Sunny Days

Cold night, cold morning, but another beautiful day...

My Babe-thought this picture turned out BEAUTIFUL!

Dress: Speed Control New York. Shoes: Madden Girl. Earrings: Old Navy. Necklace: Gifted from friend-purchased in Mexico.

This dress is SO incredibly short for me, I have to force myself to wear it because it is one of those that definitely takes me out of my comfort zone. I am so bummed that the earrings didn't really show up. They are turquoise stone that has cherry blossoms painted onto them, love it.
The color of these wedges are FAB! I bought them at Famous Footwear last year, and as I was trying them on the guy working there was like "Yeah girl work it, WORK IT! That's what I am talking about." Ha ha it embarrassed the crap out of me, but I still got the shoes.

Cool Mom Blue

Yesterday was such a nice day that I took my daughter to the park to walk by the lake and then play on the play ground.

Shirt: Fashion Bug. Vest: Indigo Women. Jeans: Source of Wisdom-Torrid. Earrings: Target. Necklace: Old Navy. Saddlebag: Betseyville. Boots: Lane Bryant. Starfish ring: Payless. Other Ring: Walmart.
My Daughter. Shirt and vest: Koala Kid. Skinny Jeans: Cherokee. Boots: Walmart.

Wow, my leg looks weird in the picture above, lol, anyways....These Jeans are the same ones worn in this post. They are reversible,which is great, but both sides have belt loops that end up rubbing my skin. Either I am going to end up cutting them off, or just have to start tucking a shirt in underneath.
I got this vest quite awhile ago on sale and haven't really been sure how I was going to wear it-besides the fact that it was also super duper hot that I didn't have a desire to. Since the weather has started to cool down a bit I gave it a go. I like the way it turned out, without being too camper-esq. 

Safari

I should of done this post yesterday but didn't get around to it. My Dad and I took my daughter to see Ice Age: Continental Drift at the movie theater on base. I think the movie is technically out of theaters, but still not on DVD, anyways, it was $2.75 for adults and $1 for kids so no complaints here; plus we all enjoyed the movie.

Dress: Fashion Bug. Short Sleeved Jacket: Fashion Bug. Shoes: Ed Hardy. Glasses: Fossil. Earrings: Charlotte Russe. Belt: Off a vest from Sears.
My daughter: Shirt: Disney. Pants: Harajuku Mini for Target. Shoes: Carter's. Necklace: Monster High

Anyone with kids, I would highly recommend checking out Harajuku Mini for Target. I believe the line is by Gwen Stephani, but it is SOOO CUTE! I haven't done much scoping of their line for boys-since I have a daughter, but the things I have seen are pretty great.

I am loving the snakeskin/reptile print right now. I am really wanting to add some heels and a bag in it, except bag wise I want one that's real snake skin! There is a place called Tandy Leather Factory that sells genuine python, so I've been kind of thinking about getting some and making my own clutch, but it's $80/meter, and you have to buy a minimum of two. Maybe a future project.

I'm not gonna lie, I am in love with Ed Hardy design. My car is decorated in the "love kills slowly" design. When I seen these shoes, I was initially eyeing a tealish/turquoise sort of pair, but they didn't have them in my size, so I went with the pink. These ones say "stay true" but you can get similar one's Here and Here.  I like this outfit, but it is kind of out of character for me with all the neutral and earthy tones. I have been wanting a shirt dress for years, but I always have issues finding ones that I like the fit, until I can across this one. My only issue with this one is the fact that it wrinkles so easy, but I am willing to deal.

Designer Meets Low End

Some people look forward to Saturdays, I don't. I have class most of the day, it's supposed to be from 8-5, fortunately for me the professor I have this term generally lets us out no later than 2 o'clock. 

Dress: Faded Glory. Lace Blazer: Torrid. Wedges: Coach. Necklace: Kmart. Earrings: Alley Cat

Although I am not a huge paisley print fan, I really liked this dress when I seen it. I think part of my attraction was the coloring is so pretty, and the fact that it was only $16, which I am always down to pay a cheaper price. Blazer wise, this is probably my favorite out of all that I own. These shoes are not by any means new, I got them almost 4 years ago. I normally am not into logos being on clothing items, but once again, I was attracted to the coloring of the shoe and they are pretty comfortable too. 

Cultured in Cherry Blossom

I was recently looking through all the fairly local museums in my area and found that almost all of them have set days of the month that are free, so I decided to take advantage of that and have an outing to two of them in Tacoma. My daughter, mom, and I visited the Washington State History Museum and the Museum of glass. We had a good time, but I was a little disappointed in the Museum of Glass. The outside stuff was cool, but once entering the museum I wasn't all that impressed.

Dress: Torrid
Purse: Kathy Van Zeeland
Shoes: LEI
Bolero: Last Kiss
Necklace: Target
Earrings: Walmart

This dress is SOOOO pretty, it reminds me of a dress Torrid had last year that I regretted not getting, except that one was a peacock pattern. Pattern wise Cherry Blossom and Peacock are definitely my favs, they always have such vibrant, rich coloring that there is really nothing not to love about them. The only downside of this dress is that is has this under-layer that the bottom 6 inches are this scratchy sort of tulle that I am not real fond of, but it's not a huge detriment. I generally have been a fan of Torrid dresses, minus the price, which is why I very really order from them right when I see something that I love, I will wait for a good coupon or sale (although that's also how I missed the peacock dress).

FLUID

A friend of mine and I had lunch today while  she was on her break from work. It was blazing hot, and definitely one of those days that I did not feel like putting the effort into. I opted for a dress that I think can hold its own with few other accessories.

 Dress: Lane Bryant, Purse: Kathy Van Zeeland, Flip Flops: don't know brand purchased at Kmart. Like wise I don't remember where I got the Earring and Necklace set.

Korean dumpling soup=DELICIOUS 

I fell in love with this dress when I seen it online. I prefer to buy in stores rather than online, and kept returning to LB to see if they got it in. When they finally did I snatched it up, for only $20 (it cost quite a bit more, but I had an LB gift check for $40, plus a coupon). It was one of those that online reviews once again ridiculed for reasons that I don't think apply to me, the "I am self conscious so I wouldn't dare wear that" type of reviews. Those type of clothing reviews always bug me, base a review on the merit of the garment, not it's to busy of a print for a fat person. As they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, well similarly fashion is based upon the ideals of the wearer.

Shades of Brown at Steppers

Last night one of my classmates invited me to a steppers show. This was my first time going to one, and all he told me was it was to watch people dance. Upon arriving, I notice that he is in a suit and all the other women in the parking lot were wearing dresses, it was a little bit more formal than what I expected. At least I got the color theme right by chance, turns out it was a Shade of Brown theme, so I was on point there! Anyways it was pretty fun. Food, drinks, music, and watching people dance, can't really go wrong.

 Pants: Source of Wisdom, Shirt:     , Shoes:       Earring: Old Navy

 At the Emerald City Steppers People's Choice Awards.