Wednesday Links—The Fashion Edition

Okay, yeah, I know. It’s been about two weeks since I’ve posted. I’m sorry. I suck. But I have a good excuse.

Really. I do.

I finally had my sinus surgery on the 19th so I’ve been out of it for the past week. I’m finally feeling human again so I’ll catch you up on everything in a few days.

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I am addicted to fashion blogs. I don’t know when it happened, but I can’t get enough of them. It started with …Love Maegan a few months back. I stumbled upon her tutorial for diamond-tipped nails (I got so many compliments on that manicure) and got hooked. I love how she puts her outfits together, and even though the Manolo Blahnik’s are out of my budget there’s always something to inspire me.

Then I found the holy grail for girls like me. Petite fashion blogs. Apparently, there’s a slew of them out there and best part is most of the women wear the brands I wear—Gap, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor and J Crew.

I think my favorite (at least this week) is Extra Petite, which is written by a woman who is my height and shoe size. Unlike a lot of blogs that just post photos of outfits, this one talks about fit and fabric and when and how to alter a piece of clothing. She also has a pretty good list of petite-friendly brands—an awesome resource for me because I tend to shop at the same four places over and over.

One of my other favorites is Fast Food & Fast Fashion, which is similar to Extra Petite, although her style might be slightly more quirky.

One of these days I’m going to actually bust out of my style rut of jeans and T-shirts and update my uniform wardrobe. The weird thing is, I have a lot of awesome clothes that I’ve bought over the years, but I don’t know how to put them together so I just get lazy and comfortable and wear the same things over and over.

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Speaking of fashion, I did try to break out my boot rut and bought these today (inspired by the blogs above):

Nine West Amalia

I love Nine West. They carry an extensive amount of size 5s, which is rare. Most sites sell out of the 10 pairs they carry right away and that’s it. Nine West has adorable shoes and I can almost always find what I want on sale. These were 25% off, plus I had points saved up from previous purchases, so they ended up being about 40% off.

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I found this post (called “No Shit,” so of course I love it) through another blog (I can’t remember where), and it serves as a good reminder that no one is perfect, and we need to stop beating up on ourselves for not looking a certain way. Read it. And then “move the fuck on.”