Weekend Red

Yesterday I took my daughter to the mall to see the Easter Bunny and get her pictures take. While there, they had the Daffodil Princess doing community stuff like signing autographs, doing arts and crafts with the kids, and reading stories. Afterwards we went to the most awesome sushi restaurant called Umai. 

Blazer: Torrid. Shirt: Lane Bryant. Pants: Trip NYC. Shoes: Brash. Earrings and Necklace: Walmart.

Marvelous Mondays in Wonderland

 Today I am back for another installment of Marvelous Mondays; this is a fashion challenge between myself and 4 other bloggers. Our philosophy: Monday is nobody's favorite day of the week, but maybe its terrible reputation is a little undeserved. We're on a  mission to make ours (and hopefully yours) a little less awful by dressing marvelously!

Today's challenge was based upon a fictional character. After much debate, I chose Alice in Wonderland. It was basically between that, or Carrie Bradshaw-Alice obviously won. Be sure to check out everyone else's post, links will be provided at the bottom.

Dress: Lane Bryant. Blazer: Walmart. Shoes: LEI. Belt: Torrid. Necklace: Fashion Bug. Earrings: Fuego.

My take on Alice in Wonderland, clearly was not meant to be a literal replication, but rather a more fancy, adult inspiration. I was going to put a collard shirt underneath the dress, but none of them really looked quite right; so I decided to go with a collar necklace. This dress is puffy like the one in the Disney Alice in Wonderland, which is what made me go with it. And of course Alice wears mary janes in this version. The jacket however comes from the Tweedle Twins on the Tim Burton movie. I had fully intended upon wearing a black sequined bow headband, but could not find it for the life of me!

Jocelyn at Fat, Fashionable, Feminist
Sian at Sort Life Out; Buy Milk
L at Goodbye Hollywood
Sara at The Ridiculous Sort

St. Patrick's Day Green

Shirt: LYS. Cardigan: Fashion Bug. Skirt: George. Shoes: Mossimo. Earrings and Belt: Walmart. 

These shoes in soggy grass does not work! My heels were sinking the whole time.

It was so incredibly cold despite that it was super sunny. I was trying to get some cute St. Patty's Day type pics but my daughter was refusing to take her coat off and just focus on some pictures for a second; I can't say I blame her though because it was super nippy out!

Ziggy

Maxi dress: Ross. Shoes: Dolce Vita for Target. Shrug: Target.  Bracelet and Earrings: Fashion Bug

Marvelously Studded Monday

Marvelous Mondays is back again. Today's challenge was studs or spikes. When I saw what this weeks challenge was I was a little unsure of what to do. I own absolutely no clothing that has studs or spikes on it. Then I remembered this Kathy Van Zeeland Belt Shopper bag-it has studs around the "belt" of the purse. I had also last month bought the studded belt from Target for $3 and decided to wear it with this  outfit-turned around backwards. 

Dress: DKNY. Blazer: Torrid. Shoes: Unlisted. Purse: Kathy Van Zeeland. Necklace: Kmart. Belt: Target

The studded belt and reptile shoes really toughen this dress up. And the gold/yellow bag looks even better with it in person since the dress has little tiny yellowish spots throughout it. It almost seems like a pop of color, but really does subtly tie in. 

So remember, when it comes to Mondays...Our philosophy is: Monday is nobody’s favorite day of the week, but maybe its terrible reputation is a little undeserved. We’re on a mission to make ours (and hopefully yours) a little less awful by dressing marvelously!

Don't forget to check out the other gals outfits, they are sure to be fab.
Sian at Sort Life Out; Buy Milk
L at Goodbye Hollywood
Jocelyn at Fat, Fashionable,Feminist                   
Sarah at The Ridiculous Sort

Faux Leather and Marvelous Monday

This will be my first installment of Marvelous Mondays. This is a fashion challenge between myself and several other bloggers. Our philosophy: Monday is nobody’s favorite day of the week, but maybe its terrible reputation is a little undeserved. We’re on a mission to make ours (and hopefully yours) a little less awful by dressing marvelously! Today's challenge is leather, real or faux. I chose faux. 

Faux leather blazer: Torrid. Shirt: LYS. Necklace, Jeans, Belt: Fashion Bug. Boots: Lane Bryant

Although I really like this faux leather blazer I wish I would of sized down so it would of been a little more form fitting, even with it buttoned up it still has a lot of room to spare. 

 Be sure to check out the other ladies take on the leather challenge. 

Sian at Sort Life Out; Buy Milk 
L at Goodbye Hollywood
Jocelyn at Fat, Fashionable, and Feminist

Earthy

I had school today, and I am not really sure what made me throw this outfit together, but I did. What was especially crazy about me wearing it is the fact that it was freezing rain-I seriously felt like little spikes of ice were hitting me, the wind was blowing super intense, and of course there was thunder.  But in my good old fashion stubbornness I decided to wear a dress anyways even though I really just wanted to throw on jeans and a sweatshirt- oh well PERSISTENCE! 

Dress: George. Vest and Stockings: LYS. Shoes: Lane Bryant. Earrings and Necklace: Old Navy. Watch: Walmart.

When I bought these stockings I thought I would love them, until I got them home and tried them on. The fit is SO strange! I can seriously-as well as literally have to-pull the waist all the way up to the bottom of my bra and I'm not quite sure why they would make the waist that long. And just to fill you in, these are not the tummy control type that work like spanks, they are this sort of fishnet pattern throughout the WHOLE thing. Anyways, I wound up not getting around to returning them, and obviously decided to give them a shot, and I still have mixed feelings. One LYS product that I was satisfied with was this vest though. All winter I would go into Kmart and see it, but wasn't trying to drop the $50 on it. Then I went in one day and it was $15, which is a price I love so much better!

I actually took the time to blow dry my hair straight and look what happens immediately: wind, rain, and FRIZZ, Oh well, not much else to do. On a side note I am so sick of looking at my broken gate, definitely on the summer to do list.