living the summer in shorts

I love dresses. The end. When summer comes along, it is so easy to look cute in them; throw on one piece of clothing and you're set to go for the day. They're also cool during these balmy summer days we cannot seem to escape. Now, I still love my dresses this summer, but with all the adorable variety of shorts lining the malls, how can you not spend every moment in them?

These shorts in particular are extremely comfortable and very light weight, perfect for the heat. Not to mention the extra detailing on the bottom!

I first wore these to church with a nicer blouse and strappy wedges, but they can obviously be made more casual with the right supplements.

Take a break from those mini dresses, you might have some unexpected fun. Just try to do a cartwheel in one!

shorts: urban outfitters, shirt: thrifted, sandals: charlotte russe, necklace: grandmothers, ring: aldo accessories

photos by: Katie Holcomb

getting the feel for heels

I'm sure you've noticed a new look to my blog, that is if there is even anybody that reads it. Is there anyone that reads it?

Well, I thought I'd put some less hefty stuff on here today, although my shoes were quite the opposite. Great find though (and new!). It was still nice to play dress up for work a little more though. Lets all go ahead and admit that we feel so much cooler when we wear heels. Yes, it takes courage but once your in them, they are not coming off.

shoes: rackroom shoes, skirt: forever 21, top: jcrew, pearls: nordstrom, sunglasses: pac sun, earrings: urban outfitters

I thought I was supposed to be going to get my new phone today; after two years with the envy 2, I spent days anxiously awaiting walking into the verizon store to get either the blackberry tour or the droid eras (both of which are being discontinued, by the way). I only show up to have the man behind the counter explain that my dad had already used my free upgrade and my line was not up for one until June of next year. Even with the bad news of not being eligable for a new phone, it felt great to walk in the store with my new shoes! So here's some more pictures from my day of dress up..

summer is no longer about catching fireflies

I guess this is a little depressing for my first post, but it is definitely something I'm sure everyone thinks about as they get older. What happened to those summers? Swim team practice in the morning, capture the flag at night, lemonade all the time.
This summer is not one of them. This summer I have two jobs. I am so thankful for both of them, but unlike past summers, I am not laying poolside or driving around with the windows down all day.
But wait a minute, let me back up and give you a little better idea about myself before these two strenuous summer jobs.
I am a pretty typical 18 year old girl from charlotte, north carolina. Or for that matter, I am a pretty typical 18 year old girl from anywhere. I have been dancing since I was two years old. I had planned on pursuing this through college and even performing professionally. But after this year, God seems to be pointing me in another direction. So I am starting fresh this year, a new school, a new major, a new mind set. (And yes, I can see how cheesy this all sounds. But how can it be cheesy if it's true?)
I have always been very interested in fashion, art, music; I started thinking, if I'm not dancing, why don't I do that? So, currently, I'm following my new dream of becoming a fashion stylist at a magazine. And that magazine will hopefully one day be teen vogue, but whenever I think about that, my mind immediately goes to Juno sarcastically shouting, "DREAM BIG!" at her dog adoring stepmother. Probably minus the sarcastic part.

Anyways, the way all of this connects: the summer, the cubicle job, the teen vogue, is my determination to find a summer job at teenvogue. Or atleast somewhere a little closer to what I want to eventually do with my life. And then I would be happy with skipping out on the capture the flag and the swim team practice to just settle for some lemonade (:
now that endings not so depressing, right?