the blues

{top: Splendid (also here); pants: GAP (similar colour here); bracelets: H&M; 

shoes: J.Crew (sold out, similar here); sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs}

I guess you are what you eat...and you are what you wear.  It's appropriate that I'm wearing blue today since that's how I'm feeling.  It's September and as much as I'm obsessed with fall fashion, it's bittersweet for me.  I'm excited to wear all my new fall clothes, but it means that I'm returning to work.  I haven't worked in almost 17 months.  Being home with my kids an extra 4 months has been a blessing.  I'm dropping them off for a half-day of daycare tomorrow.  I know my son (4) is excited (he also starts school part-time!), but the little princess... well, she's a princess.  It's going to be tough, but I know a lot of women do it.  At the same time, I'm excited I'm going to have a whole 3 hours to myself tomorrow!  It's probably going to consist of a little bit of shopping, you know, to ease the pain.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Labour Day weekend!

minty fresh (parts 1 and 2)

{blouse, sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs (old); jeans: GAP; boots: Sam Edelman (also here);

necklace: Coach (old); 'sweet' affirmation bracelet: BCBGeneration (also here)}

{denim shirt: Marc by Marc Jacobs; jeans: GAP; boots: Sam Edelman (also here); bag: RED Valentino;

bracelets: J.Crew (here and here); sunglasses: Madewell; nails: Covergirl 'lav-endure'}

I am obsessed with these GAP mint skinny jeans.  First I thought of pairing them with this beautiful Marc by Marc Jacobs eyelet blouse I bought years ago for a monochromatic look, which I'm really into these days.  Then a couple of weeks later, I paired it with my favourite Marc by Marc Jacobs denim shirt.  I saw these adorable mint hepcat shades and thought they would go great with these mint jeans.  And, of course, added some pops of pink.

shades of blue

{chambray shirt: Madewell; jeans: Guess by Marciano (old); shoes: GAP;
sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs (similar here); belt: Zara (old);
'sweet' affirmation bracelet: BCBGeneration (also here); nails: Sephora by O.P.I 'Havana Dreams'}

Right when I saw these blue Marc by Marc Jacobs sunglasses last summer, I instantly fell in love with them.  The only problem is that I have yet to get prescription lenses put in them because I have so many pairs of sunglasses and it costs a small fortune just for one pair, so I don't wear them as often as I'd like.  I can wear them, as long as I'm not driving.  Or needing to see a few feet ahead of me.  But this summer I'll have to change that because I'm obsessing over chambray shirts (especially this Madewell two-tone one) and the whole denim on denim / monochromatic look.