Bridal Showers and Best Friends

This weekend, I went to Pittsburgh for one of my best friend’s bridal showers. It was a lovely weekend and so much fun catching up with some of my friends that I don’t get to see too often. Whenever I have an event, such as a shower or a wedding, my first impulse is to buy a new dress. I stand in front of my closet and whine “I have nothing to wear,” a ridiculous lie, and end up shopping for something that I don’t need. This time, I was forced to wear something that I already own, and I think the result turned out not so bad. Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Dress: Urban Outfitters | Necklace: J Crew via eBay | Shoes: Urban Outfitters | Watch: Kate Spade

18 thoughts on “Bridal Showers and Best Friends”

Oh my gosh, this Urban Outfitters dress is so stinking cute and fits you like a dream! Love it paired with the yellow accent

xoxo,
Rachel
Rachel’s Lookbook

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Hey, sometimes shopping in my own closet, I am surprised at what I have. You look absolutely fantastic in that dress- and paired with that necklace, you couldn’t have asked for anything better!

Clare
Understated Classics

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I know exactly what you mean about buying new dresses. I think part of it has to do that when we dress up for an event its likely that we’ll be photographed, so we want something new and pretty to wear. I really just need to buy 1 great black dress that I can accessorize many ways so I stop buying dresses to only wear once.

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This was fun. Let’s do it again! And, of course, you look great!

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Amy on July 24, 2012 at 7:48 am said:

Thanks for taking my photos

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Love the color blocking of your outfit……yellow to blue to orange. VERY NICE!!!!

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Beautiful dress! You look fab!

xo
Melissa
http://sweetstylesbymelissa.blogspot.com

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I am guilty as well on buying a new outfit for “an event”. I think we all just want to look our best. I had a black tie event that I went to several months ago and really wanted to buy a high end designer dress. Seeing all the red carpet dresses just makes you want to look as glamorous even though it’s pricey. I ended up borrowing a dress, shoes & jewelry from a friend that looked a million bucks!

So my lesson learned was if I don’t want to buy it – maybe ask a friend to borrow something – they may have it. I should do that more often or have a swap party.

Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com

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Amy on July 24, 2012 at 7:49 am said:

I definitely need to get better about borrowing too!

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Haha! I always convince myself I need a new dress for pretty much any occasion. Shopping in your own closet can be pretty fun though. Love the dress !

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I just found your blog and I have to admit, that I feel in love with your style, you look great in nearly everything your wearing

In just a few weeks I’m invited to join a weeding, the first one as an adult I have no clue what to wear and I wish there was the possibility to shop my closet for a cute wedding dress, but there is none. So I’m on a hunt for the perfect dress for weeks now.