[friday favorites]

Adore my stunning Kate Spade find in Texas this week. She had me at [gold bow]

[shop frankie's] just celebrated their one year. so I purchased the dress I'd been lusting after for months. Completely appropriate :)

Loving this vanity set up. I see a little remodeling in the future for this weekend.

Found the bag of my dreams this week. More inexpensive than the Zara version. Score.

Speaking of one year celebrations, DewDropDC is hosting another fabulous swap & pop up shop fete to ring in their birthday! Make sure you grab your tickets while you can!

Trying my hand at these gorgeous boot shapers this weekend. I'll need all the luck I can get...

This little beauty is now mine & I could not be more thrilled! Major staple piece.

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workwear wednesdays

Outfit posts are one of my favorites to write for this blog. & in an effort to try to combine the two worlds I briefly spoke of yesterday, "workwear wednesday" is the latest & greatest to be found here, on a weekly basis. After hours & on weekends, I'm one of many wearing faux fur, sparkles, & an arm party heavy enough to sink the Titanic but during the weekday my attire is far more conservative & semi-formal. For a long time, I envied my friends that were able to wear their typical ensembles to the work place but I quickly discovered that even in a 'black suit' business world I could have a little fun, abide by the dress code & still be me. In short, on "workwear wednesday" I will post what I have actually worn to work. I'm hoping that other women in similar situations come to find this as a little piece of inspiration, perhaps, & will share their secrets of how they are able to stand out in this sea of black. 

For today, I leave you with a bit of inspiration. Next Wednesday the real fun begins :)

Images via Pinterest

a confession

One of my favorite parts about blogging is reading the comments you leave every day & meeting you via twitter, over email, & in person. I am obviously in love with fashion and I love meeting other men & women that share my passion.

Throughout the lifespan of this blog, I have gone back & forth entertaining the idea of making it more personal & conversational. There are a few key factors that come into play while making this decision & while I am not quite decided on the issue I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few things with you, my loyal readers.

I plan to post every day. 
Why? Because this is one of my passions in life & I am constantly creating content that I cannot wait to share with you!
So far...this plan has been working quite well. However, I do work Monday thru Friday in an industry completely unrelated to the fashion world. This job is also one of my passions. Unfortunately, the two very rarely coincide.
My day job, like many extraordinarily important things in life, requires time, effort, & sacrifice, which I do not mind in the slightest because I am absolutely in love with it.
This means that sometimes...like today...I am unable to publish an outfit post. 
While I wish it were possible to get these posts out to you every Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday, my travel schedule & photographer just don't sync up sometimes. Leaving me outfit post-less. 
It doesn't mean that I've lost interest. It doesn't mean that I don't care. It doesn't mean that I won't continue to post outfits. It simply means that life is getting the best of this government employee by day, blogger by night, twenty-something year old.

I thank you so much for your understanding & patience & I ask that you please bear with me during the days where a little bit of the unexpected shows up on this page. In the coming weeks you will be seeing a few subtle content changes [the first of which will premiere tomorrow] & I hope you'll speak up about your opinions. There's nothing I love more than feedback from you.