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Dresses from Shabby Apple
purple rain

My mom’s school was on a two hour delay today. Because it rained too much. We take our weather seriously in these here parts. So I’m pretty excited to hear it might snow tomorrow. As in, my snow day may finally have arrived. Meanwhile, it wasn’t super cold today and I finally got around to wearing this dress I scored for a mere $2.99. That is cause for celebration. Or going out for more Mexican food, which is what actually happened in this dress.

tags || Sarah Beth wear work purple flats dress
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falling into you

Today was the first day back to work after break, and we had an in-service all day, which means sitting in a very cold auditorium that hadn’t been heated in a couple weeks. Fortunately, I made the wise choice to wear my Christmas gift from Cait today (thank you, thank you, girlie!). And I wore my jacket pretty much all day to stay warm. Also, apparently the end of vacations from work makes me want to mournfully sing Celine Dion songs from the 90s loudly all the way home. It’s probably a good thing I don’t carpool.

tags || Sarah Beth wear work jacket scarf crochet handmade J.Crew L.L.Bean Signature heels belt thrifted purple gray black cream
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friday

I’m freeeeeeeeee! Two and a half weeks of no work! So excited :D SBK and I are debuting another ‘two different ways to wear it’ [yeah, we don’t have an official name for this, haha] - today’s selection is black skinny jeans and cowboy boots. I’m going with the purple and yellow complementary color choice, oh yeahhh. I’m a fan of this sunny yellow scarf, almost as much as I am of this sunny weather that finally decided to come back :D

tags || cait wear work cardigan scarf cowboy boots black purple yellow
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repeat

I wore this Friday, too, but didn’t get around to putting it up till today… we started working on Christmas baking, so I was in the kitchen for a while making shortbread :D Stay tuned for that recipe, it’s pretty tasty [probably because it has two sticks of butter in it, ha]! Oh, and here are the earrings I was talking about the other day… went a little overboard with the jewelry today I think!

tags || cait wear work skirt heels purple grey black orange necklace handmade
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saturday adventures

I love rando/slightly sketchy photo locations like this! SB and I got lunch at this awesome tiny pizza place this afternoon that’s in a strip mall with a Food Lion, so we decided to venture around behind the building near the loading dock to take fotos [fewer observers of our narcissism, right?!] Didn’t hurt that there was this fun barrier/fence thing that was just crying out for someone to climb on it… which I was powerless to resist :D

tags || cait wear cardigan multi print paisley purple pink yellow brown jeans flats earrings
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heatwave

It’s December, right? Because based on these pictures it could easily be September, or May, or sometime when the temperatures are in the 70s… don’t let the jacket fool you, it was warm today! I even cut on the ac at work?! Not that I’m complaining of course :D Now if I had a little bit more daylight to work with for these photos… sounds like a constant theme huh?

tags || cait wear work skirt jacket pattern zebra purple blue silver white sandals
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tuesday

This skirt hasn’t made an appearance in a while, so I thought I’d try to give it one last hurrah for the year… good thing I was inside all day, because this is definitely not meant to be worn when it’s cold outside. Oh well, I tried! This is also the last time you’re gonna see me with long hair for a while… I haven’t determined how short I’m gonna go, but it’s gonna be quite a bit I’m thinking. In other news, I’m getting ready to meet SBK & Meg for our weekly Mexican food fix! Always one of the highlights of the week :D

tags || cait wear work skirt cardigan heels purple black white houndstooth belt earrings necklace vintage handmade
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cardigan challenge: pt 1

SBK and I decided to both style our outfits around a cardigan [coincidentally, the color is the same, although we didn’t decide to do that haha], so you’ll get to see her version in a bit! This is a casual outfit that’s also extremely comfortable, which is pretty much my recipe for a good outfit for a day off :D I also ran out of contacts, so you get a rare look at me with my glasses on… I like my glasses but they give me a headache when I wear them all day… not cool.

tags || cait wear cardigan corduroy tan purple burgundy brown moccasins
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marigold & thyme

Marigold told me that she was deeply offended that I didn’t let her be in the pictures with Annabelle yesterday, so I graciously let her be in today’s pictures. (Just kidding, this little lady likes to pose even less than Annie.) One of my coworkers gave a lecture on the uses and history of herbs today during lunch, but other than that I was holed up in my office working on a National Science Foundation grant. Soooo much fun. 

tags || Sarah Beth wear work dress jumper purple white blouse thrifted thrift flats dog golden retriever bow Marigold
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brevity

Happy Friday, y’all! I think this is the shortest list of clothes in a post thus far… probably because I was running late this morning and didn’t go for any extras. I got this cardigan last weekend when I hit up the Target clearance section. It’s one I’ve been eyeing for a while, but now I’m glad I waited since I got it for half price :D Hey, sometimes patience does pay off!?

tags || cait wear work dress cardigan pattern paisley pink rose purple multi flats
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