Steve Madden Spring Picks

I don't let myself wander to the Steve Madden website often, but it has been a while so I decided to take a peak and see what was in the works for Spring. Here are a few that caught my eye:

CHIEEFF in Coral Suede
$89.95
The perfect simple & cute spring/summer wedge!

TASSAL in Cognac Leather
$69.95
One of my favorite colors in shoes because it goes with everything.

IROQUOIS in Cognac Leather
$179.95
These wild little things caught my eye pretty quickly... if only I had the money laying around!

RIOTTT in Pink Multi

$99.95
I love this eye catching color combination.

And of course the sale/clearance section:

My MADIEEs in Stone Leather!

ONLY $59.99
This shoe in the Cognac Leather has been a wardrobe staple of mine, and you can currently get them for nearly a THIRD of the original price in the Stone Leather. Jump on it!

TEXXIE in Cognac Leather
$64.95
Also on sale from an original $159.95, this was another one of my top picks back when I bought my pair of MADIEEs, with just a little extra detail on the side.

It might be safe to say that I want any shoe that's available in Cognac Leather- it's just such a great color that goes so well with black, patterns, or just about anything else you can mix up. Are you dying to have any of these or any other Steve Maddens this season? Or is there another pair of shoes out there making your mouth water?

If you just can't resist, use the code SMFREESHIP on any purchase over $75 to get free shipping from SteveMadden.com!

Busy Saturday and Another Run In With Bloomington's Finest.

Saturday was a busy busy busy day. Woke up at 8am to volunteer in the garden at Wonderlab, which is sort of a fun-science related children's museum. Mostly we cut down dead prairie grass all morning, and I definitely felt it the next day. Who knew gardening could be such a workout? We were all SO sore!

After volunteering I helped my cousin move in and get settled in her new apartment, and then went over to Annissa and Lauryn's for some day drinking on the back deck. The weather was gorgeous, and it's my opinion that day drinking is something that must be taken advantage of in college... because let's be honest, that's not something we will just be able to do in real life.

Despite the fact that there were only 7 of us just hanging out on the back deck playing beer pong and listening to music (and that the other neighbors were doing the same thing), one of the other neighbors apparently called in a noise complaint. Yeah, the cops showed up at 6 in the afternoon on a gorgeous saturday. Do these neighbors have lives? I'm still just astonished that of all the parties I've been to in college, we've had the police called TWICE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS on very small gatherings where we were not even doing anything wild. The cops apparently thought it was ridiculous that they were called too, because they just asked us about how to play beer pong and left, saying they could hear our voices but didn't think anything was out of line at all.

(Lindsay and Lauryn)

So I guess this is my luck now. Thank goodness Bloomington Police are cool. I wore one of my new Old Navy high waisted skirts for the afternoon! Paired with light pink and yellow tank tops, also from Old Navy ($5 each... bargain!), yellow Anthropologie sunglasses, and my brown belt. Ran out the door in a bit of a hurry and ended up just throwing on the first flip flops I could find. I love this skirt, but it was kind of windy and kept blowing around... so I had to make sure I was careful not to expose too much!!!

Also- DEFINITELY a give away. Within the next week, at the latest. I've got one part of it done but want to do one more thing to give some options. I think you guys will like it, so get ready to tell your friends :-)

Ruby Tuesday

Ok, so Tuesday had nothing to do with rubies. Rather, Ruby Tuesday is one of my favorite Rolling Stones songs. "Don't question why she needs to be so free, she'll tell you it's the only way to be. She just can't be chained to a life where nothing's gained, and nothing's lost, at such a cost."

...And I could go on forever. I don't know what it is with me and any song that sounds a little sad but has that underlying uplifting melody, but I just love them. (See: I'm Looking Through You- Beatles, Adia- Sarah McLachlan, Learning to Fly- Tom Petty, you get the point.)

Anyways, on to the outfit. I don't think I've worn this shirt since maybe last winter, and Tuesday was one of those days where nothing really seemed fitting to my mood, one of those days that generally calls for something that you dig out of the back of your closet and try to breathe life into just for the sake of something out of the ordinary. The skirt on the other hand, well I'm sure you've all seen that a million times or so by now!!





It was actually cold enough to require a coat yet again, despite some temps in the 50's over the weekend. I'm starting to agree with everyone else out there that I'm ready for Spring. Spring and Autumn (Or the 'mid-seasons' as I like to call them) are my favorites, because the weather isn't too extreme and you can usually pull off wearing ANY kind of clothes!

I'm just getting a bit bored with my "winter outfits", and as a broke college student buying more isn't really in my budget. Plus, I'd totally rather save the small budget I do have for clothing for new SPRING stuff!!! I think this year I've been inspired by all you celeb-bloggers out there and I'm going to try to find some interesting ways to incorporate floral print without overdoing it.

You also might notice that I have a purse for once in my pictures. This particular one is a Nine West that I bought from TJ Maxx (PERFECT for good purses if you're like me and are more concerned with finding one that is neutrally fashionable but can still hold the millions of things you want to shove into it, while not having to pay a fortune for it). It's pretty much my go-to "BIG BLACK BAG" that goes with practically every outfit and can fit my entire life within it.

One last thing- new recipe for PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIE CUPCAKES over at Wonderland Kitchen. :-) I'm getting a little wild with the postings this week.