wear / travel to st. croix

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If you follow on Instagram, you may have seen that A and I booked a trip for April to St. Croix! I've never been to the Caribbean or Mexico and I am SO EXCITED!!!! Not only will it be amazing to get away from the Boston winter (because let's be honest...it will still be winter), but it will be great to take a vacation together with nothing to do and nowhere to go.

Now that the trip is officially booked, I am itching to shop. I already have plenty of shorts, shirts, and dresses, but I could use a couple things that I might treat myself to...

Clockwise from top left: 

-A cute gauzy coverup to keep the sun off me

-A new black bikini since my old one fell apart (I just buy the same one from Old Navy over and over and love it)

-A turquoise necklace has been on my wishlist forever and will look perfect over my black maxi dress. This one is sold out, but I'm hoping they restock! 

-White skinny jeans for dinner (cute with a striped top)

-Gauzy beach pants on sale from JCrew. They're the most ridiculous thing on this list, but I love them for some reason.

-New Rainbows because mine are legitimately falling apart.

-A straw hat to keep the sun off me because I'm pale...and also baseball hats don't shade as well. Mom, you should be proud!

What do you think? Is anything missing? Am I being too over the top? Suggestions are welcome!

wear / fall neutrals

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While I am a huge fan of color as a general rule, I’ve been loving cozy neutrals like this lately. Perfect examples include me purchasing these at Uniqlo last weekend in NYC:

{Uniqlo / I bought it in black but want the grey too!}

{Uniqlo / I got this ivory color and dark grey}

And today I’m wearing camel pants and a white button down. What about everyone else? Color or neutrals?

travel / shopping in nyc

If you follow me on Instagram (@awinkasmile), then you may have seen my pictures from my trip to NYC last weekend. I did some shopping at two of my favorites, Joe Fresh and Uniqlo, and Joe Fresh in particular had lots of happy color for spring and it really made me excited for spring!

The colors were a bit more vibrant in person.

I wanted all of these button downs and flats!!!

I also peeked in Zara and spotted this beautiful beaded skirt:

What’s inspiring you recently?