Rachael's Wearing: Stripes in the City

It's a million degrees in DC today, and the humidity is about two million percent. As much as I hate the ocean I would love to be on a boat right now sailing with the ocean breeze in my hair. Ahhhh....

Instead I'm stuck trudging around this hot city, oh I love DC.

Dress {Current Boutique H&M} Shoes {Eva & Zoe}
Purple Watch {LouLous Boutique} Handbag {Gucci}
Necklace {JCrew} Sunglasses {Betsy Johnson}

I know, I know my handbag really doesn't match with the outfit - BUT I really needed a massive handbag today and was in a huge rush. So I'm sure you can forgive me this once. 

This dress is so super comfy and I love wearing it. Probably would have felt more comfortable had I not stuffed my face with Chipolte for lunch, but oh well. 

Cute little sailor detail on the dress, little gold buttons

My mom gave me this necklace a while back. I love the pop of color this outfit totally needs. Its fun and I don't get to wear it much because my daughter thinks its candy and tries to eat it. 

Sorry about the up the nose shot, had to get a close up of this necklace myself!

Whats everyone doing this weekend? I am taking my daughter to a "Princess" Themed birthday party tomorrow and then going to a friends rooftop in Arlington Sunday for a pool party. Hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend! 

xoxo 

DCFABB Meetup @ Floriana Restaurant

Last night I got my first opportunity to attend the DCFABB (DC Fashion and Beauty Bloggers) monthly Happy Hour!

We met for cocktails & calamari at Floriana Restaurant. The small downstairs bar was packed with beautiful women chatting about each others blogs and love for fashion. I can assure you that bar has NEVER been packed with that many women! We were all so enthusiastically talking that the "regulars" headed out!

All in all it was a great night out for this momma!

A special thank you to Lacey & Elizabeth for putting together such a fabulous and amazing group of women! Head over to Elizabeths blog So Much to Smile About to see some of her great pics of last night!

Anthropologie

Yesterday my best friend & I did our weekly "ladies who lunch" in Georgetown. I love meeting her for lunch, after 10 years we still have great conversation and of course are great at SHOPPING!

She had sent me a text earlier in the week about an amazing sale at Anthropologie in Georgetown. After lunch and it being so hot in the DC area we decided to cool off and take a look. Shopping was just what I needed. I had a very long, exhausting day, my shoe had broke, and I was miserably hot on basically no sleep. No doubt a purchase was what I needed.

Disclaimer: I love Anthropologie, but I can not afford to just spend $128 on a cookie jar and a $150 on a dress. As much as I would love to be able to, right now I just can't. I was seriously surprized when I went to the downstairs floor and saw their HUGE sale selection and even more shocked when I saw they were giving an extra 25% off the lowests marked price. I got the most adorable army green skirt (to be featured in a future posts) that was originally priced $80 for a only $25! So happy. I spent next to nothing on a staple item for my closet, got my shopping fix, put a smile on my face, all while looking fabulous in the future!

This was NOT a sale item, but I saw it in the store and
I might be obsessed with it. Hmmm might have to bite
the $128 bullet, might.

My best friend picked up this adorable skirt!
AND YES it was on sale!