Plaid about you (and a little announcement!)

Outfit Details:

Plaid dress: Exile Vintage

High Dramaturge Tights in Ivory: ModCloth (no longer available)

White t-strap flats: Urban Outfitters (no longer available)
Bringing Down the Horse Ring: Hello Holiday

Wicker bag: Chicwish

White belt: eBay

Truly, plaid is the quintessential autumn textile.  I feel like I need to wear it at least once or twice a week (which would be a pretty big feat, since I don't think I own quite that much plaid!).  This dress from Exile Vintage is so lovely for fall, and I knew I had to snatch it up when it became available in their shop.  The one problem is that it's quite short on me (I'm 5'7", which I don't think of as being terribly tall, but I guess it's on the taller side), so this isn't a dress that I can wear all the time as is.  So I decided to try my hand at remixing it for another post in the near future, and I like what I came up with!  I still consider myself sort of a novice at remixing pieces, but I'm very motivated to keep pushing my boundaries with it, because (drum roll, please).........

I'm starting on an additional blogging venture, as a new member of awesome style collective, Flock Together!  So in addition to blogging here at The Soubrette Brunette, I will also be blogging over at Flock Together, which focuses on remixing swapped pieces from other group members (as well as remixing items already in one's wardrobe and trying new trends in different ways).  If you're not already following Flock Together (and why wouldn't you be?), you should head on over right now and check out these marvelous ladies.  I've been an admirer of nearly all of their individual blogs -- as well as their collective one -- for quite some time, and I'm truly flattered that they would want me to join their ranks.  I feel honored to be in such good company.  My first post is scheduled a little later this month, on October 18th, so keep an eye out for that! 

I love that these are actually snaps, not buttons!  It certainly helps with the obnoxious gaping problem.

Other than blogging news, I've been really busy with rehearsals... plus, I'm now sick for the second time in less than a month!  My immune system isn't the greatest, but this is bad, even for me.  I was just getting over the nasty cold I had a week ago, and now I'm sick all over again (but I'm wondering if it's bacterial this time).  I'm sure stress hasn't helped, honestly.  I'm hoping to get in to the doctor tomorrow morning.  We start up with our school tour on Thursday, so please cross your fingers that I'll be better by the time that starts (though being around little kids, we're all bound to get sick anyway)!  

As of late, I'm struggling a lot with managing my disappointment in people.  I get very much "in my head" and wonder if I am too trusting (though then I wonder if I would really want to be any other way -- for how can you find love and joy if you don't trust?).  Or maybe my standards are just too high.  I know that there are a plethora of good, kind, honest people in this world, and I am lucky enough to know many of these kinds of people.  But it boggles my mind that some of the very people who I have trusted to keep my heart safe are the same people who have done it the most harm.  I know those who keep their hearts and emotions guarded at all times, who are not fully invested in relationships, as a protective measure.  I have always thought I would never want to be that way (i.e., "'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"), but I can now see why protecting oneself at all costs has a certain appeal.  I don't know.  I guess I'm in a weird place, since on Saturday, I realized it's been a month since my relationship ended, and I still don't know exactly how to handle things.  I guess one can never really know how to handle something like this, other than to keep moving forward.  But it's very difficult to do that without my best friend.  And the worst part of all is, I don't even know who he is anymore.  And I guess it's true: how well do you ever really know someone?

I'm keeping my chin up, and I'm going to try and make this week a good one.

Have a great Monday.

xox Sammi