The Other Side of Gray

Happy Tuesday! Well, today is the BIG day with Wallis...breakfast, shopping, press day and getting to tour their offices. Is this REALLY happening? Yes, yes it is. I will probably be Instgramming out the wazoo all day, so be sure to follow me @shannasaidso if your the least bit curious.

Miss Annie is here for your viewing pleasure today. Her and I have been buds since I started my blog. I know without a doubt that we would be hanging out on the daily if we lived closer. Love is not a strong enough word for the feelings I have for Annie. She not only has killer style, but she is hilarious, down to Earth and as real as they come. We are both following our dreams of personal styling. If only we could find a way to live in the same city and become business partners. This girl is a Madewell & J.Crew Queen. Every time I step foot in these stores I think of her, and she does the same with me at Forever 21. We are tight like that. 

Give her some love. It won't be too hard after you see how she nailed this look.

Dress: Topshop // similar
Shoes: J. Crew // here and similar
Bag: J. Crew // similar and similar
Necklace: Baublebar // here
Bracelets: J.Crew Factory & Madewell

Hey guys! I'm Annie and I blog over at The Other Side of Gray. I am SO SO happy to be guest posting for my girl Shanna while she is over in LONDON doing fabulous things for Wallis Fashion!

Because of all the amazing things going on for her right now...Shanna asked me to talk a little bit about following my own dreams. Which is pretty relevant because Shanna is actually someone who sort of nudged me in the direction to take my dream to the next level. So - what is this dream I speak of? Personal styling! Actually, I would be thrilled with any sort of career in the fashion industry, but I think personal styling would just be such an awesome and rewarding thing to do every day. A cute outfit can go a long way and I truly believe looking good makes you FEEL good.

You guys probably know this, but Shanna has a little personal styling business of her own goin' on, and when I saw her start to take her next steps, I reached out and we exchanged a few emails. The girl is awesome let me tell ya. It's terrifying to take any dream to the next level because putting yourself out there can lead to failure, etc., but with Shanna's encouragement and some from my friends and family, I posted a "Styling Services" tab on my blog a few months ago!  I wish I could tell you I've had success...but not so much. I haven't really advertised it very well, so it's my own fault...but that will be my next goal for moving it forward. In the meantime, I have some friends I've been practicing on to get more experience, and I hope one day soon I will have my first REAL client. And I'm proud of myself for even taking that little step and posting the services because, as we can see from Shanna and her new Wallis fashion gig, you never know what can happen when you follow your dreams :) Cheesy but true.

And what goes with following your dreams? A fabulous outfit of course! So this is me, saying bring it on dreams...bring it on!

Anyone else now have Mariah Carey in their head? "Dreamlover come rescue me..." Anyone?