Over the past weekend my boyfriend took a day to go up to Baltimore and enjoy the harbor with our dogs. Sometimes its really nice to get out of the city and go somewhere else even if its only a 45 minute drive away. It was an awesome day and it was beautiful out. I got the chance to wear my anchors crop top since it was warm enough out but at the same time it just seemed super appropriate with the boats around. 

When a good deal hits I don't really have a lot of power over myself to not give in. Especially when that deal includes getting both a skirt and top for the low price of $25, with free returns. I fell in love immediately and there was no need for the free return. Who can say no to anchor patterned clothing?! In this case NOT ME! Unfortunately I don't really like the top and skirt together but I love them as separates that I can pair with so much of my wardrobe. This is part 1 of 2 posts about these anchor patterned pair.

Part 1, the skirt worn not only one way but two; work appropriate (well MY work appropriate) and after work fun.

So I have written about fashion rules before and this is just another one that I simply could care less about. The main thing I hope anyone learns from me is that you should like what you wear and wear what you like. Simple as that! Yes there are rules out there that maybe you might want to sort of abide by like making sure the clothing you buy is your size. Sure why not? But at the end of the day as long as you feel confident, comfortable and beautiful then...who in the world cares!?

First off I want to apologize for the skip in posts last week. I got really sick from an event I went to and took most of the weekend to recover. Now back to the clothes! I have been craving a tulle ballerina type skirt for a while and it has definitely become a fashion trend must have for a while now. I just couldn't afford one that was good enough quality or quality that I could depend on. They have a few on ebay, but I just don't trust something that I haven't already seen in person or can't see in person first. Finally though I was able to save up enough money to get the skirt from the place I wanted it from. It was a pretty penny, but once in a while I don't mind spoiling myself. Especially if its good quality and will last me a while.

Everybody has that style of clothing or trendy piece that they just can not pull off no matter how many times they try it out. For me that is the shift dress. I am too small and to short and all kinds of other things that no matter what I look ridiculous! I am just so stubborn and fixate on finding the holy grail of that trendy piece I want that will finally just look good on me. When I tell you I went everywhere and anywhere possible to find that shift dress that would just fit me and my body...I mean it. I just couldn't find it anywhere! One weekend during that time of failing to find this dress I went home to visit my family. Lo and behold my mother bought me a dress at Marshalls that she thought I would like and it just so happened to be a shift dress. It looked good on me!! I had never been so happy and appreciative of my mom's shopping addiction until that very moment.

The weather here has, overall, been fantastic. Its cool, not cold, in the mornings and progressively warms up enough that I am stuffing my thin spring trench into my oversized work purse and cheerfully walking home. Some of those days if they are super nice after work the dogs will get a nice surprise trip to the waterfront instead of the usual around the block. As an odd turn of events when we were walking the two little happy boys toward the warterfront the sky start to turn grey and at the midway point decided to sprinkle a little. Not a big deal we just turned around and tried getting home before it could turn into a downpour. Well no more than two seconds go by and it is already a monsoon of water crashing down and we ran as fast as we could to the nearest cover we could find. It was hilarious! Zeus was running around smiling while Louie just gave up and sat down at one point for his daddy to scoop him up. We laughed and laughed about it even after we were waiting at the local Starbucks for the rain to let up.

I work literally minutes from Georgetown's shops and eats so it is almost too tempting to just run down the street and spend all my money. Recently just for fun I walked down to Urban Outfitters and browsed around for some new outfit inspiration. I found some piece that I couldn't resist trying on either for laughs or to see if I would actually look good in a popular style.

So what is new on my wishlist you ask? Okay so you didn't ask but I am going to tell you any way; JUMPSUITS! I have tried on a couple super expensive ones for the fun of it thinking that I would look absolutely absurd but they actually weren't all that bad. I surprised myself and have decided during this upcoming summer craziness for nights out with the girls or date nights that the jumpsuit was what I needed. I have found a few that I like from the crazy expensive to the very affordable range. Of course I am going to stick to an affordable pieces but the expensive ones are always just so darn pretty to look at.