Throwing in the towel

Okay loyal followers (a whopping three of you I think) I am officially throwing in the towel and by that I mean giving up on the blog. As much as I love writing my thoughts and expressing myself through fashion it is becoming an issue in my everyday financial life.

Because I am constantly taking pictures and documenting my wardrobe is not an excuse to keep racking up a bill on a credit card. We are refinancing our home and hope to become debt free after we do so and in turn I can not keep buying clothes. Shopping is somewhat of a drug for me, an addiction. I had to give Josh my credit card and turn over all on-line passwords to him, yes it's that bad. But half the battle is admitting it right? I hope so. I would love to live debt free (other than a mortgage of course) but able to save for big trips (or even trips home to CO) and special vacations with the family and yadda yadda yadda.

So I'm sorry to say but this blog just isn't a safe outlet for me. and that's a FACT! Thanks for keeping tabs on me if you are one of the three followers I have please know that the fashion star inside me will always be an inspiration for daily life I will just have to leave it at that. An inspiration for myself.

Light & Airy

This has to be one of my all time favorite camisoles. It is so light and airy and the print reminds me what I do in my everyday at work, work with color! The watercolor print has so many different beautiful shades to it it's hard to not smile when I put it on. Today it was super rainy ALL DAY LONG so I decided to play down the brightness a little with my plum cropped pants and a black jacket. I hope to visit this tank soon though and show off the true brightness quality it can convey!

Date night

Celebration dinner to the 30 day cleanse being over complete! Although I did enjoy my wine and pizza at a local pizzeria, my cleanse journey will continue. I can honestly say it didn't necessarily make me "feel" like I would have liked. (no improvements with my MS but that was stretching for a quick fix of a miracle) But I can say that my body has never looked better! I felt healthier, my clothes fit better and I can say i don't want to lose that progress now so I will continue with some aspects of the cleanse as they certainly "do a body good!"

Half and Half

I thought this was a fun way to add color to an outfit without going overboard but my next challenge will be finding another way to wear it...Jeans was almost too easy don't ya think??
Any ideas for me? Please post if so, would love to give you inspirational credit for an outfit!

Who Knew?

 

After my 7 lb weight loss with my 30 day cleanse I felt so confident in this outfit! But I didn't like any of the shots taken straight on so Josh says to me "Why don't you turn to the side?" Who knew? My husband has an eye for photography or fashion? Weird...we'll leave it at that. 

I left the jewels pretty simple and just added a bigger than normal earring. 

One issue I do have is my hair. I swear it looked better in person but I probably always think that!

Birds of a feather

A last minute change occurred this morning...

From this...

To this, a bitter brighter! I had on a bright necklace too but figured it was a bit much, I started feeling like a kindergarten teacher. (not that there's anything wrong with that, oh now I'm just digging my self a hole) Let's just say sometimes         "Less is More"

Bring it on neon!

That's all I have to say! (right?)

Casual can work too

 Finn had his first soccer practice and although it was freezing outside he was SO excited! He did really well (of course I'm going to say that) and of course it's all for fun at that age anyway. But I don't show many posts of me in casual attire so I thought I'd throw this curve ball in-Enjoy!
 

Backwards?

I catch a lot of flack at work for wearing this shirt. (But please remember I do work with mostly Men) Mainly wondering if I "got ready in the dark?" or "did I know my shirt was on backwards?" But all jokes aside I love this shirt! It's light weight and goes with everything and although I tried to do a pop of color with my turquoise earring, I think a brighter, bolder statement piece is in order for the next time I wear this!

And who knew skinnies would become a part of my (almost) everyday life?!  
CHEERS to showing off your Junk In the Trunk!

Puppy + Shoes = Disaster!

I just can't quite seem to catch on to the fact that puppies (even 10 month old puppies) like to CHEW on shoes! This is not my first loss to Oskie but it is the first one I documented.
 *warning: this might be tough to look at for fellow fashionistas





So the good news is, there is a happy ending to this story!
I found these replacements on ebay for $29 Whoo Hoo!
Plus I added these to my closet since it was more of the "look I was after" but was open toe
(limited wear time for that up here in the North country!

Suit and Tie

Well as close at it gets anyway. The longer part of the "tie" on this blouse is actually meant to be worn in a bow by the base of the neck but that was a bit much for me so I wore it more like a tie hanging outside of my jacket.
My favorite part of the outfit?
Other than I look like I just came from a board room, not selling paint all day, is that the detail of color blocking in the leather on the toe of my shoes coordinated perfectly!