My Style: Preppy Jetsetter

I'm back from my much needed vacation and I have pictures to show you guys as well. I recently took a trip to Missouri for my cousin's wedding (she's 19 so it shocked me that she was getting married but I could tell she was really happy and her guy is military so I guess she had a reason). I had a lot of fun seeing people I hadn't seen since high school. I was born and raised in Missouri but moved to Florida for college and fell in love. It was a short trip but well worth it and I got a chance to see my Dad and his family. And when we came back to Florida my Dad and his kids came down and we took another short vacay to Orlando (where else would you take three kids all under the age of 7 except for Disney's home town). All in all it was a great trip but I must say after being around kids for so long it's nice to have quiet again. And I must admit I have been sleeping and basically doing nothing all day since I got back.

But after too long and no outfit post I bring you my next pull from my magic box of outfit ideas...menswear or preppy. I really wanted to do a blazer but all I have are thick ones and it being 1000 100 degrees outside I knew I would be dead within hours. So I chose to go with a pair of blue preppy shorts that I found at my $1 thrift store (I seriously love that place!), I mean the name of the clothing company is Steeplechase, it just sounds preppy!! After that I knew I had to find a top that was equally preppy. I searched and searched and finally found what I was looking for (in my sister's closet) a grey cardigan that was perfect. I finished it off with a pair of oxfords that I got from Forever 21 and voila! Here is the completed look.

I also tried a new hairstyle and I think I liked the way it turned out.

And here are a few shots that I took while on vacation

Lots of love,

My Style: Blast from the Past

This week I pulled "Wear something from your mother's closet" and I was at a loss. I love my mom but she doesn't exactly wear my size so I thought maybe a scarf or something. But I really wanted to wear something of hers. So I dug around in her closet and found a treasure trove of great maxi skirts! These seem to range from her days in college to recent. I found a great black and white one that just so happened to be in my size and knew I had to find an outfit for it. This is what I came up with, what do you think? Have you ever tried shopping through your mom's/sister's/friend's closet? If not you should you never know what you'll find!



Hope you guys have a great week/weekend I'll be out of town but hopefully I'll have pictures for you to enjoy when I get back :)

Lots of love,



My style: DIYed shorts

I'm loving this "pull an idea out of a box" it has really helped me get over my rut and I'm discovering things in my closet that I forgot I had. Plus, I've been daydreaming about how I will put together different ideas for the site when they get pulled.

The most recent one I pulled was WEAR SOMETHING YOU DIYed and I immedately thought of these jean shorts I had just made. I have been having trouble finding shorts to wear lately they are either too short, too long, or tight in the thigh and big around the waist so when I saw a how-to on making shorts I knew I had to try it. I bought three pairs of pants: two jeans and one navy slacks (each for $1 at the thrift store!!!) and set to work. I love the way they turned out they aren't too tight or too loose. They are the perfect summer bottoms to add to my wardrobe. Well, I'm sure you've heard enough of me rambling so here are the pics.

In other news, my friend and I were downtown yesterday and were handed free tickets to see the new movie The Help tonight and so we went. She had been reading the book and coincidentally we were talking about the movie and how we wanted to see it on the way downtown. Let me just say the movie was VERY GOOD. I had expected it to be a good movie anout the racial differences then but they did such a great job with the story. And my friend said that the book was even better so I may have to pick that up as a quic read. How about you? Any plans to see the movie when it comes out? Or do you have any other books that are being made to movies that you can recommend?

Hope you're having a great week!
Lots of love,

My Style: Great minds think alike??

I've been in a bit of a fashion rut lately. My office at work was closed July 1st due to budget cuts and so I've done basically nothing but sit at home, watch too much TV, and apply for any job I'm qualified for (I'm more than over the being picky stage). Well the other night I decided that even though I don't have to get up and dressed for work that doesn't mean I can't get dressed at all. So I came up with this idea to take different trends and ideas I've heard of from other bloggers and magazines and put them all on little slips of paper and into a box. Now everyday I pull one of the pieces of paper and put together an outfit based on the idea on the paper. The slips are mostly random things like use a tribal print in an outfit, design a nautical themed outfit, etc. But I think it will be just what I need to get my creative fashion juices going again.

Well I pulled my first piece yesterday and it was a military-inspired outfit. So I immediately thought of my green skinny cargo pants that I bought not too long ago that I have been dying to wear but haven't really gotten to yet. So I paired that with a nuetral button up shirt and some black heels. I thought it turned out great! I wore it all morning and then I made plans to have my boyfriend come by and then we were going out. Well he showed up wearing guess what?? Green army colored pants and a neutral tan colored short sleeved shirt!! I couldn't believe it, so after that I had to change so unfortunately I have no outfit shots to show you. However I did snap these shots of us because I knew no one would believe me otherwise lol. Enjoy (and forgive me this was toward the end of the day and I was getting ready to change lol)!

Have you ever met up with someone and found that they were wearing the exact same thing as you. Do you think this happens more if two people are similar? Let me know what you think!

Lots of love,