Purple pleats

 My favorite things - yellow stripes, pleats, contrasting color combinations.  Nothing like two opposite ends of the color wheel, as far as I'm concerned.

Milkmaid braids always garner a lot of comments.  It's four different braids that make quite a statement when all combined, plus a big bun.  

Top - Gap, thrifted

Skirt - The Limited

Bracelet - Hand me down from a friend

Shoes - Aldo

striped skirt with fancy braid

 I wore this to work on a day I had a meeting with a client.  Skirted was passed down from a friend, shirt came from a thrift store.

 My hair got most of my creativity today.  I did a dutch braid around my hairline and down the other side, then wrapped the rest of the bun in a braid.

Dutch braids

This is one of those times where the outfit definitely inspired the hair.  This dress has sort of a hippie-scandanavian-prairie feel, so I did two dutch braids to complete the look.

 This dress was another hand me down from a friend.  I am such a lucky bunny.

Yellow stripes

 This outfit is sure to be in heavy rotation for a while.  Stripes.  Yellow.  Easy skirt.  I wore this to work, had lots of meetings today.

 The headband is a gift from a dear friend.  I haven't worn it much because the flowers stick out quite a bit on the top of my head.  This was the first time wearing it with the flowers at the base of the bun, which worked perfectly.  You'll be seeing this one more.

Putting on my moody face.  I'll probably add a pink belt next time.

Shirt - Gap, thrifted
Skirt - thrifted
shoes  - Me Too
sunglasses - Ulta
headband - gift

Blue dress / skirt

 Day 2 of salon hair.  Well timed workout schedule and a bit of dry shampoo means you can get the effortless smooth salon hair for a second day.

This outfit is actually a dress with a shirt over it.  The dress is a halter top which shows way too much skin for work, so I added this yellow shirt and knotted it right at my waist.

 I wore this to work on a meeting filled day.  Professional but still summery and super girly.

Dress/skirt - J. Crew
Shirt - Target
Shoes - Me Too

yellow dress goes to the salon

 Yellow dress went to the salon today!  I got pampered like crazy with a haircut and blonde highlights.

 There are also some red pieces on the bottom layers.  A little more subtle than I had in mind, but that's okay.  You can kind of get a hint of them in this photo.

 I spent the afternoon having cocktails with a few dear friends.  We ate outside and I sunburnt my back.

Hair is perfect for catching the breeze!

Dress - thrifted, from j.crew

Orange dress

 On a summer weekend, the right sun dress is all you need.   I wore this outfit while my dad taught me how to drive stick shift.  It was scary, but not too bad!  I got the hang of it after an hour or so.

 This Anthropologie dress is the perfect fit and bright color.  No effort needed to look put together.

Learned how to do the braid/bun combo from Sidewalk Ready

bright green twirly skirt

 I wore this outfit to work to work to meet with a new client.  It's probably a little more bright and exposed back-ish than you would expect for professional setting, but I decided that the shoes class it up.

This is actually a dress, usually worn by me to weddings.  I added the top and tied it at my waistline to create the right proportion.

I love the way it twirls.

Fashion show for the local wildlife

I wore this outfit to work on a day with a guest meeting.  The skirt was thrifted by my mother and has become a staple piece for looking like a professional in the summertime.  

The husband and I were taking photos in our backyard when we heard a rustling.  Turns out a family of raccoons was having a grand old time exploring some of the bits and bobs in our neighbor's half of the yard. We did not quite capture just how many there were.  I spotted at least five or so, but our camera is not cut out for dusk wildlife photography.

Black, white and yellow

 This is a classic outfit choice when I want to look like an event planner.  Comfortable, modest, professional looking.  I had an event at the Museum of Art today so I wore this to be in charge.  Hair was in braids but I took them out for the evening, leaving my hair extra big and curly.

Stripey skirt

 This skirt was another hand me down from a friend of mine.  It has a funny waist with a ribbon but no elastic, so you have to tie it nice and tight for it to stay on.  I wore this to Sunday dinner at my parent's house.