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The Best-Fitting Bootcut Work Pant

A little over 4 years ago, I was interning as a CPA and just starting to venture out into the business world, slowly but surely building my work wear attire. I was new to the dry-cleaning game, as I'd never really had reason to go to the dry cleaner more than 3x a year (maybe!) before starting to work. After making 3 trips to the dry cleaners in my first 2 weeks of work, I decided I'd need to have more than 3 pairs of pants to get me through the summer. I already had a few pairs of skinny ones, so I was specifically thinking of something just as flattering but that gave my wardrobe a little versatility - like a boot cut, flare, or even somewhere in between a skinny and boot cut. Whatever the case, I wanted a pair that went OVER my shoes.

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Wearing White After Labor Day

Can You Wear White After Labor Day? In short, YES – absolutely! You can for sure wear white after labor day. I’ve always found the rule “no white after labor day” to be dumb slash silly and totally unnecessary. No but really, who decided that wearing white after labor day was a faux pas? I mean, I guess it sort of makes sense in some circumstances (like white lace and super…

Self

Taking the Road Less Traveled

I’m on my way to NYC today, but wanted to write about some things on my mind since my trip to Washington this past weekend. Unlike many of my recent trips, I spent a lot of time alone with my thoughts adventuring or hiking, which gave my mind plenty of opportunities to wander. For this trip, my friend Hope and I left a lot of margin and flexibility in our schedule/itinerary to…

Faith

Currently Studying

I want to talk about my faith more - I feel like I say this ALL the time, but I really do mean it when I say that I want to share more of my faith on my blog. I think the main thing that keeps me from sharing is the act of actually sitting down and writing - it's so hard to make myself do that. And then on top of this, I feel pressure to perform. In other words, I feel like if I'm going to write something about my faith, it better be good and worth reading.

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When Sharing Becomes a Burden

Over the past few months, I’ve been trying to figure out how to do my job well. And that’s been QUITE the journey – in many ways. One thing I’ve been trying to figure out is how to separate my personal (especially pertaining to my faith) from my professional life – learning where to draw that line and what I’m comfortable with. And hey, maybe I’ll never figure it out…

Fall

The Blanket Poncho

Hi there! Good morning and happy thanksgiving eve :) I hope you’re all having an awesome week so far (#cheers to 3 day work week! although not so much for me…but I’m happy to be at your service during this hectic time). Today I’m featuring a trend you’ve probably seen just about everywhere lately – the blanket poncho. Or maybe you’re like me and had no idea that’s what they…

Faith

Thoughts inspired by David Platt’s Book, Follow Me

I’ve been reading Follow Me by David Platt. And Wow. It’s rocking my world. But not in the feel-good way that you might presume. Rather, in a way that leaves me eagerly and wholeheartedly chasing (sprinting) after Christ. Specifically, over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending hours (and craving more) of my free time reading and studying his Word. This is not normal. Yes, I have my daily quiet time.…

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Where Do We Place Our Hopes?

The unfortunate thing about blogging these days is that your 'success' is on display for everyone to see and measure up. And I'll admit (although I like to deny this about myself), I'm a pretty competitive person. And because God made me this way (ha!), this also means that I'm driven, determined and just all-around intense. The difference with blogging (as opposed to other domains of life) is that people are bound to judge me based on certain metrics - whether that be Instagram followers, comment counts, site design + whatever other ways one could possibly 'measure' a blogger's success.

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Intentions: BTD Misson Statement and Stuff

Putting Brighton The Day in A Box After writing Sunday’s post about branching out into non-fashion content, it got me thinking about WHAT I wanted this little corner of the internet to be. What do I want to do for you (my readers) and what purpose do I want to serve. This sounds like a simple question, but it’s really not. It kind of puts a lot of pressure on me and…

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My Very First Video (#Amateur)

BY THE WAY: I recorded this video before I wrote Sunday’s post…so it’s all kind of on the same wavelength! But I wanted to share this with y’all…because it’s awful and awesome at the same time. ha! I was driving back to Dallas from Houston last week and started thinking about where I wanted my blog to be in 5 years and asking myself simple questions like, what’s my favorite…

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Branching Out Into The World of Non-Fashion

Thoughts About Non-Fashion Stuff on BTD Sometimes I day dream about writing about things other than fashion. In a sense, this blog is mostly a compilation of pictures showcasing different types of outfits and “things” I want to buy and such. I don’t really write much at all; and when I do, it’s pretty basic stuff (and frankly, rather meaningless – or at least feels that way!) So when I…

Style

Blue dots

WOW. So I’m not sure if I’ve ever gone this long without posting something on my blog – it feels weird. I mean, I think it’s been like an entire week (…ever since I left for NYC for fashion week last Thursday)?! eek! But honestly, I just haven’t really had access to wifi and even when I do it’s ridiculously slow anyway. So needless to say, it SURE will be…

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SPRING/SUMMER 2013 TRENDS

Ever since NYFW last Fall (and other FW’s), it seems as if we’ve been exposed to (and maybe even slightly bombarded with) zillions of trends for the spring/summer 2013 season. And further, each is typically “advertised” by bloggers/reporters/etc. as the next HOT thing for the now present spring/summer 2013 Season (summary of trends by Vogue here and Glamour here). And I don’t know about you, but it’s a little much. And it’s sometimes hard…

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CURRENTLY (STILL) LOVING: OXBLOOD & CHEETAH

Chetah Gloves ($9) // Feather Skirt // Essie Polish // Nars Illuminator // Cheetah Coat // Tom Ford Lips Each one of these items above makes me smile. I’ve been wearing my burgundy-colored lips for a while now, but I’m just realizing that “oxblood” is a whole other ball game. Meaning, burgundy and oxblood aren’t exactly synonymous. Right? and I don’t think my Nars Scarlett Empress (although I LOVE it!) is “brave” or…

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Color Collective: Sunshine Yellow

Hi! How was your weekend? I hope it was a good one and that you survived the heat in some way or another. I don’t know about you, but unless I’m in the pool or moving quickly in and out of my car, I usually cling to AC-only spaces. July and August (and sometimes June) are almost unbearable down here! Anyway, enough about that. For some reason that I honestly can’t…

Inspiration

Respect

[Warning: just wanted to give you fashion-lovers a heads up this post isn’t fashion-related at all – whatsoever. It’s just a random rambling of my current thoughts/experience. Post #2 will be up soon and will cater more to your interests! :)] Do you ever have so many things to say that you just don’t even know where to start? Like, your mind is just brimming with thoughts and you’re so…

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What can I do other than be honest with you?

[Chalkboard // flashcards on my desk…] …In my opinion, not much. I’m not going to pretend I’m living some life that I’m not. As most of you know, I’ve been spending my time finishing up my educational requirements to sit for the CPA exam and working part-time since January. And although my studies and work were time-consuming, I still had lots of freedom. In other words, life has been pretty…

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Typography Tuesday: Come As You Are

Emily McDowell Etsy Shop In a world with so many distractions, tugging and pulling us in so many different directions, it can sometimes be pretty hard to be true to ourselves. It’s always good to remind and encourage each other how special each and everyone one of us really is – and how important it is to be confident our differences (I know, it’s cheesy, but bare with me…I’m having a…