• jeans: Michael Kors via TJMaxx
• shoes: Target
• shirt: Polo Ralph Lauren (thrifted)
• jacket: St. John’s Bay via JCPenney Outlet (my mom’s)
• necklace: Premier Designs
• belt: Fossil

Today, I’m dreaming of casual Friday, with these shots from last Friday’s outfit. I’m in Suffolk, Va for a work conference (for federal grant compliance training - so thrilling) so, alas, no pictures of my outfit today. But, hint, hint, I wore this dress today. Also, my dad gave me this Fossil belt as a special gift back in high school. I still love it today.

• 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.

• shirt & shoes: JCPenney Outlet
• skirt: thrifted
• cardigan: J.Crew (thrifted)
• earrings: craft show
• necklace: Groopdealz

Well, looks like I’m falling behind because this is my third post in a row that is of an outfit I wore ages ago. Those flowers are no longer in bloom, unfortunately. I had my Duke University Nonprofit Management class today so I was out of town and didn’t manage to get pictures when I got home. In other news, I’m catching up on season two of Call the Midwife - love that show!

• jacket: L.L.Bean
• scarf: Ann Taylor Loft
• shirt: Target via JCPenney Outlet
• pants: Dalia Collection via TJMaxx
• shoes; Indigo by Clarks
• earrings: craft show

So I had this meeting with this dude today about a grant and when I asked him what I could do to help he said “just help me massage the verbiage.” … So that’s what I’ll be busy doing tomorrow - massaging the grant narrative this guy wrote. Otherwise known as editing/writing. Also, it was really windy today, which explains the dramatic hair fling in the next picture. 

• blouse: Marshalls
• pants: Charlotte Russe
• jacket & flats: Target

It’s the weekend, hooray! Today was pretty uneventful, down to the outfit. At least it has some color, though :) Also, below is how I deal with a bad hair day [spoiler: not very effectively? It’s Friday and I’m lazy.]. Best part of the day? During yearbook, we ended up hooking up one of the kids’ computers to the projector and watched basketball for the entire time [or at least until the internet decided it wasn’t going to work anymore]. Sometimes it’s nice being in charge :D

• jacket: Target
• top: thrifted
• pants: Charlotte Russe
• flats: J.Crew
• necklace: self-made

For all my complaining about wanting it to be spring so I can wear lots of bright colors, of course I’d wear a completely monochrome outfit on the first day of spring. Typical. This is a pretty standard minimal effort outfit for me, but I always enjoy days where I can get away with them; I only had to work for a couple of hours today so it worked out nicely :) Speaking of the first day of spring, this is a weird trick I heard that only works today: get a broom and try to balance it on the bristly end - since the sun lines up with the equator, it’ll stand by itself. Or something… I’m no scientist haha. You should try it… definitely worked for me on two separate instances :D

• blazer: Olive & Oak [via Marshalls]
• dress: Loft [thrifted]
• tights: Marshalls
• boots: Frye
• necklace: My Name Necklace
• earrings: gift

It’s exciting when it’s warm enough where you don’t need a coat with an outfit like this :D Now that I think about it, I should have worn this for Valentine’s Day…. maybe next year! I haven’t worn this dress in a while, guess it needed a break for a little while since it was on pretty heavy rotation earlier last year.

• cardigan: J.Crew [thrifted]
• top: Merona [via JCPenney Outlet]
• pants: Zara
• flats: Target
• scarf: gift

Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all! Here’s a somewhat themed outfit for today… not sure I’m sold on the scarf but it was coooold this morning and this seemed like a good idea at the time, haha. Best pertinent quote I saw today: “Today is the best day of the year to put a diaper and wings on your baby and give it a small bow and arrow to carry around.” Demetri Martin is my fave… he can be my valentine :D

• skirt: Target
• sweater: Alyx via JCPenney Outlet
• scarf: Land’s End (my mom’s)
• shoes: Softspots via JCPenney Outlet
• watch: Michael Kors
• earrings: craft show
• glasses: Fossil

Today was a very cloudy, gloomy sort of day so this yellow was in order. I’ve got several deadlines rapidly approaching at work so I spent most of the day rallying the troops and drinking multiple cups of hot tea. Also, please note that I use any excuse (ie any temperature over 55 degrees) to ditch tights.

• skirt, scarf, & belt: thrifted
• tights: Ann Taylor
• boots: Aldo
• shirt: Target via JCPenney Outlet
• cardigan: Ann Taylor (thrifted)
• earrings: craft show

I found out pretty early today that I got another grant today for around $56,000! So I did a little happy dance in my work chair and then returned to working on my current grant application. This outfit was really comfy, except for a minor wardrobe malfunction - my tights are old and the elastic in the waistband is kaput. Except I didn’t know that until I was walking down the hall at work and felt my tights sliding down my bootie. It was a long day of covertly hauling them back up. Let’s just say I was relieved to get them off when I got home.