Petite Panoply

Have you ever taken a batch of pictures and had so few turn out that you didn't even get the option of choosing the most flattering ones? Well that's what happened here. I asked Matt to snap a few pictures after work real quick before walking our usually-misbehaving puppy, Riker. Conditions were less than favorable. It was an overcast day and sunlight was fading quick. On top of that, Riker decided it was fun to jump around every time the shutter button was pressed. As you can guess, 90% of the pictures were blurry. Luckily I was able to salvage enough pictures for this post because I really enjoyed this outfit. I apologize for the not-up-to-par quality though. Maybe you'll get some Valentine's Day weekend inspiration from this look? That's really why I wanted to salvage these pictures. (I probably could've done a better job salvaging them if the version of Photoshop I have could read the RAW files my camera produces...but that's a complaint for anot...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Here's what I actually wore on Valentine's Day and is another outfit featuring my new short 'do. This outfit wasn't planned in advance and was thrown together that morning, but I think it turned out very festive! I went with traditional red for the holiday and wore this red Modcloth dress with a peter pan collar. I always enjoy wearing this dress because I think it's really flattering on me. I may love it even more with my short hair. Anyway, I decided I needed a little bit of leopard print too and threw on this short sleeved cardigan. Leopard and red scream Valentine's Day to me, but maybe that's just me. I also went all out with the heart accessories and matched my gold sparkly loafers to all of my gold heart jewelry.  dress: modcloth | cardigan: forever 21 | tights: macy's | shoes: xhileration - target | belt: thrifted | heart ring: forever 21 | heart necklace & earrings: gift from Matt Here's the offen...

This vintage Lacoste cardigan and my leopard print blouse is becoming a favorite combination. I don't know what it is about leopard and this shade of blue but I love it. I found this cardigan while scouring Goodwill sweaters in Illinois over winter break. The color is wonderful and the thing is in great shape for being late 50s/early 60s. I wore almost this same outfit before with my high-waisted skinny jeans so I figured it'd look equally good with my trusty corduroy shorts. I'm not sure which outfit I liked better but I'm sure I'll be wearing a version of this again! P.S. Here's yet another new hair bow made by my cousin. It's so plaid-tastic! cardigan: lacoste - thrifted | shorts: forever 21 | blouse: thrifted | boots: thrifted | necklace: forever 21 | bow: handmade After writing this post I just realized most of this outfit is thrifted. I always love when that happens! Plus it was comfortable which is always a plus. It's hard ...

I forgot to post this outfit and now it's a couple weeks after I wore it, but oh well. It's appropriate for a Saturday post because it was nice and comfy. I always forget about this stretchy skirt because it's not really a silhouette I wear often. It's super comfortable though because of its epic stretchiness. I'm not really a huge fan of this outfit. But what the hell! skirt, top, cardigan, necklace: forever 21 (how do I manage that?) shoes: ross dress for less I don't know how it's Saturday again. I swear the week went by faster than I've ever experienced. I really didn't do a whole lot either. So much Netflix...  Last night I caught up with a few friends from high school. Hanging out with them is always so random and unplanned. It's weird reminiscing because it doesn't seem all that long ago. It's also weird having legal alcoholic beverages with them. We're all sitting around the table drinking wine a...

This is the sort of outfit I wear when I don't know what to wear. I like it, though. I enjoy styling band t-shirts. I also really love these new leopard print tights Jeanie bought me. shorts: levi's; thrifted tights: forever 21 shoes: xhileration; target t-shirt: american apparel cardigan: forever 21 I forgot to announce my Shabby Apple giveaway winner yesterday. Oops. I random number generated and the winner is Imogen from Tia Cherie . Congratulations! (Edit: I completely screwed up and didn't clarify that it was a US only giveaway so I had to redraw. I'd like to apologize profusely to Imogen. The US winner is Jessica from Waking, Believing, Running . Again, I'm ridiculously sorry. I feel like a poop head.) I'm watching Prophets of Doom on the history channel right now. They're talking about robots taking over the world when artificial brains get more intelligent than us. It's scary. The future scares me. Why do I watc...

I thrifted this little jacket over the summer. It had epic shoulder pads and the sleeves came down to my elbows. With a little altering it became cute! I enjoy the military button detailing on it. jacket: thrifted t-shirt: forever 21 skirt: forever 21 necklace: forever 21 bow: forever 21 This outfit was from a couple days ago. I needed something light to wear that still looked somewhat like fall. Now it's too cold for bare legs and short sleeves, but we'll see how long that lasts! Happy Thursday! 

I'm a bit behind on outfit posts, so I wore this outfit a week ago: top: sirens shorts: thrifted levi's tights: target shoes: forever 21 necklace: forever 21 Last week was super busy for me, so there wasn't much blogging activity going on for me. This week should be better though. I had a fantastic weekend filled with The Lion King in 3D, Music Midtown, and hanging at home with the family. Happy Monday!

As promised, here's the second installment of our Shed Aquarium trip! It was quite an ominous-looking day outside. My shorts weren't quite warm enough for the weather. My favorite exhibit was "Jellies". It's a temporary exhibit so I'm glad I got to see it. You went down some stairs into a darkened hall where all kinds of jellyfish floated around in colorful tanks. They even had some serene mood music playing. I wouldn't want to touch a jellyfish, but I sure enjoyed looking at them. More after the jump!: