playing dress up for the dmv

some days are just not meant to be awesome, and i think that any day involving the dmv is going to be one of those days. luckily, my dad and i only had about a 45 minute wait and our interaction with the actual dmv clerk lasted all of 7 minutes. unluckily, part of our business included my getting a new license plate. :( i had no idea how attached i was to those 7 letters and numbers! i tend to get attached to strange things, but this one was the strangest.

i had already gotten dressed for the day when i got the news that i'd be spending a chunk of my day off at the dmv, but i like to accredit my favorite shirt and sandals with why the experience was overall so pleasant.

i got this little button-up blouse at nostalgia in knoxville. it has the tiniest peter pan collar, which usually isn't apparent because i don't button it all the way up! whoops. but mostly, the print of foxes and deer and bunnies and leaves and acorns and squirrels and trees sold me on it.

i usually wear this top tucked into skirts, but it's kiiiind of a crop top and has these cute slits up the sides, so i've been wanting to wear it with jeans a lot lately. well, actually, this jeans obsession has had me wanting to wear EVERYTHING with jeans lately. i'm trying to talk myself out of ordering a pair of polka dot jeans as we speak, but they just seem so practical! ;)

it's been SO. long. since i wore heels for the heck of it. when i worked in an office, i wore them nearly every day, and built up quite a collection. i've missed it. :( and i LOVE these target sandals from last year. the heel is so chunky that it's practically a wedge so they're super easy for me to walk in (i'm fairly clumsy).. they also give the look of a clog, for like 1/5th of the price.

as a side note, i cannot remember what it was like to wear jeans that were not cuffed. i miss it! i can never find jeans with an inseam short enough for my little legs! i need to start hemming them all, i guess.

necklace: cm via local honey
shirt: nostalgia
belt: charlotte ruse
jeans: levi's
shoes: target

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i went to nashville, part 4

i'm sorry for stretching these out soooo looong, but i wanted to make sure that i posted about everything. it was mine and austin's first vacation and hopefully not our last trip to nashville.

i mentioned that we took the last bit of our trip to make mini stops in other big cities in tennessee.. namely, knoxville and gatlinburg. in knoxville, i really wanted to stop by nostalgia.

 

this picture was taken from across the street, but i loved the turquoise accents on the front of the building (the sign, the walkway). this place was huge, and we were lucky to have gotten there fairly early in the day, so we had time to mosey around the whole store.

one of the first things that greets you is this cute cute old-tv-turned-aquarium:

 obsessed! <3

they had incredible selection.. i ended up buying a sweet little vintage top, something that is forever alluding me. :)

our reasons for stopping in gatlinburg were a little bit sillier.. i wanted austin to see the main street with all of the tourist attractions (i LOVE that road.. i bet that it's just as much fun to stare at as the attractions would be!), and i needed a new pair of jeans. i only owned one pair of jeans prior to this trip, and, with weather changing/my current job requiring dresses to be worn with tights at all times, i needed another pair or two. my one pair of jeans came from the levi's outlet in gatlinburg, so i figured it'd be a quick stop because i knew my style and i knew my size (when i bought my first pair of jeans, they were the only pair that i tried on!). unfortunately (to austin's dismay), i was wrong. THIRTEEN pairs of jeans later, i ended up spending exactly what i would have at home on a new pair. don't get me wrong, they're perfect and i really did need them, but it was a bit of a waste.. and not a fun side adventure. ;)

after those (and a couple of other) stops, we had to really head home.

i was a sad pup. <3