Day to Day

 In many ways, wearing this bright purple skirt is easy because it pulls to focus in any outfit.  On Wednesday I decided to pair it with a brown t-shirt and my trusty oatmeal cardigan for an easy office outfit.  Because I was being really conservative with my tops I finished my outfit off with my leopard print heels.  A lot of color and a little bit of pattern, or just another day at the office for me.

 Shirt and Cardigan - The Gap  Skirt - J. Crew Shoes - Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's

 This morning I really didn't want to get out of bed.  I had a birthday dinner last night and it was cold and foggy when my alarm went off.  But alas, work called and clothes are strongly encouraged at the office.  So I broke out my plaid shirt dress and a pair of leggings.  This dress is pretty short so I don't like wearing it without something under it at the office.  But its July, so full on tights seemed like overkill.  Plus its usually warm in the afternoon so I didn't want to roast!  Nude flats and my trusty printed scarf finished off my outfit for the day.  Its a pretty casual look with the leggings, but it was perfect for a day like today!

Dress - J. Crew via Maribel Leggings - BR Shoes - Country Road (Australia) Scarf - Street Vendor in Prague  Sunnies - Gifted Mosely Tribes

Purple Days

 Yesterday was a cold day so I turned to my trusty slouchy pants to keep me warm.  I like the color of the shirt and belt together with the neutrals of the cardigan and the pants. Sadly as I was getting dressed after my swim I squirted foundation all over the front of my shirt!  So I turned my shirt around and wore it backwards for the rest of the day!  Lucky for me its a basic t-shirt.

 Pants, shirt and cardigan - The Gap Belt - Anne Taylor  Shoes - Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's

 I loved my outfit today!  I broke out a new skirt that I bought on sale at J. Crew last week.  Even though I have been trying not to buy clothing these days because my closet is already so overflowing but I couldn't resist a 30% off all of the sale items.  I didn't want to wear this brightly colored skirt with all black so I broke out my favorite teal heels.  I got compliments on the skirt all day and had no make up mishaps!

Skirt - J. Crew (on sale for $30!) Shoes - Seychelles via Nordstroms T-Shirt - The Gap (my hair is covering the bow!) Sunnies - Gifted Mosely Tribes Lyndels

Days of This and That

 On Monday I had no inspiration for what to wear to work, so I threw on a few of my favorites and called it a day.  The funny thing is people noticed that I was a pretty toned down version of myself.  One person at work called my outfit elegant!  And I simply thought it was basic.  But I'll take elegant.

 Dress - Target Sweater - Eileen Fisher Shoes - Deena and Ozzy via Jeremys

 Monday and Tuesday were pretty cold, so on Tuesday I wised up and covered up my legs.  I threw on my mothers vintage necklace to spruce up my dark outfit.  It was another day of funny work outfit comments: one of my friends asked me why I didn't look like I had stepped out of an Anthropologie store!  I was both flattered and amused.

 Shirt - J. Crew Pants - The Gap Belt - Borrowed Shoes - Charlotte Ronson via Jeremys  Necklace - Vintage, borrowed from my mother

 Finally on Wednesday I feel like I finally had the energy to think about what I was wearing.  I haven't worn my ikat top in a while so I broke it out and paired it with two of my favorite pieces: my oatmeal cardigan and my BR pencil skirt.  I was sore from working out on Tuesday so I opted for my gold flats to complete the outfit.

Top - Anthro Skirt - BR Cardigan - The Gap Shoes - BR hand me downs

Attention (Day 2)

 This morning I was lucky I convinced myself to get out of bed and go to work.  SO I went for the same trick that I employed yesterday and rocked cropped pants and awesome shoes.  These are my skinny black cords rolled over to become cropped.  It was successful again today.  My shoes got complimented like they were new!

 I broke out my bright blue scarf for a pop of color.  It is me after all.

Shoes: Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's, $30 Pants: J. Crew, $40  Sweater: The Gap, $30 (this is the other half of the buy one get one free sale that brought me the Cashmere cardigan I wore earlier this week!)  Scarf: Gift from my future sister in law!

Gappity Gap Gap

Apologies for the absence, it couldn't be helped.  But today it was back to work and I broke out new pants and a new sweater.  All my clothes are actually from the Gap today with the exception of my belt and shoes.  I love the cut and shape of the pants!  I had seen them at the Gap before and thought they looked like they would never work, and then I tried them on a loved them!  Goes to show you can't judge satin pants by their hanger!

Last week on my birthday the sweater at the Gap were buy one get one free!  This cardigan is actually cashmere and amazingly soft!  Score one for me and the Gap.

I am not usually a tucker inner of shirts into pants, but I bought these a size up so I could!

These are the true colors of my outfit, they didn't show up well in the other pictures!

Pants, Shirt, and Cardigan: The Gap, $35, $8 and $30 respectively  Belt: Borrowed from my marm  Shoes: Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's, $30

Twofer

This is what I wore on Thursday.  Wednesday and Thursday were crazy busy at work this week, so although I took pictures of my outfit yesterday, I did not manage to post them.  This outfit was admired by several people at work.  I actually thought it was pretty conservative, but I really like how the pants and sweater look together overall!

Cardigan: Maribel, gifted  Pants: The Gap, gifted  Shoes: BR, $90 (worth it)  Tank Under Sweater: The Gap, $8

Check out Princess Fiona scoping out my outfit - perhaps even noticing that my shoes bear a striking resemblance to her!

 the weather this week was nuts!  The beginning of the week was crazy cold and today it was warm and a little humid (especially for CA!).  I went through several outfits this morning before I got to this one.  In the end I really like how the scarf, jacket, shirt combo looked.  Its hard to beat a good set of layers!

Jacket: Eileen Fisher, $65  Shirt: J. Crew, $10  Scarf: Borrowed from my marm from Israel  Jeans: The Gap, $20  Shoes: Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's, $30

Plans

Today I needed an outfit that went to work as well as dinner after.  So I went for my basic black dress with fun accents.  I really like how the sweater, dress, belt, tights and shoes came together.  There was a lot going on, but hopefully it wasn't too overwhelming!

Dress: Target  Cardigan and Belt: borrowed from my marm  Tights: The Gap  Shoes: Deena and Ozzy via the Jeremy's

Holy

Wednesday night kicked off the start of the high holy days, which means fancier dresses then I usually wear.

For Wednesday night services it was actually really hot so I broke out my grad school graduation dress.  This dress is actually a linen dress with velvet detailing, which is ideal for hot weather.  Sadly my pictures only catch a glimpse of the color and detailing of this dress.  It has really beautiful work on it, that I hope to show you in more detail soon.  In order to be temple appropriate I threw on my gray Gap cardigan that perfectly matches the gray detailing in my dress.  I also though the blind detailing on the shoulders went really well.

Dress: Anthropologie, $60   Cardigan: The Gap, $13  Shoes: BR, $90

For the Thursday morning services I broke out another dress that I had only worn once before.  I bought this purple silk dress at BR over a year ago, but only wore it once to a bridal shower.  So I was excited to break it out again.  I paired it with a brown double wrap belt that I borrowed from my marm, my leopard print pumps and my gray Boden cardigan.

Dress: BR, $24  Belt: Borrowed from my marm  Shoes: Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's, $30 Sunnies: Mosely Tribes, gifted from my bro.

Prim and Proper

Today I had a lunch time meeting so I tried to dress more conservatively then normal.  But I couldn't bring myself to play it totally safe.  I started with the basic black dress and cropped cardigan.  But then I had to add in the larger necklace and leopard shoes because otherwise I thought I passed conservative and went straight to boring.  In the end I really liked how my outfit came together.  It was not too outrageous, but it was also interesting.

Dress: Target, $24  Cardigan: The Gap, borrowed from my marm    Shoes: Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's, $30  Necklace: Made by my daddio, borrowed from my marm.

Special thanks to my genius cousin for her awesome photography skills.

Romperrific Day, Fringetastic Night.

The irony of our bicoastal blog is that Miss P and I each have to dress for our day to day activities and the weather on our respective coasts. Today while Miss P attempts not to bake like a pizza, I dared to wear my romper even though it was questionable whether it was warm enough! I LOVE my romper, but it really is best in extreme heat and today was a warm day, but it was not really even hot. I bought this romper at Anthropologie over two years ago. I was skeptical when I took it into the dressing room with me, but quickly fell in love. Its crazy comfortable and totally functional since it is actually shorts. Its also a fun basic to pair other pieces with. Today I went with my new embellished cardigan from Boden because its new and I want to wear it all the time. I also like how it went with my gray and wine colored romper. Its not the most outrageous of pairings, but since a romper is already pretty out there, I figured going conservative wasn't too bad.



















Romper: Anthropologie, $30
Cardigan: Boden, $25
Shoes: Morocco, approx. $6
Sunnies: Mosely Tribes, gift from my bro.



























Tonight I am headed out for a good friends goodbye party. Miss A is moving to D.C. for grad school, and to send her off we are off for a night of dancing. But not only a night of dancing a Jersey Shore night of dancing, which basically means dress up outrageously. I don't think this dress is really Jersey Shore, but I bought it a month or two ago and thought this was a perfect excuse to wear it. I found it at Maribel and knew that if I didn't buy it, I would never find another one like it. I love the fringe on the front and wish I could show you how awesome it looks when I walk! I can't wait to dance in it!To try to Jersey Shore it up I tried to bump up my hair and put on my leopard print heels.
























Dress: Lucca Coture via Maribel, $22
Shoes: Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's, $30



Happy Saturday all!

Cowbell Tuesday!

Today I went for the most basic of office wear, all black. I didn't know what I wanted to wear this morning, so I threw on my go to black pencil skirt, with my black t-shirt with the bow detailing. When I threw this black outfit together, I justified it by planning on wearing my mother's cowbell necklace. This is one of the necklaces that my father made in the 70's that I borrow from my mother. To stay warm in the morning/office during the day, I pulled on my orange Eileen Fisher cardigan. I love this cardigan for its shape, and its color. I threw on my leopard heels because they are my favorite these days and they added some much needed pattern to my most basic of office wear.















My necklace and ivory bracelet are vintage from the 70s. My father had them both when my mother met him, and I inherited the bracelet and my mother lets me borrow her necklaces. I love their funky vibe and the fact that the pieces can't be bought in a store today. My talented papa bear actually made the necklace, which therefore makes it more awesome then its mere vintage origins.



Princess Fiona came out into the backyard for some photo fun!















Skirt: Banana Republic, $35
Shirt: The Gap, gift from my parents
Cardigan: Eileen Fisher, $40
Shoes: Deena and Ozzy via Jeremy's, $30
Necklace: Handmade by my Father, borrowed from my Mother.