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Christy Dawn dress, Arizona love pearl sandals

When: May 20, 2022 // Weather: hot // Real life: dinner date & a musical

Christy Dawn dress, Arizona love pearl sandals
Christy Dawn dress, Arizona love pearl sandals
Christy Dawn dress, Arizona love pearl sandals
Christy Dawn dress, Arizona love pearl sandals

These shoes are basically Tevas with fake pearls stuck on. They cost too much and they’re ridiculous and I don’t care. Over the past couple years I’ve done a better job at not buying too many random “statement” pieces that I may not want to wear in a year. You know, be less wasteful, buy for the long term, save the earth, etc. But on the other hand, life is short and these silly sandals make me happy.

And you never know…maybe I’ll still be wearing these when I’m 80.

Christy Dawn dress (sustainable brand) // Arizona Love sandals (made partially from recycled materials) // secondhand bag (no brand tag…very mysterious)

Grown

When: Sunday, April 10, 2022 // Weather: 60s // Real life: Sunday Funday at the art museum + cocktails and dinner

Many moons ago when I was a brand new college grad entering the work force, I used to buy lots of tweed and other “mature” looking clothes because I desperately wanted to look older and not like the wee baby 22-year-old idiot I was. Youth is wasted on the young, as they say.

22-year-old me would have worn a jacket like this one (but an H&M version because I made $8/hour) with a pencil skirt and heels because that’s what serious, grown-up, working women wear. Right? I was basically Romy and Michele when they wear suits and put their hair in French twists and ask for the “business woman special” at that diner. (Just for kicks, check out this post from 2013.)

You see where this is going, right? Fast forward a *small handful* of years and I still like tweed, but I intentionally pair it with distressed jeans and sneakers …in the hopes that I’ll get mistaken for a 20-something.

ME + EM jacket // Celine belt // Mott & Bow jeans // Veja sneakers (sustainable brand) // Saint Laurent bag