I never wear dresses. Really. That’s exactly why I decided to take part in Kyla’s Six Months, Six Dresses challenge. I never got around to posting photos of myself in my May dress, but I’m going ahead and posting June’s dress.

Yesterday evening, I was home by myself, so I decided to try a little photoshoot. I’ve never used my self timer before, so it was interesting, to say the least. I have some practice ahead of me.

I love that the dress is a summer color, and even though it’s short, it works because I’m only 5’1″.

Though it’s blurry, I adore this photo.

Dress: Ruche
Shoes: Bakers (My wedding shoes, actually)
Necklace: Etsy (It has a custom engraving that says “If a dream could last forever, I would hold you here. M + J” for mine and Husband’s song.)

For the next six months, a la Kyla Roma, I’m going to attempt to buy six new dresses. The only dresses currently in my closet are my wedding dress and my high school prom dress. I need to spruce up my wardrobe a bit, so this will be good for me*.

Next month, Husband and I are going on a trip to Asheville, North Carolina for our second wedding anniversary. (I will go into more details as it gets closer.) I’ve been on a search for a dress to take with us in case we go anywhere that is semi-nice, but I wanted something that I could wear again this summer. As I browsed American Eagle’s website (which is where I buy most of my clothes lately, though I’m thinking of going with something more mature, such as Anne Taylor Loft, in the near future), I found a dress that fits my criteria. (I usually don’t like their dresses, so I wasn’t planning on having any luck.) Of course, I fell in love with one dress.

Since the dress is a solid, grey color, I thought a colored shoes would go well with it. Since the only heels I own are black and white (yes, I only own two pairs of heels, and one pair is from my wedding day), I’m going to have to purchase a pair. My budget is low (trying for around $50 or less), and I’ve been told yellow or red would go well with the dress. Any suggestions? I was thinking of something like these Nine West heels, but I’m not sure if the yellow is too bright. 

Mostly, I just want to make it dressy enough for a somewhat nice dinner. I’m open to any suggestions for heels (or even flats!) and/or jewelry!

*Don’t worry. I will be posting a picture of myself in the dress, hopefully!