Animal Print Mania

We’re here today to celebrate a personal victory. It hit 60 degrees in Wisconsin. It felt good, and it felt right. Our spring wardrobes were cheering in our closets, peeking out to see if it was safe. For a moment, it was. The snow is melting, so everything is currently really grimy and salty outside. Not your typical picture of spring, but we have to go through the muck to get to the beauty!

We stuck with our respective plans for the weekend and I made some delightful Reuben’s at home. I have to confess, I used to avoid the sauerkraut like the plague whenever my mom would make them for us. It was never a problem for me chow down several Reuben’s, but never with sauerkraut. My tastes have clearly evolved, because now I don’t mind it at all. Any foods like that growing up you hated, and now you eat it?

Caitlin and I did get together this weekend and do some blog work. We’re excited to do a sunglasses guide for y’all for the spring. Now that we have regular sun, we’re reaching for ours every morning on our way to work. Are there any other guides you feel like we’re missing? We love to hear requests and try to honor them as best we can!

We are nothing if not consistent on what we like. Animal print has been in heavy rotation for us over and over basically for the third season in a row. We showed you this snakeskin turtleneck dress here last Wednesday, and today we have another mainline find back in leopard print.

The thing about most trends (which we’d love to be remedied); is that they’re so much easier and cheaper to find in regular sizing. Don’t misconstrue, we’ve never had as many tall options as we do today! But a lot of times they’ll do something funky with it or just plain different than the regular sized counterpart, and we’re left wanting. Whenever this happens, I default to the regular sized options.

Sometimes, I can come away with a win, like today’s dress. I found this at H&M browsing online. I typically don’t like to order from their site, because they don’t carry tall options. Ordering online would be a terrible temporary use of money, because it would probably all be returned. Instead, I like to stop in the store and doing a massive try-on session. I usually can come away with several winners, namely in skirts and dresses.

Money saving tip: Whenever you stop into H&M, make sure you bring a bag of clothing you’re getting rid of! They give you a 15% off coupon to use either right away or save it for another shopping trip. Every time I go there and forget to bring a bag, I’m kicking myself!

The sleeves are a elasticized cuff, which works perfectly to be a little short as a bracelet sleeve. Overall the dress is a very ladylike take on leopard print, and I’ve worn it professionally already. I love that the waist is elastic as well, because it nips it in, but is ridiculously comfortable.

I paired with an old pair of my knee high cognac boots from Nordstrom. I’m pretty sure they’re BP brand from years ago. The wedge heel is so comfortable and I love the zipper up the back. I finished it off with these fun gold flower earrings. They’re really lightweight! I also found a three pack of layered necklaces on clearance there as well. I’m hopeless with figuring out how to layer myself so I really appreciate them pairing them for me!

Tell us below, where do you like to still shop in store? Or tell us which food you’ve come around to like since childhood!

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