wearing lately: sweater + shorts

After a brief hot spell, our Michigan June has taken a turn for the unseasonably cool. Not so bad for a pregnant lady, but kind of a bummer for anyone who happened to be vacationing on our lake's shores, including some extended family of mine in town... or for really anyone who might like to step foot outdoors in the last week. So. Much. Rain.

But on the bright side - because our gray skies need one: it's the right weather for a summer sweater, and even better, that elusive sweater + shorts combo that is always cute but rarely temperature-appropriate. I love a light cotton sweater (particularly a stripey one, of course!) for cool summer evenings, especially paired with white jeans, but for daytime the shorts combo is kind of refreshing for a different way to wear your wardrobe. 

I realized, when I started to pop out of all of them, that my sweaters are pretty much all cropped ones these days, so I thought this one was a great find for my situation - something a bit longer to cover the expanding belly, not to mention very cute, great price, and wears well for summer and fall depending on the rest of the color palette you go with. Here it's with a favorite summer neutral, navy, styled in a way that's perfect for a walk to the library or farmer's market, with the help of a coordinating canvas backpack... when there's a break in the rain, anyway.

Here are a variety of cute summer-weight sweaters, if you've got the weather (or overbearing a/c) for 'em too:

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