Petite Panoply

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Even though this dress isn't a 70s style, the colors are really 70s-tastic with the avocado green and gold going on. Those colors just seem really autumnal to me. I threw a thin cropped sweater over this dress for ultimate comfort and to make it more fall appropriate since the dress has an open back. I really like the way the cobalt blue plays off the colors in this dress too. This is definitely one of those outfits that required very little thought in the morning when I was running late for class. P.S. Sorry my brown flats are a little ratty now. They've served me well for a few years...Clearly. dress: modcloth | sweater: forever 21 | flats: xhileration - target | headband: forever 21 I plan on taking a small break from researching today so I'm pretty excited about that. I'm also incredibly pumped about the recent news that I'm going to see Neutral Milk Hotel tomorrow night! A classmate miraculously had an extra ticket....

Happy Monday everyone! I wore this black lace dress to class today and then out on my anniversary date with Matt. We don't really have a specific date for when we started dating, so we go out sometime in October after my birthday is over. So as of this month we've been dating for 5 years. That's a lot of years. I actually ditched the knee socks and put on a pair of nicer heels for dinner, but the socks kept me warm when it was cool this morning. dress, headband: forever 21 | socks, boots: target | necklace: romwe.com | belt: thrifted | earrings: from Matt Jeanie was taking these pictures so I had to make some goofy poses. Those are always the best ones though and I'm sure you don't mind. We went to The Last Resort and stuffed ourselves until we could hardly move and then came back to my place and napped because we're old people. It's love. But really, we only do this once a year and I look forward to the one night we don...

Hello and happy August! Seriously, how is it August? I'm already mourning the summer and my epic laziness. I bought this shirt on clearance at Target the other day for $10. I've been wanting more blouses, so this definitely was a great find. The colors are so pretty and I love a good bow collar. All the bright colors brightened up the cloudy day. I paired my fantastic high-waisted linen shorts with my new blouse. These shorts were seriously one of my best thrift finds ever. top: merona - target | shorts - ralph lauren - goodwill | shoes: mossimo - target | belt: thrifted | headband: forever 21 | ring: great grandma collection It was disgustingly muggy outside when I took these pictures. Like, one of those days when it feels like you stepped into a sauna. Then the clouds decided to get all weird and throw off my white balance. Sad times. But the colorful shirt, patent leather, and sparkly headband were worth photographing!  Happy Wednesday!

Hooray for Friday! I'm glad it's the weekend, but I have a lot of catching up on school reading to do this weekend. Lame. This is my outfit from last Friday. I wore my velvet dress again. I'm going to have to wear it as much as possible before it gets too hot outside. dress:  shopcalico.com cardigan: mossimo; target shoes: xhileration; target belt: thrifted necklace: from Italy headband: forever 21 It appears that I'm staring into your soul. The more I look at that picture, the more scared I am. For that, I am sorry. I really liked this yellow cardigan with my blue velvet dress. It got a bit annoying later on, though because the cardigan sleeves didn't want to pull all the way up if that makes any sense. The shoulders in the dress are too big on me so I think that contributed. You can't tell all that much when I wear something over them, though! Looking at these pictures, I quite enjoy the length of this dress. I c...

Look at these amazing trousers. I think they were somehow made for me as they needed absolutely no tailoring. The length is even perfect. So obviously they were originally for a little old lady or something. They were only a dollar too! They'd been sitting in my closet for a while and I decided it was time to try them in public. I'm showing you my cool headband. It reminds me of a phoenix. pants; top: thrifted cardigan: so...; kohls shoes: croft & barrow headband: forever 21 Well, it's Tuesday. I'm already sleepy. I've been kind of bored and restless lately, but also not wanting to do anything. As blasphemous as this sounds coming out my my mouth (me being a person who dislikes hot weather), I've been having thoughts of summer. I'm convinced I'm just wanting school to be done. Yes, already. I must have senioritis. I'm stuck in between the feelings of being so sick of school and also being scared to ...

I often get asked if I ever wear jeans/pants/things-of-that-nature. The answer is yes, but I like to try to make jeans outfits "not boring". I just think there's more outfit variety and therefore more fun if I keep my dresses and skirts in regular rotation. They're more fun to style - according to me. As I have a couple weeks of sitting around the house for winter break I feel myself being drawn to my jeans more and more. I'll be wearing them when I don't have to go anywhere special. jeans: indidenim cardigan: forever 21 top: forever 21 shoes: xhileration; target headband: forever21.com earrings: thrifted belt: forever 21? I love these jeans so much. When I have a real grown-up job I'll be getting another pair of custom jeans! As of right now I'm done with fall semester and am home for the break. Hooray! Everything is Christmas-y here. It's going to be a good 3ish weeks, I can feel it. Happy Monday night!

Surprisingly (or maybe not so much) I got showered, dressed, and ready in 25 minutes the day I wore this. I overslept. Oh well! top: forever 21 skirt: forever 21 cardigan: so...; kohls tights: kmart shoes: xhileration; target headband: forever 21 necklace: forever 21 gift I had to have a red jacket for a pop of color, right? This one was thrifted as part of a suit. The red high-waisted pants that came with it are back at home. People in one of my classes kept commenting on my polka dot tights. I think they're pretty fantastic as well and they look nice with the striped top. This outfit had to be something I knew would match as I had no time for trial and error. Sometimes I like a black and white color scheme though. I had to go way up to north campus today to get some class schedule stuff worked out and I couldn't resist using my Starbucks gift card when it was right across the street. I got a caramel apple spice and boy was it delic...

These pictures turned out horrible. I must have been in a hurry. These are the best ones if that's tells you anything. What is this expression? I look angry. dress: evan picone; thrifted cardigan: forever 21 shoes: xhileration; target belt: ralph lauren; thrifted headband: forever 21 I thrifted this dress last year and wore it for my 20th birthday . I actually like the way I wore this dress last year better than this time, but I thought I'd try pairing brown things with it instead of black. I was so happy and birthday-y last year. Aw. Two more days until I'm 21! Happy Wednesday!

I guess I forgot to take these pictures off my camera, because they're two weeks old already! I love this headband. It reminds me of a phoenix for some reason. skirt: handmade by Mom cardigan: forever 21 belt: forever 21 shoes: xhileration;target headband: forever 21 I wore this outfit to the mall a couple weeks back. I love how comfortable these shoes are. I could've walked around the mall for a few hours. Unfortunately it was a Sunday and the stupid mall closes early. It's quite a dumb thing in my opinion because Saturday and Sunday are the two days most people are off work and able to shop. So why be closed when the most people can be shopping? Ugh. I wanted to shop for a little longer! Anyway, happy Saturday!