Umbrella Beach // What I Wore

The summer hasn't been too great here, lately, so unfortunately I've hardly gotten down to the beach, but a couple Sundays ago my friend Natalie from work and I decided to head down to the beach together. It was a perfect time to do it, too, because I'd just got a new bathing suit from ModCloth! I've wanted an Esther Williams bathing suit for years, and after three years of promising to buy me a new swim suit, they finally got me one!

This bathing suit is super cute, and flattering and comfy and I had so much fun at the beach with Natalie - even if she did try to drown me. *winks*

How have you all been spending your summer?

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shirt: J Crew

shorts: Maurice's

bathing suit: ModCloth 

scarf: DIY

sandals: Plato's Closet

sunglasses: Betsy Johnson via LBB

How I Became the Sea

 

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I'd be lying if I said I never thought of you anymore. I'd be lying if I said nothing ever reminded me of you. Shoot, I'd even be lying if I said I never cried for you. But I'd also be lying if I said that I didn't know that would get less and less every day. I'd be lying if I said there was still a hole in my heart left by you.

I have good days where you never cross my mind. I'm so happy with my life right now. I know that you probably think I've wandered off the straight and narrow path. That I've given into the world. It makes me happy to thing that I'll never have to undergo your judgement about that again. I feel free knowing that you can do now is judge me from afar. I don't have to deal with your judgement anymore.

But I also have bad days. Where I miss having a "best" friend. I don't have a best friend right now - at least, not the way you and I used to be. But that's a good thing. Sometimes I envy my friends who are "bffs" and so close. They do some of the things you and I used to do, but now I'm on my own in that sense. But then I think back to how closed off I was back then. How you were the only person I had room for in my life - and I know that I wouldn't go back to that even if I could. I feel like the person that was cowering inside myself our whole friendship has finally busted out and I love her. I love who I am, and I know you wouldn't approve.

I've made peace with who I am and how I got here. I can look back on our friendship and smile on them as part of my past. That's all behind me and "no one can be mad [or sad!] about the past!" as Phoebe would say.

I know I'm not what you thought I was.

xo,

Katie Burry

Atom Bomb // Daily Outfit

Oh my goodness! It seems like the Owl City concert was ages ago, but it was just a few weeks ago! Crazy how time flies! ♥

This is, as you might have guessed, what I wore to the concert. I realized a couple days before hand that I didn't have anything to wear, so I went out to Windsor and bought this sweater and pair of leggings, and I love them both so much! The leggings are soooo comfortable, and I the sweater is super cozy! and the plus was that I felt super foxy all night (I love the way the leather jacket looked with the outfit!)

Tomorrow I'm doing a post with the photos + video I got at the concert. I can't wait to share them - the concert was amazing and a twice-in a lifetime experience! ♥

xo,

Katie Burry

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sweater: Windsor

boots: DSW

leggings: Windsor

necklace: gift from Emily

bag: ModCloth
jacket: Top Shop
lipstick: MAC in Rebel
title: Bombshell Blonde by Owl City

When I've Got My Skates On // Daily Outfit

"Some days are horrible - like you trip in the hall and your skirt flies over your head just when the jock you like is walking past. Some days are just 'ok.' Maybe you find a $20 bill, but you get a parking ticket. And some days are just so amazingly awesome and everything with the world is right!" 

~ Lizzie Benne

Reasons why the day I wore this dress was awesome:

• It was the perfect almost-spring-day! I woke up to the sound of birds in the trees, it was unny and not too cold. Spring, please come quickly!
• I drove with the windows down for one of the first times this year
• I just recently bought a pair of socks just like my white thigh highs but in the gray, and I wore them for the first time with this outfit. I love them so much. Seriously so comfortable. I want them in black, too, and I'm even thinking about getting a pair for a giveaway. Does anyone think this is a good idea!?
• I used my new make-up palette, Boudoir Eyes by Too Faced, to try my hand at the smokey eye the girl at Ulta did on me. It wasn't as good as hers, but it didn't suck, either!
• I loved my make-up, and was pleased with my hair/make-up, so I felt great all day!
• I went ice skating for the first time in four years, which was awesome despite all the mothers bringing their little daughters to practice figuring skating which meant me being shown up by a couple of five year olds.
• After searching for over a year I finally bought the perfect purple lipstick - not too purple-y, and not too dark! Thank you, MAC cosmetics!
• Semi caught up with one of my bestest girl friends.
• It was payday so I got to pick up my check + say hello to my co-workers, which - of course - ending up being a discussion on how great Jeffery Campbell shoes are (in the words of my co-worker "he knows how to make shoes!" YEAH GIRL!)
• I realized when I looked at my paycheck stub that I got a pay raise, so I am now $.25 per hour closer to being rich. Yay me!
• I burned so many calories ice skating, that I ate whatever I want when I got home, completely guilt free. (I really need to ice skate more often, y'all!) 

xo, 

Katie Burry

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dress: Moon Collection via the Red Dress Shoppe

cardigan: Forever 21
Lita spikes: Lori's Shoes

tights: Forever 21
socks: the Forest Bootery

belt: Windsor

necklace: gift from Emily
sunglasses: ModCloth

bag: Little Black Bag
lipstick: MAC in Rebel
title: Tip of the Iceberg by Owl City

Until I Viewed it in Black and White // Daily Outfit

I regarded the world as such a sad sight
Until I viewed it in black and white
Then I reviewed every frame and basic shape
And sealed the exits with caution tape

~ Dear Vienna by Owl City

I've been wanting to do a black and white outfit post for some time now, and since there really wasn't much color to this outfit to begin with, I figured it'd be the perfect time to do it!

We finally got a big(ish) snow in my area, and it's completely transformed the entire area. I don't completely mind. It makes for a nice change of pace, and it hasn't been too unbearably cold lately, so that's good, too.

On another note, can you believe that I got this cardi from ModCloth for just $7!? Thank you, Cabin Fever Sale/$5 coupon/$5 credit I'd forgotten about. I'm also super stoked about this free hair scarf I got with it. I've been wanting to try one for a while! ♥

Happy Valentines Day!

xo,

Katie Burry

 

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dress: Forever 21
boots: DSW

tights: H&M
socks: the Forest Bootery

cardigan: ModCloth
belt: thrifted

scarf: ModCloth
glasses: c/o Glasses USA
bag: Little Black Bag

lipstick: Kat Von D Painted Love in Underage Red
title: Dear Veienna by Owl City

Just a Holiday Every Night

 "But when I close these heavy lids after dark
Each sweet dream is a target
And all my shots are so consistently wide of the mark

"‘Cause the angriest bark is always worse than the bite
Like the ache in my chest that my heart didn’t invite
But if the prettiest romance isn’t perfectly right
That makes every love lost just a holiday every night."

~ Paper Tigers by Owl City

When Can I See You Again // Daily Outfit

Last Friday my family went to see Wreck It Ralph - on opening day (score!). For those of you that don't understand my interest in this movie it stems from two things: number one, I have strong love for Disney kids movies (Tangled? Yes please!) and number two, Owl City had a song featured in the soundtrack - and we all know how big of an Owl City fan I am.  

On another very important note, can I just point out that I am wearing authentic Jeffrey Campbell Lita spikes!? I can't believe that I when I started reading Little Chief Honeybee, I didn't really like Lita's! Of course her gorgeous style won me over, though, and pretty soon I found myself wanting a pair. So I bought not one, but two faux pairs, and vowed to get a pair after I got a job, and I finally did it! And let me tell you, Kaelah was so right when she said that they'd make me feel like a new woman! *winks* (Also, they are much more comfortable than the knock offs!)

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Owl City tee shirt: District Lines

plaid shirt: Maddie's

skirt: Kelly King
belt: Francesca's Collections

Jeffrey Campbell Lita Spikes: Lori's Shoes

bracelet: Betsy Johnson

tights: Target

bag: Francesca's Collections

lipstick: MAC in Lickable
Title: When Can I See You Again by Owl City

Alligator Sky // Daily Outfit

First of all, I promise my lipstick isn't this neon pink IRL! I don't why, but the lighting in these photos made it look super weird.

Secondly, I have a funny story for you gals (guys?) today: since it's been getting dark earlier lately, and because I usually don't get off work till at least six, I've had to start leaving earlier and getting my photos before I go into work. And since I really don't want to run into any of my co-workers while taking said photos - I mean, they know about my blog, but knowing and actually seeing me run around taking photos of myself are two very different things and I'd like to keep them separate, if possible... So to avoid any awkward run-ins, I usually stop in the town next to the one I work in to get pictures.

Well, on this particular day I noticed a stylish couple walking around the downtown area I was in. I noticed because he was wearing a long black pea coat and it reminded me of Sherlock or some other British guy. They saw me taking photos and running back and forth between my camera and where I was standing for the pictures, but I didn't pay any mind because a lot of people see me doing this and I've kind of gotten used to the stares. I finished my pictures and went into work (and still managed to arrive five minutes early I might add!) and didn't think any thing of it... until about a half an hour later, that is when who should walk into the shoppe but the afore mentioned smartly dressed couple?? I swear all I could think was "omgsh they must think I'm crazy." Yeah... these are the things that happen to you when you style blog...

In other news this is the last time you'll see these We Love Colors tights on le blog as they snagged while I was lugging huge wooden blocks out of our window so I could I clean it. Why do I get the feeling I'm going to be going through a lot of tights this winter...

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dress (worn as top): Love Marks via the Forest Bootery

skirt: Kelly King

cardigan: Lace Affair
belt: Windsor
tights: c/o We Love Colors
Boots: DSW

bangles: H&M

headband: Target

lipstick: Mack in Lickable
title: Alligator Sky by Owl City

Bombshell Brunette // Daily Outfit

On Saturday my uncle tied the knot with his lovely girlfriend (now wife)!

It was a really interesting experiance considering it was the first wedding I've been two in over a year where I didn't have to work (although I still did!), and the first time a sort of "childhood friend" has gotten married. My uncle I have never been super close, but I remember playing with him when I was four or five (we're only seven years apart), and it was so weird to see him getting married! I think the weird thing about growing up is that you don't realize you're doing it until suddenly you're like "holy cow! I'm only a year younger than my dad was when he got married!"

On an entirely different subject, I feel I should inform you all that these pictures were not taking in an as out-of-the-way place as they appear. That road was actually the road 110% of the wedding guests had to drive down to get to the church and I was literally right in front of the church driveway so I'm pretty sure I was known as the "weirdo who was standing in the middle of the road taking pictures of herself" for the rest of the night but I don't care because these pictures turned out so well they are totally worth having almost got run over for. ♥

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dress: thrifted
jacket: Topshop
belt: Francesca’s Collections
tights: c/o We Love Colors
pumps: The Forest Bootery
clutch: H&M

necklace: thrifted

bangles: H&M
title: based on Bombshell Blonde by Owl City

Blossoms Filled the Room // Daily Outfit

I feel as if I'm finally getting used to the new "normal." I'm wearing skirts to work, and actually making new friends. I feel like I'm finally coming out of of my shell, and it feels amazing! I also think it's really good for me. I think that I need to be on my own more and start making more of my own friends - not just friends of the family.

It can be so tempting, sometimes, to put up a bad situation because it's so hard/scary to try a new, different situation. But let's face it - that's no way to live. Anything worth having is worth fighting for and often times requires it. I want to feel alive and to that I have to go through both the dreams and the disasters - so so be it! I'd rather live and be hurt and tell my children and grandchildren the story of it than go through life without having really ever lived. So here's to life's little disasters. ♥

In other news this outfit reminded me of a 1950's house dress with the high neckline, button-down top, wide belt and full skirt. Am I the only one who sees the resemblance?

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blouse: Rue 21

skirt: made by me

shoes: Urban Og

belt: thrifted

bag: ModCloth