Shabby Apple Suits

It's Monday!

But I have the day off from work, so it's all good.

My friend just bought a house with a pool, and I still have the same yellow polka dot Target bathing suit from two years ago. This is not acceptable for the many, many pool parties that are in my future this summer. {Plus, he is a work friend, and my current suit is a little, how shall I put this, little.}

Hooray for Shabby Apple!

{lagoon $88}

{maraschino $88}

{ondina $82}

{pacific paradise $74}

Speaking of SA, they are having a 20% off all skirts sale through June 30th. I'm thinking of ordering a red A-line skirt, but I'm not sure I have enough tops to match. Let me know if you order something!

White Shorts

target shorts {$18}

a couple of weeks ago, i bought a pair of white shorts from target.

it's almost embarrassing how much i've worn them since then.

they made their debut at a dinner with friends...

the encore was at my cousin's graduation later that week...

...and i pulled them out again the next day for a game night.

they just scream "classic summer" and look equally adorable with my nude heels or leather flip flops. 

speaking of nude heels...

that same trip to target {i need a target intervention, obvs}, 

these lovelies came home with me.

target heels {$22}

they've hardly left my feet since that day. they too accompanied me to the dinner and the game night. they're just perfect for work, where all my female co-workers fawn over them in the ladies' room.

what looks say "classic summer" to you?

Gold Watch

kate spade



I like this watch very much as a replacement for the MK one that met an untimely {get it?!} death a couple weeks ago.

It disappeared off the kate spade website as I was writing this post, but hopefully will return soon. It's so beautiful that I'm not surprised it's playing hard to get.

NYC Shopping

Happy Monday, everybody!

As I mentioned in my last post {can you remember back that far?}, I spent a good amount of my time in NY shopping. 

Here's what I picked up...

-kate spade-

supercalafragilipstick in "pop art pink"

This lipstick is awesome. I noticed on Day Old News that hot pink lips are en vogue, so I thought I'd give the trend a try. I am all for it.

monogram notecards

 Oh, how I've loved these notecards from the first moment I laid eyes on them at the kate spade website. It was such a triumph to buy them and not pay shipping, haha.

-sample sale-

Walter Baker dress

I love this dress that I got on mega discount at a sample sale at Chelsea Market. I can even wear it to work. Score!

-Michael Kors-

Gold watch

I had been coveting this watch for over a year, stalking it online like Pinterest prey. I finally broke down and bought it, and it was my best & worst purchase of my vacation. Best, because I've wanted it for so long. Worst, because it cost me an arm & a leg, and then did this on the third wear:

Yes, the gold is rubbing off. No, thank you, Michael Kors. You can have your ridiculously beautiful, expensive, low quality watch back. It was so sad to see her go.

-street vendor-

knock off Kendra Scott earrings

After seeing Sofia Vergara sporting something similar on Modern Family, I knew I needed a pair of my own. These $15 knock offs will do until they break & I'm forced to pony up $90 to replace them with the real deal.

So, there you have it, my little Manhattan shopping spree. I had intended to buy myself one treat, something more in line with the lipstick or the stationery, not really a whole outfit of treats plus paper goods. New York has a way of bringing out the indulgent side of me.

Wedding Outfit

One of my friends is attending a wedding this weekend, and I've loved watching her post pieces of the outfit she's wearing on Pinterest.

It got me thinking...if I were attending a wedding this spring, what would I wear?

Dress: Topshop Tuck Neck Shift Dress {$95}

Shoes: Dorothy Perkins Cream Peep Toe Court {$44}

Clutch: Banana Republic Shell Clutch {$128}

Necklace: J.Crew Bubble Necklace {$150}

Earrings: Kendra Scott Dahlia Earrings in Glisten {$90}

Maybe I should just wear this to the office on Monday. What do you think?

Banana Republic Sale Code

source

Banana Republic is offering 30% off online sales through midnight tonight.

Use the code BRBREAK at checkout.

The Perfect Colored Skinnies

Last weekend, I embarked on a quest. 

A quest to find the perfect colored denim.

You know the kind: not too light, bright, or tight.

My quest technically started two weekends ago, when I naively assumed my derriere would fit into the same sized colored version of my favorite true blue skinnies at Target.

It did not pan out.

I even went back for a bigger size, rationalizing that it doesn't count since it's the juniors department.

Double fail.

I realized that I needed to move on to greener pastures.

Enter Forever 21 with their acid wash-y denim, weird brass zippers, and capri length pants. 

Obviously, it didn't work out.

 

So long, Forever 21. Hello, PacSun. 

...Goodbye, PacSun. Why are your jeans so tight? Way to turn my normal body into a freakshow of epic proportions (pun fully intended). 

 

At this point, my best friend and I had grown weary. We had almost written colored skinnies off to "don't-work-for-real-people-with-more-than-4%-body-fat" land. We're an optimistic pair though, so we headed to one last locale.

 

Oh, American Eagle. 

I know I shunned you as too expensive in high school. I was young; I was stupid.

Thank you for delivering these to me. I will never take them off. Not even to wash them. 

 

 

 

 Free shipping through tonight.

♥