Ruffled feathers

Here I wore a long charcoal, black ruffle-lined belted blazer with a black pencil skirt and charcoal ankle boots. For accessories, I wore wavy silver hoops, a wavy silver bangle and a black and grey stone-adorned silver necklace, with a charcoal and black wide-brimmed hat. For makeup: charcoal and black eyeshadows and a bright lipstick. 

Blazer: Venus, sale, a few years ago, $28?

Shoes: The Shoe Dept, $20

Hat; eBay, $5

Bracelet and earrings: given to me from Aunt

Necklace: Holiday gift years ago

Makeup: Ulta, The Body Shop

Election Day

Still a little behind on posts. I'm pretty sure this was Election Day- I don't normally celebrate or coordinate my outfits for this- it just worked out that I was wearing red and blue on this day. 

Here, I have on a burgundy, antique lace-trimmed blazer with navy ponte pants and burgundy ankle boots. I wore burgundy tassle earrings and a navy floppy hat for accessories. For makeup: navy and burgundy shadows, navy eyeliner and a burgundy lipgloss. 

Blazer: Venus, sale, a couple years ago, $35?

Pants: Sears, $19.99

Shoes: Rue 21, $15

Earrings: Frugal Fannie's, $5?

Hat: Gift shop, $9.99

Makeup:, Ulta, Avon, liner given to me

Comfy and Cozy

A couple weeks ago, I picked up these teal and black plaid ponte pants. Here, I wore them with a teal ruffly sweater and black ankle boots. For jewelry: teal sparkly dangly earrings, a teal sparkly oversized statement ring, and a long multi-strand necklace with teal rhinestones. For makeup: teal shadows and a bright lipstick so I don't look 'uneven'. 

Pants: Sears, sale, $14.99

Sweater: Nordstrom Rack, $15-20, a couple years ago

Ankle boots: NY&Co., $30, a few years ago

Earrings and ring: warehouse sale, $3, and $1

Necklace: Vera Wang, Holiday gift about 6 years ago

Makeup: Tarte, The Body Shop

Sock Hop

I had been wanting a long pleated skirt for a long time since they're in at the moment. So, when I walked by this one in the store, I had to check the price and it was do-able enough for me. Next was decided which color- I really kept going towards the gold. At any rate I (obviously) ended up with maroon and wore it here with a navy ribbon-embellished cardigan, navy tights and navy faux-velvet ankle boots. For accessories, I wore a light blue striped scarf that has some maroon stripes with maroon tassle earrings. For makeup: navy and maroon shadows with naby eyeliner and maroon lipgloss. I put my hair into a high pony, which made me look like I was going to a 50s sock hop. 

The pleated skirt with a scarf  and button-down was inspired by a magazine ad I have, but failed to take a picture of. 

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Aunt

Skirt: Sears, $24.99

Shoes: Kohl's, a couple years ago, $25-30 with coupon?

Scarf: came with a headband set that was a gift years ago

Earrings: Frugal Fannies, $5-8

Makeup: Almay, Avon, Ulta, liner given to me

Flower Power

I love this top- a floral, sheer mock neck that has ruffles and buttons in the back! Ruffles and flowers on one item!! Here, I wore this tip with burgundy dress pants and matching ankle boots. For accessories, I wore a peach rose bracelet, peach rose earrings, and a peach and burgundy beaded necklace with a floral bead accent. For makeup: peach and burgundy shadows with burgundy lip gloss. 

Top: JC Penney, mega sale last year, $5-7

Pants: NY&Co., 50% off, $27

Shoes: Rue 21, sale, $15

Necklace: gift from friend's parents, circa early 2000s

Bracelet: Burlington Coat Factory, $1.99

Earrings: Rue 21, set of 3 pairs, clearance

Makeup: Ulta and Almay

First date?

When I walked by these pants in the store a couple weeks ago, they had to go home with me. (What ever happened to asking for a first date??)   ;)    At first, I picked the black ones, but opted for grey since I already have more black. I wore these charchoal high-waist ankle pants, adorned with black and white striped waist band, with a charcoal, black and white striped poncho, and charcoal ankle boots. For jewelry, I wore a long, multi-strand silver and black leather necklace with gunmetal spike earrings and a gunmetal bracelet and ring. For makeup: charcoal shadow and a bright lipstick. 

Poncho: Taget, circa 2002

Pants: Sears, $24

Shoes: The Shoe Store, $20

Necklace and ring: warehouse sale, $5, $1

Bracelet: given to me from Aunt

Makeup: Ulta, The Body Shop

Fun with Floral in the Fall (F cubed)

This is the last maxi dress fall outfit I have to share (for now). Here, I wore a navy floral maxi with a white cutout ruffle sweater over it, antique rose ruffle boots and matching shawl. For accessories, I added a marigold beltm beret and handbag, pink acrylic earrings, a pink flower ring and creasm rose ring and antique rose bangles. For makeup: navy, antique rose, and marigold shadows with blush lipstick and navy liner. This is also up there as one of my favs along with this recent one.

Dress: eBay or Amazon, $16

Shawl: recent purchase, Sears, $20

Beret: NY&Co., sale, $12

Earrings: TJ Maxx, clearance, $8

Rings: Charlotte Russe, clearance 

Bangles: Rue 21, clearance

Belt: hand-me-down from Aunt, from the 80s/90s

Handbag: Charmed and Dangerous, garage sale, $5 (from $100+)

Boots: The Shoe Store, Fergilicious, $35

Makeup: Avon, Ulta, liner given to me from mother

To the Gypsy That Remains

Another reason to wear a maxi dress in the fall: they're comfy and still cover your legs when it's chilly! I wore this tie-dyed high-low, ruffle maxi with a cream lace and button detail crewneck sweater and brown chunky knee-high boots. Then, I added a ton of accessories to go with the brown and light blue throughout the dress: cream and brown scarves, a wide brown leather belt, a wide brown leather cuff, brown wooden earrings, and finally, a two-toned light blue gemstone ring and matching charm on a multi-strand silver and gold necklace. For makeup: Brown shadow and liner.

Hint: the multi-strand silver/gold necklace and ring and charm bring together all of the metals on the other accessories- my boots have antique gold buckles and the belt has a silver one. One of my pet peeves is when the metals don't match.

Dress: hand-me-down from Godmother
Ring and charm: Secret Snowflake gifts
Multi-strand necklace: warehouse sale, $5
Earrings: Newbury Comics circa 2005ish
Scarves: Dots?, 2005/2006
Belt: Target circa 2000ish
Boots: Rue 21, clearance, $15
Makeup: Ulta

When people think you're dressed for Halloween, but you're not

I wore this outfit the day before Halloween and someone (innocently) asked me if I was dressed for the Holiday. However, it may be one of my favorites. 

What if you have limited articles of clothing that you want to stretch out every season? Or, you just want to wear some summer dresses one last time before they go away for the winter? In the next few posts, you will see how I added layers to repurpose some summer dresses so I could mix them with fall fashions. 

Here, I wore a marigold sun dress with a black floral and lace scarf that has maroon and marigold mixed in. So, I added all maroon accessories to make this dress a fall-yellow rather than a summer-yellow: maroon wide-brimmed hat, maroon ankle boots and maroon tassle earrings. For makeup: maroon lipgloss and maroon and marigold shadows. To make the dress warmer for the weather, I added black leggings and a black long-sleeve duster that both go with the scarf, as well. 

Dress: Charming Charlie's, clearance, BOG3 free(!!!)

Duster: hand-me-down from Godmother

Scarf: Ltd. Commodities, clearance, $5

Hat: Rue 21, clearance, $5

Shoes: Rue 21, clearance, $15

Earrings: Frugal Fannie's, $6?

Makeup: Ulta

Clint Eastwood/Pancho Villa

This outfit made me look like I needed a horse to ride so I could go save a burning town or village. Nonetheless, I thought it was adorable. Here, I wore a black, and grey aztec-patterned poncho with a black and grey wide-brimmed hat and matching grey ankle boots with frayed ankle jeans. For jewelry, I wore a (badass) black leather cuff, a long multi-strand black leather and chain necklace with two pairs of silver dangly earrings and a silver ring. (I actually put one pair inside the other since one set was missing posts, which I likely compromised for another pair at some point.) For makeup- bright lipstick with charcoal shadow. 

Poncho: Rue 21, clearance a few years back, $5

Hat: eBay, $6

Shoes: The Shoe Store, $20

Ring: found on the ground

Cuff: Newbury Comics, years ago

Necklace: warehouse sale, $5

Earrings: both given to me from Aunt

Makeup: The Body Shop and Ulta