Petite Panoply

Happy Wednesday and happy almost Thanksgiving to all my American friends. It's been a little while since I shared a work outfit now that it gets dark before I get home, but here's one I managed to capture before daylight savings time ended. These wide legged floral pants can be dressed up or down, which is good because they feel like pajamas and being pajama comfy at work is great. This time I styled them with a button down shirt to make them more work appropriate. I had some chunky heels on with this too, but you can't see them because of the grass. (Oops!)  I enjoyed the way my army green shirt looked with the muted florals on the pants. I tend to wear these army green and olive green shades during this time of year. They can act as neutrals just like navy blue. I think it's pretty great to wear a color as a neutral! P.S. - Sorry for the lack of pictures here but the lighting really wasn't on my side.  top: new york & company | pants, earri...

Happy happy Wednesday to you! These floral pants were a lucky H&M clearance find that have become a staple in my wardrobe. You'd be surprised how many different ways you can wear one pair of floral print pants. A floral print with a bunch of different colors means it pairs nicely with a ton of other shades. These work for casual days or for a business casual environment depending on how they're styled. Below you'll find some ways I've worn my favorite floral trousers. I think this first set of pictures shows just how versatile they are. The look on the left was worn at my internship and the right one was worn hanging around downtown Athens on a cool spring day. As usual, click the numbers below the pictures to see the full outfit posts! I hope you get some inspiration for wearing patterned bottoms this spring! one | two three | four five | six

Happy Friday everyone! Jeanie and I took a trip over to Georgia Aquarium earlier this month because I had some free tickets leftover from my internship. I enjoy wandering around the Aquarium, especially since I feel like I have plenty of interesting facts about the animals to share with whoever happens to accompany me. I really did learn a lot while I worked there even though I spent a lot of time in an office! I made sure Jeanie and I took some fun pictures with the dolphin statues out front. You can see a few of my favorite animal shots I took too. Since it was a nice cool spring day I wore my floral pants from H&M and an olive green v-neck sweater. These bronze shoes are incredibly comfortable so I thought they'd be a good choice for walking around all day. I wish I had a close-up picture because I added a sand dollar necklace in honor of being at the Aquarium! Once we were done looking at all the animals we walked down the street and found a Korean deli. It was basical...

I know I'm not usually so super comfy around here, but sometimes I want to lounge around the house while still being dressed in something that isn't pajamas. This outfit was born out of that situation! These wide legged floral pants are so comfortable they may as well be high-waisted pajamas. I threw on a white top I've had since high school and a slightly oversized mustard yellow cardigan.  You may also notice the rare appearance of glasses in this post. I've been having some eye comfort issues so this was a glasses day. I hardly ever wear my glasses so when I order new ones I tend to order a cheap and slightly ridiculous pair. Yes, these giant pink glasses are indeed in my prescription. Luckily I'm going to get my eyes checked out today so I hope my contacts and eye makeup will be back on my face soon! Even though the glasses were necessary, it's fun to mix it up once in a while and wear my them in an outfit post! pants, shirt: forever 21 | cardigan: ...

Happy happy Friday everyone! I hope you're having a lovely day. I'm not sure why I decided I needed a pair of wide legged pants, but here they are. I tried on a pair in Las Vegas, left them, and the thought of them kept calling to me. They're like ultra stylish pajamas! How could I resist? I also enjoy having something with a different silhouette in my wardrobe. For their first time out I wore them in just about the comfiest way possible: with a concert t-shirt. What do you think? Have you noticed wide-legged pants around the blogosphere too? If you have any suggestions for other ways to style these that are perhaps a bit less pajama-like, I'm all ears! I was thinking maybe a white peter pan collar blouse and my new clog sandals.  pants: forever 21 | top: Decemberists concert | shoes: target As you read this I'm either making my way up to Illinois or already at my destination. We're heading up for a wedding and a visit. I'll be happy to expe...

Happy Sunday everyone! I meant to publish this post last week but I got caught up in our Vegas vacation and forgot to schedule it. Oops! I wore these floral print jeans on a cooler day a couple weeks back. I just wanted to wear jeans! (Seriously though. Can there be fall weather now?) I paired this simple navy blue button down with them and a pair of old pink sandals. I really liked the way this color combination looked. jeans: DKNY | top: forever 21 | sandals: ross dress for less My vacation is over and I'm back home. I hope you enjoyed my sparse Instagram pictures from the trip. I wish we could have stayed another day. I wasn't quite ready to come home and job hunt. There's just so much to do there too. I'll post about the trip sometime this week and share some pictures with you! Have a great rest of your weekend!

In honor of today being my last day at the Aquarium, here is the only work outfit I actually photographed. It just recently continued to be light outside when I get home so there hasn't been much opportunity to show you my internship outfits. On Instagram I bathroom selfie-d a few though so you may want to check that out ! Anyway, these trousers are certainly becoming a favorite. I wore them to work a few times, but this time I paired them with my blue work polo instead of one of my work cardigans. This shirt was the best fitting item I had to work with, but my slightly oversized cardigans were nice to throw over a bunch of my dresses. When I first started my internship they gave me men's shirts since, if they haven't seen me, people assume I'm a boy from my name. (Fun fact: I was actually marked as a male in the computer systems in high school for about 3 years.) The men's sizes didn't work out too well and I soon got them replaced! It's definitely a c...

Happy Monday everyone! This is the outfit I wore to my comprehensive exams two Fridays ago. Matt snapped these pictures for me outside of Cine (a local movie theatre) after we watched a film at the Eco Film Festival that was going on. We had a really fun weekend after I took my exams.  I was originally wearing some really cute tan loafers this day, but they tore up my feet walking out to campus. Once I got back to the apartment I had to find some comfy shoes to walk all the way downtown. The only ones I had out in Athens that weren't sandals were my trusty old Converse. And when I say "old" I mean it. They're from junior year of high school. Mom bought them for me to wear in my Jojo costume when I was in Seussical the Musical. They may look ratty but they're incredibly comfortable after this many years of use! Putting them on was like magic after the damage done to the back of my ankles from those other shoes. Magic comfort. P.S. Don't you guys love t...

This is my story about these floral jeans: You know all those contests in magazines that nobody ever wins because, "many will enter; few will win"? Well I was the few over the summer and won these DKNY jeans from Nylon Magazine. Luckily I requested the perfect size since I'd never tried on that brand of jeans before. Miraculously, they weren't overly long on me either! So they arrived last month and I wore them like this - with my silver sandals and a black blouse with lace detailing. These jeans are something I'd probably never pick out on my own, but I like them! I think they'd be cute with a denim shirt if I had one. How should I style them next time? jeans: DKNY - won from Nylon Magazine | top: forever 21 | sandals: solanze - shoe carnival | bow: forever 21 | bracelet: no idea. it's from high school. I hope you guys have a nice weekend! I'll be studying! It's so super exciting.

Pants two outfit posts in a row? And in August? What is this world coming to?! I don't know what was going on in my mind other than the fact that it was cool enough to wear pants so that's exactly what I'll do. Now it's ridiculously hot and muggy outside, but that's Georgia for you. I figured I hadn't worn these pants since our strangely cool spring break, so it was time to style them again. This time I went with a blue-ish cardigan and my new black bow top. It's a really similar outfit to the last time I wore these floral pants on the blog, but oh well. They look cute with black shirts and studded loafers! Who am I to ruin a good thing? floral pants: h&m | bow top: forever 21 | cardigan: target | shoes: x-appeal - rack room shoes | teapot necklace: forever 21 | belt: mom's I'm hovering! Not really. Jumping shoes are just so much cooler than regular shoes.  The sad thing is these things tore up the back of my ankles that...