Colorful leopard with a Spring Line of Excitement

Remember how I said that I get to dress up at least once a week (at my work) now? Well here is my outfit from Monday, the day that I don't have to wear scrubs. This outfit was actually inspired by J's Everyday Fashion. Now I know that my necklace isn't a bubble necklace, nor does it match my jeans exactly, but it works. I really like her colored jeans that also match her necklace, with the addition of the leopard cardigan. I decided to throw in a little lace with my neutral shirt under the leopard cardigan. I also wore boots because my ankles can't handle the cold just yet.

AND...let's talk about Dress Barn's new line out right now. Now I know that I've said this before, but I absolutely hate the name of this place. I mean, who really wants to by clothes from a barn? However, I can usually find some really cute clothes from this store, and their spring line is no exception. Coral and mint/teal are the stand out colors of this spring for them, and I am loving it. I'm also loving how it mirrors many popular brands out there right now that are not cheap. It's got you covered with the jewelry  (Stella & Dot bangles and necklaces) as well as lots of lace clothing,(lace dress from Francesca's Collections), and symmetrical floral clothing (Prabal Gurung for Target). (The color scheme closely resembles that of J.Crew and Express too). Now go take advantage of this spring line. 

Cardigan: From Clothing Swap

Tank: Express

Pants: Express

Boots: Khol's 

Necklace: Khol's

Earrings: man I'm drawing a blank right now.

(Faux) Fur and Stripes

This is the outfit that I wore on Sunday, which was also the same day that we had to drive home. To keep my packing light, I re-wore the same pants, boots, and vest as I did on Friday. I knew that this outfit needed a pop of color, so I added my new necklace that the man bought me from Jamaica. The sweater needed an under shirt, so instead of putting the usual black or cream cami on, I decided to go with teal, (like the necklace).

I think that I have officially worn this sweater with every pair of pants that I own now. Well, not counting capri pants or shorts...

Faux Fur Vest: Dress Barn

Sweater: Francesca's Collections

Pants: Old Navy

Boots: Express

Belt: Target

Necklace and Earrings: from Jamaica 

Green Team with a side of fur

The man and I were able to attend the Virginia Wine Expo this past weekend. Luckily I have family there so we had someone willing to be our chauffeur as well as a comfy bed to sleep in. If you are a lover of wines, then I'd recommend that you check out this event! It was a lot of fun, and we didn't even get to half of the vineyard's tables. 

This is the outfit that I wore on Friday/ on the road to Richmond. Of course I didn't get a photo of the outfit that I wore on the day of the wine expo. But I got a photo of this outfit and the one on the ride home. Two out of three isn't toooooo bad. 

Green Sweater: from clothing swap 

Faux Fur Vest: Dress Barn

Pants: Old Navy

Boots: Express

Necklace: Francesca's Collections

Earrings: From a local in Jamaica 

Just another OOTD

This outfit was based on one of those days wear you want to wear one specific item. That item was the orange cardigan, and I decided that adding a patterned tank with it would make a pretty good outfit. I also decided that I wanted to go sans-boots and went straight for my flats. HOWEVER, it was really really cold and I ended up wearing my brown boots. (After I ran a bunch of errands around town and I thought that my ankles were going to fall off.) 

Moral of the story: it's not flats season yet.

Cardigan: Dress Barn

Tank: Express

Pants: Old Navy

Flats: Old Navy

Necklace: American Eagle

Spring on the mind

I don't know what it feels like at your house, but it is COLD here. I would like it to feel warmer outside, so therefore I decided to dress in spring colors. The cardigan that I'm wearing in these photos is one of the items that I got from the clothing swap. I had just decided that I wanted a light purple cardigan right before I went to the swap, so when I saw this on one of the tables, I knew that I had to have it. 

OOTD

Cardigan: From clothing swap (Daisy Fuentes @ Khols)

Floral Tank: Express

Pants: Old Navy

Boots: Candies @ Khols 

Necklace: Express

Earrings: gifted from Alaska 

Dots and Spots

I am back from Jamacia! Woo hoo! I tried to remember to take pictures while we were there, but of course I don't have my camera cord to connect it to my computer. I never turned my phone on while we were there either as I do not have phone service there (without it costing tons of money). 

If I can find time soon, I will recreate my outfits at home, to show you what I wore. Since I have been back, my days have been long (yesterday was an 11 hour work day), so I only have one outfit to show you. However I do have some good news. Once a week, I will be able to dress up instead of swearing scrubs to work! You fashionistas out there know why this makes me so happy. 

The cardigan in these photos came from the clothing swap that I recently attended!

And Happy Valentine's Day!

Cardigan: Simply Vera Wang (clothing swap)

Tank: Express

Pants: Old Navy

Boots: Candies at Khols

Necklace: Francesca's Collections

Earrings: Forever 21

*Yup, I wear glasses. (Some days.) This was one of those days. 

A non-scrub outfit....finally

I actually got to wear "real" clothes on Friday last week, instead of my normal scrubs. I was so excited that I got to dress up, except that it was actually a "dress down" day. Haha. Everyone else wore blue jeans, but I needed to wear something other than normal jeans. The man definitely laughed at me for getting so excited about wearing "fun clothes". 

I'm going to be on a mini vacation from Friday-Monday, so there won't be any posts. I might do a suitcase post, but I'm not really sure what I'm packing yet, so only time will tell.

Hope your week is going well so far!

Sweater: Express

Tank: Express

Pants: Target

Boots: Express

Necklace: Express

This outfit was brought to you by Express....minus they didn't pay for anything, lol.

Clothing Swap Round Two!

I was able to attend another clothing swap this past weekend! This is the second swap that I have attended, and I am loving them. I did a post about my first clothing swap HERE. I ended up taking back a shirt and a skirt that I picked up from the previous swap because they didn't work in my wardrobe, but that is the beauty of clothing swaps. You can try out a new item of clothing that you might be hesitant to buy in a store. If you don't like the item, you can just take it back to the next swap!

Here is a shot of everything that I got to take home

I got a plaid jacket, a red fedora, a pink necklace, purple and white maxi dress, coral brown and white maxi dress, a peach and teal dress, a pink and brown scarf, a purple dress, a black and white striped tank, green capri pants, a green tank, a snake print belt, a gold a silver thick belt, a lavender cardigan, a wallet, and a polka dot cardigan (Simply Vera Wang). 

Not pictured here is a pink and white dress, and a brown sweater cardigan for my mom. She had donated some clothing for the swap as well, so I felt like it was only fair for her to get something in return. 

Here is the outfit that I wore to the clothing swap. Wearing leggings and a cami is a MUST when going to a swap. I usually just take off my belt and sweater dress when I'm trying on the clothes, and I keep them in my bag of clothes. (I don't want anyone walking off with the clothes that I'm wearing that day!) And to make sure that I don't accidentally  put my sweater dress or belt into the pile of clothes for the swap, I always make sure that I put them back on before I start returning clothes that I have picked up.

Sweater Dress: Express

Belt: Francesca's Collections

Leggings: Target

Shoes: Francesca's Collections

Necklace: Francesca's Collections

Earrings: Old Navy

Cami: Express

Have you ever attended a clothing swap? If so, what are some of your tips?