Fairly Basic

I think if I had to pick one word to describe the most important thing to me in clothing, it would be comfort. That's what I was looking for this morning when I pulled out this gray dress. I added some fun touches with a leather belt and sequined shoes and was good to go.  Since this was a fairly basic color palette, I added some super fun teal bird earrings just to mix it up.

This week has just flown by, I'm a little shocked tomorrow is Friday. I'm also really excited because it means we are just 5 days away from our summer trip to Colorado. I am so excited for mountain air and seeing some of my best friends. It's going to be awesome!

Dress: Old Navy 

Belt: H&M

Shoes: Target 

Necklace: Target

Earrings: Target

Totes Profresh

It's Monday, and that means simple with a pop. A black dress, black wedges, and lovely new statement necklace made for the perfect easy Monday combo. Plus we were holding interviews in my office today, so looking professional and well put together was important. 

I found this lovely necklace over the weekend, and it just makes me so darn happy. I normally have a strict no Forever 21 policy, but I am willing to bend it for jewelry only.  I've been looking for a blue/green statement necklace for a while, but since I am not one to wear jewelry a lot, I didn't want to spend much. Enter a random trip to the mall and finding the perfect solution.

Necklace: Forever 21

Dress: Target
Belt: Lulu's 

Shoes: Target

Statement Necklace

Have I mentioned I have awesome coworkers? Because I do. Not only are they great to work with, they are also very fashionable and willing to share where they find things. For example, this awesome necklace. My coworker Kelley was wearing it last week and I feel in love. She shared that she found it at World Market for $10! Obviously, I had to take a trip this weekend to see if I could find my own, and thank goodness I did. I just love it and while Pete isn't the biggest fan, I can wait to wear it all summer long.



I won't be around the interwebs tomorrow night, we've got a hot date with a big group of friends for the Hunger Games at the Alamo Draft House and I am super excited! They have a special menu to go with the movie, so I will be eating Basil Wrapped Goat Cheese, Katniss' Lamb and Plum Stew, and Mellark's Bakery's Strawberry Upside-Down Cake, while drinking some sangria and enjoying the movie. Yeah, its going to be awesome.


Cardi: Target
Shirt: Old Navy
Skirt: Target
Wedges: Target
Necklace: World Market

Terrifically Tall

Over the weekend I found these great wedges at Target. I can't explain it, but they were the only pair in the store, in my size, and on sale for $8, yet online they are still full price. I'm pretty sure this pair was destined for my closet. I am not normally a lady who wears 5 inch heels, but I figured for the price, I could take the chance. They were actually fairly comfortable but then again I spent most of my day sitting at my desk sorting data. Maybe next time I'll be brave and try them out on a busy day.



This evening we went to Lowe's after I got home from work. Its time to begin gardening here in Central Texas and we're really excited about it this year. We finally have a yard to spread out in a bit, so we're going big. I can't wait for delicious tomatoes, peppers, herbs, onions, and lettuce, basically its going to be awesome! I also decided I'd try potting geraniums this year, so hopefully I'll have pretty hanging pots of flowers in a few months!

Cardi: Target
Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Skirt: Target
Belt: Target
Wedges: Target
Necklace: In Pink

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

Stripes & Equality

I've had this shirt for over 6 months and this is the first time I've worn it and I have no idea why. Its got a great cut, a classic pattern, and its totally work appropriate. One of my goals this year is to wear everything in my closet and pulling this out last night reminded me that I have a lot of hidden gems.



I decided today after watching this, that I soon plan to venture into a JC Penney. I've never really shopped there before, but if a company can be awesome and stand up to bigots, then I am happy to give them a shot.


Shirt: Vintage via Hunt.Gather.Style
Skirt: Target
Tights: Spanks
Wedges: Target
Necklace: Banana Republic Outlet
Lipstick: Revlon- Really Red

Mr. Hipster

You know its a good outfit day, when a random man passes you on the street and tells you "love the outfit." I don't tend to get complimented by total strangers, and certainly not male strangers with thick rim glasses and a big beards. So thanks Mr. Hipster for the nice compliment, it put a pep in my step the rest of the day!



Today was lovely! Just the right amount of busy. I had a super fun lunch with some of my former coworkers. It was so good to catch up with them, share stories, and laugh. Then Peter's mom took us out to a delicious dinner. Nothing is better than wearing an outfit you love, while eating fired green beans and the most delicious s'mores!


Cardi: Target
Shirt: Old Navy
Skirt: Ruche
Tights: Spanx
Booties: Target
Necklace: Banana Republic Outlet

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!

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

Mixer

This outfit is a combination of Pinterest inspirations, camel and leopard and polka dots and leopard. When I got dressed this morning I thought this look might be a little loud for me, as I am not typically a pattern mixer. I added the owl necklace to break things up a bit and draw attention. I'm guessing it worked since the owl was the only thing anyone commented on. By 5 today I was really pleased I went out of my comfort zone, yay for breaking out of fashion ruts and trying new things!


Cardi: Target
Shirt: Old Navy
Skirt: Thifted via Buffalo Exchange
Belt: Target
Tights: Spanx
Wedges: Target
Necklace: Fredrick's of Hollywood (weird, I know)

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