Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlej.....

It's spooky month which means my Tim Burton handbag will make lots of appearances, particularly with stripes. Here, I'm wearing a black and white striped button down shirt dress with white and black old school Adidas. When in the office, I switched shoes to black and white stiletto booties. For jewelry: a black and white oversized beaded necklace and black and white chandelier earrings. Makeup: black and white liners, black shadow and red lipstick for a color pop. Hair: low, sleek pony with hair wrapped around hair tie. 

Dress and booties: NY&Co., sale, $25/

  Clearance: $17

Adidas: DSW, clearance plus coupon, $18

Handbag: gift

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

Necklace: given to me from Aunt

Makeup: Ulta, NYX

Garbage bag

I was having 'a day' on this particular morning and ended up changing from one outfit to another. I'm not sure I'm crazy about either of them but still plan to wear this pleather skirt again with something more sleek.

Do you have a favorite top/shoes with this skirt? 

Which outfit do you think I wore first? 

Do you think this skirt looks like a garbage bag? 

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Rainy Daze

Whenever it rains, I'm wearing maroon to match my maroon rain boots. There are actually two outfits in these pics but I felt the first was too boring to post. You can see some of it with the necklace and cardigan photo below.  

On the second day of rain (not Christmas ;) ) this particular week (about a month ago), I wore teal and black plaid ponte pants with the maroon rain boots and, then, pulled the colors together with a teal tank and maroon high-low blouse. For jewelry, I added a teal, jeweled cuff bracelet and cocktail ring with a multi-strand necklace, adorned with teal accents. For earrings: these multi-color antique danglies that have both teal and maroon colors in them. I added a maroon wide-brim hat to protect my hair from the rain and while in the office, maroon chunky heel ankle boots. For makeup: maroon shadow and teal liner and a maroon lip gloss. 

Rain boots: Nordstrom Rack, $24

Pants: Sears, $20

Blouse: NY&Co, sale, $22ish

Tank and hat: Kohl's, $6/ sale $9

Earrings: vintage 80s/90s, hand-me-down from Aunt

Bracelet and ring: jewelry warehouse sale, $5, $1

Necklace: birthday gift years ago (Vera Wang, Kohl's) 

Makeup: Ulta, Avon

Rrrrruffles have ridges

Earlier in the fall, I wore this cream, asymmetrical ruffle spaghetti strap blouse with black, lightweight, tapered dress pants and a black blazer. Even though these blush ruffle flats are pretty beat up (wish I had more!), they were too perfect not to wear with this top. For jewelry, I wore cream rose studs and a cream rose ring (not a set). For makeup: cream and black shadows with red lipstick. 

Blouse: Temu (I wouldn't advise ordering from there), $5

Pants: Guess, sale, years ago, approx.$20

Blazer: Bob's Stores, years ago, $10-15 plus a $10 coupon(so free or $5)

Shoes: Family Dollar, about 5 years ago, $8

Earrings: eBay

Ring: stackable set, Charlotte Russe 

9.11.23🇺🇸

Each year on 9/11, I always wear some variation of red, white, and blue. This year, it was red tapered dress pants, a cobalt sleeveless blouse over a white tank with cobalt flats. For jewelry: a red, white and blue beaded (gold) chainmail necklace with red and gold tassel earrings and cobalt rose studs. For makeup: gold and navy shadows, blue liner and red lipstick. 

Pants: Charlotte Russe, $10-15

Blouse: hand-me-down from a friend

Flats: Rainbow Shops, 2/$20

Earrings: both, eBay

Makeup: Ulta, Avon, NYC, Rimmel