Moves like Audrey

Today one of my coworkers told me I reminder her of Audrey Hepburn, I think it was one of the nicest comments I've ever gotten. I do not believe I in anyway resemble Ms. Hepburn but if I can rock an outfit with the same does of ladylike fabulousness, then that is awesome.
On a totally unrelated note, I would like to formally petition Old Navy to make this top in more colors, asap. It looks way more expensive than it is, and its fits wonderfully and it's thin fabric but not see through. It is pretty much perfect for a Texas summer but right now only comes in leopard or snow leopard. Which is great, but I'd like it in pink, black, blue, green, you get the picture.



We're gearing up for a quite Easter here at the Compton house. I'm going to do a little more gardening, hanging out with the dog, and catching up on my comic book reading which I've been ignoring to that extent that I've got about 4 months of issues backed up. I hope you have a wonderful and restful holiday weekend!


Cardi: Target
Top: Old Navy
Jeans: Target
Flats: Target

Uniform

I apparently have a Friday uniform. I was unaware of this until this morning, as I was walking into my office it dawned on me that I had worn the exact same outfit last Friday. I love fun clothes and during the week I find it easier to embrace this love with fun dresses, skirts, and tops. However, the jeans casualness of my office on Friday didn't feel as fun or interesting. Thankfully, the fashion gods decided to bring back colored denim this season and it has given me a whole new love of Friday casual. Apparently this love has translated itself into cardi, striped top, colored pants, printed flats. Its fun, comfortable, and fashionable, I call that a win all around.

We enjoyed the Hunger Games last night. Obviously the books were better but that's always the case, isn't it? This weekend I'll be finishing planting the garden and working on some Pinterest DIYs! I'm pretty excited for a cork board on the pantry door and a chalkboard too! I'm sure I'll be posting photos on the twitters and instagram, so look for exciting craft up dates there!

Cardi: Target
Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Jeans: Target
Flats: Target

After

I did not wear this to work. I wore the top half, but the bottom was a black pencil skirt and black tights, rather predictable but it was a Monday of a Monday so it worked. This outfit is what I wore on the super awesome Monday night date that the Mr. and I went on. Delicious Mexican food at El Arroyo and grocery shopping. Pretty sure that's the definition of a married person date, but it was fun and chill and perfect.



I had a whole other outfit planned for this morning, but as I said, it was a Monday and it just didn't work out. So I dug around in my closet and found this top that I'd totally forgotten I had. I bought it on a whim a few years ago and wore it to death last year, but since we moved in September, I've not worn it. Bringing it back this morning was like finding an old friend.


Cardi: Target
Top: Stein Mart
Jeans: Target
Flats: Target
Puppy: Petunia Jean

Canadian Tuxedo

When I came downstairs this morning, Pete commented that I looked very cute in my Canadian Tuxedo. I've never done the denim on denim thing, but it was Friday and we'd had a party the night before and I was still half asleep (see all photos in this post) and so I went for it. I think it made an otherwise crazy busy, but not so exciting, Friday, a bit more interesting.



I added this great vintage necklace and bright red lips to make it a little more work friendly and I think it was just the extra bump the outfit needed to make it a winner. I love adding super girly touches to not so girly outfits. It keeps my coworkers and my husband on their toes, and that's always good.


Shirt: Old Navy
Jeans: Old Navy
Bag: Melie Bianco
Loafers: Payless
Necklace: Vintage via a garage sale

Meow

When I got dressed this morning, I told Pete this outfit screams "Hi, I have a fashion blog" and for that I love it. I had to make sure teal jeans were work appropriate but once I got the okay, I knew they would be a lovely new addition to my Friday attire.



I love the little cats all over this top, not only does it let you know that I am a cat lady, but the scoop back with the bow helps show off my tattoo quite nicely. I think this feature will be more useful come summer, because today wore the cardigan all day, so no one at work saw the back. I hope you have a lovely weekend, I am off to finish the last book in the Hunger Games trilogy and mentally prepare myself for the bridal shower I'm helping throw on Sunday!


Cardi: Target
Top: Old Navy
Jeans: Target
Bag: Melie Bianco
Wedges: Chelsea Crew via Ruche

Jeansday

The hubs has taken to calling Friday "Jeansday" since he knows that I will be in jeans, unless told otherwise by work. I actually stumbled upon this outfit Wednesday night while trying to figure out a top option for a skirt, when I saw this combo, I loved it, but knew that it was meant for jeans. So I put it aside, and this morning I felt super on top of things when I was dressed in under 5 minutes!



I am super excited for Jason Wu for Target on Sunday. I've got a group of 3 awesome girlfriends that I will be meeting up with, at 7:15, on Sunday morning. I plan on blogging, tweeting, and instagraming the adventure, so if you aren't crazy like we are, feel free to live vicariously though my overuse of social media!

Cardi: Anthropologie
Top: Ann Taylor
Jeans: Old Navy
Shoes: Target
Headband: Charlotte Russe

Pizazz

Today there was a big all staff meeting on campus for our team. Thankfully they made the attire casual, nothing worse than a half day meeting in the middle of campus on a Friday that you also have to dress up for. So since it was a Friday, I naturally wore jeans and since the meeting was in the middle of campus and that called for walking, I wore flats, and since I love to show school spirit, I rocked the burnt orange cardi. I have no reason for the sequined covered tee or the large cat pendent, other than I like to add a bit of pizazz to everything I do.



I've never worn this many sequins at one time before. I wasn't really sure I loved the idea of it, but when I found this tee on super sale at Ann Taylor last weekend, I just went for it. I may have been called a disco ball, but I owned it and loved it. I can't wait to dress this up a little next time.


Top: Ann Taylor
Jeans: Old Navy
Cardi: Target
Flats: Target
Bag: Melia Bianco
Necklace: Gift from my Granny to my Mom years ago and recently gifted to me!

Tiny feet FTW

Has this week felt insanely long to anyone else? For a 4 day week, it sure felt like 6. Needless to say, I was super excited to see casual Friday this week! To celebrate, I went simple and floral. To be honest, I wanted to wear my PJs but I'm pretty sure that is frowned upon in the University Development community, so my favorite jeans and a soft cardi were the next best thing.



I love shoes and I have tiny feet, which makes my love of shoes all the more dangerous. Its really easy to find shoes on sale in my size, since very few ladies are a 6. Another great thing about tiny feet are Target girls flats. The sweet people at Target feel bad for the 9 and 10 year olds who have lady size feet, so their size 3 and 4, are in fact the same as an adult 5 and 6! Because of this I have a lot of Target girl flats.
They are cute, comfy, and $10, so if you have tiny feet like me, go sit in the girls shoe isle and get funny looks from other shoppers as you find the perfect pair of sparkly red Dorthy shoes! I'll be there with you, trying to decide if I should get another pair!

Cardi: Target
Top: Old Navy
Jeans: Old Navy
Scarf: H&M
Flats: Target

Simple and comfy

My allergies are still raging, hence the drugged face in most of these photos, so today called for simple and comfy. This ended up working out because today was crazy at the office, running all over and dealing with the crazy temperature changes, flats and an over-sized cardi were the perfect combo.


On another note, people are still impressed with the Missoni for Target collection. Before 9am I had 3 people comment on my shoes. A huge shout out to my little sister for dropping everything and making a Target run when she should have been writing a paper to score me the little girl Missoni flats. You rock Goo-der!


Cardi: Target
Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Jeans: Old Navy
Flats: Missoni for Target
Necklace: Target

Geaux!

Geaux Tigers for day.
Yes I rocked the purple and gold while in the land of burnt orange and it was great.



Geaux Tigers for night.
We're heading to a bar, so a t-shirt and my sparkly tiger flats will be just perfect!

I am from New Orleans, and my dad went to LSU, I grew up watching the games on Saturdays and listening to his stories year round. Naturally I am pretty stoked about tonight's BCS Championship game!

No time to list where the items came from, instead I'll leave you with my favorite LSU cheer!

Hot boudin,
cold cous-cous,
come on Tigers,
push push push

Mama's got a brand new bag

So for Christmas the wonderful Mr. answered my handbag dreams and under the tree I found this fab bag. Normally I don't carry it for work, but since I had lunch plans and didn't need to bring my lunch box that meant I could carry my new best friend (in which my furry best friend, Petunia, can fit)



Being casual Friday at work, I wore jeans. One of my coworkers stopped me and commented that they must be the only pair of pants I own. I laughed, mostly because she was almost totally right, at least in the sense that they are the only pair of pants I wear to work. Dress pants are not something you'll ever see me in.


Cardi: Anthropologie
Shirt: Banana Republic Outlet
Jeans: Old Navy
Flats: Target
Bag: Melie Bianco

A Rainy day in Austin town

What is this falling from the sky? Its rain!
We haven't gotten hardly any rain around these parts this year, so today was strange and awesome. I never look out my windows in the morning before getting dressed, but today I did and goodness was I glad! Today called for faux patent leather flats, not nice velvet ones. Add a comfy tee, a cardi, and a good scarf and you've got an outfit made in rainy Friday heaven.



I'm signing in the rain, just singing and taking style blog photos in the rain!


Scarf: Target
Cardi: Target
Shirt: Banana Republic Outlet
Jeans: Old Navy
Shoes: Target

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