It's that ancient love that you won't outgrow - Trinity Place Department Store giveaway!

Trinity Place Department Store in NYC has asked me to share a giveaway they're having - one lucky winner gets a $500 shopping spree! Just click here to enter, and you can read more about the store here!

Trinity Place has lots of exclusive hand-selected pieces from European designers, and I am so jealous of whoever ends up winning the shopping spree. :) Good luck!

And here's my outfit of the day:

dress: Urban Outfitters, bag: thrifted, lace top: thrifted, loafers: thrifted

Pastel colors are too hard to resist in the spring, I just wish they didn't make my skin look translucent!

xoxo

outfit photos and recap of the holidays - very much delayed!

outfit 1: sweater: c/o Nowistyle, skirt: Nastygal, top and socks: Urban Outfitters, scarf and boots: Forever 21

outfit 2: skirt and hat: c/o Romwe, top and fishnets: Urban Outfitters, boots: Forever 21, glasses: market in SoHo, knee highs: Ebay, scarf: c/o Nowistyle

outfit 3: skirt and coat: Forever 21, necklace and bag: vintage, knee highs: Urban Outfitters, everything else: thrifted.

It's that time again - time for me to apologize for my absence. I am terribly sorry, but for the last few weeks my boyfriend has been visiting me! We had an absolutely lovely Christmas together and I'm sad that he's gone back home now, but it means that I have more time for my other relationship again - my blog!

I hope that everyone had a perfect holiday season - I definitely did, and I'm sad but excited to be going back to New York on Monday to begin the new semester. First, however, here's a recap of my last few weeks in photos:

Martin and I headed to St. Louis for a few days one weekend to visit my sister - first we stopped at the Budweiser brewery and got a free tour and lots of free beer!

Then we went to the City Museum in St. Louis, which I definitely recommend for anyone who is a child at heart - it is not your typical museum, but is filled with random found objects from St. Louis, formed into caves, slides and ladders that you can peruse as you wish. It was simply amazing.

We also visited the "Gateway to the West" - the St. Louis arch! We went to the top and took photos looking out of the tiny windows, thousands of feet above the ground. The previous day's snow was melting, but we got there in time to see a lovely proposal written in the snow - must have been so romantic! Here is the view from the top, anyway.

The rest of the time we just lounged around and took funny Photobooth pictures on my laptop! 

Don't let them see you cry

jean print leggings: c/o Nowistyle, top: c/o Oasap, jewelry: forever 21, vintage, thrifted, bag: stolen from my sister, socks, scarf: urban outfitters, boots: H&M, gold cuff: c/o Romwe

it's finally getting cold! wooohoooo

xoxo

Fall, fall, fall

sweater: c/o Nowistyle, shorts: vintage Calvin Klein (thrifted, bag, shirt: thrifted, socks: urban outfitters, booties: forever 21

I'm currently obsessed with oversized sweaters and knee high socks (but who isn't? I mean, really...). 

flora y fauna

sweater: thrifted, plant shirt: c/o vivilli, paper bag skirt: c/o clothingloves, gold cuff: c/o Romwe, bag: urban outfitters

finally, an outfit post! I know it's obnoxious that I keep apologizing, but I'm so sorry for my lack of posts! I received this amazing shirt in the mail yesterday courtesy of Vivilli, and I'm obsessed. It fits perfectly and I absolutely love the pattern. I don't have anything else like it!

xoxo

You say that they've all left you behind

shirt, shorts, belt: thrifted, hat, earrings: forever 21, boots, top: urban outfitters

Hello there,

My face is slightly less swollen, thankfully. You can still see my cheek chubbiness a tiny bit in these photos but it's mostly under control. 

I go back to New York in exactly one week. 

Also, this song makes me cry:

You are dreaming

satchel and sandals: ???, dress, belt, sunglasses: thrifted, blouse: forever 21, clock necklace: primark

I'm so in love with this dress. I bought it so that I could cut it up into a matching crop top/skirt set but I can't do it. It's too lovely. 

I really love this outfit. Wearing it to work today!

listen to this:

Summer style

top - forever 21, shorts - DIY, thrifted, necklace - vintage, everything else - thrifted

just a quick outfit post

xoxo

outfit 1: sandals, top: thrifted, jewelry: thrifted, gifts, vintage, skirt: forever 21

outfit 2: sweater, shoes, belt, bag, sunglasses: thrifted, shorts: thrifted, DIY

two nearly 100% thrifted outfits - I just can't stop! 

the skirt from the first outfit was technically free, because forever 21 has been having a buy one get one sale recently. which means is was practically thrifted too. both outfits probably cost me under $30.

It's going to be sad when I go back to ny and can no longer shop at my favorite thrift stores. Every time I go back to school I go through thrift withdrawal and binge when I am home for the holidays. Hopefully I'll have enough money to follow my pattern again this year! 

I'm waiting for some really exciting packages to come in the mail - I can't wait to show you what's inside them and tell you where they're from!

xoxo