to try on. For whatever reason I put it back and my roommate commented on it being ugly or something. Well, I went back and got it. She says ugly, I say cute. I've always liked this midi length on myself and have several dresses this length. We laughed as she gave me crap about how hideous it is and rolled her eyes as I gushed about how adorable my new $8 skirt was. A small part of me kind of wondered if she was right and I decided if I could find at least 5 different ways to wear it, that would justify keeping it. The moment that my roommate said, "I hate to admit it, but you are rocking that ugly skirt" I knew I was keeping it.