Variations on a theme: Pink and blue

I thought it would be interesting to go through the archives and take a look at the pink and blue outfit combos I've had since starting this blog. I've been wearing pink and blue a lot lately, and I've found it to be a really flexible pairing and a great alternative to the patriotic-skewing blue and red. So, you know. Here they are.

































If you're interested in SIA, I'm still accepting submissions! Email me with your photo by the end of business tomorrow and you'll be included!

Baking for the sake of baking

Necklace: J.Crew Outlet | Top: J.Crew Outlet | Belt: Target | Skirt: Talbots | Wedges: Payless

It is officially fall. Not because I wore boots (when it was still 85), and not because it's cooler outside (because it isn't). But I've dusted off my tried and true pumpkin cookie recipe (per E.) and there are approximately four dozen cookies curing in the oven as I type this. The hard part is going to be keeping them away from my parents long enough for them to cool.

Sometimes

Cardigan: Target | Dress: Target | Belt: Target | Wedges: Shoe Carnival

Above: sometimes you have to be aggressive with your tripod.

Below: sometimes you have to take a stroller offroading in a corn maze.

Explains it all

SIA: PSA

I'm hosting SIA this week! Yesssss. Here's my pick:



Watson and the Shark, John Singleton Copley, 1778
Oil on canvas

The original version of this painting is housed at the National Gallery of Art, and it is massive. (I have a thing for big paintings.) I was both thrilled and overwhelmed this first time I saw this painting, and I spend a good amount of time looking at it every time I'm at the NGA. There's something so visually appealing about the contrast between light and dark, the highlighting, the romanticization of the incident. It's lovely. Well, aside from the shark's eye. It's like a bad rendering of Jaws.

Send me your submissions (and accompanying links, if you've posted about SIA!) by the night (EST) of October 8th. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Also, you know. For kicks.

Pals

Necklace: JCPenney | Top: Target | Skirt: Talbots | Heels: Urban Outfitters

Jehossee is 27 and I've had him for the last 7 of those, and known him for the last 15. It's insane to think that he was 12 when I met him, that I was 11, and now I'm 26 and he's still alive and really, for all intensive purposes, thriving. End of life care is not easy, ever, but it seems to be completely different for horses than for humans. It varies little from general equine care. More medicines and supplements for arthritis and laminitis and weight loss. Maybe a different feed with higher fat content that is easier to chew. Something with molasses. But for a Thoroughbred--for any horse, really--Jehossee has done really well. His quality of life and happiness level are both very high, and I'm so thankful. Because I'm a sucker for any guy with big brown eyes and a sense of humor.

Watch it

Top: J.Crew Outlet | Belt: Target | Skirt: Old Navy | Wedges: Payless

Just fyi, The Mindy Project is hilarious.