Girl From the North Country: floral

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Intrinsic

There's something so essential about being outside. I'm from a place where you take two steps out the front door and you're in the wild, so going to parks and walking on pavement are newer experiences to me, that I sometimes have to work hard to enjoy. Though, no matter where I go, the sky never changes - And there's something about a sunny sky that calls for a pretty skirt and a little bare skin. It's only natural.

Pushing Up Daisies

From the time I was born, my closet has always been adorned with 90s fashions. You can imagine how excited I am now that the 90s are so heavily coming back into fashion. Finally, the look is attainable at every store I walk into. (The only problem is this is happening at a time when I have absolutely no money to spend on clothes. Oh well.) I bought this dress (for an extremely reasonable price) at H&M two days ago. As soon as I saw it I was like, "I need this. I need to wear this with a plaid shirt and Doc Martens." I love it when you see something, and immediately get a 'vision' for the item. Luckily, I have a couple different visions for this dress. As well as the other one just like I bought, in another print. No wonder I'm broke.

Plaid Flannel Shirt - Urban Outfitters (Similar here) | Daisy Dress - H&M (On sale now!) | 1460s - Doc Martens |

Last Kiss

I have an abnormally large collection of thigh high socks for someone who rarely wears them. Today, because of the gloomy weather clashing with my sunny day mentality, I decided a pair of thigh socks would be the perfect thing to keep my floral romper cozy. I love the look of a short hemline, long socks, and a long sweater. The juxtaposition of abnormal lengths is something that I always love in an outfit. I've had this cardigan for a long time, and it's probably the coziest thing I own. I was really excited to have an opportunity to style it up a bit. Working the outfit with my Jeffrey Campbell minimal lace ups was the cherry on top of a cute rainy day ensemble for me. Unfortunately, none of these items except the shoes are still being sold. Sometimes I shy away from items I know aren't sold any more because it means it's less fun for you guys, but I think what's more important is me giving you outfits that I think are truly, well, cute! I'm not ready to kiss these items goodbye just yet.

What do you think of knee high socks? Do you have any items you just can't get rid of?

Romper - Urban Outfitters | Cardigan - Cardigan | Socks - H&M | Minimal Lace Up Heel - Free People

Perfect Summer

This skirt.

Is my favorite thing.

Head to toe Free People today, guys! This skirt has been on my wishlist for so long now; every variation, and every color of it has been added to my Free People wishlist and I can finally cross it off my (really long) list! I happened into Free People (Yeah, right. That never happens. I happened to plan to go to Free People and not tell my boyfriend about it until we were already there.) yesterday and saw this skirt on sale. Having $1.00 to my name, I figured it would be best to wait and order it online. Plot twist! It isn't on sale online! After I found that information out, I made the command decision that this skirt should be my very first ever credit card purchase. I'm feeling very adult, and very confident in my new skirt. I justified the purchase by telling myself it is the absolute perfect summer time skirt, and when I think about it now, I didn't have one of those! So no regrets here. :)

Skirt - Free People | Bra - Free People | Tank - Free People | Lace Up Heel - Free People | Necklace - Urban Outfitters

Cherry Bomb

On my way to take a walk with Matt and take blog pictures, my camera died! I'm so glad it did. I was originally wearing a totally different outfit that I wasn't that excited about, but it did the trick. So what we ended up doing was going to check out a thrift store while my camera charged, and I found this beautiful vintage dress for only $20! I am so excited about it. I've owned it for a total of two hours, and I can already tell you it's my new favorite dress. I have been craving something cherry red, and this cute floral midi did just the trick! I've also been dying for the perfect button front dress for seriously YEARS. I feel so 90s and so confident in this dress, especially after I paired it with my Doc Marten boots. I absolutely love it when I'm able to find the perfect item thrifting, and for a great price!