Um, waaaay behind.

Enjoy! I'm working from today backwards. Been suuuuper busy getting ready for an art show I did last weekend, and didn't have time to post!



Do These Pants Make Me Look Fat?  Or is it just me? Maybe its the way the stripes photographed? I also had to wear my glasses today because I was having problems with my contacts. Check me out being an uber nerd. Oh, and look and that hairtie I use as the watch band strap. Classy right?

Flats: Target, online only
Striped Pants: Kohls
Top: Don't know
Necklace: Gift via boyfriend on etsy

I Bought This Shirt 9 Months Ago So Wear It Already

I bought this on my vacation last winter. Its a very thing summery shirt but this summer I never ended up wearing it. I wanted to squeeze it in before it got too cold. I have an orange tank that would match perfectly, but its too chilly for that. Oh well. Not sure I like it belted, the pointy part tends to gather more than I'd like

Flats: Charlotte Russe, Old
Khakis: Kohls:
Navy V Neck: Target (the soft stretch ones)
Flowy Top: Somewhere in London
Belt: NY and Co
Earrings: Claires

Fashion Friday with Van Gogh

Why yes, I DID handpaint those shoes myself. I'm the art teacher, after all, it's only fitting.

Flats: Black Toms Knockoffs via Wet Seal.
(They changed them and are not as close of a knockoff anymore)
Jeggings: Target
Top:Forever 21 via Platos Closet

Think My Hair Still Looks Pretty Thursday

Pants: Kohls
Top: Forever 21 perhaps?

It's Picture Day Better Straighten My Crazy Hair Wednesday

I LOVE this top. So much that you probably recognize it, because I have it in red too. And they both look great! Love love love. I hope my picture turned out good for picture day!

Shoes: Sketchers
Pants: Kohls
Top: Banana Republic Outlet
Necklace: NY and CO
Ring: Target

Preppy In Pearls

With a bad hairdo. Yikes. I'm still not sure how I feel about the fit of this shirt. But I finally found something I feel o.k. about wearing with my pink pearls. What else could I wear pink pearls with??

Shoes: Payless
Pants: Kohls
Top: Hand Me Down H&M
Pearls: Gift from John

Man, this shirt is itchy

 

Grey pants: TBA brand via Kohls
Top: JcPenney
Cardigan: Old navy
Earrings: NY and Co

I do like this shirt, but man, something is up with the seam on the shoulders of this thing. I even took it off and looked over it carefully, but didn't see the problem. But it is definitely pokey, itchy, and in general scratchy, but only right on that seam. Hmmmm. It also seems to make my chest look weird, now that I look at the photos. I think I might get rid of this one.

I like the pop of color from the sweater, but honestly the puffy-ish sleeves of my shirt made it awkward. I only wore the sweater for an hour during lunch, since it was cold. Oh well!

Fun Friday

Flats: Target (online only)
Jeans: Levi, Slightly Curvy Boot cut, Tjmaxx
3/4 Cotton Top: Gap
Necklace: The Icing

These jeans I picked up at TJMaxx for about half their retail price, since they only cost me 20 bucks. I like that they are such a dark wash, they are the perfect length, my butt looks decent in them, they don't show your buttcrack when you bend down, and they are not skin tight. In this picture they look a little too loose through the thigh but I figure a good high temp dryer will take care of that. I know I know, I should have washed them before wearing them. Oh well.

The necklace is new, and I still just love those cheetah shoes! Yay! No fashionless Friday this week!

Half day in Heels

Shoes: Comfort Plus pumps from Payless
Pants: TBA via Kohls
Top: H&M in London
Necklace: Gift from boyfriend via Etsy

Well, I was going to wear a skirt today, but the top didn't look right with a skirt. Plus I was feeling cold again. So pants it is. I feel like this shirt is just a tad tooo big and drape-y, and it falls of my shoulders alot which is quite annoying. I'm considering having it taylored and taken in a little at the top of the shoulders. I wonder how much something like that costs?

Today was also a half day at school and I have been itching to try out my new pumps, but am not crazy enough to wear heels on a full day of school. But these are supposed to be super comfy, so I wanted to test out their longevity. They have a little bit of squishy memory type foam in them, and they felt good. THe only thing is, the weird seam on the side of the shoe, rubbed alot on the arch of my left foot and was giving me a blister. And my pinky toe was rubbing a bit. Otherwise they were great. I wonder if nylons,trouser socks, etc, and just breaking them in more will fix this problem? Hmmm.

Brr, it's cold!

Shoes:Payless
Pants: TBA brand via Kohls
White top: JC Penney?
Red Sweater: Forever 21 via Platos Closet
Necklace: Gift (from the XXI accessories store)
Ring: Made it myself

Well, I had originally picked out a different outfit to wear today, but when I woke up cold and was cocooned all up in my blankets and not wanting to get out of bed, I knew the short sleeves I picked out wasn't going to cut it. When I drove to work it was 48. FORTY EIGHT! Yes, I wore my peacoat, and I'm not ashamed to say so.

Anywho, something about the white top with this sweater with black pants felt off to me. With jeans yes. The black pants made me feel like the white cotton shirt just wasn't right. Oh well! I got a compliment on the necklace today. The funny thing is, I never would have picked it out myself in the store when I had gotten it, but now it's one of my favs and I look for big chunky necklaces like that all the time.

Also, my ring I made as an art student in college in my metals class while studying abroad in Italy. I used the lost wax casting process. Yeah, I'm cool like that. Haha!

Monday Funday

Pants: Kohls TBA Brand
Top: New York and Co via Platos Closet
Necklace: Murano glass a la Italy

 WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT HAIR! 

Ahem. Sorry. I mean uh, wow, look how nice my hair is in this photo!

Hmm, lookin a little, uh, w i d e in that first photo. I think I like the middle photo better than my current fb profile pic. Man I look awesome there. (Sorry, gotta toot my own horn when I don't look awful in a picture, haha!)

I call this top my "art teacher shirt" because I just love the watercolor-y painted look of it. The weather is finally cooling off, and it's become pants acceptable weather. Aka, I won't melt to death in pants. Which is good, because I was running out of skirts. Although, I tend to wear plain black pants ALOT, so the lack of variety is not very exciting. I'm hoping I can get some more wear out of the skirts by pairing them with tights or leggings. We shall see.

Weekend Wear

Jeans: SO from Kohls
Top: New, from Kohls
Tank underneath: Some store in Italy

Oh yes, rockin the sock bun again. I LOVE the sock bun. I'm a little obsessed now!

I got one of those "here's a free ten dollars" to Kohls cards for their anniversary. I got several last year when they had new stores "re-opening" in my area. I bought the plaid shirt, which was on sale for $20, so I only paid ten bucks for it (originally 36! total rip off at regular price, in my opinion!)

I wore this outfit to go to the Pumpkin Festival. It was a cool day, in my plaid, eating pumpkin pancakes with country music in the background. Life is good!