I’m a terrible blogger! Horrible! After being berated by a darling friend who sporadically checks in on this blog, I’m back with my tail between my legs…with a fabulous new find, though.

While I am overjoyed to have found, at long last, the dress that I will wear to the Italy wedding, I am sad to say that Lord & Taylor has not put this dress on their website. I think that they did it on a short run, since they didn’t do anything else in the same style. It’s by “Kate Hill” which is the L&T label that makes some very elegant and affordable pieces. My favorite things of theirs at the moment are made of this gorgeous silk dupioni, like this sheath dress…

I also love the fullness of this Kate Hill skirt (similar to the skirt of the dress I chose)…

And at less than $50 for each of these, elegance has never been so completely within reach!

I want to take a moment to celebrate simple, sleeveless dresses with adorable detailing. Yay! I had a nightmareish experience at J. Crew in February, where I tried on four dresses which were all terribly ill-fitting, but I’m willing to give them another chance because of this shift, which is perfect on every level…

I love dresses like this, which are preppy enough to wear practically anywhere, but still casual enough that you don’t have to think twice before throwing it on. It’s this dress that will be worn four days out of the week, which will make it well worth the $88 price tag!

Today, it reached 63 degrees in Boston! Okay, so it was windy and rainy and generally miserable, but who cares?! It’s springtime! Temperatures are forecasted to fall back to the forties tomorrow, but for now I’m just happy that the sixties still exist. It allows me to dream about wearing dresses like this juicy number by BCBG.

Light dresses, I think, call for delicate, feminine jewelry. The next piece I want to get is this necklace by my friend Cathy, the designer of Vanilla Moon jewelry. Sooooo pretty!

The reason for the very long delay in this posting is that I was traveling…but I didn’t forget about Frock Files! In fact, I was busy doing research (ie: falling in love with more dresses). My primary goal in Chicago: find Forever 21 and buy at least four dresses. I think it’s safe to say that this was one mission that was very well accomplished. My absolute favorite purchase was this super comfy dress, which is properly named Brilliant. I’m practically living in the thing! The best thing? It’s $11. Does it get any better than that?

Also, last night my very dear friend Erika showed up to dinner in the cutest ballet flats. She said she got them from Old Navy, so I immediately logged on to their website once I got home (I don’t even know where there’s one near me) and found these, which I think are great and springlike with this dress. At $12, you’d have an adorable outfit for less than $25!

My smart smart smart sister told me about Mila Jovovich’s line for Go International, for Target, and today I went to check it out…so good! This dress is the kind of perfectly simple spring dress that I absolutely cannot wait to wear. It shouts, “SUNSHINE!” and believe me, anything that can make it feel warmer is more than welcome.

And because we can all use all the luck we can get, I think this lucky elephant necklace is absolutely perfect!