Dress Weather

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Melissa

It seems that spring is here in Central Virginia! The highs are in the upper 60s today and tomorrow and in the upper 70s into the weekend! Eeeeeeeeeee!!! It’s my favorite kind of weather–dress weather!

In the summer, I wear skirts and dresses almost every day. I’m not much of a shorts girl, but I love how girly a dress feels. Check out Zara’s colorful dress collection for spring! I think I’m in love!

The dresses run about $60 each, which isn’t too bad at all! For some odd reason, I have $37 as my cut off point where I really think about whether or not I want to spend money on an item of clothing. Like somehow, if it’s more than that, I really need to love it or be able to find multiple ways to wear it to justify purchasing it. For dresses, though, I think of them as a more complete outfit. For any other outfit, I would have to buy 2 pieces (a top and a bottom) to make it work, so $60 for a dress is kind of a bargain, right?

Does this logic make sense or am I just justifying???

Anyway, here are my 2 favs from the collection. Definitely worth $60 each, methinks!

Flirty Floral--love the green heels with this!

Girly pink--I love how the green peeks out underneath the sleeves on this one

What are you coveting for spring?

Do you have a “cut off” amount for clothing purchases? What are you willing to spend more on?

The Loot!

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Melissa

Since we are very busy with preparations for my mom’s book launch party this afternoon, I thought I’d do a quick post to share my shopping loot with you!

First up, from Ann Taylor LOFT:

A cute flowery tee with beads and, I don’t know, tulle? embelishments. Cute on it’s own or with this little jacket:

Mom liked it, too, so we decided we could get the same thing!

No worries, this is the first and only time we’ll be wearing it together!

I also picked out this sleeveless top that I’m totally in love with!

I am really digging all of the cute corals in stores for spring! This will be great for work, but also cute with jeans for the weekend!

I may or may not keep this little jacket I got to go with:

What do you think??? Opinions, please!

Forever 21 also had about a million adorable things, too! I love how inexpensive it is there! For instance, this whole ensemble was $21!

Loving these nautical colors! I can’t wait until it’s warm enough to wear shorts–I have a feeling it won’t be too much longer in Richmond!

Last, but not least, more nautical stripes!

I have a wide white belt at home that I think will be super cute with this one!

With that, I will take you whenever you’d like to arrive for good, Spring!

Well, I’m off to celebrate with this lady:

Hello published author lady!

My plane doesn’t leave until 10 tonight, so I’ll be home suuuuuuuper late. Hopefully, I’ll have time for a launch party post, but if not, I’ll catch you all tomorrow!