Windowshopping // Fall Edition

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I usually don't worry about what I wear in what season, but this year I'm finding myself drawn to typical fall trends. Right now I only want to wear mustard, whiskey, pumpkin, bright red, navy... Pretty much all the colors that fall in the autumn palette. Also, I want everything plaid. I'm longing for my high school days where I had dozens of plaid long sleeve button ups to choose from! I actually got a couple from Target on clearance, and I have a feeling they'll become a staple this season.I'm doing a lot of window shopping lately, so you may see more of these lists coming up :)

 A few days ago I made my very first pie, and while it didn't turn out *perfect looking* it was definitely tasty. I picked a simple apple recipe and cheated with premade crusts (which, let's be honest, is probably what I'll stick to because making a crust from scratch scares me). Yesterday I made another apple and a pumpkin, and I have a coconut recipe picked out. I definitely want to make a hundred more pies now, and I have all these flavor ideas floating around in my head (it doesn't hurt that this is one of my favorite movies ever...). Do you have any favorite pies to make? Or any tips and tricks for a total noob like me?? I'd love to hear them!!

New glasses!

Glasses: Coastal.com //  Shirt & Scarf: Thrifted // Pants: Kohl's // Shoes: Gypsies c/o Blowfish

I ordered new glasses a few days ago because I was fed up with the goofy ones I have. I have a normal pair of rectangular brown ones from when I got my eye exam, but they're men's glasses and are too big for my face. I also have two sort of wacky pairs from Coastal, but I was so fed up with goofy glasses I just had to get a more normal pair. And these aren't exactly normal, but they're a light brown and they're smaller than any of my other pairs. So! I'm happy. I had come home from work and they were waiting for me, so I threw on a wrinkled shirt and my fave cords and snapped a few photos. Chris was outside with me when I was taking these, and we tried to do a few jumping shots, but they were a miserable failure! Anyone have any tips??

Chris picked up a summer cold at work and passed it on to me (isn't that nice??), so I've been feeling like poop for the last couple of days. Yesterday was my day off and I was supposed to go into the city to visit my sister, but I kept falling asleep, and I didn't want to pass my bug on to my sister and nephew, so I opted to stay home. Good thing I did because I took like five naps, and stayed in my pajamas for the entire day. Chris brought me dinner and I felt a little better, so hopefully it's on its way out. I really hope so, because on Monday I'm driving out to Indianapolis for a little girl's trip with Kaelah for the better part of the week! I'm so excited to take a little break and hang out with her, and it's extra awesome because we've never had strictly girl time! All our visits have included the boys, I think we had maybe half a day one time where we went shopping by ourselves. But this is going to be awesome, we have so much to talk about, what with her wedding coming up and my Renegade plans... I can't wait!!

New house, new outfit.

Cardigan and belt: vintage/thrifted

Jeans: Target

Top/Dress: Forever 21

Shoes: Gypsy sandals c/o Blowfish

I'm here! I'm alive! I survived moving! We *just* got our internet hooked up today, and thank goodness I had my phone this last week because I hate not having internet access! We're mostly unpacked, and now I'm working on setting up each room. I'm really having fun with it, I feel like my inner interior decorator is coming out :)

When I packed up my closet, I found a ton of stuff that got buried at the back that I'm excited to bring into the rotation again. The only thing is, since I've been wearing so many knee-length vintage dresses lately, I'm not feelin' the length on all my newer dresses! Since when does a dress have to end at your buttcheeks? I know it's not the cutest trend, but I'm all about pairing my shorty dresses with skinny jeans. I remember doing this in middle school to a MUCH less fashionable effect. Today was the first time I wore my Gypsy wedges (flatforms? Isn't that a thing?), and I'm a little bit in love! I think they're gonna be my summer staple. 

I'm off catch up on some Netflix with Chris, and I'm FINALLY going to get some crocheting done! I've had my hooks and yarn packed up and no time to work, but now I'm ready to get down the the knitty (crochet-y) gritty. BA-DUM_TSHHHH :)

Bright and flowery.

 Dress: Thrifted vintage Belt: Thrifted (from Target)Tights: TargetCardigan: from Danielle's shop my closet last yearShoes: Sangos c/o Blowfish

I'm starting to realize that a lot of the vintage dresses I'm attracted to were originally intended to be house dresses. This dress is no exception, it's most definitely a vintage (probably homemade) house dress. But I'm a little bit in love with it, and it's now a dress I wear to look put together! I like that it has a new life :) I'm really into these gray tights right now, but this is a cheapo pair from Target that I'd like to replace with a nice pair (maybe from We Love Colors!). And my shoes... My dear little Sangos. These shoes have been worn just about every day since I got them in the mail. They're perfectly springy, and super comfortable. I fall more and more in love with them everyday!

I wore this outfit to go out to a bar/restaurant and it was the first time in a few weeks that I wore a dress out! One of Chris's best friends is in town and we've gotten together with some other friends from high school to reconnect and reminisce. It's been tons of fun, and I'm happy to have had the opportunity to hang out with these people. It's such a cliché, but it's so bizarre seeing old friends and realizing that we're all growing up and becoming adults... I'm constantly surprised by it!

I put my lip ring back in, and I've ordered new jewelry that will hopefully solve my issues (thanks, Katie, for the eBay tip!). I just don't feel the same without it, and Chris certainly missed it! Also, please don't judge my roots, I need to dye my hair really bad. The problem with my natural hair color is that when it starts to grow in, it's so ashy that compared to my dyed black hair, it looks green! It doesn't show that bad in these pictures, but in person.... Oof.

I'm getting super distracted right now so I think it's time to go scrounge up a snack and snap back into focus! Ps- check out those rad new sponsors over there on the right! --->

What I wore: the Lumberjack Edition.

 Shirt: Chris's (Target)

Jeans: Target

Hairbow: The Gretel from my shop

Shoes: Vance booties c/o Blowfish

I've been wearing jeans more often lately, and I don't quite know what the reason is, but I'm realizing I need more tops. I used to only have crappy tees that I'd worn forever, and then I spent about two years pretty much exclusively buying dresses, but now I'm becoming fond of wearing pants again and I'm in need of some semi-casual-but-not-t-shirt kinda shirts. I have a few, but a few just doesn't cut it. So when I got my Vance booties from Blowfish in the mail, I knew I needed to pair them with some dark skinny jeans, but I had no cute shirts to wear. Well, why not wear Chris's shirt instead? So I did. There's something so comforting about wearing your boyfriend's shirts. I used to steal a t-shirt from him every weekend I'd go visit him in college so I could wear it to sleep and think of him (our colleges were about an hour and a half away from each other). I still sometimes wear his shirts to bed, or snag one for a lazy day around the house, but I haven't stolen any of his button-ups yet. This one is super comfy and soft, it feels like he's been wearing it for years even though it's a fairly recent purchase. But I might have to hang it in my closet from now on :)

Blowfish Shoes Giveaway! (closed)

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Aqua.

I'm finally back with an outfit post! With the weather starting to turn into full blown winter I haven't been feeling very motivated to get out of jeans and sweaters, but I got this dress in the mail a few days ago and I knew I needed to put this outfit together. If I look composed in these pictures, I wasn't, haha. I ripped both armpits of the dress when I put on my cardigan, and I put in a run in my tights when I pulled them on. Oh well, that's just how things go sometimes :)

Dress: Vintage, from eBay

Cardigan: Thrifted

Tights: Target

Brooch: Vintage

Shoes: Heda wedges, c/o Blowfish Shoes

I wore one of my favorite vintage brooches but I didn't get a very good picture of it! It's a cute little bunny with a jade belly and a ruby eye. So so adorable.

I got my Heda wedges from Blowfish earlier this week, and I could not be happier with them! They're super classic, and I can wear them just as easily with jeans and a t-shirt as I can with a fancy vintage dress. They have this pin-up look that isn't cheesy, but goes so so well with my style! They're totally comfortable too, and I don't have the easiest time in heels :)

Chris and I both work late today, so we're enjoying a little quality time before we head off. I cleaned up our house yesterday, and it's always so nice to just hang out in a tidy and organized place (which is an embarrassingly rare thing in these parts!). We're going to make a conscious effort to keep it up, I think my problem is that I just get so wrapped up in my routine of work-work, come home, etsy-work, sleep, that I just skip by all the responsible stuff. We're ready to make some changes to our way(s) of life though, and I'm really excited about it! Kind of a pre-New Year's resolution :)

I hope you're having a wonderful (and warm!) day!!