Workday Stripes

Sorry that I have had and will continue to have sporadic posts until next week. I have been at my guy’s beach house and will be going to my best friend’s lake house in upstate New York for an extended weekend. While I was down at the beach I did some serious shopping though and I wanted to share my finds with you. Instead of just listing what I bought, I decided to put outfits together with the things I bought to show how I like to wear them!

Today I wore the striped ½ sleeve shirt that I bought over the weeknd from T.J. Maxx paired with my grey pencil skirt from H&M that I got last year. I decided on my red suede heels from Bakers and simple pearl stud earrings. I thought about wearing a necklace but I was in a rush anyway so I skipped it.

Here are some similar items:

Top- option 1, option 2

Skirt- option 1, option 2

Heels- ones I'm wearing, option 1, option 2

And here is a similar look put together on polyvore:

Workday Stripes by easypeasyglam featuring striped tops

Splendid striped top / Warehouse mini skirt, $70 / Michael Antonio platform heels / Kate Spade white pearl jewelry / J.Crew pearl earrings / Jon Richard crystal jewelry, $54

A Day Without Heels

Today was terrible! Besides the fact that it was a million degrees and humid and only Thursday, I forgot to change my shoes. I know it sounds trivial but it was awful. Backstory: I got dressed this morning and then took the dog out for her morning walk. I threw on my red toms (which I love and you can find them here) because walking the dog in heels is obnoxious. So I get back from the walk, put my pup in her crate, and head out of door with my guy, my purse and coffee. We get to the garage and get in my guys car (we work together) and he asks, "No heels today?" WORST. He then locked the car door "so we wouldn't be late" and I couldn't run back into the apartment. Cruel and unusual punishment in my opinion. LUCKILY my toms went with my outfit. Sort of. They we're the right color anyway. To make up for my lack of fashion and height I bought 3 pairs of heels today. 


That was a bit of a long explanation to tell you why I bought 3 pairs of shoes but I needed to vent.

               

These Elastic Strap Wedges (left), from Baker's for the Fourth of July (only$20!) These Mint and Wood Heels (center) from Lulu's. And these Neon Pink Heels from Shoe Dazzle (*you have to sign up for shoe dazzle to get the shoes but it's free and you get 20% off your first item!)

I really like these Coral Platform Booties (left) too which are also from Lulu's but I'm not sure if I would wear them once I got them. I may order them tomorrow. Either way they're super cute.

Last Minute Date Night

Another outfit post! Last night my guy took me out to dinner at one of our favorite places. It’s a nice place so we tend to dress up a bit but we had just gotten back late from a company softball game in 98 degree heat. So after a quick shower I had about 15 minutes to pick out an outfit and this is what I ended up in-

The black tube top is from H&M but they sell them pretty much wherever- F21, Express etc. My cardigan is from J. Crew. I got it from the factory store but there are similar ones here, here and here. My skirt is actually a thrift store find but I found similar ones here, here and here. My heels are Alecia in red suede from Bakers.


**Fixed the links!