real clothes

maxi dress: Target

chambray button up: Old Navy

Sweater: Old Navy

boots: Simply Vera Wang at Kohl's

necklace: Premier Jewelry

Winter Break is here and I am so excited. Never mind that I have bronchitis. Never mind that I am taking a delightful trifecta of prescription steriods, antibiotics, and inhaler. Never mind that said medication does not make me feel so great. Nothing can bring me down! This outfit is very deceptive in that it makes you think that I have actually been getting out of the leggings and XL flannel shirt I have been wearing all weekend (I haven't). But a trip to grocery store clearly merits real clothes and a mini photoshoot. I get fancy for Whole Foods.

wanderer

black pants: GAP outlet

top: Kohl's clearance

chambray: Kohl's Lauren Conrad

black blazer: super old

platforms: blowfish resale

cherry blossom necklace: [un]possible cuts

Somehow I caught myself with my eyes closed in just about every picture. This is from a couple weeks back on a Sunday in the city. I met a friend for brunch and had some time to kill before dance practice, so I wandered around. I sat in Huntington Park reading. Pretty sure I trespassed, taking these pictures outside the Pacific Union Club.  Getting lost in the city was one of my favorite things when I lived there so I was content to stroll up and down hills for a few hours. Thank god I've finally learned how to layer!

layering piece

dress: Anthro clearance

chambray: Lauren Conrad clearance

wedges: Target

shockwaves necklace: [un]possible cuts

I had a lazy week post-Peace Corps reunion.  I had the luxury of being on summer break so I could putter around the apartment in yoga pants for a few days, cooking, reading, and watching Game of Thrones for the first time. This outfit symbolized a return to the world at large. It took having set plans with my friend Rita to actually get me in real clothes. So I got myself all fancied up. Heels, lipstick, the whole shebang. 

I've had two other chambray button ups and this one from Kohl's is my "third time it's a charm." The first one ripped, the second was too stiff, but this one is perfect. Soft and worn in just right. It's a great layering piece, which one needs in the Bay Area.

too hot for summer

 chambray button up: GAP sale

pencil skirt: JCrew sale

heels: Steve Madden sale

necklace: Francesca's 

Umm, so it's not fall. These chilly mornings have been confusing me. When I got home from work at noon, I couldn't rip these clothes off fast enough to change into something cooler. Wool skirt and heavy button up are not summer wear even if it is chilly when I leave home. I don't know what I was thinking.

year round sequins

So I know that just yesterday I posted an outfit inspired by the stylish Keiko Lynn, but I actually wore that a week ago. Yesterday I wore this outfit, which ironically, was also inspired by another of her outfits. I feel like a total stalker but luckily blogs are intended to be followed so that makes stalking her blog totally acceptable. :)
During the holidays I went sequin crazy buying way more sequined items than any one person needs. Since the holiday parties ended and I have been reluctant to stow away my bedazzled clothing, I have been trying to find ways to rock my sequins on a day to day basis. Enter this outfit.

sequin top: Jennifer Lopez for Kohl's clearance

chambray button up: GAP sale

jeans: Target

boots: Seychelles

lie to me

 chambray top: GAP sale

dress: vintage

slip:thrifted

boots: Michael Kors resale

socks: gift

necklace: Sway

My weather app totally lied to me today! It said rain rain rain all day long. So I brought my umbrella, was all bummed out at the prospect of a Monday cooped up with my class all day long, no break in sight.

And instead we had sun sun sun. It was a gorgeously sunny, albeit chilly day. These kind of lies I can get used to.

Full disclosure...I did not wear this today. I am such a loser-face and I had sooooo many yet-to-be-posted outfits. So, days like today, when I don't get any shots of my outfit, I can cue up one of the many outfits I never posted.

weekend staple

skirt: Anthropologie sale

top: Chambray shirt dress worm as a top, Anthro sale

wedge sandals: gift

hat: Target 

I have been wearing this skirt every weekend. Seriously, every single weekend. I still have photos from the weekend before last in this skirt, that I have not posted. The weather has been so gorgeous that I want to let my legs breathe while they can. I am eagerly anticipating the cool, fall days when I can bring out my tights. But, for now, I am happy to traipse around the city bare legged.

ribbons, ruffles, and chambray

dress: Lauren Conrad from Kohl's 

chambray tunic: Anthropologie

Hawk wedges: Seychelles

I love how versatile dresses are. I bought this blue, ribbon pattern dress on sale at Kohl's, kind of wondering if it was impractical. It is on the dressy side and I wasn't sure if it would get much wear. I do find myself passing over it, like I am saving it for a special occasion. However, the few times I have worn it I have always dressed it down and I have always layered with it. Here I threw it on over a chambray button up and added lace up wedges. As the weather continues to approach winter coldness, I know this dress will be great with tights, sweaters and boots.

not so casual Friday

dress: Anthropologie clearance
chambray: GAP clearance
wedges: Target

Not feeling so casual today. This is yet another attempt to dress this gorgeous flower print dress down. The chambray shirt did the trick and by knotting it I was able to maintain the pretty silhouette. Success! I have Vickie of Adventures in Fashion to thank for the idea.
Off to Texas tomorrow. So for two glorious days I will be not-so-aubsent-from-Texas. Hot nights and mosquitos here I come!

the taste of wine lingers

Sunday was another packed day with Andi. We had a lovely brunch at a friends house and then headed to Livermore to take her wine tasting for the first time.

This dress was a recent resale find for $12! I can't wait to find other ways to wear it.

dress: Erin Featherston resale
chambray: GAP sale
tights: Old navy gift
boots: Seychelle's
necklace: gift

Thanks for being my photographer Andi!

hella

This past summer I had a job offer in China that I was seriously considering. My good friend gave me this shirt for my birthday, hoping it might sway me to stay. I had actually already made up my mind to turn down the China job. I do hella love Oakland :) and I just wasn't ready to leave it.

My Dad had a 24 hour layover in San Jose yesterday, so I drove down to meet him. It was cold and i just wanted to be casual and warm. Looking at the photos makes me think I need a new pair of jeans...a decent pair that fit well. I also want clarify that the pockets of the chambray shirt I have on under look like weird, off center nipples but are not. I have on way too many layers to have a T.H.O. problem.

Sweater: Old Navy sale $18
Jeans, Belt: Target
T-Shirt: gift
Chambray button up: GAP clearance $18
Boots: Steve Madden clearance $50

focus!!!!!

Sorry for the blurry pictures. I take the photos myself using a nifty,little tripod thing that my roommate gave me. I take the photos in the morning as I am leaving for work. More often than not I am running late and just don't have time to fiddle with the camera. Eventually I will learn how to take decent pictures. Until then bear with me :)

I have seen people take amazing pictures with a simple digital camera but I have no idea how they do it. I imagine there must be a book of website out there titled: How to Make the Most of a Point and Shoot for Dummies. It's on my to do list to google that.

I bought this frilly, poofy, fancy skirt on clearance at Anthropologie. (side note: I adore everything in that store and wish I had money to burn so I could buy something from there that is not on clearance). I saved the receipt and kept the tags on it because I was unsure if I would be able to make it work. I played dress up a few times before trying this chambray shirt dress. It keeps the outfit from being too fussy. These ankle boots are a few years old and I go back and forth on whether or not I like them. meh. I have a new pair of ankle boots due to arrive any day from Seychelle's. My first pair of Seychelle shoes!!! happy dance!!!!!








Shirt dress: Anthropologie clearance, Skirt: Anthropologie clearance, Boots: Simply Vera Wang sale from Kohl's, Belt & Necklace: Target, Bangles: all over