Styling Faux Pas

Sweater: JCPenney / Dress: Kohls (similar - dressier - sexier) / Tights: Kohls / Boots: Blowfish (old) / Glasses: Firmoo / Necklace: Gift

I feel my lack of daily photo taking has left me with even less posing skills then I had to begin with (which was essentially zero anyway). Am I putting on a straight jacket in photo number 2? And seriously, whats on my boot?! Ah well. You can't win 'em all.

I'm pretty super in love with this sweater, but looking at the outfit now it could have used a belt. And different boots - if I had some! I'll try again tomorrow kids ;)

Hope y'all have a good day!

Procrastination

Dress: Kohls (similar) / Boots: Blowfish (last season) / Sweater: Abercrombie (similar) / Glasses: Firmoo

Happy hump day ya'll! This week has been hectic between sicky mcgee B at home and work being busy... and the apartment... Yes, ye old apartment. We put that off for the entire month, and now that B is sick, looks like THIS girl has to finish emptying it out. Its pretty close to empty at this point, it just needs cleaned by Friday at 9:30am. Ugh. We left it kind of trashed, so I'm not looking forward to the cleanup effort! Whoops. Kinda brought that on ourselves didn't we?

Anywho, today's outfit was a more laid back variation of the last time I wore this dress. Overall, it was pretty comfortable! Man, that picture makes me miss my tan though. This is the time of the year I start to feel beastly pale and I long for the sun.. .or tanning bed. I know, I know, its bad for you... but so good...

I'd like another weekend day please.

Cardi: A&F (similar) / Dress: Target (super old) / Shoes: Michael Kors

Omg.
Why is Monday always here so soon.
I die.

My posts are likely to be short and sweet this week kids, but I will say we had a blast in Seattle this weekend and I'm super bummed I had to come back last night instead of staying for the Packers/Seahawks game!! BUT we were in some stock footage taken by ESPN this weekend, so keep an eye out if your watching the game - you just might see me!

Hope you all have a lovely start to the week! :)

Lunch with the Governor

Dress: Kohl's / Belt: AE / Shoes: AE / Earrings: AE

I am beyond thrilled its Wednesday. This week has been tough and I'm looking forward to the weekend already.

Ok so I didnt exactly have lunch WITH the Governor, but she was there, so it counts! Yesterday I was invited to a TRIDEC luncheon as a guest of one of our board members. We recently built a website for a new book he authored and he invited us as a thank you. The food was only so-so, but the Governor was speaking on area issues and it was definitely interesting. I wore this outfit because I thought it mixed young and creative with professional fairly well. Looking at the photos now I think it may have been a tad short, but I felt good in it nonetheless.

Now I'm off to the gym for my regular lunch hour workout, and its much needed today!

Have a lovely day ya'll!

Dallas night

Dress: c/o eShakti / Shoes: Toms / Earrings: Self made (look for a tutorial this week!) / Lips: Revlon's Just Bitten Lip Stain and Blame in 'Flame'

Happy hump day!

Wednesday has become one of my favorite days this summer because (and try not to judge me here) its DALLAS NIGHT! Yes. I just went there. Do ya'll remember the old school Dallas TV show with Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy? The whole 'Who shot J.R.?' conundrum? Well if you haven't been living under a rock you've probably seen they rebooted it with the ultra sex-ay Jesse Metcalfe and Josh Henderson (both of Desperate Housewives fame).

I remember being just a tiny girl and watching the old school version with my mom. When the whole series came out on DVD we bought them all and rewatched. Its really a show that totally takes you away, its just so far out there that its awesome.
And, turns out, the reboot is exactly like it was 20+ years ago - a backstabbing, completely unrealistic, secrets and lies good time, and I LOVE it. Last week's episode ended pretty epically so I can't WAIT to watch tonight.

Do you guys have any guilty pleasure TV shows??


Linked up on The Pleated Poppy and Little Petrie today!

Cabochon crazed

Dress: LC Lauren Conrad / Sweater: American Eagle / Sandals: American Eagle (similar) / Earrings: Self made

Happy Tuesday ya'll!

I'm sorry for slacking on posting yesterday. Sometimes, my outfits are just sub-par, and I'm overwhelmed so much so with the Mondayz that posting is the last thing on my mind, ya know?

But here I am with a cute little ensemble from yesterday. I got this dress a few weeks ago on sale at Kohl's, hoping I'd be as in love with it as I was THIS one from Anthropologie. No such luck. Its cute, and it'll get some wear, but I'm still craving the Anthro version!

So is anyone else crazy about cabochons lately? I keep buying them in bulk and turning them into fun things, mainly, loads of earrings in every color. I think I see my first craft post coming! :)

xo, Katie

A white trash good time

Dress: Kohl's / Cardi: Boutique in Leavenworth / Scarf: Forever 21 (similar) / Shoes: Target

FRIDAY! So we meet again....

This week I rediscovered Revlon's Just Bitten lip stain. A few years ago when it first came out I scooped it up in several (not good for my skintone) colors. I don't really do lipstick, (I'm a chapstick girl) but I love a bit of color. I've never had a red that I've liked but they were on sale at Walgreens, and I thought, hey, why not. I picked up 2, one in 'Flame' and the other 'Gothic'. The above is Gothic - and I LOVE it. The stain stays on almost all day, even after eating. I only had to touch up once, and I used the balm all day. New obsession.

And, how cute is this little high-low dress from Kohls? So awesome for the price, its going to be a go-to to toss on for the rest of the summer, and into fall with some black tights!

So anyhooters, this weekend in the Tri-Cities is supposedly going to be bumpin'. They are hosting a little thing (the only really big festival type deal they do from what I understand) called the boat races. I'm told its like NASCAR... on water.
Yup. It sounds like a white trash good time. I'm in. So while I'm told many locals flee for the weekend, B (who decided to take Sunday off instead of working 10 days straight) and I will be putting on our respective Coors Light and camouflage baseball caps, filling our coolers with beer and heading down to the river Sunday.

I'm pretty much excited about it. Next weekend those same hats are going to get some mad use at a country music festival. Apparently, I'm a closeted redneck.

What's everyone else up to for the weekend??

xo, Katie

Monotony

Dress: Mudd for Kohl's / Sweater: Sonoma for Kohl's (last season) / Shoes: Mossimo via Target (similar and SUPER cute)

Do you ever have a month or two where life just gets away from you? You get lost in the monotony of day-to-day and then one day you wake up, and the month is gone and you feel as though you did nothing even though you were busy all the time? That's how I feel this month. B is also in transition with his shift at work and we both have so much going on at work, we barely see each other. I'm passed out by the time he gets home, and he's still sleeping when I leave in the morning. But the up side to that madness is soon we will have fairly normal weekends together!!

So my outfit. Inneresting mix, no? I wasn't really planning on wearing this sweater with this dress, but when I put on the dress in the morning it seemed a tad short for work. I can pretty much wear whatever I want, but I dont want to be 'that girl'.. youknowwhatimean. It ended up being a pretty comfy outfit other then the fact I wanted to sit indian style all.day.long. and I couldn't due to the short nature of the dress. Oh the woes of being a woman.

xo, Katie

If you really knew me

Jacket: NY & Co. (similar) / Dress: Sonoma for Kohl's (similar) (similar) / Tee: Gap / Shoes: Toms

All my exciting news was yesterday so I don't have a lot today. But I decided in my effort to let you guys get to know me a little, I'd participate in the fun little game of 'If you really knew me' going around the bloggersphere lately! Ok GO:

If you really knew me...

You'd know Fall is my FAVORITE time of year. Nothing makes me happier then sweaters and jeans, football Sundays, crockpot meals, Halloween, crisp breezes and apple cider.


You'd know I'm a secret nerd. B and I are desperately trying to go to Comic-con next year. I'm also obsessed with all things Harry Potter.


You'd know I have to shower at night because I can't get up early enough to do it in the morning. Not so much a morning person.


You'd know I'm very crabby if I'm hungry.


You'd know I've grown a lot in the past couple years, and I feel more independent and sure about myself and my choices then ever.


You'd know I've spent my whole life in a constant state of trying to lose weight. A few months ago I finally decided to embrace my size, and instead focus on being healthy and strong.


What do people not know about you??


xo, Kathryn Laine.

Space Dyed

Dress: Maurices (similar space dye dress) / Vest: Maurices (similar) / Sandals: American Eagle (similar)

Happy Friday ya'll!!! This week flew by for me, and I'm not sure why considering it was a fairly slow one at work. Yesterday I had the unfortunate experience of working out on my lunch hour (my new 'gym hour'), jumping in the showers quick, and then realizing I didn't bring a towel. I had to dry myself with those awful non-absorbent cheap brown paper towels. No bueno. Luckily today we are having a fun little grill and chill at work for lunch so I'll be hitting the gym after and can shower at home! Eesh!

Anyhooters, I got some fabulous patterns and fabrics awhile back so I plan to spend my weekend sewing up a storm (not a literal one, though we have had plenty of those lately in the Tri-Cities)... I hope to blog my progress on a few pretty items.
Anyone else have super fun weekend plans??

OH and if you are an eShakti fan, use promo code KA23CKZ to get 10% off anything you purchase through July 31 - even the 40% off sale! Shop it up!

 xo, Kathryn Laine

There's a whole lotta pattern going on here

Dress: Plain Ivey Jane / Scarf: American Eagle (similar) / Cardi: Maurices (similar) / Sandals: American Eagle (similar)

I wore a very similar, ok almost exact, iteration of this outfit back on my little Vegas trip in April. I haven't yet worn this dress to work and with the sky high heat index I figured now was as good a time as any.

We made it to Wednesday already hooray! Anyone have any plans for hump day? I plan on going home, putting on my pj's and playing the Sims until bedtime. Yep. I'm THAT girl. :-D

xo, Kathryn Laine.

The bi-polar summer

Dress: New York & Co. circa 2010 / Shoes: American Eagle (similar and super cute!)

Is it just here, or is the weather been CRAZY lately?! Yesterday was a gorgeous, sunny 85. I was able to get off work at 5 and still sit by the pool for a couple hours, until the blasted wind picked up and it started to cloud over. This morning I woke up and it was 68 and raining! 68! Its been doing that for months, the changes day to day are ridiculous. I'd like it to get to about 88 and sunny, and just STAY there please!

This is one of my favorite dresses. I got it a few years ago at the massive New York & Co. on State Street in my lovely homeland of Chicago. I've never seen anyone else in the same dress, so I like to consider it pretty unique. Its also super flattering, and the wings make me feel like I could just fly away. Or something.

Hope its sunny wherever you are!
xo, Kathryn Laine.

Gray Days

Dress: Liz Claiborne via JCPenney (similar) / Cardi: Boutique in Leavenworth (similar) / Shoes: Mossimo via Target

Yesterday, I was feeling pretty good, and I believe it shows in my outfit! I fell asleep the night before reading Harry Potter (desperately trying to finish 'The Goblet of Fire' so I can move on to book 5!) around 9:30pm, and slept until 8:30am. This seems excessive, but it was the the first morning I woke up feeling remotely refreshed, and for this - I am incredibly thankful!!

As for the outfit, I just want to say this dress is a lifesaver, you can style it up or style it down and the fit is super flattering on all body types. The denim also makes it crazy versatile with adding color. You can also see how I wore it here!

xo, Kathryn Laine

Copycat Friday!

Dress: American Eagle (similar) / Sweater: Maurices (similar) / Boots: Blowfish (last season)

Its Copycat Friday! Hoorah! This is the first one I've participated in, and I'm SOOOOO glad I did. I scoured the interwebz and pinned all my favorite blogger outfits. I took those pins and I racked my closet and put together so many new, fresh outfits I can't even begin to tell you. I had a hard time picking just one to share on this day, but this one is only the tip of the iceberg! I kind of want to make this a weekly occurrence but I'm still a little scared to put that much pressure on myself lol.

Anyhow the inspiration for this little ditty comes from the always fabulous Kendi at Kendi Everyday. I love the soft and sweet mixed with the tough boots. AND I'm slipping this one in just as our spring turns too hot to wear these boots anymore!

Have a GREAT holiday weekend ya'll!

Slumming Tuesdays

Dress: Liz Claiborne for JCPenney / Cardigan: Abercrombie (similar) / Shoes: Toms

As I'm fairly certain its only females that breeze over this blog, I feel its a safe place to say that I'm feeling AWFUL today thanks to the arrival of a certain monthly gift. In Lehman's terms this also means incredibly bloaty and crampy and in no mood to put on a cute outfit and take pictures!
So in real life, I'm slumming it today with elastic waist pants and a giantly oversized tank, but thanks to the wonders of the interwebz, you all can imagine this pic from a few weeks ago is what I really look like today ;)

In brighter news, I'll be back tomorrow with my first non-iPhone pic! Hooray!

Green with Dress Envy Wednesday

Dress: Anthropologie circa 2011 (similar) / Shoes: Toms

Another crazy day, another belated post!
I'm basically in love with this dress. I got it last year for the first day of a new job -- seeing as I left that job 4 months later to move to Washington with B, I can only hope the job change juju has worn off!

It felt a little overly schnazzy for my work environment so I pared it down with my comfy Toms sneaks (and a jean jacket for when the a/c kicks on! Brr!). Cute AND comfortable.
Style win-win.

Tuesday's on Fire

Dress: Kohl's / Shoes: Target (old - similar) / Cardigan: New York & Co. (striped - but super cute similar)

I got this dress for $20 at Kohl's as an easy to throw on summer dress. I was unsure about it at first, but with the right accessories it just feels right!

Happy Tuesday!

Hi-Low Wednesday

Dress: Mudd for Kohl's - on sale! / Cardigan: New York & Co. (similar) / Shoes: American Eagle

Gah! Sorry for the lack of post yesterday ya'll. B and I are gearing up for a little vacation this weekend, which always seems to require a lot of pre-vacation errands. I don't mind though, considering by this time tomorrow I hope to be on the Las Vegas strip, 3 bloody mary's in!

Yesterday was also a sad day, one of my fave gal's had her last day of work with us, resulting in an extra long lunch hour at a delicious Mexican restaurant, thereby foregoing my normal picture taking time. This is likely to happen again today as we have a work meeting during lunch - but rest assured, I'll be back Monday with loads of vacation pics to show off my getaway style :)

Also, I swear I didn't walk around barefoot all day, it was just late by the time I got home and I forgot to keep my shoes on :) I paired this outfit with the AE sandals above! I'm in love with these shoes, the hot pink is a great accent for almost all of my summer outfits!

Do you have go-to summer shoes??

Chevrons for Monday

Dress: American Eagle / Sandals: American Eagle / Jean Jacket: New York & Co. circa 2007

Happy Monday ya'll!!
Man oh man was I sad to see the weekend go. It was GORGEOUS out here in the Tri-Cities, with temps in the 80's and sunshine to boot. We actually turned our air on yesterday!! And its still hot as heck out there today. This weekend B & I are going on a mini-vacation and its all thats getting me through another busy (but thankfully short!) week! You'll likely see this dress again if I decide to blog my vacation style - its perfect for hot days and flattering to boot.

I LOVE maxi dresses!!

Orange You Glad its Thursday?

Dress: American Eagle (similar) / Top: Forever 21 (similar) / Sandals: American Eagle (similar) / Necklace: American Eagle (similar)

Im definitely noticing daily outfit chronicling can be tedious, and even stressful sometimes! Last night I spent almost 2 hours trying to find something to wear today. I, naturally, decided I didn't have a THING to wear in my closet and all my clothes were too boring. (If you saw my closet you'd immediately slap me in the face and tell me to look again.)

I eventually settled down and decided on a dress I recently got at American Eagle and I wasnt sure if I was going to keep. The top fits me a little wonky as I'm between sizes, and I haven't decided if I could fix it myself yet or not. Today, however, played as a skirt, I'm in love. the colors are so bright and fresh. I feel much better now and these colors make me happy!