• Red, white and blue

    navy bag and shoes

    My first job, other than babysitting, was at Express during the holidays. At first we were allowed to wear whatever we wanted, but as it got closer to Christmas, we were required to buy four specific articles of clothing from the store — black courdroy pants, a white long-sleeved T-shirt, a dark gray v-neck wool […]

  • Gray and pink

    While the rest of the country has been slammed with record amounts of snow and teeth-chatteringly low temperatures, Southern California has been sunny and beautiful. Then, it rained. And people freaked OUT. I did not freak out, but I did use the opportunity to wear my pirate galoshes. I got them for about $20 a […]

  • Aztec print

    My middle school’s mascot was the Aztec, and since I was a middle-school cheerleader, I thought maybe I should include a cheer to go along with this Aztec-print dress. But… all of our cheers were pretty generic. Sorry. This dress is definitely not generic — I got it at a really cute boutique in Florida, […]

  • Turtles and horses

    I had been thinking I didn’t have any outfit photos to post, because of the move and working from home. But I had forgotten about the day of Toby’s change of command ceremony. I’m sorta squinty, but Toby looks super cute, of course. Marines have the best uniforms. After the ceremony, we went over to […]

  • Mother’s Day

    When I was a baby, my mom would take me to the mall in my stroller every day. All of the salesgirls knew us. I’m sure that contributed to my love of shopping, but it was probably more the fact that everything my mom wears (and buys for me) is fabulous. That and all the […]