Lookie what I found!

So I was uploading some more eBay pics onto the computer today and stumbled across these long lost outfit pics. Not so long really, but lost. I think I took them about 3 weesks ago.
One I like. One I do not. Can you guess which one is which?

Dress: Target
Plaid Shirt: Swap
Tights: TJ Maxx
Booties: eBay
Necklace: Estate Sale

Jacket: Goodwill
Tunic: Banana Republic via eBay
Leggings: Wet Seal
Scarf: gift
Shoes: Aldo
Necklace, earrings: Forever 21

So which one is the bad one?
If you said photo number one, you ARE CORRECT! DING DING DING! Really, it's just my purple cankles that I don't like. I took a risk and wore my "pants booties" with a dress. Live and learn! Those booties are called "pants booties" for a reason!!!

It's what you can't see...

So I promised you a daily outfit post and finally here it is!











Top: Old Navy
Jeggings: JC Penny
Boots: Vintage via eBay
Necklaces: Etsy and found in the trash
Earrings: ?

Wait, what's that you say? There's no photo?


Oh yeah, that's because I REFORMATTED THE CAMERA before uploading my outfit pics. Dammit!
I am impressed by how I can remember the outfit, however, without a photo to go by. Woohoo!
But basically it was jeggings, a black a-line tee, gold necklaces and earrings, and yellowish-tan boots with gold studs. AMAZING vintage Escada boots. I LOVE THEM and yes, I need to upload a picture so you can drool and celebrate just like I did!!!!!


Arkansas is covered in SNOW right now! It's day two of the snowstorm and they are predicting more snow on Thursday, plus below freezing temps. That means that some sweat pant fashion will soon be in effect!

My vainest post of 2010 ... so far.

I just downloaded my New Year's Eve outfit shots. I like my outfit.

But hate my head/face/hair. Per usual, I have beady eyes and 35 chins. Lord, I'm vain.

Hahaha. Just blurry enough.

Purple sparkly dress: Target

Boots: Vintage from etsy

Cardigan: Belk

Belt: TJ Maxx

Earrings: Burlington Coat Factory

Bracelet: Gift

Tights: TJ Maxx (same day I bought that belt, I believe)

Necklace: etsy

Woohoo ... happy freakin' New Years!

I LOVE those boots. What do you think? Too red hat lady, with the purple and the red?

Wanna see what Santa brought me?

And by Santa I mean my mom and my brother. They are such good gift givers!
You see, in our family, we are very specific about gift giving. We tell each other exactly what we want-size, color, etc. We are always allowed to return and exchange, no questions asked! Some might say it takes the thought out of gift giving. I disagree, because you still have to think about which specific thing you will purchase for each other. And everyone is happy in the end.
Anyways, I was leary of sending mom and Brian a bunch of etsy stuff that I wanted because sometimes that takes some effort. As in you have to sign up for an etsy account. And a paypal account.
But I applaud them both because check out what mom got me from etsy:

Brian also got me a sweet razorblade necklace and a lion ring.
And from my mother: (these things are not from etsy)

I LOVE French Sole New York shoes. Mom and I discovered them in the clearance room at Belk one day. She tried on a pair, they were a bit too big, so I tried them on. Perfection. And $35 in the Belk clearance room. New, however, they are a touch pricey, but look! I got this pair for Xmas. Yeah mom!

This is the super basic and practical Jackie Cardigan from JCrew. Yet a quite expensive (for me) basic cardigan at $65.00. So on the Chrismas list it went! And this color is so amazing. LOVE.

Of course I had to buy myself a Christmas present. To show myself how much I appreciate myself. Duh. Vintage from etsy!

So stay tuned for when some of things actually appear on/around my body in the coming weeks!

Oh I hope everyone had a satisfactory Yule and is looking forward to the new year!

Pattern combo-ing

"Oh lawd! It's cowld!"

Dress: ? from Half of Half

Blazer: Goodwill

Leopard scarf: eBay

Boots: Famous Footwear

Tights: TJ Maxx

So you can't see my jewelry...but I'm not wearing much. My jewelry is, in fact, so unexciting that I don't even remember what it was.

I love mixing these two patterns. Leopard and paisley-esque.

PS- See Winnie back there? Aw.

Fashion and cat pee

Ya'll, my cats are angry with me. I have a new roommate and a new dogmate, and I don't think my little furry darlings are too happy. Why, let's go ahead and meet my lovelies:

This is Alec. He is the submissive kitty. He gets along quite well with Winnie (my dog) and I think he will soon enough warm up to Samone (Brittany's dog.) He enjoys sleeping snuggled up on my hips and meowing until I watch him eat.

This is Emma. (Yes, blurry I know but it was the only one I had available at press time!) She is the boss. She rules my room, sleeps on my pillow, perches in the bathroom ,which she had deemed her very own lair of evil, where she makes her plans to take over the dogs. Anyways, she's pretty pissed about Samone and starts growling that guttural, low pitch growl every time Samone comes near. She tries to eat all the food she can in one sitting, then proceeds to leave a trail of vomit piles on the way back to her lair. It's a great joy to clean that up all the time.
One of these cats, and I honestly don't know which one, kind of went over the edge on Monday night.

One of them peed all over my brown leather boots.

Upon discovery of this, I immediately wiped the boots down, then doused them with baking soda. (Candy asked later "did it sizzle when it hit the cat piss? No.)
Ya'll, I think these boots are ruined. Lucky for me, I didn't pay much for them. I got them for about $9 at Savers. And while I definitely wear them a lot, they aren't my favorite.

What this all means is that I have to get a new pair of boots! Awww...so sad. (yippeee!)

I will concede, however, to my Zimbabwe challenge and get a used pair from eBay.

Here are the contenders:

So there you have it. Brown used boots from eBay in a size 9. Am I keeping you on the edge of your seat? "Ohmigawd which ones will she buy???"

Well stay tuned until after Christmas and when I have some extra moolah to find out...so probably all of these listings will be over by then...meaning that really, the posting of all those photos was pointless...super.


EDITOR'S NOTE:

I found a photo of said cat pee boots! Reow!

Long time coming...

Wow, almost ten days since I've posted. Bad blogger!


Ok, so I have an excuse. My grandparents were in town from Arizona. Why? For my little brother's engagement party, of course!




Well I'm sure you all will be excited to know that I finally found a pair of Uggs. Not, Uggs, actually.

These. Bearpaws. I decided not to go with the Uggs because of price, mainly. I'm not going to be wearing these to work, and I think they will do just fine for keeping my cold cold feet warm. And I went with black instead of grey. Woohoo. And I bought them from eBay, since I sold some more stuff!

You all can FINALLY get a good night's sleep, knowing that I have made my cozy boots purchase, at long last and with much ado!

I've been wanting a knit moto jacket. Work with what you've got rocks her's all the time. I tried on the Forever 21 version but my hulking shoulders and heaving bust are much too plentiful for their conservative sizes. So I did a Google search and found this baby at Kmart. I'm going to check it out after work today. I'm not sure how I can pack so much excitement into one day!!!!

And in other exciting news, Brittany is moving in with me! Hooray! This means I will be less poor and lonley. Always a good thing.

Just teasing myself

I am proud to say, I am doing quite well on my Zimbabwe Challenge. The trip has been scheduled for the end of May, and so far I have over half my money saved up (thanks mostly to several freelance jobs!)

A tried and true Internet shopper, I get several e-mail alerts a day notifying me to sales and specials on various interweb stores. Nowadays I mostly delete those e-mails, as not to tempt myself, but today, I got one from Piperlime and foolishly opened it. What's this? 30% off? I clicked.


And look, just look, at these adorable shoes! God I love fringe. And teal.


It hurts me that I cannot buy these. But what makes me feel better, is at $239 ON SALE, I wouldn't have been able to buy them anyway. Now I shall just search for cheap imitations!

More: Oh shoes. How I love you. You never make me feel fat, or disproportionate. You are so pretty and I never have to get you dry cleaned.

In other news ...

Like mother like daughter. My mom loves to shop too. She recently cleaned out her closet and was generous enough to let me rifle through her unwanted duds and take whatever I thought might sell on eBay. I ended up with a huge stack of lovely Ralph Lauren, Talbots, Chicos and Liz Claiborne tops and pants to put up for auction. With this money, I shall ... well I'm not sure yet.

Nothing like plaid on a rainy fall day

On Tuesday I went to Savers again. It's less than a mile from my house, so I like to go often to get the freshest merch! This time, I got so lucky and had one of the best thrifting scores I have ever had. I found no less than FIVE vintage, homemade dresses, IN MY SIZE! I'm quite certain they all came from the same lot, and have decided that my old lady doppelganger must have died (R.I.P) and that her sweet old handmade dresses landed at that Savers just for me. Aw. I'll miss her, old lady doppelganger. But her dresses will live on, on me, for some time.



( I generally made stupid faces so I don't feel like such a tool when taking photos. Not sure if that's really working for me though.)

This is the first of the doppelganger dress lot. I added new buttons and made some minor repairs. Then when washed and ironed, she was all sparkling and ready to go! What do you think, does it need to be a tad shorter?

Vintage plaid frock: Savers
Tights (they are a herringbone pattern but the photo doesn't really indicate that): TJ Maxx
Boots: Estate sale
Bracelets: gifts from grandma and parents
Earrings: Icing
Belt: TJ Maxx

Most of the dresses required minor alterations. Some new buttons. Totally easy. And at $4 per dress, how could I lose?

Thanks to Jan for indulging my vanity and taking these photos!

The warm boots saga continues...

Apparently Liz was having trouble leaving a comment about my snow boot/Ugg boot dilemma. So she wrote me an e-mail instead:

Oh Erin, I'm confused. I thought that if you skipped the UGGs you'd be doing it in favor of a stylish alternative. I have to say, those Columbia boots are just as clunky and unattractive as UGGs. Plus, they're no fun for hanging around the house in. What is your end goal? UGGs obviously aren't great for tromping through the snow, but that applies to maybe one day a year of your lift -- so what's with the ugly snow boots?

I admit, I can see where she is coming from.

These:

Or these:

I really won't have to face this decision anytime soon, however. I have
no money to spend on boots right now. And it won't get cold enough to wear them until late November, probably.

Stay tuned for a lovely daily outfit post, as soon as I snap some glamour shots, ya'll!

Ugg alternatives

I discovered this great post about Ugg alternatives on DaddyLikey.

Now I am thinking about some sweet snow boots instead of Uggs.

Like these maybe?

(Yeah yeah, it snows maybe once a year in Arkansas. But c'mon, my feet get REALLY COLD, I swear!)

What I wore with strangely feathered hair in the office:

Shirt: TJ Maxx (double X)

Jeans: Banana Republic outlet

Shoes: Syechelles via Goodwill

Necklace: estate sale

Earrings: The icing

Bracelets: gifts

Sometimes I am in a hurry and don't put much thought into what I wear. Today was one of those days. I had to take my mom to a doctor's appointment and was in a hurry to get to work. I'm loving these black jeans though! They are a product of my outlet mall adventure with my dear sweet brother in Destin. Unlike my other black jeans, I am handling these with extreme care to prevent fading: infrequet washings, cold water only, hang to dry! That's how much I love 'em!

(If you look really hard you can see that I am posing right next to a trash can. Classy.)

Conflicted

I feel like these booties are a one-way ticket to Rockstarville. Just put 'em on with some leggings and a sweet tunic and bam. Insta-rock star. Especially the styles with all kinds of studs all over 'em.

But here's my question:
How do these boots work in the winter? The open toe design throws me way off. Do I let my already chilly toes suffer in the name of fashion all throughout the cold months? Surely it's unacceptable to wear these peep-toe booties with tights. But surely they can't be limited to onlywarmer months of the year.

HELP ME!


Oh and just a side note: were I to purchase these shoes, mine would not have such a high heel. I can do 3 inches MAX. But anything more is just deadly.

To prove I'm not afraid...

I'm not afraid to post unflattering/goofy-lookin'* photos of myself in the name of fashion. And blogging. And flogging, which is what I'm going to call Fashion Blogging.

This weekend there was a lot going on! I splurged and bought three new wide belts at JC Penny (on sale, mind you) to go with some vintage dresses I picked up at an estate sale last week. Remember only two weeks ago when I blogged about how wide belts are a complete no-no for me? Well, I have done a total 180 as you can see.

Dress: Vintage from estate sale

Boots: Vintage via eBay

Belt: JC Penny

Necklaces: Grandma, Box Turtle

Dog: Jacksonville Animal Shelter

There is also a lovely cropped, short sleeve jacket to go with this dress. It's trimmed in white. I wore it last night with a red tank and denim skirt, but failed to take any photos.

When rocking out to Guns 'n' Roses in my wood paneled den I like to wear:

Top: I heart Ronson (JC Penny)

Jeans: Gap from like 24 years ago. (Yes, I was two when I bought my first Gap jeans) (*editors note* Apparently I can't do math either, because two plus twenty-four equals 26, and I am 27, almost 28.)

Belt: Forever 21

Shoes: Gap

I swear I really don't get that much stuff from JC Penny. But whatever, apparently JCP really did have the "style of your life" in my this weekend. Or wait, is that Dillard's?

*Apparently over the weekend I also developed some sort of syndrome that caused me to make completely moronic faces in every photograph. I hope you at least had a good laugh, because I sure did.