*I’m devoting this week to dresses in an attempt to motivate myself to actually wear the dresses I have in my closet.*

I shared a peak of this dress and matching cardigan in my last outfit planning post, but this is how I wore it once I got it home. I paired it with a coganc belt that matches the cognac in my wedes. When it gets cooler out, which I can’t wait for because this heat is miserable, I’ll wear it with my denim jacket and booties. How cute will that be? About as cute as this summer version, I’m sure! Anyway, I wore this outfit to my latest volunteer day. I’m wrapping up the project that I started on so that I can begin a new one, which I’m even more excited about. I’m going to be doing some content writing and I love writing so it’s a win.

Dress, Cardigan, & Belt: Old Navy | Wedges: Target | Necklace: Claire’s (old)

Audrey at Putting Me Together always has great style advice and one that I’ve used on multiple occasions is winterizing a spring or summer dress. As she says, the key is adding layers: tights, boots, and a cardigan. I’ve done a similar look with the tights, boots, and a cardigan before here. It’s really feeling like winter these days in NC so I wore this outfit to class and to work last week. Everyone said I was adorable! I went with my thick, sweater cardigan because this thing is extremely warm, and I would also add that, depending on how cold it is, you might want to add a few extra layers like camisoles or even a slip. I wish I had done that with this dress because it’s very light and airy, which allowed the chilly breeze to make its way through. Brrrr!

Oh, and in case you can’t tell in the photos, my tights are brown.

Sweater Cardigan: Annabelle via Francesca’s | Dress: mystree via Stitch Fix | Belt: Francesca’s | Tights: christmas gift | Boots: Steve Madden | Necklace: Target

We haven’t forgotten about Menswear Mondays! We’ve been super busy but we’re back now. Here, Nick is wearing khaki shorts with a plaid short sleeved button up and brown loafers. Nick looks great in any color but, lately he’s been wearing a lot of reds, pinks, salmons, and other reddish colors. That’s probably because red is his favorite color.

Anyway, he said it was nice to finally to wear shorts! His advice for wearing loafers with shorts is to wear socks. If you go barefoot, your feet are likely to sweat and get stinky. He found some great loafer socks and he wears them all the time, now that the weather is nice. If you look closely at his feet below, you’ll see a hint of the socks peeking out. They’re maroon and match the rest of his outfit. So make sure your loafer socks match the rest of what you’re wearing!

There’s a new model on the blog today! Welcome to the first Menswear Monday where Nick showcases his great fashion sense. I’ve been trying to get him on the blog for a while and all of your kind comments finally convinced him!

This is a great everyday outfit. He wore  it to the office and then to dinner and ice cream on the weekend, so it’s great for day-to- night. His socks have the same blue and purple combo as his gingham shirt.

The socks are purple and blue which coordinate with the purple and blue check in the button up.

Everything except the socks are from Banana Repulic. The socks are Brooklyn via Trunk Club.

It’s a rainy Monday in my neck of the woods and I’m studying for my last final tomorrow so I won’t be leaving the house all day. What that really means is that I won’t be changing out of my pajamas so I won’t have a nice outfit to share with you today. Instead, I’ll leave you with the outfit I wore for family photos last month. For the last few years, we’ve had beautiful family photos taken by our favorite photographers – who also photographed our wedding and are available if you’re in the market – to put on our holiday cards. They offer an event where you have 10 minutes to take all the photos you can get for a very reasonable and inexpensive price. The photos always turn out gorgeously, as you can see, because Thad and Sarah are artistic geniouses!

As we do for every event in life, Nick and I coordinated our outfits with a pink/navy/brown color scheme. I’m wearing a pink sweater with denim (for my navy) and he’s wearing a pink button-front under a  navy pull-over sweater. Unfortunately, Nick wouldn’t let me dress up the dogs, even though Mia has the cutest little seersucker dress in pink!

These photos could also serve as engagement photos if we weren’t already married so I hope it gives you some good ideas for your own photos!