I'm back!....sort of

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

I know that it's been awhile since I've posted anything, but  life has been crazy! I feel like we've been working nonstop on the new house, yet there are still boxes to be unpacked, and walls to be painted. Unfortunately I don't have a summer-ish clothing photo, or a patriotic one to post, but I do have an outfit that I'm obsessed with.

I fell in love with this leopard print dress from Express back during their winter sale. One day when I was playing around in my closet, (because sometimes I like to go "shopping" in my own closet), I discovered this little ensemble. I still can't believe that I almost put this sweater in the "clothing swap pile". This skinny white belt also almost went into that pile as well....which is why I advocate YOU to shop YOUR closet.

The leggings obviously make this particular outfit a winter style, but I still love the look. I don't know about your work, but mine is always kept in an "artic chill zone", so this kind of style works perfectly. (On the days when I can wear "real" clothes instead of scrubs).

Dress and sweater: Express

Leggings: Target

Shoes: Dress Barn

Necklace: Francesca's Collections

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RANDOM

Okay....so this post contains a few random outfits that I have photos of, but I didn't do an outfit post on. 

This is my new dress from Dress Barn, and I have worn it at least three times since I bought it. I love a good maxi dress, and this cardigan was a perfect cover up for chilly evenings. I love how comfortable this dress is! 

Stella & Dot Bracelets, Khol's cardigan

My alma mater made it to March Madness, and I was so proud! Now we didn't get very far, but I was/am still proud nonetheless. 

The man's family bought me this green tank while they were on a weekend vacation, so I decided to wear it (Because who doesn't love wearing new clothes?) Please excuse the TRASHCAN next to me in this photo. 

Let's just say that I love this dress. It is from Francesca's collections, (so is the belt). 

So that's just a few photos for ya. Hope you enjoyed them.

Leopard-ness

What an exhausting week it has been, and it is only Tuesday. This is an outfit from house hunting....which I am getting more frustrated with everyday. 

Enjoy my "walk on the wild side" outfit.

Shirt: Dress Barn

Pants: Target

Shoes: Old Navy

Bracelets: Stella and Dot

Color-blocked

So a week ago I got dressed to go to work, and felt really good about my outfit choices. Then I went to start my car and it was not running like it is suppose to. Now my commute to work is not a short one, so luckily the man came to my rescue and drove me to work (and picked me up), but it was not the day that I had imagined as I got dressed that morning.

As I was rummaging through my closet that morning, I was drawn to my color-block blue/green shirt. I honestly wasn't sure which of my pants were clean though, so I had to go through my pants in my dresser, and I pulled these babies out from the bottom of the stack. Now I love these pants, as they are extremely comfortable. I also love that these pants were on the sale rack for a cool $8.00 at Target last fall. 

I'm going to try harder to remember that they exist. Really, I will.

Color block shirt: Dress Barn (Fall 2012)

Black cardigan: Charolette Russe

Pants: Target (Fall 2012)

Shoes: Dress Barn (recent)

Necklace: Express 

Earrings: Francesca's Collections (Winter 2012)

Minty Leopard

Okay I'll admit it, this outfit idea was taken from a blog that I like to follow, Mix and Match Fashion. However these pants are really capri pants and the weather was not warm enough for my ankles to show. I would have paired them with my pink toed flats that I wore in the outfit post from yesterday (if it weren't so dang cold!). 

So expect to see this outfit again (except with different shoes). I'm thinking that it will look like a whole new outfit!

I also had my post titled, but when I looked at the blog page of the outfit that I recreated, I noticed that we had similar title posts. Oops.

I'm sorry, that is all of the text that you get from me today. But I hope that you aren't really looking at this blog for the text. ;)

Shirt: Express

Pants: Khol's

Boots: Express 

Belt: Target

Bracelet: Francesca's Collection (recent)

Spring into Polka Dots

I think the title of this post makes sense when you see the outfit that I wore...lol.

So I have had this particular outfit tucked away in my mind for some time now, but I've felt like the colors were to bright and cheerful to wear during the cold winter months. I decided to wear this combo for Easter, as I kind of felt like an Easter Egg. I had planned on wearing a new cute spring dress that I recently bought, but the weather just wasn't cooperating with me. (Ok so the picture of the dress online doesn't do it justice. It's actually really cute and not so "old" looking in person). 

Okay so back to this outfit. Now these shoes are not actually coral like the shirt, they are more pink. However I like to pretend that from afar the two colors look similar and everyone thinks I'm cool for matching my shoes to my shirt. And my necklace. 

Sweater: The Loft

Shirt: J. Crew Factory

Jeans: Target

Shoes: Old Navy

Necklace: Dress Barn (new item)

Earrings (not shown): My chocolate diamond earrings

Dress Barn has a few knock-off jewelry pieces right now. The necklaces and bracelets resemble those by Stella and Dot, and J.Crew.....at a much lower price. 

Can we just take a quick peak at this necklace for sale at J. Crew right now? I'm obviously searching for it's cheaper twin right now.

Spring Clothes

Lately I have been in the mind set that if I dress for the weather that I want, then maybe the weather will cooperate and be warm. You can tell by this outfit that I was obviously channeling Spring. This particular day was a bit chilly out, so I decided to add my half-cardigan with long sleeves to my floral blouse. 

I love this floral shirt. I mean, when I first got it, I wore it at least once every week. It was a serious problem that I had. Now I try not wear the same thing back-to-back (unless it is my work uniform). 

Semi-cardigan: The Limited (very old)

Floral shirt: Khol's (old)

Jeans: Target

Necklace: (gifted) Macy's

Bracelets: Stella and Dot (recent)

Break it up

I got this sweater from Target during the fall season on sale. I was in a relaxed mood when I got dressed, hence the baggy, comfortable sweater. I added the long white tank to break up the outfit a little bit. Otherwise the whole look is a little too dark for me. 

Okay, so now that I made a post about how my enthusiasm to shop has been curbed.....I have the urge to shop. I blame the fun spring lines that are out everywhere. And the Target catalog that was mailed to my house with a coupon in it specifically for clothes. 

Sweater: Target

Pants: Target

White Tank: Express

Boots: Khol's

Earrings: from Jamaica

Feather ring: Clementine boutique 

Don't remember where the necklace is from

Fighting crime

I can't tell you how happy I am to have found this lavender cardigan at the latest clothing swap. I had been wanting this exact color for some time, but I really haven't been shopping (for myself) lately. (Online doesn't count, lol). Since I started going to these clothing swaps, I don't have the want to go shopping as much as I use to. Since I've been able to come home with a load of "new" clothes, I've been having fun styling these items instead of focusing on what is in the stores. Now, that being said, I do like looking at the catalogs that I receive either via e-mail or snail mail. Hence a recent post about Dress Barn and their new spring line. 

This is the outfit that I wore over the weekend when my cousin and I went to the Crime and Punishment museum in D.C. While we had a blast at the museum, we were not there nearly long enough to really see everything. We also did a "lab", which I highly recommend! We had planned on being there for a while, but were limited to 4 hours because of the stinking metro. I understand that it is easier to do the work on the rail system on the weekends instead of during the work week (aka rush hour). But I'm not really cool with it taking us 3 hours to get from point A to point B, including bus transfers. I guess it was an "experience", and it was good bonding time with my cousin. I would rather have spent that time in the museum. :) Okay now my non fashion rant is finished!

I wish that I owned a dark purple cardigan, but I am happy that I had this lavender cardigan to work with!

Cardigan: Clothing swap

Tank: Express

Pants: Old Navy

Boots: Express

Necklace: Express

Earrings: Gifted

(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 

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.

Green Snakes

Okay, so there are no actual green snakes in this post. But I am wearing green and snake print pants, so the title stands.

I've been taking some pictures of my clothes for my Go Chic or Go Home page, and decided that I needed to wear this shirt ASAP. I was thinking about adding my white vest with the outfit, but that will have to be for another day. 

I really liked the brightness of the shirt with the rest of the outfit , and thought that my new Francesca's necklace went perfectly with it.

Sweater: The Loft (from clothing swap)

Pants: Dress Barn

Boots: Express

Necklace: Francesca's Collections

Bracelet: Forever 21