[wearing]
jacket: michael kors
big scarf: souvenir (similar)
shirt: h&m
dotted jeans: gap (exactly)
flats: cole haan
backpack: herschel (exactly)
sunnies: ray-ban
[three things]
1. i posed with that phone booth so that you can totally tell what country we were in! it was an actual working telephone booth and a line started forming while the boy was taking these photos even though there were like a bunch of other red boxes close by. i thought maybe somebody needed to use the phone, but nope, it was just other tourists wanting to take photos.
2. it was a little rainy on this particular day, so we ducked into the tate modern for a little bit. the turbine hall is closed, so the museum wasn't very crowded. i absolutely love art museums, so the crummy weather allowed for a whole bunch of museum-ing while we were abroad. i got a history of art minor in undergrad mostly because i liked classes that involved field trips to museums. so now i just have to organize my own field trips to museums! but yeah, we may or may not have gone to NINE museums during the course of our trip.
3. last time we went on a big trip i decided that i didn't want to look like a tourist, so i was super anti-backpack. well, after dragging a heavy tote bag around for a couple weeks, i am now pro-backpack. the weight of our camera, snacks, and water for the day adds up and so i bought the plainest and grayest backpack i could find before we left. and since only tourists look up at buildings, i am screwed when it comes to looking like a local anyway!
helllllooooo! i'm back from my blogging hiatus/wedding adventure/transatlantic travels! we flew back earlier this week and i've been busy getting things organized so as to not feel so busy. ha! unfortunately this (albeit short) week back at work has been a hectic one, but the dash dot needs its monthly recap nonetheless!
[wearing]
i only posted three outfits before i disappeared for wedding-ish stuff. it's awesome that we returned to the midwest and it was magically summer! yay for dresses! and sandals! and lunches outside!
[buying]
h&m animal-ish print blouse ($30): i picked this up during some last minute shopping for our trip and it immediately became my go-to shirt.
h&m turquoise spike pendant: ($5): i spent too long in h&m, got beyonce'd out, and bought this necklace because it looked good with the shirt i was buying.
cos gray jersey tee (€35): i bought this in berlin basically because it was soft. and i hadn't packed my navy shirt that looks almost exactly like it.
cos printed merino dress (€89): this sack of a dress is going to be awesome belted. it's kinda like if you wrapped a wool cape around you. i'm a big fan of the dress+jacket combination for work in the summer, so buying dresses with work-appropriate length and shoulder coverage is a good call.
cos cotton bib jersey dress (€59): annnnd another sack of a dress that i totally fell for. i totally tried on more fitted dresses, but these two were my favorites. the boy really liked all the dude clothes at cos (it's a fancy h&m that doesn't have stores in north america), so i tried on a bajillion things while he was shopping.
acne "fran" tulle cardigan (gift): the boy and i picked out gifts for each other while we were shopping in berlin. his gift was a bright blue suede belt and mine was this (very un-photogenic) cardigan.
may total: $273-ish. (the exchange rate, taxes, banking fees, etc make this total a bit fuzzy)
i haven't worn three of the pieces yet, but overall i am super happy with the quality of all the pieces i bought and that i didn't walk out of h&m with a giant bag of stuff just because it's all so cheap. there does seem to be a pretty serious gray theme going on though! i love buying clothes as souvenirs so that i think about the trip whenever i wear them back home.
[reading]
meg wolitzer's the interestings: i started reading this on the kindle after the middle book down there started out a little too sad town for vacation reading. i like it so far, but my mom already warned me that the ending is sad, so it might just stay 47% read for awhile.
adam johnson's the orphan master's son: i totally believe that this is a good book, but i'm a lightweight and can only read a sad book like once a year. it's at 3% on the kindle right now. ha.
ballast's building systems study guide: this is the lamest thing to be reading ever, but it is very good at helping me fall asleep. and i ambitiously scheduled my next exam in june, so i need to get studying pretty darn quick.
[getting]
married! eep! it finally hit me at the rehearsal that i was getting married and i've been smiling about it ever since. luckily i was not as teary-eyed as i thought i might be and everything was just perfect. we're getting photos back next week, so i'll share some when i pick out my favorites.
[three things]
1. these are my wedding shoes! i tried on a bajillion pairs of white "wedding" shoes and was settled on a wedge that was comfortable, but made my toes look a little funny and had a ruffle that looked like it was standing up too straight. and then one day i had some time to kill and was wandering the non-prom/wedding aisles of DSW and came across these beauties. they fit like a dream and the cashier did some sort of return/exchange/coupons/points magic that knocked my socks off when i saw the total.
2. if i desaturate, crank up the contrast, and mess with the blackness slider can i make any photo look like it's ready for a wedding album?
3. we are totes getting married this weekend! eeep! i am finally getting really, really excited to marry my most favorite person ever, go to an awesome party with all our friends and family in one spot, and then go on an epic vacation. i have seen so much incredible kindess and generousity from my friends, family, future family, colleagues, and clients in the last few weeks that i am so surprised and overwhelmed by it. i expect to start crying sometime on friday and probably not stop until we get on a plane! anyway, i'll see y'all back here in june, so have a great month!
