Sun Kissed Fun

In a past blog from May, Full of Life, I wore the blue two-toned version of this dress. 

These color block dresses have been my ultimate fave this season, right next to my high-low dresses! 

This deep orange and magenta high-low dress is Decree. It was purchased at JC Penney for only $5. The small braided gold belt came attached to the dress. 

 Fedoras are really a life saver on hot humid days. When my hairs just being wild and free with a mind of its own, I just thrown on a Fedora. A great way to manage the locks and still have style! This Fedora is from Payless Shoes for $10 and the same hat worn in Reminiscing from last October. 

This coral flower necklace is from Rue 21 for $8. 

Restyle: This coral mini-satchel was also featured in Pop of Pink - Easy Accessories. It is River Island, purchased for $10 at Plato's Closet. 

These brown and gold sandals are Chinese Laundry purchased at Plato's Closet for $8. 

Full of Life

Well it's better late than never, right? This past month flew by and guess what?? We're already half way through May...! The good news is it's the best month of the year and warm weather is here!! (Just a fun fact: My birthday is May 30th, hence the previous proclamation regarding May.)

As usual I've been wearing dresses like crazy, pretty much every day the weather is warm enough! I feel most comfortable when I'm wearing a dress. It's certainly easy to throw on only one piece of clothing and run out the door!

 This strapless dress is Decree. It's two-tone teal and royal blue color-block with hi-low hem, which I purchased from JCP last fall for only $5. I've been waiting all winter to wear it. This is one of the 3 dresses I mentioned in A Real Steal.

The best part about dresses is they look stylish alone and even better when accessories are added. This dress has loops so it can also be worn with a belt, but I opted out since the boots and vest were already quite busy.

 Another new obsession this season has been jean vests and jean jackets (see also the jean vest in Blue Jean Baby.) This Material Girl aztec print jean vest was purchased at Plato's Closet for $6. I just love the colors and of course the print!!

I have yet to find an outfit or color combination that doesn't go well with these Twisted X boots. They're awesomely comfortable and versatile! A great find for only $10 at Plato's Closet.

My amazing sister Kendrah took this photo's for me. She's the best, I don't know what I'd do without her!

These boots are made for walking.

I did my nails pretty cute on my day off and it kinda got me in the mood to do some dressing up! 

 My rings even matched my outfit too :) 

To be honest, my hair was wet and I was going outside. So I wore my hat and it happened to match perfectly! The same hat from Bedazzled By My Hat, my previous blog post.  

 I was pretty excited to wear heels, even if they were only 2.5 inches. I typically don't wear heels for the majority of the day because I'm on my feet for 5 plus hours while at work. On most days I change into heels immediately after I clock out :) 

This is a close up of the crochet neckline detail on the shirt. My sister gave me this top its from Charlotte Russe. 

The chocolate brown cardigan is Faded Glory, bought off the Walmart clearance rack for $3.

 These navy blue slacks are from H&M for $12 last spring. 

These boots are Arizona Jeans Co. from JCP for $15. I'm so obsessed with them right now! My whole outfit was centered around coordinating with these awesome boots! 

Pop of Pink - Easy Accessories

When I wear solid colored tops and bottoms, I feel kind of plain and simple. I like my clothes to represent who I am and I'm neither of those things. So I add some accessories to jazz things up! Adding things like rings, earrings, necklaces, sunglasses, hats, scarves, belts and purses can nicely tie any ensemble together. 

This royal blue top is a vintage piece I picked up at a garage sale. The church hosting the sale charged $3 per bag of items. So of course I filled an entire bag with random things. I'd say this shirt was about .25 cents in the end.  

The River Island peachy pink small over the should satchel was a Plato's Closet find which cost about $10. It is currently my favorite purse I own. 

The blue top is very versatile, I can dress it up or dress it down easily. Here it is worn with a pair of  khaki slacks which were purchased for only $12 at H&M. 

 

These pinkish coral platform sandals were my graduation ceremony shoes. They're City Streets from JC Penney for about $30. This fun shade of pink is great for spring and summer looks. 

All together with 4 simple pieces - a shirt, a purse, pants and sandals, I was able to capture my personality. Without the accessories this outfit doesn't say much, but just a little pop of pink it speaks volumes. 

December Festivities

My mom loves getting family photos every year in December. She has done this since I was born and its a tradition we have continued ever since. It's not always easy and convenient, but because we know our mom loves it, we do it! This year we got matching shirts for the pictures. We were all together at Wal-Mart on Black Friday and figured it was a perfect time to agree on something to wear. This was the chosen one, a flowy short sleeve sequined top with dolman sleeves which came in several colors. The brand is No Boundaries and the shirt was only $12.

These are my sisters Chailah, Kendrah and myself in our matching shirts!

The leopard print infinity scarf doesn't have a tag so I'm not sure of the brand. I purchased it at Plato's Closet for $3. I am wearing the same No Boundaries top as the above photo. 

The dark blue skinny jeans are City Streets which I purchased from JCP for $8 during a buy one get one half off sale 2 years ago.

These camel brown boots are MIA Amore. They were bought at Plato's Closet for $12.

This chocolate brown jacket is the same jacket featured in Part 3 - Red and Brown. It is Xhilaration, which I purchased at Plato's Closet for $8.

These photos were taken by my moms friend Robin Collins Lott at her home in Vestaburg, MI.