ASOS, boots, forever 21, OOTD, payless, vintage

New Year’s Eve: Happy 2013!!

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Outfit without the cardi, notice the dancing glasses.

  Cardigan: Vintage  Shirt: forever 21  Skirt: ASOS  Tights: Target  Boots: Payless  
         Sorry this post is so late, a bug is going around my workplace and I started getting sick Dec 30 and my cold only worsened until recently. So, I figured i’d spare you photos of me looking like a chapped nosed zombie. Aren’t colds fun? Anyway despite feeling a little under the weather on NYE I still went out dancing. The only thing I knew I wanted to wear for NYE was my leather skirt, so I spent a good amount of time in december trying to drum up cute tops to go with the skirt. It wasn’t until Dec 30 that I finally figured out what to wear. I had been to a couple stores but found nothing, so I dug though my wardrobe and found this killer cardigan that I hadn’t worn since prom. I love it but it’s a little over the top, perfect for NYE! It’s a little warm, as it’s cashmere, so I knew I wanted to pair it with a light weight top as i’d probably end up taking it off during the night.  The shirt is from forever 21 and is one i’d been stocking for awhile. It’s sparkly and sheer and something I would actually wear post new years eve.
        I have to say i’m pretty into this outfit.  I would have worn heels but I wanted to dance, was sick, and am not a big heel wearer. So I opted for these boots instead, I think they work pretty well. Anyway this is how I rung in the New Year before my illness took over and I was carrying around a box of tissues and drinking copious ammounts of liquids. Happy 2013 everyone!

2012, best of, OOTD

Best of 2012: Favorite Outfits

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With the New Year only a few hours away, I figured I’d do a little roundup of some of my favorite outfits of 2012. Looking through the pictures I don’t think my style has changed much this year, still pretty simple and classic. But it does give me a lot of ideas of different silhouettes, styles, and accessories to try in 2013. I also may need to experiment in different poses and change up my hair a bit. I see a hair cut and possibly a color change in the near future. Have a great New Year’s eve and I should be back here tomorrow with my first outfit of 2013!

My favorite outfit of 2012

2012, OOTD, worst of

Worst Outfits of 2012: What was I thinking?

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I don’t actually have a lot of outfits that I dislike from this year, but there definitely are some. So in the spirit of end of the year lists, and my personal love of lists in general, I figured i’d make a list of my least favorite outfits of 2012.  These outfits aren’t horrible, but looking back there is something about each of them that I just don’t love. Next year I’ll try and re-style some of these and see if I can come up with outfits I like better. Until then, enjoy my worst of list and look out for  another list my favorite outfits on New Year’s eve.

OOTD, thrift

Movie Monday

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Everything: Thrift
     I wore this outfit to go to a cute french restaurant and see The Master. The Master was…interesting. It seemed really long and was just kind of confusing. I wasn’t a huge fan, but maybe  I need to see it again. Anyway I’d wait for it to go on DVD if you really think you want to see it.
        Collard shirts are a little outside of my comfort zone, so it was a bit odd to wear this shirt simply because I’m not used to wearing them. I love the look of these shirts though and plan to get a few more to add to my wardrobe. I like this outfit though. I’ll probably pair another bottom next time, I found out I really like it paired with my fave leather skirt, so watch out for that post.

ASOS, gifted, macys, OOTD, PLNDR, target

Birthdays are Betta in Leatha

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Shirt: Macys  Skirt: ASOS  Tights: Target  Shoes: gifted Earrings: PLNDR

        So a little over a month ago (November 16th) I turned the ripe old age of 25. It feels good to be 25 but also a bit odd since I’m now a mere 5 years away from 30, whaa? As you know, I’ve been lusting over leather skirts since the beginning of fall. Asos had a pleated leather skirt in it’s main range that I fell in love with but at $150 or so dollars I just couldn’t bring myself to buy it. By the time I figured I could take the plunge the skirt sold out in black and was only available in navy. I like the leather skirt trend, but I just can’t spend 150 dollars on colored leather.
      So in late October I decided to get an asos faux leather skirt that was only 50 dollars as a birthday present to myself. Then Hurricain sandy hit and my package never made it to my house. Asos e-mailed me and said that due to the hurricain they had to send all the packages from their NY shipper back to the UK to inspect the packages and see if they’re able to send them or not. My package was  a total goner. Luckily at that same time Asos curve put up the exact same skirt I had been lusting over earlier in the fall in their range and I just so happened to have a 25% off code, so I decided to go ahead and splurge on the more expensive skirt.
      And I have to say I LOVE this skirt. It’s amazing! I’m soo happy with it and so glad I got to spend my first night as a 25 year old in this fabulous skirt. Also it’s real leather (thus the higher price tag), I just love it so. I would have worn it with these cute black booties I bought earlier that day but was worried about my feet giving out halfway through the night, as they have a bit of a heel.  I totally forgot about my knee high flat black boots, so I opted for my trusted  brown flat ones instead. I’m not in love with this outfit and am seriously looking for better tops to pair with this skirt. I should be wearing this skirt again soon and will hopefully come up with something I’m more in love with.  Anyway I wore this out on my birthday to go watch Drag Queens and dance like a drunken maniac, it was so much fun y’all. 25 will definitely be full of a lot more dancing, I guarantee it.

Ps. Anyone else read leather in the voice of stella from project runway? I. Can’t. Stop. Doing. It. Observe:

ASOS, old navy, OOTD, peplum, stella and dot, vintage

Casual Reception

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Top: ASOS Jeans: Old Navy Shoes: Thrift Cardigan: Vintage Necklace: Stella and Dot
             The daughter of an old friend of my mom’s got married  in mid september and had a low key reception in a local park. Randomly it happened to coincide with my first Saturday off in what seemed like forever. I figured it’d probably be pretty casual, and I was definitely over dressed, but I wanted to dress up a little and I finally had an occasion to wear this top. I couldn’t resist.  It was too cold to wear just the top so I threw my favorite fall/winter cardi on top. I seriously need more cashmere in my life, but it’s soo expensive. I mean on J crew it’s almost $200.00 for one sweater, way out of my price range. I guess I’ll have to keep a look out at the thrifts. Anyway I love this look, I’ve worn it a few times since and I always feel good in it. I also love any occasion when I can sport my favorite necklace.  I seriously need more events to wear my “fancier” clothes.

gifted, old navy, OOTD, thrift

Remember me?

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trying to take pictures in my room, where there is better sun. Can you guess what my favorite color is?

Top: thrifted Jeans: Old Navy Boots: Gifted 

      Sorry for the impromptu blogging hiatus! November was kind of a busy month for me with the election, my birthday, thanksgiving, work and a serious lack of sun I just haven’t been able to get outfit pictures done. But I’m back, promise! I’ve got a bunch of outfits to show you, some from way back in September, so things should be up and running around here this month! Now onto the outfit post!
     
        Recently my favorite pair of skinny jeans died and since Old Navy was having a sale on their Rock Star skinny jeans (really their more like jeggings) I decided I’d go and stock up. I got three pairs all for 19.00 (each) and I have to say they’re kind of my favorite. They are so comfortable! I got a pair in black, dark blue, and slightly lighter dark blue. They come in a bunch of colors but for some reason none of the colors were really getting me. I’m just not that into the colored denim trend, although I could definitely go for some oxblood jeans. I’ve been wanting a pair of black jeans for a while and am totally in love with these. While trying to think of tops to wear with them I remembered this shirt which I’ve only worn  a few times. Most of my jeans are the same color as this shirt and the same color denim on denim is kind of a fashion no-no (not that that should stop you!), but with the black jeans I could finally wear this top with pants. I have to say I really love this outfit. It’s fun, cute and simple. Definitely one of my favorite recent outfits.

2012, Halloween, OOTD, pub crawl, zombie

BRRRAINSSSS

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Dress/ Apron: Garage Sale  Blood on Dress: Ragstock Makeup: thrift Sweater: my grandma
          Last saturday I participated in the 8th Zombie Pub Crawl. It was definitely an experience. The shuttle experience was less than stellar but it was pretty  fun. I don’t know if i’d go again unless I had a friend that really wanted to go, but I’m glad I went. I didn’t take many pictures there (just the one) and was running late to meet my friend so I didn’t end up taking outfit photos. So these myspaceian bathroom mirror pics of me looking like hot mess housewife zombie will have to do for now. I promise at the beginning of the night my makeup was better and I had an extra “wound” on my neck. I was a 50’s style zombie housewife, if you were wondering.

dorothy perkins, OOTD, target, thrift

subtle pattern mixing

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Shirt & Shoes: Thrifted  Pants: Dorothy Perkins Cardigan: Target (old)
                  I wore this to my internship yesterday. I  just thought it up on the fly and I have to say I kind of like it, Sort of subtle pattern mixing. I should have some more outfits coming soon, I just have to take pictures of them.