Petite Panoply

This velvet skater skirt screams festive winter holiday times to me. It's still winter so it's still appropriate right? I just really like the texture velvet adds to an outfit.  I paired it with my checkerboard top, some heart print sweater tights, and my new red Minnetonka moccasins. Jeanie bought me these moccasins for Christmas and I love them. They're so bright and comfortable! Actually this entire outfit was pretty comfy. Velvet and sweater tights are both nice and warm!  top: boohoo | cardigan: so... - kohl's | skirt: romwe | tights: forever 21 | moccasins: minnetonka - delia's Obviously this is another outfit from when I was in Illinois. I have some outfits backlogged from that trip. The pictures are so nice and wintry though. I hope you guys have a good weekend! Happy Friday!

This pink, purple, and black plaid skirt is definitely one of my favorite thrift finds. It actually has a matching jacket that's somewhere in my closet back at home. I wouldn't put it past me to wear them together at some point, but so far I'm happy wearing the suit skirt as a separate piece. You don't see plaid with these colors very often! It tends to look great with black pieces, so that's exactly what I did here.  This angora blend short sleeved sweater was another great thrift find. It's so soft. Every time I see pictures of me wearing it I remember how nice it looks even though it's a simple piece. It should definitely be worn more often but I think the first time I wore it gave me a subconscious aversion to choosing it. One of the little angora fibers ended up in my eye ball. It created a lovely allergic reaction that lingered after I picked the hair out. It's worth it to wear this soft, cozy sweater though! sweater: gap - thrifted | sk...

I wore this sailor-y and dotty outfit last week. I thought I may have been giving off a little bit of a 90s Sunday school teacher vibe, but I got a lot of random positive comments on this outfit. I like it even more now that I've seen the pictures. This sailor top has been sitting in my drawer all summer and hasn't been in an outfit post yet. If you want to give me more ideas on how to wear it, I'm open for suggestions. You guys probably know my wardrobe pretty well by now! I think it looked really great with this polka dot dress though! dress: romwe | top: forever 21 | shoes: bongo - kmart | sunglasses: dollar tree | bracelet: vintage hand-me-down Yesterday was Jeanie's 20th birthday so Happy Birthday Jeanie!! It needed to be said on the blog! Thank you for taking these pictures for me homegirl. Do you guys ever have weeks that just suck for no real reason? I've been in a funk all week. I know I always try to be positive and cheerful o...

Here's an outfit I wore last Wednesday. Sorry about the two simple dress outfits in a row, but I've been in a dress mood lately. Throwing on a dress and shoes is just so easy. I'll be mixing it up again eventually though! At least this one is a completely black look while my last outfit post was very colorful! I have a hard time not wearing color though. I'll admit I threw on a teal cardigan before we went to dinner to keep my arms warm in the air conditioning.  polka dot dress: romwe | shoes: bongo - kmart | bracelet: jigsaw london | hair bow: forever 21 | earrings: forever 21 | belt: mom's And the best pose of all to show off my spiked bracelet: I'm really hoping to relax today after a busy weekend! Maybe I'll finish 1984 and start a new book. I live a life of excitement, guys. I'm sure you know that by now! Happy Monday!

Happy Friday everyone! Congratulations on surviving the apocalypse. It was tough work, I know. I wore this outfit the other day for some relative-visiting and mall-shopping. Apparently wearing a beret means I look French. My grandma said I looked like 40's France. I love my berets though and feel like I should wear them more often. Wearing a hat always brightens my day a little bit. argyle sweater: izod - sam's club | skirt, belt: thrifted | striped tights: romwe | ankle boots: xhileration - target | black beret: h&m | earrings: mom's How do you like my little carriage earrings? They were Mom's, but she gave them to me. I actually think they're supposed to be Christmas earrings, so I usually wait until this season to wear them. This whole outfit was kind of festive with the argyle sweater and bright red skirt. I could have worn it for celebrating Christmas on Sunday over at my grandparents', but I wore this same skirt there for Christmas two yea...

It got cold in Georgia today! All this hurricane business means we're actually getting some cool fall weather. That means I got to pull out my bag of sweaters and long sleeved shirts and all that cold-weather goodness. I just bought this mint colored sweater from Forever 21 last week and I figured I'd pair the light green color with my dark green polka dot Romwe dress. With the jacket I was warm enough to survive the cold trek to class. dress: romwe.com | sweater, shoes, earrings: forever 21 | jacket: ashley by twenty six international - ross | tights: target kids' section | leopard flower hair clip: ?  It's going to be a unique week. And by unique I mean I'll be sitting in my apartment calling people to survey them and working on a paper. Isn't my life exciting? I bet you wish you were doing exactly what I'm doing. Oh wait, you mean it sounds incredibly boring? Yes. You would be correct. Boring and stressful all at the same time. ...

I can't believe I've been blogging for a year. It's been a fun hobby to keep up and I've enjoyed the interaction with the blogging community. You're all good people! I hope to improve my pictures and perhaps share more of my life on here in the next year!  dress, necklace: Romwe.com belt, shoes: thrifted sunglasses, flower hair clip: forever 21 How do you like my new collar necklace? I like it! It's different than any other necklace I have. I'm trying to think of other things to pair it with though. Vintage bow flats & cat eye liner. This spinning picture is one of my new favorites. My new polka dot dress has a good amount of spinny-ness for every day, I think! Happy happy Monday! 

I have never received so many compliments on campus about an outfit than when I wore this. I was surprised because I really had no ideas about what to wear that morning and just threw this on. I decided the polka dots and zebra print could work together. And it surely did! At least in my book. dress: romwe.com cardigan: forever 21 boots, belt: thrifted Some girl actually ran up to me to tell me I looked - and I quote, "fabulous". Which made me feel fabulous indeed! Although I was startled at first because she ran up to me from behind. She said something about my color matching or something. Hooray compliments! I like this back picture of me. Do I look like I'm trying to seduce you? Is it working? Today is day one of finals. I'm honestly not worried and am really just waiting out the days until I can go home for the summer. Less than a week and I'll be done. Woo! Happy happy Wednesday everyone!

I've had quite the boring day. I don't really know why I even got dressed.... I just read for class, drank a couple cups of tea, Matt came over for about an hour, ate some leftover chili, and read blogs. I actually got out of the apartment yesterday though, which was awesome. I went to the Terrapin brewery and toured/drank. It was fun. Now here's some pictures from a week-ish ago when I was getting rained on but really liked my outfit.  dress: romwe.com cardigan; shoes: forever 21 tights: kmart pin: old? bow: handmade from a play I was in I wish I'd have gotten a good picture of my pin, but I'll get one next time I wear it. It's a hummingbird so it's pretty cool. Anyway, happy weekend!

I've really been in a hat mood lately hence me finally wearing my Bonnie-esque beret today! I was given the stink eye a few times though. Wonder why. I'm not moping. I'm trying to show you my hat bow. It's pretty cool. Those are my finger guns. beret: Romwe.com top, skirt, belt: thrifted tights, shoes, necklace: forever 21 jacket: so...; kohls?  I really enjoyed this outfit. The tights look a lot more subtle inside my apartment. When I stepped outside the green was so bright! There's kind of a lot going on in this look, but I think it works. I always like playing with classic-type outfits by mixing prints, colors, and textures. There's so many cheap wool pencil skirts at the thrift store. They're a good staple to have, so why not make the best of them? Happy Tuesday!