🐘Save Your Community and the Elephants, yo! 🐘

This was my birthday, earlier this month. We went to breakfast and to the zoo, so I dressed comfy with skinny regular-hem-but-fit-me-like-ankle jeans with a pink, Boston cityscape Ivory Ella tee and pink Tom's slip-ons. Since the cityscape print has yellow in it, I added a vintage, mustard braided belt and a mustard knot headband. For makeup: pink and mustard shadows with a mauve highlight, and blush lipstick. 

Tee: Ivory Ella, $25ish

Jeans: Old Navy, $12

Hoodie: Holiday gift

Shoes: Frugal Fannie's, Tom's, clearance, $24ish

Belt: vintage hand-me-down from Aunt (circa 1980s/90s)

Headband: given to me from Aunt, asstd.   colors

Makeup: Ulta

Trivia: the name of this post is the name of the son in the National Lampoon Vacation movies

I wore this outfit back in February or March, I think. A rust poncho sweater with matching ankle boots, navy blue ponte pants and a navy long-sleeved tee. For accessories: a navy headband, rust beaded hoops, an oversized rust ring, a muted gold tone and blue statement necklace and a navy patterned handbag. (Note all all jewelry was the same tone of gold.) For makeup: a rust lipstick, navy and rust shadows and navy liner. 

Poncho: NY&Co., $15

Pants: Kohl's, Nine West, $20

Long-sleeved tee: Kohl's, $6

Shoes: Amazon, $20ish

Earrings and ring: Rue 21 or Rainbow

Necklace and headband: given to me from   Aunt (necklace: 2011ish)

Handbag: Newbury Comics, Dickie's,   clearance, years ago

Makeup: Ulta, Estee Lauder (given to me from Godmother), Tarte (birthday gift a   few years ago) 

You name this post!

My favorite colors- student color blues and purples together and mint green. Here, I wore a mint faux satin blouse with a multi-color faux satin scarf belt, a cobalt blazer and blue ankle boots to match. For other accessories, it's hard no to go overkill, but I wore a mint adorned ring with matching stick earrings and necklace; a mint floral necklace; mint headband. For makeup: mint and navy shadows, navy liner and fuchsia lipstick.

Blouse: Charming Charlie's, years ago     clearance,  $15?

Blazer: Kohl's, clearance, $12??

Jeans: Old Navy, $12

Shoes: Kohl's, sale and coupon, $30

Mint adorned jewelry: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $4, $5, $7

Floral necklace: Claire's, gift, years ago, 

Belt: came with a pair of jeans gifted to       me about 20 years ago

Headband: given to me from Aunt, asstd.     colors

Makeup: Ulta, NYC, Milk Beauty

True Blue

Last month, I went for a shopping date with my aunts. It was a sunny, but windy day and maybe in the 50s. I'd been really wanting to wear this sweatshirt dress with just navy ankle boots, but it was too chilly, so I added navy leggings. For accessories, I wore a multi-beaded bauble necklace with shades of periwinkle, teal, and blue, blue tassel earrings, a navy rim hat, a navy print handbag and a blue and periwinkle beaded ring. For makeup: blue and periwinkle shadows and fuchsia lipstick. 

Dress: Old Navy, $20ish

Leggings & booties: Kohl's, $7; $30

Hat: Charmed and Dangerous, garage sale, $5

Handbag: Newbury Comics, Dickie's,           reversible, clearance

Earrings: ?

Necklace: Van Heusen Factory Outlet,   years ago

Ring: town fair, years ago

Makeup: Ulta and NYC

Decisions, Decisions

I've collected a lot of maroon and, also, a lot of blush the past few years. Here, I've combined the two colors by wearing a long, sheer blush vest adorned with velvety maroon flowers. I added maroon ponte pants and a maroon long-sleeved tee and blush booties. For accessories: blush acrylic earrings and a maroon headband and blush handbag. Makeup: blush and maroon shadows and blush and maroon lipstick and gloss (couldn't decide which one). 

Vest: Charmed and Dangerous, $23

Long-sleeved tee & Pants: Kohl's, $5; 

Nine West, $20: 

Booties: Fergie, The Shoe Dept., $30

Handbag & earrings:  Nine West, TJ Maxx, clearance, $15; $8

Headband: set of 6 colors, given to me from Aunt

Makeup: Ulta

Smorgasbord

This was a night last month we went out to watch/listen to a musician we like. My Aunt had given me this un-worn embroidered, ruffly babydoll shirt a while back and I thought it would look cute with these faux suede camel leggings (that I HAD to have). The top has lots of colors including maroon, beige, blue, pink and orange. For accessories, I wore maroon knee-high chunky heel boots, maroon tassel earrings, a gold triangle necklace and gold zig-zag ring to match-- these go with the shapes on the top. I also added a peach beaded necklace and a camel and maroon argyle handbag with a camel scally cap. 

For makeup: burgundy and camel shadows with burgundy lipgloss. 

Top: (unworn) hand-me-down, from Aunt

Leggings: Express, $30, sale

Boots: The Show Store, clearance, $11

Hat: have had, circa 2002ish

Earrings: Frugal Fannie's, clearance, $7

Handbag: Contempo, circa late 90s

Long beaded necklace: jewelry warehouse             sale, $5

Gold necklace: Charmed and Dangerous,               sale, $8ish

Ring: set of 6 stackables, Charlotte Russe,             approx.$8

Maxwell

Back in March I decided to wear this  'Maxwell' parrot buttondown with a burnt orange ruffly sweater and matching ankle boots with black ponte pants. I wore teal sparkly hoops and, for makeup, burnt orange and teal shadows with an orangey lipstick. 

Sweater: Rue 21, $7

Pants and shoes: Amazon, $14, $20

Buttondown: Old Navy, $11

Earrings: birthday gift, years ago

Makeup: Tarte, Estee Lauder

Go AHS!

On this day, my oldest best friend and I went for a final tour of our old high school. (So sad!) 💙💙 I wore the school colors, blue and white with this tie-dyed hoodie, high waist jeans and blue ankle boots and a blue and white print handbag. I added blue tassel earrings and a blue gemstone ring. For makeup: aqua and cobalt shadows with blue liner. 

Sweatshirt: Nordstrom Rack, clearance, $8

Ankle boots: Kohl's, a few years back, approx. $30

Handbag: Dickie's, Newbury Comics, years ago

Earrings: ?? 

Ring: jewelry warehouse sale, $1

Makeup: Avon (circa 2007), Ulta

Sugar plum

A friend gave me this gold, navy and plum pashmina last year and, naturally, I took it for my collection. Last month, I wore it with navy ponte pants and a cranberry cardigan and maroon ankle boots. For accessories: gold bar earrings and a gold handbag. Makeup: gold, maroon and navy shadows with navy liner and a plum lip gloss. 

Pashmina: see above

Sweater: hand-me-down from Godmother

Pants: Kohl's, sale, $20

Shoes: have had, sale, $11

Earrings: Charming Charlie's, clearance, $4ish

Handbag: birthday gift, circa 2007

Makeup: Ulta, NYC

Favorite colors

More happy spring colors! Here I am with a striped teal, cobalt blue and neon green scarf; and a cobalt blazer, neon green tank and teal top, all worn with jeans and blue ankle boots. I wore neon green, circle earrings and for makeup: neon green and cobalt shadows, teal liner and fuchsia lipstick. 

Blazer & Shoes: Kohl's, sale, $9-13?; $30ish

Scarf: Old Navy, clearance, $3.97ish, circa      2007

Top: hand-me-down from friend

Tank: ??? 

Earrings: birthday gift, circa 2007ish

Makeup: Ulta and Avon (circa 2006), Milk

Spring!!!

It hasn't felt like spring this season, but I can certainly dress for it. A couple weeks ago, I wore a periwinkle cardigan with a teal tank, inspired by this multi-color periwinkle, navy and teal bead necklace. I wore navy ponte pants and ankle boots and, for other accessories, added teal circle earrings; a round, light blue woven handbag; a periwinkle white beaded headband; and a blue and periwinkle beaded ring. For makeup, I wore periwinkle and blue shadows with teal liner.

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother

Tank: NY&Co., sale, $5

Pants and shoes: Kohl's, $20, $30

Necklace: Van Heusen Outlet, years ago

Earrings: birthday gift years ago

Ring: local town fair, years ago

Headband: TJ Maxx

Makeup: Ulta, NYC

Secondhand

This is what I love about collecting and coordinating- the colors; the mix and match. Here, I wore cobalt blue cardigan with a green tank with a multi-color block belt and a multi-color beaded necklace with orange hoop earrings and an orange ring. I wore rust leather booties and a matching handbag, in which the hardware and leather match the belt. 

For makeup: cobalt and orange shadows and a bright lipstick. 

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother

Tank: hand-me-down from Aunt

Belt: hand-me-down from Aunt, circa 1980s/90s

Earrings: hand-me-down from Aunt

Necklace: hand-me-down from mother

Ring: Rue 21, approx. $4

Booties: Frugal Fannies, clearance, $37ish

Handbag: Poshmark or eBay, $12

Makeup: Ulta, The Body Shop (circa 1999)

I heard it through the grapevine

I could be a raisin or an oversized bruise here. I actually like how this outfit came out, quite a bit. Both (lavender and, well, raisin) cardigans were hand-me-downs from my Godmother. I wore them with black ponte pants and ankle boots, but added plenty of accessories: a plum beret, a long multi-strand necklace with a purple beaded gem charm, a shorter multi-strand purple, beaded necklace with a peacock charm, a silver and lavender ring, purple beaded hoop earrings and a beaded cuff. The beading on the shorter necklace goes well with the cuff and the earrings. I added this purple iridescent geometric, foldable, re-shapeable handbag. 

For makeup: fuchsia lipstick, and purple shadow. 

Sweaters: see above

Pants: Amazon, $14

Shoes: ?, XOXO, $17-20

Handbag: Charmed and Dangerous garage sale, $5

Earrings and ring: hand-me-down from Aunt

Beret: NY&Co., $15

Necklaces: long: Charming Charlie's, approx. $7; short peacock: gift from mother

Makeup: Ulta

A friend of mine had a baby, so I took maternity leave.

We do know a few new babies and, it's true- I do have a friend (or 5 that had a baby recently (one friend, in particular- you know who you are mu-wah!), but I really just went on a vacation, took a new job and accidentally found myself on hiatus. The new job doesn't require me to dress up as much, so I'll admit, I'm not wearing as many cute outfits these days, especially when I'm working from home! 

But, here, you'll see an outfit I wore back in February-- I don't even have bangs anymore! This retro-printed cocoon cardigan was a Holiday gift from my mother. It perfectly matches this necklace I've had for years with its peach and lime flower charm. With the cardigan, I wore a dusty rose, puff shoulder blouse over a neon green tank, black ponte pants and dusty rose booties. For additional jewelry, I wore a faux gem ring to match another necklace charm, and peach rose earrings. For makeup: neon green and peach shadows, dusty rose lipstick. I added an adorned dusty rose headband- the metal beads match the necklace metal.