Olive The Paperbag Trend

Happy Monday everyone! We are heading into an extremely rainy week here. We are hoping for a true April showers bringing (early!!) May flowers type of year. With a few smatterings of snow, some rain, a thunderstorm and some sunshine all last week my brain is just confused. I went from a floral wrap skirt and open toes sandals on Monday, numb feet at volleyball on Tuesday to a sweater and long pants on Wednesday.

It’s hard when we see all other bloggers flaunting their warm Spring Wear, sandals, and sunshine while we are over here getting questioned on “is that snow on the ground still?” Needless to say we feel behind in the fashion world per usual, because we simply just can’t wear those items yet or we will freeze! Luckily for me, I am heading to Austin next weekend and it looks like I will get to soak in some solid sunshine. Let me tell you how excited I am to welcome some pigment back into this skin.

Since it has been so up and down, my work wear has kind of been all over the place. And to be honest I don’t care. My brain is ready for floral, skirts, and brightness so I just wear what I want. I actually read on another blog this week; something along the lines of “I don’t really have a set style.” I just wear what I like and want I want and that’s my style. This spoke to me on a deep level. I sometimes think of myself as a tomboy still. I am totally happy wearing sweats, camo, gym clothes, and going without a shower for more days than I’ll mention while camping or up north. But on the other hand I love throwing on a girl dress and doing my hair and makeup. That also make me feel like a million bucks. So all in all I just wear what I like. Lately that has been whatever I can wear within the boundaries of our weather.

I bought these paper bag waist pants much earlier in the season and have just been waiting to wear them. You better believe I grabbed them as quick as I could when the thermometer hit 65. This trend is one of my favorites, especially for the office. I get sick of wearing the same old work pants, and pencil skirts. When culottes and paper bag pants popped up they had my attention immediately. They flatter my body type, which you won’t catch me saying all too often.

I actually debated buying three different versions of these pants but as I work through my budget and self control, I decided to start with one. Don’t worry, I am going to link every single pair I love below. Maybe you don’t have the same budget boundaries and can enjoy them all for me! It’s probably completely shocking that I picked the ones with olive in them. I actually ordered a shirt from Express to go with them. It was much more cropped than expected and not work appropriate. It ended up staying in my closet for other outfits and ordered a different longer version elsewhere that is perfect.

I like to go simple and tight on the top with paper bag waists to let the pants do their thing and shine like they are meant to. This shirt was even a little looser than I would have liked which made it roll funny in some of the pictures but such is life. If you are in need of a solid tall or regular size crew neck tee these have you covered in a plethora of colors.

My mom got me these shoes when she was at the Nordstrom Rack in Arizona last month. Spoiler alert, I LOVE THEM. I am not a big heels person because I value my comfort too much. Recently thanks to these heels, I have realized I am just only cut out for a lower block heel. So when she came home with these, it couldn’t have been better. She knows me too well! I have a feeling they will be on the heavy rotation this summer since they match everything.

Last but not least my new purse! Y’all I have had this beauty in my (Jenilee’s) Amazon cart for months. I have probably sent it to her at least a dozen times. For some reason I just kept prioritizing other items. That and the reviews kept telling me it smelt bad – which I disagree with in case you were wondering. My mom called a week after my birthday and told me she had one more gift. I bet you can guess what it was! That’s how it goes in this family. Little birdies help convey messages and things pop up that we never even thought to put on our list.

I was pumped! I am sure you have seen this purse flood your Instagram feed because bloggers everywhere are carrying it. Typically I am not one to follow the leader, but I couldn’t help how drawn to this purse I was. Friendly reminder that we do have an Amazon shop live now that you can see here. It has some of our favorite shoes (up to size 13), purses, home goodies, books and much more.

And as always if you have questions, recommendations, requests we want to hear them!

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