Put a Bow on It

Not sure if you've been paying attention, but Urban Outfitters has been having a 50% off sale sale about every other week now. I used to only take advantage of these sales on Memorial Day weekend or Labor Day weekend, before online shopping was a big thing, and a trip to the Crocker Park UO was a reward. NOW it seems like they are always running one of these sales, so I guess it's not as special. 

In any case, during a more recent sale, I picked out this jumpsuit (#notsponsored). I didn't have super high hopes for it 1) because I'm pregnant and 2) I'm never really sure sizing (ESPECIALLY with jumpsuits). But, dang, did this jumpsuit deliver. It's super comfortable (even pregnant), and the stripes are a subtle chambray.

I layered it over a chambray button-down and under a vintage jacket for a recent workshop with Goodwill Akron, and I was as comfortable as two comfortable things in a comfortable place. The only downfall was wearing white to a teacup garden workshop, as well as a rainy day egg hunt beforehand. Oh well.  

Denim Button-Down, Jacket: Thrifted, Jumpsuit: Urban Outfitters, Flats: A New Day

But back to the UO sale: as I was trying on all of my purchases as they were delivered, I challenged myself to think of multiple ways to style the pieces I wanted to keep (I actually started this exercise before my pieces arrived and was a little disappointed when I had to return about half of what I picked out for various reasons because I'd already come up with a bunch of fun ways to style them). 

For this jumpsuit, I'm excited to style it in the following ways:

• With a Blazer and high tops 

• Layered over a T-shirt with flats/high tops

• By itself

• Winterized: similar to the above, or with ankle boots, a turtleneck and a wool blazer

How do you decide if something is worth it? 

Short Pants and a LONG Vest

This might sound like a weird styling tip, but have you ever decided on a piece of outerwear because of the armpits? No. Just me? Cool. However, that is how I landed on this vest instead of the other, beautiful white vest I scored at the Maplewood Boutique Fashion Show recently. 

Here's the story: I'm pretty sure I got this shirt dress from UO a size or two too big. I did it on purpose so I could wear this shirt through the remainder of my pregnancy and after the baby comes, however, the armpits on this shirt are very loose. Which makes layering something over this shirt almost impossible. Lucky for me, this black vest doesn't really have armpits. The front and back are only connected by a belt that links from side to side (I asked Adam to photograph this feature, and the only photo he took, my eyes were closed). Lack of armpits means layer away over over-sized shirts! To be fair, I liked the black with the black trousers best anyway, but the armpit thing really was the deciding factor.

Shirt Dress: Urban Outfitters, Vest: Maplewood Boutique, Trousers: Old Navy,
Flats: Yellow Cake, Necklace: Vintage

It's a good thing the armpit scenario helped me pick out a vest for this #ootd because Adam was no help. He told me my outfit was "too avant garde" for him. Usually he's able to help me in a styling conundrum, but not this time. Oh well. 

Maplewood Boutique Fashion Show 2019

This past weekend, a local mobile boutique, Maplewood Boutique, hosted a fashion show. Now that I have a child, I have to plan things years in advance, so the minute I found out about the show I grabbed a ticket. Fashion shows in Akron are pretty rare, although, this month, there are TWO (Noto will be hosting their's in a few weeks). In any event, the Maplewood Boutique Fashion Show was a great excuse to connect with friends and other local fashion lovers and do some shopping (not to mention, indulge in a virgin Bloody Mary). I haven't been able to shop their stuff since their Grand Opening event last year, when I scored the floral, yellow wrap dress you see so often in my Instagram stories, so I was able to grab some great new pieces that I likely would have missed out on because I struggle with getting out of the house on the weekends (sans child).

I brought my real camera to possibly take photos during the event, but chickened out, so here are some shots I snapped with my phone (because that's more socially acceptable :/) 

And in case you were wondering, here is what I wore!

Denim Jacket: Thrifted, Turtleneck: JCrew, Dress: Urban Outfitters, Bag/Boots: Zara

I went v. casual with this lewk, because A) the show was on a Sunday and B) it was an early afternoon/brunch fashion show, which just might be my new favorite type of fashion show, btw. Unfortunately, it was not warm enough to wear my yellow dress from MB, but I think it's OK. I never really know what the "rules" are for fashion show dressing, and tend to ignore them anyway, because....this is Akron. 

Denim, Denim, Denim

I've probably asked this before, but I'm asking again: is there such a thing as too much denim? I'm going with "no". I guess maybe swapping out my shirt with a denim button-down might have pushed the denim limit, but as long as it's a different shade of denim, I think we're good. 

Me: Denim Jacket, High Tops: Thrifted, Turtleneck: Jcrew Factory, Jeans: Forever 21,
Belt Bag: Zara, Bandana: Free, Sunglasses: Big Fun
Harvey: Plaid shirt: Gifted (Old Navy), Striped shirt: Gifted (Petit Bateau), Khaki Pants: Borrowed,
Socks: Old Navy

I thought I wrote about my recent obsession with wide-leg trousers, but I guess not! So I'll share here: recently, I went through a wide-leg trousers phase - wide-leg dress pants, wide-leg jeans. I don't know where this obsession came from, but I found myself on the hunt for some wide leg jeans. I found this pair of wide-leg jeans at Forever 21, and they are pretty great. They go well with my new belt bag from Zara that I'm obsessed with. And Harvey steals the show, so it doesn't really matter what I'm wearing.