The First Day of Football Season + Target GIVEAWAY!

Plaid: J. Crew (similar here under $30) // Jeans: Loft // Sandals: Palm Beach Sandals // Apple Watch // Necklace: Target (old, similar here)

Goodness y'all... Thank you SO much for all your sweet comments and fun feedback on yesterday's post! I have so much fun getting more personal with you and I'm looking forward to bringing you more posts that share more about me and my life behind the blog!

But today I am super excited because I get to talk to you about something else I am crazy passionate about- Gator football!! If you're new around here, I'm a University of Florida alumni & I LIVE for college football season & cheering on my boys in orange and blue!! So what better way to kick off football season than talking about tailgate style?? :)

Now if you're thinking, "Gentry, isn't it too hot to wear jeans in Florida right now?"  You would be right! But at the beginning of the season no tailgate style is cute, because it ends up drenched in sweat (after all our stadium is called The Swamp)! ha! So today I'm sharing more "mid-season" style - when the weather finally cools off! Since I'm an alumni now (#SoOld) I like to play up the "preppy/collegiate" style and this button up is perfect for that! Paired with cuffed jeans and gold sandals, it's a great look for partaking in all the tailgating fun before the game & cheering on my boys during all 4 quarters!

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Chambray for Days

 

If there's one piece of clothing every girl needs in her wardrobe, it is most definitely a chambray shirt! I can't tell you how many times this simple little number has saved my wardrobe dilemmas- it's always the perfect finishing touch! Obviously I took these photos before the fall weather set in, but I think this look would be just as fun with a pair of my favorite riding boots to make it seasonal appropriate :) 

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Navy Stripes

While most people consider black the building block of their wardrobe, I consider navy mine- it takes up at least half of my closet! I love that it's a less harsh color than black (i'm forever in a state of losing my tan and I don't need that being pointed out but the color I wear ;) ) but it mixes and matches just as easily as black does. It's kind of the perfect color!

Today's look combines all that I love, navy and stripes! As the summer is winding down this is a great casual work look or a weekend brunch look (it's Monday and I'm clearly already dreaming of the weekend!) As y'all know, I have this skirt in about 600 colors and I don't see that trend stopping anytime soon ;) This is the absolute perfect skirt for mixing and matching, and come fall you'll see me rocking it with tons of different tee + boot combinations- it's a 2 step look that's so. dang. easy!

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Striped and Monogrammed

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone that today's look contains another monogram, I mean do you expect anything else?! ha! We all know that I love a good stripe, so slap a monogram on top and I am a girl in love! This easy t-shirt dress is the perfect throw-and-go look plus is is just plain comfy y'all! 

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Turquoise + Pink (And Flamingos Too!)

Happy St Patty's Day y'all! (let's just get this out of the way… turquoise counts as green right?!) ;) This holiday has always been such a funny one to me, but I'm all about a color-coded holiday and drinking a beer so I'm not complaining! ha!

With the gorgeous weather we've been having, it's been my full belief that bright on bright is better! So it was a no-brainer to pair this adorable flamingo tee with my Lilly skirt and call it a day! I'm also obsessed with these tassel necklaces I picked up recently- they add the perfect pizzaz to any look! How are you celebrating the coming of Spring?! 

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Causing a Racquet

When an insta-friend of mine posted this adorable tee from Target, it didn't take but .5 seconds to run on out and get one of my own! I mean y'all... I ain't no dummy! When something is cute you jump on it! :) I'm glad I got one quickly too, because even though they had only been out a day or two they were almost completely sold out. I guess I'm not the only Floridian who is welcoming spring with open arms!   The bout of warm weather we've been having is making my heart so very happy (and is having a positive effect on my wardrobe too!) 

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