So the wedding we went to over the weekend was so fun! I love going to weddings- they are one of my favorite things. I bought a new dress to wear which I just fell in love with as soon as I tried it on. Its just so girly and flowy with pretty ruffles. It makes me want to twirl and spin around…

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Dress: Forever 21
Headband: Forever 21
Maryjane Heels: Target

I have some great wedding photos to post for the “Over the Weekend” post. They will be up this afternoon!!!

Are we friends yet on facebook?

Happy Weekend Everyone!!!
Yay!! I am totally psyched to spend the weekend with Kev. We have a rehearsal dinner tonight out in Framingham with the Wedding tomorrow at the Wayside Inn. Kev is in the wedding and he looks quite handsome in his tux!! I am excited to dress up because I got a new dress!!! I am so excited to be back in Framingham. That is where we went to school and well started dating and got proposed too in our very special place! Hopefully we will have time to stop by and visit our spot.

I have to say I am excited by the temperature of the weather today. I can not tell you how much I am looking forward to wearing awesome tights all fall/winter long!!

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I have said “excited” like a hundred times this post. yikes!
Don’t you just love my bow headband- I sure do! Its so over the top-hehe

Headband: Forever 21
Faux Leather Jacket: Forever 21
Red Dress: Banana Republic
Awesome Tights: My sister
Shoes: Dollhouse (TJ Max)

Oh one more thing. Anyone want to be Facebook friends with Jenloveskev?? I would love to have you as my friend!!
Let’s be pals!
www.facebook.com/jenloveskev

So yesterday morning I came downstairs to the kitchen to find this super cute and hilarious little note from Kev. It was totally what I needed to get me thru the first day ( I get really really nervous for the first day- I dont know why?) We have always had this thing where we like drawing each others heads on cat bodies to cheer the other person up. We also think its hilarious to draw any human head on any animal body. It just cracks us up. One time we went to this big Graphic Design party in Hawaii that had this mural wall you could draw on and we drew this huge battle of humanhead/animal body characters all fighting each other. Which is also another thing I like. Drawing animals that dont go together fighting. Like a Squrriel fighting a shark, or a starfish fighting a giraffe. Its all in cartoon form of course. I think I am just easily amused!! Whenever I look at this card from yesterday it makes me laugh…

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haha I also have to share this… Kev had a court date the other day for a speeding ticket- which he forgot about and missed. He had to write a letter to the court and ask them to reschedule. When I was mailing the letter I used one of our new stamps that we got. As I was putting the Homer stamp on the evelope- I thought it would be so funny to write DOH! coming out of his mouth. hahaha I hope someone at the courthouse is a simpson fan and thinks this is as funny as I did!

Today was the first day of school! It’s always a weird day but overall it went pretty good. It was nice to feel back in the swing of things- like back to my regular routine.

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I got this shirt the other day. I love it! Because I love peacocks (did you see my peacock painting?) and well its got some cute detail. The shoulders are pleated which I like a lot. I wore it with some skinny black jeans to make it more appropriate for school but I also plan on wearing it with some leather like leggings when I might be out one weekend night.

Peacock Tunic: H&M
Headband: Walmart
Pink Studded Belt: Forever 21
Black Skinny Jeans: Forever 21
Flats: Steve Madden

Hey Hey
Kev and me have another art show that we are hanging next week. This time its a group show with some other people and not just me and kev. I am excited because I get to show some different art from what I had just shown. Here are a few of the pieces that I will be hanging. They are sort of the same mixed media style as my newer pieces from the last show but a little more muted. Each one is drawn and painted on top of collaged music sheets, dress patterns and different papers. They were inspired by a time period or feelings I associate with older more simpler times.

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So it was my last day of summer yesterday. Sniff sniff. I am back to school today overwhelmed with meeting after meeting. Tomorrow is the first day of school with the kids. eeek!

I spent the my last day being locked out of the house waiting for kev to come rescue me. It wasn’t the greatest way to spend most of the day but it ended up good because it forced Kev to come home at 3 which we then got to spend the rest of the afternoon together. We went on a last day of summer bike ride and then we went out later that night to a tapas bar called Mission. I love tapas bars- the food at Mission was so good!! Mmmm it was a good way to end summer.

I think this outift should be called the Grandpa outfit- hehe I like it though.

Shirt: Thrifted
Brown tweed shorts: Forever 21
Sandals: Sears
Sunglasses: Target

Mashed Potato Pizza
MMMMMmmmmmmmmm

So we both love homemade pizza! We actually make it a lot for dinner- usually its covered with pineapple, but tonight I wanted to try something different. I wanted to make something really easy because we had lots of work going on last night. I decided to try to make my own pizza skins (mmm unos). Since its such a carbo-o-load dinner I had to pair the pizza with a salad with lots of veggies so I could feel sort of healthy. I just have to say that this pizza was delicious. Mmm it was so tastey and such a comfort food. I highly recommend it. I would totally have liked to make the dough but I didnt have time. Its really easy to make, but I just used a bobeli whole wheat crust. I made half the pizza with bacon and cheese (kevs side) and my side I put broccoli, tomatoes, chives, and cheese.

Ingredients:
Bobeli Pizza Crust/ You can just as easily make our own dough
Small Red Potatoes (cut in halves)
Broccoli
Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
Chives
Tomato (thinly sliced)
Garlic salt
Pepper
Salt
Milk
Butter
Olive Oil

1. Preheat Oven (I needed mine at 450, but to whatever you need for your dough/crust)
2. Brush Olive Oil on Crust, then sprinkle Garlic Salt
3.Boil the Potatoes until there are ready to be mashed.
4. Stick the Bobeli Crust in the oven for just a min. or 2 with the oil and garlic salt.
5. Mash Potatoes adding, butter, milkm salt and pepper to taste.
6. Top Pizza with potatoes
7. Add toppings- Broccoli, Thinly sliced tomatoes, Cheese and chives
8. Cook for 8 mins- or until cheese is melted.

So since the pictures Kev took were so nice- I am going to use this as my style file for today…

Plaid Button Up: Walmart (yeah thats right-hehe)
Jeans: Levi (curvy fit- haha yes they fit me good!) Skinny Jean
Sandals: Sears
Sunglasses: Forever 21

Only 2 more days till my Teacher Style Files return.

Its 12:54am on monday- now I know its technically Tuesday but if I am still up and am posting this right now does it count that I posted it on Monday? hehe sorry for the late post. This week is a little crazy. We are putting our house up for sale and we have the realtor coming tomorrow so we spent a good portion of tonight painting some put off projects and doing a major cleaning. Tomorrow is officially my last day of summer. I have to report to school on Wednesday for Teacher stuff and then the first day of school is on Thursday. Crazy!!

The weekend was ok. Saturday as I wrote before was ehh but we went to a show in Albany on Saturday night which was like a breath of fresh air. You feel the bass as the band plays one of your favorite songs and you feel revived and refreshed. We went to see Emery, it is one of our favorite bands. Sunday, we went to church and then off to meet the realtor to look at a couple houses. We are narrowing our search I think. In the afternoon the sun came out for a while and we decided to do another little photo shoot together…

So I will be honest- this has not been the best day its pouring rain, I am totally bummed about this weardrobe conference (I didnt think I was going to be able to go so I didn’t try, but now things changed and its booked up and I am upset because I feel like I am missing out on having this great chance to meet all the lovely ladies who are going) and well just other stuff is going blah. It is so good to be home though- that car ride from Flordia to Mass is pretty terrible. I had to drop my mom off first in central mass before I headed home to the berkshires. It was late already but I had to sit in traffic for an hour and a half. Like dead stop traffic! I was not a happy camper. The thing that got me thru was knowing I was going to be seeing kev and listening to these songs- which I am actually listening to now too because its also just one of those days and music is a good healer…
You should listen to these too!

1. Au Revoir Simone- Stay Golden
2. Beach Boys- In my room
3. Elliot- Song in the air
4. Piebald- Where have all the classics gone
5. The Get Up Kids- Out of Reach
6. Beyonce- Halo
7. Dashboard Confessional- A plain morning
8. Bob Marley- Redemption Song
9. The Postal Service- Sleeping In
10. Regina Spektor- Fidelity
11. Modest Mouse- 3rd Planet
12. Nico- These days
13. Pedro the Lion-Priests and Paramedics
14. Jack Johnson- Inaudible Melodies
15. The Smiths- Half a person
16. Bright Eyes- Coat Check Dream Song
17. Etta James- A sunday kinda love
18. Mirah-Mt. St. Helens
19. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s- Skeletons
20. Cat Power- The Greatest
21. Mates of State- Drop and Anchor
22. Rocking Horse Winner- When songbirds sing
23. She & Him- You really got a hold on me
24. Silent Drive- Davey Crockett

Some of these bands I have been listening to since I was in High school, but thats why I love them. They are comforting for so many reason. Do you have certain songs you want to hear when you are sad, stressed, sick, upset?? I love how music can really fit into any mood that you can experience. Anyone see the episode of Family guy when Peter wishes for a soundtrack for his life? I wish that sometimes. Wouldn’t that be cool? What are your comfort songs?

p.s. Kev and me took this picture together a couple days ago… cute huh?

So we have been traveling in the car home from
FL since yesterday afternoon. Ugh!! The only thing keeping me going is getting home to Kev and the fact that the season premiere of Project Runway is on tonight!!! I have been waiting for so long and I am so excited!! Yippee!! Anyone else excited??

Style files will return tomorrow!!

Dear Kev
I miss you- tonight I started looking thru my blog archive looking at all our posts from when we lived in hawaii. (p.s. did you know that if you go to my blog archive the beginning year of posts are all from when Kev and me lived in hawaii, they are pretty fun!) I was specifically looking for this picture. It is one of my favorite. You have crazy hawaii beach hair and your eyes are crazy and you have a big smile on your face and you are eating shave ice. Its just the best picture. It makes me smile and makes me think about how much I love you. 2 more days till we are together again…

I remember being in High School looking thru the Jcrew catolog being in love with everything in there. I use to flip to the “business like attire” section and think I will wear this stuff one day when I am a teacher. Hehe well I don’t dress as fancy as that now that I am one but Boy would I like to own some of these outfits in the August Catalog. I think I enjoy the JCrew catalog more than the anthropologie one- they style the outfits so beautifully and the backgrounds are just breathtaking. Everything is so soft looking- like even though you would like a million bucks you would be so warm and cozy feeling wearing it all. I love it!! What do you think?

Hi everyone (wave wave) here are some pictures from our day…

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So hello all! I am writing this week from Satillite Beach, FL. My parents bought the most beautiful vacation home here. This was my first time being here and I love it. I am so excited to be able to come here now. It is right on the Grand Canal!! The ocean is like 1/2 a mile away and its just so beautiful and tropical here!!

We drove here from Mass because my mom had loaded up my dad’s excursion full of furniture and decorations she wanted to bring down to the house. The drive was a litttle long (and by little I mean way way way too long!) but we finally arrived Friday evening. The weekend was spent hanging out by the canal, swimming in tubes trying to find manatee, searching google to see if manatee like kale, luring manatee towards us with bananas, getting bitten by a lizard, going boating in the ocean, swimming in an amazing pool, visiting cousins and my aunt and uncle, eating a delicious breakfast, walking the beach, seeing dolphins jump out of the water right by our dock, being so close you could reach down and touch a manatee (haha we did a lot of manatee things this weekend), I ran 11 miles, finding and eating avacado hummus and watching a whole lot of 30 rock.

The canal is super warm and because of that so many manatee and dolphins swim and play around in it- that means we get to see them from the dock in the backyard all the time. Its crazy. I didn’t know what to expect when I saw the first manatee up close. I thought they were maybe like 4ft and just kinda pudgy but they are HUGE!!! Like whale size- they are so thick around. I was speechless.

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Go check out my sisters tumblr to see more sweet photos- she has taken some great ones!!!

There are not to many celebs that I would say I love their style. I mean usually everyone looks beautiful in dresses that are millions of dollars or being styled up for some event, but in their general day to day not to many stand out to me. Kirsten Dunst on the other hand is not one of those celebs. I love her style. She always seems so cool and chic. She was the face of the spring 2009 look book for Boy by Band of Outsiders which was the most perfect fit. I love love love all the shorts and blazers! I also loved the campaign for Miu Miu she did a while back! It makes me want to go out to forever 21 and buy all the cirque 21/twist stuff they are selling right now. If miu miu was in my budget I’d being saying I’d want that but forever 21 is obviously more my thing…

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So if you are looking for a blog to get addicted to (of course hopefully in addition to jenloveskev- jk) then Adored Austin is it!! Its one the of the best new blogs that has been added to my reader lately. Indiana has great style, an awesome blog and a good sense of humor! Now that’s my kind of girl!

She recently featured me on her blog as a “I Adore this Blog” which I was completely honored by!! She wrote some super super nice things about me which I really appreciated. Go on over and check out what she wrote and then spend the rest of the day reading thru her blog, you will be greatly entertained and inspired!!

Thanks Indiana!

Kev took off work today so we could spend some time together before I leave tomorrow for FL. It is always super hard to be away from each other. I always think it will be fine until its time to go and then I feel sick over it. I miss him like crazy! Anyways, we had a great great day together. We woke up and went bike riding around and then biked to a diner down the street for some breakfast. Then we drove out to the triplex (movie theater) to see a matinee of 500 days of summer- which I enjoyed very much. On our way home Kev wanted to do a photo shoot. He is getting more into taking style file pictures then me. hehe. He of course is just interested in taking cool photos in neat places not so much the fashion part- but whatever it works out good for me. As we were talking the pictures the sky looked like the apocalypse was about to happen. It was crazy! It started raining in the middle of our photo session but we got some good ones.

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Hat: Target
Dress: Forever 21
Shoes: Chinese Laundry (TJ Max)

So I am leaving early in the morning and my parents house down there doesn’t have internet. Don’t fret though! I will post pictures of things I can take pictures of with my iphone, but there will be no scheduled posts for the next week. I’ll be back in full swing Monday August 24th. Yikes! 3 days before the first day of school!!!!
enjoy!

I am leaving for Florida tomorrow for a week with my Mom and my sister. I am pretty excited because my parents just bought a vacation home right on the inter coastal water way. Right outside the back lani is the water- sweet huh? Kev had to work so he couldn’t come which is quite sad to me but I am really excited to spend some time with my sister Amy and my Mom. So, today’s I’d Wear That… is based off of what I would like to live in for the next week. I love this super cute bathing suit from Modcloth. Plus my favorite accessory this summer has been my straw hat. I started reading “The Ethics of What We Eat” when we went to the Outer Banks last month, so I am hoping to finish it this week. It is an amazing book- so informational. I would totally recommend it!!!

Bathing Suit: Modcloth $89.99
Straw Hat: Urban Outfitters $28
Book: The Ethics of What We Eat by Peter Singer $10.85
Sunglasses: Fred Flare $11
Sunscreen: Aveeno SPF 30

Fried Ravioli’s, Caesar Salad and Bread for dipping

When I was in college my favorite dinner at the caf. was fried ravioli’s. I just loved them! They use to have them at Papa Gino’s a while back now but they don’t anymore. I’ve been hard pressed to find a place that has them all that often anymore. So one day as I was searching thru the food network website (as I usually do looking for recipes) I stumbled across this one!!! I was a little scared at first. I don’t usually deep fry stuff- but it ended up being super easy and they were very delicious. It’s not something that will be on our every week menu but once in a while they are a great little treat. I made a Ceasar salad to go along with them and sliced up some wheat ciabatta bread for dipping in olive oil and seasonings. Again photo credits go to Kev. Thank you for always taking good pictures for me!!

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Ingredients

* Olive oil, for frying
* 1 cup buttermilk
* 2 cups Italian-style bread crumbs
* 1 box store-bought cheese ravioli (about 24 ravioli)
* 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
* 1 jar store bought marinara sauce, heated, for dipping

Directions

Pour enough olive oil into a large frying pan to reach a depth of 2 inches. Heat the oil over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 325 degrees F.

While the oil is heating, put the buttermilk and the bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls. Working in batches, dip ravioli in buttermilk to coat completely. Allow the excess buttermilk to drip back into the bowl. Dredge ravioli in the bread crumbs. Place the ravioli on a baking sheet, and continue with the remaining ravioli.

When the oil is hot, fry the ravioli in batches, turning occasionally, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the fried ravioli to paper towels to drain.

Sprinkle the fried ravioli with Parmesan and serve with a bowl of warmed marinara sauce for dipping.

So this morning I woke up and opened up my laptop as I laid in bed still (becoming my morning ritual now) and started reading thru my emails. I was completely shocked as I clicked on the link to see who won last weeks weardrobe contest to find it link to the picture that I sent in. I was so excited my heart leaped from my chest as I called kev to tell him. I never win anything so I was pretty excited. Yippie!!!

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I know some of you are also fellow weardrobers but if you aren’t is such a great website. Its very inspiring to see everyones outfits and its such a great community of people to be a part of.

I also just want to take a minute and thank each and everyone of you that read this blog. You don’t know how amazing it is to me that you read this and that you leave comments to me. I read every comment that is written and if you leave a website I will always go and read thru it and usually add it to my reader as well. I feel like I have been making friends all over and I talk about you to Kev like you are my friends (maybe thats weird but?) I truly appreciate every comment that is left!! You all inspire me on a daily basis to stay creative and keep blogging- it has become such a bonus to my life. I hope someday I can meet some of you. I know we all have a lot in common but until then please keep leaving comments and keep up the good work on all your lovely blogs!!

Here are a few tidbits from the weekend. I will break everything down today into bullet points.

• -Saw Sarah and Damien on Friday night- it was great!
• -Ran 9 miles saturday morning- got lost.
• -Sat in traffic on our way out to central mass
• -Celebrated Kev’s sisters b-day with family and an awesome bbq dinner
• -Got to see my sister Amy and John
• -Sat in traffic on the way home from central mass
• -Tired to clean the war zone that is my craft room- ended up watching Rushmore instead
• -Went on a late night bike ride followed by Auntie Annies Mac and Cheese and then some Arrested Development

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Happy Weekend everyone!! I hope you all enjoy yourselves and enjoy life with loved ones. We are off to central mass to visit family and celebrate a birthday. Here are some style file photos from last night- we went out to see our friends at rt. 7 grille in Great Barrington. It was great to see them!!! It had been a long time! We ended the evening with some coffee gelato and a stroll around railroad st. We make a good team because I love dressing up and Kev loves taking photos. Although I get embarrassed and squirm to get pictures taken of myself- I try for him. hehe I always just want 1 good shot of my outfit but he always wants it to be all artsy and to pose and I never know what to do. I can’t blame him though- his ideas for pictures are always better than mine. I gave him like 2 mins to take these photos because we were on the side of the road and I didn’t like the cars driving by and looking. Have you looked at his photography portfolio yet? Go then! Now!

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Fake Leather Bomber: Forever 21 $30
Dress: Johnny Martin (TJ Max like 3 years ago?)
Hat: Forever 21
Best Shoes in the world: Forever 21 $34

So as I just mentioned below I surprised Kev with a picnic dinner yesterday evening. We don’t spend much time just walking about Albany so we had a really good time. We laid out and ate dinner over in Empire Plaza, played on the steps, took some pictures, watched the clouds, walked thru the streets, listened to some bad bands for alive at 5 and got a beer (label was designed by one of m favorite artists ralph steadman) and sat outside people watching. The temperature was perfect to eat outside and then stroll the streets hand in hand.

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So I apologize for not posting yesterday. Eeeek I dropped the ball. I had school work I needed to do and then some errands and well then I just decided to pack a picnic and go surprise Kev at work. We did however get to take some sweet photos, so hopefully it will make up for it.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenloveskev/3797201994/Lace Top: Forever 21
Hat: Forever 21
Cut Offs: Old Navy
Sandals: Sears

We were taking turns jumping and taking pictures. haha here is a funny one of Kev. It was like the most wonderful summer evening- we had a really fun time over in empire plaza.

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So today’s I’d Wear That is inspired by what I would like to wear this friday night as we go and meet some friends to see their brother’s band play. Now where we are going is not technically just a bar- it is also one of our favorite restaurants- but they do have a really nice bar. Anyways, I guess its more like a “friday night out” outfit but we all get the picture. Lately I have been loving peach and black together. Its sort of girlie rocker like to me and I like it! Plus I can never get enough animal print in…

Shirt: Urban Outfitters $48
Jeans: Joe Jeans $158
Shoes: DSW $49.95
Earrings: Forever 21 $2.80
Silver Bracelets: Forever 21 $3.80
Black Bracelet: Forever 21 $3.80

So I was feeling sort of laid back today. I love cut off shorts in the summer they are my staple. It always seems easy enough to look presentable in cut offs depending on your shirt. Its warm out today so I wore one of my favorite shirts. It’s this beautiful leopard print blouse. Its so comfortable to wear and super cool (temp.) in the summer because its so breezey (It does ride up a lot because of the elastic bottom- which is sort of annoying. I am not one to run around with my mid section showing but it seems worth dealing with). I threw on a feathered headband and feel like I look pretty put together for such a simple outfit. I am off to run some errands and then have a celebratory dinner with friends at their brand new house!

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Blouse: Forever 21
Headband: Jenloveskev creation
Cut offs: Old jeans
Sandals: Sears

* Teacher Style Files will return August 27th

Pistachio Asparagus Pesto

I love pesto so when I saw a recipe to make a pesto with pistachio and asparagus I was really interested. I was a little worried if Kev would enjoy it but he loved it- we both did!!

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Ingredients:
1 pound pasta
Pistachio Asparagus pesto (see below)
parmigiano reggiano to taste (grated, for garnish)
asparagus tips (for garnish)
pistachios (chopped, for garnish)

Pesto:
Ingredients:
1 cup asparagus (cleaned, trimmed, blanched and chopped- I save the tips and saute them for the garnish)
1/4 cup spinach
1 clove garlic (chopped)
2 tablespoons pistachios
1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano (grated)
3 tablespoons olive oil
lemon juice to taste (optional)
salt to taste

Directions for pesto:
1. Place everything into a food processor and blend.

Final Directions:
1. Cook the pasta in well salted water as directed on the package.
2. While Pasta is cooking- saute up the asparagus tips in a pan with some oil and garlic.
2. When the pasta is cooked to al dente drain the pasta water reserving some of it.
3. Pour the pasta back into the still hot pan, add the pesto and enough of the pasta water to make a smooth sauce that coats the pasta.
4. Serve garnished with parmigiano reggiano, the asparagus tips and some chopped pistachios.

So this is my outfit that I wore Friday night to the art opening. I had gone to meet Erin at Forever 21 on her Lunch break again and I was totally going to get that outfit from my last I’d Wear That, I searched that whole entire store to find that they didn’t have that skirt- sniff sniff or that tank- sniff sniff. I found this really cute dress that I was going to get but that the guilt of buying something that wasn’t super necessary set in and I ended up just buying THE SHOES!!! Which of course I was excited for. I love them- they make me feel like a model or a giant. I am not sure which one. I am pretty tall to begin with so wearing a wedge that it quite tall makes me even taller. I get strange looks but what can I say- I just love these shoes so I’ll take the stares.

Shirt: Thrifted (Landsend Oxford)
Neckalces: Simply Vera by Vera Wang $3.99
Skirt: H&M $15
Shoes: Forever 21

*Teacher Style Files will return August 27th (gulp-so soon!)

Can you believe that it is August already? Yikes! I have less then a month till I am back at school. That is just crazy and a little scary to me. Well I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I sure did. We had our 2nd gallery opening which some of my favorite ladies came out for!! We had friends over for dinner and some reliving of vacation photos, we had an awesome 3 hour lunch at Panera with Sean and Hannah and we got to walk around Northampton and have some delicious pizza (mmm I had 1 tortellini pesto piece and one broccoli potato with cheddar) before we went and saw The Avett Brothers at the Calvin. Aside from all the fun stuff we did I was really just enjoying the time spent with Kev this weekend! Sometimes we get caught up in the busyness of life that we forgot how much we just enjoy spending time together. It was a good weekend!

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