got to be real

So last week when I linked up with Lindsey I mentioned that maybe sometimes its not always all about looking cute. Well this past week I actually made a concerted effort to take pictures even on my crappiest of clothing days. Here's what I've learned from doing this:

1. my mother is correct - I need to stand up straight. 

2. I have a lot of black clothing - no matter how much I think I am branching out.

3. maybe it IS a little bit about looking cute?

4. but it IS hard to look cute when it is 95 degrees in the middle of September. 

5. it still holds true that you should suck it in in pictures

Without further ado...

1. dress - anthropologie

shoes, cute little leopard print - boutique in nyc

necklace - jenni adkins horne

2. top - ann taylor loft (they love teachers ;)

skirt - limited (old)

shoes - nordstrom

3. i'm all NIKE'd here - sports authority

headband - old navy, and old

4. top/dress - boutique in athens, ga

cropped capri leggings - theory from loehmann's

So you can learn a lot from this. This is the real me. Hope we're still friends. Ha!

Plan B

I'm linking up with Lindsey again. I love that she does this little weekly link up, even if I don't get to do it each week. At first I thought to myself, well it's kind of hard to look cute all the time. Then, the tricky part is actually remembering to take the picture once you're dressed before you dash out the door! That would be why there are only two outfits here. I had a super duper one on and totally forgot the pic -- and of course when I get home the first thing I want to do is change into comfy clothes. So here you have it:

dress - gap, years ago

pins - pleated poppy

boots - frye

clutch - sewn by me, ok by my mom, but I sat there and chose the fabric etc. 

love this suit, isn't it awesome?!

I will say, of course I don't get dressed like this every day. It was a holiday for me. I was with my family. 

suit - nordstrom, their brand halogen

t-shirt - nordstrom, their brand halogen

shoes - kate spade (okay, so obviously I splurge on shoes, but I've had these now 2 years and that are great)

Then of course I realized, sometimes it's not always about looking cute - because let's face it, life is not always cute. Life's hard. Life throws us some punches from time to time and sometimes all we really want to do is pull on the sweats and comfy t's. 

But as luck would have it this past weekend I went to The Yellow Daisy Festival. 

I've gone the past three years with my friend 'L.' She and I get there right when it opens and we "book it" the whole day. Of course, when we got to this booth I had to take a little break to wander around inside to find this: 

I love this saying. I am very much in Plan B right now. The problem is, I don't know what Plan B is. So maybe it's okay if I am in pjs a day or so. But at least I am going to try and look cute, because maybe I can handle myself a little better if I do. 

too much on my plate

I haven't posted in over a week! Yikes. There's been a lot going on outside of blogworld that has taken my mind off of things over here and likewise off of actual creating. Now, I'm left with that feeling of "too much on my plate." 

And I don't mean in the literal sense. I can handle the yummy stuff. 

Like this delicious end of summer pasta. Really, that's it's name, and it was so yummy. 

Or some homemade banana pudding- mmm.

And of course, some more cupcakes - The Atlanta Cupcake Factory, The Highlands

(yep, there was a 4th one, sorry it didn't make the pic)

I know, I know, this isn't a food blog. But a girl has to eat, right? I mean, we all eat, so what's the harm. And well, when stepping out into the world after some rough days, what's also the harm in looking cute?!

Excuse the messy bathroom. I am linking this to Lindsey's wiww (what I wore Wednesday)

(sorry I only have one day instead of a week)

shirt - target

flowers on shirt - petal pushers from the pleated poppy

pants - old (not old navy, just old)

shoes - nine west, dsw

ring - awesome, a friend makes them

Hopefully now I can get back to creating...thanks for staying tuned through this brief interruption. :)