Kurt Cobain Is My Homeboy

dress: exact (on sale!)

flannel: (old) target | similar

shoes: payless | so similar
necklace: gifted | pretty option 1, 2

watch: exact
ring: Brooklyn street artist | similar

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So, turns out my prediction about not needing the AC until next year was proven wrong pretty much immediately. Like, the next day kind of immediately. The last two days have been just great - 75º and muggy. And I'm not even being sarcastic. Sure, during the summer 75º and humid is cause for complaint, but in the middle of October, 75º and humid (and running the air conditioner!) means I couldn't be happier to be wrong.

So in honor of yesterday's warm weather I wore this ridiculously comfortable tank dress, and because I was feeling a little 90s grunge, I tied a flannel around the waist to cinch it in. It's a nod to warm weather, a nod to the fact that it's still October and I'll most likely get chilly later, and a nod to Kurt Cobain, whose style pretty much dictated what I wore for the greater portion of the 90s (and apparently still does even 20 years later).



I like to party.

The Repeater

dress: exact
jacket: f21 | similar
booties: c/o chicwish | really similar
ring: street artist in Brooklyn | lookalike
scarf: DIY from vintage kercheifs



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This inexpensive T-shirt dress may be my favorite purchase of the entire summer. It's unbelievably comfortable and crazy versatile, which means I basically wore it all over Europe, remixing with various items from my suitcase (a few different scarves and a change of shoes goes a long way). And apparently I'm still not tired of it. Because after being home for a day (just enough time to remove it from my suitcase and throw it in the washer), here I am wearing it again, mixed simply with a denim jacket, infinity scarf, and booties. And since 'tis the season of the transitional outfit, I'm already thinking about how perfectly this dress will go from warm weather to cool. I'm having visions of pairing it with tights, a sweater, and knee high boots, or with warm cardigans, fall jackets, and chunky knit scarves. A girl can dream, right? And this girl prefers to dream about wearing the same dress over and over (and over).

Linking with these ladies...

4 1/2 Hours

hat: ON | crazy similar
tee: converse | cute option
shorts: DIY | similar
sneakers: exact
necklace: option 1, 2
watch: exact


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I didn't know it when I got dressed the other day, but this would turn out to be my spend 4 1/2 hours in Ikea just to exchange a frying pan outfit. As if that wasn't bad enough, I am convinced that the returns/exchange area is the only place in the entire three-story behemoth that isn't air conditioned. My conspiracy theory is that since they know you have to wait there, they make it warm to drive up the sales of their irresistibly cheap ice cream cones, conveniently located right next to the waiting area. Paranoid? Probably. But you go to an Ikea in a heavily populated area on a Saturday and tell me you don't see one in every three people with a delicious cone of soft serve. Their tactic may or may not have worked on me. Twice. I'm onto you, Ikea.


Linking up here today.

The One Where I Catch a Cold and Fall Off the Face of the Planet

top: target | similar
shorts: AE | cute option
boots: overstock | similar
watch: exact
bracelets: groopdealz & DIY | similar & diy


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Please pardon my utter lack of posts this last little while. An especially nasty cold took me out of commission for over a week. Basically all I could do for days was lie on the couch and watch TV, and even that was pushing it. I still have it, but I'm finally beyond the stage where forming coherent thoughts isn't a chore. And even though I've lost my voice, I am happy to report that I can still speak as much as I like as long as I type it onto a screen (or whisper to people, which isn't awkward at all).

This little number was my outfit of choice for a date with a friend at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC two weeks ago. I knew we'd be doing a lot of walking, so I tested these shoes out to ensure they'd be nice and comfy while strolling for miles around the museum and city. They passed the comfort test at home, only to completely and thoroughly disappoint me once out in the field. Luckily my friend was patient each and every time I made a pit stop to add a band aid to a sore spot, or to complain about the woes of being a woman who cares about trivial things like cute shoes, all while looking longingly at his size twelves and wishing - just for a fleeting moment - that my feet were big enough to borrow his sneakers.


Linking up with my homies today.

I Just Flew In (boy are my arms tired)

baseball tee: exact
jeans: AE | similar 1, 2

jacket: i heart ronson | so similar
necklace: c/o born pretty
scarf: c/o born pretty
shoes: exact

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To wrap up my little round of travel-themed posts, here's the outfit I wore for my return flight home from Florida (sad face).  For the first time in probably my entire adult life, I had e.x.t.r.a. space in my luggage!  Which means that I didn't have to wear my biggest shoes or bulkiest items on the plane in order to save room. Score one for finally, finally getting the hang of this "smart packing" thing.

Linking here today.

Labor Day Rules

{target top (cute option)  |  ON shorts (similar)  |  f21 scarf (old)  |  shoes  |  harmon sunnies (similar)}

People say that you shouldn't wear white after Labor Day (I don't know anyone who actually says that, but rumor has it there are people who do).  But how about wearing white on Labor Day?  No one ever remembers to make a rule about that.  Well, I made my own rule yesterday, and it not only included wearing white, but it mandated print mixing, silver worn simultaneously with gold, and donning a crazy scarf, too.  Just you watch, this new rule will catch on in no time.

I'm linking up here today.