“Souls wouldn’t wear suits and ties, they’d wear blue jeans and sit cross-legged with a glass of red wine.” ~Carrie Latet
Me packing for DC: Ok here are some black pants and a black shirt and a black blazer and black shoes and let’s throw this shit in a black bag with some pearls and call it a day, mmmkay?
Me packing for a Blog Conference: Okay, let’s start with a Google Doc spreadsheet, color code it and highlight by outfit. And by outfit I mean day outfits vs. night outfits and perhaps we should try everything on before leaving to make sure that this shoe looks perfect with this dress and let’s have a spontaneous Movie Montage Outfit Party. [Insert your favorite 80's song here]
Packing for conferences makes me twitchy. Real life is easy and bland and so very ordinary. I once wore a yellow sweater and someone was all “YELLOW! That’s different!” I own a pink coat and you should see the looks I get when I walk through the Rayburn Building. But when it comes to blog conference with the 5D Mark IIs with the giant flashes, I go all out. I like to have fun. I like to incorporate color into my wardrobe without someone being all so you wore black with red? Interesting.
So here’s what I wore during BlissDom this past week. Good times. Even gooder (yes, I said that) shoes.
Wednesday Night
Tunic – Old Navy
Boots – Annies via Endless (wide-calf, baby!)
Ring – Anthropologie
Thursday Day
Sweater, Dress/Tunic if you’re not a size 4, necklace – All J.Crew
Thursday Night
Gold top – Gap
Necklace – Anthropologie
Earrings – Musette Made Etsy shop
Sparkly flats – Banana Republic
Tattoo – Poor decision making at age 17
Friday – Speaking!
Wrap Dress – Banana Republic
Earrings – Kenneth Cole
Scarf – Mustard Seed in Bethesda
Shoes – Nine West via Endless
Friday Night
Sweatshirt – via my brilliant mother. Not sure where she got it but my goal is to just to own a lot of Salinger stuff and/or things that make me look smart and literary.
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Ooh! Now I’m even more disappointed to have missed Blissdom. We could have hung out!
And I love the bug necklaces.
@Poppy Buxom: Didn’t you attend last year? I thought I saw that. Regardless, I didn’t realize I had such a thing for bug necklaces until I apparently started collecting them. But they’re fun and always a conversation starter, so I rock them.
The boots! Two thumbs up on the boots.
Won’t you come to Texas and style me? I could use a little help.
Very snazzy, one and all!! Woo hoo!!
The Salinger shirt is via Out of Print Clothing. Love their stuff. Covet the Pride & Prejudice t-shirt. I also really like the bug necklaces.
Damn. Those bootie-heels at the end? Damn.
I didn’t even know you had a tattoo — what did your mother say when you came home with it?
I have two tattoos! And how my mother reacted to both is an excellent story for later.
you are great!
How cute are you with all your cute ass outfits?! Love the striped tunic with the ring. Wish we could’ve hung out at Blissdom- hope it was great for you!
Dang, lady, you are so stylish!!
ummm….gooder is EXACTLY how i would describe those shoes and boots. love them.