Closet Confection: Fearless Fourteen

When: Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Where: Central Park

What: Jacket ($35 H&M), blouse ($40 H&M), brooch (H&M), hooded scarf (H&M), leather gloves (Michael Kors via Century 21), velvet leggings ($12 Romeo & Juliet Couture via HauteLook), boots (thrifted via Beacon’s Closet), sunglasses (Marc Jacobs via Nordstrom’s Rack)

This post is a little out of order (I’ll post Saturday’s outfit tomorrow), but I had just finished adding all of the little 14’s to the above picture before realizing this was actually outfit number 15. Yes, I admit that I sometimes have trouble counting once I run out of fingers.

I don’t do it nearly often enough, but walking through Central Park is one of my favorite past times.  It just feels so New York to me.  I remember staying at a hotel right at the entrance to the park my first time visiting here as a teenager.  It was the summer before senior year in high school, and I knew right then and there that this is where I wanted to be.

So I applied to a university here, got in, and the rest is history.

Flash forward quite a few years later, and it’s amazing to me how fresh and exciting the city can still feel. There’s always some new favorite hangout to be discovered or a never-ventured-upon side street to explore.

I know it’s totally uncool, but sometimes I get a little giddy when I’m walking past a famous landmark or passing by a site where a scene from one of my favorite movies was shot.

Unfortunately, most days it’s all too easy to get so caught up in my routine that I barely even notice the things that once struck me with awe.

That’s when I know I need to stop and smell the asphalt… to remember why I came here in the first place… and to take notice of the things that make the city so special.

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