A Shameless Little Plug

Hello lovely readers! Many of you may of heard about Refinery29's Next Big Style Blogger contest. I originally wasn't going to enter because I feel I'm still trying to figure out my own voice in the fashion blogosphere, but then I thought about it a little more and figured why not? So I entered, wrote a little blurb on Facebook asking my friends to vote and have been truly amazed and humbled at the response from my family and friends. You guys are awesome!

So with that said, I would love love love if you'd vote for me :) It's quite simple, just head to http://www.refinery29.com/styleblogger and look for my picture above. There are a lot of contestants so to easily find me hit CTRL + F on your computer, type in my name - Ashlei - and I should appear! Then just click the little heart so that it turns pink, it may also prompt you to sign into Facebook, but it's that easy! 

Thanks so much for your support, let's go get 'em!

Pictured on Refinery29.com!

So yesterday I opened my daily email from Refinery29 and look what I saw (picture above). It's meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - that's literally what came out my mouth, and then I bounced up and down on the couch a few times (probably more times than necessary, haha).

I got stopped by Amy Creyer of Chicago Street Style and Shani, editor of Chicago Refinery29 a few weeks back, and had actually forgotten that they had taken my picture until I opened that email. Needless to say I was very excited and if you didn't see me going crazy on my Facebook and Twitter, now you can see it here! :)

Check out the full slideshow on Refinery29 and see how us Chicagoans style winter, there are some great shots!

'Till Next Time...

::Outfit::

Coat: Jessica Simpson c/o Crossroads

Skirt: Forever 21

Boots: Vintage

Shirt: Zara

Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs