Midweek Business Chic: Vol 2

I'm back with another midweek business chic look featuring an incredibly affordable and cute pencil skirt and a classic but bright utility blouse. With the black and white spotted print, you can mix and match a variety of colors to go with it making it a great addition to your work wardrobe! With the weather hitting the 80's lately, I've been wearing skirts and dresses 80% of the time, especially on workdays.  The sizes tend to run extremely small in this skirt, however, so I'd suggest ordering 2 sizes larger than usual (mine is a US 6). 

Shirt Dress + a Giveaway

In my opinion, you can never have enough clothing that works well for work and weekends. I love having options for work outfits, especially in the winter.  A long-sleeved dress layered with tights and boots makes for the perfect and quick outfit to throw on when you're running late on 30 degree mornings.  This henley shirtdress is exactly what I'm talking about and I love the color with this soft pink print infinity scarf!

Be Bright

I love starting the week with bright colors! Monday's can be hard, intimidating, scary, and well, Monday.  As a goal of my own, I'm trying to start the weeks off as positive as possible.  It's important to have something to look forward to on any seemingly long and not-so-fun day.  Read below to find out how I look forward to Mondays.  Also, check out this gorgeous (and on sale) pink flutter sleeve dress.  For a more colorful look, I wore it with my ombre dip dye scarf.  Both are pieces I definitely see myself wearing year-round! 

Fall Blues

I've always been a fan of florals but this specific floral print is the prettiest I've ever seen! Not only does it come in a blouse version as pictured in this post, but there is a dress and a scarf too.  I went for an all blue look paired with some grey over the knee boots and accessories. 

Accessorizing in Autumn

Well, it is officially poncho season in my book.  Yesterday's cool temps had me pulling out my favorite poncho and striped turtleneck to keep warm! Sometimes a big huge cozy poncho needs a little something to make it less bland though and this beaded tassel necklace by Sylvia Benson was the perfect addition! 

How To Wear White After Summer

Business Casual + Giveaway

This burgundy wool blend blazer is probably one of my top favorite things in my closet currently.  These pictures don't even don't even compare to how classic and sophisticated it looks in person.  It is the perfect blazer to dress down with some boyfriend jeans or dress up on a day at work with a pencil skirt. 

Fall Favorites

I always have a few fall favorites each year in my closet.  My favorites are typically things I can wear with an assortment of outfits... such as a neutral colored vest, some versatile denim,  a flowy long sleeved blouse, and  a great quality handbag.  You also can't do fall without a good pair of casual booties that you can wear with everything.  

Outfit Details

 J. Crew: Grey Herringbone Puffer Vest || LOFT: Light Pink Split Neck Tunic || Vera Bradley: Quilted Handbag c/o || Sole Society: Suede Booties || LOFT: Boyfriend Jeans || Kendra Scott: Elle Earrings || Kendra Scott: Elton Gold Bracelet || Swell Caroline: Lucky Bar Necklace c/o || IT Cosmetics: CC Lip Serum 

I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was a rainy one in my area but the rain stopped just for the few hours I had a wine tasting party at a local vineyard.  Yesterday was my birthday and I had the best birthday weekend! I'll share more details later on this week about the vineyard we visited.  Birthdays always make me feel so thankful and make me realize again and again how awesome my friends and family are. 

I also got to try out the Raleigh Beer Garden finally and it was pretty legit.  I will definitely be back there.  

Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a good week!

Shelby

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How To Simplify Your Life

You hear about spring cleaning every year right as the seasons change from winter to spring but you never hear anybody say they're going to 'fall clean'.  After a busy summer, I think it is important to have a few ways to simplify your life to get you back on track before the seasons shift.  Read along to find a few easy ways to make your life a little more simple before the fall and winter craziness starts controlling you. Plus, find these fall outfit details at the bottom of this post!

Tweed & Plaid

A Weekend in Newport

Classic Black and White

Suede + Tweed

Red, White and Blue

Casual by the Coast