Stubborn Summer

Happy Friday fabulous friends!! Friday is easily my favorite day of the week. As much as I adore my job, I thoroughly enjoy my relaxing day off. Saturday is my family/friend day, but Fridays are my day. I get to sleep in, relax, run errands and just enjoy my time alone. I didn't accomplish all of my to-do list today (car still messy and nails still unpolished), but I did finally get my hair cut, caught up on my fashion mag reading and watched quite a few Sex and the City episodes. It was a lovely, albeit unusually hot, Friday.

Well fall may have technically been ushered in this week, but in Virginia summer is stubbornly staying put. We had 90+ degree weather today! It was ridiculous. I love summer, particularly the sunny colors, sundresses and strappy sandals that are a summer staple, but I am ready for my fall wardrobe! Boots, cozy knits and black and white patterns are calling my name! I guess the best way to describe my outfit today is a mixture of summer and fall appropriate. What can I say, I just couldn't make up my mind!

Blouse: White House Black Market, Bracelet: borrowed from mom, Ring: Charlotte Russe, Shorts: Charlotte Russe, Socks: Century 21, Shoes: MPS

I warned you I was totally obsessed with wedges right now!

 I might, maybe have gotten these in black and brown because I loved them so much! They are ridiculously comfortable, too.

My adorable cousin all ready for her high school football game! Love this chica.

 Ok ladies, I need your help now! I want to wear this outfit to a party that the boy I am crazy about will be attending, but I want your opinion. Is it too much or just enough? Do you think it will help me win the boy?? Help a girl out, lovely ladies, and leave your opinion! Have a wonderful weekend, look fabulous and share all the juicy details with us!

Bisous!

First outfit post!

Happy Friday lovelies!! I hope you all have fantastic weekend plans that you are thrilled about. Pour moi? I will be making a short trip to see the best brother in the world and to celebrate a good friend's birthday! Even though it has only been a month I have missed Matt dearly and I can't wait to see him again. Then to finish off the weekend mom and I will be driving up to Pennsylvania to see my favorite preggo cousin and celebrate the soon to be newest member of our family. I haven't seen her the entire time she has been pregnant and I can't wait to see her glow and maybe even take some maternity photos of the beautiful couple. Eeee I love babies (if you couldn't tell) and I have been so stinking excited for this baby to come! Only a few more weeks now though. And you better believe that it will be the most stylish little baby around if I have anything to say about it, although we don't know if it is a boy or girl so I have to wait to start buying the itsy bitsy adorable tinny clothes.

Well I have been awfully nervous to do an outfit posting, but your sweet comments on my NYC photos have made me decide to just go for it. I will get better at these photos I promise, and any advice you have on how I can improve will be much appreciated. I'm going to keep it short though since I still need to pack. Enjoy your weekend ladies and I will talk to you Monday.

Just got this denim dress the other day and I was so excited to wear it with these boots. I don't usually dress this casually for work (even though it is a very casual office), but since I was going to the baseball game straight from work, I wanted to be comfy but still cute.

Everyone at work joked that it was nice to see my actual height, since it was the first time they had ever seen me not wearing heels!

It was still a little too warm to be wearing socks, but I picked up those knee highs at Century 21 in NYC and have been wanting to wear them ever since! 

These boots are soooo comfy

Ok, I admit it. I may be a little obsessed with this bag. And with the website where I found it, handbag heaven. They have a huge selection and their prices are amazing! If you are in need of a cute, cheap bag, check it out!

I told you I am obsessed! I love the distressed leather and the detail of the buttons.

I have become quite a regular in the ring department at Charlotte Russe.

Ok sorry, I know this is a terrible photo but I just couldn't get a good shot of the earrings. Like I said, I will get better :)

Alright, well hopefully this will just be the first of many outfit posts! I think this blog will be such a great way to watch my style evolve over time. I have already been very influenced (in good ways!) by all of you beautiful bloggers and I can't wait to see where else this journey will take me.

BIG thank you to my darling cousin for taking pictures!

Dress: Charlotte Russe
Boots: Steve Madden
Ring: Charlotte Russe
Bracelets: Amrita Singh (from Gilt)
Earrings: borrowed from fantastic mom
Bag: Handbag Heaven
Socks: Century 21

Bisous!

Completing fall wish list

I apologize for my lack of posting, but I was on a much needed, relaxing girls weekend at the beach with my family! Could there be anything better than a weekend of tanning, swimming, reading magazines and spending time with my really awesome mom, cousin and aunt?? I don't think so! We really had a blast, and it was so nice to finally give my brain a rest, since it had felt like it was on over-drive last week. Now, I am back to the grind but have much to look forward to with multiple weekend travels ahead, including a trip to my lovely alma-mater, my first real visit to the fabulous NYC, a birthday surprise for a friend at my brother's school, a celebration of new life in Pennsylvania for my favorite cousin's baby shower and capturing the love of a beautiful couple during an engagement photo shoot! Basically I am going to be packing, traveling, unpacking and doing it again for all of september!! Can't wait!

Well, I am definitely ready to start blogging about something other than my fall wish list, even though I do love salivating over beautiful fashion, so this will be my wrap-up segment!

7. Two trends that I have seen everywhere for this season are the trench coat, and the color camel. I am dying to combine the two and purchase a camel colored trench coat! I have wanted to do this ever since I fell in love with Audrey Hepburn's iconic look at the end of Breakfast at Tiffany's, and now I really wish I had had the moxy to try the look before it became a trend. 

Most romantic movie kiss ever, in my opinion!

Though I missed my opportunity to be ahead of the game on this trend, I plan on jumping on board anyways and updating my idol's classic look, hopefully with the purchase of this fabulous trench!

Hoping to score this topshop camel trench during my visit to NYC in a few weeks!

8. This fall I really want to embrace texture, pattern and feminine details by incorporating trends such as suede wedges,big cozy knits, animal print and sequins into my daily wardrobe. As I have said many times before, my style is consistently classic girly and this fall I am all about breaking out of that mold, by mixing elements of other styles with my girly fashion. Still working on finding some great knits, and any suggestions would be very appreciated!

Faux suede, but they still accomplish the purpose

Or maybe I want to mix a little chiffon in with the suede?

Not sure I am ready for a full on animal print dress, but I can definitely handle these adorable ballerina flats!

Dying to try the sequin skirt look!

9. It used to drive my grandmother absolutely nuts that I could leave the house without a lick of jewelry on and think that it was ok. I always ignored her pleas to amp up my femininity and tried to explain that as a swimmer it was not practical to be constantly bejeweled as I was spending the majority of my day outside of school in the water. Now that I am not swimming on a regular basis, I have no excuses not to experiment with jewelry, and this season I intend to do just that. I hope to add a few fun pieces to my collection this season, particularly with regards to cocktail rings and chain necklaces. I like the bit of edge that they can add to an outfit.

I tend to gravitate towards flower shaped rings, such as this.

Love all the different layers

10. I have already editorialized about my love of boots in practically every post of my new blog, so you probably could have guessed how excited I am for the thigh-high socks peeking out of boots look! As a little girl, I was obsessed with the Spice Girls( I know, I know!) and even though I was a total tom-boy back then, and thus obsessed with sporty spice, I always adored baby spice's thigh high socks! I even dressed as her for some silly college costume party once. I was thrilled when I realized that this look was finally making an appearance on the run way without looking costumy!

The black makes it hard to see,which is why I prefer in gray, but these have three adorable buttons at the top, for an added girly feel!

So now that I have exhausted you by sharing my fall wish list I want to hear about yours! What items are you hoping to see in your closet this season? Share your obsessions girls!!

Bisous!

(Images from topshop.com, torrid.com and polyvore.com)