Faux Leather Leggings (love the Spanx ones too!) // Grey Sweater (old, but similar here) // Kate Spade x Keds Tennis Shoes (under $100!) // Purse

Oh heyyyyyyyy there! I’m back from Nashville and slowly (very slowly…) easing back into the workweek. And while I’m already overwhelmed with my to-do list, it was so nice escaping for a few days to explore a new city and see my friend Evalyn who recently moved there a few months ago. She was my best friend in Chicago and lived right down the street, so I had been missing having her close for impromptu weekday wine nights and spending the weekends together exploring the city. And while I was bummed she decided to move away, I kinda get the allure now – Nashville is quite the fun, magical place.

We went to see Maggie Rodgers and Kacey Musgraves on Friday for the last concert of their recent tour – and it was so so good. I love both of them (maybe even Maggie Rodgers a tinyyyy bit more), so it was fun to see them together, especially when they came on and sang “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” together – which is by far the greatest wedding dance song ever made. And then Harry Styles came out for “Space Cowboy” and everyone officially lost it – including myself who screamed like a total tween. Yes, I’m very cool and I know it 😉

But beyond the concert, it was fun exploring all the neighborhoods, cute shops, eating too many donuts, drinking too much coffee, and enjoying catching up with Evalyn in her new city. I had never been to Nashville before, so now I totally get why everyone and their mom is moving down there – plus, it doesn’t hurt that the winters aren’t quite to bad than they are up here in the Midwest.       But anyways, luckily for us it’s not quite winter yet – even though there’s been more of a chill in the air the past few days! I’ve been soaking up the last few weeks of fall, and feeling extra grateful that it’s actually been fall-like, rather than just the typical 2 days of fall it seems like we usually get the past few years. I’ve been cozying up in sweater, busting out my favorite jackets that have been hanging untouched in my closet for the past 8 months, and enjoying everything Chicago has to offer in the fall. The city’s been really showing off the past few weeks with the changing of the leaves too – Millennium Park by The Bean has the prettiest red leaves dotting the park (which I have the best view of from my office window!)

My go-to fall uniform (at least for the weekends) are cozy faux-leather pants, a sweater (really any one will do!) and these cute new Kate Spade x Keds sneakers I picked up from Shopbop a few weeks ago. I’ve been eying a pair of leopard print white tennis shoes (I want leopard everything these days), and these had the perfect accent of animal print without going too over the top. Plus they’re Keds, so you know they’re comfy enough to walk around for hours in – which is always the test of a truly good pair of shoes in my book. I know it’s only Tuesday, but I’m definitely wishing it was Friday – so hoping that the week flies by and I’m actually productive at checking off things off my 4 page to-do list (and that’s just the work one, I don’t even want to start on my personal one that’s out of control!). Wishing you a fun and productive rest of your week too! xx