Plum Crazy

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

I know I’ve gone on record warning everyone about the dangers of going straight for the clearance rack, but that’s exactly what led to my buying this dress. Look, if I wrote the rule, I can break it. Sometimes you just have to buy a pretty dress for no reason. This dress is actually even prettier than it looks here – the sleeves are sheer and fluttery and princessy – but I wanted to wear it to work so I added my most serious looking lawyer jacket. But then I still felt too dressy, which is why I added these kind of punk rock boots. The moral of this story is: if I hadn’t made an impulse purchase from the clearance rack, I never could have lived out my dreams of being a royal rock star attorney. And that would have been a shame.

Dress (on sale) // similar Jacket* (on sale) // similar Boots // Bag // Ring* // similar Earrings // Nails

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

Stop & Smell the…

button up shirt under dress, faux leather LBD, tights and ankle boots, quilted navy bag

button up shirt under dress, faux leather LBD, tights and ankle boots, quilted navy bag

button up shirt under dress, faux leather LBD, tights and ankle boots, quilted navy bag

button up shirt under dress, faux leather LBD, tights and ankle boots, quilted navy bag

button up shirt under dress, faux leather LBD, tights and ankle boots, quilted navy bag

button up shirt under dress, faux leather LBD, tights and ankle boots, quilted navy bag

Isn’t it weird how there can be a simple thing you do every single day, and then one day you inexplicably forget to do it? Like putting on deodorant. Every day I shower, dry off, put on deodorant, and get dressed. But on this particular day I showered, dried off…and got dressed. I was sitting at my desk at work a couple hours later when I suddenly realized it. Not because I smelled bad, but because for whatever reason my brain finally caught up. Where were my personal hygiene instincts at 7:15 this morning, brain?! You’re the worst.

Of course, once I realized I wasn’t wearing deodorant, it made me nervous that I wouldn’t make it through the day without my oversight becoming obvious to those around me. And when I’m nervous what happens? I sweat. Awesome. It was a vicious cycle. Luckily, as usual I did a mediocre job of washing off the prior day’s deodorant so I think that got me through the workday without becoming a walking locker room. Once I put my coat on and turned on the heat in my car though…oy. Let’s just say this shirt is now in the laundry.

Dress (on sale) // similar Boots // similar Earrings // Bag (on sale in black & nude) // Lips “Whimsical”