Wardrobe Wednesday Week - Retro Polka Dot Navy Dress

This weeks outfit is a little weak in my eyes...lacking on many levels.  Mostly because I don't have all the pieces I want to really style it correctly

Dress: Ross
Belt:Charlotte Russe
Heels: Charlotte Russe

I got this blue polka dot dress at Ross at the very beginning of the summer.  I was drawn to it because it has sort of a retro feel.  I added the belt because I felt like it needed to be broken up a bit

I REALLY wish I had some red heels.  I think it would have really made this outfit pop....but I don't have a pair...poop!  It's on my Lookout List and has been for a while.  I just can't seem to find the right pair.   Even a yellow heel would have been cute and then maybe I would change the belt color.  Either way I think the white heel makes this look sort of fall flat.  

If I ever find the right heels I will restyle this look and post again.

Wardrobe Wednesday - Leggings and Fedora

Anybody else out there guilty of finding a quick and easy outfit for the season that becomes your season long uniform of sorts?  I hope I'm not the only one.  I definitely had a uniform this summer.....but the funny thing is that it involved 2 pieces that not too long ago I wouldn't have been caught dead in.   What are those things?  Leggings and a hat

I've long admired legging based outfits.  My friend Kelley rocks leggings like no other girl I've ever met. She has all around amazing style anyway but her legging outfits always stuck out to me because I never thought I could get away with wearing them myself.  I bought my first pair about a year ago but it wasn't until this summer that I truly discovered the love that is the legging.  Soooo comfortable and easy.   The only downside is that by the end of the day my butt seriously itches....like bad.  Anybody else experience this?  I'm starting to wonder if I should be concerned. But it also happens when I sit in a swimsuit too....maybe an allergy to stretchy shit? lol I think by now most of my family is used to seeing me scratch my butt without shame.  I try to refrain in public though for other peoples sake.

And then there's the case of the hat.  I NEVER wore hats before.  Yet another look I was too self conscious to rock.  I decided to dip my toe and try out a fedora.  I think I like it?  I'm not 100% convinced it's the best look in the world on me but I don't think it's as terrible as I thought it would be all these years.  Our friend Morgan made fun of me for wearing a "Justin Timberlake hat" as he called it.  But I think it's "fedorable".  (See......see what I did there?)

So my go to outfit this summer was a basic T, leggings, a hat, and various shoes

Here are 4 different shoe options

First up is the plain sandal....which until I saw a picture of myself wearing them I never realized how utterly boring it is.  Really does nothing for the outfit at all

Next up...leopard tennies

Wedges

And lastly, gold sandals

Leggings: Ross

Shirt: Ross

Hat: XI Clothing

Sunglasses: Ross

Black Sandals: Charlotte Russe

Black Wedges: Ross

Leopard Tennies: Walmart

Gold Sandals: Walmart

Which shoe do you like best?  What was your summer uniform?

As you can see yet again I have no accessories....that's the area where I am always lacking!

Oh and just for the fun I thought I would throw in a picture where I am obviously trying to explain to my dearest mother how to take picture on an iphone.   She doesn't mix well with technology

Wardrobe Wednesday - Royal Blue Blouse and Black Pencil Skirt

Soooooo.......

Imma thinking I may branch out of my comfort zone a little bit and start a "Wardrobe Wednesday" series here on the ole bloggy blog

I'm no fashionista by any means....I'm not ahead of the seasons.  I can't tell you what the new trends will be before they happen or rattle of information on designers....I'm just your average girl

I'm one of those girls who has good taste (I think?....I mean... I hope so!) and loves to admire clothes but I always think that it looks good on everyone else and that I can't pull off the look on myself.  Therefore I usually stick with the very basics of looks. 

That's where this experiment comes in.  I think having a weekly post to look forward to will make me step it up a little and try new things.  It would also be good to get some feedback from my fellow ladies about what works and what just doesn't.  I also think I don't accessorize enough and am very vanilla when it comes to jewelry.  I mainly wear my wedding ring (does that even count???)....and the same diamond stud earrings ALL. THE. TIME.  Maybe you all can tell me what's missing? Give me a little push in the right direction. 

One other thing....I work a kitchen job.  So that means 5 days out of the week I am in Dickies, non slip clogs, and a chefs coat. It's a sexy look.  That only leaves 2 days for me to get dressed for real....and even then I'm so flippin lazy I hardly wear more than a tshirt and jeans and ignore alot of my super cute clothes.  I think this will be a good way for me to utilize my closet....it will force me to get dressed. ;)

Another point is that I am a major cheap ass.  Like REALLY.  I hate when I'm on Pinterest and see a fabulous outfit only to realize it costs as much as my groceries for 2 weeks. No bueno.  So all my clothes I will be showing your are accessible to the average blue collar bitch like  myself 

So I'm going to give this thing a whirl and see what happens.  I'm not going to put too much pressure on the situation and if I miss a week....so what! Who cares?

(for all my fellow SNL fans out there  Oh Fred Armisen how I am going to miss you so!!)

Bear with me while I figure this out and find my niche.  It may be a hot mess in the beginning until I figure it all out


First up is this little number I put together

Shirt: Ross
Skirt: IZ brand from Kohls
Shoes: Guess (Ross)

See what I mean about the lack of jewelry?  And I realized as I was posting this that you can hardly see the shirt because my giant lion mane takes over.  That's something I'll be watching for in future posts.   But over all I really like this outfit.  Cute and surprisingly comfy.  The old me would have worn boring old black heels but I figured the solid colors on top were the perfect opportunity to pull out a fun printed heel

Thoughts?  What jewelry should I have worn?