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