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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

TICK TICK TICK AWAY

Are you familiar with the days where you just are too tired to get out of bed? That's been every day for me. I think I'm developing sleep apnea or something because I've woken up at 3am the past three days and just can't seem to get back to sleep after that. My mind just starts running and I can't stop it. With this, I've taken to wearing a lot of leggings and fashion sweatpants (that's never going to be a phrase I'm comfortable with). This is basically my go to "I'm really not actually ready for the world but I'm still going to try" look.

Chambray: Madewell

Shirt: Forever 21 (old)

Pants: Nordstrom Rack

Boots: Those Were The Days (Vintage)

Glasses: Warby Parker

Necklace/Snake Bracelet: Grammy's closet (Vintage 1970)

Watch: Fossil (old)

Hat: Old

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

SUMMER IN THE WINTER

This outfit features my two favorite summer pieces: high-waisted shorts and my vintage cropped tee from a flea market in Brooklyn. I loved rocking them with my gladiator sandals and flower crowns when it was warm and breezy. However, in the cold winter months I've forgotten how much I've missed these staples in my wardrobe. As I was looking through my closet, I had a longing for to whip them out again and certainly wasn't going to wait another three months for another cool breeze. Then I had an epiphany. Winterize it. I threw some tights on with my Free People maxicardi and I was out the door! I think I quite like the way it turned out.

Cropped Tee: Thrifted

Shorts: Urban Outfitters

Cardigan: Free People (Similar HERE)

Booties: Bakers

Necklace: Rue 21 (Similar HERE)

Glasses: Warby Parker

Friday, January 31, 2014

Back on the Horse

Hello again, friends! It has been a long time since my first post but I think I'm ready to get into the swing of things. This has been one of those really dumb weeks where it seems to have no ending point. I honestly can't even keep track of what day it is. This is what I wore to class on Thursday/to the coffee shop. I had a lovely date with my computer. We had a fantastic time together.

Sweatshirt: Nordstrom (Similar Here)

Collar Tank: Marshalls (Similar Here)

Jeans: Topshop

Booties: GoJane

Coat: Garage (Similar Here)

Cap: Memento from when I worked at Radio Disney.. Don't judge.

Saturday, January 11, 2014

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.