- dress: Taylor via JCPenney Outlet
- cardigan: J.Crew (thrifted)
- shoes: Ruche
- purse: Coach (vintage & thrifted)
- earrings: craft show
- watch: Eddie Bauer
Check out the cutest little vintage Coach purse ya ever did see that I scored for five bucks at Goodwill earlier this week. I kinda like it. Plus it matches my shoes. Whose black toes also happen to match my dress. Happy coincidence. I had dinner tonight with three of my best friends, which was pretty great. And please excuse my large and unsightly bug bite on my leg. Sign of the season.
- dress: Ann Taylor Loft
- cardigan: J.Crew sample (thrifted)
- shoes: Dansko (thrifted)
- watch: Michael Kors
Today felt like one of those average, run of the mill, business as usual type days. Went to work as usual, went for a run after work, did some laundry. But sometimes, it’s nice to have a day with relatively low stress. My dad is back home, after spending over a week out of town, taking care of my grandmother, who finally just got out of the hospital. It’s good to have him home, and to know my grandmother is beginning the recovery process.
- skirt: thrifted
- shirt: TJMaxx
- belt: Calvin Klein (thrifted)
- shoes: Call It Spring via JCPenney Outlet
- necklace: Premier Designs
I love this top my mom picked up for me at TJMaxx! I’ve had it since late fall and very patiently waited until warmer weather to wear it. In the last photo, I’m looking over towards the house, where my dog managed to find the only open window in the house and was watching us. Annie hates getting left out.
- cardigan: H&M (thrifted)
- shirt: Ann Taylor Loft
- khakis: J.Crew
- shoes: Target
- watch: Michael Kors
- necklace: Golden Thread
I’m so confused about the weather now that when we finally have a warm and sunny day, I still wear an outfit that could literally be worn on any day of the calendar year. I’m reading a book right now about Flannery O’Connor, which is set in Milledgeville, Georgia and on her farm, Andalusia. It’s pretty special because I visited there with a class my senior year of college. You know what else is special? Tomorrow being Friday - I’m looking forward to a chill weekend and celebrating Mother’s day with my mom and grandmothers.
- dress: TJMaxx
- shirt: Gap (thrifted)
- belt: thrifted
- shoes: Target
Well, hello! I accidentally haven’t blogged in six days. Oops. My grandmother was in a serious accident last week, so our household has been out of sorts. She’s still in the hospital, and needs another surgery, but she’s going to be ok. In other news, it’s been raining. A lot. And my mother had a birthday yesterday! We had an unexpectedly long evening out of town for her birthday dinner, courtesy of my brother’s car running out of fuel on the way to meet us. Ohhhh well. Thus is life. Tomorrow, I hear the sun will be shining. Things are looking up.
- skirt: thrifted
- shirt: TJMaxx
- cardigan: Eddie Bauer
- shoes: Target
- necklace: Premier Designs
- bag: Aigner via TJMaxx
- cameo & class rings: gifts
- watch: Michael Kors
Cait & I met up for lunch today, and let me tell you, nothing brightens up the middle of a cloudy, stressful work day like one of your best friends + Mexican food. And can we talk about how every night I ambitiously lay out a sleeveless or short sleeve top for the next day, only to realize in the morning that that’s crazy and have to add a cardigan for warmth? Finally, happy birthday to my little brother! It’s seems like not long ago when we were throwing you a Barney themed party for your second birthday - and let’s be real, I was thrilled too. I stinking loved Barney.
- shirt: New York & Company (thrifted)
- cardigan: Zara via TJMaxx
- pants & tank top: JCPenney Outlet
- shoes: Target
- earrings: craft show
Another stressful day at work but I made it through and worked off some steam on a really long walk followed by a really fast paced run. Also, I had a grilled chicken quesadilla for dinner so I basically can complain about nothing now. And how sad is it that I bought this shirt at goodwill back in 2011 and yet this is the very first time I’ve worn it?? Shameful, I say.
- skirt: Worthington via JCPenney Outlet
- shoes: Nine West (thrifted)
- shirt: Forever 21 (thrifted)
- pin: thrifted
- watch: Eddie Bauer
I’ve been under a lot of stress lately, particularly with this one grant for work, that changed their minds after we submitted and increased our required match from 10% to 50% (what?!). So basically we had to come up with several hundred thousand dollars in match through some pot of money at work on the fly, or we’d leave about half a million dollars on the table. This is the stressful (and, I apologize, dull sounding) side of grant writing. This calls for a wrinkle free skirt. And lots of frantic emails, phone calls, meetings with the vice presidents and president at work. Sheesh. Do you feel me, fellow grant writers??
- dress: Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit via TJMaxx
- cardigan & shoes: JCPenney Outlet
- belt: thrifted
- necklace: gift
I had the privilege of having lunch today with a great supporter of our college, who just happened to celebrate his 96th birthday yesterday. He’s a WWII vet and his grandmother was born in 1806. He told us stories about his war experiences, what it was like growing up in North Carolina, and recited multiple poems and a wealth of facts and dates throughout lunch. I wish I had his memory. In other news, I had my eyes dilated at my annual eye exam (and was told by a coworker that I looked like a panther due to my huge black pupils). And I gave a presentation, tried to balance an impossible budget for a grant, ate cheesecake (at said lunch), and caught up on Mad Men.
- pants: Dalia Collection via TJMaxx
- shoes: Indigo by Clarks
- sweater: Ann Taylor Loft
- shirt: Gap (thrifted)
- necklace: Premier Designs
Aside from several hours when I was in meetings, I spent the majority of my day trying to input a grant narrative I had written into an online form that kept giving me error messages. Trying being the operative word. Irks me to no end when you end up spending hours on something that should have been a half hour task. Ohhh well. In other news, I’ve made a resolution to try to start weekend chores (i.e. massive quantities of laundry) during the week so this post is late thanks to that. But! less to do over the weekend! Great success.
