Sip some Cognac

I had wanted to wear this duster a couple weeks ago. I decided to wear it with cognac colored leather and antique gold: an old macrame belt with a cognac leather and antique gold buckle, an antique gold bib necklace, antique gold stick earrings and cognac booties (and cognac casual flat boots for getting around). For makeup, I wore berry lip crayon and cream, purple and black eye shadows, to go with the purples in the macrame. 

Duster: $5, Ltd. Commodities

Necklace: eBay, $5-7

Earrings: 3/prs, $3.99, Burlington Coat Factory

Belt: hand-me-down from Aunt, from 80s, Express

Booties: $25, Frugal Fannie's, Chinese Laundry

Makeup: All Ulta

Dust.That.Dirt.Off.Your.Shoulders

Last week, I wore this long duster vest. This looks great with pants and heels, but it was a skirt kind of day. This time, I wore it with a black pencil skirt, black tights, a black long-sleeve tee and a a belt. The belt, including the buckle, matches my boots really well. For earrings, I wore silver hoops to go with the buckles. For make-up, beige and black eyeshadows. 

Vest: K-Mart, 50% off, last year, $11

Belt: alloy.com, set of 2, clearance, approx. $5?

Boots: Just Fab, last year, $20

Earrings: given to me from Aunt

Make-up: Ulta

Matching spikes, matching colors

This is probably my favorite skirt because it's so unique. Like a lot of things I like to wear, it has a lot of colors, which makes it more fun to match things with and try out different outfits. This time, I specifically wore it with these brand new boots that I bought at end of the season last year. The accents on the shoes match perfectly with the spike accents on the skirt. I then realized this multi-colored scarf has all of the same colors as the skirt. Since the print on the scarf made it a stretch, I added a solid brown scarf so it wasn't too much color. For jewelry, I wore silver bangles, one of which is spiky, an additional shiny cuff and shiny silver spike earrings to match. I put my hair up and threw on a blazer over my top to make the outfit look a little more formal for work-- not too artsy. For makeup: aqua blue, dark brown and black shadows. 

Skirt: Frugal Fannie's, $15

Shoes: Vera Wang, Kohl's, clearance, $9.99

Scarves: Stripes: Old Navy, few years ago; Brown: have had

Bracelets: Shiny: given to me; Bangles; given to me; Spiky bangle: given to me recently from co-

                 worker/friend

Earrings: 3-pk, Burlington Coat Factory, $3.99ish

Makeup: Aqua: Tarte, part of a Christmas gift years ago; Dark Brown and Black shadows: Ulta, free                  with min. purchase

Fringe benefits

I wore this outfit a couple weeks ago, but instead of the skirt, I changed into ankle pants bcause I looked too much like a flapper. The shirt is difficult to wear because it gets tangled on everything....

At any rate, here you see it with matching color-block heels, and antique gold chandelier earrings, as well as black rose earrings to go with the flowers in the lace. I wore my hear tucked into a head wrap for a classic look. Lastly, I wore gold and black eye shadows and gold lip gloss. 

Top: $5, Ltd. Commodities

Earrings: Gold: hand-me-down from Aunt, from the 80's?; Rose: eBay, $3-5, 6-pk

Shoes: $15-19, Charlotte Russe

Makeup: all Ulta

(Make like a tree and)...leave

I had been wanting to wear this ring for a long while now-- it was handed down to me from someone else who received it as a hand-me-down. Since the ring is gold with turquoise, I wore gold leave earrings with turquoise beads and a leave statement necklace. To go with the accents, I wore a turquoise cami, which I topped with a black waterfall cardigan. I chose a charcoal pencil skirt with matching tights since I didn't want to wear all black. (I've never been a big fan of lighter colors with all black, so I broke it up with grey).  To bring the black back into the outfit and even it out, I wore black heels. For makeup, I wore gold, turquoise and black shadows and gold lip-gloss. 

Ring: Hand-me-down

Necklace: Rue 21, clearance, $3

Earrings: Rue 21, clearance, $2

Cami: Forever 21 (CO), $6

Cardigan: ??

Skirt: H&M, $12.99

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50% off, $15-19

Shape-ly

I brought this outfit back from last year- this geometrically-patterned and lace scarf with same-shape earrings and color-block heels. The difference between wearing it before, I think, is the V-neck sweater and camel pencil skirt. I also wore additional geometrically-shaped earrings, so then, wore my hair in a half-bun so they were visible. For makeup: gold and black eyeshadows and gold lip-gloss. 

Sweater: Express, hand-me-down from Godmother

Skirt: Rainbow Shops $9.99

Scarf: Ltd. Commodities, $5

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50%, approx. $15-20

Earrings: Fuschia: K-Mart, $0.89

               Triangle & Arrows: 3 pr. pk, Rue 21, $2.49

Makeup: All Ulta

O, Holy.....work day

Last week, I wore this holey high-low sweater. It's gold and cream, so I wore matching bangles and heels (beige with gold details), and a cream scarf. I wore gold earrings that match up with the shape of the holes in my sweater. For makeup, black and gold shadows and gold lip gloss. It's a good in-between season outfit since the sweater is light enough for fall and not too cool for winter. This can be worn with a tee underneath for warmer weather, but here, I wore with a scarf to match the season. 

Sweater: Suzie's Deals (AZ), $5

Scarf: Have had for years

Bangles: Christmas gift one year

Earrings: given to me from aunt

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50% off, $19

Makeup: Gold shadow: NYC; Black: Ulta; Lip gloss: Ulta

Color pop

This outfit was compiled because I hadn't worn this pocketed skirt or beaded necklace in a while. So, I planned around both items by choosing a solid colored shirt-- green to break up the black- and an open-back lace cardigan. The necklace went well with the lace on the cardigan, I thought. I kept with the lacy-rose theme by wearing both green and black rose stud earrings. I wore a belt on my waist to make the outfit more flattering since I was wearing an open cardigan with an A-line skirt. I kept with simple black heels since the rest of the outfit had a lot going on. Finally, I wore green and black eye-shadows and twisted my hair half back so the back of the cardigan would be visible.

Necklace: Rosegal, $5-8

Earrings: eBay, 6-prs, $5ish

Belt: Rue 21, 2-pk, $2.98

Green top: Rue 21, $5

Skirt: Bob's Stores, free with $10 coupon

Cardigan, hand-me-down from Godmother

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50% off, approx. $15-20

Amiga or Neil Young?

A couple weeks ago, I had been wanting to wear this patterned shawl- I didn't want the fall to get away from me without being able to wear such a cute article of clothing- and with this fall felt, floppy hat. To go with the shapes in the shawl (or serape, if you will), I wore silver angular hoops and to keep with the silver, I wore multiple silver bangles, which, in turn, matched the buckles on my boots. For makeup: charcoal and black eye-shadows. Really, this outfit was easy to put together- the hat, shawl and boots did all of the work! 

Shawl: Rue 21, clearance, last year, $5

Hat: Kohl's, clearance, last year, $8

Boots: Rue 21, BOGO sale, last year, $11

Earrings: hand-me-down from co-worker/friend

Bangles: one set: gift a few years back; one set: hand-me-down from same co-worker/friend