a dress and long cardigan

Today is finally officially my first day in the classroom *as* the student teacher, even though I've been visiting and helping once a week since September. I'll be sure to share the highlights of my journey here- I absolutely adore preschoolers because every day is an adventure with them!

I wore this outfit when I was in the classroom last week. It just felt like a dress day, but I stayed nice and warm pairing with this long draped cardigan! And of course leggings were a must in this Chicago winter. I topped it all off with my new favorite boots, which were a Black Friday buy. It ended up being quite perfect- so comfortable and warm and still very nice looking at the same time!

Have you ever tried this combination before?

Dress: Tanga
Cardigan: Pacsun
Leggings: Wet Seal (exact below)
Boots: Kohl's (exact below)

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dress and long cardigan by greathappiness featuring wet seal pants

dress and pants

I wore this outfit to teach a lesson in my first grade classroom I'll be student teaching in. Yes, I'm wearing a dress and pants. Skinny pants, of course. I'm sure this is controversial, although I don't see it as much different than wearing a dress and leggings. Sometimes I'd just rather have pants instead, though, and they kept me warmer! Love this dress too, so cute and comfy and I got some nice compliments on it! Can't wait to wear "teacher outfits" every day starting in a couple months ;)

And here's a secret, this ring is from Claire's, and every time I wear it I get compliments! Sometimes, if you pick out "cheap" jewelry carefully, you can find some real gems for next to nothing!

Would you wear a dress with pants?

Dress: Tanga (exact below)

Pants: Loft (exact below)

Cardigan: Forever 21

Shoes: Crocs

Necklace: Charming Charlie

Ring: Claire's

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dress and pants by greathappiness featuring a feather ring

maxi dress

I am so in love with this dress. I love tribal prints, and the print on this dress is fun. But most importantly, it's super comfortable! I wore it with this white sweater to a wedding reception recently, but I think it's going to have to become part of my regular rotation as well. Don't you love how comfortable maxi dresses are?

Dress: ModDeals

Sweater: Charlotte Russe

Bracelet: JewelMint (exact below)

Ring: Forever 21 (exact below)

Shoes: ShoeMint (exact below)

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dressy maxi by greathappiness featuring a cut out ring

Outfits I Love

I know there's been a lack of posts here lately, sorry about that. I first was too busy with my summer grad school classes ending to blog (I finished on Wednesday- hooray!) and then this past week I've been volunteering at Vacation Bible School at my church all week, where I had to wear the same blue t-shirt every day. Not exactly worth blogging about... you know? Anyway, things should be back on track now. I am on a break from grad school classes until the end of August, which means you'll see a lot more casual outfits from me. But hey, it's summer! I'll still be doing my internship with the little ones two days a week, though, so I'll at least be dressing nicer for that.

Since I don't have any outfit posts to share this week, I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite outfits I've created on polyvore lately. As I've mentioned before, all of these are made up from the exact or similar to pieces that I own, so I plan to wear them all eventually. Feel free to pin if you feel so inspired!

lace dress and denim jacket by greathappiness featuring tribal pattern shoes

cozy little black dress by greathappiness featuring capri pants

black maxi and denim jacket by greathappiness featuring forever 21 rings

mustard and stripes by greathappiness featuring forever 21 necklaces

mint and polka dots by greathappiness featuring lacy tops

summer black and purple by greathappiness featuring coin jewelry

orange and blue by greathappiness featuring a yellow gold bracelet

This post is linked up to Friday's Fab Favorites at Style Elixir and the Let's Be Friends Blog Hop.