Cranberry

Today I was asked if my tights were pink or red, I responded that they're cranberry, because that seems like the obvious holidayish answer to this question, also its what the package said.


This dress is from the Tucker for Target collection, which is still to this day my favorite Target designer collection. I love everything about this dress, it works in every season and with all sorts of colors. Its my go to happy dress and to be honest, I have to remember to that I can't wear it every week, even though I wish I could.

Dress: Tucker for Target
Belt: Thrifted Fossil
Tights: Target
Cardi: Target
Boots: Steve Madden

Bombs away

So my sister and I did a little Black Friday shopping and on our adventure I found an amazing deal on this sweet bomber jacket! I'd always wanted one but wasn't sure I could justify the expense. Once again Target steered me right, and now I have a sweet bomber jacket. You might also have seen the lovely Kendi rocking this same jacket, and I'll be honest, seeing her work it made me keep my eye out a little more.
My next step is to work it into my whole day out fit, rather than just my outside when its cold jacket.




I once again represented my love of this mustard yellow cardigan and black pencil skirts. This is however a new Black Friday pencil skirt, from the super sale rack, apparently no one else bothered to notice the reason it wouldn't zip down was the zipper was stitched over, all it took was a little ingenuity with my car keys to cut the string, and bam, a sweet super sale skirt for me!



This is one of my many vintage owls, I found him half broken and half off at Buffalo Exchange, a simple trip to Joann's to get him a new eye and some pliers to fix a too wide ring, and he's as good as new and twice as awesome!

Jacket: Target
Cardigan: Target
Shirt: Old Navy
Skirt: Target
Tights: Target
Shoes: Ruche
Necklace: Buffalo Exchange

Cold = Sweater Dress

Today was the coldest day of the "winter" so far, it wasn't even 40 while we took these photos, so obviously that meant it was time to pull out the sweater dress I bought a month ago but didn't have reason to wear until now. I'm glad I did, it kept me toasty warm all day! Also, a fun fact for your Monday, if you live in Austin you have to buy these online, for some reason our local Target doesn't carry sweater dresses, weird!



I got this belt because I really wanted a dark brown belt, mainly to go with my non black but still dark shoes. When I saw this on Ruche, I knew it was meant to be, its just the right size and I love how the clasp looks like a bow! Its like not only did I get dressed this morning, but I give you myself as a present, and who doesn't love a little present on a Monday morning?

Just a little Blue steal for you.

Cardi: Target
Dress: Target
Belt: Ruche
Leggings: Newport News
Shoes: Target

Thief

I blatantly stole this outfit from a photo I saw on Pinterest. I loved the simple mix of black and brown and since I had all of this in my closet, it was a no brainer on a jam packed half work day. There is nothing better than an over sized cardi and leggings while furiously working on spreadsheets for 4 hours.



I have fallen into the fashion bloggers who hate winter* category, Peter and I now have to take my photos before work, which is far to early for me to be photographed. I apologize, in advance, for the puffy eyes and half awake smiles you'll be seeing over the next few months, and the look in the photo below, ugh, so not a morning person.

Cardi: Eddie Bauer
Tunic: Gap
Leggings: Target
Scarf: Target
Boots: Steve Madden

*winter in the sunrise/sunset time sense only, since it was 75 degrees today and that in no way equals actual winter.

Did you get the memo?

This weekend I did a little thrifting and I happened upon one of my best finds in a while, this lovely leather belt from Fossil. As a general rule I tend not to buy belts new (especially leather belts) because you can always find such great deals at thrift stores, like this one, it still had its original price tag of $30 but I paid $5 and that's awesome!


I knew today was going to be nuts at work so I wanted simple but girly. If my day's going to be crazy at least I can feel pretty in a fun dress and heels, so LBD (little black dress) and leopard wedges it was. Apparently this was a memo many of my coworkers got as I was one of 4 ladies rocking the LBD, is always nice when everyone gets the memo in time.

Cardi: Target
Dress: Target
Belt: Thrifted Fossil
Shoes: Payless
Bag: Coach

Blue Monday

Woo for Monday of a 2.5 day week. We had an event luncheon thing on campus today, so I needed to dress up a little but not stick out, hence the simple pencil skirt and high neckline. This cardigan is the brother to my mustard yellow cardigan, I loved it so much I got it in two more colors this weekend. I do this every winter, find a cardi style I love and get it in as many colors as I feel I need and this peacock blue was a need for this year.



You might notice the festive red cup in my hand, that would be a delicious Caramel Brulee Latte from Starbucks, its my version of the pumpkin spice latte nonsense so I will be having a great number of these for the next month, yum! Plus I think the red is a nice addition to the outfit.


Notice, the crazy that is Petunia Jean during outfit photos, silly pup.

Cardigan: Target
Top: Gap
Skirt: Target
Belt: Target
Tights: Spanx via Rue La La
Wedges: Target
Bag: Coach

Love list

Friday, man do I love Friday. Friday means jeans and the end of the week! Two things I happen to love! You might have noticed my current love is this mustard cardigan, I was on the hunt for this cardi for months so I'm loving remixing it! Also, I finally found a simple leopard scarf and as soon as it arrived I knew it was meant to go with mustard yellow.



Also, yay for new wedges, I was so excited when I found these affordable loafer wedges! I was even more excited when I got compliments on them all day long and was once again able to sign the praises of Target, because we all know that is also something I love. To top all of this love off, I did one of my favorite accessories, red lipstick. It's not a look I rock every day but it is a look I love and I love it even more with a simple jeans and a tee combo.


Cardi: Target
Scarf: Target
Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Jeans: Old Navy
Shoes: Target
Lipstick: Revlon "Just Bitten" in Gothic

Potluck!

Today to celebrate Thanksgiving my work hosted its annual Turkey Day Potluck, in my department we have over 100 people (they work all over campus) so it was a HUGE spread of deliciousness and I felt it necessary to dress the part to the best of my abilities!


Peter got me this dress for our first Christmas together and I love it. I only wear it in the winter months and since its sleeveless I can change it up with different sweaters and cardigans. Not only are the colors great, the pattern has little snails in it too, which just makes me smile.


Petunia got spayed on Tuesday and has since been sporting quite the Elizabethan style collar. She isn't too big of a fan of it, obviously, but I think she's pretty darn cute as a 16th century Queen.

Cardi: Target
Dress: Charlotte Russe
Belt: Papaya
Tights: Target
Boots: Steve Madden

That one time I was in a Nirvana video

So this is the magic dress re-imagined for fall, I love this dress and am glad to make it work year round. However, once I got dressed and looked in the mirror I realized my look was very 1994, small flowers, heavy boots, large cardi, etc. I'll be honest, I kinda loved it.



Have I mentioned I love Target? This whole outfit is from Target and was maybe $60 total. These boots I got last weekend, and even though they are full price on the website, at my local store they were 50% off, it was like fated boot love, I know they aren't the best quality but for my purposes (indoor 95% of the time and sitting in my cubical) and the price they are perfect!


Dress: Target
Tights: Target
Cardi: Target
Belt: Papaya
Boots: Target

Mustard Yellow Cardigan Club

So today at work one of my coworkers was in an identical cardigan, we decided that we were starting a club, for the cool kids that wear mustard yellow cardigan. Its a pretty awesome club, if you have a mustard yellow cardigan, you are invited to join.



I wore this dress for our engagement photos and am so excited I've found a way to make it work for the fall. I love the little flowers and I wasn't expecting the brown tights to work so well, but they did! Yay for making awesome pieces work year round!


Petunia update, she now weighs 6lbs, precious tiny pup pup.

Cardi: Target
Dress: Ruche
Belt: Papaya
Tights: Target
Boots: Steve Madden

red skirt

So a while back I got this red skirt and it took me a long time to figure out how I wanted to style it. You see while I love red, I don't wear it very often, but I really love this skirt so I'm hoping to find many different ways to rock it this winter.



I fell in love with this shirt at Old Navy a few months ago but I thought it was a bit flimsy for the price so I walked away, but I stalked it online until it went on sale and I pounced. I love the little polka dots and it looks just as cute with jeans as it does dressed up a bit.


Top: Old Navy
Skirt: Target
Belt: Ruche
Tights: Spanx via Rue LaLa
Boots: Steve Madden

Bows, Stripes, and Puppy Sweaters

Are you on pinterest? If you aren't you should be, because its amazing. Anywho, I found this quote on there and it pretty much sums up exactly how I feel when I wear a pencil skirt.
"Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady" - Edith Head


Nothing says woman and lady like lace bows and a pencil skirt! The red belt adds a nice little pop of color, which I think is important when there's so much black.


Petunia Jean is now following in my foot steps and has developed a taste for sweaters. She's a Texas lady through and through and when it gets below 60 degrees she insists on a sweater. So I've started a little collection of darling sweaters for the pup including this this precious plaid number.

Skirt & Belt: Target
Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Cardi: H&M (last summer)
Wedges: Target
Petunia's Sweater: Target