Behind the Buildings (Swap)

It’s my first swap post – yay! Elana may be regretting having offered up this dress (seen here) because she won’t see it for a little while with so many of us requesting it, but we’re all pretty thrilled! I feel like I don’t actually own any cute cardis or blazers (like Elana & Jessica), so I went with a pretty simple look, making it slightly more “fall-themed” with my green tights. I am so happy to take the tights out of hibernation, it sure is fun spicing up an outfit with them! Now I’ve just got to dig out a few sweaters and get on top of this layering thing. I'm trying to show off my favorite earrings I never wear and realized you can see a bit of my bald spot. The earrings are from when we went to Taxco to buy the $5 wedding bands we wear daily to this day, and the bald spots (one on each side) of course have been with me for some time longer and sometimes make bang-less buns a bit odd-looking. I suppose I'd only be a quick, few-quick, photoshop process, unlike this elaborate masterpiece, but that'd be too sneaky and I already have one confession... Confession: Elana’s dress did not fit me at all… it’s actually only zipped up about halfway in the back. You can tell the collar doesn’t connect in the back in the close-ups, but my guess was that if I wouldn’t have mentioned it you wouldn’t have noticed. Would you have? Sure I could have put something over it, but I just decided to not show you the back because I’m sneaky like that. Yep that's right friends, don't trust your children with me and definitely not your pets... Really though, this pattern totally rocks, the little collar/cut is great and the color is perfect and one I don't think I've ever worn, so why not pretend and play dress up? This is certainly how I would have worn it out and about were it my size. Here's how Elana and Jessica wore it - both such little cuties (who actually fit it : )! So I just may have to go thrifting (again) this weekend with hopes of scoring some neutrals after this dress! I hope you enjoy your weekends everyone, we're rejoicing in the cool air with windows wide open over here and dreaming up an afternoon hike : ).