Joe Fresh Hooded Dress

Dress: Joe Fresh // Purse: Rebecca Minkoff Love Cross body // Sunglasses: Ebay // Sandals: Birkenstock

I picked up this hooded dress on my Most recent trip to NYC back in June at Joe Fresh. It's my favorite place to pick up classic pieces that are comfy and classic at affordable prices. This dress is also on clearance right now for $13!! It comes in navy as well.

The Athleisure trend is super hot right now which is right up my alley! I love wearing dresses because of their ease but I hate wearing dressy shoes, especially heels during the summer. Plenty of time for that during the school year. Not to mention summer dresses tend to be a bit on the shorter side, so with my height, flat shoes like these Birkenstock sandals help keep the look more modest.

Genius Stripes and Denim Pencil Skirt

Sweater: H&M // Jean Pencil Skirt : Joe Fresh (on sale for $29 right now!) // Loafers: Coach // Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Medium MAB tote c/o Shopbop 

This striped sweater is kinda genius. The stripes are broken up with blocks of navy blue to give the horizontal lines a flattering shape. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a crop top on shorter ladies, but it fits like one on me, which went perfectly with this distressed denim pencil skirt from my favorite summer time shop, Joe Fresh. Basically, it's the perfect casual Friday outfit. 

Happy Friday all! Have a lovely weekend.

Joe Fresh Spring Favorites

There are very few brands I can consistently count on over the years, But Joe Fresh is always one of them. Every summer I head over to NYC for my favorite yoga festival, but equally as important as it is to get my yoga on, is having time to shop some of the brands that I can't quite get here in Chicago. Sure, Joe Fresh is sold at JC Penny stores in Chicago, but they are in the suburbs and just about as hard to get it as it is the airport, so why not just visit while in NYC. There, I get the full experience of the whole store. I always find it to be so clean and orderly, not to mention prices are super affordable. The pieces are classic and the quality is hard to beat.

Needless to say, every season they put out a line that begs for an online order in between trips to New York. Even though summer is close, I just couldn't wait for my annual trip and ordered this denim pencil skirt, this striped flare dress and a floral silk blouse. Their silk blouses are my absolute favorite. I must own at least 6 of them in a rainbow of colors by now! They also have some pretty adorable shoes as well as Hunter-esque rain boots. It was hard to pass up these slip-ons and these bow flats for work.

Joe fresh strikes a perfect balance in meeting all my wardrobe needs. They help me find the most perfect pieces for both my professional and weekend looks. Take a look and I'm sure you'll agree! And don't forget to sign up for their newsletter and get 20% off you purchase!

Here are my favorite pieces for both me and my hubs from the Joe Fresh spring line.

New Specs

Pants: Target // Purse: Rebecca Minkoff Love Crossbody // Shirt: Joe Fresh // Lips: YSL // Hat: Sole Society // Necklace: (pearl) Anthropologie // Cape: Forever 21

Recently I got new glasses, but I rarely wear them all day. Usually they are for when I enter grades on the computer at school. Looking at all those tiny percentages can give me a headache. Sometimes it just feels better to leave them on then to adjust after taking them off. These photos were taken right after school. And this my frends is how my new specs finally made their way onto a blog post. 

One Of A Kind Show

These candles smelled like heaven!

My husband was obsessed with this paiting.

The Trendy Sparrow's adorable booth!

Fried cheese samples really drew a crowd!

Coach bag(love this navy leather version) // Joe Fresh Jacket  and Jeans//Target mittens // Nike sneakers (just upgraded to these and am loving them) // Forever 21 hat // Candy Yum Yum lipstick

I know its a little late but I still wanted to share a little about my trip to the One of a Kind Show at Merchandise Mart last month. I mean you can't go till next year anyway so it's technically not too late.

This is one of my favorite events of the year. I only found out about it 2 years ago after the designer of the beautiful leather bag I found for my husband invited me. Once I went, I was hooked. It's pretty much like Etsy came to life and you just get to wander around inside it. For hours! It's HUGE! Like, I don't know if I'll ever see all of it, big! you just eventually loose steam and have to leave. There are so many booths to visit, it's actually divided into districts!

I love finding cute gifts for family and friends. This year I got some unique smelling candles by and some adorable onesies for 2 babes in our lives.

I hope you get a chance to visit next year. I promise it's worth the trip!

Loft Flippy Skirt

Skirt: Loft (new spring version here) // Gloves: H&M (similar from Macy's) // Tights: DKNY // Boots: DSW // Hat: Sole Society // Necklace: Forever 21 (similar) // Coat: Macy's (old) // Sweater: Joe Fresh (great sales right now!) (similar here and here)// Turtleneck: J. Crew

Some days the light, the outfit and all the tweeds, textures and colors just work together in perfect harmony. This was one of those days. 

 I hope you all are enjoying the begining of the week as much as I am. I started Monday with no school for MLK day and had some ladies over to do a fun little photo shoot/collaboration (more on that soon! Can't wait to share!) and see my "new" apartment.

With the rest of the day I caught up on Glee which always leads me to tracking down an item of clothing seen on the show. This time it was an amazing Trina Turk dress Quinn wore that was on Mega sale (sooo many cute dresses on sale with an extra 20%off!) and I literally got THE least one in stock! Yay for me. Anyone else think the best purchases are ones that have a backstory with a sweet ending?

Also while catching up on my magazines, something I very rarely have enough free time to do, I came across a picture of Gwen Stefani wearing these L.A.M.B heels and fell in love. The only reason I'm not seriously considering getting these is I know myself, and know a 4.25 inch heel just isn't practical for me. I rarely wear a shoe with a heel to school and if I do its a mid heel. Guess I'll just admire from afar.

Plaid Moto Jacket

Joe Fresh jeans // Forever 21 Jacket // Nordstrom Rack sweater (similar) // 360 Earrings // Hunter packable boots // Forever 21 short necklace (old) // eBay tassel necklace // NYX lipstick in "Bloody Mary"

I've been waiting for a chance to non ironically wear this plaid moto jacket I picked up at Forever 21. You see, it worked really well with my Halloween costume when I was Paul Bunyan at school.  The costume was pretty great if you want to check it out here.

I love the combo of bright primary colors, and yellow is my second favorite color so you can only imagine how happy I was to find this lone cashmere sweater at the new Nordstrom Rack opening in South Loop on the clearance rack for under $40!

On a personal side note, in an effort to maintain my sanity this winter I'm going to cut back to 3 posts a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I'm going to soon be overwhelmed with home projects so I'll be very busy. And if you have any great home decor/furniture sites you love, I'm in the market, so please feel free to share! I'd appreciate it a ton! Thanks in advance!