Night and day

I wore this tie-dye kimono back in May on a weekend and to work last week, so I figured I'd combine the two into one post. I'm liking it much more with a casual outfit- the work one 'works', but it's so soft with all he pink. For work, I wore the kimono with a blush skirt and blouse with a light blue tank underneath. For casual, I wore jeans and two tanks- pink and blue. In each case, I wore (some) different jewelry and makeup: casual: coral and blue shadows with blue eyeliner; work: blush and blue shadows with blue eyeliner. Jewelry: casual: gold hoops and one, long peach beaded necklace and a peach rose bracelet, peach rose  studs, a gold blue and white beaded fringe necklace; work: pink acrylic earrings, blue pearl studs, the same blue and white necklace, and a headband. For both days, I used this periwinkle blue woven handbag- it has a tassel, which happens to match the tassels the kimono; I also wore the same blush flats with both outfits. 

Kimono: TJ Maxx, clearance, $8

Handbag: Macy's Backstage, clearance, $12

...a newspaper

I normally dislike red, black and white together, but I wanted to match this black and white color-block handbag lined with red.  *insert eyeroll here if you want*   So here, I wore a red sleeveless blouse with black and white plaid skinny pants and a black blazer with black pointy flats. For jewelry, I got to try out this black and white necklace/bracelet set I got for my birthday; I added another, long, black and white beaded necklace and silver long earrings. For makeup: red lipstick (way too much) black shadow. 

Blouse: hand-me-down from friend

Pants: hand-me-down from Godmother

Blazer and handbag: Charmed and Dangerous Boutique, sale, approx. $24; Bag: garage sale: $5

All jewelry: given to me from Aunt, or gift from Aunt

Makeup: Ulta

love.this.shirt.

My mom sent me this black and white tiny- hounds-tooth, belted  puff-shoulder top for my birthday and I love it! With it, I wore black ankle pants and black pointy flats with a black and white colorblock handbag. For jewelry, I wore a silver chain and pearl necklace/earring set and a silver bee and white rose knuckle ring. For makeup: black shadow and a fuschia lipstick; hair: high messy pony. 

Top: gift, (Ross Stores)

Pants: H&M, $12

Shoes: Amazon, $14ish

Ring: jewelry warehouse sale, $1

Necklace/earring set: gift years ago, (Kohl's, Vera Wang)

Handbag: gift from mom and stepdad

Makeup: Ulta, Milk

Circus clown

I haven't posted in a few weeks, so I do have a bunch of outfits to get caught up on. Two things have changed since I posted last: no more masks (I'm vacc'd!!!) and the warmer weather finally! 

This was a cooler day in May, so I wore this ruffle-shoulder marigold sweatshirt with matching flats. But, then, I added an aqua blue, multi-color scarf (which I also have in marigold) and added a pink tank and pink handbag. For jewelry: artsy dangly earrings made out of magazine and a silver aqua-stone statement ring. For makeup: marigold and aqua shadows and a blush lipstick. 

 

Ketchup & Mustard v.2

Second day in a row it was raining so, again, I stuck with maroon rain boots and mustard. Here, I wore a maroon waterfall cardigan over a mustard, long, ruffly blouse with the same scarf and earrings as the day before- floral and lace with mustard tassel, and jeans. Makeup: mustard and maroon shadows and maroon lip gloss.

Cardigan: hand-me-down from Godmother

Mustard top: hand-me-down from Aunt

Scarf, earrings and makeup: see the previous post! 

Ketchup & Mustard or Stevie Ray Vaughn

We were on a staycation at this time, but it was a rainy week, so started with my maroon rain boots. From there, I wore a maroon long sleeve tee under a mustard waterfall cardigan and black ponte pants. My inspiration for always wearing maroon and mustard together is this floral and lace scarf. For other accessories, I added this maroon floppy hat, adorned with a fluffy ball-- just call me Stevie Ray-- and a mustard handbag and tassel earrings. For makeup: maroon and black shadows and maroon lipgloss. 

Long sleeve tee and hat: Kohl's, $6/clearance: $9

Pants and earrings: Amazon, $14/set of  3prs: $6

Sweater: hand-me-down from Godmother

Boots: Nordstrom Rack, $24

Bag: Charmed & Dangerous, garage sale, $5 (original price approx. $100) 

Makeup: Ulta, Avon

One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater

I think this outfit was a couple weeks ago now-- it was a rainy day, so I wore a purple beret to cover up my straightened hair. But first, I picked out a purple pencil skirt to wear with this pinkish-purple cardigan, with black tights and pointy flats. I had been wanting to wear this sweater so I could match this colorful gold-toned peacock necklace with it. When I selected the pencil skirt, which has a silver back zipper, I added another, long, gold and silver necklace with a translucent gem and purple beads on it. I could not wear a gold-toned necklace with a silver zipper, so I matched both metals by adding the long multi-metal necklace. The gold-tone matches the long necklace and so does the zipper. :)  For other jewelry and accessories, I added a two-toned, translucent gem ring; a silver-toned, colorful beaded cuff; and silver, colorful beaded hoop earrings along with a geometric, re-shapeable, iridescent purple handbag. For makeup, I wore plum and maroon shadows, and a fuchsia lip color. 

Cardigan and earrings: hand-me-down from Aunt

Skirt: birthday or Holiday gift one year

Peacock necklace: birthday gift one year

Long necklace: Charming Charlie's, clearance, approx. $8?

Bracelet: gift one year

Makeup: Ulta, NYC and Milk

Hat: NY&Co, sale, approx. $9

Handbag: Charmed & Dangerous Boutique, garage sale, $5

All business

Wearing flat shoes the past couple of weeks, here I was in grey oxfords and a grey vest with a black pencil skirt, tights and top. For accessories, however, I kind of went overkill with black and gold tassel earrings, a gold, black, white and grey color-block statement necklace, a gold double-V necklace, gold stackable rings, a beaded, rhinestone head wrap and a black and white color-block handbag. For makeup: gold and black shadows and a bright lipstick. 

Vest and necklaces: Charmed and Dangerous boutique, sale, $20ish/approx. $6-9 each

Shoes: Steve  Madden, DSW, clearance and coupon, $20

Handbag: Charming Charlie's, approx. $18

Rings: Jewelry warehouse sale, $1

Earrings: Amazon, 3 sets, $5

Head wrap: given to me from Aunt

Makeup: Ulta, Milk

Fine line

One day last week at work, I wore this black, white graph-lined, high-low blouse with black ponte pants and siiiigh) flat black ankle boots (still not in heels). For accessories, I wore a black and gold graph-lined bow necklace, a black and white color-block handbag, gold rings and black and gold tassel earrings. I try to keep all metals the same, so all gold here. For makeup: black and gold shadows and a bright lipstick. 

Top: birthday gift last year, Amazon

Pants: Amazon, $14

Handbag: Charming Charlie's, sale, approx. $18(??)

Boots: The Shoe Store, $11(??)

Necklace: K-Mart, going out of business sale, $0.99cents

Earrings: Amazon, set of three, $5.99

Rings: stackable ring set, jewlry warehouse sale, $1

Makeup: Ulta, Milk

Nightgown and fancy slippers?

I'm a little behind in posts. But, last week sometime, I wore this maroon long sleeved split tunic with black ponte pants to work. Since I'm still nursing an ankle injury, I'm still in flats- maroon to match. For jewelry: a long maroon and gunmetal necklace with a gunmetal ring and spiky earrings. For makeup: maroon shadow and lipstick.  

Tunic: Charmed and Dangerous Boutique, garage sale, $9ish

Shoes: The Shoe Dept., clearance, $7ish

Earrings: Burlington Coat Factory, set of three, $4.99

Ring: Jewelry warehouse sale, $1

Necklace: Given to me

Sneaks

I sprained my ankle a couple weeks ago, so I've been in sneakers and flats since. This is actually vaccination day, which was cold and rainy. I wore these mint green old school Adidas sneakers, which I love, with high-waist skinny jeans and a mint green and grey striped racer-back tank. Then, I couldn't decide between which grey long-sleeved cardigan I wanted to wear, so I wore both! At first, I rolled my hair up into a head wrap and remembered that I could wear my grey Kangol. For (other) accessories, I wore mint stud earrings and a mint statement necklace. For makeup: mint and charcoal shadows with a charcoal liner and fucsia lipstick. For a handbag, I used a grey reversible Dickie's canvas.

Cardigans: both were gifts years ago

Tank: Rainbow Shops, a few years ago, $8-10

Sneakers: Adidas, sale, $20ish

Jeans: 7even, TJ Maxx, $20

Bag: Newbury Comics, chance, many moons ago

Hat: Lids, clearance, circa 2000

Earrings: Rue 21, clearance

Necklace: Secret Snowflake

Makeup: Ulta, Milk

WUnday

I wanted to wear this ruffly marigold sweatshirt today, but it's cold and rainy so couldn't wear matching flats. Instead, I wore my Wu-Tang socks with Docs and even used my special edition Wu lipstick and added marigold and black shadows.  From there, I decided to wear a (killer) bee ring with yellow and black rose studs and a marigold headband. 

Shirt: Loft, clearance, $15

Docs: eBay, $60

Socks: Stance (my fav!), eBay, $15

Ring: warehouse jewelry sale, $1

Earrings: eBay

Headband: given to me from Aunt

Lipstick: Milk

Other makeup: Ulta

What's black and white with "read" all over?

A newspaper. 

A week ago, it wasn't snowing-- it was actually nice out like a normal spring day. I wore red tapered ankle pants with a fuchsia blazer, and a black and white striped blouse. To pull the black and white together, I used a black and white colorblock handbag. For shoes, I wore black pointy stilettos, adorned with shiny copper tips. I kept with the same color jewelry- dangly earrings and an arrow wrap ring. 

For makeup: copper and black shadows and red lipstick (I was tossed up between fuchsia and red, but the red against the fuchsia blazer brought the colors together with the pants. 

Pants: Charlotte Russe, $10ish

Blazer: Charmed and Dangerous, $24, sale

Blouse: Ross Stores, $12

Handbag: Charming Charlie's, $18ish

Heels: LuLu's, approx. $15

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

Makeup: Ulta, The Body Shop

Boston Strong/Hyacinth Macaw

This was Easter

I'm a little behind in my posts, but here was what I wore on Easter to go out for dinner:

Purple sash ankle pants with an antique rose cape blouse, matching ruffle ankle boots and handbag. I added a blush and purple floral shawl and for jewelry, a matching purple and blush tassel necklace, and a purple flower necklace and earring set. For makeup: pink and purple shadows and a blush lipstick with purple liner gel. 

Top and pants: NYC &Co.

Shawl and tassel necklace: H&M

Purple jewelry set: hand-me-down

Handbag: TJ Maxx, clearance, $18

Shoes: The Shoe Dept.

Makeup: Lancome, Ulta

More grey matter

Last week, I was still wearing items that I haven't worn this winter. So, here, I wore this charcoal and black ruffle-lined blazer with black ponte pants and charcoal ankle boots. For jewelry, I went with a white and crystal statement necklace with crystal studs. For makeup: charcoal shadow and fuchsia lipstick. 

Blazer: Venus, a few years ago, approx $25

Pants: Amazon, $14

Necklace: Amazon, birthday gift, appr. $8

Earrings: probably from an earring set(??)

Shoes: The Shoe Dept., $20

Makeup: Ulta, Milk

Grey matter

It's that time of year to pull out the things I didn't wear this past winter. This brown and charcoal color-block moto-zip blazer is so cute and can be worn for work or for play. Here, I wore it to work with a brown pencil skirt, charcoal tights and matching ankle boots. For hair: a high pony; for makeup: brown shadow, charcoal eyeliner and a fuschia lipstick. For jewelry, I wore mixed metal danglies. 

Blazer: Venus, a few years ago

Skirt: Amazon, $15ish

Shoes: The Shoe Dept., a few years ago, $20

Earrings: Talbot's, given to me from Aunt

Makeup: Ulta, Milk

I'm Blue, labadeelabeedah

Last weekend, I was running errands, but again, don't get to dress cute that often any more. I dressed down with a grey, blue floral, ruffle-sleeve top, dark ponte jeans and blue ankle boots. For accessories, I added a blue neck bandana, a grey headband and blue tassel earrings; for a handbag: a blue printed and grey reversible handbag. Makeup: a bright lipstick and blue shadows and liner. 

Top: hand-me-down from Aunt

Jeans: Loft Outlet, $23

Shoes: Kohl's, sale and coupon years ago

Headband: given to me from Aunt

Earrings: Macy's Backstage, $8

Handbag: Dickie's, Newbury Comics, years ago

Lazy

Last week, I wanted to wear these black and white plaid ponte pants. I really didn't know with what, but knew I hadn't worn this blush puff-shoulder blouse all season. So, I wore the pants and top with matching ruffle ankle boots, black and white chandelieeeeerrrr (Sia) and blush faux pearl earrings,  and a black and white color block handbag. I'll be honest- I partially picked the black and white because I didn't feel like changing purses the night before. For makeup, blush lipstick and black shadow. 

Top: Express, $23ish

Pants: hand-me-down from Godmother

Shoes: The Shoe Dept., $30

Earrings: Vera Wang, Kohl's, years ago,       clearance (I have gotten so much wear out of these); faux pearls: Holiday gift

Handbag: gift

Makeup: Ulta

How cute is this dress?

Probably too dressy for work these days since I don't see anyone, but I've been dying to wear this cute mock-neck black and white graph-pattern, puffy-sleeved, ruffly dress I ordered a few months ago. It was finally nice enough, so couldn't wait any longer. Since it's the school colors, I will probably pull this out for events. With it, I wore black tights and black ankle boots. (I can't wait to wear this with black and white strap sandals!) For accessories, I wore a black and white beaded headband, silver wavy hoops (think ruffles), and a black and white color-block handbag. For makeup: a bright lipstick and black shadow. 

Dress: Nordstrom Rack, $20

Headband: birthday gift, Amazon, 

Hoops: given to me from Aunt

Shoes: NY&Co, $30

Handbag: gift from parents

Makeup: Milk Makeup; Ulta

The blues

Last week, I was in the mood for spring. On Tuesday, I wore a periwinkle cardigan with a cobalt tank, navy ponte pants and blue ankle boots. For accessories: blue, teal and periwinkle necklace (inspo for these colors), blue tassel earrings, a periwinkle beaded headband, and a silver knuckle ring adorned with cobalt and teal beads. For makeup: denim and periwinkle shadows and a bright lipstick. 

Cardigan: hand-me-down, Godmother

Tank: hand-me-down, Aunt

Pants: Loft Outlet, $25

Shoes: Kohl's, coupon and sale, $25

Necklace: Van Heusen Outlet

Earrings: Macy's Backstage, $8

Ring: jewelry warehouse sale, $2

Headband: TJ Maxx, $5

Colorful graph paper

The other day, I wore this black and multi-color graphed, puffy-sleeved, wrap-around split tunic. With the different colors, I can do a lot with this, but since I wore marigold the day prior, I opted to bring out the teal lines. I wore black ponte pants and black ankle boots with teal dangly statement earrings and a teal rose statement ring with teal eyeshadow. I wore burgundy lipstick to go with the burgundy lines in the tunic. 

Tunic and ankle boots: NY&Co.: sale, $27; $30
Pants: Amazon, $14
Ring an earrings: $1/$2
Makeup: Tarte and Ulta

Crime Scene

For those who do not know, I'm really hooked on true crime. So, my bestie sent me these socks a couple years ago (along with some 'Crime Scene' tape). I didn't plan the outfit around the socks, but rather, wore the socks with the outfit because they matched. Here I am wearing a marigold puff-shoulder, wrap-around tunic with black ponte pants, and a matching handbag, beret and ankle boots. For jewelry, I wore bead strand chandelier earrings that have strands of marigold. For makeup: marigold and black shadows and a dark plum lipstick to match the plum strands in the earrings. 

Tunic and beret: NY&Co., sale, $27; $10

Pants: Amazon, $14

Boots: Rainbow Shops(?), $14

Handbag: Charmed and Dangerous, garage sale, $5 (originally $150)

Earrings: Holiday gift years ago

Makeup: Ulta

 

St. Patrick's Day 2021

I've been waiting to wear these pants and this top since I got them....before the Holidays maybe(?)  Since I was in the office the day before St. Patrick's, I wore the black, white and green coulottes and green top, a day early and with a black, leather lined blazer and black knee-high boots. For jewelry: a silver and green stained glass ring and earring set with green rose stud and black and green wooden bangels. For makeup: green shadow and magenta lipstick (for spring). 

Top and pants: JC Penney, sale, $17ish/$12ish

Blazer: hand-me-down from Godmother

Boots: have had

Earring and ring set: given to me from Aunt (only a couple days ago!)

Rose earrings: eBay

Bangels: jewelry warehouse sale, $2

Makeup: Ulta, Milk

Jade is for luck (St. Patty's)

I was out with my Aunts and planned for green..you know, with St. Patty's this week still. 

I wore this jade green 3/4 ruffle and lace sleeve top with high waist jeans, grey knee-high boots and a grey Kangol. For jewelry, I added a long silver necklace with a blue and green daisy and a shorter necklace with light blue and green flowers and, then, jade and blue front-back earrings and silver and blue daisy studs along with a blue beaded silver knuckle ring. For a handbag, this hand-made recycled t-shirt bag- blue and green and I added a green bandana. 

For makeup: jade and charcoal shadows and grey liner with fucsia lipstick. 

Top: Charmed and Dangerous, approx. $24

Pants: 7even, TJ Maxx, $17

Boots: Kohl's, Black Friday sale, $15

Hat: Lids, clearance, circa 2000

Handbag: town craft fair, $5- proceeds go to suicide awareness

Jewelry: necklaces and studs: gifts; back-front earrings: K-Mart clearance, $1

Makeup: Ulta and Milk

Shamrock shake

Still wearing green for St. Patty's Day soon. I don't have a ton of green but more than enough for the days I am working in the office. Yesterday, I wore this (faux) satin mint blouse with high waist tuxedo ankle pants and black ankle boots. I decided on this mint statement necklace and mint, gold and cream dream catcher/mandala earrings. Because they have hints of cream, I added cream and gold bangles and, finally, a cream floral lacy, ruffly vest. I wasn't sure about the vest with this outfit- what do you think? 

For makeup: sea green and black shadows and a bright pink lipstick. 

Blouse: Charming Charlie's, $18

Vest: Charmed and Dangerous boutique, $24ish

Pants and boots: NY&Co., Sale, $24

Earrings: Holiday gift

Necklace: (separate) Holiday gift

Makeup: Ulta; Milk

Happy, go lucky

Still wearing St. Patrick's Day colors. I'm evidently pretty tired today, but alas, I'm still in green. Here I am with a sheer, forest green blouse, which I wore with black ponte pants and black chunky-heel ankle boots. I wore a matching gold and beaded green, black and cream necklace with gold stick earrings. For makeup: forest eye shadow and a bright lipstick. The ankle boots have good zippers to go with my necklace, and earrings and I used a black handbag with gold hardware to match. One of my personal pet peeves is mis-matched hardware. 

Blouse and necklace: Amazon, birthday      gifts, a few years ago

Pants: Amazon, $14

Shoes: XOXO, Rue 21, clearance

Earrings: Charming Charlie's, clearance

Makeup: Ulta, The Body Shop

Start of St. Patty's Day Colors

It's that time to start wearing green (even though I don't consider olive green a St. Patrick's Day color). I wore this olive, long- sleeved poncho with a floral mini-skirt and black knee-high boots. It just so happens that this orange fur jacket matched as well. I kept my jewelry low-key today and only wore silver and olive dangly earrings. For makeup: olive shadow and a burnt orange lipstick. 

Skirt: Charmed and Dangerous Boutique garage sale, $5ish

Poncho: hand-me-down from Godmother

Jacket: Amazon, $14

Boots: The Shoe Store, $11

Earrings: given to me from Aunt

Makeup: Ulta

Update: Which headband and earrings?

I loosely polled people yesterday on which grahams and earrings to wear with my Tu-Pac merman button down. Really, I'd been wanting to wear the blue and pearl headband but, as you can see below, I opted for the maroon one. I thought the pearl adornments were too much with all of my accessories. 

For earrings, everyone voted on these multi-color purple and amber beaded hoops. 

Modern-day casual Victorian

I'd been wanting to wear this lacy, ruffly antique rose mock neck casually for a while. I had a day off and was out and about most of the day, so put it on with jeans (yes, skinny jeans!! Darn millennials and Gen Zs!) and antique rose ruffly ankle boots. For accessories: an antique rose handbag, flower ring and paisely tassel earrings along with black rose studs. For makeup: antique rose and black shadows and a muted pink lipstick. You will also see here a matching ruffly shawl that I brought with me but didn't end up wearing over my puffer coat. 

Top: Express, a few years ago, sale,$20ish

Shawl: Sears, $19

Jeans: 7even, TJ Maxx, $17

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

Earrings: tassel: given to me from Aunt; rose: eBay

Ring: Charlotte Russe, stackable set

Handbag: TJ Maxx, clearance, Nine West, $18-22

Makeup: Ulta

Which headband and which earrings?

Which headband and which earrings? (Note there are three sets) (Also note, the bandana will be a neckerchief)

Wonder Woman

There were a couple of items I still hadn't worn for Valentine's Day colors and this antique rose cape blazer was one of them. With it, I wore black ponte pants and antique rose stiletto sweater boots. For accessories: pink chandelier earrings, a pink flower ring, a pink, beige and black string scarf, and an antique rose handbag. For makeup: antique rose and black shadows and a muted pink lipstick. 

Cape: LuLu's, $14

Boots: Rue 21, $11?

Pants: Loft Outlet, $17

Earrings: Holiday gift, Anne Taylor

Ring: stackable set, Charlotte Russe, clearance

Scarf: Holiday gift, handmade, NYC

Handbag: TJ Maxx, clearance, Nine West, $18-22

Makeup: Ulta