Lavender Girl

Hey lovelies!

Sorry for the hiatus...it's been a couple weeks since I've last blogged. I recently just purchased a camera and an LA photographer has reached out to me so I can finally get back to dedicating a lot of time to updating. It's crazy how much adapting and adjusting you have to do when you move across the country...I haven't even opened a bank account yet! But I'm slowly getting everything together.

One of my favorite things about this beautiful California weather is having an excuse to wear little light dresses like this stunning lavender one. Okay so I'll use the west coast weather as an excuse but honestly it's to avoid wearing pants (I'm not especially fond of them). I had a little bit of a splurge shopping spree at Urban Outfitters the other day and found a few of these pieces. I started off laying this lavender dress with a black bralette and my new favorite jacket (I love the sparkly beaded details of this mesh sequin jacket)!  I even braided my hair. But towards the end of shooting I just wanted to take off all the layers. I let my hair down (it's always wild, so I felt more like myself) and wanted to focus on just how flowy and delicate the dress is. What do you think?

I hope things have been going well on your side of things!! I'm off to enjoy the weekend!

xo,
Maddie

Outfit Details:
Sequin Jacket: Urban Outfitters
Dress: Urban Outfitters
Bralette: Urban Outfitters
Boots: Vintage

Vintage Floral

Happy Wednesday!

I cannot believe it's already April!! I'm really looking forward to this month...I'm going to concerts and booking my one-way flight to LA this week and possibly a mini trip to Florida to visit my uncle! I'm honestly just very stoked about starting new adventures.

Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous! It was 70 degrees and the sun was shining. I'm so excited that it's getting warmer here and I can finally start wearing all of my beautiful vintage dresses! I bought this one five years ago at a Goodwill in my hometown. I love the dark blue color and the lovely flower designs. I'm also obsessed with the length of this dress, it's kind of asymmetrical (a result of me putting it through the dryer...yikes). Although it was really warm yesterday, it was insanely windy and I was happy I didn't have to hold down my dress the entire day to avoid mooning all of Pittsburgh. I think my favorite thing about this dress is how I feel when I'm wearing it. I feel so elegant and feminine whenever I slip this beauty on.





That's all for now, thanks for checking in!
xo,
maddie

Outfit Details:
Dress: Vintage
Heels: Secondhand
Belt: Forever 21

Suede Sunday

Happy Monday lovelies!

I hope you all had a wonderful and exciting weekend! I spent Saturday and Sunday with my boyfriend, which is always the nicest thing. We live about thirty minutes away from each other and really only get to see each other on weekends. When we get to spend time together we love to cook dinner, introduce each other to new music we're obsessing over and watch movies/tv shows we enjoy. He's an artist and I adore coming over and seeing the paintings he's been working on throughout weekdays. Our time is also spent playing with the adorable rottweiler he's sitting for his family friend (she's roaming around Southeast Asia for the month)

Yesterday we went out to lunch with his parents. The place is called D's Six Pax & Dogz. It's a bar restaurant that has delicious American food (hotdogs, hamburgers, hot wings, etc) and a wide variety of beer. It was so nice getting to catch up with his family and discuss his dad's latest oil painting and his sister's fast-approaching wedding

This is the outfit I decided to wear out to lunch. This grey dress from H&M has become my new favorite item in my closet! I just love how simple it is, in which case I can dress it up or keep it casual. I recently received these gorgeous green suede boots in the mail and I've been wearing them consistently for the past two weeks. These cute booties add the perfect pop to any fall outfit. I decided to tie the look together with a two-tone belt, black stockings, floral scarf, leather jacket, and these emerald suede boots!

Floral Infinity Scarf- Burlington Coat Factory
Two-Tone Belt- H&M
Faux Leather Jacket- Forever21

Emerald Suede Booties- O'neill Taylor BootsStockings- Urban Outfitters

It always takes me awhile to get back into my 9-5 weekly routine after having an incredible weekend.  I'm chugging coffee this morning to perk up. Moreover, my boss is in Puerto Rico this whole week and things will be pretty slow here. I'll need all the caffeine I can possibly get...

Thanks for checking in! I sincerely hope you're all indulging in this beautiful weather so far.

xo,
maddie