color me fall >>

i am so excited for fall clothing. although it is a little bit too warm to start wearing heavy cardigans and tons of layers, i am super excited!! i went shopping this past weekend and hit up all of the sales for labor day but i wanted to see what the fall colors are for 2011 and if i'm going to be 'trendy' this fall.

 i did a little bit of research to find the colors for fall and ended up finding quite a few adorable items that are in the fall colors for the season at jcrew and banana republic.

i have never really been into following color trends, but with some of these adorable pieces, and great colors... it wouldn't be difficult!!

happy friday! ♥

h&m love

for all of you h&m lovers out there that are near the murray, utah area... wish no further. yes, it is true. h&m is opening a 2 story, 23,000 square foot shop of goodness scheduled to open this fall. so. save your allowances, prepare for fall clothing and head on over to h&m soon!! maybe pick up a few of the following items.. for me?

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Love and Some Verses...

Yesterday was a seemingly productive day and by seemingly I mean I packed up Etsy orders and then managed to spend the evening with two of my fantastic friends. I headed to Franklin around 6 and went to their apartment [Bryan and Elle]. We hung out for a bit and headed downtown as some other friends were supposed to have a show at a little restaurant. The show seemed to be canceled so we headed around trying to find a place to have dinner, but the wait, as usual, was so long. We opted for Mexican and headed to La Hacienda. Yummy food and lots of conversation later we headed back to the apartment and pretty much watched YouTube videos for hours. I've probably never laughed so hard in my life. One video in particular made Bryan almost throw up from laughing so hard! It's totally inappropriate to put on my blog though so I won't. Finally I headed home at about 10:30 and Mike and I just hung out until bedtime.

This was the outfit I wore yesterday. I snagged these wine colored tights at Dillard's on sale. They're Hue brand and they're really nice quality. I'm wearing two pairs as usual because my legs can only be so warm in 20 degree temperatures! It's not in the photos but I paired my blue H&M peacoat [from the day before] with it and a new mustard colored cowl circle scarf. The color combination was perfect, in my opinion! I'm slowly but surely starting to like layering for cold weather! I'll get pictures of that get up soon!

♥ dress: charlotte russe, cardigan & flats: target, tights: dillards, headband: c/o sunshine & carousels ♥

Bundled Up Buttercup

So if you've been reading along via twitter you'll know that I ran into some difficulties last night when a lamp fell on my macbook pro... yeah. A lamp. All of a sudden keys go flying! The A, Z, S and W went for an aerial adventure. With tactile grace and a bit of "oomph", I managed to reattach the S and W but the A and Z are little nubs still. I need to go to Apple but I know it's going to cost a boatload and I'm not really excited about Green Hills traffic. If you randomly notice a missing "A" please don't panic. Luckily Z is such an arbitrary letter most of the time that it won't matter. But the A! Ahhh the A will kill me! Anyway...

Mike and I dressed up for an outing yesterday. Went by the new Forever 21 in Cool Springs [meh! Kind of disappointed.. more on that later! With pictures!] and ran some errands. We snagged Pipkin new stairs so she can get on the bed herself. She managed to jump on the couch a few times today all on her own! Yay Pipkin! We also bought them a frisbee. Those dogs love to chew on frisbees. Heh. We had a yummy dinner at O'Charleys and bought our 2010 ornament for our tree. We also snagged wrapping paper and a few gifts! I can't believe Christmas is in 9 days!

Now I'm going to post a billion outfit photos because I was so excited to dress up! I've been really not in the mood lately so it put a nice pep in my step! Feel free to scan over if there are too many! I won't judge you.

♥ dress: urban outfitters, cardigan: target, brooch: vintage, tights: target, belt: forever 21, flats: target, scarf: forever 21 men, headband: c/o sunshine & carousels, coat: h&m ♥

If I'm being 100% honest, I'll probably wear this today too. Unless I opt for some of my new tights. Maroon and Gold! Hooray! Also - I really really tried finding some new shoes [heels.. maybe?] yesterdayday but I have realized I'm not a shoe girl and I never will be. And Mike doesn't really like heels anyway... but I did try! ;) I'll break out of this shell eventually! ♥

PS: Yesterday was my best friend Jessica's 23rd birthday! Hooray! Happy Birthday Jessica! I love you!

Currently Coveting: Black Milk Clothing

I'm crazy about these wild print leggings and one-piece body/swim suits by Black Milk Clothing. Granted I probably wouldn't wear any of them (I can't imagine they'd handle curves too well, though I may be surprised!), but I'd definitely buy the US of A bodysuit and the first Galaxy leggings!. Schhhwinngg! I love them so much. They've definitely got a price tag with them though! They look to be of rad quality, however, but one would only know if they snagged a pair. Check out their shop and blog!

(Sorry that first picture of the leggings is so pixelated! I LOVE those tights and I just hadddd to include them but I couldn't find a larger picture!)

Love them? Hate them? Which one is your favorite? And what would you wear them with?

Outfit Post : Thursday, September 16

I'd be lying if I said anything about today has gone as planned. It most certainly hasn't. Of course, It'd be rather silly (and hypocritical) of me to let it ruin the rest of the day, right? Well, I was running late for class, I hopped on the interstate thinking it'd be faster, only to be greeted with bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic. Oh me! I finally got off of the interstate to take a backroad and I was a bit late for class. I pulled up, rushed in and then realized that not a single person was in class... not even the teacher. All of that stress for nothing (I hate being late for class! HATE!) I sit down in class and I try to work on my Personal Fact Sheet... well, the internet goes down. Oh wait, everyone else seems to be able to navigate the web just fine. Then I realized, as I tried to perfect my Literature paper to be handed in today, that I forgot my Literature book at home... in another town. Thank GOODNESS Mike didn't have to work until 4pm so he was able to bring it to me (Thank you Mike! Seriously... You are THE most incredible guy ever!). Now I'm trying to print out my Portfolio stuff to turn in and I realized that I trashed all of the files. All of them. And emptied the trash can. 

Dear Universe, could you please just cut me a break?! Please?! 

At least my outfit is cute today. (Rather bold of me to speak so highly of myself, isn't it?!) I just wish I had a fun, care-free, and sweet disposition about myself to accompany it. (Really I'm just tickled with my new dress and cardigan). Here are some pictures.

dress: urban outfitters. cardigan: target. belt: no clue. tights: walmart. flats: kmart.

I'm working on a shark infographic for portfolio and man, it's going to kick my butt! It's SO much illustration! But I'm excited to have a 100% shark piece to showcase. I hope it turns out well. I'm going to go turn in my paper and head home. I just want to be a recluse today. Hopefully everything turns around soon!