Donation!

Part of my spring purge. This pile goes to Haiti.

1 pair jeans
2 pair shoes
1 dress
4 tops
1 slacks
3 scarves
2 skirts
1 light jacket
2 purses



- Fashion from my iPhone

Saddle shoes are big for spring

I can't pull these off since I wear a size 10 and white turns my feet into skis, but if you have a daintier foot I can't think of a better shoe. Cute and effortless with a dress (sans socks) and will dress up the Jeans trend too. Only $125 at Cole Haan, so they'll be comfy too.

In honor of the pouring mess outside...

Some of my favorite Wellies. All available at Piperlime. On a dreary day, plain wellies are plain boring!

Rain is no excuse

But I'm using it anyway. The weather has been absolute crap for the last five days so I've been dressing a little sloppier and didn't have much to post. Today I'm flying for a business trip, so I wanted to wear something comfortable and layered. I didn't put too much effort in this morning, but I think the blazer takes if from ok to cute. I'm telling you...if you don't have a boyfriend blazer in your closet, you're missing out!

Blazer ($398, Theory)
Jeans ($160, Hudson)
Tunic ($58, Urban Outfitters)
Bacara flats ($138, Cole Haan)

Disco Friday!

Who says you can't wear sequins for day? No one actually. In fact I've read several times that sequins are okay at any time really, just in the right amounts. Today I have on a new sequin jacket, but since the color (grey) is somewhat conservative, I thought it would be cute for work. Kept the rest of the outfit simple and wore very little jewelry. The result was lots of compliments! Yay!

Sequin Jacket ($68, Urban Outfitters)
Grey Tee ($18, BR)
Grey/Black dip dye scarf ($40, BR)
Black pocket skirt ($68, BR)
Black Bacara flats ($138, Cole Haan)

Redemption

This goes to show you that without much time or effort I can look like I did yesterday, or like I do today. Putting this outfit together didn't take any more time than the frumpy one and I feel 100% better. Life is too short to feel dumpy and yesterday's "look" was a confidence sucker. Today, I feel much more like me, and I'm inspired to gut my closet of anything that isn't "useful or beautiful". Spring cleaning will happen soon.

DVF Dress ($130 - massive sale)
BR black lycra tee ($40)
Aerosoles suede cut out pumps ($69)

A note on the shoes - I don't usually shop Aerosoles, but something about these felt a little 40's to me and they worked with a dress I had just purchased at the time. Plus they are great for walking in. Every once and a while, they have a hidden gem in all of their comfortable shoes if you feel like checking in with them.

All the mirrors in my house must be shrouded.

I could not hate what I'm wearing any more than I do right now. Ugh. Today's fashion statement is: "I am a mid-level clerk at a county office in Nowhere, Iowa and I have given up on life." Dull, frumpy, boring in every way. This outfit goes in the donate pile pronto!

BR top - $65 - two years ago - ill fitting, why do I keep coming back to it???)
BR cords - $89 - also ill-fitting. My friends said they look "comfy"! Kiss of death.
Zara cardigan - $60. Yawn.
Cole Haan Bacara flats in blue $138 - I'll be keeping these. It's not their fault.

Ugh. : (

On Sale at Barney's

Completely Gorgeous Christian Louboutin Very Galaxy - Platine shoes.
$521.93 down from $1,295.00.

I need to win the lottery.

QUESTION: Can I pull off a romper??

I've been dying to try the romper trend but have been afraid I might be too old, or have too much junk in the trunk to pull it off. This one looks like it might be flattering, with the print disguising any bootie issues. What do you guys think. It's only $89 at Anthropologie, so it's a fairly cheap way to try the trend.

Thoughts??

The first day of my 37th year.

This is going to be a good year, I can feel it! Case in point, crappy weather and a late morning turned into a bad hair day, then at lunch I found a salon that does long hair blow outs for $29. That, my friends, is a gift from on high for sure.

Today's outfit features a new jacket from Anthropologie. I usually don't shop there - has a bit of a "I do crafts on the weekends" vibe which is not me, but they did have a lot of fun little pieces in the window so I popped in. Got two items - will wear one tomorrow - and this jacket you see today. Thought this was a really versatile piece. Wear with jeans, over a little LBD, with a skirt. And it was on sale!

Elevenses Jacket ($68, Anthropologie)
BR light was skinny jeans ($89)
Naturalizer Boots ($
Nine West black sleeveless tee ($80)