Category: Daily Outfit

Frocktober #9: How Do You Like Them Apples?

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When: Saturday // Weather: warm and windy // Real life: apple picking

duster cardigan, burgundy polka dot neck scarf, floral tennis shoes, burgundy rancher hat, Tuttle Orchards apple picking

duster cardigan, burgundy polka dot neck scarf, floral tennis shoes, burgundy rancher hat, Tuttle Orchards apple picking

duster cardigan, burgundy polka dot neck scarf, floral tennis shoes, burgundy rancher hat, Tuttle Orchards apple picking

duster cardigan, burgundy polka dot neck scarf, floral tennis shoes, burgundy rancher hat, Tuttle Orchards apple picking

duster cardigan, burgundy polka dot neck scarf, floral tennis shoes, burgundy rancher hat, Tuttle Orchards apple picking

duster cardigan, burgundy polka dot neck scarf, floral tennis shoes, burgundy rancher hat, Tuttle Orchards apple picking

duster cardigan, burgundy polka dot neck scarf, floral tennis shoes, burgundy rancher hat, Tuttle Orchards apple picking

I recently learned that any blogger who doesn’t do a cute fall outfit photo shoot in an apple orchard  will be swiftly stripped of her domain name. Yup. Her Instagram account will be suspended too. In extreme cases, she will not be served PSLs at any Starbucks location. I just can’t take that risk, you guys. I love my square pictures and pumpkin spice.

OK, so it might have been all the other apple-picking bloggers that planted (pun intended) the idea in my head, but it is something that sounded like fun, and there happens to be an orchard about half an hour away from me. So last Saturday afternoon we headed to Tuttle Orchards to get our freakin’ fall on. The outfit photo-op was just a bonus.

As it turns out, there aren’t a ton of apples left on the trees this late in the season (in Indiana anyway), but we made out OK. We are not above grabbing a few good ones from the ground to fill up our bag. But note to self: next year, go earlier.

similar Dress (under $20) // Sweater (under $25) // Scarf // similar Shoes // similar Hat // Bag*

*Bag purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.

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It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

pastel sweater, abstract print midi skirt, Michael Kors flats

When: last Tuesday (or Thursday?) // Weather: mild and sunny // Real life: work, then Mexican food

pastel sweater, abstract print midi skirt, Michael Kors flats

pastel sweater, abstract print midi skirt, Michael Kors flats

pastel sweater, abstract print midi skirt, Michael Kors flats

pastel sweater, abstract print midi skirt, Michael Kors flats

pastel sweater, abstract print midi skirt, Michael Kors flats

I wanted to come up with a title for this post incorporating “baby blue,” and this Dylan song is the first thing that came to mind. How appropriate. In case you live under a rock, Bob Dylan recently won the Nobel Prize for literature. It’s well deserved if you ask me. I’ve been a fan of his work since I was a newborn and the only thing that would get me to sleep was when my dad played “Desolation Row.” (I wanted that to be our father-daughter dance song, but it seemed a little depressing for a wedding, so I went with “If Not For You” instead.)

In case you’ve never paid attention to Bob Dylan’s lyrics, here’s proof of the genius:

Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you
Forget the dead you’ve left, they will not follow you
The vagabond who’s rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start anew
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue

Just for a fun comparison, here’s an example of lyrics from a current popular song:

Work, work, work, work, work, work
He say me have to work, work, work, work, work, work
He see me do me dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt
So me put in work, work, work, work, work, work

Yeeeaaaaah.

Skirt (sold out online but check stores) (same print on shoes!) // similar Sweater // Shoes // Sunglasses (on sale) // Bag* // Ring // similar Earrings

*Bag purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.

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