dotty

dress: vintage (similar here) // shoes: soudos (here) // hoops: nordstrom (similar here)

Ciao bellas! I can't believe it's been two weeks since I last posted, life has been c-r-a-z-y with projects recently! I suppose I'll just have to learn to be more"Italian" about it, they're all so go with the flow here! Pretty much anything with polka dots always seems to make its way home with me, especially if its black & white, and from a vintage store (italian, polka-dotted, black & white, vintage...what more could a girl ask for?). I paired it with my red suede soludos, and with these sweet roses I got from a flower truck I pass on my way to school every morning (quite dangerous for flower loving gals like me). Plus, you can never go wrong with a bow!

bell sleeves on the bridge

dress: zara (here) // shoes: converse (here) // bag: italian leather store (similar (here) // sunnies: ann taylor

Ciao! First week of classes are checked off the to-do list, along with a lot of the general assimilation chores (ya know, wifi, a working phone, credit card etc), so yay for being a functional person! My first two purchases here in Florence have been this poplin zara dress/romper (find it here) that I am absolutely in love with, and a light pink leather tote my roomie Kelly and I found at a little leather shop on our way to the grocery store. Though I did manage to drop my ice cream cone on my dress within the first hour of wearing it, I managed to get the strawberry gelato stain out, and force Kelly to take blog pics on the bridge for me! (thanks gf). Bonus points: the bridge leads to a gelato place #praise

Insta Recap: Firenze

Ciao from Firenze! If you can't tell by the last two weeks where I've posted NOTHING, just look below to see how I've been handling life recently (aka where the heck am I and what am I doing with my life). After moving to sunny San Diego (for one whole week) and then packing up to head off to Italy, I haven't quite had my crap together! I have, however, been able to take a few insta snaps (@kaylamaryly) in Italy over the past week, which are below!

1. attempting to find my way around Florence. What happened to Manhattan's grid-ed and numbered streets?! #help

2. The street where I live for the next 9 months! eek! (how adorable are those green shutters though)

3. My mode of transportation...? (I wish) Found this flower truck on the walk to school yesterd

4. WINE FLAVORED GELATO. That is all.

5. Dancing my way through the lack of AC anywhere

6. The ceiling of Polimoda, my college here! Literally this is what I look up at in Renaissance Art Wednesday mornings. Like, what? Blessed.