Daily MelWear: New Shoes!

I went to DSW over the weekend to use a gift card from my birthday (thanks Laura and Jeff!) and found TWO pairs of shoes in the clearance section.  I meant to only spend the gift card, but I just couldn't say no. 

NOTE: I did in fact call my husband to ask if he minded me spending the extra unbudgeted money.  He said to go ahead. 

So I did. 

I've been wanting to wear these shoes all week and thought they'd be really easy to style, but they've proven a little difficult with my current wardrobe.  I decided to be lazy with my outfit today because I just wanted to wear these shoes.  They're so comfy! Strangly when I tried on the first pair, they hurt my toes after just a few minutes.  A while later I tried on another pair, same exact shoe, same size...but they were comfortable!  Weird. I'm not going to ask questions, I'm just going to take my cute new shoes home. :) They are a really pretty, deep wine color (red...ish?) with flowers on the sides.  Love them!

 

Today's outfit is your basic gray pant, a black cami and a sheer black tunic with a rope belt and ruffled v-neck. Such a comfy day! Albeit a little boring, but comfy nonetheless. 

Cami: so old I can't remember

Black tunic with rope belt: Plato's Closet

Gray pants: Charlotte Russe (pre-pregnancy!)

Pumps: DSW (clearance) 

Daily MelWear: Cats and Ruffles

So I can't decide if this cardigan is leopard print or some other feline.  I'm not sure.  If you know, let me know. I feel a little dumb.

I've had this dress for months and months but it's a little clingy so I've been too afraid to wear it.  Then I decided it wouldn't be awful if I put a cardigan over top of it (which I'd probably do anyway).  It's really cute!  It's still more clingy than I would like (I need some Spanx) below the cardigan but it works okay. 

I was going to wear yellow jewelry but then I remembered my turquoise set that I haven't worn yet.  Makes me happy!

Yesterday the air was broken in our office and I meant to dress cooler today.  So much for that idea!  I just pushed the sleeves up and I'm hoping the air will be fixed today.  It's still pretty warm in here though. Maybe it'll be fixed soon!

Dress: Plato's Closet (thrifted? consigned?)

Cardigan: Wal-Mart (clearance)

Belt: Salvation Army

Necklace, earrings, bracelets: Wal-Mart

Shoes: Payless (gift from my mommy!) (the quality of the picture stinks but they're gray with black piping.)

Close-up of dress and turquoise jewelry - I love the ruffles on the V-neck!

Daily MelWear: Leopard and Snakes

This weekend was exhausting.  Full of no plans at all and yet it completely drained me.

Saturday was a shorts, tank top and no make-up kind of day.  I went to the grocery store.  That's about it.

Sunday is normally church day but we were all so worn out (but WHY?!) that we slept in and stayed home. I took some pictures of my unshowered, no make-up self that morning before we went out for a late breakfast, but I'll save those to post for a day when I think you all need something to laugh at.

And now for today.  This outfit is based on a suggestion from my aunt when she saw my first outfit last week, with the leopard shirt and khaki skirt.  I like the idea of wrapping a button-down shirt instead of buttoning it, but it's starting to get on my nerves a little bit and I'm not sure it'll stay this way.  I may end up buttoning it soon.  I rolled up the sleeves too but this shirt is so silky-like that they keep coming down.  Oh well.  The skirt fits better than it did the first time I wore it - thanks, I'm sure, to the Insanity workout! 

Leopard Shirt: Salvation Army

Teal tank: so old I can't even remember (pre-pregnancy!)

Belt: Salvation Army

Black pencil skirt: Target (one of their daily deals a few weeks ago!)

Nude snakeskin (fake) pumps: DSW (clearance!)

I have GOT to figure out how to get Blogger to position things the way I want.  Everything looks kind of screwy to me and I have no idea how to fix it. I'll have to work on that.  

Daily MelWear: Friday, what to do?

The plan for today was to go hang out with a friend and our kids, so I dressed for that but our plans fell through.  Now my plan is to bring my husband his lunch and maybe go grocery shopping.

I lead such an exciting life. Envy me. 

Dress: Wal-Mart (clearance!)

Green necklace and earrings: Beya

Yellow belt: Salvation Army store

Floral flats: Target

 So now I need to figure out how to occupy our time  without sitting my girl in front of the TV all day. 

I love Fridays with my girl, but this is the first one in months where Pat has had to work, since he started a new job.  I miss our family Fridays!

I'm glad I dressed comfortably today though!  It's still a great outfit even just for sitting at home.  Comfy and I won't look frumpy if we go grocery shopping. 

How do you dress on stay-home-and-do-nothing days?

Daily MelWear: Pattern Mixing, Take 1!

Technically this is take 2 of pattern mixing, but my first attempt was before I started the blog so I don't have any pictures and it doesn't count. I should wear that outfit again just for the blog.

I LOVE this outfit.  Love it.  It just makes me happy.  I was using my gift cards in Kohl's and tried both of these pieces on (clearance!) together, but didn't intend to wear them together...until I saw it in the mirror.  It was an AHA! moment for me.  I can do pattern mixing!  Whee!  Look at me! 

Now, the reason I think this works is because it's mostly a black and white color scheme with just the blue added for color.  Plus neither of the patterns are really wild and crazy; they're pretty tame.  The belt (which came with the shirt; the shirt has beltloops but I'm wearing the belt over top of the skirt) makes it look more like it's "meant" to go together.  Personally, I think these were meant to go together anyway!

I just have to bring up one thing.  Yesterday on academichic, E. wore an outfit to accentuate her strong, sexy mom arms. That makes me wonder...does anyone else have mom legs?  You know...where you only have time to shave the bottom half when you wear a skirt or capris so that the upper leg is just as hairy as your mom arms? 

Yeah.  Me neither. 

And now for the outfit.

Shirt and skirt: Kohl's 

 I decided to wear my black blazer just to give the outfit a little more of an office vibe and not be too casual. I did keep the sleeves pushed up.  I like it.

Necklace and earrings: Wal-Mart (gift from co-worker)                                           

Black Pumps: Wal-Mart (clearance!) (I love the bow details on these shoes, although you can't really see them in the pictures...)

So what do you think, was my first attempt at pattern mixing a success or should I have tried something else?

{For some reason Blogger is making my posts look really screwy today.  It's annoying.  I'm sorry. I'm not doing it on purpose, just so you know.}