Swallows

blouse & ring: c/o oasap, skirt & wedges: thrifted

Happpy Friday! I hope you all are well. :) I'm pretty much exhausted from this week, which is not abnormal these days. Of course, as I've already told you guys, the big Showcase for my school is tomorrow, so this weekend will not be very relaxing unfortunately. Hopefully tonight I'll just attempt to chill with Nat and not do much in hopes of recharging. Do Fridays ever feel like the most difficult day to you? I'm beginning to think more and more that they are for me...

I received this darling blouse and ring (shown below) from Oasap on Wednesday and couldn't wait to wear them yesterday. I love the nearly-sheer quality of the blouse and I'm sure it will get a lot of wear in the upcoming months. It's not too warm so it will work well for spring. Because of the pattern, I decided to tone down the rest of the outfit and stick to classic black. Not bad! I hope your weekend is beautiful! xx

currently listening to... Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Demure Amaranth

dress: vintage, thrifted, heels: mom's, thrifted, sweater: costco, belt: goodwill, coat: target, scarf: vintage

Taking these photos yesterday, I utilized some advice that I got from Delightfully Tacky's post about taking your own outfit photos. I've had trouble in the past with getting the camera to focus on me while using a tripod and the self timer and usually I would have to pose by a tree or a fence in order for the auto focus to be correctly aligned for when I would jump in the frame. Fortunately, after reading Elizabeth's post, I learned her trick for using the auto focus and the manual focus. While I'm not bragging about these photos or anything, I'm pretty excited for this method and I can see taking my own shots becoming easier! :) It's difficult to feel like you must rely on others to take your photos and offer up their own time.

Anyway, with time I'm sure this process will go a bit faster... because I was outside standing on the sidewalk for at least 40 minutes. Haha! I know, I know... who would spend that long doing this? I guess I would...!

A quick update for you all - this weekend is the big showcase for my school that is held once a year as the ultimate fundraiser. It will be dreadful and long because it always is (hehe) but I just wanted to let you guys know in case I don't get a post set aside for Saturday... ta ta for now! xx

currently listening to... Robert Glasper - Always Shine

M.M.

I hope you all are having a lovely Monday. It's a new week; a new start. ♥ *photo

Grand cru

skirt: swap, mousevox vintage, top: costco, cardigan: ross, purse: a gift, heels: goodwill

Yesterday I finally received two new vintage pieces from the Hummingbird Girls as part of the secondhand swap that I told you all about a few months ago. I was so excited when I pulled out this skirt and a beautiful dress (which I will be styling soon)! I figured I had to wear one of them today to church and go sans tights for the first time this year - the weather is absolutely gorgeous right now! I was entirely comfortable wearing just this, which is not typical for me. Generally I get cold pretty quick.

My mom helped me out with these photos after church so thanks mom! ♥ Also, so just yesterday evening, my friend Jessica gave me a very belated Christmas gift of this purse - it's seriously the coolest thing ever! It's an old cigar box that someone turned into a purse. In addition, there is a mirror on the inside and red velvet - so I'm thinking that I will also use it as a jewelry box or something when I'm not wearing it as a purse! Isn't it so quirky and interesting? I hope you all have a relaxing Sunday! xx

currently listening to... Cake - Hem Of Your Garment

Parkview Quality

dress: urban outfitters, button-up: j. crew, cardigan: vintage, booties: thrifted, belt: goodwill

Hey friends. :) As you can see, I'm wearing my lovely new frames again - and probably am going to continue to! I'm enjoying them this far, so why stop? I do need to drop by LensCrafters and get them tightened a bit though, because they are slipping around a bit more than I'd like them to. Anyway, I love what they add to my outfits. You know what I mean?

I don't want to dwell on it here on the blog, but I haven't had the best couple of days. Stress and fears and worries are getting to me. But I'll be fine. Thanks for supporting me, dears. ♥ I hope you all have a great week so far, and I'm guessing we are all pretty glad that tomorrow's Friday...! xx (P.S. Happy March!)

currently listening to... Bon Iver - Hinnom, TX