Freedom Fest

 Happy belated fourth of July to all those that celebrate. I had a pretty good one until I got home and began vomiting.

Blazer: Sears. Tank and Jeans: Walmart. Shoes, Earrings, and Bracelet: Charlotte Russe.

In Floral on Marvelous Monday

It has been sweltering here the last couple days, so this outfit only stayed on for a couple of hours before I had to pry the jeans off my sweaty legs. The theme for this week's edition of Marvelous Monday is Floral. I'm not going to lie, I LOVE floral, and have an obscene amount of floral clothing. The shoes don't exactly match, but they are floral too, so I figured why not throw them into the mix. Don't forget to check out the other girls' takes on floral. 

Shirt: Torrid. Jeans and cuff: Fashion Bug. Shoes and Blazer: Lane Bryant. Necklace: Kmart.

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

Bloglovin'

Just as a reminder for those of you who haven't heard, as of July 1st Google Reader will be shutdown. You can follow me through whatever other reader you want, but I do have the link to follow me on Bloglovin' on the upper right hand corner of my blog. If  you are not already following your blogs through another reader be sure to do it before the first.  Thanks.

old faithful

Today's theme for Marvelous Monday was 'old faithful'. One of those pieces that you can always rely on. I had issue with this challenge because I do not have any one specific piece that I rely on. There are certain silhouettes however. My first would be black skinny jeans, but since all of mine are currently in the laundry, I had to rely on my next, which would be a dress. I would normally throw on wedges and a blazer with either, but since I was only running out to grab dinner, I really didn't feel like doing anything extra. 

Dress: Walmart. Shoes: Kmart.

Go check out the other ladies' versions of old faithful:
Sarah at The Ridiculous Sort
Sian at Sort Life Out; Buy Milk
L at Goodbye, Hollywood
Jocelyn at Fat, Fashionable, and Feminist

All Mixed Up

It's Marvelous Monday yet again and today's theme was pattern mixing. Today wasn't super eventful, but I did go see a matinee showing of The Purge. As far as this outfit goes, I had initially planned a different one, but never got around to doing laundry...so I had to deviate from my intentions. I generally do not like pattern mixing unless the items are in the same color pallet or neutrals because I feel it starts to look to messy and unintentional. This one isn't super out-there, but it does include floral, polka dots, snakeskin, another sort of animal stripe, and tortoise print.

Dress and Purse: Lane Bryant. Shoes: Payless. Necklace and Cuff: Fashion Bug.

I just bought this dress at Lane Bryant; I recently received $40 worth of credit card rewards so despite the fact that I am trying to not buy anything it's like free money. I was very unimpressed with their selection this time around. After awhile of walking around the store I seen this dress in the clearance selection, last one and in my size. It was originally $70, but the clearance was 40% off the lowest marked price, and then there was an additional 25% store-wide off, so I ended up paying $27 for it. Not a bad deal at all!
Be sure to check out how the other ladies do pattern mixing.
Sarah at The Ridiculous Sort
Sian at Sort Life Out; Buy Milk
L at Goodbye, Hollywood
Jocelyn at Fat, Fashionable, and Feminist

Red Monochrome

I am late AGAIN on Marvelous Monday, but better late than never. Marvelous Monday is a fatshion challenge between myself and four other bloggers. Our Philosophy for Marvelous Monday: 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! The links to the other blogs will be provided below. This week challenge is monochromatic. I think the most typical Monochromatic choice is black and white, but as you will see I decided to take it a little brighter. Most of this outfit was on the cheap side, actually the blazer cost more than everything else put together! The pants were $3, the Tank was $5, and the shoes, bracelet, and necklace were about $10 each. 

Blazer: Torrid. Shirt, Shoes, and Pants: Walmart. Bracelet: House of Key.

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

The Last Two Weeks

Since I haven't posted in about two weeks, with the exception of yesterday, I have decided to do another post of "a week in the life of me"-although this one will cover about two weeks. I never really got in a full outfit post over the last two weeks, but there has been lots of pictures, here's a few. 

My daughter's dance recital: 

My little brother's college graduation:

Club night at Encore VIP: this is the last night I went out with one of my best friends before she moved literally all the way across the US. 

Masa the Saturday before:

Mini Vacation in Oregon:

Multnomah Falls Oregon:

Oregon Zoo:

Yet another night out: