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Sezane cardigan, YSL studded college bag, black and yellow outfit

When: April 30 // Weather: mild & sunny // Real life: first day back at work after Paris

Sezane cardigan, YSL studded college bag, black and yellow outfit

Sezane cardigan, YSL studded college bag, black and yellow outfit

Sezane cardigan, YSL studded college bag, black and yellow outfit

Sezane cardigan, YSL studded college bag, black and yellow outfit

Sezane cardigan, YSL studded college bag, black and yellow outfit

The moment everyone’s been waiting for is here: the blog debut of my fancy schmancy bag. If you didn’t read every single damn word of my Paris recaps, perhaps you didn’t hear about the day I spent a chunk of my hard-earned (and long-saved) dollars on a handbag at Saint Laurent (you can catch up here). The style of bag I picked is called the Collège, which is ironic because in college, I never could have bought a bag like this unless I wanted to max out a credit card. It took me a whole *cough* eleven *cough* years after graduation to get to the point where I could even think about making this kind of purchase, and even now, it’s still a big deal. Needless to say, this lifelong lover of fashion was living her best life going to Paris and coming home with the most special of souvenirs!

In case there are any younger ladies reading this, I feel like I should be a good role model and make something clear: Your style, your success, and your worth as a person are not measured by your ability to afford a designer bag. I know I put shopping links at the end of all my posts, but you do not need to have what I have. Hopefully, you’re all here because you like dry humor and ideas for fun things to wear, and not because you want to be exactly like me. That said, I’m quite happy with my carefully-made purchasing decision because for me personally it felt like a very “now I’ve made it” moment. I hope everyone can have that kind of moment, no matter what form it might take.

similar Sweater // similar Shoes // similar Sunglasses // Bag (lower price option)

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La Fin

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

When: April 27 // Weather: 60s and sunny // Real life: traveling home from Paris

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

Well, here we are. My extremely drawn-out Paris vacation recap has come to an end. Friday morning we had time for one last breakfast and a stroll through Montmartre before heading to the airport. We went to Café des Deux Moulins, the café from the movie Amélie, purely because it’s the café from the movie Amélie. The food isn’t anything special but it is pretty darn charming. In other words, it is your quintessential Paris café. 🙂

When I said going to Paris was my number one life goal, it was no joke. And it was everything I dreamed of and more. Thanks for letting me blab on and on about it and post a million pictures on Instagram, because I know I will love looking back at all this content some day (like probably next week) and remembering those 6 days in April 2018 where my feet and back were in immense pain but I didn’t care because I felt like I was finally home.

I was wrong about one thing though: I figured once I went to Paris, my life would be complete and I could die happy (preferably in a few decades). But no! Now that I’ve been, I want to go back! How could I die having only been to Paris once?! And now that I’ve seen what else is out there in the world, I want to go more places. The Napa Valley. Italy. Anywhere with wine and/or cheese, really. Wisconsin.

Anyway, thanks for joining me on my little travel journey. Hope you enjoyed! See the rest of the Paris recaps here: {Day 1} {Day 2} {Day 3} {Day 4} {Day 5} {Day 6}

Dress* // Shoes // similar Bag // Sunglasses // similar Watch

*Dress purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.