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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Coral Pops

For This particular outfit, I was going for the monochromatic look. However I felt like I needed some color, so I decided to add my new coral bracelet and necklace. 

I absolutely love getting new accessories! I love the way that a fun bangle or a statement necklace can really transform an outfit. I'm also loving half of  the jewelry at Dress Barn right now. And J.Crew.

 I kind of wish that I had a closet full of jewelry. 

Sweater: Francesca's Collections

Brown Cords: from a family member closet

Necklace: Francesca's Collections

Bracelet: Francesca's Collections

Earrings: Khol's

Shoes: Old Navy

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.

Since I've Been Gone....

Let's talk about how I haven't blogged all month......do I need to say anymore? I don't know about you, but the month of March has flown by so quickly for me. I feel like Valentine's Day was just last week, but now it's Easter. WHAT?! Between work, family, sickness, house hunting, and going out of town, I haven't had a lot of spare time.

I barely even took any photos of the clothing that I've been wearing, and I've come up with some cute outfits recently too! Now that I've gone through my "blogger hiatus", I will be back! (Although there have been a few nights where I stay in my scrubs until I put on my Pj's and go to bed. It happens).

Here is an outfit that I wore to work recently. One of my family members were getting rid of some old clothes in their closet, and they gave me the bag of clothes for the next clothing swap that I plan on attending. As I was sorting through the clothes, I noticed these brown cords. Since I don't own any brown pants, much less any cords, I decided to let this pair hang out in my dresser for a while, instead of sitting in a clothing swap bag.

I still can't believe that I almost got rid of this teal sweater. I had not worn it in at least a year because I didn't like the gaps that would appear between the buttons. (It had been doing this since the day that I bought it, even when I was a couple pounds smaller.) Then after pouring through countless fashion blogs and learning how to re-work a wardrobe, I learned that I could unbutton this sweater and make it work with all sorts of tank tops under it. Now it is a staple in my closet!

Teal sweater: Express

Cream lace tank: Express

Cords: I'm not sure, they came from a family member

Necklace and Earrings: Francesca's Collections

Boots: These are actually my tall brown riding boots from Khol's

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

(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

Polka Dots and Green

Last weekend I went to a Stella and Dot party hosted by one of my friends. I don't own anything by Stella and Dot, but I have seen many of their items throughout the blogging world. I am getting this bracelet in pink and in white. I was loving just about everything in the catalog and wanted it all.  However, like most women I know, I'm on a limited clothing budget so  had to take a step back and think about what I'm lacking in my jewelry. I realized that I own one pink item of jewelry: pink earrings. I really liked these little bangles so I decided that they would be mine!

This is the outfit that I wore the the Stella and Dot party. If I were to ever sell jewelry, I think this would be the stuff that I would want to sell!

Polka Dot Sweater: The Limited

Green Shirt: Express  

Pants: Target

Boots: Expres

Necklace, Bracelet, Earrings: Francesca's Collection

*This shirt is really an Emerald green color, but the lovely lighting in my bathroom turns it into this color.

100th Post!!

This is my 100th post! Yay for being able to come up with 100 different outfits in my closet. Okay, so that's not very many outfits when you consider all of the individual articles of clothing that I have in there. I had forgotten about this scarf, and I can't wait to find more ways to wear it during the spring! 

Man  I really wish that I could be more creative in this post, but I'm beat. Hope you had a great Tuesday!

Sweater: Francesca's Collections

Pants: Dress Barn

Scarf: Macy's

Boots: Candies from Khol's

Ring: Silpada 

Nails: OPI Pink Flamenco 

Outfit, scrubs, and a dresser drawer

I wore this outfit a while ago, I just haven't posted it yet. I don't remember what I wore it to, but most likely I was running errands. Story of my life. 

Sweater: Target

Pants: Old Navy

Boots: Candies by Khol's

I thought that I'd share a photo of my daily outfit of scrubs. I know that this looks awesome doesn't it? The long sleeve shirt underneath of my scrubs actually came from Target and was a total of $6. I wish that I would have gotten more than just this one because it is so comfortable. I'm actually wearing my work-out shoes, because I'm constantly running around. 

I cleaned out my t-shirt drawer the other day. I try to keep them somewhat coordinated. I like to wear these shirts around the house or to the gym. Do most girls have dressers, or do they keep everything hung up in their closet? I keep my pants, shorts, and sweaters in my dresser, but none of my other "nice" clothes. Do you keep any of your other clothes in a dresser, or do you even have one?

Royal Blue and Snakeprint

I might be obsessed with blue tops and light bottoms. Or more specifically these bottoms. And this color blue. I wish I would have returned this sweater though and gotten a size smaller. It is the same sweater as I wore in this post. Actually, it is the same outfit, but with a different colored sweater. lol. Part of me likes the slouchy sweater look, and the other part of me likes the tighter sweater. All of my likes this royal blue color. 

I hope you do too.

Sweater: Express

Pants: Dress Barn

Boots: Express

Watch: Tissot

Necklace: Express

The man was rushing me out the door when I was taking these pictures...so there are only two quick shots. Sorry.