Showing posts with label pinstripes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pinstripes. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Pattern mixing party.


  • Cami: Maurices
  • Shirt: Maurices
  • Pinstripe Skirt: Maurices
  • Belt: Torrid
  • Shoes: ? via Amazon

Okay, so Sunday ended up being a crazy day, and yesterday I went on a road trip with a friend to a book signing, and now I'm playing catch up today (including comments on other blogs!). Unfortunately, now I'm a little wiped out, and so it would just be for the best if everyone pretends this entry was far more clever and entertaining than it is. Although I have to add, and I know this might be getting old, I'm amazed at how awesome and friendly style bloggers are. There's a lot of personal reasons I decided to do this blog, but it has ended up being about the people. Which surprised me. But it shouldn't, because one of the few things I know is that the best things in life are ALWAYS about the people: making connections, making new friends, finding out how truly special and creative other people are. So having said all that, I still really love questions in the comments, it makes these entries a lot easier for me to write!

The incredibly sweet Jasmine of Tragic Fairy Tales recently gave me The Sunshine Award. I really appreciate this, thank you Jasmine! But now I'm supposed to pass it on to 12 other bloggers. There are so many other great bloggers and other bloggers who already have it, that I would hate to pick favorites or leave someone out, and so I think I will have to pass on that part of the award. Again, thank you Jasmine!

And I would be remiss if I did not mention that my beautiful wife took these pictures (er, except for the picture for the award! ;) ).

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Pinstripes and Purple(the two things you can't see...)


  • Dress: Macy's
  • Belt: Torrid
  • Shoes: Payless
  • Bag: Maurices

I do a lot of shopping over the internet, and sometimes I just never know what I'm going to get. So when I ordered this dress a while back it actually ended up a little bit too big, and the belt that came with it is waaay too small, by like 4-6 sizes, how crazy is that? I was kinda bummed out it didn't fit right, but I've learned a lot from reading other style blogs. So instead of giving up, I went with what is apparently one of my wardrobe staples and grabbed my wide stretchy belt from Torrid. Problem solved! Oh yeah, a couple of details that didn't quite turn out in the pictures: The dress actually has a pinstripe pattern, and the shoes are purple with a black trim. I love how I feel in this outfit though, and I'm glad I was able to salvage the dress with a different belt. And of course my lovely wife took the pictures for me.