Tag: Great Finds

Happy Friday! (Flashback)

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My office is having the annual recognition event tonight. We throw a big party and it’s always themed, there is food, open bar and even a few sporadic performances. This year it’s all about the 80’s.

My team (the beauty team) is performing excerpts from the Thriller and Beat it dances.

I didn’t realize until I started looking for an 80’s outfit that it is back in full force. Just go into Forever21 y’all! That’s basically all there is to choose from! You can fight it or you can go with it. Tonight, I’m in.

My hair was ALWAYS in a side pony with a gigantic bow when I was little, so I’m planning on bringing that back tonight.  I’m going to go for something like this

Image via Style Redux

Here are some 80s inspired dresses from Forever21. THERE WERE GOBS!

Accessories, you ask? Oh…

Is it just me or does it seem ALL 80s everywhere?

So much 80’s stuff that I’m not even sure if it’s 80’s anymore, maybe it’s just now?

Enjoy your weekend!

Fuzzies

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Do you remember fuzzies? My brothers and I all had them as children and we loved them so much that our mother had to physically remove them when the “time” came. Look at this one from Ikea…I literally want to curl up on it. I am very much looking forward to having my own place to sprawl out  and decorate.

10 HOT Spring dresses under $50

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Refinery29 inspired me this morning with their post about 20 spring dresses under $100. I thought if they can find 20 under $100, surely I can find 10 under $50! And so the search began…

Two-tone convertible halter dress

$39 Newport News

Belted Short Sleeve Tunic Dress

$14.99 NY&Co

$49.99 Banana Republic

Silence & Noise Multi Chard Print Dress

$48 Urban Outfitters

Urban Renewal Crisscross Minidress

$48 Urban Outfitters

$34.80 Forever21

$22.80 Forever21

ASOS Washed Printed Smock Dress

$47.86 Asos

ASOS Frill Front Strappy Dress

$30.77 Asos

I have a feeling I will update this again soon. So excited for spring/spring dressing!

Winter

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Today, it is officially winter. Horrifyingly, it was 8 degrees when I awoke this morning. It took nearly an hour for the heat to begin working in my car and I am seemingly cemented in tights. I hate tights, but this time of year, pants make me feel wide and leggings are really not appropriate for work. I live in sack dresses with empire waists. Alas, I digress…

I felt the need to post today because I’ve been thinking a lot about reading and needed to document what I want to read. Cold weather always makes me think of fires and cuddling up in some home that is not my own (because I do not have a fireplace) hunkering down and getting lost in a story. Hopefully we’ll be starting a book club soon…and most of these recommended reads are courtesy of NPR (actually all).

  • Mrs. Bridge
  • Spooner by Pete Dexter
  • When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler’s Journal of Staying Put, by Vivian Swift
  • Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile, by Sara Wheeler
  • The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefevre
  • The Color of Lightning, by Paulette Jiles
  • The Gone-Away World, by Nick Harkaway
  • What Happened to Anna K, by Irina Reyn ( This is a re-make of sorts of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, one of my faves)

More from NPR…

Mystery books http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111743357

Carry-On books http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91364064

Online shopping? What if shopping is your cardio?

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I am extremely fortunate in that it is perfectly normal for me to peruse fashion mags while cooped up in my cubicle. I love seeing what editors think we want to see. I’ll occasionally get some fun ideas about how to put an outfit together and seldom see a new trend I want to try. I fervently try not to shop based on trends, but alas we all fall victim.

Lately, I’ve been enthused with online shopping/browsing. Here are some of my faves of the day:

I just ordered these after seeing my stylish friend Sara sport them in purple while I was visiting in NOLA. She’s 5’10” and one of the only tall beauties I know that will sport 5inch heels. It makes her look like she just stepped off a runway and I love that confidence. Tall women often don’t excercise the prowess they could have if they embraced stilettos. Sara claims these platforms are “comfortable”. Demode

http://www.ninewest.com/Demode/095227176034,default,pd.html They were initially $89, reduced to $69 with an additional 30% off and free shipping. For comfortable platforms, that’s a win/win!

I’ve been wanting a good pair of high-waisted pants and I adore these from Newport News but I haven’t broken down yet… High-waist wide-leg pant http://www.newport-news.com/shop/product_single.aspx?style_id=37260235

One store that is under-rated in the fashionista’s mind is New York & Co. I have to admit I buy more stuff than intended there and they have SUCH GOOD SALES and deals! Some nice young lady called to remind me about my “city cash” that had to be used this week. It’s basically free money they give you anytime you purchase something. It’s incredibly affordable and the sizes run large (fit into a 4 when you know you’re a 6), the items go on sale after a reasonable amount of time and it’s perfect for office staples! What’s not to love? http://www.nyandcompany.com

Do you watch Glee? I’m obsessed with the show. Not only has it given Lydia and I several new karaoke songs, it’s so funny! Sue Sylvester has got me thinking about investing in a track suit. Thoughts?

What do we think of shorts as evening wear?

http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog_name=FOREVER21&category_name=whatsnew_app&product_id=2068454376&Page=1

 

 

Next weekend, I’m off to Woodstock with my beau. It’s a hunting camp on an island in the Mississippi river. What do I pack??