crazy folk

skirt: Lauren Conrad for Kohl's clearance

top: Target

cardigan: GAP clearance

cupcake necklace: [un]possible cuts

sandals: Lela Rose for Payless sale

I am one week into my summer vacation and already I am struggling with the great amount of free time I have. This happens every summer and I spend more time trying to convince myself to enjoy it than actually enjoying it. sigh. What's wrong with me? Who has to tell themselves to enjoy doing nothing???? Crazy folk. That's who.

Luckily, tomorrow my annual Peace Corps reunion unofficially begins. This our sixth summer to get together over a super long weekend and this year it is in my neck of the woods. Let the fun begin!

casual uniform

maxi skirt: Nordstrom Rack

sandals: Target

button-up: Old Navy sale

Today was a casual day. Sandals, a super soft button-up, with a maxi skirt is my go-to casual uniform. I didn't have any plans so I decided to get a jump start on setting up my classroom. I ran some errands and spent a few hours arranging the desks and hooking up the computers. It flew by with two former students helping me. It feels good to have a small bit of the set up out of the way. Today's baking plan is strawberry-lemonade cupcakes. My coworkers at the restaurant I work at part-time have been asking me why I never bring them cupcakes anymore. I plan to remedy that tomorrow night with THE perfect summer cupcake.

blogging and baking

skirt: Pins and Needles resale

top: Old Navy sale

heels: Steve Madden sale

Oakland necklace and Sugar Skull earrings: [un]possible cuts

The lazy days of summer are in full swing for me. I finished teaching summer school last Friday and have been doing serious relaxing this week. It's always a battle to jut enjoy time off and not fill it with tasks and activities. So many activities. This summer break I plan to blog more and bake more...both of which have been absent from my life lately.

guess whose back?

dress: Target clearance 

tights: Old Navy

heels: Lela Rose for Payless

necklace: [un]possible cuts

belt: H&M

So, like a broken record, I again have to apologize for my long absence. It was a combination of factors. My computer died and getting a new one took a while. Getting it all set up took even longer. In addition, I took an 8 week online graduate class that ate up a ton of my time. I've been busy but I'm back.

ps I have bangs again

pps I've missed you!

mind changed

skirt: Banana Republic resale

tshirt: Target

blouse: Marshall's

acorn earrings: [un]possible cuts

hawk wedges: Seychelle's sale

belt: Target

Have you ever worn an outfit that you LOVED and felt great wearing all day long; only to see it in pictures later and hate the way in looks? Meet that outfit. I got this blouse for a song on Marshall's and was so excited because not only was it sheer but it had an ornate, pearl collar.  Try as I might I have never found an outfit to wear it with that I've liked. Then I paired it underneath this grey, scoop-necked tshirt and thought I'd done it. Found a way to wear this damn blouse. And all day long, I was loving this outfit. The grey, the detailing. Ugh! Then I pulled up these pictures and immediately changed my mind. Keep in mind that the above pictures were the "good" ones. The others were god awful.

You win some, you lose some.

overexposed

skirt: thrifted

button up: Old Navy

sequin tank: J Crew clearance

scarf: Old Navy

Hawk wedges: Seychelle's sale

owl necklace: [un]possible cuts

earrings: Premier Jewelry     

This is the best that I could do with these photos with my non-existent photo editing skills. I mistakenly had my camera set to manual and didn't realize until later that all of these pictures were super overexposed. I played around on picnik (because I don't have photoshop) for half an hour just trying to get the color of my shirt to show up. Unsuccessful...it's aqua gingham. Let me just state that I am an amateur blogger. Blog design, photo editing, photography, angles, ligthing, fashion. I am just making it up as I go.Thanks for following along as I stumble blindly ahead :)

do they know?

 denim tunic: resale

tights: Target

flats: Old navy

sweater: J Crew clearance

belt: Target

skirt: H&M

This was a sunny weekend that my bright, sunny, deceptively warm apartment tricked me into under-dressing. It was sunny but not near warm enough for this outfit. I wore this to the farmer's market and was mortified to get home and discover that the lining of the skirt had worked it's way up, so as not to cover what it was meant to cover. Granted I had tights on and the lace part of the skirt was in place but still...so embarrassing. It's like those women who wear black legging that are not as opaque as they need to be. I always wonder, do they know that they might as well not be wearing pants, for all those stretched out, too sheer, worn through leggings are covering?