Terrible Poses, a mismatched purse, and some really white skin

Hey y'all, it's Caroline!  My mama, daddy, and I all went traipsing around Rome for an afternoon to commemorate Mother's Day.  We had a swinging good time, and my mom was practicing with her fancy new Nikon camera.  I asked if she'd take some Outfit of the Day pictures, and she gladly obliged.

But here's the issues with this.

1. I am white.  So white that I could hardly look at these pictures.  Plus I forgot to wear lipstick, so it's even scarier.
2. My purse, though cute, doesn't match my outfit.
3. I can't pose.  I have great ideas, and then the camera goes up and I'm like a dear in the headlights.  It's embarrassing and I'm just horribly hopelessly horrendous.  Any tips on this?

With that being said.... here we go.

white white white white SO SO VERY WHITE

I just don't even know what's going on here.

???

A very small car.  Or maybe I'm just a giant?  Could be.

And again with the cluelessness.

Leather purse ~ Street Market in Sorrento
Dress ~ Ross
Denim Jacket ~ Old Navy
Sandals ~ Target
Sunglasses ~ Michael Kors
Earrings ~ Aldo
Cluelessness ~ Not from my sweet mama, that's for sure

And thus ends my OOTD for today.  I very much enjoyed being able to wear a dress, and I did lose the jacket for a small part of the day when it got too hot for it.

I hope you all had a lovely day, and go hug your mamas!  They deserve it BIG time!

-Caroline

Buona Pasqua!

Translation = Happy Easter!

Hey, everyone!  It's Caroline. Per Elizabeth's request, I took some pictures (or should I say, my mom took some pictures) of my Easter dress.  And I apologize for being absent this week when I had such grand plans... spring break has a way of making me completely unmotivated in regards to blogging.

I spent the morning getting all dressed up with my hair and makeup and my bright dress and pearls.... and then I walked outside and remembered "OH HEY!  I'm in Italy."

Because, you see, contrary to popular belief, Italians do not dress up.  They are so trendy that they just live in jeans and the darkest black clothes they can find.  I can not even begin to tell you how many funny looks I got today.  In fact, while waiting for the metro to go home, someone across the way took a picture of me.

Yeah.

But you know what?  I've gotten over caring about the fact that it matters so much to them.  If I can inject a little color into dingy Italian trendiness, that's just perfectly fine with me.  And I personally believe that church is an occasion to dress up, and so, I did.  (In fact, I think every day is an occasion to dress up, but that's for another conversation entirely...)

On to the pictures:

See?  The outfit isn't extreme at all.  And yet, I was a sore thumb all day.  This goes to show how shocking bright colors are to Italians.

Pink dress = Steinmart

Cardigan = Steinmart

Clutch Purse = Aldo

Sling-back heels = I can't remember for the life of me.

I just put my hair in a messy bun (not pictured) and curled the front pieces.  Growing out my bangs is certainly an awkward process.

I hope you all had a lovely Easter!

He is risen!