The Birthday Girl Part One

So, my birthday is actually on the eighteenth, but today we had a birthday part my grandpa, my cousin, and myself (everyone on my mom's side of the family who has birthdays in December). We had lots of sweets (two cakes; a giant, frosted chocolate chip cookie; and cupcakes as well as ice cream). It was lots of fun.

I wanted something innocent and girly for the party - something about this birthday is making me feel like a little girl again. So I chose this purple skirt to start with - I got it a couple months ago, but hadn't found a good way to wear it yet. To add an even more of a girly flair about it I paired it with my pink cardigan, and added the pink flower to tie it all together. I rather like the effect.

Outfit Details:

Skirt - Thrifted

Shirt - Candies

Belt - Charlotte Russe

Flower - Charlotte Russe

Cardigan - Old Navy

Tights - Merona

Heels - Xhilaration

Bag - Sonny Monroe Collection at Target

A Birthday Present

Yesterday my birthday present to myself arrived. I love it. I love it. I love it. I need to have some quick alterations done before I can post pictures, but let me just say that this is by far my favorite outfit ever. I really hope you all like it,

Wish List Wednesday - Necklaces

Necklaces. Here's a hint of what you'll see in this post: I like gold, I like simple pendants, and I like really long chains. With that said, here is my necklace wish list:

Gettin' Hot Rod in Here Necklace: These days, there are only two things that can make me swoon - big dogs and old cars. Seriously. I especially love cars from the 50's. So when I saw this necklace, I knew I had to have it - and I will... someday...

Locket Like It's Haute: Another thing I like is lockets. Put this many together on a really long chain like that and it's just perfect. <3

Wear Wolf Necklace: I really love this pendant (for no particular reason) but I would definitely put it on a different chain since I don't really like ones that are that short.

This Is Totally a Pipe Necklace: For those days I feel like adding a little Holmes flair to my outfit. <3 style="font-style: italic;">Sherlock, the new Masterpiece Theater adaption of Sherlock Holmes, let me highly recommend it!)

Brobdingnag Locket: A rather large, very simple, versatile locket on a long chain. What's not to like?

Music Mondays - Enya's White is in the Winter Night

Enya again. You all are seeing first hand how she really is one of my favorite artists.



This song is also from her Christmas album (and also not on playlist.com) and it's one of my favorites. My little sisters and I love singing along with it when we make pierogis for Thanksgiving each year. I hope you like it too.

Downtown Chic

Yesterday a little dream of mine came true. One of my outfits was featured on the Chictopia Style Gallery. And with 110 page views, my blog set a new record. Thanks so much to everyone who made yesterday such a great day! You all are awesome!

So, I have two new pieces in this outfit. I got the tights and sunglasses two days ago. I am so in love with the tights. They are knitted and so thick and warm. <3>

Special thanks to my mom for helping me get the pictures when we went out to breakfast today!

Outfit Details:

Skirt - H&M

Shirt - Xhilaration

Cardigan - Old Navy

Tights - Merona

Belt - Thrifted

Flower - Charlotte Russe

Heels - Xhilaration

Bag - Sonny Monroe Collection at Target

Sunglasses - Xhilaration

Sugar-Plum Fairy in Socks

We got snow today!! :D It even stuck to the ground! Granted it didn't amount to anything measurable, but still.

This outfit came together rather interestingly... I decided to layer this dress over my bell-sleeved turtleneck sweater, only one of my beloved pairs of black tights got a hole in the two a few days ago - and I can't find the other pair. (O.o) So all I had was a pair of leggings, which would have worked with my boots, but I didn't want to wear my boots today. So, instead, I borrowed a pair of my mom's patterned socks and tried my hand at layering socks and tights. And then I thought the flower would help pull the look together, and the hat - well, I just wanted to wear the hat. I actually like the look without it best, but like I said: I wanted to wear it.

This also my first time wearing socks with heels. Usually I can never get a look I like. >.<>

Also, I am switching to bigger pictures, so you can see them better. What do you think? I like it loads more!

Outfit Details:

Dress - The Gap

Turtleneck - Thrifted

Leggings - Target

Socks - Talbots (borrowed from my mom)

Shoes - Xhilaration

Belt - Thrifted

Flower - Charlotte Russe

Hat - Merona

Locket - Thrifted

A Long Skirt

Well, I've finally done it. I finally have my own Etsy account. So far I only have two things listed (the above and my hot pink 80's blazer) but you can see them here.

I've never been a fan of long skirts - I think they are difficult to style while still giving the outfit an updated look. For the dress above I used a lot of edgy/modern items - the platform pumps, gold chain, bow headband, etc. - to help, and I was very happy with how it turned out. I hope it finds a very nice owner. :)

Outfit Details:

Dress - Vintage

Tights - Walmart

Shoes - Xhilaration

Belt - Thrifted

Gold Chain - Vintage

Bow Headband - Forever 21

Patent Leather Purse - Borrowed from my sister