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Mondays & Giveaways

stripe dress with leather pockets, forever 21 bucket bag, camel coat, stacked bracelets, mint julep boutique giveaway

stripe dress with leather pockets, forever 21 bucket bag, camel coat, stacked bracelets, mint julep boutique giveaway

stripe dress with leather pockets, forever 21 bucket bag, camel coat, stacked bracelets, mint julep boutique giveaway

stripe dress with leather pockets, forever 21 bucket bag, camel coat, stacked bracelets, mint julep boutique giveaway

stripe dress with leather pockets, forever 21 bucket bag, camel coat, stacked bracelets, mint julep boutique giveaway

stripe dress with leather pockets, forever 21 bucket bag, camel coat, stacked bracelets, mint julep boutique giveaway

Dress* // similar Shirt // Shoes (on sale) // Bag // Link Bracelet // Cuff* // Coat // Lips “Orange de Chine”

You know what sucks? Mondays. You know what doesn’t suck? Giveaways. Unless you don’t win. So really, giveaways are still Mondays for the vast majority of people. But for one person, a giveaway turns a Monday into a Saturday. In case you aren’t picking up on my really obvious hints, I have a new giveaway for you this week! So get pumped, one person!!!

You could win $25 to spend at Mint Julep Boutique. That’s where I got this adorable striped dress with pointless faux leather pockets (my favorite kind of pockets). It’s really a perfect spring dress and I can’t wait to wear it while eating ice cream on a patio somewhere. But when you combine my impatience with my love for layering, you get this: a winter workwear version of my ice cream dress.

Giveaway is open to US residents only. Ends at the end of the day Sunday, Feb. 22. Read the official rules here, then enter using the Rafflecopter widget below.

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*Dress provided courtesy of Mint Julep Boutique; cuff purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.

Perfectly Red

loft red flippy skirt, peter pan collar sweater, leopard haircalf pumps, bucket bag

loft red flippy skirt, peter pan collar sweater, leopard haircalf pumps, bucket bag

loft red flippy skirt, peter pan collar sweater, leopard haircalf pumps, bucket bag

loft red flippy skirt, peter pan collar sweater, leopard haircalf pumps, bucket bag

loft red flippy skirt, peter pan collar sweater, leopard haircalf pumps, bucket bag

Last Thursday this skirt I ordered from Loft came in, just in time for me to wear it to work Friday for Go Red Day. I don’t generally make a point to “celebrate” Go Red Day, but the timing was just too good. Once I had the skirt, the rest of this outfit fell together pretty quickly, and I just loved it. Funny enough, the day I wore this outfit was the same day I vented on the blog about how I’m proud of not being perfect. Not gonna lie, I felt pretty much perfect in this and I didn’t hate the feeling.

Speaking of last Friday’s post, you guys are all WAY TOO NICE to me. Seriously, you’re the best. From now on when I’m feeling down, I’m just going to tell you that someone said something mean about me and then let you pump my ego back up. I feel like I should do a quick followup to my “Not Perfect” post though, because I’m afraid I gave off the impression that “Regina” was being horrible and rude, and that’s really not the case. The context of her comment was that she LIKES my blog and was recommending it to other people. It’s just that I’m human and it’s hard to ignore the criticism even if it’s sandwiched between two compliments. So there’s no reason to beat up on Regina. She brought traffic to my blog and gave me something to write about.

OK, so back to today’s prompt, which is: how perfect is this outfit?!

Skirt // Shoes (on sale) // similar Sweater (under $20) // Bag (under $30) // Ring // Bracelet // Coat // Lips “Orange de Chine”