Spring Break for Elephants

This was suppossed to be my Saturday outfit for Texas Style Council, however, there was rain, lots and lots of rain. So to celebrate the sun and that everyone else in Austin is on Spring break I wore the outfit today. I first fell in love with this dress when it was for sale at Bloom, but I waited until I got home to purchase and by that time it had sold out in my size. I was a sad panda but then Ruche had the same dress, and as soon as I saw it, I grabbed it. I've had thing for elephants since I was a little girl, so it was only natural that I add a pink and purple elephant print dress to my wardrobe.



So I've been thinking about dying my hair. I used to dye it all the time, but then stopped for about 8 years. In November I died it a dark brown, which has been great for the winter. However, now that I'm letting it grow again (I'll be honest, I really miss being able to do a proper blogger bun) I'm thinking about dying it this awesome auburn but I'm still not sure. Every time I see photos of my hair in the sunlight I get the itch to switch it up, so stay tuned, eventually I'll make up my mind.


Dress: Ruche
Belt: Target
Shoes: Toms
Sunglasses: Spex Club which is now apparently Lookmatic?
Bracelet: Stella & Dot (thanks Whitney!)

Golden Hour

We took photos later than normal last night and goodness did they turn out nicely. I think the sunset compliments my yellow belt quite nicely!

The goal of this outfit was work appropriate but cool and a little fun. I am currently having a love affair with strips and this lovely little tee was a nice companion to this khaki skirt. I normally hate khaki, I just find it really boring, but I love this skirt as a nice neutral. The belt continues with this weeks yellow theme, I thought it added a fun pop of color to the mostly black and whiteness of the outfit. The purse is one of 3 I have in heavy rotation and was just the right size to take to dinner with the family.

This is what happens when you take outfit photos at 7pm and its still 102 out. Seriously OVER this heat wave!

Top: Banana Republic Outlet

Skirt: Thrifted Gap

Belt: Papaya

Shoes: Target

Purse: Old Navy

Sunglass: Spex Club

Your love is my drug

Today I had a work meeting in the am, so I wanted to dress up a little, but for goodness sake, it was 105, but with a heat index of 107, out today so I wasn't going to go with a suit or anything, so a dress and heels it was.

I got this dress over the weekend, woo for a 4 hour 50% off sale. I didn't have a gray dress and this is so simple but nicely cut that it was a must have. I also think it will transition really great with tights and leggings come fall.


I thought it would be fun to show you a bit of the Mister's style today. I think he is rather handsome, so I figure why not show him off.


Remember how excited I was about my sunglasses last week? Peter got new sunglasses too and despite being a little on the hipster side (okay, A LOT on the hipster side) I think they are AWESOME!! I am also loving his vintage pearl snap. The boy has some great style and honestly, I didn't really have that much to do with it!

These photos are to show you why we are in love

These were totally unplanned.

On me:
Dress: Old Navy
Shoes: Target

On Pete:
Sunglasses: Spex Club
Shirt: Vintage via New Bohemia
Shorts: Old Navy

To end, I leave you with the adorable Petunia Jean

I go back to black

Happy Monday.
This was one of those mornings when I just could not get out of bed, I blame the fact that I leave for vacation on Wednesday.
Woo for Denver!


This little black dress is one of my most favorite go to pieces. I can dress it up or down or not at all and it looks great. Today I went with minimal dress up. Gold flats and a statement headband were enough. The bag is fairly new and just the perfect size for running errands. Errands like picking up our new glasses after work! I'm always nervous when I get new glasses, but this pair is fabulous and I'm super excited to rock them for the next year or so.

This is just to show that while Petunia Jean and I are always adorable, we are not always photogenic.

Dress: Target (its $20, if you don't own it, you should)
Shoes: Steve Madden
Headband: H&M
Bag: Coach
Glasses: Calvin Klein (Tortoise Pink)

Girl with the big bun on her head

Today I wanted to take things up a notch and for me that means wedges and doing something different to my hair. It turned out well because I would mark today as a good day. To top off my good day, my new sunglasses came in the mail! Not a big thing to most people, but when you've got prescription sunnies, you only get new ones once a year or so, so it was a big day and I'm really happy with them, so yay all around!


I've done buns like this in the past, but it had been a long time and I forgot how much I liked it. I learned how to do it from this awesome tutorial from the adorable Sydney, if you've got long enough hair, you should give it a try, it's super simple but looks very impressive.


I only used this bag when we went to dinner with Pete's dad, I think it might be a bit matchy matchy with the shoes, belt, and bag all being light brown, but for a quick trip to Torchy's Tacos I think it was just fine.

Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Skirt: Vintage via Hunt.Gather.Style
Shoes: Target
Belt: Anne Kline via Hunt.Gather.Style
Bag: Old Navy
Earrings: Amazon ($20 on deal of the day sale)
Sunglasses: Spex Club