Outfit of the Day: Pattern Mixing, a little Glitter & Announcements!

Hi, everyone! I'm sorry that I haven't written a post in over a week, that's the longest break I've ever taken! I wasn't sure how to come back, though, because I didn't know if I should mention the reason I was gone, or write an entire post about it or say nothing about it here. Because I wouldn't feel right ignoring it, but I don't want to go into an explanation here, I'll just say that if you look at my Instagram or if you already follow me, you'll see a photo I posted on March 12 and that'll explain it enough...

I also wanted to thank all of you so much for following my blog because I reached 505 followers while I've been gone! That's incredibly exciting to me and I'm so grateful for all of you :)

Onto today's outfit post: 

This was my outfit Sunday before last. The weather was so nice; it was sunny and fairly warm with only a slight chill in the air. I've been wearing the animal print scarf (is it cheetah or leopard? I can never tell the difference!) with everything, literally. I suppose because it's technically a neutral with the colors it goes with a lot. I tucked a navy polka dot button down into my usual black skinny pants and belted it with this sparkly glitter belt I got from Loft for under $6! I just loved the polka dots, glitter and animal print together. Sometimes pattern mixing is so fun!

Scarf: Gift

Polka dot button down: Loft

Black pants: Lovefire brand from Belk

Shoes: Rack Room Shoes last year- super inexpensive!

Bag: Michael Kors

Bracelet: Mine! 

I'll do a separate post soon, but I've posted a couple of photos on Instagram of a couple of the pieces of jewelry that I've made so far but this is the first time you would have seen this bracelet- it's simple, easy to stack and looks glitzy because of the lovely texture. I love creating things and this has been so much fun for me so far to make them and wear my own creations :)

I hope you've all been well!

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