Perfect Pop of Spring

Today I wanted to hang out with an old favorite, so my trusty black wrap dress it was. I love the simplicity and versatility of this dress. I felt really put together and professional, yet it took me less than 2 minutes to get dressed. I found this scarf last week at, of all places, Walmart. I ran in for Reese's and came out with 2 scarves. I can't ever turn down a row of pretty scarves and well, pink roses just seemed to be the perfect pop of spring I didn't know I was looking for, plus it was $3.



I hope everyone had a lovely St. Patrick's Day! I dressed in my most favorite rainbow striped top and went to Target were I bought a really great owl lawn ornament and some shoes. I also met up with my lovely friend, Caitlin, for a delicious Guinness. Which was then followed by a late night pie run. I think from now on I shall celebrate every St. Patrick's day with chocolate cream pie and Guinness. I believe my many Irish relatives would certainly approve.


Dress: Target
Belt: Target
Scarf: Walmart (sorry mom)
Bracelets: Target and Stella & Dot
Shoes: Target

Tiny feet FTW

Has this week felt insanely long to anyone else? For a 4 day week, it sure felt like 6. Needless to say, I was super excited to see casual Friday this week! To celebrate, I went simple and floral. To be honest, I wanted to wear my PJs but I'm pretty sure that is frowned upon in the University Development community, so my favorite jeans and a soft cardi were the next best thing.



I love shoes and I have tiny feet, which makes my love of shoes all the more dangerous. Its really easy to find shoes on sale in my size, since very few ladies are a 6. Another great thing about tiny feet are Target girls flats. The sweet people at Target feel bad for the 9 and 10 year olds who have lady size feet, so their size 3 and 4, are in fact the same as an adult 5 and 6! Because of this I have a lot of Target girl flats.
They are cute, comfy, and $10, so if you have tiny feet like me, go sit in the girls shoe isle and get funny looks from other shoppers as you find the perfect pair of sparkly red Dorthy shoes! I'll be there with you, trying to decide if I should get another pair!

Cardi: Target
Top: Old Navy
Jeans: Old Navy
Scarf: H&M
Flats: Target

Put an owl on it!

For Christmas our awesome friends Allie & Josh got me this totally sweet scarf. Its got owls and its mustard yellow, I'm pretty sure it was made with me in mind! I decided that mixing it with darker colors and having it pop a bit was the way to go, although to be honest, you might see me wearing this with jorts and a tank this summer I love it so much!



Today was a bit crazy. My computer and the office printer did not speak all afternoon when I had a huge mailing to print. So while I love my little booties, wearing them on a day when I was running back and forth from cubical to printer wasn't the best. Man, was I excited to see my slippers when I got home!

In exciting and not painful news, I registered for the Texas Style Council in March! I am ridiculously excited to spend a weekend networking and hanging out with other awesome fashionable ladies, its going to be a blast!!


Scarf: Gift
Cardi: Target
Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Skirt: Ruche
Tights: Spanx via Rue La La
Booties: Target

New Year, New Dress

Happy New Year! Now that the craziness of the holidays is over, I'm back to blogging and in fact have made it a goal of mine to be proactive on this blog this year, I get dressed every day so there is no reason I shouldn't have my husband photograph it!

Today was my first day back in the office after the holidays and I felt this called for a new dress. I love so many things about this dress, from its awesomely longhorn friendly color to the pattern, which is actually little feathers, when I saw it, I knew it needed to be my Christmas gift to myself.




I also love that I can pair any number of my belts, cardis, or boots with this dress. It makes it a super versatile piece which is nice, since you wouldn't normally think of burnt orange as "versatile."


It was very cold this morning, but thankfully, I had a lovely coat to wear once outfit photo time was over. Also, the scarf is from another very talented crafter in my family, my awesome sauce Granny Annie.

Dress: Ruche
Cardi: Target
Tights: Spanx via Rue La La
Boots: Steve Madden
Coat: Modcloth from a million years ago
Scarf: Granny Annie

Pop!

I love a good pop of color, which is why I decided to rock the mustard tights today with the subdued tones of this lovely striped dress. I also did my fav stripes and leopard. The dress has some great 3/4 sleeves with smaller stripes, someday when its not freezing out, I'll show them to you. It was a busy day at the office, so simple and comfy is all I wanted, this seemed to fit the bill perfectly!



I felt very Joan from MadMen in this dress, it was tight but not too tight, and made my curves look great. I know you can't really tell from this particular styling, but its a great little dress and its warm, so I'm sure it will be back again soon.


Cardi: Target
Scarf: Target
Dress: Target
Tights: Target
Boots: Steve Madden (I've been living in these and I'm not ashamed!)

Nothing like a little wool

It continues to be cold here in the Lone Star State, which is just fine with me! Cold means I can finally wear all the awesome winter things I got on insane super sale this summer. I know it was a little crazy to buy a wool skirt in July, but I did it and 5 months later it was perfect and super cute!




You see that infinity scarf? My Mama made it for me last Christmas. I found it today when I pulled out the wool coat and my goodness was I happy to see it! Not only is it super warm and an awesome color, its like getting a hug from my mom all day long and nothing is better than that.

My joyful face when I got to put my coat on!

Coat: Old Navy (last Fall)
Cardi: Target
Scarf: My Mama
Top: Old Navy
Skirt: Lands' End Canvas
Tights: Spanx
Boots: Steve Madden

A Rainy day in Austin town

What is this falling from the sky? Its rain!
We haven't gotten hardly any rain around these parts this year, so today was strange and awesome. I never look out my windows in the morning before getting dressed, but today I did and goodness was I glad! Today called for faux patent leather flats, not nice velvet ones. Add a comfy tee, a cardi, and a good scarf and you've got an outfit made in rainy Friday heaven.



I'm signing in the rain, just singing and taking style blog photos in the rain!


Scarf: Target
Cardi: Target
Shirt: Banana Republic Outlet
Jeans: Old Navy
Shoes: Target

Love list

Friday, man do I love Friday. Friday means jeans and the end of the week! Two things I happen to love! You might have noticed my current love is this mustard cardigan, I was on the hunt for this cardi for months so I'm loving remixing it! Also, I finally found a simple leopard scarf and as soon as it arrived I knew it was meant to go with mustard yellow.



Also, yay for new wedges, I was so excited when I found these affordable loafer wedges! I was even more excited when I got compliments on them all day long and was once again able to sign the praises of Target, because we all know that is also something I love. To top all of this love off, I did one of my favorite accessories, red lipstick. It's not a look I rock every day but it is a look I love and I love it even more with a simple jeans and a tee combo.


Cardi: Target
Scarf: Target
Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Jeans: Old Navy
Shoes: Target
Lipstick: Revlon "Just Bitten" in Gothic

Fall!

This outfit is everything I love about Fall.
Leggings, boots, cardigans, and scarves!

A few things to note now that we're getting back into the swing of things.
We moved to a cute little neighborhood full of giant trees and quite streets. I love it!
I started a new job and the building is always freezing. It used to be research labs but its now open office space and the heating and cooling was never changed over, so random places that used to be labs are either really hot or really cold. The job is awesome, the temperature situation is not. Therefore, even though at times it's still 75 out I will be in tights and cardis until further notice.

Also, these boots, are one of my favorite things! I got them last winter as a wooo one time merit increase gift to myself and if you can, you should get a pair too, they are that awesome!

Dress: Target
Leggings: Target
Cardigan: Target
Scarf: Target
Boots: Steve Madden
Belt: Papaya