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It’s the first Wednesday of the month which means that it’s time for another How I Style It blog hop. For November, we are all styling fall dresses to give inspiration for the start of holiday season. While I was getting ready to shoot this post, I realized I haven’t actually picked up a new dress this fall so I’m styling a tunic dress with a skirt. {Shhh always cheating the system….}
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I was forced to cut back on Starbucks following the Lost Gold Card Saga of 2015, but my replacement gold card finally arrived and I celebrated the occasion by picking up my first red cup. I’m not a coffee person at all and caffeine always makes my anxiety kind of out of control {read: physically jittery and mentally jittery #yikes} so I opted for a Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate, my favorite holiday drink.
A new H&M store opened at the outlets outside of Louisville and while I snagged a couple store opening deals, I also grabbed this white button down. The v neckline and black piping were such unique details that I had to have it. The shirt is a a bit sheer so I pulled on a camisole underneath.
This button down fits well through the chest, but strains a bit around the hips so I tucked it into my new burgundy skinny jeans and belted it to give a more finished look. I’ve been majorly loving on my olive skinny jeans so I decided to give a burgundy pair a try when they went on sale.
I wanted to let the blouse speak for itself so I pulled out my black and gunmetal druzy necklace; I wear these necklaces all the time.
Gifting is one of my favorite things for a wide variety of reasons: I love shopping, people are so touched when you show them appreciation and it brings in my creative side.
As shown, they came in a black with white polka dots, white with black stripes and white with orange chevron that is perfect for Halloween. I volunteer with a local chapter of my sorority and thought these would be super cute for the girls that live in our house.
While the containers are super cute, I decide to upgrade them by ordering monogram decals. I opted for 1.5″ decals in a metallic gold and to just do first and last initials. This size decal typically runs at under $3.
The end result was really cute! I love the gold metallic monograms that personalized the gift and plan on sitting a small card in front of each box that says “Housing Corp is sweet on you!”
There’s still plenty of time before Halloween to make a set of your own for an upcoming party, friends, coworkers or your little ones.
