Red, White, and Blue

I had such a hard time this morning trying to decide what to wear. I knew I wanted to wear my J.Crew jersey dress (it looks black in this picture but it's navy), and my new white summer wedge heels. I tried it with a white cardigan at first, but I wasn't feeling it. A tied button down shirt was the perfect solution. It adds texture to the flat navy, and it gives off a cute 1940's vibe, especially when paired with bright red lipstick. These heels are crazy high (I'm 6'1" tall when I wear them), but they are super comfortable and I wore them all day without my feet hurting. 

Navy dress: J.Crew

Shirt: Kohl's

Shoes: MIA (from T.J. Maxx)

Watch: Target

Lipstick: MAC- MAC Red

(I'm obsessed with this lipstick. So much so that I'm going to write a whole post about it later.)

I don't know if anyone else does this, but when I can't decide on something in a store, I take a picture of it. I can usually get a good idea of whether or not something looks good on me if I look at a photograph, rather than in the mirror. Anyways, here's a picture of my wedges from when I tried them on in the store:

50 Shades of Navy

I'm back!  I've been away for a few days because I was too busy reading the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy. Seriously. I was hooked! They were definitely racy, but I have a soft spot for trashy romance novels. You can definitely tell that they started out as a Twilight fan-fiction though. Just replace Grey with Cullen and it's basically Twilight 2.0. Moving on.... My outfits from the last few days have been very navy-centric. Thus, the title of this post! (And if you look in my closet, there probably are 50 shades of navy in there...)

Cardigan: J.Crew Jackie in navy

Shirt: Jones New York (T.J. Maxx)

Skirt: Dillards? I honestly don't remember where I got this. 

Ring: LC Lauren Conrad (Kohl's) 

Shoes: Nine West

Dress: Antonio Melani

Cardigan: American Eagle

Belt: J.Crew Factory

Watch: Target

Shoes: Nine West

Seersucker Weekend

This is a double OOTD post because I was so lax on posting this weekend! AKS is leaving Lubbock tomorrow to go back to Dallas to work for the summer, so I spent all weekend spending some quality time with my boyfriend. On Sunday we went to a rooftop bar near our apartment to watch the solar eclipse. Unfortunately, the sun went behind a cloud right before the full eclipse happened, but we were able to see most of it so it wasn't a total loss.

Saturday's outfit:

Shirt: Kohl's

Shorts: J.Crew Factory Seersucker Critter Shorts

Belt: J.Crew Factory

Shoes: Kohl's (old)

Monday's work outfit: (excuse the messy hair)

Shirt: New York & Company (from T.J. Maxx)

Seersucker blazer: Banana Republic

Navy pants: Calvin Klein (from Ross)

Shoes: Nine West

Belt: J.Crew

...and pearls (of course)!

I can't believe my boyfriend is leaving tomorrow! I don't know what I'm going to do for 3 months without him here. I'm thinking about volunteering at the museum across the street from my apartment. Even though it's small, I've been missing the museum scene and I think volunteering could help with that. 

How was your weekend? 

OOTD: Friday Wedges

I usually wear jeans to work on Fridays. I wanted to spice them up a bit, so I wore a pair of red wedges I found at T.J. Maxx. I'm already tall, and when I wear these I stand over 6 feet. I was definitely taller than all the women, and even a lot of the men at work. It's ok though- I try to embrace my height!

My nail polish is Essie Peach Daiquiri. I thought it was appropriate since Cinco de Mayo was this weekend. 

Detail from the heel of the wedges. I love the pattern! 

Shirt: Kohl's 

Pants: American Eagle

Belt: J.Crew Factory

Shoes: Aerosoles (from T.J. Maxx) 

LC Lauren Conrad for Kohl's

Let me preface this by saying I'm not really a huge fan of Lauren Conrad. I watched Laguna Beach sometimes in high school and thought she came off as bitchy and kind of an awful person. I never watched The Hills or any other reality show she's been in. However, the girl makes some cute jewelry. I went to Kohl's with AKS this weekend because there isn't much else to do in Lubbock besides drink or shop, and we were bored. All of her jewelry was pretty and girly, but I picked up the 3 things that really stood out to me. 

This ring is really cute. I normally don't wear rings, and I have to wear this one on my middle finger because it's too big for my ring finger. I don't have many rings though, so I'm glad I bought it. 

Bow earrings. They had these in blue as well. 

Set of 3 bracelets. Again, I love the bows, and they are perfect for "stacking."

Of course, since I got them at Kohl's, they were on sale for about 45% off. Kohl's is pretty hit or miss for me, but I'd say these are a hit!