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The Betsy is a comfortable women's Navy Genuine Leather Mid Heel Pump

This mini dress is fun, flirty, and made for twirling around in the sun

Although it comes in two colors - a pale blue and a light linen, personally I couldn't resist this charming shade of blue

Those are the pictures that are the dearest to us, and this made something click in my brain: If we are the stories we tell ourselvesas movie director Shekhar Kapur explained in his TED Talk back in 2009maybe theres another version of the family formals story that I could tell

Dress: TJ Maxx, $40 (same, same) Shoes: DSW, $50 Earrings: Kendra Scott (similar, similar, similar, similar, similar) Purse: Mud Pie, $13 (similar, similar, similar) Brooch: vintage (similar below) Approx