Just a Formal-ity

Hey everyone!

How was every one's weekends? Mine was jam-packed! Studying for finals, editing my writing portfolios, getting ready for formal, going to formal, and recovering for formal...
Side note: I CAN NOT believe that I just attended one of my last sorority formals (1 more!), I am getting too old and I don't know how I feel about that (more on that in future posts!)
Now here I am, sitting on my couch in my beautifully clean Narragansett house (1 time/semester cleaners came today!) watching 27 Dresses with Nicole, doing my portfolio...I mean blogging.
My whole body aches--5 hours dancing at Monet, plus drinking last night, plus a recovery workout this morning--I am drained. I can not wait to have a nice big dinner later, the usual: huge sweet potato, veggie burger, and a heaping pile of veggies...don't forget the microwave popcorn for dessert.
Obviously you want the play-by-play, eat-by-eat of my life...
I have no outfit post today, sorry, but I am just bumming it in sweats!
Here are some pictures from formal last night. The dress was a success, everyone loved it, although I felt kind of self-conscious in it because it was so body conscious. But...my friend Sydney said it looked great, and she is one of my best friends/wardrobe consultant and would never let me leave the house unless I looked good, so I guess I'm okay with the overall result.
My 5inch heels that were supposed to be "killer" weren't so bad...I definitely felt the pain the last hour of formal though. Miraculously, I wore them all night!
Anyway, I am off to work...or procrastinate.
xoxoSydney, Emily, Me, Elora
Niki, Me, Rachael

'Tis the Season to Be Formal

Hi Beautiful Readers!
Today is going to be a busy day for me...sorry about the sporadic posts, I am just very overwhelmed with final projects and writing portfolios at the moment, I promise my blogging will stabilize again very soon!
I wanted to do a post on formal season, because I know that most of my readers are involved in Greek life. The end of the semester always means FORMAL! Despite the panic associated with finding a date (that hasn't "socialized" with another girl in your sorority house), making a hair appointment, testing out the perfect "natural" face or smokey eye; the biggest panic (for me) is finding the perfect dress...oh and shoes...oh yeah, and bag.
Every year I say the same thing, "I'll recycle a dress" but can I do that, nope! And why you ask? It would apparently make sense to do so, since I only wear black to formal events (it's slimming DUH!). However, there is nothing like finding that new dress that makes you feel like a million bucks.

I want that spotlight-glimmer-shimmer-sparkly-deliriously-excited feeling when I get ready for formal, and for me a new dress does just that.
So trying on a million options, and then returning a million options, I am finally settled on a dress...and it only cost $10 after all the in-store sales! Hello Urban Behavior body-con snake-skin-pattern dress. With my new F21 black suede stiletto heels and my Grandma's vintage black beaded clutch, I will be the belle of the ball...or club, Monet Lounge to be more specific.
This is the first formal we are having at a lounge/club, no sit down dinner, no formal-ness about it at all...strictly dancing, drinks, and a ton of...drama? (I HOPE NOT!)

In case you have a formal coming up here are my tips for dressing for success:

• Always make sure you feel 100% comfortable in what you wear. If you don't you will not have a fun night because you are going to be wondering if your "back-fat" or "love-handles" are apparent in every picture being taken (and there are A LOT of pictures at formal!)
• Double, triple, quadruple check that no one in your sorority is wearing the same dress as you, girls tend to freak out at that type of thing...and do you really want to be comparing yourself to someone else the entire night!
• If you are going to for a trendy dress, keep it classy and understated with accessories--let the main focus be the dress. Similarly if you have a basic dress, up the ante and wear tons of accessories *remember to sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!*
• Make sure you can walk in your shoes...enough said!
• Have fun, leave the drama at the door, because no matter how great your outfit is, a bad attitude (re: angry face) will make anything you wear look bad!

Have a great formal everyone, mine's on Sunday and I cannot wait. It will be such a nice break from my final projects and tests!
Let me know what you're wearing!
xoxo.

Lanvin for H&M!

Today is going to be LONG day! So much for my lazy Sunday...
I have sorority "this" and sorority "that" so this is a short post to hold me over until tomorrow morning.
I just wanted to share two dresses I am absolutely obsessed with Lanvin for H&M.
This amazingly beautiful design house is creating affordable pieces now. Look at these dresses...


I want both of these...please & thanks!

Major Girl Crush

Hi Hi Hi!!!

This weekend has been amazing and filled with tons of fun, but not so many pretty outfits. In my last post I mentioned how I hosted a "cowboys and Indian" social at my house, well let me confirm the "epicness" of this party. It was so much fun, I saw all of my friends and just had an overall great time. The house is still a mess, and the floor is sticky despite the many attempts to mop away the juice and beer that spilled into every crevice and corner of the living room. I have basically been in recovery mode since, cleaning and going to the gym, living in leggings and sweats.

I figured today would be the perfect lazy Sunday (although mine is more like a so-much-to-do-help-me Sunday). But I am going to procrastinate a little longer and post about my style crush/girl crush Olivia Palermo. Some may remember her as the evil snob from the MTV reality show THE CITY, but I blame the producers of the show for placing her in such a horrible light. I simply refuse to believe that someone with such effortless style and sophisticated taste is that much of a monster. I seriously love every single one of her outfits. Every shirt, dress, purse, even nail polish color hits the style mark in my book.

Embarrassing Fact:
I have a folder on my computer dedicated to pictures of her outfits and try to recreate them with my limited resources. I don't have the money she has nor the designer labels, but I give it the 'ol college try!