The New Neutral

(shirt: loft | cardigan: old navy | pants: loft | shoes: banana | scarf: h&m}

A few days ago I told you about my love for pastels, and especially, these shoes. They are the perfect mint. And believe it or not, mint seems to go with just about everything. I think I'll start calling it "the new neutral".  

Ok, so this theory might not be so obvious from my outfit above, since it's only black,white, and mint. Sometimes my outfit and my thinking don't quite connect. But use your imagination, will ya? 

mint and pink? yep. 

mint and yellow? yep. 

mint and hunter green? yep. 

mint and light, medium, or dark blue? yep. 

You see my point? And, in case you were wondering, both my shoes and my shirt are in mint condition. (za-zing!)

Also, that last photo is my squinty face. I save it for special, sunny occasions. In case you were wondering... 

high collars

{blazer: antrho | shirt: anthro | jeans: AG (thrifted) (similar) | bag: dooney and bourke | shoes: target}

Even as I'm wearing this high collar, I'm not sure how I feel about them. They are just so...high. It feels strange to button something up so close to my neck, I can't even imagine what wearing a tie would feel like! But regardless of my inhibitions, I think it this collar works? Either that, or I'm just blinded by my love of all the pink. 

In other news, I just thrifted the MOST comfortable jeans (see above- that's the look of comfort!) It's amazing how one persons throw-aways can be someone else's treasure! I'm slowly discovering some new thrift store gems in Portland (these jeans are from Sequel Apparel). Any Portland readers have any favorites to share? 

Blossoms.

{shirt: h&m | pants: old navy | necklace: target | bag: F21 | shoes: target}

It's hard not to love spring-time! The flowers are blooming, and there are pink and yellow blossoms all over my favorite trees. (like the one behind me, in case you missed it!). 

You know what's else it's hard not to love? Buy-one-get-one-half-off at Target on shoes and handbags. This sale just keeps on going.  I picked up these leopard flats and my favorite new handbag at the last buy-one-get-one sale, and they have both turned out to be outstanding buys. Does anyone else love Target deals as much as I do? Any favorite items? I'm currently loving these booties, this clutch, and these heels. 

dress code

{shirt: piperlime (similar) | jeans: seven (similar)| shoes: target}

There is no doubt about it- Friday is a fantastic day. There is an unspoken casual Friday dress code at my office and it seems so much easier to get dressed in the morning when I can put jeans on. This alone makes Friday feel like a good day right from the start. That, and the sunshine outside. Oh, and that little thing called the weekend that's just around the corner!

What's your office dress code like? Do you get to wear jeans always, or never (gasp!)?

Floral. Stripes. Spring.

{shirt: nordstrom rack (similar) | skirt: old navy | bag: target (similar)}

When two of my favorite items meet, I know it's going to be good. Striped pencil skirt? Yes, please. Add in some floral and I'd say this outfit marks the first day of spring! (although you couldn't tell that by looking outside right now...it's pouring buckets in my town!).

Army Coral

{jacket: h&m | tank: jcrew | jeans: citizens | scarf: zara | bag: target (similar) | shoes: banana | sunnies: rayban}

Today I'd like to say a little something to army green and coral. There are both pretty good on their own, but put them together, and I just don't want to stop wearing you. 

Frolicking

{blazer: thrifted | shirt: F21 | jeans: jbrand (similar) | shoes: target | bag: target | sunnies: ray-ban} 

I wore this little number while frolicking around Georgetown on my trip to DC last week. If you haven't been to Georgetown, that's what people do there. They frolic around in little numbers (also known as outfits). It was a sunny day and everyone was out shopping, sipping coffee, seeing, and being seen. 

As I was busy window shopping at a few of my favorite high-end stores in Georgetown, including Rag and Bone and Michael Kors, I couldn't help but snicker at the fact that I was getting compliments on my Target bag and shoes! (which are currently buy one get one half off). It was a friendly reminder that I didn't need those $400 shoes in the window to feel stylish. Affordable style for the win! 

Monday.

{blazer: zara (similar) | sweater: gap (similar) | jeans: Jbrand | bag: F21 | shoes: target}

Happy Monday everyone. When I woke up in the dark this morning, it quickly became apparent that I am still mourning the loss of an hour. Add that to the fact that I haven't had my coffee yet and I'm amazed that I'm even writing this post right now. 

I think it is this cobalt bag that's keeping me going. Nothing says keep on blogging quite like catching sight of a bright blue ball of pleather out of the corner of my eye. In fact, I'm going to take this bag to the coffee shop immediately and then I'll pretty much be unstoppable. Bring it on, Monday.  

Stripes, Coral, Spring.

{blazer: loft | shirt: loft | jeans: Jbrand | necklace: bauble bar | bag: target (similar) | shoes: banana (similar)}

I really thought it was starting to feel like spring. So much, that I even took my blazer off for some of these outfit photos. If that doesn't say spring, I don't know what does. 

Then I got on a plane for a work trip to DC. It was 50 degrees and sunny when I arrived. The spring buzz was still going strong. Today it's snowing with an expected 4-13 inches!?!?!?! And get this, tomorrow it will be 50 and sunny again. How's a girl supposed to pack for a trip like this? (that's a rhetorical questions, but you can be sure that I did not pack accordingly for any inches- let alone 13- of snow!)

Yellow and Blue

{shirt: anthro | pants: urban outfitters (similar) | shoes: target | clutch: loft}

Blue and yellow. It's really hard to go wrong with these two classics. Unless you think these blue pants are too smurf-like, in which case, I guess you can go wrong (but even then, there's always halloween).