Changing my stripes

First order of business: I got a haircut. A very long overdue haircut. I'm fortunate to have my sister as my personal hair stylist. She's the only person on the planet who can go anywhere near my head with a pair of scissors. Here's hoping that we always live in the same state. Haircuts could get rather expensive otherwise ;) I didn't do anything drastic to my hair unless you consider chopping 7 inches off drastic. My plan was to go in to the salon and have her cut 5 inches off, but once those initial five were gone we looked at each other and said, "keep going." While I do miss my long tresses spilling out from under my hats (exhibit a, b, & c), I love the fresh just-cut bounce and feeling my hair now has.

Next up: I'm wearing stripes. Horizontal stripes, that is. I have a few pretty pinstripe blouses, but tracking down the perfect striped shirt has eluded me until now. Well, okay, I do have this amazing nautical sweater pictured here. But back to the t-shirt -- it's so soft and cozy, the latter of which I attribute to it being a size or two larger than what I normally wear.

Cardigan: gift (TJ Maxx), Shirt: H&M, thrifted J. Crew corduroys, Headband: Forever 21, Shoes: gift (Target)

Lastly, do you remember a few weeks ago when I shared some Polyvore sets and asked you all to guess which item you thought I received for Christmas? Without further ado, my wrapped and packaged surprise was...

sparkly zebra print flats!