All Buttoned Up

I absolutely love buttons..they make me melt if done the right way and these 2 new skirts of mine are button perfection. I would like to thank my amazing boyfriend for getting me the Higgledy Piggledy skirt that I've been stalking since its debut on the Anthropologie website. The Leifsdottir skirt was a steal from $198 to $49.95!

Effortless Anthropologie Giveaway!

The amazing Roxy is giving away a $250 gift card to Anthropologie!!! Click here to enter for your chance to win!

Deja Vu

Above is the late roller coaster, Deja Vu, from Six Flags Great America that no longer resides at my local theme park. Anyways on a happier note, SHOPPING! I love shopping/browsing online (mostly shopping =/) and as I was browsing TOPSHOP's site I noticed a dress that had a print that was beyond similar to a dress that I recently purchased on Urban Outfitter's website. I am in love with this vintage floral print so of course it jumped out at me when I saw it on a different dress style. Is it common for different brands/designers to use the same fabric? I'm not sure but this was exciting for me to see IRL because I've read about other people having the same kind of deja vu that I just had a couple minutes ago.

This is the dress that I bought at UO.

Buy it here.

And this is the deja vu version found at TOPSHOP.

Buy it here.

A Glee-spiration

Glee is quickly inching its way up to the top spot of my favorite TV shows of all time and that's saying much since I watch A LOT of tv shows haha. As I sit here at work wearing my Anna Sui Trampoline skirt (kinda how Emma is sitting
down wearing it to the right) I came to the realization that I have gotten a few great Ebay finds that have been worn by fabulous girls on Glee.

The first piece that I purchased is the Blooming Lattice Cardigan in green from Anthropologie. I absolutely fell in love with this cardi the moment I saw it and had to have it, but was not willing to pay $88 for it. I didn't want to wait for it to hit sale because I thought it would sell out so I purchased it at the sale price on Ebay!

The next piece is also worn by Quinn Fabray and is also from the lovely Anthropologie. I love love loved this dress when I first saw it in the store. I wanted to wait for it to go on sale and when it finally did I missed out. I somehow stumbled upon it on Ebay in my size and outbid others for the chance to wear this adorable Caranday Dress by Corey Lynn Calter.

The last and most recent piece (yesterday) that I purchased is the amazing J. Crew Double Serge Bow Pencil Skirt. I freakin adore this skirt and Emma Pillsbury does too! She's worn this skirt several times in different colors. I have wanted this skirt for a while after I saw it on other bloggers and Emma but all the Ebay wars for this piece have been too high for my taste. I finally got it yesterday in the aqua and am in love!!

My Life in Anthropologie

I love seeing celebrities wearing pieces from my fave store, Anthropologie, such as Emma Pillsbury, Quinn Fabray, and Rachel Barry from Glee! As I was looking at all the awesome clothes that they were wearing I thought to myself, "I wonder what anthro pieces people would see of me wearing in my pictures!" so I decided to go through all my facebook pictures (since those are the special ones that I feel worthy of posting lol) to see what made it on the internet! So here it goes..my life in anthropologie..




This sweater by Sparrow is probably my first purchase ever from Anthropologie. I absolutely love this sweater, but unfortunately it shrunk because my dad put it in the dryer.. =(




The first pic is of me at my cousin's wedding in California wearing the Rosettes-and-Ruffles Dress. In the 2nd pic I also wore this dress with floral tights from anthro (similar here) at a valentine's banquet at school.

In the first pic I am wearing the Bombast & Cymbal Skirt on my 21st birthday to see Hairspray! The 2nd pic is me wearing the same skirt paired with the Parted Petals Cardigan downtown Chicago for my cousin's birthday.

Here I am with my good friend Mark celebrating our 4.0's that we both got for the semester. I'm wearing the lovely Pictureshow Dress by Tracy Reese.

Here I am celebrating my Grandpa's promotion to Heaven in the Corey Lynn Calter Bengal Stripe Skirt.

Here I'm wearing a gorgeous layered capelet by Sleeping On Snow (similar here and here) at a valentine's banquet at my school sophomore year.

This has got to be my all-time favorite coat (and I love me a good coat). I'm enjoying the beautiful downtown Chicago in the Straumur Jacket by Floreat.

And last but not least, here I am sleeping on my friend's bed at college wearing my fave Herringbone Tights. I love this pic because I look kinda dead haha.

So there you have it! You've seen me in my every day life wearing fantastic pieces of clothing from a fantastic store that makes my heart flutter.

Note: If you know the names of the pieces that I didn't label please comment and let me know. Thanks!

Giveaway Love!

There are many giveaways going on in the blog world lately and here are just a few that have to do with my all-time fave store, ANTHROPOLOGIE!

You, Me & Anthropologie is giving away a $25 gift card to anthro. Check out her awesome blog here!


Growing Up Anthro is having a June giveaway with a $25 gift card to anthro! Check it out here!


Tricia's Take is giving away a $50 gift card to anthro!! Enter for a chance to win here!

Those are all the anthro giveaways that I see right now..if you know of any more please comment and let me know! TIA and good luck!

So much for my budget, Anthropologie!

So from what I've been spending on clothes/shoes (mainly from anthropologie) I figured it would be best if I had made myself a budget. Well that all fell through when my all-time favorite store, Anthropologie, decided to have a sale with a few of my favorite things. I went to 2 of my local Anthros and bought amazing pieces, including the best deal I've ever gotten at an Anthro yet!

Cartography Cardigan in small
Originally $98 down to $49.95



Clinging Blossoms Cardigan in Medium (yay I found the last medium in the store!):
Originally $88 down to $49.95



Airmail Skirt size 4 (I did not pay attention to this skirt at all until sooo many people started raving about it so I had to have it!)
Originally $98 down to $49.95



Ha'penny Knickerbockers size 2
Originally $88 down to $19.95



Eva Franco Toulse Skirt (Originally $158 and the tag was marked $29.95 so I was like score! Then I went to check out and it turned out to be a whopping $9.95!!!)
Originally $158 down to $9.95

Thank you Anthropologie for your wonderfully amazing clothes, but you are starting to break my bank!