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