It’s no secret that I love Jentine from My Edit. We have an e-relationship. We email weekly and ask each other such things as “when will we meet?” (It’s cool, our husbands know about this internet affair.) Anyways, since we both have style blogs we have this running joke about dressing up just to go to the grocery store. That one day we will wear our best dresses just to the grocery store and nowhere else. And we will blog about it.
Well Jentine, that day has come. I also went to a coffee shop and the post office but I wore my best remix dress to the grocery store today. And I must say it worked. I cut in front of two ladies at the deli, and I got hit on by a 90 year old man who suavely asked me “Young lady, do you ever watch women’s softball on the television?” Those old men can be so dirty and so sly. I knew where he was going with this proposal though and I walked away. I’ve broken too many nursing home dreams.
Speaking of proposals, my best friend ran a half-marathon yesterday and her boyfriend surprised her with a ring at the finish line. How adorable is that? Luckily B and I were there to capture the whole thing.
Congrats to M, my very best friend. You will be the most beautiful bride there ever was.
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This is the bestest remix dress, ever! I love the tights too. Classy, woman!
This is the bestest remix dress, ever! I love the tights too. Classy, woman!
Isn't that the purpose of style blogs, though? To keep us accountable, make sure that we don't just wear sweats because we're "only going to the grocery store"? Your commitment to documenting your ensembles and the similar commitment of those lovely lady bloggers participating in WIWW (What I Wore Wednesday) inspires me to put on heels, even on a Monday when I'm just sitting in a coffee shop. And then you look great every day, because you can. You're Kendi Everyday!
how awesome are those yellow tights with this look?!?!
hahaha stay away from those old men, kendi! you're too funny!
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Must take style notes! I'm at work in an outfit worthy of the grocery store, if you know what I mean. You on the other hand would be the best dressed girl in any office.
Love the tights and the knubby jacket 🙂
Ha. That poor old man 🙂 He loved you!!
And I love this dress. And congrats to your bff!! She looks excited/confused/happy!!
Those yellow tights make me want to spend all my money on new tights that may or may not be yellow. Love it!
Love the remix. Those tights are too cute! And that proposal idea is ADORABLE.
i love getting dressed up and i get dressed up just to go to the grocery store all the time! heels and all! 🙂
and i absolutely adore this dress on you. the color, the fit, and especially the leopard belt to pull it all together. simply gorgeous!
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oh that is such a sweet story! though i think i would freak out if i got proposed to in sweaty gym clothes! hehe!
A ring at the finish line – not bad at all! 🙂
Love the tights with the dress, you just pull all these ideas off so swimmingly! Well done.
Watch out for those old men – I had one knocking me out of the way last year when they had their $5 turkeys. They can be vicious. Maybe it was because I wasn't wearing heals…
My brain got ahead of my fingers…when WAL-MART was selling $5 turkeys! hahaha! 🙂
Super great remix, a cut above the rest.The tights make this outfit,in my opinion.
Those yellow tights are seriously fab!
I love your outfit today. i work at Loft and this dress was very popular, and to be honest i wouldnt of thought to belt it at all, but it looks awesome on you!
How exciting for your BFF! i want something like that to happen to me! tehe don't we all! Congrats to her!
Congrats M! Your adorable. Kendi love the tights… I am going to throw some green ones in my 30 for 30 soon.
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Love the outfit- it's so put together! and that's funny about the old man, yikes! Is it bad that I don't understand where he was going with that line? haha..
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Awesome! Congrats to your friend! My best friends and I wore our bridesmaid dresses to the mall. It was so fun!
i love my edit! you girls are the funniest bloggers i have come across! i really love the mustard tights with the black/gray/leopard! so chic and modern!
love those tights!
This outfit is lovely. I have a mix of neutrals in my living room, but in my wardrobe I seldom mix warm neutrals with cool neutrals as you've done here…leaving old men having heart attacks in your wake.
The photo of your friend is priceless.
Oh my goodness, that is the sweetest thing! Congratulations to her.
And dressing up for supermarket shopping is fun 🙂 Your outfit is great!
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genious. i am a firm believer in wearing your best to the grocery store… my super stylish sisters often tease my vain ways… they are vain too, i just might be the most vain of them all!
congrats to your friend!!!!!!!!!!
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Congrats to your friend!
Love your outfit, the dress goes lovely with the tights!
Congrats to your friend. :3
Also, I want to wear a fancy dress to the grocery store now. Thanks for the idea 😛
xx
I totally get where you are coming from. My friends tease me all the time about dressing up for mundane events just because I have a style blog. Love the outfit!
Love this!! Those tights are fab.
What a sweet way to propose! 🙂
Great outfit – love the unexpected color of the tights.
Aww what a wonderful proposal! And such a cute photo to boot.
You're just such a geriatric heartbreaker aren't you: You leave a trail of wheelchairs in your wake. Such a fox.
That's such a cute engagement story – congrats to your friend!
I used to get teased all the time for wearing heels just to go to the corner shop for ice cream.
Cute story! My bro proposed to his now wife during a half marathon they were running together!
So fun!
Cute Outfit and Congrats to your friend.
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Fab tights! I'm relying on all manner of colored/patterned hosiery to get me through this challenge, so this post has me stoked.
I just rediscovered My Edit earlier this afternoon, and I fell in love with her blog all over again.
As for getting dressed up for mundane tasks… that's pretty much the story of my life. I don't own many pants, let alone sneakers. So I usually accomplish all of my day-to-day tasks in a dress and heels.
Kendra
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such an adorable story! i love the face she's making, very cute picture.
I got hit on by a 9 year old last week… he liked my tractor. No lie. We live a good life, huh?
It's on… I will dress up for nothing…
xxoo
You look gorgeous, I can see why Mr.90yo hit on you!
As for your friends, many congraulations on both completing the half mara and the wonderful engagement. How romantic!
When I completed my first half mara my husband ate the entire contents of my goodie in the queue for the bus back to the car park!
So sweet! Happy for her 🙂
I love your tights– and that gentleman's suave softball line. 🙂
I love your tights– and that gentleman's suave softball line. 🙂
Totally love your tights….gorgeous, classy outfit indeed:)
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Congrats to your friend!! That's such a cute proposal.
Also, if I ever were to actually meet either you or Jentine (or both of you!), I would a) feel like a midget and b) probably faint on the spot from all of the fabulousness emanating from you two. Just saying.
Can I just point out the kid in the background of your bf's picture? I really wonder what that face is all about….:)
Congrats to your friend! I might be the only person in the world though that hasn't warmed up to the colored tights, sad but true. I just don't get it. But you look gorgeous in anything!!
Gosh, your friend looks great for just running a half marathon! Congrats to her! And you look great for just going to the grocery store!
your pictures make me want to make 'excellent photography skills' a qualification for anyone i date. your grocery shopping outfit is lovely!
Fantastic outfit (love grey & yellow!), very sweet proposal story. Congrats to your friend!
I love how you added the tights to your outfit…really cute.
I'm going to add a resounding I love those tights. Great outfit.
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I absolutely love your blazer and that dress. Even if you did just dress up to wear it to the groc. It's lovely. And congrats to your friend! What a beautiful candid shot!
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Jeez, that's a hell of a pickup line, old man. I should save that one. I'll walk up to dudes in bars and be like "Excuse me, sir, but do you ever watch women's softball on the television?" BAM. HOOKED.
Also, MARATHON PROPOSAL, AWW
Also also, grey and yellow, silk and tweed, ruffles and textured tights and platform Mary Janes. Yep, we've got a winner.
Love the look! I am crazy about those tights xoxo
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Love the outfit today, Kendi! I especially love the tights and shoes, which I wouldn't mind incorporating into my wardrobe!
I am a new reader of your blog, and I love it!! I admire your style and you write in such a funny and fun way! Thanks for all you do!
The story about your friend's proposal is adorable! : )
Congrats to your bestie!
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Your the second person on my blog roll today to have a post entitled "The Proposal". My best friend is getting married too!
what a sweet proposal idea! I bet that ring at the end made it even all the more worth it! ps: love your tights!
Kendi, you rock the shit out of those mustard tights. That is all.
This is my favorite outfit on you. So adorable!
– Jenn
What an adorable way to propose! 🙂
I love how the tights add color, and they really play off the leopard print in your belt.
That dress is gorgeous! I love the gray and yellow combo. Perfect grocery store outfit 🙂
That is such a sweet proposal! Your outfit is so cute, as usual. Do you ever feel self conscious when so dressed up at the grocery store?
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congrats to your friend! what an adorable way to propose!
also, i love the yellow tights with the dress and jacket. stacy and clinton would definitely approve of you wearing this outfit to the grocery– class that place up, dude!
Cute outfit! I almost bought this dress and I totally regret not getting it (especially after seeing how you've styled it). Also, you are so brave to wear these shoes! I would kill myself in them.
Seems like a lot of fashion bloggers are doing the 30 for 30. I'm following quite a few of them for inspiration.
Congrats to your best friend.
u look so beautiful with da outfit!
Great grocery shopping outfit! 🙂
Seriously though, the tights and the belt just make the whole outfit. Congrats to your friend. Very original.
Aww that is such a cute story about the engagement! And that dress is so pretty! I truly must check out LOFT soon.
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great proposal story!
As I'm participating in the remix, I realize I wear any of my 30 items whenever I feel it…no longer "saving" things for a more special moment…know what I mean? So yay for wearing pretty dresses to do grocery shopping!
Yes yes! Your remix challenge has influenced me to dress up even if it's just going to the grocery store!
LOVE the tights! What an unexpected color and it's fabulous!! I adore "My Edit"…you both are great inspirations…both in fashion and writing! I vow to wear a dress to the grocery store!! =)
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I love this outfit. The tights are perfect!
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love those tights!
I seriously bought those same tights this weekend. They are awesome.
Love the fourth picture down from the top. Your legs are killer and those shoe are so cute!!
I also noticed the face in the background of your BFF's picture…too funny. But she is beaming and I'm sure that is so exciting. SUPER adorable! Can't wait to see her wedding pics (I'm sure you'll be in them…how fun!)
Congratulations to your friend!! That's so sweet 🙂
Those tights with that dress are amazing. I love it!!!
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Kirstin
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Cute remix. I spend most of my days surrounded by children (my own) who don't care what I wear, so a trip to to the grocery store would actually be an event around here. 🙂 But I can't say as I've ever dressed up, just for the grocery store! 🙂
Love the Loft dress.
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adorable outfit as usual! congrats to your bf on the marathon AND engagement!
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congrats to your friend!
those tights are amazing and i love them with the gray dress. perfect!
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Dear Kendi, Congratulations on your engagement to Prince William. 🙂 You should wear a funny hat today.
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That is an awesome way to propose!! I plan to run a half-marathon in February, I can't imagine how exciting to not only finish but have that waiting for me at the end! So sweet!
I love this dress! I also love the tights with it!
Oh my goodness, that's so sweet!! Congratulations to them!!
I dress up to go to the grocery store, sometimes. Or to the library. Being tragically overdressed is a hobby of mine, along with blogging about it.
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You're friend looks way too good for just finishing a half marathon! But what an awesome proposal story!
As for the old man proposal… I love this dress!
awww congrats to your friend! that's really sweet.
and congrats to you too! premature as i may be in my congrats, these past 10 days have been pretty damn awesome for me and the rest of the 337+++ participants. awesome so far. 🙂
and really, after the 30 days are over, your belt is making me want to buy something animal print. love it!
omg i want to cry from happiness just looking at that photo of your friend. congrats to her! (and can you have her fiance email my bf to tell him how these things are done? …now to sign up for a half marathon…)
I love this outfit! And what a cute story about your friend – so romantic 🙂
Eek! I love dressing up to run errands.
Also, that leopard belt is perfect! I've been on the hunt for a while. Where is this one from? I need to buy it before I start the 30 for 30! 🙂
the colored tights and belt add such great detail to this outfit!!! congrats to your friend!!!
~Ally
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