Green Sweater Dress

I'm not sure what the temperature is like at your house, but it was COLD here over the weekend. Even though the weather was less than stellar, I was dead set on wearing a dress on Sunday. Every outfit I was picking out in my closet was a dress, but I kept putting them back because it was too cold. Then I spotted this sweater dress nicely folded up on my closet shelf....and I knew what I was going to wear. I have to be honest, I have never worn this outfit before. I bought it a few years ago, but I have never found an appropriate time to wear it. The dress itself is a heavy material, so I felt like the parts that it covered would always stay extremely warm, while my arms and legs would freeze. 

Then I learned about putting leggings underneath a dress for the winter, and this outfit appeared. I had originally paired my tall dark brown boots with the outfit for added warmth, but then I figured that since most of my day would either be spent indoors or in a car, I could swap out my boots for my booties since they matched my belt. 

I also had never unbuttoned the necklace of this dress, which felt like it really "opened up" the dress. (I didn't feel as stifled in the dress anymore.) 

I'm not sure how else I will style this outfit, but I plan on trying to figure that out in the near future. Maybe I'll try adding a long-sleeve shirt under the dress, or maybe try adding a vest with it. Only time will tell...

Sweater Dress: Dress Barn

Leggings: Express

Booties: Charlotte Russe

Belt: Francesca's Collections

Necklace: Francesca's Collections

Earrings: Gifted

Orange and Snake Print

Some days I have an idea floating around my head of what I want to wear. Some of these days, the outfit looks as good on me as it did in my head, other days, not so much. I was never 100% okay with this outfit, but I did not dislike it enough to take it off until the family Christmas get-together that evening. I actually kept the outfit the same except that I changed out of the snake-print tank into a navy sequined tank. Of course I did not get pictures of the second outfit, so you will just have to use your imagination. 

I still have a few outfits leftover from 2012 that need to be posted, however I did get a lot of new clothes for Christmas....

Orange cardigan: Dress Barn

Snake Print Tank: Express

Pants: Target

Booties: Charlotte Russe

Necklace: Express

Bracelet: gifted

My new black diamond earrings that then man gave me for Christmas. This is definitely not the best photo ever taken, but you can get an idea of what they look like. 

I got the vest that I really wanted for Christmas. As soon as I unwrapped it, I put it on and wore it for the rest of the day. This was the only photo that I took last week of my clothes, so I thought that I'd share it. 

*I do realized that there is a lot of green in this picture...

Fall times are here

I was able to get this cardigan on Black Friday for $10.00. Dress Barn was having a sale where some of their sweaters were on sale for only $10.00, (of course I couldn't resist). They had a couple of different colors, but I was drawn to this burnt orange sweater. I'm still searching through my closet for more outfit combinations to wear this with, but I couldn't wait to show off my first outfit. I love comfortable outfits like this one!

What is your "go-to" style when you want a comfortable outfit?

Cardigan: Dress Barn

Shirt: Dress Barn

Jeans: Target

Booties: Charlotte Russe

Necklace: Maryland Renaissance Festival from this vendor. 

One ring is from the same vendor and the other is from Silpada (both are retiring items)