All Dressed Up & Feeling Glamourous

I want to add about 10 more rhinestone necklaces and bracelets to this outfit and top it off with a rhinestone tiara, then sit around and drink tea all day. Basically how I picture myself at 80 years old, plus some cats. And by some cats I mean ALL THE CATS! And the sad thing is, when I'm 80 years old I will still probably buy shoes like this - I'll buy them to stare at and dream about...basically everything I do with these shoes now. Yes, I have a problem. I love shoes. I especially love ridiculous shoes that I have no business owning. Watching me in heels is like watching a newborn giraffe learning to stand...funny, awkward and kinda painful. Not cute. At all. However, once in a blue moon I get to take out the heals, leave the inhibitions and spend a night embarrassing myself and baby giraffe's everywhere!

Originally I was thinking 'all dressed up & no where to go' but that sounded a little depressing. Although true, I did not have anywhere fancy to go when I put on this outfit, I just had some time and wanted to play. These are actually kinda old photos...but they're still fun! 

I have this sparkly awesome maroon skirt that I wanted to wear with these tops...but sometimes I'm just not sure if it's too much, too crazy. I like to mix patterns & prints but I can get carried away easily and it can be a bit much even for me. But then I look at these pictures and I'm kinda disappointed with the bottom...so plain! But maybe you need pieces of plain for balance....?! Also, this skirt looks black but its actually purple...just throwin' that out there.

 

 

I reached a new level of obsession with these shoes. I love them, I actually love this pair of shoes. Yup. Sadly, they are not Jeffrey Campbell but they were the closest I'll probably ever get since they were only about 20 bucks!! Ahh, I love them even more.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

I'm kind of ignoring all the upcoming holidays this season - but people are starting to say 'Happy Holidays' and 'Merry Christmas,' trees and lights are everywhere and I'm finally starting to cave in. The first signs of caving in are excessive Christmas tree pins!

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I love big decadent holiday trees! One year I'm going to have a fabulously themed tree that's huge and awesome! For now, I have a fake, hot pink, 12 incher with random things like key chains for ornaments. It works but I still like tree fantasizing - did you notice the Woodland tree!? Eeee! I also really love the cotton ball tree idea and it would be super cute decorated with little fabric ornaments.

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I have less Christmas decorations than any other holiday which for now is perfect. I really like the simple holiday look like these three above - evergreens with gold and silver accents because it's more like seasonal decorations rather than outright Christmas decorations. 

I don't know what it is about Christmas decorations, maybe it's those colored lights, you know the ones...orange, blue, red, green and yellow - something about those lights glowing on the little reindeer plushies with cute faces just make the decorations a little kooky. In a good way of course, just kinda goofy and funky and definitely playful. I like that bright, colorful style but I also really like this more elegant, simple style. Pinecones, mistletoe and mercury glass glowing from strands of white lights - so pretty! I guess it's kinda like Santa's Workshop vs. Winter Wonderland - which style are you drawn to?!

Princes Pan

Not gonna lie...tooootally love this outfit. In some medieval fantasy life I was wearing a beautiful gown to a boring party. I snuck out, ditched the skirts and ran away to Neverland.  

I don't know what else I'm going to wear this coverup with but I hope to wear it often! It was such an awesome thrift store find that I couldn't resist, brand new and only ten dollars! The beading is just so beautiful, I can't help but feel princess-esque when I wear it.

I've really come to love just how comfy these boots are. They're perfect for this outfit because they're up to the challenge of Princess Pan, fighting Pirates and running through the woods. Random: I love this shirt, but it hits me very strangely across the chest..one of those tie in the back stringy things..so I cut it off the stringy thing and tied it on as a bracelet. This was about 2 years ago. I never really think about the shirt when I see the bracelet, which is obviously daily since it's tied on but when I wear the shirt I'm strangely conscious of the two together. Also, I feel like a bow & arrow are missing from this picture.