yay!  joelle and i survived the hurricane.  with only a little bit of rain and some scattered leaves on the street, i think i managed to see the tiniest fraction of the storm.  in any case, all is pretty much back to normal today and it’s gorgeous out! 

this is going to be quick post today.  i’m such a collector of chevron things and just made this zig zag necklace this past week (having earthquakes and hurricanes gives you a lot of free time at home). 

vintage shirt, sunglasses and skirt; madewell purse; rachel comey sandals gifted by neiman marcus

after a particularly hard long but short week at work, i’ve finally excited to be sitting in my bed at home and finding a scrap of time to post!  in addition to normal work, and planning for a holiday weekend, joelle and i party planned a farewell party for one of our dearest co-workers.  in the end, everything came together spectacularly but it’s been a stressful week!

i bought this dress last week on a whim from the lovely shop Fair Season, thinking ‘this reminds me of joelle’.  sure enough, when it came in the mail and i tried it on, my boyfriend comments “you look like a virgin child bride”….aka something joelle would wear.  to confirm the child-bride suspicions, these little pockets, adorable as they may be, are completely made for little child hands. 

also new (it was a busy shopping week!) is this vintage bracelet, and a pair of super long chain earring i whipped up before work earlier this week.  i’ll probably be adding a few more of these to the shop soon!

have a great holiday weekend everyone!!

vintage dress from fair season; rachel comey shoes c/o neiman marcus; vintage sunglasses and bracelet’ a common thread earrings

last weekend, when it was particularly humid and hot out, my boyfriend was obsessed with showing off his new ‘summer jeans’.  first, when heading out to dinner, he made everyone look at the stripes on the inside lining (“see, summer stripes”) and later when sitting out on the hot patio exclaiming about how cool his chambray jeans were (“these jeans are so cool.  everyone needs summer jeans.”)  by the end of the night, he’d pretty much convinced everyone at the table the need for these things, and i kinda secretly wanted my own. 

so, earlier this week, while digging through my closet, i was pretty happy to come across my very own pair of chambray sailor pants.  i’d completely forgotten about these guys! i love that they are so dramatic.  and……as much ‘summer jean’ talk i endured last weekend, i have to admit they are kinda great.

the length of these require some sort of heel that doesn’t make the legs look all short and stubby. and i’ve been waiting for so long to pull out these rachel comey sandals that i picked up a few months ago.  after much fretting, i picked these up with the gift card neiman marcus generously gave us during the tumblr fashion week extravaganza.  wise decision; i love these things.

j. brand ‘skipper in atlantic’ jeans c/o j.brand; vintage shirt & purse; rachel comey platform sandals c/o neiman marcus; cheap monday clairvoyant sunglasses