I love myself a cocktail shirt. Named for mixed shirting fabric, (like a mixed drink, get it?), a cocktail shirt has mixed colors and striped shirting fabrics. Depending on the company, I have heard of this style branded as a party shirt or fun shirt. blog post with blue stripe button down // blog post [...]
Month: March 2019
Shopping Moratorium 2019 | 76/288
last week... My husband and I are on the third day of our eight day cross country road trip and I am currently en route from Asheville to Little Rock today. Believe me when I say that between packing for the next few months, sorting boxes into short term and long term storage, and planning [...]
Sartorial Sustainability Sunday: Hitting a Trifecta II
last week... As committed last month, I hit another trifecta. I wore the tennis sweater three times, three ways, over the course of the last quarter on the blog. Three pairs of shoes, three skirts, three sets of jewelry, and...the same pair of sunglasses. Give me a break. Wayfarers are classic. It was an item I [...]
Tall Torso Tank Swim
I went the entire last summer without wearing a two piece swimsuit. Not only am I no longer a spring chicken and feel as though I have aged out of the bikini market, but I do not feel so confident in my body now that I have gained my married weight. One piece swimsuits used [...]
Peanut Chicken with Soba Noodles // @2souschefs
Where were you when you tried non-Americana food for the first time?
Light Tweed
There is something about wearing tweed that makes the person just look especially put together. Make it two coordinating tweed pieces and you have upgraded your look from "put together" to the "sharpest boss woman in the room." I distinctly remember my first coordinating set was from J.Crew circa fall 2012. It was the Lady [...]
Stepping Up My Shoe Game
It seems like I just wrote about shoes, and I did, a mere month ago. It feels like so much longer than that. Not that I measure my life in pairs of shoes that I just so happen to find appealing, but what an idea. Carrie Bradshaw would be proud. What other units would I [...]
