What I Wore To Church - Hello Spring!

Dress: eShakti Floral Print Mixed Media Dress
Cardigan: ModCloth Charter School Cardigan in Sage
Shoes: ThredUp (Miz Mooz)

Well hello, Spring! It's so nice to see you again. Of course I had to celebrate by wearing florals. I mean I really wear florals year round, but it's always nice to wear the bright colors in season.

I got this fabulous dress from eShakti's overstock section for an absolute steal. I can't believe someone would return it, but their loss is my gain. It's so gosh darn pretty! And wouldn't you know it's twirly too. I have a sad confession to make. Every time I wear something with a twirly skirt, I spend about 10 minutes of my picture taking time trying to get a cute picture of my twirling in the skirt. Have you ever seen me post one in the almost 2 years of blogging? Maybe once. That's because they always turn out embarrassingly terrible. Well today, I decided that even though they were bad, I was going to show you them anyway because I think it's important for people to know. I'm not as photogenic as it appears and I'd make a terrible model. So here they are.

OK. OK. So they aren't the worst things ever. But they certainly aren't what you'd see in a magazine or those adorable girls that post their twirl pictures in the modcloth style gallery. Oh well.

eShakti is doing 30% off site wide right now so as always it's worth a look.

Happy Shopping!

What I Wore To Church - Yellow Polka Dots

Dress: eShakti Eternal Sunshine Dress
Cardigan: ModCloth Charter School Cardigan in Sage
Shoes: H&M

You know the phrase "Fake it till you make it"? That's totally what I was doing today. I'm definitely to the uncomfortable and exhausted part of my pregnancy, so I decided to wear the sunshine-iest (totally a word) dress I had to cheer me up. I'm telling you it works. You can't frown while wearing a yellow polka dot dress. You just can't.

This dress is actually the dress that started the addiction. This was my first eShakti purchase EVER. And it's fantastic. It's super flowy (I almost had a few "Marilyn Monroe" moments in the wind today), and cheery, and I love the cowl neck detail. The name (Eternal Sunshine Dress) is quite appropriate for the amount of brightness this dress brings. Kyle told me it made my huge tummy look like a beach ball, but I loved the effect.

The last time I wore this dress (pre-blog) I paired it with navy, and it looked pretty good, but in the spirit of spring, I channeled my inner daffodil and paired it with my sage cardigan from ModCloth. I seriously would have no styling options without my ModCloth cardigans. They are all amazing, but this is definitely one of my favorites. You would be surprised how many colors you can pair sage with.

I kept the rest of the accessories simple to let the dress do the talking, and I liked the way it turned out.

Closing note: I was really tempted to title this blog post some play on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Spotted Mind? Polka Dotted Mind?) but decided against it. I absolutely love puns, but I couldn't come up with one I was happy with. So, I'm tasking you to help keep the cheer going and give me your best suggestions!

Happy punning! And Happy Shopping!

PS. eShakti has a 30% off sale going on for the next 2 days that you should absolutely check out. If you create an account you get $25 off your first order and your first customization is free!

If you've never shopped with ModCloth before, use this link and get $15 off your first order of $50 or more.

What I Wore To Church - Spring Has Sprung

Dress: eShakti Floral Vine Print Cotton Dress
Cardigan: ModCloth Charter School Cardigan in Rust
Shoes: Cato Peeptoe Cutout Heel

For those of you that know me personally, you probably know that my dad passed away 2 weeks ago. It was pretty devastating, and I contemplated taking an extended break from blogging, but I know that my dad would want me to move on, and try to get back to normal.  At least as normal as things can be. So here goes.

I was so excited that Spring has officially begun, and I celebrated by wearing my new favorite floral dress. Another eShakti success story. When I saw this dress, I knew I had to have it. The pattern was so pretty, the colors go great with my red hair, and I loved the detailing across the waist. I also loved the light cotton material. A lot of their dresses are the cotton poplin which is a little thicker and stiffer. This is a nice light cotton that flowed and breathed nicely.  I was already warned by a friend that had the dress that the neckline was a little low, so I customized to raise the neckline as well as switching the dolman cap sleeves with regular cap sleeves to give me a little more coverage (I'm still floored that I can customize their dresses for only $7.50 total per dress). I took a pic below without the cardigan to show the difference. It doesn't look like a huge difference, but a little bit more coverage goes a long way.

I've already talked about the cardigan at length so I won't repeat how much I love it here (which is a lot!).

I picked up the shoes at Cato while I was at home last weekend. I love the retro feel of them combined with the modern perforated cutout trend that is huge right now.  They have quite a bit of padding in the toe so they were pretty comfortable too. The $22 price tag didn't hurt either. They look a bit big in the picture below, but they fit just fine.

Overall I thought it made for a great intro to spring outfit, and this may be the last week I can pull off wearing non-maternity dresses as maternity. My belly is just getting too big, but there's only a few weeks left. 30 days and counting! Who's excited? I'm excited!

Happy Shopping