And I'm back

Whew! After a slight mix-up with the plane tickets, J. and I ended up in Wisconsin until late Monday night...which made preparing for my Tuesday morning class a huge scramble! I was relying on tried-and-true repeat outfits while I was trying to catch up from being gone.

Here's what I wore to the wedding:

Dress: Banana Republic outlet

Shoes: TJMaxx

Corsage: gift from the bride

Earrings: JCPenny's

Afterwards I swapped my heels for flats so J. and I could walk around downtown Madison - a fun place to spend a weekend, I must say.

It was beyond hot and humid (the Midwest in June, natch) so I was living in shorts and tank-tops. Humidity zaps the creativity right out of me.

Tank top: TJMaxx

Shorts: Columbia, ancient

Sandals: Nine West outlet

Hope everyone else had a good weekend/week!

Christmas Eve camel!

I hope everyone had a very relaxing and enjoyable holiday! I've been bumming around in jeans and comfy old sweaters for a few days, baking and eating and opening presents and eating and walking in the snow and...eating. But I did get all dressed up for Christmas Eve services at my church.

The day after I got home, my mom and I headed out to Target (one of the forgotten perks of being at home - my mom loves to take her daughters shopping!) and I found this beautiful green sweater dress on the sale rack. Hooray! Super warm and cozy, and I felt so pretty with this ruffle and the ladylike tie at the waist. Thanks Mom!

Yes, I am wearing red and green. If you can't dress like an elf on Christmas Eve, when can you?

My church has huge wheely camels for the nativity play. I thought they were magical when I was a kid, and frankly, I still think they're pretty awesome.

Merry Christmas!

Dress: Target
Tights: Hue via TJMaxx
Shoes: Fred Meyer's
Earrings and necklace: borrowed from mom

Red carpet-worthy!

Last night, the Divine Miss C. hosted a movie-premiere party at her house and requested that we dress snazzy.

This is us looking snazzy:

I've been waiting for a good opportunity to show off this gorgeous pashmina (a gift from my mom) and this beautiful bracelet (a gift from my aunt). I liked the backdrop of this classic LBD for the blue and gold accessories. C. is rocking her high-waisted sexy-secretary dress with some adorable heels.

On B.:
LBD: j.crew outlet
pashmina: gift from mom
Bracelet: gift from aunt
Shoes: unisa via TJMaxx
Earrings: JCPenny's
Necklace: gift from my Russian friends

On C.:
High-waisted pencil skirt dress: Torrid
Black tights: Lane Bryant
Black shoes: (omg, my all time favorite black shoes) Charlotte Russe