New Dress, New Camera!

red lace dress, Rebecca Minkoff leopard bag, olive ankle booties, suede jacket

red lace dress, Rebecca Minkoff leopard bag, olive ankle booties, suede jacket

red lace dress, Rebecca Minkoff leopard bag, olive ankle booties, suede jacket

red lace dress, Rebecca Minkoff leopard bag, olive ankle booties, suede jacket

red lace dress, Rebecca Minkoff leopard bag, olive ankle booties, suede jacket

red lace dress, Rebecca Minkoff leopard bag, olive ankle booties, suede jacket

I finally bought a DSLR camera a couple months ago, and it took me a few more weeks to buy a nice lens for it, then another couple weeks to wait for the right combination of time, weather, and daylight to start playing around with it. So here you go – the first official outfit photos with the fancy new camera! I should name it or something. I’ll call it Cam. Cam the camera. Yep, that just happened.

Luckily I’m little faster on the uptake with new clothes. I ordered this dress a week or two ago and waited for the first possible moment that it wasn’t offensively, aggressively cold. That day just happened to coincide with the first day we took Cam out for a spin and I think they really got along. What do you think? Not bad for a first try, huh? If anyone knows any good online resources for learning to use a DSLR, please share in the comments!

Dress (30% off w/ code LOVE) // Jacket (on sale) // Boots (on sale) // Ring* // similar Bag (mini version – on sale!)

*Ring purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.

Accidentally on Repeat

J. Crew puffer vest over dress, blue beanie, fringe ankle boots, mint bag

J. Crew puffer vest over dress, blue beanie, fringe ankle boots, mint bag

J. Crew puffer vest over dress, blue beanie, fringe ankle boots, mint bag

J. Crew puffer vest over dress, blue beanie, fringe ankle boots, mint bag

J. Crew puffer vest over dress, blue beanie, fringe ankle boots, mint bag

I used to have an uncanny memory for outfits. Pick anything out of my closet and I could tell you the rest of the pieces of my ensemble from the last time I wore it, and what I did the day I wore it. But last week I pulled out this vest and then planned the next day’s outfit around it. I got into bed and just as I started drifting off, my subconscious started speaking to me:

The last time I wore that vest, I wore it over that same dress. Wait, didn’t I? I think I did. But I’m not sure. If I did, I don’t think I got around to taking blog photos. But I still wore it. It doesn’t matter, of course. Or does it? No, it doesn’t. But why I did I forget? Am I getting old? Is this what 30 is like?! Just the beginning of another 4 to 6 decades of repeated outfits and lapses in memory? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?

So anyway…vests are cool, huh?

Vest (on sale) // similar Dress // similar Bag // similar Boots* // Necklace // Circle Ring // Midi Ring* (on sale) // similar Beanie (on sale)

*Boots purchased with gift card provided courtesy of H&M; ring purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.