Outfit Of The Day (I Know I Am, But What Are You?)

I hope you guys had a nice Memorial Day weekend!  I had a busy one--Husband and I took a quick trip down to Oklahoma to spend time on the 800+ acre  family ranch that he co-owns with his dad and brother in the Red River area.  It was a fun and different sort of trip, albeit (as always) much too brief.

It is quite pretty down in that area nestled between the Oklahoma and Texas border; full of vibrant green fields and dense, thick trees creating endless shadowy paths to explore with tiny pockets of fiery sunlight twinkling and sparkling in, just like nature's version of a diamond.  Except diamonds are  already from nature and so I think that probably makes a diamond nature's version of a diamond, huh. So if that's the case, this was nature's version of...a..cubic zirconia?  You know, a really good cubic zirconia! One that doesn't look quite so fake.  Ya'll know what I mean--it was pretty.  


It actually reminds me a lot of where I am from in eastern South Dakota, and I never realize how much I miss the greenery until I am back home again in brown, desert-y Colorado, begrudgingly making plans to plant pots of dirt as it's too dry for anything else to grow. I mean, sometimes I get creative and even jam a  dead twig or two into the top of my dirt pots just for a  bit of artsy flavor (so whimsical! so fun! yay colorado!), but there is a lot to be said about the subtle pockets of prettiness in the Midwest. Even if it does come with humidity, frizzy hair, mosquitoes, and a bunch of other crazy things that I don't really miss, tweedle-tee-dee.


I see those endlessly flat fields and I always have to quell the tenaciously delicious urge to take off running, running, running. And never look back.

I did snap a few pictures this time now that I have a handy dandy little camera that fits into my purse.  We relaxed, did some riding around on four wheelers, ate dinner at the Choctaw casino, played a few mean rounds of Uno, and had windy buckets of cold lake water dumped on us during a 4-hour boat excursion on Lake Texoma. Here we go:

Speedy Gonzales (aka my father-in-law) zooming away from us in a field on the ranch on his four wheeler.

Another shot of a field on the ranch (and Husband's brother in the distance)

Moo-ve, cows, moooo-ve.  Hahaha sorry, can't help it.

 Chitty-chatter in front of us with Husband's brother and dad.

My hair + lots of humidity = not awesome.  I had to look my best for those effin' cows, you know.

I caught Husband talking to a squirrel and attempting to get rabies feed it. I think he missed Petunia.

On the boat! So excited!

And we're off!  So excited!

...and we're all completely drenched roughly 5 minutes later; you can't see because my camera was covered in lake-water-slime-goo.  (from left: father-in-law's wife, my father-in-law, Husband, and Husband's brother's foot.)

Going off to explore with the sun beginning to set!

This is Bull, the best puppy ever.  He was our trusty and fearless tour guide for a four wheeling expedition Husband and I took by ourselves.

Sunset.

Heading back home with Bull in the lead, kicking a cloud of dirt up the entire way.

I also took some vacation video of us doing normal vacation-y things, like me making honking noises at some cows because the horn on the four-wheeler was broken and also of me honing my skills as a professional bug puncher, but I think I'll just leave that off the ol' blog for now because I don't want to bore ya'll. Maybe later, but only if you guys are nice.

Outfit time!  You can't see it very well in these pictures, but my nails match my heels and it's making me happier than you will ever, ever know:

Top: Sanctuary (similar style here) (and here for $14.99) (and here) (and here for $19.99)

Shorts: Silence & Noise Leather Short (buy them here - on sale + take $20 off on your order of $100+ with code "HELLOSUMMER") (and similar style here)

Belt: J Crew Patent Tab Skinny belt in Cinnamon Spice (buy it here)

Bracelet: J Crew (similar style here)

Watch: Michael Kors Oversized Runway watch in Rose Gold (buy it here) (similar style here for $115)

Shoes: J Crew (similar style here) (and here)

Bag: Lanvin Sweet Dora Crossbody (buy it here) (similar style here for $125) (and here) (and here + take 10% off with code "372502096")

Nail Polish: Sally Hansen Insta Dry Fast Color in Raspberry Race (similar color here in 'lively lilac')