Warm in Other Ways

| beanie: Urban Outfitters {similar} | lipstick: Urban Decay Vice in Tampered | scarf: Madewell {similar}| dress: Old Navy | sweatshirt: Old Navy {similar- distressed and really cool!} | jacket: Old Navy | mittens: Finland! idk! {similar} | tights: Target | boots: Frye {similar} | wallet: gift (Anthropologie) {similar- so pretty!!} | 
**click the item name for additional wears on the blog & brand name to shop exact or similar!**

The title of this posts gets weirder and weirder every time I read it, but what I'M TRYING TO SAY IS:

I get in such a jeans and sweater rut in the Winter. It just seems like more work/not as warm to put together a creative outfit when it's super freaking cold outside, and I've read this sentiment on a few blogs. We're having a bit of a warm snap this week (praise hands emoji), but lately, I've been describing my strategy for cold-weather dressing by using the phrase warm in other ways.

SO instead of just pairing together the two or three "warmest" things in my closet, I try to start with an outfit I could wear in more average temperatures, and warm it up from there! For example, in this outfit I have on fleece-lined tights, a scarf, a beanie, and a sweatshirt over a dress. I suppose another fancy way to say this is ~*layering*~ not anything new, but it keeps me feeling restricted by the temperature when I'm getting dressed AND you can count on it to make your outfit more visually interesting.

My friend Katie gifted me this pencil pouch/clutch/wallet (?) last Summer, and you've probably seen it randomly pop up in outfit posts, because I always have it on me! I'm not sure if this is meant to be a wallet, but I love it as one, I have an entire pocket basically JUST for lip products. I either use a coin purse with space for two cards or a giant clutch wallet that I can stuff all my ish into, there is no in-between for me.

January has felt like such a strange month for me. I can't quite put my finger on why! Most recently my workload has been pretty CRAY, so the past two weeks have felt like an entire week by Tuesday afternoon.

Oh yeah, my bestie Jenae came to visit me this past weekend and it was pretty great <3