• Butterflies and braids

    For my 16th birthday, I got an awesome butterfly necklace from Delia*s. Man, I loved that necklace. It was an embroidered butterfly on this black rubber-looking base, with a metal bead chain. I wore it constantly (including in my senior portraits), until it disappeared. My mom probably got sick of me wearing it and threw […]

  • Purple rain

    Today was one of those dreary, gray days that isn’t actually super rainy but just feels sort of blah. I did bust out a lot of gray, but I wanted to brighten things up a bit with a purple dress. And I needed something semi-warm, since it was a bit chilly. Please excuse the random […]

  • Anchors and dots

    Even though I went to Georgia and will always root for the Bulldogs, I felt like I had to become a Navy fan when we moved to Annapolis a few years ago and lived at the Naval Academy. We had season tickets our first year, and then Toby was a company officer at the academy […]

  • Work clothes

    It can be really, really hard to get dressed for work in the morning. Especially for women. I know I am almost constantly trying to figure out what is appropriate and professional and what is not, and dress codes like “business casual” or “business dress” don’t help. Many of the places I’ve worked have been […]