lace

zara tshirt

vintage lace vest

thrifted bracelet

gap jeans

minnetonka moccasins

thrifted coach satchel

I really thought I'd gotten into a thing, doing these every other day posts... apparently not so much. And I looked so cute yesterday! I wore this adorable shirtdress my mom got me from J.Crew and my Frye boots (which would be a much-appreciated change I'm sure, since I believe all you've seen me in lately is moccasins - promise I don't wear them every day)

Found this bejeweled little piece at a thrift store in Fort Collins, Colorado (when I was helping Mckenna move back to school at the end of the summer). I think it may actually be a choker - quite the trendy piece nowadays, not sure if I'll be participating regardless... much prefer it as a wrap bracelet.

 I showed this vest earlier this summer, only as a crop top, a la Natalie - not sure if I could pull of the same look, as I am lacking the rock-hard yoga abs... She actually also wore it for her senior pictures, which I must say are absolutely gorgeous! I might just have to pick my favorites (if that's possible) and put them up in a post so that you can all marvel at them yourselves. Funny anecdote: as we were getting ready for Natalie's senior pictures - a.k.a picking out like 5 outfits from all of our closets, filling up the car with props, driving out to our uncle's horse farm, I remembered my senior pictures. Which were basically "Alison grab a few shirts from your closet, we'll go wander the yard and figure something out" - notice a difference? Oh well, photoshoots are more Natalie's thing. Which is why I'm the one with a blog?

  Can't believe that one week from tomorrow I'll be in NYC and that two weeks from tomorrow my mom will be here in D.C. with me! October is most definitely going to be a good month... Good night all!

P.S. You may notice that this post, unlike my others, is completely devoid of text formatting. Not saying I like it, but I'll try anything once. You're welcome Emily :)

I like bracelets?

GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY! Imaging me singing that in an operatic voice, that's what I always think of when I put things up like that...

So, I've had a bit of an epiphany this past week! After purchasing an adorable crystal embellished cuff bracelet this week at Old Navy, I've discovered that I kind of like bracelets. To be honest, they were always my least favorite type of jewelry. I mean, rings are always fun, you stack them on, you all know my weakness for long chain necklaces, and earrings, well, they're ok, but can definitely add something to an outfit. But bracelets? To me, they always looked kind of ungainly, got in the way, and I was never a huge fan. But now I have this cuff, and I keep seeing all these bracelets around that I want to buy. It's weird! Because for one you all know, I most definitely don't need any more jewelry - well, maybe you don't know? I haven't really posted any pictures of my jewelry box lately or anything. Just believe me. I do. And for two... I don't really have a two. This whole thing is just kind of weird for me. Regardless, I just wanted to put up a little post cataloging my newfound love. Enjoy :)

p.s. Tomorrow I work from 9am - 6pm and then my friend Mckenna is picking me up so we can start our drive to Colorado! I don't know if you all remember this but back in May I flew out to Colorado to help her move out and be a companion on the drive back. Now, I'm doing it again, but the other way around. So, you may not here from me for a few days. Enjoy your weekend!

birthday dress

GIVEAWAY. I've run out of witty precursor things to say about it, so there. Enter if you feel so moved.

So, I said this dress is my birthday dress, and that's not because today is my birthday (that would be tomorrow) or because I got this dress for my birthday (I think I got it sometime last year?) but for some reason, I always seem to wear it on birthday-related occasions! I mean, I've probably worn it about 6 times in the past year, maybe less, and twice has been either on my birthday or on the day of my birthday party. Weird, huh? Just something Natalie pointed out to me, she clearly has a better memory than I do

urban outfitters dress

coach satchel

born sandals

nordstrom rhinestone bracelet

other bracelets gifts

Pretty fun dress, don't you think? I love the colors (me? color?), and the tribal print is cool and on-trend for the moment. If I recall correctly, I got it last summer at Urban on a good sale - I wish I could shop at Urban more, but honestly it's a bit expensive for their quality, don't you think? Oh, and you get one picture below with my satchel, because I love it so much.

Here I have my own mini arm party ( a la Man Repeller - if you don't read her already, go do that now. She is actually hilarious). Normally I don't wear bracelets - they are actually probably my least favorite type of jewelry, don't really know why, but sometimes I just feel like throwing one on! Or several, as evidenced by this photo. I think this is how I will wear bracelets from now on. In multiples.

So maybe you're wondering why I'm celebrating today when I just said my birthday is tomorrow - or more likely, you don't think that much into detail about my life. Actually, that's probably a lot more likely. Well, regardless of your ambivalence towards my life, I'm going to tell you! The reason is I have to work tomorrow. Ugh. Really, Old Navy? You give me zero shifts last week, then decided to schedule me 6:15 - 11:00pm on my birthday and for 8:00 am the morning after. Cool, thanks. Well, there's my rant on the woes of working. That's all.

 p.s. I just noticed that I now have 100 followers via Google Friend Connect, and I just wanted to give another shout-out to all my readers, love you all xx