spring blazers

I follow a lot of blogs seriously (as in I comment just about every day), and I tacitly stalk quite a few more. They inspire me a lot, especially when I begin to fall into ruts or routines. As I've mentioned before, I rather enjoy having a bit of chaos in my life, and sometimes that comes from trying really odd combinations or just from seeing something that sparks a weird train of thought. (I'm not entirely joking when I say that one of my current ideas for my COGS final paper comes from Pinterest - a dress I saw on there earlier yesterday, while in class, reminded me of a TED Talk I saw (and shared with y'all) by a model, and since then, my thoughts have been in a more or less steady movement towards compiling those notions with what we've learned in class). Most of the time, I get a much more straightforward inspiration than that, of course, such as today. Everywhere I've looked, I've seen really cool blazers. I saw a really cool fading-into-floral one a while back, and while I couldn't find it, there is this gorgeous (and expensive, at $450) wrap dress that reminds me of the pattern...

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I might consider adding a companion to my current, solo, black blazer. I'm sure it needs friends, right? Right? So, some of my favorite blazers right now...

1. LuLu's / 2. F21 / 3. Nasty Gal / 4. Zara / 5. LuLu's / 6. F21

Personally, I think my favorite of these is either the floral blazer or the hot pink one. Somehow, I think the floral one is more in my price range, though... What about you?

March Shopping List

I'm hoping that Ohio's spring is like an extended version of Texas' spring that just starts a little later, even though this is probably a vain and doomed hope. While I may hate Texas' nigh-endless summer and not be such a fan of its weirdo winters (although 50 degrees Fahrenheit sounds kinda nice right now... I'd still be shivering, but I wouldn't have the occasional problem of losing feeling in my hands because of cold even with wearing gloves...), but Texas springs are wonderful. Well, here's to hoping!

Regardless of what spring is like here, though, I've got quite the planned shopping list for the month...

1. Forever 21 / 2. Forever 21 / 3. Sock Dreams / 4. LuLuLe / 5. The Washi Shop

These are the things I'm planning to buy for the first half of the month. I really am feeling Great Gatsby-ish things. That headband's simply elegant, as is the necklace. Backpacks... I just want something other than the same thing I've had since junior year. Thigh highs are my obsession, and I finally found a store specifically for socks. Washi tape...well, that's something I just want to play with! It's so pretty and cute, and I wanna see how useful it is. There'll be a part two to this later, but these are definitely my first priorities.

What do you want this month?

on my mind

Considering that I recently rushed a business fraternity, it's probably not surprising that I've had business professional on the brain lately. For example, I have this lovely dark purple sleeveless shirtdress with fancy gold embellishments on the collar. What on earth do I wear with it? How do I make it wintery? (Well, the answer to the latter will show up next week because I kind of managed that today...) Or, how do I manage to incorporate brown? (...I should wear something not-black). Or just trying to come up with more variety in general, things I can wear both in professional settings and just around. Soooo I've been ogling things online, naturally.

Things I'd really like to incorporate into my wardrobe: dressier shirts, peplums - I hated them till a while ago, when I realized that I'd worn them before and liked them, and then I just went "...oh, I'm an idiot" at myself, fancier pants (ie: not jeans), and more color. Also, I really want a necklace watch, because I can't stand having one on my wrist. Plus, they just look so fancy.

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