I have to apologize for yet another post going on an on about how excited I am for Fall, but lately it's been hard to put together summer outfits, and I know I'm not the only blogger feeling that way. I've been stockpiling dresses to wear for Fall, buying long-sleeved ones that I won't be able to wear for a while, but it makes more sense than adding to my collection of sun dresses.

These two are my latest additions. And they might not look like Fall dresses, but I'm planning on wearing them with little cropped jackets and cardigans and thick tights and little oxford pumps. I've already put outfits together with them, which shows you how nerdy I am.

Does anyone else find themselves going for different dress lengths all-together when the seasons change? Over the summer when it was way too hot for the tights I'm most comfortable wearing I favored knee-length skirts and dresses. Anything too short would look silly on me--I'm too self-conscious to wear shorts on even the hottest of days. But when it's cool enough outside to get away with wearing tights I start going for shorter, swingy dresses. Plus I think they look best with a black opaque pair of tights anyway.

I found the dress on the left yesterday at a thrift store, along with a pile of dresses that I'm so tempted to keep as well. I'm trying not to! It's a little Japanese children's dress from the '80s, but it has a shape that looks modern to me--If I were in Illinois still, where according to my mom the temperatures are in the 50s (!), I'd be wearing this out with my little cropped navy jacket, tights, and ankle boots.

And that dress on the right might be one of my favorite things in my closet at the moment. It came in the mail seriously a few hours ago, but I'm already trying to come up with ways to wear it while it's still hot outside. On Sunday night I'm going to a concert and I think I might try to get away with it then.