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what i wore
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PS. You can see this skirt styled another way here from 2013.
Pictures with balloons on here can only mean one thing. It’s my birthday! It’s kind of become a little tradition for me to take photos with balloons to share on my birthday. I like how every year in my birthday blog post I also mention something about spending the day watching Jim Carrey movies. Not sure I’ll be doing that this year since for the first time in who knows how long I’m having a birthday party! I can’t wait for today to really get started!!
Hope you have a spectacular Saturday! I’ll be sure to eat lots of ice cream for you.
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Oops! I took another accidental outfit post hiatus. You guys, I’ll get the hang of this again. I swear! It’s so easy to forget to do, or not make time to do once you fall out of the habit. But I really do miss outfit posts, and I hope you miss seeing them.
It’s also easy to forget to take outfit pictures when your wardrobe has changed significantly. I think I talked about it once before, how I grew up having “nice” clothes and “play” clothes and even though I’m an adult now I still can’t seem to merge the two. Since my two main hobbies are urban exploration and biking, I spend most of my time in tank tops and shorts not pretty dresses. I’m normally covered in dirt and somehow always have bike grease on my leg. I miss wearing my “nice” clothes though. Jeff’s sister’s boyfriend hosted a white linen party last week and since I literally don’t own any white (I mean, I have tons of black and white stripes… but that doesn’t count) this is what I wore. It felt really nice to put on something pretty. But hey, maybe sometime soon I’ll shoot an outfit true to what you’d find if you encountered me out on a bike ride, bike grease and all!
Anyway, THIS DRESS! Holy smokes. I’ve been stalking it forever. It finally went on sale and I went for it despite being nervous about the mixed reviews. It fits like a dream! I feel so great in it. Any item of clothing that makes me feel cute and dainty, as well as powerful and sexy at the same time is a win in my book!
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Well, would ya look at that, another outfit featuring this darn coat. Sorry ’bout it. I’m obsessssssed. I haven’t left the house without it since it got here. I’m not sure I’ve ever loved a piece of clothing so much, except maybe this camera bag, which I’m sure you noticed I’ve been wearing an awful lot in outfit posts. I’ve basically been using it exclusively. I even sold some of my other camera bags since they were getting ignored. As a camera bag hoarder, I think that speaks pretty highly of this particular bag.
Hope you’re having an excellent Tuesday!
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I always liked to say it doesn’t matter what color my hair is, it won’t affect what colors I wear (except red when I have purple hair. eugghh! so gross.) but this orange/red I’m rocking right now has me eating my words. It’s just so fun to pair outfits with this color. Blue looks incredible with it, it pops with black and white, meshes perfectly with tan and my favorite might just be gold. I’m crazy about how all the colors in this outfit look with it. I think I’ll be sticking with this color hair (or a variety of similar shades, and definitely one a bit more orange) for a while! It’s a really fun color.
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I’m obsessed with this shirt. The kind of obsessed where you don’t want to wear something because you want to keep it perfect. Not only is it zombie Ben Franklin eating pizza in a cemetery, it was one of the only souvenirs I bought on my first big solo roadtrip. I’m also a huge fan of this style of shirt, raglan shirts are the best!
You guys, I could talk about how much I love Man Man basically until the end of time. They’ve been my favorite band for a really long time but I got to see them live for the very first time at the beginning of this year. Then I miraculously caught them three more times. And by “miraculously” I mean I drove… a lot. Worth every single mile. There are only a few bands I can listen to over and over and over and they’re certainly one of them. There’s just something about Man Man that just sucks me in and I cannot get enough. They’re on tour now, you should go check them out because they’ll blow your mind plus some of the dates are with Xenia Rubinos and she can siiiiing! At the very least, give my favorite Man Man song, Van Helsing Boombox, a listen. (Also try Rabbit Habits, Against The Peruvian Monster, Whalebones & Poor Jackie) You won’t be sorry!
It was really cold taking these pictures. I mean, really reeeeally cold. As much as I totally adore this coat I know that forty outfit posts in a row featuring it would get super boring so I had to lose the coat for most of the pictures. Although I did have to include one photo of it because it looked super snazzy with the jeans and I wanted to show off my new scarf. Anyway, jumping pictures help keep you warm. And that smile in the fourth picture? The look of sheer insanity which is exactly what you need to be a blogger in the winter.
Happy Monday!
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PS. Here’s a photo I took on the other side of the cemetery right after I took outfit pictures. Isn’t it so pretty!?
Anyway, this jacket. I. am. in. love. I haven’t even touched any of my other jackets since getting it. It’s perfect. I received it a few weeks back from HauteLook. HauteLook is a free, members-only website that hosts limited-time, limited-inventory sale events. They feature women’s and men’s apparel, accessories, and shoes, as well as kids’ apparel and toys, beauty brands and home decor. Sign up here to find out about their latest sale events, there are new ones added daily at 8am Pacific time. HauteLook has just launched Nordstrom Rack for HauteLook that
features ongoing sales so members can browse and shop great brands at a
great value 24/7! Plus, members can return items in-store or online. Below are some of my favorite items that are currently on HauteLook. Aren’t those boots the cutest? They’re such a steal.
Yes, this is a sponsored post. But you best believe I really do love this coat and HauteLook is pretty darn awesome. Thanks for helping support the companies that support The Dainty Squid!













































































