Summer Style.

So, I have been sitting in awe of all of these blogs with pretty outfit posts, wondering how they pulled together all that stuff...

And then I finally discovered Polyvore.

Seriously, I love shopping without spending money, so expect to see more of these posts in the near future.

sundresses by traci-horschel featuring short silk dresses

Floral print dress
$19 - houseoffraser.co.uk

AllSaints short silk dress
allsaints.com

Oasis tribal dress
$70 - oasis-stores.com

Charlotte Russe ankle wrap sandals
charlotterusse.com

Cheeky Budha shoulder bag
$44 - republic.co.uk

Dorothy Perkins square sunglasses
$12 - dorothyperkins.com

What I wore - Date Night!

Last Wednesday, my fiance and I decided we needed some "us" time, and had an actual date night.

Which doesn't happen that often, because even though we spend a ton more money than we should on food, it's usually take out rather than a sit down restaurant meal.

We went to Applebee's, since we had a gift card left from Christmas, and it was delicious! And we discovered that Applebee's has a trivia night every week on Wednesdays, so we are definitely going back for that soon.  And since we're both vessels of pointless knowledge, we're sure to kick some butt at it for sure :)

I love this outfit.  It's comfy and cute and casual.  Well I think it is anyway.

{Sunglasses} - Betsey Johnson (via Marshall's)

{Earrings} - LolitaRose (my jewelry & accessory line)

{Shoes & Tank} - Marshall's

{Leggings} - Target

{Belt & Top} - H&M

{Bracelet} - flourishleather

Also fun about this outfit, I got the top and belt in NYC a couple summers ago to celebrate my mom's birthday & see Mary Poppins on Broadway.

Best. Trip. EVER.

Yay for mom & sister time :)

Style.ish.

I wish I had a day job that let me wear cute outfits to work.

Well, technically I could wear cute outfits to work, but since half or more of my day is spent out on the shop floor, digging up missing parts, the cuteness would be ruined forever.  No bueno.

So I pretty much wear jeans and some sort of tshirt that I don't mind getting wrecked every day.

Boring.

If I had a less icky job, I would want to dress like this

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I don't really know why I decided to go with these pictures actually - they're like all wearing blazer type things, and I'm not a huge fan of those.

Anyways.

Here are some of my real-life inspirations. 

Cat. One of my bestest friends ever, she is such an amazingly beautiful person, inside and out...and she's always wearing the perfect outfit!!

My sister Nanci (here with her husband Paul - this is from their engagement session), always in the best outfit! Look at the cute denim dress with cowboy boots. Perfection.

And some pretty things I want to buy. ASAP.

BettyFloored

skylinefever

Actually, the pretty lady from the bottom picture is also one of my new style icons.  You can find her blog here {violetbella} and scope out her fantastic style and her awesome shops.

<3

Slobbity slob.

Alright, I've seen these outfit posts EVERYWHERE lately.

But...I suck at taking self portraits.  This is largely because I rely too heavily on my crappy cellular device for these photos, but I digress.

I'm also not generally dressed up cute enough to post a fun picture of my outfit.

Today is Saturday.  Lazy Saturday if you will...I've had a headache for three days and finally roused myself enough to actually shower and do makeup.  And decided I wanted to wear a dress.  Even though it's cold outside.  What's a girl to do?  Clearly, throw on some yoga pants and a sweatshirt too.  Duh.

Hi I have 4 eyeballs because I am crap at taking pictures.

You can't really tell, but my yoga pants are purpleeee <3

Shirt: {Roxy}

Dress:  {SO}

Yoga pants: {balance collection}

(for the sake of full disclosure, I bought both the pants and sweatshirt at Marshall's, cuz I loves me a deal.)

(what's Marshall's you ask? OMG only the greatest thing to happen to fashionistas since TJ Maxx.  Fun fact, owned by the same parent company.  Anyway.  Here:  {marshalls} )

Other fun and interesting information for the day:

I found a new wedding blog to ogle constantly!  Which means more groovy ideas, and fun finds.  It is here:

{Rock My Wedding}

I found a new fun clothing shop on Etsy that I'm dying to buy from.  Luckily, she's super wallet friendly and I already own shirts I want her to pretty up for me:

{PPP}

This shirt in particular I'm LOVING

Fitted Oxy

Alright lovelies.  Hope you have a spectacular weekend :)