Year One Reflections

Yesterday marked my one year anniversary of living in New York City.  It really feels like yesterday that I hopped off the plane (in the rain with three suitcases) arrived at my friend Alex's apartment, ate dinner at Joe's Pizza in the WV and then had drinks at Mr. Dennehy's.  I remember feeling like I could take on the world.  Fast forward a year and I still feel that way sometimes.  I've forged so many great friendships and learned SO MUCH about myself.  At times I didn't think I would make it but I really learned that if you really set your mind to do something, you can accomplish it. 

I had a really long list of "firsts" saved to my iPhone notes and if you saw this somewhat angry tweet last night it's because my phone erased it.  A couple of firsts I was quickly able to recall:

First time working for free (well, I got paid in clothes so it wasn't that bad)
First time in my life not having a car
First NYFW fashion show (woot!)
First New York address

And I'm wearing the first dress I bought in the city in the photos below.  Cheers to another year in this crazy place - I can't wait to see what the future holds :)

Dress: Pixie Market, Shoes: ShoeDazzle, Necklace: Eastern Market, Bag: c/o Folli Follie, Bracelet: Stella & Dot

Photos: Jen Dang
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Making a Pleated Statement

I'm pretty confident this is the first time I've had this dress on the blog even though it was one of my first NYC purchases.  It's become one of my absolute favorite articles of clothing because I love the pop of color and the pleats are just fab.  If you saw my post on Wednesday, I paired it with a statement jacket to give the whole outfit a little twist.  I can't wait til I can recreate this look, or something similar, with NO TIGHTS!  I'm so so SO sick of wearing tights and just want it to be warm enough to don bear legs!  But I may have to get a tan first because it's pretty obvious I'm almost see-through pale at the moment...

 

Also, I only wish you all knew how cold it was the day Jen and I took these photos - absolutely frigid!  Glad those days have hopefully passed!

Hope you all have a fab weekend! 

Jacket: Parker (c/o internship - similar here and other favorites here), Dress: Pixie Market (similar verions here and here), Tights: Anthropologie, Shoes: Vince Camuto (other favorite pair here), Bag: Tory Burch (on loan from Jen!), Necklace: Target (old)

Thanks for taking my pictures Jen!
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