miscellaneous purchases feel good

I must say, it feels good to be blogging again. I know, it hasn't been that long, but still, this is like therapy, I swear! Anyways, I went to Target over this greay and chilly weekend, and here's what I bought:

I feel like it kind of mashes together sailor and boho into one top, so there's a lot going on, but the pattern was too cute not to buy. The plus? It was $15. Pretty good for something I can probably wear at least 3 different ways: alone with shorts in summer, over another plain top with jeans now, or possiby with leggings if it covers my lower half enough. (I really wouldn't want to be a victim of the "tights as pants" plague).

I also recently received this dress as a gift from a friend, from Forever 21.

Confession: Although I've been a fan of the colorblock dress thing for some time now, this is actually the first one I've owned. My favorite part about them is that they are very easy to accesorize with; just pick one of the colors (perhaps the contrasting one?) and match jewelry it to that, and everything in your outfit will be balanced. I wore this to my winter sports banquet with stockings and nude kitten heels with a flower on the toe. I was kind of wary about doing that with this dress, but the nude shoes worked their magic and ended up not looking like a total fail "I need new black pumps" kind of thing. Even if that was the case....

Oh! And as a random bonus, I found this ribbon stack at Target in the one dollar section ( love that thing!) and although there's like 5 inches of ribbon per color, it still is cute.

The top one says "Good friends never go out of style," and the stilettos on pink are awesome! I might use these as hair ribbons, part of a DIY headband, or maybe just decorations.

Have you done any spring shopping? Any cool finds? Comment!