Sarah's Real Life

I swear I wasn’t trying to make a duck face. I was probably just talking to Kristin while she was taking my photos…because I’m smart like that.

My fellow Americans: I hope you all enjoyed a short work week last week. I too had a short work week, although I’m not sure I’d say I enjoyed it. Not only did I have Friday off, I took off Tuesday, too. On Tuesday I chaperoned the movers who loaded up all our furniture and took it to the new house. And all of last week was bookended by weekends full of cleaning out the old apartment. Now you can see why I’m not giving a lot of love to my short work week. You also can probably see why when I went to work on Wednesday, I was actually really happy to do my hair and put on heels and go sit in my office where I wasn’t surrounded by boxes. Before you ask, no, you will not be seeing my moving day “outfit” on the blog because even I don’t want to see that. I’ve been avoiding mirrors a lot lately. But not Wednesday. Wednesday, I looked pretty legit.

OK, enough complaining. I truly hope the rest of you had a chance to unwind and/or have some fun over the weekend. And I should mention that moving wasn’t quite as bad as I thought it would be. Hiring professional movers for the big stuff was pretty much the best decision I’ve ever made. And I got to eat a lot of yummy food (mainly out of necessity because the kitchen wasn’t quite usable yet). All in all, not the best 4th of July weekend I’ve ever had, but at least I didn’t blow off my hand with a firework or something. I’m nothing if not an optimist.

Pants (on sale) // similar Sweater (on sale) // Shoes // similar Bag // Bracelet borrowed via Rocksbox* (or buy here) // Rings* // similar Sunglasses // Lips “Whimsical”

*I receive a complimentary unlimited designer jewelry rental subscription from Rocksbox (you can try it free for a month too with the code sarahsreallifexoxo); rings purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.

If you had to come up with an outfit to represent your state (and you couldn’t just spell it out on your t-shirt), what would you choose? I know it’s a weird question, but I had to answer it because I accepted the challenge from Boohoo.com. And you know how I love a challenge.

Basically I had to pick out an outfit that showcases the style of my state, Indiana. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a great way to encompass Indiana style. Can you wear a dress made of recycled basketballs? Possibly, but Boohoo doesn’t make one (good choice on their part, I’d say). I decided the best thing to do would be to come up with some colors that represent very “Hoosier” things. I went with yellow for corn and blue for the Colts. Personally, I couldn’t give 2 hoots about the Colts or football in general. If the NFL ceased to exist tomorrow, not a single tear would be shed from these eyes. But I share this view with approximately 3 other people in the entire state, so I’m going to take one for the [home] team this time. Plus, it’s not like I actually had to put on a jersey – I can definitely get on board with a cute, girly, totally non-sports-related dress! Something tells me you can too. So go ahead and move to Indiana and we’ll hang out and not watch sports.

Dress* // Blazer // Shoes* // Necklace* // similar Bag // similar Ring // similar Sunglasses

*Dress, shoes, and blazer provided courtesy of Boohoo.