Catholic Wedding Attire

One of the best things about attending a wedding is playing dress up. Well, no so much with the most recent wedding I went to. It was a catholic wedding with a strict dress code reminiscent of the Royal Wedding -- no bare shoulders, nothing above the knee, no tight fitting, etc. I was of course not about to invest in a new dress to fit into those guidelines so I has to get creative. Luckily, I had kept around a full skirt from Banana Republic that was slightly too big for me that happened to be below the knee. From there the outfit came together. However, I also became clear to me why nearly every other skirt or dress I own is above the knee. I simply don't have the long legs to look good in a below the knee skirt. At least the guidelines didn't dictate what kind of shoes we couldn't wear so I was able to elongate my legs with a pair of strappy heels.

The guidelines came with the wedding invitation.

Lace short sleeve top in blush ($50, Aritzia), black skirt (Banana Republic), wide belt (Betsy Johnson), floral necklace (Forever 21).

Colored Denim for Summer

My general rule on trends is the following -- if I was around the first time the trend was popular then I'm not allowed to wear the trend when it comes back. However, there just has to be some exceptions to any rule. Such is the case with the colored denim trend. I remember when I was around 13 or 14 (when colored denim was trendy last time) I think I owned a green denim jacket (ewww). But I just couldn't resist all the delicious colors that I'm seeing everywhere now -- coral, turquoise, sea foam... I broke down and bought a pair of Joe's jeans in "cobalt". At first I wasn't sure if I was able to pull them off (they're bright!) but now I see that they're actually quite fun and versatile for work and weekends.

Here are some totally fun colors from the store window at Mario's downtown.

Here's my Joe's jeans ($99 from Nordstrom), black light blazer ($50 Nordstrom Rack), white v-neck t-shirt ($28 Caslon) and Kooba bag.  You can't see in this picture but I'm wearing Cole Haan black strappy espadrille wedges ($119).  The only piece that's new this season is the jeans, everything else is recycled from previous seasons.

Last minute pre-vacay shopping

My vacation to LA is just 3 days away so I had to make a mad dash for summer clothes even though Seattle is still in full June Gloom mode here. I picked up a few items from American Eagle Outfitters during my lunch break (yay for working downtown).

This lovely lace back tank top is buy one get one 50% off.  So I picked up one in orange and one in turquoise.  I had to strip the last size S in turquoise off the mannequin (I think you dear can afford to wear an XS).

When it came to shorts, it was slightly trickier.  I ended up getting these "shortie" shorts in denim and white.  I contemplated getting the "midi" length but those were only available in cut-offs.  So the sensibility in me went for the non-cut off short shorts as a comprise.  The shorts were buy one get one $10.  So I walked out of the store in less than 30 minutes with 3 tops (an additional white racer back top for layering) and 2 pair of shorts for $80.  Not too shabby.

...and we're back!

I took this blog to Tumblr for a while then went on a year long or so hiatus.  Now, I'm back on blogger will look to revive this blog.  So much shopping, not enough blogging.