raining unicorns {frocktober, day 16}

Dress (remixed here, here): borrowed
Cardigan: Ruche, Leggings (shop!): Pink Blush Maternity

The weather has been gorgeous these past few days. It's a miracle. Cloudy skies, gorgeous sunsets, cool breezes. It's not quite Fall, but I'll definitely take the rain.

This is probably one of my favorite Frocktober outfits to date, and it's absolutely because of the unicorn cardigan. I bought this spectacular beauty while living in Virginia, and I have the fondest memories of wearing it while sitting in my favorite coffee shop downtown and reading great books and drinking lavender lattes. One of the last times I wore it was on St. Patrick's Day in Italy. It's one of those articles of clothing that is inherently magical (because unicorns), but is made even more fantastic by the many memories embedded in its thread from years of use.

This is the first time I've ever worn it tied in the front, although it seems to have been made for it. It's perfectly shaped for a little knot-tying. One of my favorite things about coming up with maternity style ideas is playing with different silhouettes - ones I'd never have wanted to achieve or accentuate before. It's sometimes an odd feeling to try and outline/highlight my stomach, which was always one of the areas that made me the most self-conscious. Now it's lovingly on display, held and cinched by unicorns. 

aztec appetite

Dress (shop!): Ruche, Skirt: J. Crew

It's totally a week for the Aztec print.

I got these dresses for my birthday, and I dunno about you, but when I get new clothes I have to wear them at once. If I could just make an outfit change every few hours or so, that'd be ideal. 

This is the second Aztec print dress I've worn this week, and I'm currently wearing the third!

(And I mean, look at all the Aztec items at Ruche. So hard to choose!)

I'm normally attracted to bright colors and crazy patterns, but this black and white version is absolutely fantastic. It may be my favorite, against all color-loving odds. 

Tucking a dress into a skirt is one of my favorite ways to remix all the dresses in my wardrobe!

The quality of the dress is wonderful, as it's fully lined and a tad stretchy. Plus the little keyhole detail in the front is so fun. I'll definitely be wearing this baby on the regular.

Dustin and I were kind of unintentionally matching in black and white yesterday, so I couldn't help but want to get a few pictures of us on this bright green hill.
The leaves are finally beginning to change, and the weather is finally cooling down (too late for our trip to DC, which was 90 degrees!) to an appropriate October climate of 60-65 degrees.
Thus, Fall is moving in, and bright green hills are quickly going out of style!

creative layering: stripes and ruffles

One of my favorite things is when an outfit happens on accident.
I absolutely love this dress (I'm a sucker for stripes), but I honestly never wear these types of dresses/necklines. I'm more prone to wear sweetheart or scoop neck, because these dresses tend to fit me strangely and, real talk: they're busty.
I've only worn this dress a few times because I hate having to constantly tug at my camisole underneath, and it's also a bit too short for work.
(Previous remix here: worn with skinny jeans and a scarf).

But the stripes and cute shoulder bows are kind of irresistible.
When I accidently hung this dress and black top beside each other in my closet, it clicked: yo, hey, ruffles combat bustiness.
True story.

Dress: Ruche, Top: Gifted, Pants (similar!): Kohl's (remix, remix)

I've talked about this before, but these Vera Wang pants-leggings-things...jumpin' jehosaphat, they are comfy.

Me, as a jumping jehosaphat.

To not have these pants is a complete crime against your legs, and general bottom region.

Frocktober, day 2, success!

Completely by coincidence, a handful of the bloggers I follow happened to wear some form of maroon and black/grey this week.

Kitsune Kun

A Spoonful of Style

The Caffeinated Closet

M Loves M

I kind of love it! Well played, everyone.

dalmatian plantation

Sometimes I love an outfit enough to wear it more than once!
My husband and I went to Richmond a couple weekends ago for a mini vacation, and this was my last-day outfit. We went to a fancy Sunday brunch, shopped a little, and had a lovely drive back home.

I wore this ensemble because I knew it'd be kind of fun for a day date, but also extremely comfortable.
This polka-dot dress has the perfect amount of bounce to it, and is wrinkle resistant so obviously it's the best for travel (and just for my everyday life since I generally oppose ironing).
I've been staring at this dress hanging on my closet door this week, and I tried to avoid putting together the exact same outfit but I finally decided to just accept that I love it and reject any outfit repeat shame.
The only person who would judge me for the repeat is myself, and maybe some Richmond strangers who may stumble on my blog and be shocked that I would dare wear my mall strolling outfit to work in the same month.

Dress: LOFT (shop!), Top: Old Navy (shop! Only $5.97!), Boots: Urbanog, Earrings: Cookie Lee

I also wore this dress in a little remix series I did, called "5to5".
I mentioned that this dress reminds me of 101 Dalmatians, which it totally does.
The dots are a little hazy and smudgy, and while my husband likes to refer to this as my "cow dress" or "cowgirl" outfit, I tend to focus on the cute puppy dot comparison.