Four eyes

Every now and then I spend a day wearing my glasses instead of my contacts. I wore glasses for about five years before I got tired of how they looked on my face, and how they made my vision clear when looking straight ahead, but blurry when looking down, so I switched to contacts.

This was my church outfit for Sunday. I wasn't feeling great, so I decided to forgo heels in favor of sandals. Sickness is one of the few things in the world that makes me willing to wear sensible shoes.

White top: H&M

Gray cardigan: Gap

Floral skirt: thrifted from Village Merchants

Brown sandals: Nordstrom Rack

Pink necklace: vintage, gift from my grandma

Brown belt: thrifted

Pink bracelet: H&M

I'm linking this post up to Monday Mingle and Watch What I'm Wearing.

Pink heels

I realized this weekend that my weekends aren't very restful. They're generally full of social events and meals out and lots of driving, when at heart I'm really just a girl who likes to hang out at home with her husband and her dog. But weekends are always the best time to hang out with people who I don't usually get to see, and that usually involves lots of driving, and then that ends up with us eating out because I'm too exhausted to cook anything.

This outfit was what I wore for our weekly Sunday church and Costco trip. I think it was the first time I'd worn these heels since my friends' wedding in April, and I forgot how difficult they are to walk in! I honestly can't believe I wore them for about eight hours back then without twisting my ankle or toppling over. They're cute, but wobbly. I have plenty of shoes that fit that description, so apparently the quality I care about most in a pair of shoes is "cute."

Well hello, random guy who decided to stare at me while walking past during our photo shoot...

Gray shirt: Forever 21

Floral skirt: thrifted from Village Merchants

Jean jacket: thrifted from Rerun

Hot pink shoes: Steve Madden, from Marshall's

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Hair clip: gift from a friend

Pink necklace: gift from my grandma

Embroidered bracelet: thrifted from Village Merchants

Embroidered belt: Scandinavian Midsummer Festival in Astoria

An evening stroll

After spending nearly all of Memorial Day lounging around the house, Josh and I took Onyx out in the evening for a walk up to a nearby park. Now, I love my dog, and like any dog owner think he's the smartest, funniest, cutest dog in the whole world, but man, he was such a brat on that walk. First, he kept trying to eat sticks and garbage. Then he woofed at two people who walked past us. (Okay, so that was actually kind of funny, but I didn't want them to think he was going to attack them. At the most, he would have attacked them with kisses.) And then when we tried to take photos of him and us, he kept trying to climb on top of the hedges in these photos. So we just tied him up to a nearby post and took the photos anyway.

The pattern mixing in this outfit felt very intuitive - I think it worked so well because the top and skirt both contained red. Plus, in my opinion it's hard to go wrong combining stripes and floral print.

Lately I've been trying to use the manual focus on my camera more, but I have such crappy vision that I can't necessarily tell whether the object I'm photographing is in focus. This flower pictured above was one of the few nature photos that turned out well on our walk.

Red striped shirt: Old Navy

Floral skirt: thrifted, hemmed by me

Jean jacket: thrifted from Rerun

Espadrilles: Ann Taylor Loft (about six years ago)

Necklace: possibly American Eagle Outfitters

Red belt: free from my aunt

Blue bracelet: Dress Barn

A picnic in the countryside

This outfit was a bit of a fashion hodgepodge (gingham! floral! embroidered belt! bright wedges that don't really match anything!), but I liked it. I've been displeased with many of my outfits lately, so it was satisfying to finally hit on one that felt sufficiently quirky and interesting.

My family went on an early Memorial Day picnic on Saturday because it was supposed to be the nicest day over the weekend, but it was still a bit chilly so I layered some long-sleeved tops and brought a blanket to wrap around my bare legs while sitting at the picnic table. Then we went on a short hike - and yes, I wore these heels, which just proves how comfortable they are. (Or how stubborn I am. Or how determined I am to look stylish even in the woods.)

Blue sweater: Anthropologie

Gingham shirt: J. Crew

Floral skirt: thrifted from Village Merchants

Blue and green wedges: Nine West from Nordstrom Rack

Purple necklace: gift from my aunt

Embroidered belt: Scandinavian Midsummer Festival in Astoria