recap: september

yup, september's official walked out the door, so i'm going to stick with the pattern i've got going and do a little recap.  



wearing: a lot of jackets apparently.  i feel like just as i was figuring out how to dress for my frigid office in the summer it went and got chilly outside.  oh well, bring on the winter layers!



buying: i picked up three pieces when we were in california (an investment dvf mustard dress seen here, a rusty colored joie top seen here and here, and a comfy club monaco summer dress seen here) and then didn't do any other clothes shopping other than an awesome stop at the workout clothes clearance rank at target for some new shorts and a hoodie made of some sort of space-age fabric that feels like clouds.  

spotting: somebody taking what appeared to be outfit photos on my street the other day.  i'm totally scared of strangers, so i didn't say anything just in case they were taking photos of the tree and not the girl wearing red jeans next to it.  (what are the chances?)  but yeah, if you take photos posing next to a tree in front of a questionable bridal shop, let me know.  the alley has much better lighting.  and we should be friends.  

reading: lois frankel's nice girls don't get the corner office and susan cain's quiet.  it seems way too grownup for me to be setting career goals, but i'm doing some research to figure a few things out before my yearly review.  (i'm a shy girl in a dude profession, so i need all the self-help i can get.)

watching: suits.  one of my co-workers is really into television and she's watching breaking bad (which i'm all caught up on) so that we can discuss both shows at length over kit kat bars and hot chocolate.  it's a fantastic plan.

ok, that's all from me.  here's to a great october! 

friday five: dining room tour

this friday, we're taking a tour of our dining room.  since we upsized to a new apartment in august, we've been slowly filling in our furniture gaps and adjusting to not being smushed.  so, here's five bits of the space:



print is in an ikea frame, antlers are from the boy's dad and painted with krylon "school bus yellow" spray paint, ikea lack shelf in white



photograph on the left is of canterbury cathedral, sailboat print is a marushka, matted print is a woodblock print done by the boy's mom, comic is from nicholas gurewitch's perry bible fellowship, pot is from ikea, bookshelf is expedit also from ikea



chair is a 4-leg base herman miller eames molded plastic chair in light blue, an ikea rens throw, and an ikea koldby cowhide on the floor



butcher block tabletop from ikea finished with mineral oil, painting on the wall beyond is acrylic on masonite



chandelier is covered in snow camouflage (last seen here in sheet form)

dotty, fall weather, and summer dresses

[wearing]
maxi dress: shabby apple (similar)
jacket: mine c/o marshall's
scarf: vintage
flats: old navy (exactly)

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i was packing up my summer clothes and decided that this dress needed one more wearing before it gets boxed.

dotty, perpendicular stripes, and such

[wearing]
vertical stripes: thrifted men's buttondown
horizontal stripes: the limited (similar)
knit moto: forever21 (similar)
boots: target (similar)

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this outfit is getting me all excited for fall stuff: layers, boots, jackets, and more stripes!

dotty, remixing, and rusty bricky orangey

[wearing]
jacket: michael, michael kors (exactly)
top: joie
jeans: target (exactly)
leopard loafers: candie's (similar)
bag: zara

dotty, black and tans

[wearing]
sleeveless trench: forever21 (exactly)
black top: spense c/o marshall's
houndstooth jeans: forever21 (similar)
flats: old navy (exactly)

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i just posted all the ways i've worn this vest over the last year and here i am wearing it AGAIN.

dotty, remixed stripes, and spots

[wearing]
dress: h&m (similar)
jacket: theory (exactly)
flats: old navy (exactly)
giant sunnies: thriftastic


if this dress had a myspace page, this would be it's profile photo.



[previously on] white jacket