September makes me think of new beginnings. For that reason, the month brings me comfort.

I kicked off this month with a visit from my mom, who was in from California. It was so nice to see her, though hard to say goodbye! With her and my grandma, Bill and I visited my little brother in Boston. We wanted to see his new place (beautiful) and also to see him because we don’t get to see him enough. It was a fun day in the city and he was an awesome host.

In September, I also spent time with friends eating good food and drinking wine (obviously), for which I was grateful. Bill and I visited the Big E—him for work, and me to watch him work. The Big E is a giant fair with tons of food and it’s essentially mandatory for everyone in the Connecticut/Western Massachusetts area to attend at least once every year. We did and, for the first time ever, we watched a burger-eating competition. The winner ate 52 burgers in 10 MINUTES. It was so gross and I don’t ever want to watch it again, but what an experience, right? (Fun fact: I was once in a buffalo wing eating competition for charity! Our team lost.)

And, of course, Bill and I visited DragCon NYC and spent the weekend in New York.

Here are some of the outfits I wore.

The only appropriate thing to wear on Beyonce’s birthday is a #LEMONADE-inspired dress.

Outfit details

• Dress: Forever 21
• Shoes: Payless

I didn’t actually wear this dress yet, but COME ON. How great is it?! In October, Bill and I will be attending a spooky rendition of Sleepy Hollow and I’m hoping to wear this AMAZING Halloween dress.

Outfit details

• Dress: Amazon.com

Outfit details

• Blazer: Target
• Shirt: Old Navy
• Jeans: Old Navy
• Shoes: DSW

Outfit details

• Shirt: Old Navy
• Dress: Old Navy
• Shoes: A gift from my beautiful grandma

Aside from my Converse shoes, I’ve never had a pair of sneakers I felt super cute in. This solved that! I splurged on some Nike Rosche Twos, which are stylish and comfortable. (The only problem is they got dirty quick. Wish me luck in trying to clean them!)

Outfit details

• Shirt: Old Navy
• Jeans: Old Navy
• Shoes: Nike

I love, love, love this RuPaul’s Drag Race dress from RedBubble. It was the perfect outfit for DragCon NYC, and the queens I met all seemed to love it.

Outfit details

• Dress: RedBubble
• Jacket: Marshall’s
• Shoes: DSW

And, some things I did this month!

Attended the Hater’s Roast

And got a lil tipsy

Enjoyed the beginning of fall on campus!

Took a road trip to Boston (this is my grandma being adorably excited)

Hello, Boston!

Where we visited my little brother

With my beautiful mom

And I even

My delicious food from Eataly. Yum!

And bought some wine from Eataly, too…

Sometimes, you and your husband get a little drunk and buy weird food. My husband bought a burger with TWO GRILLED CHEESES as his buns!

Ushered in fall with the first PSL of the season

And snuggled plenty with the pup, Obi

Who sometimes contorted his body to look like a heart

My little Superdog

Thanks, September, for being good to me!

xo.