Greatest Spectacles

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

When: Cinco de Mayo // Weather: 70 and sunny // Real life: walk in the park, lunch, errands, and froyo

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

Greetings, my fellow Americans, and I hope you enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend. As a proud resident of Indianapolis who values my time, sanity, and personal hygiene, I opted to enjoy a chill weekend in my lovely city, doing anything but going to the Indy 500.

But enough about the Greatest Spectacle in Racing…I’m more interested in the greatest SPECTACLES that protect my eyes from the sun and make me look fabulous at the same time (see what I did there?). I have a bit of a sunglasses habit, and when the sun actually reappears in the spring, I start getting the urge to add more shades to my collection. I keep all my sunglasses on a wall-mounted display shelf, and a couple weeks ago it came crashing down in the middle of the night. Some might see that as a sign the shelf was too full, but not me. I see it as a desperate plea for attention: “Put more sunglasses on me!” Message received.

These are my latest pair – they’re Balenciaga (#sofancy) but I found them at Nordstrom Rack for $100. I also may or may not have ordered another fabulous designer pair on eBay that is scheduled to arrive this week! Someone build me a stronger shelf!

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Rent the Runway unlimited, cropped trench, Zac Posen bag, tan loafers

When: April 21 (Easter) // Weather: 70 and sunny // Real life: walk on the canal and dinner on a patio

Rent the Runway unlimited, cropped trench, Zac Posen bag, tan loafers

Rent the Runway unlimited, cropped trench, Zac Posen bag, tan loafers

Rent the Runway unlimited, cropped trench, Zac Posen bag, tan loafers

Rent the Runway unlimited, cropped trench, Zac Posen bag, tan loafers

Rent the Runway unlimited, cropped trench, Zac Posen bag, tan loafers

The first great patio day is an important holiday around here. I like to say I put up with the Midwest winters because they make the other seasons more special. That first spring day when you get to feel the sun on your skin again (in moderation, with sunscreen) after months of hibernation are so freaking glorious.

This year, the first great patio day happened to fall on Easter, so while everyone else was in church and hanging with their families, we heathens enjoyed a nice walk along the downtown canal, followed by a delicious al fresco meal at Hedge Row. There were no crowds, no shoppers, just a nice sunny Sunday afternoon. Perfect for celebrating rebirth, whatever that means to you.

(Oh, P.S. HEY MOMS (especially mine). HAPPY DAY TO YOU.)

Dress (also comes in pink!) // Jacket (on sale) // Bag (mine’s rented) // Shoes // similar Sunglasses