Party dress

I unintentionally took a vacation from my blog last week. Normally I have a low-key life full of lots of free time, but last week was nuts. First, I started taking a tax class at H&R Block so that I can become a certified tax preparer, and for the first time in seven years I had to spend my nights doing homework. Then on Wednesday I got to be an extra on the TV show Portlandia! (If you watch the show, keep an eye out for the scene with the communal table - I'm the girl in the beige lace dress with a red and sweaty face. It was freaking hot under all those lights.) Then on Friday we took off for a weekend at the beach with some friends. I actually really enjoyed last week, but it left me with hardly any down time.

This outfit was from a week ago - I wore it to a three-year-old's birthday party. She speaks French as well as English, and likes to snack on brie and crackers and edamame. So basically, she's more sophisticated than I am.

Dress: vintage, gift from my mom

Black faux leather jacket: Forever 21

Gold sandals: Asos

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx
Earrings: purchased at a church craft fair

Bracelet: gift, from Italy

Pink, blue and green

I wore this outfit on Friday to go out to lunch with Josh and his coworkers. It was a perfect outfit for the hot weather we've been having here lately - and by hot I mean like 85 degrees. So not actually that hot, except by Oregon standards.

Blue and green top: Anthropologie

Gray cardigan: Gap

Pink shorts: Loft

Gold sandals: Asos

Silver hoop earrings: free from my aunt

Both bracelets: H&M

Relaxed weekend

The heat this past weekend was ridiculous. Portland finally broke not only 90 degrees, but 100 degrees as well. Thankfully my parents have a pool, so we headed over there on Saturday with Onyx to have a BBQ and go swimming. (There are some photos of that at the bottom of this post.) We also got to watch Portlander Galen Rupp win the silver medal in the men's 10,000 meter race, which was very exciting! We don't have a TV, so the only chances we've had to watch the Olympics are at other people's houses, or while in the fitness center of our building.

This outfit was actually from Sunday, but it was still crazy hot then, too. The jacket was purely for air-conditioned buildings; I only wore it for about a minute for these photos.

Floral shirt: Marshall's

Pink shorts: Loft

Jean jacket: thrifted from Rerun

Gold sandals: Asos

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Blue earrings and bracelet: B. Lee Designs, gift from my aunt

Gold necklace: Evidence Jewelry, won in a giveaway

Here was my church outfit from Sunday. Our pictures were turning out horribly (that's what you get when you try to take photos at noon on a sunny day, and are forced to take them in the underbrush just so you get some shade), so we gave up, but I salvaged one halfway decent photo to show you guys:

Here are a few fun photos from our Saturday! Onyx had a blast jumping in the pool about a hundred times, eating blueberries off the bush, and harassing my parents' dog Lucy (fourth photo down):

Pink, black and gold

Portland has yet to reach 90 degrees this year. The highs this summer have been in the mid-80s, which is nice, because when the weather gets any hotter than that all I want to do is lay on the couch with the a/c on full blast. It was 85 degrees yesterday, which was just pleasant enough for an evening stroll to a nearby farmer's market to buy some pints of raspberries. I did try to wear as little as possible, though, because 85 degrees is still pretty toasty for us in the northwest. I liked this outfit despite its simplicity - the jewelry and the sandals made it interesting.

Pink shorts: Loft

Black tank top: Target

Gold sandals: Asos

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Gold necklace: Evidence Jewelry, won in a giveaway

Pink bracelet: H&M

Embroidered bracelet: thrifted from Village Merchants

Black and white on a summer evening

Here's an outfit from yet another one of our evening strolls - we can't seem to stay indoors on these beautiful summer evenings, and we also can't stay away from Salt & Straw. (On this trip we shared scoops of double-fold vanilla and mixed berries - some of the more normal flavors there.)

Striped shirt: Target

Black and white shorts: Loft

Gold sandals: Asos

White purse: free from my aunt

White necklace: H&M

The other day I went to Pix Patisserie in SE Portland with my mom and brother. If you're in the area you really should stop by - the desserts may be expensive, but they're delicious little works of art. My mom got the Shazam, which is the wavy chocolate tower in the middle below, and I got the macarons pictured at the bottom (pistachio, blackcurrant, and salted caramel).

Pink

This is one of those outfits where I don't have much to say about it, other than: I loved it, it was comfortable, and it was weather-appropriate (a combination that doesn't always happen with my outfits - usually one of those components is missing).

Pink shirt: Old Navy

Pink skirt: Zara

Gold sandals: Asos

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

White necklace: H&M

Pink bracelet: H&M

Gold sandals

I hope all you Americans had a nice Independence Day yesterday! My holiday was spent working for three hours, getting horribly ill, and going home early to spend the rest of the day lying in bed. Yuck.

This was an outfit from a few days ago when Josh and I took an evening stroll (and, naturally, stopped at Salt & Straw - I got the amazing pear and blue cheese ice cream). I just got these sandals from Asos a week ago, and I love them. At first the soles were a bit slick and I was worried they'd be a hazard to walk in, but after a day of wearing them they built up some traction. And for those of you in the market for gold sandals, they're on sale for $12 now!

I realize you can't really see my eyes in this photo, and I tried to fix it in Photoshop but made it worse, so let's just pretend I'm wearing something cool like a superhero eye-mask.

Green t-shirt dress: free from my aunt

Jean jacket: thrifted from Rerun

Gold sandals: Asos

Leopard print hat: Albertus Swanepoel for Target
Purse: Urban Outfitters

Gold necklace: Dress Barn

Gold bracelet: gift from my mom, from Yosemite

Brown belt: thrifted

Summertime

Outfit photos have been a rather hurried affair this week. Every day so far Josh has worked his regular eight hours, plus six or seven hours in the evening. So while we get to eat lunch and dinner together, we've hardly seen each other besides that, and that never leaves time for walking to a pretty location for photos and taking our time getting them just right. Instead, we run outside, snap about forty of them in five minutes, and I have to be satisfied with whatever we get. At least we only have a few more weeks of this crazy work schedule of his, and I can't complain about the overtime pay!

Since Portland nearly reached 80 degrees yesterday, I wore the summeriest things I could find - a lightweight dress, a shirt knotted at the waist, gold sandals, and my straw bag. I kind of felt like I was dressed for a day at the beach.

Blue and white dress: thrifted

White blouse: free from my aunt

Gold sandals: Asos

Straw purse: thrifted

White flower necklace: purchased in Oahu

Yellow bracelet: In Pink