Pink and black

I wore this dress/skirt combo around this time last year (here - one of my favorite outfits on the blog), and decided to do it again this past Sunday. We've been having shockingly warm weather here lately (it hasn't rained for nearly three months, and it's consistently been in the 70's for weeks), so I've still been able to go around with bare legs, bare arms, and in open-toed shoes. It's been great, and I'm going to miss the heat once the cold weather hits and I'm forced to wear coats and scarves and tights for seven months straight.

Dress: ModCloth

Skirt (underneath dress): gift from my aunt

Pink heels: Steve Madden from Marshall's

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Earrings: free from my aunt

Bracelet: gift from my mom, from Yosemite

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):

Another wedding

One of Josh's co-workers got married on Saturday, and I wore this to the wedding. I'm madly in love with this dress. I saw it on E from District of Chic a few weeks ago, and literally as soon as I saw it I clicked over to the Zara website and bought it. I never buy anything that impulsively, but it was so pretty I couldn't resist. Here's a tip for buying online from Zara - size up. I wasn't sure what their sizing was like, and didn't want to have to go through the hassle of having to return an ill-fitting garment via the mail, so I googled reviews and found out that their clothes tend to run small. I purchased a large instead of my usual medium, and it fits perfectly.

I promise I'm not looking for validation here, but I just have to say that I felt gorgeous in this outfit. Usually I feel interesting in my outfits, but this was one of the few where I felt downright pretty. And that got me thinking about body confidence. It's so common for people to complain about the way they look that no one thinks twice about it if they hear a woman say, "I hate the way my thighs look in these shorts." But to hear a woman say, "Wow, I look hot in this outfit" - well, a lot of people would call that vanity, and I think that's a shame. It's not like I'm not going to go around telling everyone how great I look all the time (because I think that would be vain, and also it just wouldn't be true), but every now and then I have a day where I'm completely satisfied with my appearance, and I'd like to be able to admit to that without feeling too narcissistic :)

Dress: Zara

Pink heels: Steve Madden from Marshall's

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Pink belt: Gap

Gold leaf cuff bracelet: In Pink

I'm linking up this post to Monday Mingle.

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