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Ann Taylor saddle bag, peep toe booties, outfit

Ann Taylor saddle bag, peep toe booties, outfit

Ann Taylor saddle bag, peep toe booties, outfit

Ann Taylor saddle bag, peep toe booties, outfit

Ann Taylor saddle bag, peep toe booties, outfit

No need to adjust your monitors, folks. Your eyes do not deceive you. Here she is in all her glory: Sarah with a tan. If you don’t see it, you just have to redefine “tan.” If you think of tan as bronzed and glowing, then this skin will be a letdown. But if you think of tan as “darker than albino, with some patches of pink around the knees and ankles” then by golly I’m a Brazilian supermodel.

I was all ready for fall when I got home from the beach so I was a little disappointed to find it was even hotter in Indiana than it was in North Carolina. But on the bright side, the 91-degree day on Sunday gave me an excuse to wear shorts and show off my temporarily sorta kinda tannish legs. Woo hoo!

Speaking of the beach, if you stayed off the Internet on Labor Day (kudos to you), be sure to check out Monday’s post for cool photos of our trip to Cape Lookout! Spoiler alert: DOLPHINS.

Bag // similar Shorts (on sale and I kinda want them!) // similar Shoes (this year’s version) // almost identical Bracelet (on sale) // Sunglasses (on sale in other colors)

Stripes & Fringe

Ann Taylor fringe sandals, mustard bag

Ann Taylor fringe sandals, mustard bag, Madewell sunglasses

Ann Taylor fringe sandals, mustard bag, Madewell sunglasses

Ann Taylor fringe sandals, mustard bag, Madewell sunglasses

Ann Taylor fringe sandals, mustard bag, Madewell sunglasses

Ann Taylor fringe sandals, mustard bag, Madewell sunglasses

If you think you’re sad for your 3-day weekend to be over, imagine how I feel. It’s the end of a 10-day weekend for me! My life is so tragic. I know you all feel so terrible for me. Your sympathy keeps me going, as does the fact that I get to wear real clothes again. That’s the best way I can think of to make going back to work after a beach vacation seem like a good change: I get to put on heels and dresses again, and they won’t be full of sand at the end of the day.

This is the last of the outfit photos I have from before my trip. I’ll be a whole shade darker in the next post (be a doll and pretend you can tell the difference tomorrow).

similar Dress // Shoes // similar Bag // Sunglasses // Rings (on sale) // Toenails “Bikini So Teeny”