SILVER & GOLD

 J.Crew Chambray // Madewell Denim // UO Bag // J.Crew Heels // Selima Sunglasses

Since I have short legs pant lengths generally don't work on me.  Which means I either have to roll them or get them hemmed, but let's be honest I'm too lazy to get them hemmed and they never turn out right.  I've therefore resorted to just cutting them at the right length.  I got a little scissor happy with these ones and cut them too short but they'll work.  I kept this outfit simple since we were running a couple of errands.

Also, I love these shoes.  Are the gold?  Are they silver?  Doesn't matter, they work as both.

FEELING SO BLUE

J.Crew Chambray, similar // UO Jeans // J.Crew Bag // J.Crew Belt, similar // Target Watch // J.Crew Link Bracelet // Madewell Wedges

Sorry for the silence around here last week.  I unfortunately caught a bit of a bug and was in bed the majority of the week.  Luckily for me I was better by the Friday when my husband and I started celebrating our one year anniversary.  It's amazing how fast time flies!  I wore this outfit up to LA on friday for some walking around.  It's too bad these shoes weren't made for walking.  It's a sad story really, I stalked these shoes for over a month hoping my size would be re-stocked and when they finally were I jumped on them because I was not going to let them go a second time.  I thought they would be the perfect alternative to my worn-too-often booties and that they would be easy to walk in.  Turns out they're not, at least not for me.  I almost fell roughly 15 times.  It was humiliating.  I had a death grip on my husbands arm the entire time.  I won't lose hope though, these shoes are my baby and we will make it work!

RED, WHITE & CHAMBRAY

J.Crew Dress // H&M Chambray (My husbands) // J.Crew Belt // J.Crew Bag // Sam Edelman Sandals

I decided to get patriotic a little early this week.  I mean, what's more patriotic than a denim shirt?  Stripes, stripes are more patriotic.  My husband told me when I was wearing this that he couldn't figure out why women like jersey dresses because they are apparently unflattering.  While I suppose he has a point, when comfort is most important, flattery has to take a back seat.  And since we have been experiencing what I would say is a pretty major heat wave, comfort is definitely key.  It's the type of heat wave where people pile into the mall, not to buy anything, but to have someone else pay to cool them off.  I can't do that though because this time of year has those damn  summer sales and it's just too hard to say no.  So I let myself stay hot and just use this as my outlet where I let you all know the kind of weather I'm experiencing.  Hopefully one of these days I'll let go of my old man weather talk and actually talk about fashion, like a style blogger should, but please don't hold your breath.

SAFARI

J.Crew Chambray - Similar // Anthropologie Shorts // Gap Sandals // J.Crew Bag // J.Crew Timex Watch

I feel like any day I'm in a rut with my clothes, you know, where I sit there in front of my closet on the verge of a tantrum, I just need to remember that if I put a chambray shirt on with basically anything everything will be alright.  So that's how these old giraffe shorts plus a chambray became an outfit.  This is the very first chambray I bought (totally vintage J.Crew) that at one point I gave to my sister.  I then decided that while she was out of town I was going to steal it back because that's what sisters do of course.  She didn't notice until I wore it around her but she couldn't very well take it off my back could she?  So now I'm hoping I'll get to keep it.  I mean it was mine after all...