So Never Mind the Darkness

Dress: eShakti * Cardigan: Forever 21, remixed * Tights: Hue, remixed * Boots: Ciao Bella, remixed * Belt: thrifted, remixed * Wood ring: gift, remixed

It still hasn't snowed in Chicago. I know it sounds like I'm complaining, but really I'm just perplexed. I grew up in a part of the country where we usually got our first snowfall in September, sometimes August, and where by the time Thanksgiving rolled around we had highs in the high-20s. So Chicago's mild autumns always throw me for a loop. I know that people talk a lot of big talk about Chicago's winters, and how harsh and cold and windy they are. And they are. I think that the coldest I've ever felt was in Chicago, even though temperatures where I grew up would get lower than they do here. But winter in Chicago is limited to a few months. December, January, and February are all pretty brutal, but other than that it's a lot of ups and downs. I'm more used to six months of winter and six months of temperate weather (it would be stretching it to call it "summer" when the highs only got to 80 occasionally). Anyway, I think my point is that getting rain on the second-to-last day in November seems pretty luxe to me. Take your time, snow. See you next month, hard frost. Maybe next week, icy streets. I'll take a windy February if it means 40s in November.

Anywho, enough about the weather (it's a small talk kind of post, I guess). I was pretty stoked when the delightful people at eShakti contacted me to offer some pretty deep discounts to anything on their site. I've reviewed a dress for them before, and I guess they sold me on the awesomeness of their stuff, because I couldn't help but snatch up this beautiful silk dress. Since eShakti customizes each dress for the buyer, and since they have free returns, there are always a few returned dresses that didn't fit the original buyer quite right. These are usually cheaper to begin with, and with my blogger discount I happily paid the whopping $15 for this dress. It's gorgeous, it feels incredibly dreamy, it's lined, it has pockets, and it fits beautifully. Happy early Christmas to me!

I was not compensated in any way for this post. eShakti provided the coupon code for their site, and I was asked to honestly review anything I bought with it. All opinions are my own.

Title song: Guns n' Roses, "November Rain"