One year older

My birthday was on Monday and as always my husband did a great job of suprising me with the one thing I've been begging for since Christmas, a 50mm lens!

My mom and sister called me on Monday to sing happy birthday to me, and there's a song that we used to sing at church for birthdays that they sang to me over the phone. It goes like this:

You've had a birthday shoot hooray!
We want to sing to you today.
One year older and wiser too,
(CLAP!)
Happy Birthday to you!

I know I'm not that old, but I have had another year to grow wiser and I wanted to share a couple of things I've learned in the last year, or 23 years {oh no! Now I've revealed my age!}

• I have the best husband ever.
• Dealing with family can be hard, they say mean things or hurt your feelings, but it's best to talk it out and try and mend fences. 
• I don't need to compare myself to others. Whether it's other people's talents or stages in life. I just need to be friends with them so that I can benefit from their gifts!
• Life after college is the best. 
• Being a red head is awesome!

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Outfit details:

Dress: Made by my mom

Skirt extender: made by my mom

Blazer: Thrifted (Gap)

Belt: stolen from my mom ;)

Shoes: 1318

Not what it's cracked up to be

I miss getting dressed up everyday.

I never really thought I would, but you can only wear so many plain t-shirts, yoga pants

 and the same pair of tennis shoes before you long for cute blouses, colored jeans and wedges.

or sandals

or heels

or anything other than a pair of worn out tennis shoes. 

I thought that having a basic uniform for work would take a lot of hassle out of getting ready everyday, but it hasn't! I take just as much time because I only have like 3-4 plain t-shirts and I don't want to wear the same thing everyday. It's rough being me sometimes. ;)

Also, in case you were wondering I'm holding my little sister's wedding invitation in that last photo.

I designed it, and I'm excited that it actually turned out ok!

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Outfit details:

Jacket: gift

Shirt: F21

Skirt: made by mom

Shoes: Thrifted

Yoga pants and denim jackets

Sorry I haven't been around lately! I finally got a job! The only down side is that my "uniform" is yoga pants and a jacket or collared shirt with the company's logo {not super blog friendly}. I'm trying to wear more real clothes over the weekend so that I can still blog something!

Also, I'm obsessed with my jean jacket. Whenever I want something to feel springy I end up wearing it. That's the reason it's been in all of my posts lately. It's the "I need something to finish this outfit and still feel like spring" jacket.

I highly recommend getting one.

Favorites

I'm sure that I have blogged this outfit before because it's one of my favorites. I would like to point out that I did accessorize differently; therefore, it has to a new and different outfit right?

I love this chambray shirt because it is dressy and casual at the same time. This skirt is also one of my favorites because it is stretchy, and who doesn't love a stretchy pencil skirt. 

Shabby Apple contest

I wanted to let you all in on a promotion Shabby Apple is doing. 

My friend told me about it and I think it's a fun way to get a $75 gift card to Shabby Apple and honor our wonderful mothers, who do so much for us!

Basically all you have to do is post a photo representing you and your mom 

{or if you're a mom you and your kids} on Instagram and tag Shabby Apple and add the hashtag!

{don't forget to add a killer caption}

Easy peasy right? 

Here's my entry. I haven't seen my mom since December so I had to get a little creative! 

My friends used to say my mom was like a little Barbie because she was always wearing 

pink, high heels and always had her nails painted perfectly. My mom is super cute!

My mom is 4'10" and is almost always wearing pink and a cute pair of heels. She taught me how to dress for my body and how to always look my best. She's the reason I can even call myself a fashion blogger. She's my inspiration and I hope I can be just like her when I get the chance to be a mom.

What to wear to a wedding

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My little sister is getting married in June and has asked me to be her matron of honor and so I've been on the hunt for the perfect dress. I almost found one last week but it was too big. I've been to the mall a couple of times but I haven't really found anything, so yesterday I turned to the interwebs.

Sorry to anyone who follows me on on Pinterest because you probably had a million purple dresses in  your feed, but I think I've found a few dresses that might just work.

The first dress is from Target. I really love the shape of the dress, but I don't love how it's sleeveless. I think I could easily wear a bolero with it and it would still be ok. I don't love wearing jackets or boleros because a lot of the time (in my opinion) it covers up the shape or the accents of the dress.

Number two is from ModCloth. It's peplum. Need I say more? No, but I will. The bow. The sweetheart neckline. Now I'm done.

Dress number three is also from ModCloth. It's simple yet classic and the detail across the chest is really fun.

Finally, dress number 4 is from ModCloth. (They had a great selection!) I love the blinged out peter pan collar. Again, it's sleeveless and I think I could put a jacket over it, but I'd rather do something underneath so that I don't take away from the collar. Do you have any suggestions (this one's a little harder to make modest!)

Bloglovin

I joined Bloglovin a long time ago, but I never really got the point, afterall I could look at all of the blogs I followed when I signed into Blogger. However, now that rumors are popping up that GFC might be discontinued soon I've started to see how great Bloglovin actually is. Also, it's great for blogs that aren't hosted on Blogger because I can still see when they are updated without having to check each blog individually.

Long story short, if you want you can follow me on Bloglovin  and then if GFC ever goes away you can still keep up with my blog!