Friday's Fancies: Spring Must-Haves

I can't believe it's Friday again - with yet ANOTHER snow day and my boss being out of the office, the week flew by. I'm not complaining, though - it was really nice to be busy enough to not mind that the boy left me alone for 10 days while he jetted off to Brazil for a "school trip". Sometimes, MBA students have the life, seriously.

While he is off in warmer climates and I am trying not to let my seasonal depression get the best of me, I've been lusting after quite a few new spring/summer necessities. Here are a few items I'm dying to add to my closet to fill some gaps.

Panama Hat / Rebecca Minkoff Ankle Strap Sandals / Madewell Leather Satchel / White Tweed Jacket

Celine Sunnies / Sperry Woven Topsiders / Michael Kors Luggage Tote / Madewell Chambray 

J.Crew Scarf / Tory Burch Sandals / Michael Kors Ankle Strap Wedge / Kate Spade Wicker Tote

Tory Burch Wallet / Sam Edelman Scalloped Flat / Tory Burch Dome Tote / J.Crew Scalloped Shift / J.Crew Dress

I may or may not have scooped up the scalloped dress and the chambray shirt last night (after two years of searching, I FINALLY found the perfect fit in a chambray - about time!). I'm going to need to pick up the panama hat soon (countdown to Hawaii, 2 months!) and I've been on the hunt for a feminine tweed jacket to throw over some of my knit dresses to give them a little more formality (and warmth). At $70, this might be the answer - and I love that it's a little edgier than a traditional lady jacket!

I can't wait until it gets warm enough for open-toed shoes (how amazing is the cutout detail on those Tory sandals?!), but in the meantime, I recently realized that I do not own any nude flats. Nude leader + scallop + bow = sold.

What are your spring must-haves? There's plenty more spring prettiness going on over at {long distance loving}!

To Tom or Not to Tom?

I have yet to jump on the Toms train. It's not that I don't like them, or support the cause they stand for; but generally speaking, I am past the point in my life that I regularly wear a "super casual" shoe (says the girl who wears jeans to work M-F...).

I could fit them into my wardrobe, and easily could get away with wearing them to work, but since my Chuck Taylor phase the spanned from high school through the end of college, I have gravitated only toward a more "formal" type of shoe. Obviously I'm not wearing formal occasion shoes every day, but really what I'm trying to say is I've grown out of my sneakers and rubber flip flop days.

To date, I haven't found any Toms that I can really see myself getting good wear from. That is, with the exception of last summer's crochet classics, which I fell in love with for their dainty feminine detailing - but of course, they sold out almost immediately.

Spring is upon us again, and with it, apparently Toms has decided to bring back my faves. But now, of course, they had to throw in these lovelies to make pulling the trigger on my back-in-stock favorites even harder:

I mean, mint & metallic? Come ON. I can never resist a metallic shoe (seriously, I have the same pair of ballets in gold and pewter, plus about 7 others...).

So what's a girl to do?

2012: 20 (+ 3)

To make up for totally sucking (and because my spring fever is raging out of control), my daily photo for Sunday is coming as a package deal. So deal with it.

I scooped up this heather coral henley hoodie (geez, alliteration!) and floral poplin pajama pants at Old Navy (both on sale!) yesterday. I really couldn't resist them; it's the little things in life that are pulling me out of my seasonal depressing and will keep me going 'til spring.

 The coral & floral (I'm just all over the grammatical fun tonight!) just make me so happy. 

And what's not to love about matching jammies?

It's absolutely freezing in Boston right now; tea (best tea ever) was a necessity.

Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.