Frocktober #3

periwinkle lace dress, long line vest, ankle boots

When: Wednesday // Weather: 80 // Real life: work

periwinkle lace dress, long line vest, ankle boots

periwinkle lace dress, long line vest, ankle boots

periwinkle lace dress, long line vest, ankle boots

periwinkle lace dress, long line vest, ankle boots

periwinkle lace dress, long line vest, ankle boots

Just when I was getting all into Frocktober, it got hot again. Luckily this vest looks the autumnal part but lets my skin breathe. And yes – it’s officially ankle boot season! (“How to Wear Ankle Boots” continues to be one of my most popular posts ever, by the way. Have you read it? You should.) Wednesday morning after I got dressed I decided boots would be the perfect way to complete the look, so I went down to the basement and pulled out all my tubs of winter clothes looking for these boots. Tub #1…sweaters. Tub #2…shoe boxes holding other ankle boots but not black ones. Tub #3…more sweaters. Tub #4…tall boots. What the hell. Also: why do I have so many clothes?!

I went back upstairs to my dressing room and then remembered there were a few shoe boxes on the top shelf of the closet. I put a couple pairs of boots up there back in the spring because I knew once early fall came, I would probably want to wear them before I got around to unpacking all my cold-weather clothes. It was a really great idea that would have worked out better if I had remembered having that really great idea six months later.

similar Dress // Vest (on sale) // similar Boots // similar Bag // Bracelet (on sale) // similar Earrings // Lips “Broadest Berry”

Brights & Florals

This post is brought to you by Octer. And the letter S (for Sarah and shopping).

joules floral top, j. crew blazer, ponte pants, lace up open toe booties

When: last Monday // Weather: gorgeous // Real life: work

joules floral top, j. crew blazer, ponte pants, lace up open toe booties

joules floral top, j. crew blazer, ponte pants, lace up open toe booties

joules floral top, j. crew blazer, ponte pants, lace up open toe booties

joules floral top, j. crew blazer, ponte pants, lace up open toe booties

joules floral top, j. crew blazer, ponte pants, lace up open toe booties

I need a new place to shop like America needs another male president, but guess what…I found a new place to shop. A UK-based shopping search engine called Octer set me up with a little shopping money to try out their platform which recently launched in the US.

Octer lets you search thousands of items from a bunch of different retailers, some of which I’m all too familiar with – Nordstrom, Macy’s, TJ Maxx… All of these places have already received plenty of my hard-earned money. I wanted to try something new (I’m nothing if not fantastically adventurous), so I checked out some of the other stores featured on Octer.

That’s what led me to Joules, which is where I ordered this floral top and the cute striped tee seen here! If you’re a fan of Boden, you’ll probably like Joules too (and you’ll really like the smaller price tags). I guess all the fun colors at Joules inspired me to wear my new bright floral top with an even brighter blazer. Like I said…I’m adventurous.

Jacket (on sale) // Top (on sale) // Shoes // similar Bag // similar Rings

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