Mismatched patterns give me anxiety

I hadn't worn this comfy sweater yet this season, so pulled it out on a cold day. To match it, I wore this off-white feather printed scarf. For jewelry, I wore these cream oversized earrings I picked up before Christmas at a warehouse sale. To keep with the off-white theme, I added similarly colored bangles and rings. I'm not crazy about wearing the rose ring a floral patterned earrings with the feather print scarf, but at least they match in color. For makeup, I wore magenta, cream and black shadows and dark rose lip crayon.

Sweater: $5, store in AZ

Earrings: $2, warehouse sale

Bracelets: Christmas gift a few years ago

Rings: $2, clearance, Rue 21 or Charlotte Russe

Makeup: all Ulta, all free with min. purchases

Lederhosen??

This is an outfit I've been wanting you wear for a while because I thought it would be cute together and because I have all these (faux) suede accessories to match together. However, my husband says it looks like I'm wearing lederhosen.

What do you think? Yay or nay? Do I like like a German misfit or does it look cute? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Please comment!!

Matching everything possible II

Apparently, I thought it was okay to leave the house with everything and anything on that matched. At the time, I had been wanting to wear this (very comfie) pink dolman top. From there, I decided I really wanted to wear these beige boots and wondered to myself, "what can I wear to pull these two things together?" I then realized I could wear this multi-color scarf that has pink, beige and black in it, along with a camel pencil skirt and, then, black tights and tee (underneath the dolman top) to bring it all together. I twisted a black scarf in with the multi-color scarf because the outfit needed more black. I think I could have stopped there..... but, I guess I felt the need to wear a cream colored pin that went with the cream in some of my other jewelry.........I wore a set of pink multi-material bangles and, also, a set of pink stackable rings as well as pink and black rose stud earrings to go with the rose in the ring set and the pin. Both the bangles and stackable rings are gold, which goes with the accents on the boots. For makeup, I wore pink and black eye-shadows and pink lip-crayon. 

Where to start......

Pink top: Rue 21, $5

Boots: Alloy? 

Bracelets: Rue 21, clearance, $3-4

Rings: Charlotte Russe, clearance, $2

Earrings: eBay, approx. $5 for multiple colors

Pin: eBay, ordered for wedding, $3?

Scarves: Multi: a gift from boss a couple years ago; Black: gift shop in AK, $5

Makeup: All Ulta, all free with min. purchases

Prep

I purchased this sweater and matching top a few years ago during a BOGO 50% off sale at NY&Co. I don't wear them too much since it's a little preppy for my style, but I do still think they're cute together. This time, I wore the sweater and top with navy dress pants and grey leather oxfords (I also am not a fan of wearing flats). In an effort to jazz up the outfit a little more, I wore  multi-strand chain and pearl necklace, but then ended up prepping the outfit even more with pearl stud earrings and pearl bracelets (to go with the necklace and the white in the top). For hair, I twisted my hair back and pinned it and gathered into a low pony, wrapping some strands around the hair tie. For makeup: light purple, silver and navy eyeshadows with navy gel eyeliner. 

Sweater and top: NY&CO., BOGO 50% off sale

Pants: Kohl's, sale, $24.99

Shoes: Steve Madden,  DSW, clearance years back, $25 w/coupon

Necklace: Vera Wang, Christmas gift a few years ago

Earrings: eBay, purchased for wedding, $2?

Bracelets: Mother gave to me

Makeup: Silver and Navy shadows: Avon, Lilac: Tarte- gift; Gel liner: Ulta

Does this bow make me look Amish?

Quick post tonight. My husband asked where my Amish cap was to go with the bow. What do you think-- is it cute or do I look Amish?

Would you like another...black and tan?

I had been wanting to wear this sweater since it's both cozy and cute. With it, I wore a pencil skirt (surprise) and black boots. I hadn't worn this scarf in a while, so I added it even though the sweater is a cowl neck. The scarf is black and has tans and browns in it. To go with the scarf, I wore antique gold hoop earrings that are accented with multi color black and brown beads. The scarf, sweater and earrings were all given to me. 

Sweater: White House/Black Market, given to me from Godmother

Scarf: gift from my mother

Earrings: given to me from Aunt

It speaks for itself

This was a sweater I wanted for a few years (for obvious reasons) and finally purchased. I wore the ruffly sweater with matching grey tights, a black pencil skirt and black boots. For jewelry, I wore a layered necklace/earring set-- I thought this would match nicely with the layered effect on the sweater. For makeup- charcoal eye-shadow. 

Sweater: Venus.com, $29

Necklace/earring set: Vera Wang, Christmas gift a few years back

Boots: K-Mart, store closing sale, $11

Skirt: have had

Makeup: Ulta, free with min. purchase

Faux Feather, Faux Fur Funky Friday

Since I like to try more casual things on Fridays, this particular day, I wore a cream faux fur vest and dressed it up with a black asymmetrical skirt and matching beige heels with gold accents. To go with the vest, I wore a feather print, cream scarf. To go with the feather print and, also, the gold on the shoes, I wore a black feather gold bracelet and black feather gold hoop earrings. (The earrings and bracelet were purchased separately at different stores, but match as well as perfect.) For makeup, I wore fuchsia lip gloss and cream, black and magenta eye shadows. 

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

Scarf: $5, Rue 21 clearance, years ago

Shoes: $11ish, Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50% off

Bracelet: $1.50, Rue 21, clearance, last year

Earrings: $2.00?, Charlotte Russe, clearance, earlier this year

Makeup: all Ulta, all free with min. purchases

Stewardess

I think the fad is on its way out these days, but I only rediscovered ribbon recently. When I was in my late teens/early twenties, I would wear a ribbon around my neck as a choker (that's right- just a piece of ribbon you can buy at the craft store). Now, I'm wearing the same kind of craft store ribbon, but as a feminine bow-tie, if you will. However, with this light blue sheer button down, I might look a bit like a stewardess. Nonetheless, I still liked the outfit and even scored some compliments at work that day. I wore the top with black paper-bag pants and black patent leather heels, to keep the outfit nice and dressy. For jewelry, I wore black stick earrings to both keep with the color scheme and keep it simple

Ribbon: Walmart (the enemy)

Button down top: Forever 21, $11

Pants: T.J. Maxx, clearance, $7-9?

Shoes: Burlington Coat Factory

Earrings: Charming Charlie, clearance, $3ish

Sparkly and Shiny

Tis the season to be sparkly! A couple weeks ago, I wore a grey sequin sweater vest with a white long sleeve shirt, a black skirt and grey tights (to match the grey top, but also to break up the black skirt with the black boots). To dress up the long sleeved tee, I wore a black 3/4 blazer and, then, brought the black together with the grey with a black scarf. For jewelry, I wore long dangly earrings with clear gemstones (I haven't worn these in so long, I almost forgot about them). To match, I wore a clear gemstone bracelet set my Aunt made especially for me. For makeup: grey and black eyeshadows and pink lip crayon that went nicely with the sequins. 

Sweater vest: hand-me-down from Godmother

Blazer: have had

Skirt: Kohl's, $19.99 (I like this skirt so much, I bought another one)

Boots: K-Mart, store closing sale, approx. $11

Earrings: have had

Bracelets: hand crafted for me from Aunt :) 

Scarf: Alaskan gift shop; $5

Matching everything possible

I wore this outfit a couple weeks ago and LOVE it! Not only was it fun to put together and match up, but it looked cute. Floral clothing is usually fun for me to play with since there are so many colors to work with.  I wore this blanket scarf with a black skirt and tights as I do not currently have another skirt that would match. But, to make it work, I wore a black tee underneath this sheer top. I wore cream and gold heels to bring together the lighter colors on the upper part of the outfit. For jewelry-- lots of it, I wore a necklace that was purchased at the same time as the scarf since they matched so well in the store (both gifted to me), a peach rose bracelet and peach rose stud earrings, purple and gold dangly earrings (the purple beads go with the purple beads in the necklace), a gold and purple ring, and gold bangles....because all of the other jewelry was not enough. :) For makeup, I wore gold lip gloss and peach and purple eye shadows with purple eye gel liner. 

Scarf: H&M, birthday gift from Godmother

Necklace: H&M, birthday gift from Godmother

Shoes: Charlotte Russe, BOGO 50% off last year, approx. $15-19

Bracelets: Peach rose: Burlington Coat Factory: $1.99; Gold bangles: came with a bangle set given to me for a Christmas gift one year

Ring: Avon, years ago

Earrings: Purple: gifted as a bridesmaid (worn in a wedding); Peach rose: 6/pk earring set, Rue 21, 

clearance

Makeup: Purple shadow: Lancome, given to me from Aunt; Peach shadow: Ulta; Purple liner: Ulta; Lipgloss: Ulta