People need to stop staring at me

Last night I took the midterm for my tax class. It went okay - I got 88%, which isn't good as I had hoped for, but it's better than failing, right? Anyway, my brain was so exhausted after that that I just couldn't think of a title for this post, so I made Josh do it, and "People need to stop staring at me" is what he came up with, because that's what I kept saying the whole time he was taking these photos. Seriously, though. Just because someone is taking a few pictures of me outside doesn't mean that every person who walks by needs to stop and watch.

Shirt: Anthropologie

Black skirt: H&M

Blazer: thrifted

Beige boots: Jeffrey Campbell (Rumble boots) from Urban Outfitters

Necklace: Urban Outfitters
Bracelet: Fred Meyer

The Oregon Garden

On Saturday Josh and I went to The Oregon Garden in Silverton. (Here's a post about my trip there last year, if you're interested.) It was the perfect day for a trip down there - 75 degrees, partly sunny, and hardly any other people there. It's a beautiful garden, and worth the trip and cost. (We had a Groupon, but would have gladly paid full price otherwise.)

Photo overload is coming your way...you've been warned :)

Comfort

Compared to a lot of my outfits, this one felt like I was wearing pajamas - a comfy t-shirt, stretchy skirt, and flat shoes are a recipe for a happy Stacey! Outfits like this always happen after I've spent too many days wearing heels or fitted clothes, and I just need a day to let my feet recover. (Or my belly - I'm pretty much constantly sucking in my stomach if I'm wearing a belt at the waist.)

Striped shirt: Old Navy

Gray cardigan: Gap

Black maxi skirt: TJ Maxx

Strawberry print flats: Asos

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Gold earrings: Forever 21

Red scarf: thrifted

Gold leaf cuff bracelet: In Pink

Frolicking

Josh and I spent Saturday frolicking around in fields, in case you couldn't tell from these photos. Okay, not really, but we did walk out into a field and take some photos at his sister's farm. They have fifty acres of grassy fields, blackberry bushes (yum!), a barn, a lake, an old overgrown train track, and lots of little kids who think we're super cool. We like going there :)

It's hard to see, but in these photos I'm wearing the Jeffrey Campbell boots from this post. Everyone always looks at me like I'm crazy when I say any of my shoes with heels are comfortable, but I swear: these are so comfortable. I tramped around for an hour in their fields in these four inch heels, and my feet were just fine the whole time. (So were my boots - it hasn't rained here for like two months, so there wasn't any mud.)

My handsome husband!

Orange shirt: Target

Brown striped sweater: Cynthia Rowley from TJ Maxx

Brown leather skirt: thrifted from Goodwill (Target brand)

Beige boots: Jeffrey Campbell (Rumble boots) from Urban Outfitters

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Gold necklace: Evidence Jewelry

Brown belt: thrifted

Bracelet: gift from my mom, from Belize

Fried

The title of this post is referring to both the temperature and the state of my brain. We've been experiencing a heat wave here, and I love it. I wore this dress on Monday, a 90-degree day, and felt perfectly comfortable all day long. The eye-assaulting colors and print made me pretty happy, too :)

As for my brain, well...I love the tax class I'm taking, but after every class I come home completely exhausted and unable to do anything except look at pictures of pretty clothes in magazines for the rest of the evening. (Which is actually not a bad way to spend two nights a week.)

Dress: Nordstrom Rack

Brown sandals: Nordstrom Rack

Earrings: free from my aunt

Bracelet: gift from my mom, from Belize

Weekend fun

Here's my outfit from Sunday! We were surrounded for the whole photo shoot by geese pecking at the grass and squirrels running around like mad (in the photos below), which was very entertaining.

On Saturday we went down to Oktoberfest in Mt. Angel with some friends, and were highly disappointed to discover that you had to pay $9 just to get in to the beer garden, so we went elsewhere to drink beer :) But first we stopped at the Mt. Angel Abbey, which was gorgeous. (Those photos are at the bottom of the post.)

Green dress: gift from my dad, vintage

Jean jacket: thrifted from Rerun

Blue and green wedges: Nine West from Nordstrom Rack

White belt: Forever 21

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Dragon necklace: purchased in China

My friend Rachel and her awesome sparkly top!

The abbey

Calvin, the cutest baby in the whole world (named after Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes!)

Eric and Matt trying to do gang signs for the camera

The grounds of the abbey

Neutral

New boots! Yay! I've had a slight obsession with Jeffrey Campbell shoes ever since I discovered them a few years ago. I know they're too outrageous for most people, but that's why I love them. Yet somehow, the only two pairs I own are actually fairly normal (for JC's, that is): these red wedge sandals, and the beige boots pictured here. For 4-inch heels, these boots are incredibly comfortable. I bet I could walk around downtown for hours in them. The ankles are a bit more fitted than I would like, but they're not uncomfortable.

And true to form, I didn't even pay full price for these. I found a discount code, so I got them for $139 instead of $155, and then I had $80 in rewards from my credit card, so I only paid $59 of my own money. I always feel a little proud of myself when I buy something I've been wanting for a long time for a discounted price.

Gray sweater: free from my aunt

Denim skirt: Gap

Beige boots: Jeffrey Campbell (Rumble boots) from Urban Outfitters

Gold necklace: Dress Barn

Brown belt: thrifted

Brown bracelet: gift, from Italy