Bringing back the 90s

I've been looking for an inexpensive pair of Docs for years now. I finally found a worn-once-only pair for $61 on eBay!! This is more than half the cost of what they normally cost and they are practically brand new. Needless to say, after searching for so long, I was excited to wear them. I decided to pair them with some black ponte pants and a faux pink suede/leather jacket, to make them seem more feminine. Furthermore, I wore a pink and black tie-died 3/4 top, pink rose earrings and a pink rose and black headband. I also wore a black scarf and antique gold stick earrings, to match the hardware on my jacket. For makeup: pink and black shadows and pink lip crayon. 

Docs: eBay, $61

Jacket: Alloy.com, clearance, $14

Scarf: Alaskan gift shop, $5

Earrings: Rose: eBay- mult. pairs, approx. $5; Stick: Burlington Coat Factory, 3/prs., approx $4

Headband: worn to a wedding about 15 years ago? 

Top; hand-me-down from a work friend

Makeup: all Ulta, all free with min. purchase. 

Life is peachy

This peach high-low duster needed to make its way out for the fall. Since pants are uncomfortable these days, I opted for a skirt....a maroon one! To pull the maroon into the outfit, I wore a multicolored floral scarf with maroon in it and maroon heels. I wore black tights to balance out the outfit. Then, I wore a peach rose bracelet with peach rose, gold and pearl earrings along with black rose studs. The rose earrings will go with the lace and the flowers on the scarf.  For makeup: maroon lip gloss and peach, cream, maroon and black eye shadows. 

Duster: Rosegal, $15?

Skirt: Rue 21, $10

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50% off, $11-15

Scarf: Ltd. Commodities, $5

Bracelet: Burlington Coat Factory, $1.99

Earrings: Black: eBay, 6-prs, approx. $5; Peach: Rue 21, multi-pack, clearance, $2-3?

Makeup: Lip gloss: Avon; Shadows: all Ulta, free with min. purchases

Sip some Cognac

I had wanted to wear this duster a couple weeks ago. I decided to wear it with cognac colored leather and antique gold: an old macrame belt with a cognac leather and antique gold buckle, an antique gold bib necklace, antique gold stick earrings and cognac booties (and cognac casual flat boots for getting around). For makeup, I wore berry lip crayon and cream, purple and black eye shadows, to go with the purples in the macrame. 

Duster: $5, Ltd. Commodities

Necklace: eBay, $5-7

Earrings: 3/prs, $3.99, Burlington Coat Factory

Belt: hand-me-down from Aunt, from 80s, Express

Booties: $25, Frugal Fannie's, Chinese Laundry

Makeup: All Ulta

Dust.That.Dirt.Off.Your.Shoulders

Last week, I wore this long duster vest. This looks great with pants and heels, but it was a skirt kind of day. This time, I wore it with a black pencil skirt, black tights, a black long-sleeve tee and a a belt. The belt, including the buckle, matches my boots really well. For earrings, I wore silver hoops to go with the buckles. For make-up, beige and black eyeshadows. 

Vest: K-Mart, 50% off, last year, $11

Belt: alloy.com, set of 2, clearance, approx. $5?

Boots: Just Fab, last year, $20

Earrings: given to me from Aunt

Make-up: Ulta

Matching spikes, matching colors

This is probably my favorite skirt because it's so unique. Like a lot of things I like to wear, it has a lot of colors, which makes it more fun to match things with and try out different outfits. This time, I specifically wore it with these brand new boots that I bought at end of the season last year. The accents on the shoes match perfectly with the spike accents on the skirt. I then realized this multi-colored scarf has all of the same colors as the skirt. Since the print on the scarf made it a stretch, I added a solid brown scarf so it wasn't too much color. For jewelry, I wore silver bangles, one of which is spiky, an additional shiny cuff and shiny silver spike earrings to match. I put my hair up and threw on a blazer over my top to make the outfit look a little more formal for work-- not too artsy. For makeup: aqua blue, dark brown and black shadows. 

Skirt: Frugal Fannie's, $15

Shoes: Vera Wang, Kohl's, clearance, $9.99

Scarves: Stripes: Old Navy, few years ago; Brown: have had

Bracelets: Shiny: given to me; Bangles; given to me; Spiky bangle: given to me recently from co-

                 worker/friend

Earrings: 3-pk, Burlington Coat Factory, $3.99ish

Makeup: Aqua: Tarte, part of a Christmas gift years ago; Dark Brown and Black shadows: Ulta, free                  with min. purchase

Fringe benefits

I wore this outfit a couple weeks ago, but instead of the skirt, I changed into ankle pants bcause I looked too much like a flapper. The shirt is difficult to wear because it gets tangled on everything....

At any rate, here you see it with matching color-block heels, and antique gold chandelier earrings, as well as black rose earrings to go with the flowers in the lace. I wore my hear tucked into a head wrap for a classic look. Lastly, I wore gold and black eye shadows and gold lip gloss. 

Top: $5, Ltd. Commodities

Earrings: Gold: hand-me-down from Aunt, from the 80's?; Rose: eBay, $3-5, 6-pk

Shoes: $15-19, Charlotte Russe

Makeup: all Ulta

(Make like a tree and)...leave

I had been wanting to wear this ring for a long while now-- it was handed down to me from someone else who received it as a hand-me-down. Since the ring is gold with turquoise, I wore gold leave earrings with turquoise beads and a leave statement necklace. To go with the accents, I wore a turquoise cami, which I topped with a black waterfall cardigan. I chose a charcoal pencil skirt with matching tights since I didn't want to wear all black. (I've never been a big fan of lighter colors with all black, so I broke it up with grey).  To bring the black back into the outfit and even it out, I wore black heels. For makeup, I wore gold, turquoise and black shadows and gold lip-gloss. 

Ring: Hand-me-down

Necklace: Rue 21, clearance, $3

Earrings: Rue 21, clearance, $2

Cami: Forever 21 (CO), $6

Cardigan: ??

Skirt: H&M, $12.99

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50% off, $15-19

Shape-ly

I brought this outfit back from last year- this geometrically-patterned and lace scarf with same-shape earrings and color-block heels. The difference between wearing it before, I think, is the V-neck sweater and camel pencil skirt. I also wore additional geometrically-shaped earrings, so then, wore my hair in a half-bun so they were visible. For makeup: gold and black eyeshadows and gold lip-gloss. 

Sweater: Express, hand-me-down from Godmother

Skirt: Rainbow Shops $9.99

Scarf: Ltd. Commodities, $5

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50%, approx. $15-20

Earrings: Fuschia: K-Mart, $0.89

               Triangle & Arrows: 3 pr. pk, Rue 21, $2.49

Makeup: All Ulta

O, Holy.....work day

Last week, I wore this holey high-low sweater. It's gold and cream, so I wore matching bangles and heels (beige with gold details), and a cream scarf. I wore gold earrings that match up with the shape of the holes in my sweater. For makeup, black and gold shadows and gold lip gloss. It's a good in-between season outfit since the sweater is light enough for fall and not too cool for winter. This can be worn with a tee underneath for warmer weather, but here, I wore with a scarf to match the season. 

Sweater: Suzie's Deals (AZ), $5

Scarf: Have had for years

Bangles: Christmas gift one year

Earrings: given to me from aunt

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50% off, $19

Makeup: Gold shadow: NYC; Black: Ulta; Lip gloss: Ulta