A Year Without Rain

(Shirt: Nordstrom, Skirt: Land's End, Shoes: Miss Trish for Target, Belt: Ralph Lauren [gifted], Necklace: Self-Made, Bracelets: Assorted [gifted]) 

Don't these spools totally remind you of Kendi?

I saved this belt from a dangerous death, removing it from use as my friend's suitcase-dragging device. Ralph Lauren! Can you believe it!

The little girl's eyes move back and forth. SO COOL! And the necklace also has my class ring and my miraculous medal. I decided that morning that I needed a necklace, so I tossed some things together. I was pretty pleased with how it looked.

Hello. I LOVE YOU.

oh, and YOU. and look! a shoe!

The sky is GORGEOUS in this.

Happy Weekend!

Army Green

(Dress: H&M, Shoes: Miss. Trish for Target, Necklace: Target)

Today I dressed up for our cross country meet today. It's our last small one before conference! So sad. I'm not ready for cross country season to be over.

This dress has a really full skirt, and it just reminded me that I don't own a lot of skirts like that. Most of mine are pencil skirts or at least a little tighter.

This was Kayla's idea. TOTAL plagiarism. But I cited my source.. does that count?

Full Skirts are great for spinning.

Excuse the red toes, but here is a close up of my favorite sandals this year. They were on clearance at Target two months ago, because in most parts of the country, September means fall. But as you can see from my clothing, it's warm again. Arg.

We made a joke in cross country that to be in the army, you have to run fifteen miles on your hands for a warm-up. And then swim a marathon. So I wore green in honor of the armed forces. Or what I think they are.

CHEESE.

And Again

(Dress: H&M Borrowed From Kayla, Belt: Vintage, Shoes: Miss Trish for Target, Bracelets: Assorted, Ring: Spoon Ring from Kate!)

This belt is the most fantastic thing I own. It almost looks like Chanel, and not something my mom bought to go with... I don't know. I don't think you can wear it with anything but solid colors. It's definitely a statement piece.

This dress is amazing. I love the things Kayla has given me. For this outfit I tried to style it differently than other people would, because there are a few other people who own this dress, and I think I succeeded. If anyone has this belt I would be amazed.

Because the buttons of the dress and the belt were contrasting silver and gold I decided to wear silver and gold jewelry. I used to think this was a big no-no, but I'm starting to like it. You can't see it, but the gold bracelet has a huge gold heart attached to the chain. I have no idea where it came from. I'm thinking my mom? The silver bangle shuts and has a clasp, but it's old and continuously pops open. It drives me crazy! That one's my mom's too. The silver elephants are a gift from my grandparents from when they visited India. The elephants look like they have personalities. :) ALSO my spoon ring is a gift from my friend Kate and I love it! Thanks Kate!

Mallory makes me laugh. :)

The picture crew. :) I love these girls.

(Me, Cheyenne, Mallory, Kayla)

If a Body Meet a Body Coming Through the Rye

In the 11th grade I read The Catcher in the Rye with my English class, and I loved it. A lot. I liked how J.D. Salinger wrote with a voice that sounded a lot like what goes on in my head: random, and sarcastic. The difference between myself and Holden is, one, I'm not an angry high school dropout/delinquent. Also, I'm not a boy. And secondly, While I may think some of the things that he does, I don't act on them. The whole idea of sleeping in train stations and hiding out in hotels filled with hookers doesn't really appeal to me. But to each his own. The reason I just babbled on about Catcher in the Rye is style related, I promise:

This shirt is from Out of Print Clothing, a website where when you buy a shirt, a book is given to a school in Africa. That plus the fact that they put book covers on the front of their shirts had me sold.

(Shirt: Out of Print Clothing, Skirt: Target, Belt: Vintage, Shoes: Miss Trish for Target)