outfit of the day.

I don't think I've ever done an official "outfit of the day" post before, so here we go. :)

Anyone else ever get frustrated when shopping for dresses and 90% of them are way shorter than you would ever wear?!

Seriously, I think our culture in general doesn't even know what a 'dress' is anymore.

But sometimes when I'm shopping I will find a dress/tunic/long top/whatever you want to call it,
and if I really like it...will just wear with skinny jeans instead!

This works great for events like a baby shower, grad party, etc where you want to look more 'formal'
but don't necessarily want to wear a skirt or dress.

I've also done this idea with a long peach tank top and just stacked it with a grey maxi skirt underneath.

Get creative and think outside the box!

You don't necessarily need to rule every clothing item out by just saying 'it's too short.' :)

This denim top with belt I found on clearance at Gap, and I think they were "technically" selling it as a dress.

I wished it was longer and debated on buying it, but I really loved the look..and PLUS it had pockets.

I mean, helloooooo awesomesauce.

Anytime a dress or skirt has pockets it just ranks up to 5 stars automatically, right?!

So I got it and just wear with colored pants/skinny jeans.

Mustard jeans -- Kohl's clearance

Necklace -- Coldwater Creek 

Headband -- Francesca's

Saltwater Sandals

p.s. for my hair I used THIS tutorial which I am obsessed with. I've seen other sock bun tutorials over the years and they were just too complicated and never worked so I would give up in defeat. Then recently someone on Facebook shared this one and it looked way more do-able so I tried it out. And it worked AWESOME! So if you're like me and have never found success with a good 'top bun' tutorial, give this one a shot. :)

Happy Thursday!!

love,

Hannah Elise

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