Tie High: A Bow is a Wish Your Cart Makes

Belt: Belt is Cool, Amazon

Fabulous Felt Bow Barrette Brooch

Skirt: Cat & Jack, Target

Top: New York & Company

Shoes: Nine West, Amazon; Bag: Elizabeth and James, Kohl's; Printed bangles: B Fabulous; Pink bangle: Silver Linings, Ocean City; Ring: gifted 

Skirt: Decree, JCPenney

Shoes: Chinese Laundry, Zulily; Chartreuse bangles: Target; Chartreuse stretch bracelet: Amrita Singh, Zulily; Hair clip: Wild Fable, Target; Ring: Claire's; Black and white bracelet and black bangle: Mixit, JCPenney; Bag: Candie's, Kohl's; Blue bangle: So, Kohl's; Love bangle: Boscov's

Top: New York & Company

Shoes: Chase & Chloe, Zulily

Top: New York & Company

Skirt: Trixxi, Kohl's

Lipstick Love Barrette Brooch

Striped bangle: So, Kohl's; Green bracelet: Cloud Nine, Ocean City; Rings: Making Waves, Ocean City; Bag: Candie's, Kohl's; Belt: Marshalls

I've always loved a good bow blouse.  And part of that love means never, ever calling it by its other, more derogatory name, i.e. the one that rhymes with "wussy."  So when I found these oh-so-colorful beauties at New York & Company this summer, I pounced.  Mixing them with other patterned pieces was a delight, as was cinching them with my favorite belts.  So I (almost) don't mind that I'm squinting in the outdoor pics.  (Twenty pairs of sunglasses, and yet I subject my retinas to the rays.)

Because not every picture (or decision) is perfect.  

Even when the blouses are.