St. Joseph's Day

A little behind in posts and, again, I don't celebrate St. Joseph's Day (except for the eating of many delicious zeppoles) and, in fact, don't really know what it is. Nonetheless, I wore red that day, but mixed with black and white for the school team who was in a tournament at the time. (My spirit  colors did not bring the team any luck.)

With a red cardigan, I wore a white and black plaid  button down, which was less boring than a plain white blouse - it's nice to mix it up. I wore my usual black pencil skirt, tights and black ankle boots. For jewelry: a gold and black plaid-patterned bow necklace along with gold stick earrings. For makeup: black shadow and red lipstick. 

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother

Button-down: Venus, approx. $ 15-20

Skiret: have had

Ankle boots: NY&Co., last year, $25?

Necklace: K-Mart, going out of business sale, $2?

Earrings: Charming Charlie, clearance, $3.99

Makeup: Ulta

You chose the accessories!

Thanks to those who assisted in picking out earrings and a bracelet to go with this necklace! 

To brighten up this charcoal, ruffly sweater, I changed what I would typically pair with it by wearing a purple pencil skirt (it's officially Spring, after all). Next, I needed to bring the outfit together, and, that was done through accessories! That's when I chose this Betsy Johnson butterfly necklace, which bursts with color and matches the skirt. But, aside from a gun metal wavy ring, I couldn't choose which bracelet or earrings. The voters chose this silver multi-color beaded bracelet and 'dagger' earrings, also in gun metal. For makeup, I wore charcoal shadow and purple eyeliner with fucsia lipstick. I will charcoal tights since the outfit looked uneven with black ones. 

Betsy Johnson Necklace: warehouse sale, $5!!!!!

Ring: warehouse sale, $1

Bracelet: birthday gift years ago

Earrings: Burlington Coat Factory, 3prs/$3.99

Sweater: Venus, approx. $25

Skirt: Christmas gift

Boots: Kohl's or JC Penney, sale, $?

Makeup: all Ulta

Help! Pick out a bracelet, pick out a pair of earrings!!!

Help me get dressed tomorrow! I'm wearing this Betsy Johnson butterfly necklace with a charcoal sweater and purple skirt. But, which earrings and which bracelet?? (Note that the sweater has ruffles.)

Final St. Patty's Colors- Day 6

I had a few more outfits to go, but I didn't feel like wearing green anymore- it was hard for me since my obsessiveness needed to finish off the color, but I was able to move on. Here are the final outfits, which bled into Monday of this week- I swapped right to red for St. Joseph's Day, which I don't normally honor.

Can you guess what MY favorite outfit is below??  

 

St. Patty's Colors- Day 5

Yesterday, I wore a forest green button-down blouse. Instead of the jewelry I  originally picked out, I decided on this matching set that is antique gold with a green and navy blue abstract photo. Using the necklace and earrings as a muse, I wore navy pants and navy (faux) velvet ankle boots and a dark blue tank under the blouse. Also for jewelry, I wore a  light green leather cuff with an antique gold wishbone charm. (Very fitting for St. Patty's Day!) For makeup, dark green shadow with navy liner and gold lip gloss. 

Blouse: Amazon, Birthday gift a couple years ago

Necklace and Earring set: Christmas gift years ago

Leather cuff and charm: Lenny & Eva, clearance, $5, $1

Pull-on pants: Kohl's, $19.99, a few years ago

Boots: Kohl's, $20-25, with a coupon

Makeup: Sephora, Ulta

St. Patty's Colors- Day 4

Yesterday, I wore an emerald green tank underneath a black cardigan and black ankle pants with ankle boots. For jewlery, I surprised myself and chose a necklace that I had selected for another outfit- gold with green, black and cream beads. For earrings, I wore gold stick earrings and green rose studs. For makeup: teal green shadow and gold lip gloss. I also, HAD TO, add a gold 'lucky charm' necklace (wishbone and four-leaf clover). 

Tank: hand-me-down from Aunt

Cardigan: ?

Pants: NY&Co., 50% off sale, $25-35

Boots: XOXO, Rue 21, $15

Jewelry: beaded necklace: Amazon, birthday gift one year; gold necklace: Target, years ago, clearance, $3?; gold earrings: Charming Charlie, clearance, $3.99; green earrings: eBay, multi-color set: $5?

Makeup: Ulta

St. Patty's Colors- Day 3

Yesterday, I wore a (darker) olive green sweater dress as a tunic with ponte pants. The buttons on the sleeves are antique gold, so I kept with the same color scheme for jewelry. Just like On to St. Patty's Day, I wore antique gold, dangly, beaded earrings and an antique gold and olive lace ring. For shoes, perforated ankle boots, with gold zippers. I wore olive eyeshadow. 

Sweater Dress (ages old): Wet Seal, Rainbow Shops or Rue 21?, $??

Ponte pants: Amazon, $13

Boots: XOXO, Rue 21, $15

Earrings: Christmas gift years ago

Ring: ware house sale, $1

Makeup: Ulta

St. Patty's Colors- Day 2

Yesterday, I opted for a lighter shade of green when I wore this jade, striped sweater dress. With it, I wore thigh-high boots and, for accessories, a long multi-tone necklace with gem details. To match, I wore a leather wrap bracelet with similar jewels and jewel earrings - all pieces of jewelry that were purchased/gifted at different times, but seem to match well together. For makeup: jade eyeshadow and a bright lipstick. 

Sweater dress: Target, many moons ago, clearance, $17? 

Boots: ??, $25

Necklace and earrings: both Christmas gifts from different people, years apart

Bracelet: Rosegal, $3

Makeup: Shadow: Tarte (gift); Lipstick: The Body Shop

 

On to St. Patty's Day

Right from Valentine's Day colors to St. Patty's colors! Admittedly, I just realized I have way more green than I care to wear for two weeks, so I may cut out some shades of green so I can still try to squeeze in some winter outfits before the spring is here. 

I started the week off with olive green. Yesterday, we went to our favorite dive bar hangout, so I kept it casual with this olive green tank, decorated with beige lace stamping, and jeans. For jewelry, I wore a frilly olive green ring and chandelier earrings with olive, mustard and purple beading. (The design on the earrings also match the lace stamping.) I threw on black boots with buckles that match the gold tones in the jewelry and a black, lace-back cardigan. For makeup- olive eyeshadow. 

Tank: A gift from my mother

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother

Earrings: Christmas gift one year

Ring: warehouse sale, $1

Fur-lined Boots: Rue 21, sale, $15

Makeup: Ulta