Green with Envy

I bought this dress from Old Navy, one of my favorite stores because they have such affordable stuff and lately they have really been stepping their game up when it comes to keeping up with trends. I loved this dress so much that I bought it another magenta color (which I’m sure I will be featuring at some point). The ruffles on the top of dress keep it from being so plain and it adds a feminine girly touch. There are also pockets on the sides which you can’t see but the fact that they’re there makes me really happy. Sometimes when I buy stuff from Old Navy it can be thin and a little see through but this dress is double lined which means I don’t have to worry about wearing any sort of tank tops or slips underneath it.  All in all this dress was a really great buy. In the past I’ve normally wore my bright yellow cardi with this dress but after one too many Packer’s references (I’m lovingly talking to you Julie) I decided to switch to this brown cardi, besides it matched my shoes better any way. I wanted to try and go for a more noticeable and dramatic lip color so I went with this deep berry shade called “Buttered Rum” that I got from Avon.

Cardi: Lane Bryant
Dress: Old Navy
Shoes: Payless

Lights, Camera, Fashion...

After convincing my amazing friend Iiona to use her paparazzi camera to be my photographer and after many many failed attempts due to horrible weather, we finally had a shoot together. Wooo Hooo! I was so excited to have someone other than myself take some outfit shots. I loved shooting outside it was so much fun, I got to move around and really showcase the entire outfit. We went to the park and took over a hundred pics, which is why I have lots of pics for this post. Iiona was so wonderful that I’m making her my official photographer.  I’m also trying to convince her to do more shoots on a regular basis, I’m keeping my finger crossed for that. So a very special thank you Iiona J.

As for the outfit I’ve had this dress for a while and it’s one of my favorite things to wear in the summer. It’s really lightweight and comfy, I almost fell like I hardly have on any clothes when I wear this dress. The print is a floral pattern but it looks more like petals to me. Until doing daily outfit pics I never realized how much flower printed clothing I own.  But I love love love this dress. The yellow cardi is also a fav because when I first bought it I thought that I would hardly ever wear it because it’s such a bright color and even though yellow is one of my fav colors I didn’t think it would match that many outfits of mine. How wrong I was I actually love that it gives everything a pop of color. It was also a great buy at $10 from Old Navy. Currently I’m obsessed with wedges and these shoes I got from payless during a bogo sale. They are super comfy and I can make it through an entire day at work with these on and no pain. Now that’s what I call a great shoe. The necklace and bracelet I got on one of the few occasions I went thrift store shopping. They were so cute and only $2 for each I pretty much had to get em both.

Dress: Torrid
Cardi: Old Navy
Shoes: Payless
Necklace & Bracelet: Saver’s
Earrings: Gifted

Floral Fun

I wore this one day last week while running around and doing some errands. My sister gave me this shirt and jeans as a gift over a year ago and I hadn’t ever worn the shirt until now. You know how you get new things and then put them away with your other clothes… and you forget that you have em. Well that’s what happened with this shirt and it’s not the first time I’ve forgotten all about a lovely item of clothing. The good news is, once you do rediscover what you’ve put away it’s like getting something new all over again and who doesn’t love that. Anyway it has all these pretty jewels around the neckline and under the bust area, very pretty for summer. The grey cardi has this great rouching on the front and was a gift from my dad for Christmas, I’m pretty sure my mom helped him pick it out but he did a great job cuz this is one of my favorite cardi’s. I’ve also been trying to be more daring and bold in my makeup choices so I chose this pink gloss to wear, it seemed to really go with the shirt and necklace.

Shirt, Cardi & Jeans: Gifted
Shoes: Steve Madden

Mad About Plaid

Since the nice weather has been more consistent I’ve been able to wear lots of my skirts and dresses. And it was so nice that I decided to do photos outside on my balcony. I gotta say, I really like how the balcony pics turned out hopefully I can do more shoots like this one.

Now on to the outfit, I bought this dress like a month or 2 ago and this was my first time wearing it. You can’t see because of the cadi but it has these really cool black lace shoulders. I’ll try and remember to take some shots without the cardi next time. It’s actually a little too big for me but since I ordered it online and I hate returning things through the mail I decided to keep it and just belt it. I really love how the plaid print is smaller and the navy blue color is more subtle. I paired the black cardi on top because I wanted to keep things simple and neutral. At first I had belted just the dress and left the cardi open but every time I walked it would slip off my shoulder. It got a little annoying so I ended up belting the whole thing. Then I went with the tan colored booties because they gave a bit of brightness to the outfit. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Til next time!

Dress: Torrid

Cardi: Old Navy

Booties: Payless