Geometry

I'd been wanting to wear this poncho/shawl lately and, when I recently got these skinny pants, it made the perfect outfit. Why, do you ask? Because the pants are trimmed with (faux) leather and so is the poncho! I then added charcoal ankle boots, a grey shirt, and a geometrically shaped necklace (which is, unfortunately, not shown that well below). The pattern on the necklace matched the shawl perfectly! I wore gold stick earrings to match the necklace. For makeup: charcoal and black shadows. 

Poncho: Rue 21, a couple years ago, clearance, $7?

Pants: NY&Co., sale, $19.99

Boots: The Shoe Dept, $19.99

Necklace: Charmed and Dangerous Boutique, 50% off clearance, $7

Stick Earrings: Charming Charlie, clearance, $3.99

Makeup: Ulta

Feminine Bada$$

On a cool fall shopping day, I was tossed up on what to wear. I opted for this pink moto jacket before it gets too, too cold. So, from there, I decided it was time to wear it with this floral skirt and Doc Martens-- an outfit I've been wanting to wear for a while. With it, I wore pink and black rose earrings, a black rose bracelet, and pink and black eye shadows, as well as pink lip gloss. For a short while I wore a black scarf (thanks to my Godmother, the savior ;) ) and really had meant to wear the cream colored scarf, shown below, but forgot to put it on before I went out. 

Jacket: Alloy.com, clearance, $18? 

Skirt: Rue 21, clearance, $5-7

Doc Martens: eBay, half the cost for a brand new pair, $60

Scarf: have had

Bracelet: jewelry warehouse sale last year, $2

Earrings: have had, eBay

Makeup: Ulta

Mauve-elous, darling

I always like charcoal grey with lighter colors, such as this pale puff sleeve mauve top. I wore a charcoal tank underneath and charcoal booties to go with my ankle-length dress pants. For jewelry, a long gold and mauve statement necklace and gold stick earrings to go. For makeup: pink and charcoal eye shadows and pink lip gloss. This was a cute, but business casual look. 

Pants: NY&Co., $23, BOGO 50% off PLUS 50% off purchase

Top: Express, sale, $24

Booties: Shoe Co., $19.99

Necklace: H&M, birthday gift last year

Earrings: Charming Charlie, clearance, $3.99

Makeup: Ulta

Bibbity-bobbity-boo

My Godmother recently gave me this shrug, so I've been trying to think of what to wear it with. First, I decided I would wear matching shoes and, then, due to the weather, I wanted to wear pants. Since I haven't worn these maroon skinny pants in a couple weeks, I opted for them. Last, I looked for a top that I could bring the grey and maroon together and- voila!- there it was-- a multi-color floral blouse that happened to have both colors in it!! (These are the things that keep me going..)

For makeup, I wore burgundy eye shadow and lip gloss.

Shrug: hand-me-down
Pants: NY&Co., $19.99, sale
Shoes: The Shoe Dept., $20
Top: Christmas gift a couple years ago
Earrings: vintage 80s, given to me from Aunt

Back in Black... and white

I've been on an unplanned hiatus since May for no other reason than life gets busy! So, here I am with this outfit that I thought was so cute, I would make a comeback, yet again. Dressed for some team spirit...

Note the same material in the earrings and boots.

Blouse: Venus, $20, sale
Pants: Guess Outlet online, $19 with additional coupon
Booties: Express, $24 with coupon

Handbag: Charming Charlie's, $15, sale

Earrings: Jewelry warehouse sale, $1

Bracelet: Jewelry warehouse sale, $2
Necklace: set of 3 choker set, Rue 21, $2-3, clearance

Life is Short...Buy the Shoes

A few weeks ago, I was gifted this antique rose tee, which suits me well since it has both a photo of an antique car and mentions shoes...It's ultra light and comfy and, as it turns out, I had plenty of accessories to go with it!! :) 

I wore the tee with black paperbag shorts, tucked in the front, with black flip flops since I was just running errands. For accessories, I wore a black straw fedora, antique rose bangles and rings with antique rose oversized pearl earrings. For makeup: antique rose lip crayon (or lip gloss- I couldnt choose) and black and pink eye shadow. Thanks, Auntie!

Tee: gifted to me from Aunt

Hat: $5, Lids, Florida

Shorts: $5-7, alloy.com

Flip flops: $1, Old Navy

Earrings: Christmas gift a few years ago

Bracelets: approx. $3, clearance, Charlotte Russe

Rings: $2, clearance, Rue 21

Makeup: Shadows & Lip Crayon: Ulta; Lip Gloss: have had 

The Bee's Knees

Still a bit backed up on blog posts, so this outfit is from May. I was gifted this awesome(!!!) Tim Burton handbag that I wanted and HAD to wear black and white to go with it. I wore a striped and lace tee with jeans, but with a marigold waterfall cardigan to break up the black and white. Coincidentally, without trying, I wore this bee and white rose knuckle ring, which worked well with black stripes and yellow. For other accessories, I wore a black rose bracelet and black rose earrings- to go with the lace. Last, but not least, black and white women's wingtips. For makeup, I wore marigold and black eyeshadows (not shown). 

Striped top: $9.99, Ross Stores, CO

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother

Shoes: Candie's, Kohl's, have had for about about 8 years. 

Bracelet and ring: $1 each, jewelry warehouse sale

Earrings: have had, eBay, 6-prs/$3.99

Handbag: Birthday gift from Aunt :) 

Memorial Day

I purchased this racerback tank back in February at a VS outlet store. It turns out, I didn't have to wait until July 4th to wear it. 

For Memorial Day, I wore the top with jeans and a red cardigan - it was still chilly!! To go all out, I wore camo flats, a Swarvowski star necklace and a navy  Patriots bandana. For makeup,  red lip stick and navy eyeshadow. 

Top: Victoria's Secret outlet,  Orlando,  $4.99

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother

Flats: Old Navy,  years ago

Necklace: Birthday gift 7 years ago

Bandana: gift from mother

Makeup: Lipstick: Ulta; Shadow: Avon

Dust-that-Dirt-Off-Your-Shoulders

It's summertime and off-the-shoulder blouses are big this year. I've had this coral printed top for years, however. On this day, I wore it with matching sandals and jewelry- gold and coral stick earrings, gold and coral bangles, and a gold and coral leaf ring. I hadn't worn this brown summer fedora yet since I got it for Christmas, and since my hair was wet and unstylish, I thought it would be a good touch. Lastly, I wore white dress shorts that were given to me and, for makeup, coral lip crayon and dark brown and peach eyeshadows to go with the top. 

Top: Candie's, about 10-12 years old, cost: ??

Sandals: Alloy or Charlotte Russe, end of season clearance, $5

Shorts: Michael Kors, hand-me-down

Bangle set: birthday gift last year

Earrings and ring: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $3.99 each

Hat: Christmas gift

Makeup: All Ulta, all free with minimum purchase(s)

Disney Princess?

Alright, alright,- it's been so long that I've posted that my husband has been asking me to pull down my backdrop, what is also known as a sheet. I have so many outfits built up in photos, I'm not sure where to start, so here is a good one I wore last week even though someone told me I looked like a Disney Princess... 😡 Disney Princess? Maybe Into the Woods with this skirt. 

I had a riskier plan for this skirt- I was going to wear a black and white striped and lace tee with black and white shoes to pull the outfit together. That morning, I decided it would happen another day (some other Friday this summer). The skirt is wild enough on it's own, so I decided to match with it and I was pleased with the result. I wore a blue sleeveless top with, both, a black faux leather belt and pumps. The skirt only has some black in it, but wearing black accessories toned down the skirt and also made it look less artsy and more dressy. For jewelry, I kept with the floral theme in the skirt and wore black and yellow rose earrings and a matching black rose bracelet, along with a black head wrap. For makeup- yellow and black eyeshadows. 

Skirt: birthday gift 2016, from Amazon, $15-18

Top: have had for years, was once a gift 

Shoes: purchased on sale last year, Charlotte Russe, $9.99?

Bracelet: warehouse sale during the Holidays, $1

Earrings: have had, eBay, $3-5 for 6 pairs/colors

Headband: set of 2, gift

Beetlejuice

In looking back at this outfit from a couple weeks ago, the stripes remind me of Beetlejuice even if, in the movie, he wears black and white. Nonetheless, this black and camel blazer goes so perfectly with these black and camel colorblock heels. I had worn this outfit the day of event at work and packed a black and camel colorblock dress to change into, but was urged to keep this on. For jewelry, I only wore black stick earrings, which would have worked with the dress, as well. For makeup, camel and black eye-shadows. 

Blazer: hand-me-down from Godmother

Skirt: Express outlet, $18

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO a couple years ago, $20? 

Earrings: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $3.99

Makeup: Ulta

Last hurrah

A couple weeks back, I decided to give this shawl one more wear before the spring comes. Again, because of it's multi-color pattern, I can do so much with it. But, this time, I focused on the mint green and navy. I wore a mint green cardigan with a matching statement necklace and bow earrings. For navy, I wore a watch, pencil skirt and tights and, then brown boots (also a color in the shawl). The zipper on my skirt (not shown here) and the watch are both gold, which matches my earrings and necklace.

 For makeup, I wore seafoam green shadow covered by an iridescent shadow and dark brown shadow for contouring. 

Shawl: Rue 21, $5

Skirt: Nordstrom Rack, $15

Watch: purchased on a cruise, set of 6 interchangeable watchbands, $24

Necklace: Secret Santa gift last year

Earrings: Rue 21, set of 6 different pairs, clearance, $2-3?

Boots: Rue 21, BOGO free

Makeup: Brown and seafoam green: Ulta; Iridescent: Sebastian