Work the Blue Dress

I have bought this dress from Target and necklace from Forever 21 within the last week.  I wanted to look at some options for styling without digging in the closest and this is what I came up with.

What do you think?

Work the Blue Dress by hearsts featuring flat shoes

Dress
$25 - target.com

Cheap Monday denim jacket
£20 - urbanexcess.com

ALDO leather high heels
$37 - aldoshoes.com

Oasis flat shoes
$36 - oasis-stores.com

Forever 21 shoulder bag
$30 - forever21.com

Forever 21 medallion necklace
$4.80 - forever21.com

Kevin Hart, Let Me Explain

This last weekend I joined a few of my coworkers for a night out in Louisville to see Kevin Hart live for his new tour, "Let Me Explain."  Let me tell you, that man is hilarius to the 10th power, l0l.  I was laughing from the time he stepped on stage, to when he stepped off.  Tears rolling down my cheeks and a free ab work out.  If you have the chance to see him in action, GO!

 

For dinner we at this Mexican restaurant called Sol Azteca that I found on Yelp.  The food is delicious, but the service was terrible.  Maybe they weren't expecting to be so busy, but they had 4 staff members in the front of house for dinner service in a place that seated more than 50 people.

What I wore:

Old Navy top/ Torrid skinny ankle jeans/ Target flats

Aldo earrings/ Forever 21 necklace

MAC lipstick (Girl About Town)

OOTD I Got the Blues

Coat & sweater from Old Navy/ blouse from Target/ black slacks from Marshall's/ earrings, necklace & flower hair clip from Forever 21/ ring from Big Lots

Blue patent leather flats (not pictured) by SODA

30 for 30 Remix: Week 3

Day 15:  Sweater & Scarf-Old Navy/ Trousers-Target/Heals-Forever 21

Day 16: Blouse-Lane Bryant/ Trousers-Torrid/Flats-Ross

Day 17: Sweater-Old Navy/ Blouse-JC Penny/ Jeans-New York & Co. Sale/ Boots-Ross

Day 18: Shirt-Old Navy/ Trousers-Torrid/ Sandals-Sheik

Day 19: Scarf-Forever 21/ Dress-Ross// Flats-Ross

Day 20: Blouse-Lane Bryant/ Skirt & Tights-Target/ Heals-Forever 21

Day 21: Shirt-Old Navy/ Trousers-Faith 21/ Wedges (mall)

I love this coat.  Per the rules it's not one of my items as it's winter time and outerwear doesn't count.  Anywho, I was able to get this coat at a steal of about $40 - originally about $80-$90 bucks.  Old navy had an extra mark down on all selected clearance items and I had my coupon for an additional 10% coupon.

I'm so excited I have 4 days left before I've finished the 30 for 30 Challenge and I find myself already thinking of a late spring and summer challenges.  I'll post this past week once I take a picture of tomorrow's outfit.

First Purchase of 2011

The Purchase!

So as I went to the mall to return some Christmas items to the store, I couldn't resist purchasing some items that really caught my eye.  My first stop was the Old Navy clearance rack where I found a great blue striped top for $7 and a gold piggy bank that was missing it's bottom for $0.49!  I figured that I could use the piggy bank as decoration.  I had a hard time deciding between silver and gold, but I might go back so I can have both.  Why not for $0.49!?

$0.49 piggy bank from Old Navy

And of course in order for me to get out of the mall, I have to go through the Forever 21 that has an exit to the parking lot where my car was located.  Know mind you that this is not one of the stores that carries Faith 21 so I knew that I couldn't fit anything but the accessories, l0l!  I noticed that there was animal print everywhere.  I don't really own animal print items, just a pair of amazing Steve Madden sling-backs (I looked, they're no longer available), so I thought that I might be able to find something that I could actually use.  And as soon as I saw the leopard print scarf, I knew it was mine! I love scarves and this is the time to be wearing them.  In California you can get away with wearing them for most of the year.  I look forward to wearing it with a colorful pair of pumps!

The Necklaces from Forever 21

After I grabbed the scarf, I walked straight towards the jewelery racks.  I was looking for a new long "pearl" necklace to replace the one I broke but I had no luck.  Not to fear, I definitely found some other pieces that I look forward to wearing.  I saw the green stone necklace in the People Style Watch Magazine (my favorite reference after people watching), and I knew that I wanted it.  When I saw the pinkish stone on the silver chain I grabbed it because I don't have any pink jewelery and its about time that I got some.

And after grabbing that necklace, I saw the pink and gold earrings (to the right in the bottom picture).  Never leaving the house without putting on some earrings, I grabbed some simple gold hoops that are connected together with gold thread and some silver earrings that reminded me of Heidi Kluem's jewelery line.  I looked around a bit looking for what else I could grab, but after calculating what I had in my hand I decided to head to the register.  And on my what there I saw this gold hot-air balloon necklace and I couldn't let it go.  My mom owns a home-based business and has a hot-air balloon as part of her company logo.  She explained that it signified the possibility of accomplishing the things that were once thought of as being unattainable.  So the necklace was a purchase that will help me keep my mom close.

The Forever 21 earrings

 I had fun finding these purchases and as soon as I start to wear them I'll be sure to keep you updated with a photo!