Risk taker

Hello!  We are halfway through the week!  Today's look is another risk I took and is something I may never have done before having a fashion blog! I have tried dresses as skirts a bit, but I haven't done it with a maxi dress yet.  I gave it a go with this top I recently thrifted and I have to say, I like the result!

Are we surprised that once again the main color here is orange?  Anyway, I got this maxi dress last summer, it was the first maxi I'd owned in years and I was looking at this shirt next to it and thinking "I bet I could put those together and have it work".  I swear, I wouldn't have tried this even last year.  I like trying out dresses as skirts when I can, because I feel like it gives another option for the dress.  Otherwise dresses can be kind of limiting sometimes, especially in the summer.

And of course my new orange polka dot Gussy bag looks super cute with this entire outfit!  Can we say coordinated?  Can we say Beth is a nerd?  Speaking of nerdy things, if you missed it, I did a vlog the other day about my new Gussy bag.  The post for that is here.

And as I was leaving today, I decided to photograph naughty Miss Pippin here.  She loves sitting on this half wall by our front door.  We don't really like her to sit there because she's big and knocks stuff over, but she's a stubborn one.  I'm surprised she was facing this way.  Usually she stares at the wall.  We think she sees shadows on the wall from the small window in our front door, but we're not really sure.  Maybe we have ghosts.  Who knows.

The sun is shining, I love my outfit and I'm in a pretty good mood!  I hope my joy spreads a little to all of you!  Have a great day!

Outfit rundown:

Shirt - thrifted unknown

Dress as skirt - Cliche Mpls

Necklace - Charming Charlie

Bag - Gussy Sews