FALL-en flower petals

We were supporting the local businesses downtown and, since I never get to wear regular clothes anymore, I thought it would be cute to wear this country-bumpkin-with-a-flair outfit. Here, I'm wearing a floral summer maxi dress, but to make it wearable for a different season, I added ruffly cold shoulder sweater over it and marigold accessories: beret, belt, ankle boots and handbag. I added a ruffly antique rose shawl rather than wear a jacket since we were in and out of places. For makeup: marigold and navy shadows and a navy liner. Jewelry: pink and gold acrylic earrings. 

Dress: Amazon, a few years ago, approx. $16

Sweater: Express, sale, $18-20

Shawl: Sears, $20

Boots: Amazon, $14

Handbag: local boutique garage sale, (normally $130-- purchased for $5)

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

Earrings: TJ Maxx, $8

Makeup: Ulta, Avon

Split pea

I recently bought this burgundy long sleeve, split tunic last month. Kind of too cute to wear to work with no one around, but it's nice to wear normal clothes for once, these days. With the tunic, I wore black ponte pants and burgundy high heel ankle boots. 

For accessories: I added a skinny black belt, a burgundy floppy hat, and a burgundy and chrome necklace and chrome wavy ring with chrome spike earrings. 

For makeup: burgundy eye shadow and lip gloss. 

Tunic: Charmed & Dangerous, garage sale, $7

Pants: Amazon, $14

Shoes: Rue 21, years ago, $7-14

Hat: Kohl's, clearance, $7

Belt: K-Mart, clearance

Necklace: hand-me-down

Earrings: Burlington Coat Factory, set of   two, $3.99

Ring: warehouse jewelry sale, $1

Makeup: Ulta

Olives and oranges

I recently picked up this skirt at a boutique garage sale for about $5-7. It was a little more snug than I had hoped, but still love the possibilities: burnt orange, olive, teal, (regular) orange (note the other jewelry I laid out that matches). Here, I wore an olive knit poncho with black tights and ankle boots. I was tossed up at first and had originally planned on the burnt orange, but liked the black more. For earrings, I was also tossed up on the burnt orange beaded or the olive flowers. Apparently, I was tossed up on necklaces, too because I wore two - one orange beaded with a medallion and one rust and olive stone. For makeup: olive and burnt orange shadows and teal eyeliner. While in the rain, I wore an olive rain poncho and a teal mask. 

Skirt: $5-7, Charmed and Dangerous 

(Indoor) poncho: hand-me-down

(Outdoor) poncho: $11, Kohl's, clearance, Vera Wang

Shoes: NY&Co.

Earrings: Rainbow Shops, $3.99

Necklaces: orange: hand-me-down; stone: gift from Asia

Makeup: Ulta, Tarte, The Body Shop

Tweed-y Bird

It was a warm fall day the other day, so I wore this mock neck tweed and color-block sleeveless top with a black pencil skirt, charcoal tights and ankle boots to match. For accessories, a charcoal headband and oversized black dot studs. For makeup, to keep a classy look, I went with red lipstick and charcoal and pale yellow shadows.

Top: NY&Co., Sale, ??

Skirt: Kohl's, $20 (a few years ago) 

Ankle boots: The Shoe Store, $20 (also a few years ago)

Earrings: hand-me-down

Headband: given to me from Aunt

Makeup: Ulta, The Body Shop

A little birdie told me...

It may be fall, but I really wanted to wear this multi-color bird scarf with some other colors. Over the summer, I wore it a lot with marigold, but there are so many other colors that I could spend all day making outfits with it! Here, I wore the scarf with a fuchsia skirt and navy cardigan with navy tights and blue ankle boots. For accessories, I wore a fuchsia panda ring and multi-shades-of-pink tassel earrings and carried a fuchsia handbag. For makeup: fuchsia lipstick, navy and teal shadows and teal liner. (if only I could fit every shadow color on my eyelids, I would look like Rainbow Brite!)

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Aunt

Skirt: TJ Maxx, clearance, $8

Scarf: BIRDay gift from a friend

Shoes: Kohl's, sale + coupon, $24

Earrings and ring: jewelry warehouse sale, $2, $1

Handbag: magnetic and inter-changeable, Holiday gift

Makeup: Avon, Ulta, Tarte

 

Election Day

It's (finally) Election Day, so I wore red and blue to be in the spirit. The only white in this outfit is in my mesh red, white and blue beaded bib necklace. To go with the gold tone and the gold zipper no one can see on my navy skirt, I added a gold belt and wore gold stick earrings as well as eyeshadow. Also worn- navy eyeshadow and liner and red lipstick and red rose studs. I wore a red blouse and cardigan with navy tights and blue faux velvet ankle boots. Now, GO VOTE! 

Sleeveless blouse:  hand-me-down from friend
Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother
Skirt: Nordstrom Rack, $19.99
Belt: K-Mart, clearance, $0.99 cents
Shoes: Kohl's, sale and coupon, $25
Necklace: warehouse jewelry sale, $5
Earrings: Roses: eBay; Stick: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $3.99
Makeup: Avon, Ulta, NYC

'I Voted' sticker-- I VOTED!!!!!! Go Vote! 

 

Shades of yellow

I decided to pull marigold and burgundy together to match a floral scarf. However, it seems I may have worn two different tones of marigold in looking at these photos. I wore a (lighter) marigold sheer high-low blouse with burgundy ponte pants and marigold chunky heels and a marigold handbag. For accessories: black rose earrings (to go with the flowers on the scarf), yellow tassle earrings, and the scarf. For makeup: marigold and burgundy shadows and burgundy lip gloss. 

Pants: TJ Maxx, $14.99

Blouse: Forever 21, $11

Heels: NY&Co., $20ish

Scarf: Ltd. Commodities, clearance, $5

Earrings: Rose: eBay, Tassle: Rainbow 

       Shops: $4.99

Handbag: Charmed and Dangerous, $5

Makeup: Ulta

Beetlejuice III

I think this is the third year (?) I've had this dress and it always reminds me of when a friend said I should wear it for Halloween as Beetlejuice. *sigh* It just so happens I have a Tim Burton handbag in which I pulled out to match this dress intentionally. The black and white colors and stripes match so well but I just wanted to use this handbag since Halloween was the week later. (Week old outfit.)

I wore gold rings to match the gold accents on the handbag and ankle boots. 

Dress and earrings: NY&Co., Approx. $30; $8

Handbag: gift from Aunt

Ankle boots: Rue 21, $15

Makeup: Ulta, The Body Shop

Stackable rings: warehouse jewelry sale, $2

Mari-gold-member

I tend to wear a lot of marigold- probably not a good color with my hair, but it's great for summer and fall. Here, I wore a marigold wrap-around tunic with black ponte pants and marigold chunky heels. For accessories, a marigold headband and handbag and beaded chandelier earrings with strands of marigold. For makeup: marigold and black shadows with a bright lipstick. Did I say marigold?

Tunic and heels: NY&Co., $35, $20

Pants: Amazon, $14

Handbag: Charmed and Dangerous     Boutique, $5 (marked down from $100+!!)

Headband: TJ Maxx, $4.99

Earrings: Holiday gift years ago

Makeup: Ulta and The Body Shop

Southwestern flair

One of my Aunts, who I'm close with, but also who likely inspired my love for clothing and accessories at an early age, sent me a pic a couple weeks ago to see if I liked this outfit together. Apparently, I said "yesssss!!!". She paired a southwestern-color drapey top with a multicolor beaded necklace (I happen to have this same one) and beige perforated, buckle ankle boots. 

Halloween season

It's Halloween season and all of my orange-ish colors are too warm to wear right now. But, I do have this awesome Tim Burton hand bag that influenced my outfit last Saturday. I wore a long-sleeved black and white grid high-low, belted top and white and black color-block ankle boots with frayed jeans. I added black and white chandelier earrings and wore black eyeshadow and a bright lipstick. 

Top: Birthday gift, Amazon, 

Shoes: Amazon, approx. $22

Handbag: gift from Aunt <3

Earrings: Kohl's, clearance, Vera Wang, $5

Makeup: The Body Shop, Ulta

  

 

Pirate

It's not even Halloween yet, but close enough where I was afraid people might think this outfit was me dressing in a costume.

Last Friday, I wore this black and white striped pencil skirt with a white puff sleeve, neck-bow blouse. I couldn't decide which shoes to wear- white

color-block ankle boots or black block-heels.  My husband said the black ones, which is what I was thinking- the white and black ones just seemed to be too much. 

For jewelry, I kept it simple with oversized black dot earrings and a three-finger bee and white rose ring. 

Skirt: Gap, sale a couple years ago, $8

Blouse: NY&Co., sale, approx. $24

Black heels: The Shoe Dept., Clearance, $9-11

Earrings: given to me

Ring: jewelry warehouse sale, $2

Check this out- so talented

A whole new reason to dress like my bird: 

https://www.boredpanda.com/bird-inspired-makeup-fashion-looks-thepansyproject/

Which headband?

UPDATE

 Imagine I'm wearing a burgundy cardigan. Which headband? 

**scroll below to see which one I chose**

                                                                               

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And, I chose (afteer chhanging the headband multiple times): beige. The rationale? Once I put on the burgundy sweater, it was too much burgundy and the beige got washed out. 

Cardigan: hand-me-down

Pants: Charlotte Russe, $12.50

Blouse: JC Penney, $18

Shoes: Charlotte Russe (years ago), BOGO

Headbands: given to me from Aunt (set of 10 colors)

Earrings: Frugal Fannie's, clearance, $5.99

Necklace: Holiday gift years ago

Makeup: Ulta

Fall jacket

Over the summer, I saw this high-low jacket in a catalog and it screamed my name- literally jumped out of the page and said, "Heather, you need to buy me!". :)  I happened to need a new in-between season jacket, so I decided to order it. 

Kid coordinating

One must look 'together' for daycare! A close friend of mine sent me this pic the other day with an explanation on how proud I would be. Her 4-year-old daughter (whom I adore), picked out her whole outfit with matching accessories and everything. Note- even the mint-green leggings go with the design in the bracelet. <3 <3

1950s teacher

I had a cutout from a magazine that featured a midi-pleated skirt and a neck-tie-up blouse. Even though this beige and black color-block blouse doesn't 'match' the burgundy skirt, I pulled the look together and coordinated by wearing a burgundy headband- the red on top and, then, on bottom and the other colors in between. Since the blouse had gold buttons, I wore black and gold tassel earrings and black patent leather heeled Mary Janes that have a gold zipper accent. For makeup, I wore burgundy shadow and lip-gloss. 

I like how the outfit came out, but it screams 1950s teacher, librarian or secretary. 

Date night- love (and Wu-Tang) are forever

I asked followers how I could wear this marigold mock-neck dress throughout the fall. One person reminded me: thigh-high boots (DUH!) So, on our wedding anniversary, when I needed something, both, casual and somewhat dressy, I wore the dress with leggings and said boots. For the more casual places we went, I added this black floppy hat- Neil Young or Amish? For dinner, I took off the hat and put on a blazer since it was cool out.  I wore long faux-suede and gold tassel earring- the material goes with the faux-suede boots, and a marigold handbag. For makeup: marigold and black shadows and a bright lipstick. 

 

Fall and Spring Mix

 When I realized I had a headband to match this top, I was excited to make an outfit of it. With this jade, lace and ruffle adorned sleeve top, I wore a plaid scarf-wrap (also includes jade) and navy ponte pants and ankle boots. The scarf pulls the navy and blue together. For jewelry, I wore a matching blue and green earring/necklace set. For makeup: jade and navy shadows, navy liner and red lipstick.

Top: Charmed and Dangerous Boutique, approx. $25

Scarf: Rue 21, years ago, $5
Pants: Sears, $19.99
Shoes: Kohl's, sale and coupon, $25
Headband: given to me with a set of other colors
Earring/necklace set: Holiday gift one year
Makeup: Avon, Ulta, The Body Shop

Purrrrrr

Before it's too cool out to wear these thin tapered, red pants, I figured I ought to embrace the in-between weather (cold in the morning, warm in the afternoon). I won't lie-- I looked up ideas on what to wear with the pants other than patriotic colors. I found some cute ideas, including patterns. Here, I wore the only leopard print article of clothing I own- a sheer cocoon shawl, with a white button down and black and beige color-block heels. While in-between the office and travel, I wore beige pointy flats. For accessories, I wore red rose studs, gold and silver tone chandelier earrings, a gold and silver-tone multi-tier necklace, and a red jewel ring. For makeup: camel and black shadows and a red-orange lipstick. 

Shawl: Ltd. Commodities, clearance, $5

Button-down: Express

Pants: Charlotte Russe, $12

Shoes: Charlotte Russe (years ago) BOGO free, approx. $15-20

Necklace: Jewelry warehouse sale, $5

Ring: Hot Topic, ages ago

Earrings: Chandelier: hand-me-down from Aunt; Red roses: eBay

Makeup: Ulta and The Body Shop

RBF

How p*ssed off do I look in these pics? I'm not at all- it's just my hereditary RBF. 

Anyway, I picked up this high-low, antique lace adorned shark-bite top a couple weeks ago on clearance. I actually have the same shirt in beige and cream as well. Great material and a great price for such a cute top. Confession: I barely wear the beige one because I like it so much-- I'm preserving it, I guess.

With the teal version, I wore black ponte pants and black flats and added a beige tank underneath to break up the dark colors. I probably should put on heels for a dressier look since I'm at work- I think this top is a little casual for work-- what do you think?? (Note- I brought heels just in case.)

For jewelry, I wore a teal rose costume ring, teal, sparkly costume earrings and a necklace with a teal charm. For makeup: teal shadow and a bright lipstick. 

Top: Charmed and Dangerous Boutique, 30% off, $24

Pants: Amazon, $14

Flats: Amazon, approx. $20

Ring and Earrings: Jewelry warehouse sale, $2, $1

Necklace: came with matching earrings, birthday gift

Makeup: Tarte, gift

 

All the leaves are turning, but I'm still in Spring

Tsssk tsssk. I wore spring colors on a fall day, but to be fair, I did see three pairs of white sandals in one day (after Labor Day). ;) 

I think I just wanted to wear things I never got to this spring or summer due to COVID-19. So, here I am with a blush, belted blouse adorned with lace, embroidered flutter sleeves. Since the sleeves have purple in them, I wore a purple pencil skirt and a purple floral necklace and earring jewelry set. For shoes: blush ruffly flats. Makeup: pink and purple shadows, purple liner and a blush lipstick. 

Blouse: Charmed and Dangerous, $24

Skirt: Holiday gift

Shoes: Family Dollar, a couple years ago, (wish I bought more pairs), $6-9

Earring and Necklace set: hand-me-down

Makeup: Shadow: Lancome, given to me; Lipstick and eyeliner: Ulta

I heart alpacas

 

Got the Blues

I was definitely feeling pretty down last week and I wore lots of blue on Friday that showed. Here I wore a light blue, belted sheer shirt dress with cobalt (faux) velvet ankle boots. For accessories: a light blue circular woven handbag, cobalt tassle earrings and a multi-tier, multi-color beaded statement necklace. For makeup, I wore light and dark blue shadows and cobalt liner. 

Dress: Macy's Back Stage, $14.99

Handbag: Macy's Back Stage, clearance, $9.98

Shoes: Kohl's, a few years ago, sale and coupon, $25ish

Necklace: Van Heusen Outlet store, years ago

Earrings: Macy's Back Stage, $7.99

Makeup: Ulta and liner given to me

Who Wore it Better- Michael Myers

Yesterday, I wore this jumpsuit and, despite the print, all I could picture was Michael Myers (even better when I had a mask on). Well, it's doubtful that MM would be wearing burgundy stilettos and a tassel earrings, so hopefully I win this episode of 'Who Wore it Better?' 

Jumpsuit: Hand-me-down from a friend, Anne Taylor
Shoes: Charlotte Russe, years ago
Earrings: Frugal Fannie's, clearance, approx. $5
Makeup: Burgundy shadow and lip-gloss, Ulta

More graph paper

I got this black and white grid, high-low, belted top for my birthday and have been staring at my closet waiting to wear it since! I finally was able to put it on the other day with black skinny dress pants and white (yes, after Labor Day) and black ankle boots. I wore black and white chandelier earrings and carried a black and white color-block handbag. For makeup: black shadow and red lipstick for under the mask. 

Top: Birthday gift, Amazon, approx. $20

Pull-on skinny pants: H&M, $12

Shoes: Amazon, $21

Handbag: Charming Charlie's, years ago

Earrings: Kohl's, clearance, years ago, Vera Wang, approx. $5

 

To (tie) dye for

 I picked up this pink and yellow tie-dyed, ruffly blouse last month and couldn't wait to wear it. Despite just running errands this day, I finally did, and with ankle jeans and blush ruffly ankle boots.  I brought along with me, this blush ruffly scarf (again) in case it was too chilly. I wish I had gotten a better pic of the top because it's so cute and I never ended up using the scarf that day. I polled my followers on which earrings to wear (pictured below) and the multi-color pink tassle earrings were the winner. I would have gone with the yellow, otherwise, but did end up wearing yellow rose studs anyway. For makeup, I wore pink and yellow shadows with pink lipstick. It was nice to wear regular clothes again! 

Top: Macy's Backstage, $12.99

Jeans: hand-me-down from friend

Booties: The Shoe Store, a few years ago, $30

Shawl, Sears, $19.99

Earrings: Tassle: Jewelry Warehouse Sale, $2; Yellow roses: eBay

Makeup: all Ulta

 

One outfit, two ways

This day was just a casual day around town and a little bit of shopping. Because I didn't know what we were doing when I got dressed, I threw on some pink slide-ons, but when we decided to go out, I changed my shoes to blue faux velvet ankle boots, added a blush ruffly shawl and a blush handbag along with blush bangles. This thermal floral print top is very casual (especially with a bandana around my neck), so I'm not too sure 'dressing it up' actually worked. But, I do love its blue and pink colors so I can mix it up. For makeup: pink and navy shadows, navy liner and a blush lipstick. 

Top: hand-me-down from Aunt

Shawl: Sears, $19.99

Slip-ons, Tom's, clearance, Frugal Fannie's, $20

Ankle boots: Kohl's a few years ago, $25 with coupon and sale

Bangles: Rue 21, clearance

Pink rose earrings: eBay, $4

Handbag: Nine& Co., clearance, TJ Maxx, $18(!!!)

Makeup: Ulta and Avon

Which earrings?

Looking for ideas/Wu-Tang is Forever

Wu-Tang colors today (or Bruins...or Crime Scene, or street signs and lines or even the little COVID sign hanging on my office at work)

I recently already posted this dress, but today, I'm wearing it with marigold heels- same makeup, same handbag and likely same earrings. I'm eager to keep wearing this dress through the fall- any ideas how i can wear this during the colder weather? Black tights, yes, leggings, no. But how about on top? 

 

 

I'd rather be wearing colors

Today, I'm in black and white (...again) for an info session I need to give. I wore a striped and lace short-sleeve blouse with a black blazer, black dress pants and heels. For jewelry, I wore two sets of black rose earrings and a black rose bracelet to go with the black lace on my top. I used a black and white color-block handbag. For makeup: red lipstick (to wear under my mask...) and black shadow. 

Blouse: TJ Maxx(?), years ago,  $12.99

Pants: H&M, $10

Blazer: Charmed and Dangerous Boutique, sale, Approx. $24

Jewelry: Earrings: eBay; Bracelet: Burlington Coat Factory: $1.99

Shoes: Have had

Handbag: gift

Makeup: The Body Shop and Ulta

 

Never Forget- 19 years

9/11 is always a solemn day to face. I can't believe next year marks 20 years and I still remember where I was when everything happened. I always wear patriotic colors on this day, but not for spirit or fun. Instead, I do it as a reminder of the attacks and those who lost their lives including heroes. 

Red pants: Charlotte Russe, $12(?)

Blue blouse: hand-me-down from a friend

Red, white and blue gold beaded bib necklace: jewelry warehouse sale, $5

Gold rings: "        ", $2

Gold heels: Amazon

Belt: K-Mart, clearance, $0.99-$2(? )

Earrings: Blue tassel: Macy's Back Stage, $7.99; Red rose: eBay

Gold handbag: Holiday gift years ago

Patriotic bandana: Free at a show on a cruise

Patriotic mask: handmade, given to me

Makeup: Avon, The Body Shop, liner given to me