Is it just me or is this cold weather starting to make everyone unmotivated? I feel like I have nothing to blog about anymore because I've already shown off all of my winter clothes. When I pick outfits out in the morning, I have no inspiration anymore—this cold weather is draining me. I need sunshine and my bring and colorful Lilly dresses. But in the meantime, I'll share this awesome back lace-up sweater I got for Christmas. I wore it once with white skinny jeans and my black over-the-knee boots, but when I styled it with these distressed denim and my studded ankle booties I just fell in love. The look went together so well and it's very casual.

Even though the warmer weathers are approaching, I'm still always on the look-out for new sweaters as they always come in handy for chilly summer nights! Unfortunetly the one I'm wearing is no longer on the Express site, but I'll link some of my current favs! 

Lace-Up Shoulder Pullover - How flippin' cute is this?! Now under $45

Ladder Back Shaker Knit Pullover Sweater - Under $35!

Bell Sleeve Cold Shoulder Sweater - Because who doesn't love bell sleeves?

Mid Rise Split Hem Denim 

Boots are sold out :( I'll keep an eye out if they come back in stock!

** This post is not sponsored by Express, I just love their clothes lol. 

So long story short as to why my trip didn't work out.. Tyler and I were going to get a rental car, as his car was currently out of service and I didn't feel comfortable taking my car across country. When we got there to pick up the rental car (12 hours before we were planning on leaving for our trip) the lady kept jerking us around every way possible, so it got to the point where all we could do was say forget it. I was furious, at this point all I wanted to do was go back to my own apartment and stay there the entire week. Eventually, Tyler and I decided we were still going to travel to Tennessee for a couple of days. There we toured the Jack Daniels distillery and explored Lynchburg, went to Nashville, and discovered the CUTEST town, Franklin. 

The point of me telling all of this was to show that you shouldn't let one little bump in the road ruin your attitude, or week for that matter. This was a trip that was being planned for 1+ months, so when something came in between that I took it out on everyone around me even though they were just trying to help. If I had spent the entire week at my apartment I would have been miserable. Although it was all we did, exploring Tennessee turned out to be amazing! I was scrolling through Pinterest the other day and came upon the quote above, "train your mind to see the good in everything." I thought it was a perfect quote and something everyone should try and do. Right after I said I wanted to go to my apartment Tyler said to me, "no you're not going back to the apartment where you'll just sit on the couch, we have the entire week to do and go where ever we want to, we're going to do something." It was true, we could go and do whatever we wanted but I didn't want to see it that way. It was either our trip or no trip, which isn't the right attitude. If you go through life throwing a fit over things not going you're way you're going to be living a miserable life. As everyone says, life is short so use that bump in the road to do something even better. 

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I don't know what it is, but lately I've had a serious obsession with shoes. I literally want to buy every pair I see, lol. I've also found that DSW has been my favorite place to shop for shoes because their prices are amazing and lately they've had a lot of great picks. So I decided to round-up a few pairs that are on my wishlist for spring to share with you all—they're all under $60 as well!

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