Cold Weather Floral

I have a handful of eShakti dresses in my closet, and they have never really disappointed me. This one was no exception! Well… kinda. When I ordered it, I took advantage of the customize option and added sleeves to this sleeveless dress to make it more cold-weather appropriate. but the sleeves ended up being a bit big and baggy. A simple fix with the sewing machine, though. So no biggy! I’m so in love with the colors, I can look past the sleeve mishap :)

dress: c/o eShakti

hat: IrisMint

glasses: Warby Parker

shirt: Urban Outfitters

heels: Seychelles // Buffalo Exchange

Find Me Here

» This week, I was featured over at Happy Tuesday, as part of Kerri’s ‘This Was Me' series. You guys, I loooove the idea of this series. I think it's so much fun. And I was honored to be a part of it! Check out my blast from the past here.  

» Lorna, of LolaDee, just recently moved to the Boston area from Ireland.  She’s running a fun feature on her blog called ‘Winter In The City’, to help her prepare herself (and her readers) for the New England winter. I was happy to be a part of it, and to offer up a few tips! Read my feature here. 

» Don’t forget that you can always find me on Instagram and Twitter!

Explorer

Without trying to sound like a broken record, I really do love the beach during fall. Almost even more so than during the summer. This trip, Boo and I explored a completely different section of our usual beach. A spot we’ve never been to.  It’s nearly impossible to get to during the summer, because there are, like, 10 parking spots total. You have to get there practically at sunrise to get a spot :/. But this time of year? no problem.

I absolutely loved this section. It had a much more secluded feel. And in addition to a nice stretch of open beach, it had this fantastic rocky area that we spent almost all of our time exploring. Boo loved all of the little snails clinging to the rocks, and I was fascinated with the amount of different patterns in the sand I found. 

Another perfect beach day. 

p.s - Thank you all for your condolences about my grandpa. It’s been a really strange week, for sure. But you all are too sweet :). 

tee: Urban Outfitters

cardigan: H&M

jeans: Urban Outfitters

hat: Urban Outfitters

boots: Lulu’s

Snapshots

Happy Halloween

Happy halloween, my friends.

We were pretty original with our costumes this year. A lot of effort went into these, as you can see :). But really, after all the work that was put into last years costumes, we decided to keep it pretty low key this year. 

And besides, I don’t think Henry really understands the idea behind Halloween. He wasn’t a fan of the mummy costume we tried putting him in, so he decided to go as a strikingly beautiful, well-behaved black cat instead. 

on a side note - this halloween has turned into an actual nightmare, as my grandpa passed away yesterday morning. It was quite a shock, and everything is kind of turned up side down right now. I had today’s (I still couldn’t help but share) and tomorrow’s posts scheduled already, but things may be a bit quieter around here next week. Thank you for understanding. 

Beacon Hill

cape: American Apparel

skirt: Loft (c/o gift card)

boots: Modcloth

Etsy Favorites : Volume Five

1. Blah Blah Mini Clutch from the Kindah Khalidy 2. Daily Routine Poster by Paper Chat 3. Druzy Ring by Kristine Lily

4. Butterfly Headband by Neesie Designs 5. Cat Bowl by Lauren Sumner Pottery 6. Gold Oxfords by Olive Thomas

October's End

sweater dress: H&M

jacket: Forever21

beanie: Urban Outfitters

tights: Modcloth

shoes: Target

In My Life

» I had the honor of being a part of A Clover and A Bee’s new feature - “These Hands”. Head on over to check out my post!

» What I’m watching : Holy crap have I become addicted to HGTV. No really. Like, serious addiction. I don’t watch anything else anymore. I don’t even look at any other channels. And I don’t know how it has taken me sooo long to discover it. 

» What I’m listening to : JT… all.the.time. 

»What I’m reading : Allegiant. The 3rd and final book in the Divergent series. I’m actually just finishing up re-reading the second book, and I’m so excited to dive into it!

»What I’m eating : A lot of soup. Boo makes a killer homemade tomato soup. 

» Cold weather is on my brain. I want this coat, these socks, and this cardigan. 

» Speaking of cold weather again, How ridiculously cozy do the new items in Lyndsay’s shop, The Seam Designs, look?! I received a couple things in the mail from her the other day (picture above!) and they’re going to be perfect for winter. 

» I won’t have a shopHollyDolly update for this upcoming week. That’s my bad. I’m a procrastinator, and I procrastinated too long this time (I blame the recent HGTV addiction). Whoops. But I’ll have some more coming your way in a couple of weeks! Meanwhile, check out everything that has been added up to this point here. 

» Are you on Instagram? Follow along! My username is : hollyjollydolly

Max-ed

dress: Anthropologie

jacket: H&M

hat: Urban Outfitters

necklace: shopHollyDolly

booties: Target