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Great Gift

{New coffee tumbler, because the lid on my hot pink one broke. Sad face for old one, happy face for new one!}

OoooooOOooooo! My brother did an AMAZING job bringing me a souvenir from India. Bro, go to India wheneevvveerrrrr you like {and bring me more souvenirs, hehe}. I am in LOVE with this STUNNING scarf he brought me {it deserves three capitalized words and two parentheticals, it’s so amazing}

{oh you have sharp eyes! yes I did switch boots for awhile}

Gah! Thank you, Brother! I am so glad you had an amazing trip to India and I still want to hear more about it and see the pictures!

This post was going to be a Work to Weekend post, but I just loved both outfits too much, and wanted to give them their own posts. So you’ll see a similar outfit later 🙂 Hope you don’t mind!

Pssst….those are capris in the boots. Didja catch that? Sometimes I think I’m so clever.

Style Secrets:

Coffee Tumbler: Whole Foods

Tank: Charlotte Russe

Jacket: BCBGirls, Thrifted

Scarf: Gift from India

Bracelets: ?

Capris: Gap, thrifted

Boots: Walmart & Consignment

Overflowing Happiness

This past week and weekend has been absolutely overwhelmingly beautiful with overflowing happiness. I give it ALL back in praise to God, the source of it all. My boyfriend and I went on a quick trip to Iowa for a special project {to be announced later} and to visit my family. I am still just giddy with the goodness of it all. The fun-ness! See, don’t I look happy:

Yeah, maybe just a little bit happy.

{eyes are open, promise}

Style Secrets
Necklace: Gift from Israel
Tee: Old Navy; hand-me-over
Cardi: J.Crew, thrifted
Scarf: hand-me-over
Belt: Coach, thrifted
Jeans: Joe’s Jeans, tag sale
Boots: Consignment trade-in

More of the good things:

Being {Home}; Pretty red coat and gingham curtains; Boyfriend with coffee from a favorite diner

And we stumbled upon a great little Christian bookstore, too, called Branches. I picked up what is destined to be a new favorite:

This beauty. {image from dayspring}

The verse is

“You have filled my heart with greater joy.”

Psalm 4:7

I think it was a suitable souvenir, wouldn’t you say? I’m sure you’ll see it in future blog posts.

Remember, God is the only one that can bring us back to life. This song has been on repeat tonight—such a good reminder that our God does and will fill our hearts with greater joy. Amen.

Breathe Your Life, by Chris and Conrad

Wednesday Work to Weekend

It’s Work-to-Weekend time, since it’s mid-week and we’re all pining for the weekend!

Gosh I love this outfit. Sequin tank is from one of my best friends, who traded it in for another color, and let me borrow this peachy-pink one. We often send each other boxes of clothes to trade/borrow, and this was in my latest installment. I’ve got one allllmost-ready for her by the door!

The beautiful Rome-scene silk skirt it a great new find. I think it will work in spring, summer, and fall (not so sure about winter?)

Weekend Wear:

Jeans, a more casual scarf, and a slightly different take on the color combo, and I’m good to go! Sequins can take a girl anywhere!

Style Secrets

Work

Hairclip: Goody, gift from mom

Necklace: Self-made

Tank: Talbots, borrowed/hand-me-over

Scarf: Hand-me-over

Bangles: Local store

Sweater: Tag sale

Belt: Thrifted

Skirt: Talbots Collection, consignment shop

Boots: Thrifted

Weekend

Jeans: Earnest Sewn, TJ Maxx

Sunnies: Local store

Earrings: Lia Sophia, gift

Belt: from another shirt

Striped Scarf: Gap, thrifted

IU Style: Polished

On Friday I showed you my weekend look using a cozy Indiana University cardigan. For the beginning of the work week I thought I’d share my more polished, pulled-together Alumni look. I am loving this vintage-inspired varsity stripe sweater, sent to me as one of my prizes for being chosen to win the Spirit of IU Alumni Association’s contest (see details here). It is so much fun to play around with all of the wonderful prizes they sent me (such high quality! love them all!). Thank you again!!

P.S. Lovelies, would you mind voting for me in the Bobbi Brown “Pretty Powerful” contest if you have a sec? The link should take you right to me, and you can click on the pink “Vote” button 🙂 Thank you!

Style Secrets

Sunnies: Thrifted

Long-sleeve Tee: c/o IUAA

Sweater: c/o IUAA

Watch: c/o IUAA

Belt: Thrifted

Pencil Skirt: J.Crew

Knee Highs: Target

Boots: Thrifted

Busy Busy

Goodness, gracious am I behind on blogging, cleaning my apartment, putting away laundry, sleeping, work, etc. {read: behind on life}. But it’s all good things, my dears! So I’ll pop in later to catch you up, show you some pics, and maybe even another outfit or two! Have a great Wednesday!

Style Secrets

Polo: Gap

Necklace: Claire’s

Belt: Thrifted

Skirt: Thrifted

Leggings: ?

Boots: Walmart

Blue & Lace

A pretty blue dress and some beautiful lace for a dinner with two of my favorite people: my grandma and my boyfriend. The best!

Style Secrets

Dress: J. Crew, thrifted (will maybe hem a tiny bit)

Sunnies: Thrifted

Necklace: Target (I broke this after the photos! Super sad!!)

Lace vest: Thrifted

Belt: LL Bean, thrifted

Heels: MaxStudio

Bold and Burgundy

That title reminds me of “The Bold and the Beautiful” but this outfit is not to be confused with such a thing. Red pants…well, they are the new “thing” it seems. I found these at a tag sale, and you know me, I never miss a good tag sale deal!

I’ve been searching and searching for some great leather boots. Online, they are all upwards of $150 (even cheapies are $90 for fake leather!). I ordered some cheapies, but they just looked too fake, so I sent them back. I hoped and hoped I’d find some at a thrift store (boots are either a dime a dozen or hard to come by in the thrift world, it seems, and this year was a ‘hard to come by’ year). But I found these beautiful burgundy boots for $10, and I think I’ll get some great wear out of them. Thrift patience pays off!

Style Secrets

Purple & Brown Lace/Thermal Shirt: Thrifted, think it used to be Anthro from the label

Burgundy velvet blazer: Thrifted

Flower pin: H&M

Red pants: BDG, tag sale (think that BDG is usually Urban Outfitters)

Garnet earrings: Gift

Boots: Thrifted

Nothing New Here

Look, it’s this outfit’s cousin!

‘Cause these are all of my favorite colors, of course. Gray, brown, pink, and jade. I swoon.

Style Secrets

Earrings: F21

Necklace: Vintage, mom’s

Tank: ?

Light Pink Chino Jacket: J.Crew (garage sale)

Belt: Lucky

Pants: Gap (garage sale)

Scarf: H&M

Flats: Gap

Bridesmaid

I definitely tried to make this dress more casual for daytime wear by adding the texture of a cardigan + belt _ boots. Military green + Bordeaux may be my new favorite color combination. The original use for this beautiful dark ruby dress? It was from my beautiful cousin’s beautiful wedding early this summer! Here’s the original look, which I just love! Red + pearls = makes any girl feel like a million bucks!

Early Summer wedding or Autumn Layers, this dress fits the occasion!

Psstt…this isn’t the first time I’ve reworn a bridesmaid dress. Here’s the other outfit, one of my very first.

Style Secrets

Dress: J.Crew, via cousin!

Cardi: Gap

Belt: Thrifted

Boots: ancient, falling apart, need replacing desperately

In Bridesmaid Pic: All details courtesy of bride

Retro?

Hmmm….retro?

flats + little autumn leaf

Style Secrets

Sunnies: Local Store

Headband: Dollar store

Scarf: Gap, thrifted

Leopard Tote (in first pic): Reiss,Thrifted

Tank: ?

Sheer blouse: Local store

Belt: from another shirt

Jeans: Karl Lagerfeld, via TJ Maxx

Retro coat (nubby fabric with 3/4 sleeves and big, fabric-covered buttons): F21

Flats: F21

Phone: Not an iPhone