Blossom

Dress: 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target | Boots: Urban Outfitters | Bag: Target 

I have to brag a little about this major steal! I didn't get anything from the Phillip Lim for Target collection when it debuted, I always wait it out and I'm usually pretty successful.  I must admit that I wish I had gotten one of the lovely bags but you win some you lose some.  I was roaming through Target as per usual and I spotted this beauty for a whopping $11 and some change, talk about a winner. It was a little big so I figured I could add a belt to cinch the waist, but my mom also ran a couple of seams up the sides to take it in a little. Major win.  I also have to brag a bit on these boots. I've had them for about three years now and they're still my favorites. I scooped them up at Urban Outfitters for $20! Yup, I paid $20 for real leather boots that were once $150.  Thanks to a sales' price of $40 and an extra 50% off discount, I got one of the world's greatest deals.  I just loves sales.  Don't you?

--LaRondezvous   

Eleven

Top: Urban Outfitters | Skirt: Urban Outfitters | Boots: Target (kids) 

Happy Saturday! Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend and enjoying this lovely weather.  I was wearing something else but my mom said I looked as if I were going to the office, she told me I needed to look more "funky." So this is me being funky, not the smelly kind. This kind.  Also, I don't really like odd numbers, I actually hate them, but my old roommate encouraged me to get this sweatshirt anyway. I guess it's a nod to November since it is the greatest month of the year. 

--LaRondezvous 

Cotton Candy

Top: Urban Outfitters | Skirt: Made by my Mom | Shoes: Zara | Bracelets: J.Crew 

Well, my mom is officially on a sewing kick and I could not be happier. I came home after rehearsal to find her sewing away, making this adorable skirt. I love the colors and the stripes, it reminds me of 1060's wallpaper, but in a good way.

--LaRondezvous 

Mint Condition

Top: Urban Outfitters,similar |Skirt: Urban Outfitters,similar |Shoes: Tahari 

This shirt is actually a crop top but worn with the right bottoms, I can get away with wearing it to work. love crop tops, I think they look best with a high waisted bottom of some type whether that's a skirt, jeans, or shorts.  It's fun just to have just a sliver of tummy showing. Anyone love crop tops as much as I do?

P.S I LOVE these mint shoes!

Chiffon and Lace

Top: Target | Skirt: Urban Outfitters | Shoes: Target | Necklace: J.Crew | Bracelets: J.Crew | Rings: J.Crew, F21

Lately I've been all about being comfortable but still looking polished and put together. But it's not like that's some fashion secret, I'm sure that's what most people aim for when getting dressed. Since I've been trying to shop my closet, I've had fun mixing and matching pieces. The ballerina in me still loves the combination of black and pink, I probably always will.

I'm With The Band

 T-Shirt: Cold War Kids | Skirt: Urban Outfitters | Shoes: Nine West | Bag: Kate Spade 

Over the years I have collected quite a few concert t-shirts and in college I wore them all the time.  I've noticed that I haven't been wearing them much lately, not even on weekends or to rehearsal.  I decided to wear one of my favorite pieces of memorabilia; I got this shirt at my second Cold War Kids concert, I've been to three total.  Yes, I've seen them three times, the first was at Hendrix and the second two times were in Memphis.  I absolutely love The Cold War Kids, it may sound weird but I can feel their music in my soul. This was also my first day using the tripod again, there's definitely a learning curve but I'm working on it.

--LaRondezvous 

Ice, Ice, Baby

Dress: Forever 21 | Shoes: Aldo | Necklace: Prabal Gurung for Target | Bag: Urban Outfitters | Bracelets: J.Crew | Earrings: Kate Spade

I'm kind of in love with the whole lucite trend, especially when it comes to jewelry and shoes. I meandered into Aldo this weekend and these shoes instantly caught my attention, not to mention there was an extra 30% off the sale price.  Before I even payed for them, I was already creating looks in my head.  I decided to let the shoes and the necklace speak for themselves and opt for a little black dress.  This was a simple yet fun look that I love!  Have you tried the lucite trend?

Leopard Print

Top: Zara | Jeans: BDG, Urban Outfitters | Shoes: Antoni Melani | Bag: Kate Spade

I bet you thought there was going to be some leopard print in this post, well there's not.  It's just a print OF a leopard, which is just as cool if you ask me.  The Zara Spring/Summer sale is still in full swing and prices keep dropping.  Lately I've been a sucker for fun t-shirts, it's so easy to dress them up or down.  Since it's Friday I opted for an easy-going but still pulled together look, it's the end of the week, gotta go out with a bang.  Also, these shoes are sparkly and wonderful, it's easy for them to look quite dressy but pairing them with jeans and a t-shirt made me feel like a more comfortable version of Cinderella.  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, thanks for reading.

--LaRondezvous 

K.I.S.S.

Top: Zara |  Belt: Zara |  Jeans: Urban Outfitters, same style different color |  Shoes: Calvin Klein

Bracelets: J.Crew 

I haven't made a blog post in a ridiculously long time, my sisters have been away at school and out of the country so it's been kinda hit and miss when I could get a decent picture.  But thanks to the help of my sister, we've revamped the blog a bit and hopefully I can get some more consistent posts.  Thanks for reading!

--LaRondezvous   

Peplum

Top: ASOS | Skirt: Urban Outfitters | Shoes: BCBG

I have been obsessed with all things peplum for quite some time but I actually just made my first peplum purchase a few weeks ago, say "peplum purchase" five times fast.  I got this pretty little thing from ASOS, I spend way too much time and money on that site.  It was a steal, only $15, can't beat that.  I felt as if this was a safe way for me to ease into the trend and it's a versatile piece so there wasn't really much thought.  I will skip the skirt, if you've ever read any of the posts you'll know why, hahaha!  These are some of my favorite BCBG shoes, love the peep-toe and the gold accents, plus they're comfy.  I felt very old school in this outfit, in a good way.  I decided that if I had to work on Labor Day I might as well do it in style.  I also added to the housewife look by toting a dozen key lime pie cupcakes into work, I'm basically the perfect woman and I don't know how I'm single. I kid, I kid.  I was also wearing cupcake earrings, so I pretty much had a cupcake-tastic day.

Gots to get my hands on more peplum

--LaRondezvous 

Hot Green

My favorite looks are those that require very little thought, I'm all about simplicity.  And with hot green shoes like these, I decided to let them do all the talking.  I rarely use the term neon, I like to refer to colors as hot, some of my friends find this weird.  I'm weird so it works.  This black top is my new favorite, I got it from Target for only $5, it was a random find which makes it even better.  It is a dressy spin on a v-neck tee, which makes it super versatile, I have been wearing it an insane amount.  Speaking of things I wear too much, I am once again guilty of wearing this black pencil skirt from Urban.  I just can't help myself.  I decided this was a good day for a bun and bright pink lipstick, I'm a sucker for the combo.  Of course I had fun prancing around like Career Barbie.

How could you have a bad day in these?

Black is my favorite color, some people think that's weird 

--LaRondezvous

Pink Lady

I can't remember when I wore this, I just know it was weeks ago.  This was just an average day at work, not much back-story here.  I got this pink shirt from F21 when I ventured there to make an exchange.  The bright color caught my eye and the sheer fabric sealed the deal, the slight dip hem in the back didn't hurt either.  It was only $13 or so, not bad for such a lovely color.  The skirt I'm wearing is the infamous black skirt that I got from Urban, you know the one I probably wear too much, the one I wear almost once a week.  Whatever, sue me, I love this skirt.  It's comfortable, sleek, and black, and those are three of the best things a piece of clothing can be.  My shoes are the spicy little babies that I got in Atlanta last summer, I can never say enough great things about these shoes.  Okay, not much to be said here, I was walking around the office looking like a Barbie as per usual.

Excuse my bra strap, I don't know what I was thinking, maybe I was attempting to be "wild"

--LaRondezvous

Tulips

Trying to bring sexy back. Get it?

Dress: Urban Outfitters | Shoes: Zara 

Okay, so I don't actually know what kind of flowers are on this dress but I do know that I love it.  I scored this beauty on the last Urban trip, the day I bought too much stuff.  Allison actually got it first and then I realized how much I loved it, I also realized that it was only $13 and well since it was originally $69 there was no doubt that I had to have it.  I love the length and cut of the dress, so lady-like and fun.  It's just one of those items that I just love so much that I don't have a lot to say about it.  But I will say that the back of the dress has my heart, I love anything with a fun back, it's my weakness.  Unfortunately since I was going to work I had to throw on my red cardigan so no one got to enjoy the fun back.  My new navy sandals from Zara complemented the look very well, they matched the navy in the dress and were less harsh than a black shoe would have been.

--LaRondezvous

The Chambray Tales

Had to tie the top because otherwise it would have been too long and that just wouldn't work

Have you noticed that I love pink?

Top: Old Navy | Dress: Urban Outfitters | Shoes: Express

Salvete, that's Latin for "Hello." More specifically it's how you great a group of people.  I'm a nerd and I'm not ashamed, 6 years of Latin! Anywho, on to the outfit.  It took me a while to put this outfit together but I think it turned out nicely.  I knew I wanted to pair the dress with the shoes, but that was a no brainer.  The top was the tricky part, the straps on the dress are too skinny for me to wear to work, so I had to figure out how to make this office-appropriate.  In my mind I pictured this dress with a denim jacket but I have yet to find one that I love, so I chose the next best thing.  I love this chambray shirt, I got it months and months ago from Old Navy, it was about $17 and I wore it quite a few times last Fall/Winter.  I always wore it with my black jeggings and riding boots so it was hard for me to see this top with something so bright and summery.  But I think I like this pairing more than I would have liked the denim jacket with it, the jacket would have probably been too heavy and there is nothing about this dress.  I love the cut, it moves quite nicely.  I got this lovely little number from Urban Outfitters around the beginning of the summer, Allison and I went and that day I scored six dresses for a little under $100.  I'd just gotten paid for the first time at my new job so I was all "YOLO."  I have no regrets from that day.  Back to the dress, it was only $9.99, before I tried it on I thought it was just a simple tank dress but I quickly learned that it was way more than that.  And down to the shoes, I wore these in another post, I got them from Express for under $20.  They're super comfortable, as good wedge should be.  I absolutely love the color combo.  All in all this was a super summery outfit, I felt really fun and flirty.  The many compliments I got at work didn't hurt either.

--LaRondezvous

Fresh Crops

Top: Urban Outfitters | Skirt: Urban Outfitters | Shoes: Target

Saturday called for a crop top! Allison and I went on our usual shopping date and since it was Tax Free Weekend it was super romantic.  I'll make a post about all the goodies I got later on, it'll be worth the read!

I bought this cute little crop top a few weekends ago when Annie was in town, we hit up Urban Outfitters and I spotted this little guy.  I have a big thing for crop tops, I'm not quite brave enough to wear them with a lot of my tummy showing but I think they're super cute with something high-waisted.  The back of the top makes it even cuter, I love something with a fancy back.  The skirt is also from Urban, yes it's the one I wore the day before, sue me.  My mom said she didn't think I looked very comfortable but I actually was, despite the fact that the skirt was making me extra hot in the sweltering sun.           

   Sparkly bracelet from J. Crew

--LaRondezvous

Lazy Friday

So, I've mentioned that I get super lazy on Fridays, I just can't help it.  I'm at work for the normal 8 hours on Friday but it always feels like so much longer on Fridays, for some reason it feels as if I'm camping out there for the night.  Weird.  I wanted to wear something super comfy but I didn't want to be too much of a bum.  I knew I wanted to wear my black maxi skirt that I got from Urban Outfitters for only $5.00, it was on sale for $10.00 back in the day and then there was an additional 50% off, I'm just so good at shopping.  Took me a while to figure out what the top was going to be, decided on this flowy number to add to the comfort factor.  I got this top from F21 last summer while in Atlanta, it was a good buy.  I put on a black tee underneath, there's some rule about showing undergarments at the workplace.  Who knew?  I struggled and made my way to work, not looking too shabby if I must say so myself.  Now it's almost 4:00 a.m. and I'm on my last post, I should be asleep because I have a Ballet in the morning.  P.S. Are any of you concerned with the amount of black and pink I wear? Nahhh!

This was another BB Cream day, I love how fresh it makes my skin look.

This skirt makes me look and feel like a mermaid

Happy Friday, to bed I go!

--LaRondezvous