Pink and gray

I think pink and gray is my new favorite color combination. They're so pretty and feminine together. I just wish my skirt and shoes had been a little more coordinated - darn you, poorly lit bedroom that tricks me into thinking my clothes match.

Pink blouse: H&M

Gray skirt: thrifted

Gray heels: Lulu's (about two years ago)

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Gold necklace: gift

Pink bracelet: H&M

Today I'm linking up this post at Monday Mingle!

Date night

This was my outfit from a date night with Josh a few days ago. We went to the sushi restaurant where we had our first date. Whenever we do that we always get nostalgic and lovey-dovey, and reminisce about that night where we sat in the sushi restaurant for about three hours, talking and laughing and drinking green tea and trying new and weird foods (like fish eggs - blech). A few days earlier he had called and left me a message, saying he wanted to ask me something important and that I should call him back. So I did, and when he said, "I was wondering if you'd like to go on a date with me," I literally shouted, "Yes!" I've never been one to hide my enthusiasm.

And then four weeks later we were engaged. But I'll save that story for another time :)

Floral shirt: Georgia tee from StyleMint

Black and white shorts: Loft

Black espadrilles: Loft

Spider necklace: Bauble Bar

Pink bracelet: H&M

Lucas Salon

Yesterday I got my hair re-colored. In the past I haven't invested much time or money into my hair. I've never put any fancy products into it. I only learned how to use a curling iron this year. I own a blow-dryer, but it's been broken for two years. And for about ten years, I dyed my hair with the stuff you get in a box at the grocery store. (Except for six months where I had black and blonde hair, which I definitely could not have done on my own.)

But earlier this year, I just got tired of the way my hair looked, so armed with a recommendation from my friend Lauren for a great new salon in Portland, I headed to Lucas Salon to get my hair cut and colored. The owner, Taylor Lucas, cut and colored my hair back in April before a friend's wedding, and it turned out so beautifully that I'm hooked on nice haircuts and hair color now. I went back yesterday to get my roots and my rose gold highlights touched up, and had the red deepened a bit. I'm immensely satisfied with the results, and wholeheartedly recommend Lucas Salon to anyone in the Portland area looking for a good stylist. If you're used to getting $20 haircuts and dyeing your hair from a box, the prices might seem a bit steep ($60 for a haircut and $85 for highlights) - but trust me (and this is coming from someone who typically spends next to nothing on beauty products), it's worth it.

I couldn't resist showing a close-up of my hair - I hope it doesn't sound vain of me to say that I think it looks awesome!

Paisley dress: from an antique show

Jean jacket: thrifted from Rerun

Brown sandals: Nordstrom Rack

Brown bag: Eva Messenger Bag from Ellington Handbags

Brown belt: thrifted

Bracelet: vintage, gift

And here are some photos of the fabulous Lucas Salon!

Green and black

When it gets to be as hot as it has been in Portland the past few days, I don't even want to wear clothes anymore. I just want to move to a nudist colony. But since that would not be an acceptable lifestyle in the eyes of Josh, my family, and, well, pretty much everyone I know, I have to stick with just wearing really lightweight clothes, like this outfit. But since this is a style blog and I have to keep it interesting somehow, I slapped on this outrageous hat. One nice thing about having this blog is that it keeps me creative - if I were left to wear my outfits in anonymity, I would probably just wear the same dress for five days straight during the summer.

Black tank top: Target

Green skirt: Anthropologie

Black wedges: Lulu's

Green hat: free from my aunt

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Ring: free from my aunt

Green and blue bracelets: made by me

Relaxed weekend

The heat this past weekend was ridiculous. Portland finally broke not only 90 degrees, but 100 degrees as well. Thankfully my parents have a pool, so we headed over there on Saturday with Onyx to have a BBQ and go swimming. (There are some photos of that at the bottom of this post.) We also got to watch Portlander Galen Rupp win the silver medal in the men's 10,000 meter race, which was very exciting! We don't have a TV, so the only chances we've had to watch the Olympics are at other people's houses, or while in the fitness center of our building.

This outfit was actually from Sunday, but it was still crazy hot then, too. The jacket was purely for air-conditioned buildings; I only wore it for about a minute for these photos.

Floral shirt: Marshall's

Pink shorts: Loft

Jean jacket: thrifted from Rerun

Gold sandals: Asos

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Blue earrings and bracelet: B. Lee Designs, gift from my aunt

Gold necklace: Evidence Jewelry, won in a giveaway

Here was my church outfit from Sunday. Our pictures were turning out horribly (that's what you get when you try to take photos at noon on a sunny day, and are forced to take them in the underbrush just so you get some shade), so we gave up, but I salvaged one halfway decent photo to show you guys:

Here are a few fun photos from our Saturday! Onyx had a blast jumping in the pool about a hundred times, eating blueberries off the bush, and harassing my parents' dog Lucy (fourth photo down):

Slouchy

Normally with my outfits I try to define my waist since I'm so curvy, but last night we went out for drinks with some of Josh's co-workers, and I wanted something a bit less restricting in the waist since I knew I'd be having a few beers. I liked the slouchy look of this outfit, even though it wasn't the most flattering.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend! Josh and I are planning on going swimming in my parents' pool tomorrow, since it's supposed to be 95 degrees here, and then I might turn domestic and can some honey-soaked plums. The next few months will be filled with my canning projects - I plan on canning dozens of quarts of peaches, tomatoes, pears, pickles, and applesauce. (That actually sounds disgusting when you list them in that order, but they're really very tasty!)

I keep holding my fingers like this whenever we take close-up shots of my bracelets, and then it looks like I'm missing half my fingers. I need to work on that...

White blouse: from an antique show

Hot pink skirt: Zara

Brown heels: Macy's

Brown scalloped-brim hat: Asos

Purse: Eva Messenger Bag from Ellington Handbags

Necklace: can't remember

Embroidered bracelet: thrifted from Village Merchants

Pink bracelet: H&M

Polka dots and mah jongg

Rarely do I match my shoes, belt, shirt and hat, because that generally makes for a dull outfit, but in this case I think the matching worked because the shoes, top and hat are all so interesting looking. This outfit felt really fun, so I decided to throw on some quirky bracelets and mah jongg tile earrings to add to the effect. And maybe the side ponytail belongs back in the 80's, but I am a child of the 80's, so that makes it kind of okay, right?

Red polka dot tank top: Urban Outfitters

Denim skirt: Gap

Red wedges: Jeffrey Campbell from Lulu's

Red hat: Nine West, thrifted from Village Merchants

Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta from TJ Maxx

Mah jongg tile earrings: free from my aunt

White bubble bracelet: free from my aunt

Other white bracelet: H&M

Red belt: free from my aunt