off to oklahoma

So thankful for SPRING BREAK! Although it hasn't been much of a break, just yet! I've been doing some styling work and babysitting, and slaving over prom junk. But tomorrow I leave with my family to go stay at a nice little cottage in Oklahoma to go fish/hottub/read/explore/relax.
I'm beeeeeyond thrilled!
I spent this evening prepping with a the decorating/style section of PaperCity newspaper, lemon water, and some good ol' sunshine. Couldn't have been better.
I'm going to be shooting several outfit posts up in OK, but to keep up with me in realtime follow me on instagram! @susiegibson

xo Susie

little sunday dress

This cute dress has been sitting in my sister's closet for a few weeks and I've been dying to try it on. It's hard to tell from these photos, but it's like a heavy chainmail-type material.
It was probably a bit too chilly to be wearing this today (ok, no, it was definitely too chilly) but I really loved it! S/o to my awesome sister for letting me borrow it (and for snapping these photos!).
Hope you're all enjoying the last little remnants of the weekend! Sundays are great, but Sunday nights are such a bummer.

• Dress- Sister's closet (but I think it's from Forever21)
• Bag- vintage Dooney & Bourke
• Sunglasses-  OC Shades
• Bracelets- Ebay

xo Susie

dallassssss

My sister convinced me to pick this up at Anthropologie because she uses it (and loves it) and I'm so glad I did! Not only does it work on your lips, but you can use it anywhere. Body/cuticles/face....it's all purpose. It is wonderful.

This was on sale at H&M for only $1 and smelled heavenly, so I thought I'd grab it. Now that I've used it, I'm kicking myself for not buying more. It's much too small :(

Found these sunglasses online and fell in love. But they look awful on me.

I wear this bracelet everywhere!

Although I live super close to Dallas, no one in my family really likes going because the traffic is so awful. They have the best mall, though (NorthPark) and it has all of the really nice stores that my local mall doesn't have (H&M, Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, Free People, Anthropologie, etc). My mom bought me some really nice leopard jeans while she was in DC at H&M, but they didn't fit so I needed to return them, and thankfully my sister agreed to drive me to Dallas (too scared to drive in that awful traffic). I was really sad when they didn't have my size left in the jeans, but I found some other nice things! The black and white pants above are what I got as a replacement, as well as a bodycon striped dress (which is basic and boring and didn't deserve a photo) and a delicious body butter. I also picked up a really neat newspaper by Design Sponge and Rosebud Salve from Anthropologie.
I have got to stop spending money, though. Really.

schedule pick-up

Went to go pick up my last high school schedule (EVER) today! So weird to think about.
I also can't believe school starts in two weeks. Hope everyone's enjoying their last bit of summer :')

Shirt- Forever 21
Shorts- Thrifted, lace trim DIY by me (for sale HERE)
Sunglasses- Target
Skull Bracelet- Target
Wooden bead bracelet- made by me
Shoes- thrifted


Photos by Mary Gibson

black maxi

 casual by insusiesshoes featuring a denim jacket

Just recently bought a black maxi skirt and a black maxi dress so I was trying to think of casual ways to wear it (out shopping/to school/coffee with a friend) and here's one of the ways I came up with!
I just bought a denim jacket a few weeks back, too, so this is a perfect way to incorporate that as well!
I'm excited for the skirt & dress to come in the mail now so I can wear them! I feel like there's a million different ways to wear them, so I'm glad I invested in them!

just little things

Everything in this photo is under $10! I'm such a thrifty, frugal girl. Phone case- amazon, wedges- Target, fur vest- thrifted, DIY lace trim shorts- thrifted (then I added the trim!), sunglasses- Target, ring- thrifted.

detailzzzzzz

DIY lace trim shorts! I'm not entirely finished with them (have to sew up the edges- they look messy). Just use fabric glue and then sew them on!

DIY lace trim part 2- back side.

Was feeling healthy yesterday, as you can see (a rare occurance for me). I already ate all the blueberries...oops.

Salad w/ avocado! Yum yum yum.

Spent the morning out thrifting with my sister and found so many great things (those lavender shorts being one of them) and the rest you'll probably see soon! I'm such a sucker for buying sweaters in the summer because I miss autumn/winter so much....I bought like 5 and I almost regret it but not really because it's better to get them now when they're cheaper!
I also DIY'd some shorts when I got home because I had like 6 cups of coffee and was starting to go insane from a caffeine overdose and needed something to do.
I still need to touch them up a bit, but overall I'm happy with the outcome!
I'm also a huge salad nut (favorite food!) and have been trying to step outside of my caesar-salad-only routine and add new things, so yesterday I tried avocado! Tasted even better than I expected :')
We're also having an unexpected thunderstorm here right now (which is a huge blessing in Texas) so today has been a good day!

first week of summer

It's been a while since I've done a full outfit post....going to try and keep up with that a bit more now that I'm out for summer and will have extra free time!

Always making polyvore sets for things I want to buy but probably never will

spwing bweak

Went on a family roadtrip to go antiquing on Monday...but little did we know, every antique store in Texas is closed on Monday's. Kind of a bummer, but the weather was beautiful, so it was nice to just walk around old downtown's for a bit :)