Summer Sun is Never Done: Still Giving Fall the Cold Shoulder

Skirt: Candie's, Kohl's

Scrunchies: Holiday Lane, Macy's

Top: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Skirt: Tinseltown, Macy's

Red Striped Blossom Barrette Brooch

Top: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Bag: Loop, Marshalls

Bag: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Top: Love Notes, Marshalls

Shoes: Ami Clubwear; Ring: Making Waves, Ocean City; Green bracelet: Cloud Nine, Ocean City; Purple bracelet: Etsy; Other bracelets: So, Kohl's; Barrette: The Tote Trove

Pineapple Pirate Necklace

Bag: Xhilaration, Target

Fabulous Felt Blue Dice Barrette

Shoes: Nine West, Kohl's

Dress: Candie's, Kohl's

Garden Games Necklace

Blue and green bangles: B Fabulous; Mint bangle: Decree, JCPenney

You heard me, autumn.  Stand down with your corduroy and football and pumpkin-spiced everything!  I'm not ready for cool air and dark skies and the sad slide of all the green things turning brown.  (And it goes without saying that I'll never be ready for football.)  No, I'm still squeezing the last bit of juice out of summer -- as evidenced by these outfits (or, as the kids are calling them, fits), at least one of which includes lemons.  

But enough of my caterwauling.  It's time to talk about my favorite oldie but goodie pieces in this post.  The first is the red Candie's dress, which I've had a few years.  Maybe you remember it.  It's simple, but I like the fit and color, and it has a slightly retro feel.  Still, the real star is my looks-like-it's-thrifted-but-is-actually-from-Marshalls Loop bird bag.  It was ever so slightly mangled (bent sequins, a little hanger grease on the plastic), when I wrestled it from the racks twenty years ago, but that only made it more precious.  Which is why I've styled it here and here and here and here  . . . 

Fall or not, it's one bird that keeps flying.