I'm Thankful For...A Vacation & A Giveaway

Hi, all!  By the time you read this, I will be in Florida, soaking up some sunshine, laughing with my sister, and happily awaiting our Thanksgiving celebration that we've decided to host together for the second year in a row.  While I'm gone I have some great girls filling in for me, with Thanksgiving-inspired outfits.  I can't wait for you to meet them!

{top | jeans | cardi, hat, & necklace c/o Our World Boutique | boots}

For now, though, I want to introduce you to Our World Boutique.  The owner, Kaye, who is just one of the sweetest people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting through email (and whose sister also happens to be a Kym) contacted me recently to choose a few items for review.  I was happy to snap up the softest grey beret with little metallic gold flecks in it, this amazing statement necklace (which looks even more amazing in person than it did on my monitor), and of course a cozy cardigan with elbow patches.  Because there is a part of my brain that simply cannot resist a cardigan with elbow patches.  Let me tell you, guys, I love everything!  The shipping was crazy fast - like 3 days fast, and the prices are ridiculously reasonable!  Want to try it out for free?  Yeah, I thought you might.  Well, good news!  You have a chance to win your choice of a statement necklace from Our World Boutique (open to US & Canada residents).  Also, from now until November 30, get 10% off order of $20 and up with code bittyandbunnyforowb.  Good luck!

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Please note that this is a scheduled post, so if I don't respond to comments, it just means I'm probably enjoying life outside of the internet.  Whatever that's like.

My So-Called Inspiration

{dress (on sale!) | cardi, c/o Our World Boutique | tights | booties, necklace, hat, c/o chicwish}

Remember Angela Chase from My So-Called Life?  I honestly wasn't even thinking of her when I got dressed, but growing up in the '90s apparently has deep-seated effects.  Such as having her style nestled so deep into my brain that it I bust out fabulously early '90s outfits practically on autopilot.

{I mean, right?!}

At least I retained something from that show besides my crush on Jordan Catalano.

...And if you were a fan, then you will love these next 8 minutes of your so-called life...

Linking here today.

Appropriate

{gap jeans (similar) | pacsun tank | target cardi & wedge sneaker | ON hat (similar) | inpink ring (so similar)}

As the weather continues to be just....weird....I actually find myself having more fun putting outfits together.  Because it's hot, then chilly; warm, then freezing, I don't get to miss any one aspect of dressing.  Usually sometime around month two of a season, I'll begin longing for the pieces that I haven't been able to wear in a while.  But this schizophrenic spring pretty much requires my entire wardrobe to be on call so I'm ready to throw on a maxi dress or shorts for those warm, sunshiney days, while also being prepared to bundle up, say for example in wide leg jeans & a cardi the very next day...when we're sitting around a bonfire in the yard to warm up a bit.  Note: the hat is appropriate anytime, but is most useful for covering up lazy and/or bad hair days.


Linking here today.

  

Love & Taxes

{borrowed dress (cute option) & necklace (similar) | target cardi (similar) | payless boots (so similar!)}

This is what I wore on Valentine's Day.  Since we planned on having a low key night at home, I actually hadn't planned on getting out of my pjs at all (I really spoil my boyfriend). But then I remembered that I had a library book due.  So I tossed this dress on, topped it with something red because, you know, Valentine's Day, and off we strolled to return my book.  And just to make the evening really romantic, we picked up some 1040 forms on our way home.  Because nothing says love like getting an early start on your taxes.

Linking here today.

Of Sunshine & Smiles

{target cardi (similar) | joyce leslie top (old) | gap jeans (so similar) | old navy booties (crazy similar) | handmade hat (cute option)}

There's always something about a bright, sunshiny day that makes my heart smile.  No matter if it's 80 degrees or 5 below.  Luckily this day hovered around a sunny 35, which if you're native to any colder climate you'll know is actually possible to survive without a coat in for short periods of time so long as the sun is shining, most skin is covered, and there is absolutely, positively not even the slightest hint of movement in the air.  A few fantasies of sun-drenched beaches and pina colodas usually don't hurt, either.

Find me over here today.

Oh, Northeast, your weather be crazy

{target jeans & cardi (similar)  |  ON chambray  |  hand me down vest  |  gramma's vintage kercheif  |  payless shoes (similar)  |  sprout watch}

It's tough to concentrate on writing about my outfit when I'm right in the blustery belly of a Frankenstorm.  Normally I wouldn't be stressed out by some totally random, completely out of the ordinary, unseasonably strange, autumn hurricane in NJ, but this year I'm actually scheduled to go on vacation during it.  So between gathering gallons of emergency water, stocking the house with bagels and canned soup, and listening to the walls shake with the wind, we're also packing and preparing for our flight while simultaneously staying glued to both the weather channel and Delta's website,  hoping that the storm will have passed by the time our (surprisingly still on-time) flight is scheduled to fly tomorrow afternoon.

...And I thought last year's Halloween was bad...

(Just a little p.s. - I obviously didn't wear this today because it's way too dangerous to go outside.  Luckily I got dressed a few days ago which is more than I can say for today.  If you're also in the hurricane's path, I strongly urge you to stay inside as well.  Ok, public service announcement officially over.)

Find me linking up here today.

The Hangover

{cardi, tee, jeans, shoes: target  //  belt: steve madden, similar  //  earrings: claires, similar  //  watch: sprout}

Today I'm giving you full disclosure: I am still nursing a hangover that began yesterday morning and lasted all. day. long.  I think I'm just a little brain dead today, but at least I'm able to keep some food down which is a vast improvement from yesterday.  

But from my suffering I have learned a very valuable lesson: If I'm going to party with my friends on Saturday night, then I definitely shouldn't have 4 glasses of wine the next morning before brunch, and I absolutely shouldn't order bottomless mimosas once I get there.

I now open up the floor to anyone who would like to remind me just how idiotic my behavior was.

Today I'm linking to:

Monday Mingle

Visible Monday

Summer & Scallions

{similar dress  //  cardi: target  //  tights  //  boots  //  similar belt}

I have just two things to say:
1. It feels like summer already.  I love spring, but I'll gladly skip it to start summer in March, thanks.

2. Did you know that if you buy your scallions with the roots still attached you can plant them and have them grow into more and more scallions for several months?  Who knew it would only cost $0.50 to have bad breath every day for half a year?  It's a bargain, I tell ya.

Today I'm linking to:

Whatever Whenever Wednesday

What I Wore Wednesday

What I Wore

What We Wore & Made

A Little Bit of Romance

{cardi, blouse: target  //  jeggings: old navy  //  booties: payless}

Last night was date night so I gussied up a little for my boyfriend.

A flowy blouse with a big ol' bow, a red cardi, and killer heels did the trick.

To up the romance, I also added some nice, big, soft, romantic waves to my hair.  

And elbow patches.  Nothing says romance like elbow patches.

Today I'm linking up to:

The ABCs of Style at My Greatest Hits

What I Wore Wednesday at Transatlantic Blonde

Whatever Whenever Wednesday at Rolled up Pretty
What I Wednesday  at Captivated by Grace