not May yet

cords" jcrew resale

blouse: H&M clearance

sweater: Target

heels: Steve Madden sale

necklace: Francesca's Closet

 

 These heels get so much attention. They are pretty loud and proud. The weather has been so warm, which is great. However, it is totally confusing my students and making them bounce off the freaking walls. They are driving me nuts. It's barely February and they are acting like it's May. Grrrrrrr! Who can blame them, it feels like May.

frumping it up

skirt: Kohl's clearance
top: H&M
cardigan: American Eagle
shoes: Target clearance
belt: target

This skirt has become my latest stubborn challenge. I noticed the last few times (ie everytime) I've worn it, it's looked pretty frumpy. Especially, last time with the oversized grey, grandpa cardigan. Woooooooo that was bad. BTW you can see other ways I've worn pieces by clicking on the item under labels. Like if you click "plaid midi" below it will pull up the 3 other posts where I wore it. So I am determined to keep wearing this skirt until I find a way to style it that isn't frumpy. Any suggestions?

Other than that, I can say that I am all moved in! When I move I am always a fanatic about getting unpacked and settled right away. Too bad that doesn't translate to unpacking after a trip. I let those suitcases sit untouched for weeks!

Weekend Fever

Aren't weekend the greatest thing in the whole entire world? Not working on Saturday and Sunday is the best thing since sliced bread. Saturday brunch turned into people-watching on a patio, which turned into sushi dinner, which turned into too much sake and led to a nap. And that nap led to me staying up until like 4 am watching netflix...too tired to get out of bed and too wired to fall asleep. Somehow I woke up Sunday refreshed. I took my laundry to the laundomat and had a latte with a delicious strawberry coffee cake while reading the paper. Spring fever took hold because after I finished 3 loads of laundry I decided to do some serious spring cleaning. I'm not what you would call a big cleaner. I don't clean my apartment every weekend by any stretch of the imagination. So for me to sweep and mop the whole joint is like a special occassion. You wouldn't believe how many times I had to mop and change the water before the kitchen was clean enough. Gross right? TMI? Don't judge alright, it's clean enough to eat off the floors now. SInce I was in a cleaning frenzy I didn't change out of my sweatpants until 4. I go the new anthro catalog last week and will be basing every outfit I wear thru spring on it's pages. One picture showed the model wearing an acid green/chartreuse/ lime -ish (no idea what this color is) with grey capris. Here's my take...

top: H&M clearance
cords: Old Navy clearance
heels: SImply Vera Wang clearance at Kohl's
necklace: Target

Also, I changed my page so that my labels are visible. I went thru and meticulously labeled all of my previous posts so at the click of the mouse you can see other way I wore items. Hope it's helpful.

mean teacher

I found an online top knot/bun tutorial that actually worked for me! Big thank you to I believe in Unicorns It was Monday and I am starting with a new class who are a bit wild. So i decided to really play up my school teacher look ;) I think I succeeded since one kid told another that I was really mean and two of my colleagues commented on how teacher-ish I looked today. It's really fun to play with different looks. I, too often, fall into my cardigan, dress, tights rut. Gotta break free now and again.

skirt: j crew
top, coat: H&M
blazer: super ancient
tights: GAP
shoes: Target