(Taken on Crave's rooftop)

Today I was featured on The Cultured Lens talking about my top places in Minneapolis to eat and I thought I would share! I love Minneapolis. It has so much to offer and the restaurant scene is amazing! Head over to The Cultured Lens to read about my top places. If you're local you should definitely try all of them!

xo Catherine 

1. A luxe tote from Nordstrom.

2. A beautiful midi skirt from Chic Wish.

3. I'm not (quite) thinking about warm weather clothes yet, but these sandals from Forever 21 are on-point.

4. Can't go wrong with a polka dot dress from ASOS. 

5. Loving this ivory wide brimmed fedora from Express. I've never seen one before.

6. I've been posting a lot of sneakers lately. These ones from New Balance are really cute. I just need to pull the trigger on a new pair already!

Do you have any fun plans this weekend? One of my best friends is coming into town so it's girls weekend :) there will be lots of wine, donuts, and girl-talk!

Have a good one!

xo Catherine 

Coat: Topshop (similar). Sweater: J. Crew Factory (similar). Necklace: ILY Couture (similar). Jeans: Gap. Booties: Sam Edelman. Sunglasses: RayBan. Hat: Anthropologie (similar). Purse: Coach. 

I wore this outfit for a day of bowling with Mark's family (obviously not the shoes though #gottalovecommunalshoes). It was so fun! I hadn't bowled in quite a while (my wrist still hurts!) so it was fun to do something different. Mark left yesterday after being home for six weeks. It was so so nice having him here for an extended period of time, but now he has to go start his grown-up job! I don't know when I'll see him next but this is the last long stretch of being apart!

xo Catherine 

*Keeping it real: I wasn't in the best mood when Mark took these pictures. It was cold. I didn't really love this outfit even though it's a lot of my favorite items combined. And I was covered in lint! I love this coat, but man do I hate how it's a magnet for lint! My lint roller ran out, so there was that too. 

Lately I've been really inspired to put more energy into this little slice of the internet. My Inner Fabulous is my passion project, and so I'm always looking for ways to make it better. I was talking to Mark the other night about what my unique selling proposition is. In other words, what's going to set me apart from other bloggers and, hopefully, keep all of you coming back for more. 

I've decided that I want to do a better job of keeping things real here. I think I do a pretty good job of it already, but I could definitely be better. I don't wear tons of bracelets for an "arm party" because I find having my arm weigh an extra five pounds is quite annoying for me and everyone around me. I don't like Rockstuds. I don't buy designer things because I can't afford them (hello, I'm in college)! 

I do, however, love taking beautiful pictures and publishing pretty and inspiring images here. I just don't want you to think that that's my life. The above picture is my room maybe 2/7 days a week. Right now my bed is not made and it's piled high with discarded sweaters from trying to pick out this morning's outfit. Bloggers get a lot of flak for only publishing the beautiful parts of their lives and for not being very authentic. I've had brands approach me to work together, and although I'm itching to grow MIF, I turned them down because they're not a brand that I would truly use or that fits my style. 

Therefore, I want to introduce a new segment to the blog called "Keeping it Real." My vision is to continue posting images with the hope of inspiring you, but sometimes there will be an asterisk at the bottom of the post that tells you what was really going on. For example, how I told you that the above picture doesn't represent what my bed looks like at this moment, or even most of the time. 

I'll still be producing the same content, but I just want to be more upfront about what's going on behind the scenes. 

What do you guys think? Is that something that would appeal to you, or does it not really matter?

Would love to hear your thoughts!

xo Catherine