“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.




















Nerds on Parade
“I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends”. ~Nancie J. Carmody
This is the second night of BlissDom. It is far different than 24 hours prior when I sobbed in my room over an open bottle of wine and See’s chocolates, threatening to leave. More on that joy tomorrow. But for now, we are nerds. Adorable, fun, semi-drunk unless you’re Allison over there who parties like a Mormon. Which is to say she was out later than I and not nearly as full of Makers Mark. Smart girl.
Thanks, Mishi for the photo!