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. 

Flower Power

Summer is officially here!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you're a dress lover like myself this means it's the best time of the year. That is because we can throw on a dress and run out the door. See how simple that is, just one piece of clothing and you're dressed for the day. Plus dresses are very versatile and can be worn to several different events and places and they're almost always acceptable attire. 

I picked this dress up at a Goodwill in the Grand Rapids area. It is Mossimo and it cost only $5.99. I can wear it for fun or I can dress it up and wear it to the office. 

I don't always wear brown accessories with the dress because it has so much color. Sometimes I spice it up with some pink or other times with white, it really just depends on my mood :) 

Here I'm wearing it with some strappy brown sandals from a Ross Dress for Less in Naples, FL. They are Joey O and cost only $15. If you look you will see this is the same shoe and purse combo in my blog 50 Shades of Brown from earlier this year. 

The polish on my toe nails is Material Girl by Ulta. 

This Black Poppy, small over the shoulder purse was purchased at PacSun for $8.  I apologize but I can't remember where I got the blue bracelet because I've had it so long but the rhinestone bracelet is American Eagle which I purchased at Plato's Closet for $2. 

I also wanted to show how to dress more casual.  A perfect look for a fun summer day that may include lots of walking or standing. So here I paired the dress with some gladiator sandals. 

The sandals are Candies which I picked up at a Garage Sale for $2 and the sandals have made a previous appearance in Reminiscing. 

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!

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. 

A real steal!

Went to JC Penney on Saturday and got 3 dresses for only $5 each! Here's my favorite one.It's a fuchsia pink sheer overlay mullet style dress.

My sister Chailah and I, on Saturday night!

No belt, Gold belt, Black belt


Side note: These definitely wouldn't be my first choice shoes to wear with this dress. I was out of town and had only 2 pairs of shoes in my suitcase. Some time's in life, we just make it work :)