OUTFIT OF THE DAY

Hello, humans. I thought I'd do a very casual outfit of the day picture. This is actually an outfit I wore last weekend on a day out to the plaza on a mother daughter outing with my roommate and our mums! Excuse the odd lighting. I'll do better next time.

Top: Free People (Last seen HERE)

Dress: Urban Outfitters (old)

Socks: Free People

Boots: Target

Headband: Target

FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS

This weekend I was really ill and everything was sad and not fun. Saturday I was feeling a bit better and my friend Katelyn invited me to her house to have some fun adventures while her friend was in town. Let's just say, I am really glad to have some normal human beings in my life. I was not intending to do a blog post about the day but there are just so many fun pictures, it'd be a shame not to share them with the world. 

Meet Katelyn and Sophia. They're some of the kindest human beings I know. Also they're such fun to be around. We really liked the gold side but our photographer friend, Rachel,  just wouldn't let us use it. I DON'T KNOW WHY. I mean we look normal....... Anyhow. Katelyn has a blog of her own where she shares little joys she finds in life. Look at it HERE. She is doing a beautiful series right now where she has guest bloggers write every day about what makes them feel alive. It has really been a joy to read every day. It has been a daily reminder that life is joyful, even if you can't see it at the moment (something I desperately needed to be reminded when I was whiney and sickly)! I wrote for the series Saturday which you can find HERE. 

Sophia is an artist. A painter. She is so unique in her work and she so genuinely loves doing it, it makes me yearn for any sort of artistic ability. She is so comforted by painting and wow is she brilliant at it. Just wow. You can view her paintings HERE. She is a goober. We went to a concert together this year and it was honestly one of the most fantastic days of my life. I cried. We crowd surfed. I enjoyed. I wouldn't have the experience with anyone else. 

Meet me! I'm a person. I do things on occasion! 

PARKOUR. 

PARKOUR

P.S. We're in a band. It's legitimate. Not a joke. Legitimate.

Who are these people and what are they doing? Seriously. 

CAN'T HANDLE THE PAPARAZZI. GET OUTTA MY FACE. Ugh the life we live. 

Meet Rachel Martin. She's a new friend but I think she's super rad. Also I am jealous of her life because she lives my ideal life. She worked for Anthropologie. And Urban Outfitters. She hosted an 80's radio show in college. These are the two trivial facts that make me wish I was her. She is a real time  photographer. She does everything, it seems, but her passion is fashion photography. She is going places in her life. She captures some beautiful moments. Find her work HERE. Use her. She's just great. 

CALL THE DOCTOR

After months and months of desiring Dr. Martens, followed by a few more months of saving my funds, I finally ordered my first pair! I cannot express how excited I was to finally receive them in the mail. But alas, what would my life be if things went smoothly all the time? Incorrect. Incorrect is what my life would be. I opened the box and realized they still had the security tag on them! This wouldn't be a huge deal for a normal human who lives in a real city, but the closest store for me was an hour away so now I had to wait until the weekend to fix my treasures! I don't know how I did it, honestly. I had reached that point where I just got frustrated every morning because I knew my Docs were the only shoe that should be worn with the outfit of the day. TALK ABOUT STRUGGLES. Anyhow, yesterday was the day I finally got the tag removed and I'm already so thrilled. Walking through the melting ice/snow is no longer terrifying because I believe my Docs can handle anything. Am I right?? My friend Kathleen and I have been talking about Dr. Martens all weekend and I figured I'd grab some pictures today since we were both rocking the crap out of them. Except she is more adorable. I need to get on her level, clearly. Anyhow, I am obsessed with them because they're so versatile. There is a Doc for any occasion, it seems. I'm seriously in love with her white ones (maybe they'll be my next pair). I love how rad they look with her velvet dress and denim jacket. So much grunge. So long story long, Dr. Martens are flawless and they make every outfit more perfect. Also comfort. I'd wear these over heels any day. 

What I'm wearing: 

Hat: Forever 21

Sweater: Free People

Leggings: Nordstrom Rack

Dr. Martens: Dr. Martens

Necklace: Topshop

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Save Me From the Rain

As of late, I've been enjoying doing weird print mixing. Over winter break I went in to Nordstrom Rack- its safe to say I did a fair amount of damage. I left with about three new shirts, a dress, shoes, and the cardigan featured in my last post. Plus some other odds and ends that seem to be escaping my mind at the moment. After all these items, I only wound up spending $150! If that's not a steal, I don't know what is. Every time I go into Nordstrom Rack I wind up leaving with far more than I came in. Its dangerous. Anyhow, the crop sweater and acid wash dress are probably my two biggest steals of all time. Both were under $10. I MEAN, WHAT A STEAL. 

Cropped sweater: Nordstrom Rack

Button-down dress: Nordstrom Rack

Necklace: Vintage

A Bright Hello

Greetings.
My name is Mackenzie and like many of my friends, I've been considering taking up blogging for some time, but didn't have the courage to do it. As I am seeing more and more people bite the bullet, I think I'm finally summoning the courage (more like motivation) to take part in this brilliant community that is blogging! Please be kind.

I am a junior at University of Central Missouri, a school in a tiny town outside of Kansas City called Warrensburg. Someone once told me our town is about the same size as Beaumont in Footloose. I am studying Fashion Merchandising- the official title is unbelievably long and confusing and I can never remember the whole of it. Either way, fashion is a passion I have been exploring all my life (even when I decided every piece of clothing I had needed frogs on it, but we'll not discuss that). Anyway, I am excited to share some of this passion to anyone who may come across my blog.

A few things about me: I love music and becoming quite the concert connoisseur. I love traveling. I love adventure. I love trees. I love all things England- hopefully I'll study abroad there next year and absorb as much of it as I can in one semester. On top of that, I am obsessed with British Youtube for reasons no one can fully understand. I'm pretty sassy and really awkward at times. But above all things, I just love life and all the beauty and harshness it has to throw at me. Bring it on.

Some things about my outfit:

Shirt:  TOPSHOP

Dress: H&M (old but similar HERE)

Jacket: Grandma's closet (similar HERE)

Shoes: Vintage from MEOWDY

Necklace: First Fridays in Kansas City

Hat: Grandma's closet

Legwarmers: Old (similar HERE)

Rings: Vintage, Gifted, and TOPSHOP (ON SALE)

Glasses: Ray-Ban