Stripes

It's that time of year to pull out any items I haven't worn in the winter, before I can no longer wear them! On Friday, I wore this cream and black striped shawl-type sweater. I wore it with a black 3/4 top and a black pencil skirt with black fur lined boots. For jewelry, I wore gold gem and feather accented hoops with a bracelet that matches exactly (purchased at different stores and different dates). For makeup, I kept with the gold and black theme on the eye shadows. Lastly, I added a cream scarf that always looks nice with this sweater. 

Sweater: Christmas gift from Godmother, about 4 years ago

Top: hand-me-down from Godmother

Boots: Alloy, end of season clearance, last year, $10-15

Skirt: Express Outlet, FL, $18

Earrings: Charlotte Russe?, clearance, $2

Bracelet: Rue 21, clearance, $1.97

Makeup: Gold: NYC, Black: Ulta

Pot of Gold

Two days before St. Patty's, I wore a green 3/4 tee with a matching multi-color rose statement necklace. And, it certainly made its statement- so many people commented on it. I also wore green rose earrings that match perfectly with the necklace, along with gold stick earrings to go with the gold in the necklace. For more gold, I added some bangles and wore a four-leaf-clover and wishbone necklace. I then added a celery green leather cuff with a gold wishbone charm. For makeup, I wore (more) gold and black eyeshadows. 

Green tee: Rue 21, years ago, $5

Rose necklace: Birthday gift, Amazon

Charm necklace: Target, years ago, clearance

Rose earrings: eBay, 6-prs, $3ish

Stick earrings: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $3.990

Bangles: mix of two bangle sets

Leather cuff: Lenny and Eva, clearance, $10, Charm: $1.99 (!!!)

Happy St. Patrick's Day! (Emerald City)

Well, I wore most of the green outfits I had picked out- one was interrupted by a snow day and, the other, I wore pjs all day instead. Today, for the actual Holiday itself, I wore this emerald green sheer top with a necklace I picked out specifically for it. I also wore green eyeshadows and green eyeliner gel. To match with the necklace, which is gold and also has cream colored beads in addition to green, I wore gold and cream bangles and rings. For earrings, I wore gold stick earrings. Lastly, I HAD to wear my good luck necklace- it has a four-leaf clover and a wishbone charm.

Top: birthday gift, Amazon

Necklace: birthday gift, Amazon

Charm necklace: Target, clearance, years ago

Bracelets: Christmas gift years ago

Rings: part of a set, Rue 21, clearance, $1.99?

Makeup: All Ulta

Shamrock Shake

I had so much mint green on the other day, all I could think of was a McDonald's shamrock shake, which I would love since mint chocolate chip is my favorite ice cream, but I must stay strong and not cave in. Monday, I wore this mint green satin top with a mint green/gold statement necklace and mint green/gold earrings. (The statement necklace is made its debut!) To go with the gold, I also wore bangles and a wishbone and clover necklace, which totally suits the St. Patty's Day Holiday. For makeup, I wore light green shadow covered by iridescent green shadow, and black shadow with a nude lipstick (a favorite of mine lately). 

Top: Charming Charlie's, sale, $15?

Necklace: Secret Santa gift 

Earrings: came with set of 6 prs, Rue 21, clearance, $?, (I could have worn the mint green bow studs, but the squares went better with the shapes in the necklace)

Lucky charm necklace: Target, years ago, came with a pair of daisy earrings, clearance, $?

Bangles: chosen from two different sets of bangles, one a gift, one purchased on clearance from Charlotte Russe

Makeup: Light green and black shadows & lipstick: Ulta; iridescent shadow: Sebastian, have had for many years

Mint coin

Last Friday, it was quiet at work with a skeleton crew, so I took advantage of it with ponte pants (again, something I would never normally wear to work). I wore them with a mint green lace racerback, for my St. Patty's Day colors, of course. I added a black cardigan and wore black boots. Later, I ended up adding a loose, ruffle waterfall cardigan over the sweater and a thin black belt to match the boots. For jewelry, I wore a mint green floral statement necklace and two pairs of matching stud earrings with a silver and mint green ring. For makeup, light green and black shadows.

Racerback: Bob's stores, free with $10 coupon, years ago

Ponte pants: Kohl's, sale/clearance, Vera Wang, $16?

Necklace and earrings: Icing, all a gift for Christmas

Ring: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $3.99

Green Means Go!

Casual green for the weekend! We went to breakfast and ran errands yesterday and, truthfully, I'm glad we got out of the house so I could wear this cute green t-shirt dress. (I probably wouldn't have gotten dressed in anything besides yoga pants and slippers, otherwise.) This dress comes out every St. Patty's Day, but only on a weekend since it's too casual for work. It's very cute and very comfie, and fits pretty well. Since I love my Docs, I wore them to complete my casual, but cute outfit. And, one cannot wear a green dress without wearing her matching green rose earrings! I' sure these will make another appearance this week! 

Dress: Frugal Fannie's, $16

Docs: eBay, worn once, $66!!

Earrings: eBay, 6/prs, $3ish

Olive for St. Patty's Day?

Since work was quiet this week and not too many people were around, I chanced it with a tunic and leggings- something I would never normally do at work. I wore this chandelier (enter Sia reference here) earrings, which have olive bead strands, and a celery leather cuff and a bangle bracelet. The wishbone on the cuff, the bangle and the earrings are all a brassy metal, to match the buttons on my dress sleeves. For makeup, I wore olive green shadow and black liner. 

Dress/tunic: Wet Seal, years ago

Earrings: a Christmas gift years ago

Bracelet: Lenny and Eva, clearance, cuff: $10, charm, $1.99!!!!

Bangle: Alex and Ani, gift for being in a wedding

Makeup: Ulta

I'm not even Irish

As I ease into the greens, this day I wore just green accessories, which consisted of a green belt and a plaid scarf with green in it (very difficult to tell). The scarf, which was a donation to the Heather Collection, very much reminds of something from Ireland. To go with the spike on the belt, I wore ankle boots with similar spike accents and silver spikey earrings. To go with the scarf, I wore a beige duster I've been wanting to wear lately with a black skirt (there is also black in the scarf). For makeup: I wore green shadows and a dark green eyeliner gel. 

Scarf: given to me from a work friend

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

Belt: clearance, $4.99, Charming Charlie's

Boots: clearance, Jennifer Lopez, $9.99, Kohl's

Duster, sale, $5, Ltd. Commodities

Makeup: All Ulta

Sort of green

To kickoff my St. Patty's Day colors, I'm easing into true green. The green in this outfit is really in the necklace...sort of. I have been wanting to wear this teal cardigan for a while and it turned out the necklace matched it pretty well. To go with the necklace, I wore gold stick earrings and gold bangles along with a wrap around bracelet that has multi tones of blue. For makeup: teal eyeliner and gold and black shadows with a nude lipstick. 

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother

Necklace: hand-me-down from Aunt

Bangles: part of a bangle set that was a Christmas gift one year

Wrap bracelet: Rosegal, $3-4

Earrings: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $3-4

Makeup: all Ulta, except for Gold: NYC

But first, green

I have a lot of posts to get caught up on! But, first....St. Patty's Day is around the corner, so I'm wearing greens (starting with the least greenliest) until the Holiday hits. Last week, I wore this cozy v-neck sweater dress, which has striped sleeves and a v-striped pattern all the way down to the bottom. I attempted grey tights to match the grey stripes, but I really needed black on the top and and bottom to even it all out. For jewelry, I wore  just about everything that matched, which included two, separate necklaces: one floral statement and one long daisy, and two sets of earrings: one double-sided drop earrings and, the other pair: studs. I also wore a leather wrap bracelet with gemstones that matched the color scheme of jade green, aqua and grey/silver, and a silver and mint green ring. For makeup, I wore jade green and black shadows.  

Dress: Target, years ago, on clearance

Jewelry: 

    Necklaces: both gifts from my sister-in-law, on separate occasions

    Earrings: studs: 6 pair set, gift from sister-in-law; droplets: K-Mart, store closing clearance, $1.50?

    Wrap bracelet: Rosegal, $2.95ish

    Ring: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $2.99

Makeup: Ulta

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