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WHAT I WORE: Drinks & Dinner in Laguna Beach

A “new” outfit for $70 does the trick

So I had all kinds of plans to splurge on a birthday outfit for Saturday night, but when it came down to it, I decided I’d rather buy a piece of furniture! Sad, after all that build up, right?

I did end up finding these super cute shorts on clearance at Urban Outfitters, so had no guilt about buying shorts at the tail end of summer for $20. Paired with a silk Joie top from last year, a JCrew chunky gold chain necklace from a friend, some (really) old fave KORS wedges and Tom Ford sunglasses, I was able to pull something together that was somewhat fitting for the night’s festivities. Since I had been wanting one of those blog-ified American Apparel leather pouches forever, I got one of those too in taupe so that I’ll get plenty of use out of it for the Fall. The end result…

And just in case you wanted to do a little shopping too:

[ sunglasses | shorts | top | pouch | necklace | wedges]

The night ended up being a blast despite some major service issues at the restaurant — but a party of 16 can be a tad chaotic. Luckily, I have fantastic and adaptable friends!

And thank you all again for hanging with my guest bloggers last week in my absence. It was a nice break, but funny, I did feel kinda bad that I wasn’t contributing to all the fabulousness going around in blog-land last week. (I have problems, I know.)

Erika Brechtel

Erika's passion for guiding women to "Style Your Biz, Your Home, Your Self, Your Life" led her create 'The E List' (formerly the Small Shop blog) in 2010. Since, she's expanded globally into speaking, mentoring, course offerings, angel investing, and social entrepreneurship through the Élanoura Collective for women founders.

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  8. designstiles says

    Lovely! That’s so something I would wear. I feel you, when it comes to Christmas and my birthday I’m like, I want a handbag or shoes but I also want a sofa, drapes and some expensive fabric. I think I would’ve gone your route too. Glad to have you back. : )

  9. jonalynn @ turn up the rad says

    Your outfit is soooooooooo adorable. And pretty sure it’s perfectly acceptable to substitute decor for clothes. I’d totally wear my chevron rug around if I could. :))))))

    Again, thanks for including me in last week’s festivities! Glad you had a fun Birthday!

  10. Leslie says

    You are GORGEOUS darling….love the outfit, pretty sure it would not look the same on me, but you did it right and wore it! You are beautiful Erika and so glad that your bday went well. Take care, hope to see you at Liz’s this weekend?

  12. elizabeth says

    E – you looked adorbs! I could never be that chic in the casualness of La-La land! Glad you had a blast; although we missed you tons!
    -e (modern24seven.blogspot.com)

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