I am very excited by the fact that there is still sunlight at five o’clock in the evening. So excited, in fact, that I’ve probably jumped the gun a little bit by beginning to look at light-as-feather cotton dresses and open toe sandals that, if purchased now, would have to sit in my closet for months and months before being worn outside. You’d think that knowing these things would keep me from so much as looking — but the hopeful, Hawaii-girl side of me can’t help falling in love with things like this navy blue embroidered dress from Forever 21. Classic, easy, and at $25, nice to your checking account too.

But I have to tell you, what I’m really in love with are these metallic sandals by Joie! I think they’ll be the perfect shoe — the shoe that I would wear all spring and summer long, which is the only way you could justify their hefty price tag. Well, that, and the fact that the dress was a steal.