Kaley's Weekly Wear- A Birthday Party

Hello readers!

Today I am writing to you all from my couch. I'm sitting here in my pajamas at 11:15AM- surrounded by piles of tissues, a bottle of water, and a box of Dayquil because I am fighting something akin to a magnificent cold right now. 

That information may seem irrelevant, but it actually serves two purposes. 1. It is supposed to evoke at least a little bit of sympathy from you. 2. It should also serve as an upfront explanation; if I write anything that seems odd or doesn't make sense, please remember I'm on cold medicine.

Back on track.

This week I celebrated my roommates birthday! She turned 26, and she is as classy and lovely as ever, as you'll see in the photographs to follow. The Saturday night before her big day we threw a little party at our house. There was food, fun, and- most importantly- Dance Central. If you are not familiar with the wondrous game that is Dance Central, I would suggest you find someone who owns an X-Box 360 and Kinect (and the game, obviously) and go play. Right now. You can come back and finish this blog post later- just go.

Now, whenever my roomies and I host parties, we like to make sure we bring our A-game in the wardrobe department. Obviously, everyone who enters our front door will immediately judge us on our outfit choices, right? My sister and Mo went with classy black dresses that evening, but I decided to go with a more Southern look. I'm still not sure it would have made Joan Rivers' list of great fashion looks, but I decided to combine a dress with cowboy boots. I admire anyone who can pull that off, so I went for it. Check it out:

 Twin, Birthday Girl, Me.

Obviously you can't see the boots, but you can see the color choice. I debated for a while between a brown sweater and this blue one, and in the end I decided that more color=more fun. 

 Here they are, in all their glory. My dad got me these boots in high school, and I specifically remember analyzing whether or not I'd be able to wear them with skirts and dresses before we bought them.

This isn't part of my wardrobe. It's the cake I made for Mo. It's an ice cream cake. With margarita candles. I'm proud of it, so I wanted to go ahead and show it off. 

This is Dance Central in action. If you weren't sold already, surely you are now.

So my outfit:

Dress: Spice Village here in Waco

Sweater and Belt: Target

Giraffe Necklace: J-Crew

Boots: Cavenders

Okay, this Dayquil is really slowing me down right now. I'm looking at my computer screen with one eye shut, so I think I need to wrap this up pretty quickly.

But before I do- What items in your wardrobe have you owned for years but still wear??

What Not to Wear: Apple Picking

This last weekend, I went to a rejuvenating spa in Charlottesville, Virginia. The thing about this spa is that it wasn't so much as a spa as it was my sister-in-law's apartment. Nevertheless, it was one of those rare weekends where the air smelled sweeter as I kept making random proclamations about how relaxed I was.

Charlottesville is beautiful. It looks like this.

No, friends, you are not looking at the Shire. This is in the United States. You can go here. And you should.

Anyway, while in Charlottesville, we did something that I am now learning is very common in this quadrant of the country - we went APPLE-PICKING, an activity otherwise known as "Mormon Mardi Gras" (see the below video).

I went into apple-picking with absolute Instamind. Instamind, by the way, is when a person, intentionally or unintentionally, begins to see everything as their next Instagram photo opportunity. When deciding on what I would wear to pick apples, I did not think about dressing for an outdoor experience. All I was thinking about was how I would look under that X Pro II filter (my most used filter). 

And how did I look, you might ask?

Amazing. I purchased this coat during my days working at Anthropologie ($50 with my discount). It's kind of my favorite thing in the world. It's lightweight, yet still warm, plus it's got this fancy effect in the back. 

I've basically been waiting all year to pull it back out, and I secretly like to think that it's been waiting for me too. 

Anyway, beautiful coat, beautiful scenery. What could go wrong?

The truth about apple picking is that it is a hardcore sport. It involves climbing, fielding fallen fruit, and hoisting large posts into trees to shake apples down. Apple picking isn't for sissies (Or maybe it is. I'm new to this). 

He's a natural.

Anyway, climbing in my beloved coat and my boots was out of the question, but I did a couple of half-hearted-hops for some of the low-hanging fruit.

Plus, I got this super washed out instagram.

Success! 

You will see me in that red coat all season long, all the way into winter (props to my good friend, Emily, for referring to it as my Carmen Sandiego jacket). 

Do you have a particular item that you can't wait to put on this season? Tell me! 

Kaley's Weekly Wear at the H-O-T Fair

Hi everyone!

Okay, I know I'm a little late this week, but I have an exciting accessory to show you all!

Tonight I went to the Heart of Texas Fair. I went for the first time last year, and it was nothing short of magical. I did all sorts of amazing things- like ride a ferris wheel for the first time in my life, eat too much fried food, and hold a monkey. (Seriously!)

So when a Living Social deal came around for tickets to this year's fair, I jumped on board that ship faster than it takes me to eat a fried Oreo.

My roomie's birthday is coming up, so we decided to make a little trip of it- her, my sister, our friend, and myself. As you can see, there's nothing really remarkable about the majority of my outfit.

 Twin and me. 

You can't see the bottom of the outfit, but it's just jeggings and some cute floral flats. Both the shirt and cami are from Old Navy, by the way, and the giraffe necklace is J-Crew.

I didn't get too fancy since I knew I'd be walking around a lot. But, for that same reason, I knew I didn't want to haul around a purse all night. I wanted a hands-off accessory to carry all the things I'd need for the evening.

That's right. I decided to use a fanny pack.
Here you can see a glimpse of it, but mostly I just wanted to include this picture so I could tell you all that I won this game by shooting a star off of a piece of paper. Awesome, I know.

I won a big teddy bear!

Here you can see a better image of what it looked like with the outfit:

Me, Roomie, Twin

 Here's the close of of my fanny-pack:

In all its sequined glory...

I have no clue where this beautiful thing came from, since it was a gift from my older sister. I don't think I've really had a chance to wear it out yet, so I was PUMPED to rock it tonight. And I got a couple of compliments.

I also got some envious looks.

That's how I'll interpret them, anyway.


So that's what I wanted to share with you tonight. It was the most exciting piece of my wardrobe this week.
But I'll leave you with a photo from my second ever ferris wheel ride:

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!