Thursday, March 17, 2011

Long Road To Dublin

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(insert fake irish accent here) Top o' the morning to ya. And a Happy St. Patricks day! My dad's family is originally from Ireland so I always particularily enjoyed st. Patricks day. We used to set a trap with a clover plant, cardboard box and wooden spoon to try to trap a leprechaun every year. Now while we never actually caught one, we usually ended up with some interesting green treats, or a leprechaun stuffed animal. And of course, green milk, yum.
In high school one of my teachers nickname for me was actually just "irish" or, when I was pissing him off, "black irish" haha. With the last name of Donovan, what can I expect really? And I definitely have the irish temper, which I most certainly inherited from my father. I don't think of the irish as an angry people, we're just passionate! No?
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So in honour of ol' St. Patrick, I coated my nails in a deliciously lime green colour and put on my green flannel. Which I knotted and wore over my cotten denim looking shirt dress. To be fair a few weeks back I wore a very similar outfit (purple/white dress) just because I like the way the green flannel looks worn like this. It's a little bit country? In a cute way I think. I added some polka dot tights today with some flats and my green necklace.
xJennaD
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outfit: dress/tights-H&M, plaid top-F21, necklace-farmers market, flats-winners
ps. I plan on consuming at least one green beer after work today. I suggest you do the same.

23 comments:

  1. Love your skirt! Is it a denim wash?
    My family is Irish as well but we never did anything for the holiday other than what our schools did. Ah well.

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  2. It is a denim wash! And soo comfy. Also, you asked about a hair tutorial and that sounds like a lot of fun, if I can find our video camera I might have to do that :)
    xJennaD

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  3. Cuuuute outfit! Love the plaid with the skirt! And your hair is to die for, how ever do you make it look so pretty?!
    Green beer is a yes today, that is for sure!
    xoxo Happy St. Patricks Day!

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  4. Love your hairstyle! Great outfit:)

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  5. Love the shirt over the dress - the tights add some fun to it too! Happy st. patty's day!

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  6. you are so cute! I want your hair! And this outfit is adorable! Happy Saint Patties day! :)

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  7. Ah, what a cute outfit! Seriously love your hair!

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  8. I love Saint Patrick's! Cute shirt!

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  9. i had hoped to paint my nails green, but totally forgot! something about flannels...they look best in green and red. i have a blue one, but it's just not the same!

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  10. Love this! You're so lovely & cute in this outfit!!
    OXO Nat

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  11. love the fullness of your dress and it looks lovely as a skirt, st pats day is fun! i love all the green :) xo

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  12. Happy Saint Patrick's day! You were clearly celebrating the holiday in style... I just love that lime-coloured nailpolish. As soon as your page opened, my eyes went right to it. What a fabulous colour :) I love your story about leprechaun traps, too. I'd never heard of such a thing, but I guess that's probably because my family is Welsh, so we tend not to do too much celebrating on March 17th :)
    xox,
    Cee

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  13. oh i love the shirt over your dress!! and those tights are so adorable :)

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  14. So cute!
    Love the tights!

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  15. i love your style!nice blog!
    xoxo

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  16. adorable once again, cute and perfect for st patty's! :D hope you enjoyed the beer!

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  17. Hello, gorgeous lady! I am love, loving your adorable st. patty's inspired outfit. I adore those tights, heck I just adore your style! Happy Friday to you. xx veronika

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  18. Liking the finishing touch- green nail polish :) lovely blog!

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  19. I love checked shirts :)
    Great outfit x

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  20. Cute outfit! Love your tights!
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  21. super cute!! i love St Patty's. and HOW do you do that to your HAIR?! it looks fantastic!!
    <3 mode.
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  22. passionate is definitely the right word to describe us irish folk :) we're not really angry, in fact, we have quite a joie de vivre!

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  23. I love your blog! This skirt and top combination is great!

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