Yikes! Stripes! OOTD: 6/29/10

I went shopping a couple of weeks ago and when I got home I realized half of what I bought had stripes!! (even underwear lol) Apparently, I love stripes now :)
So expect to see alot of stripes on here!

The flowers I planted finally started to come up ... and not die (for once)! Yay!
Top - Kohls
Jeans - Ann Taylor Loft
Purse & shoes - also Kohls!

Outfit of the day 6/14/10

Shhhhh...I know Victoria's secret!

This little grey cardi has been setting unloved in my rainbow closet for far too long. I bought it while I was in Orlando a while back (first time there - it was an amazing place!) and stumbled upon ( or rather drove to :) ) a Victoria's Secret outlet. I had no idea VS outlets existed! I was happy...to put it mildly.

I got this cardi and the white tank underneath for around $15 if I remember correctly. It's actually "sleepwear" but I don't know who has a need for a PJ carigan that doesn't keep you warm? Strange...

Since I bought it out-of-season I had forgotten about it for a while. When I first saw it I thought it would match more things in my closet than it actually does so...hmmm....will try to do something about that!

The necklace is disney couture/alice in wonderland, I *love* this necklace -and I have the matching ring. I almost didn't get them but I'm so glad I did.

The shoes are what a guy I used to work with called my "I dream of Jeannie" shoes! All sparkle!

6/9/10 Outfit of the day

Black Dress (worn as top) - Old Navy

Blue/Green Multi-Color Skirt - Francesca's Collection

White Gladiator Sandals - Apt. 9/Kohls

Black Belt - from a skirt I got @ JC Pennys (I heart Ronson)

It finally stopped raining and storming long enough to get an outside pic of today's outfit. I don't know what possessed me to get all dolled up today, I was just going to chill at home but...half an hour in this and I knew I had to go somewhere! So I ended up at my favorite thrift store...and came home with nothing! Always the way it goes, when I plan a thrifting trip -I find nothing, when I go unplanned -always a goldmine! You would think I'd learn by now but...no :)

Where do you get your inspiration?

Top - Target

Cardi - New York & Co ~ Thrifted

Jeans - Arizona/JC Penny (new! for $1.97~score!)

Belt - New York & Co (I think!)

Shoes - Don't remember ~ sorry :)

Ok, so I'm kind of cheating today... this outfit is from a week ago when there was a cold spell here. I've been down with a mean stomach bug lately (feeling better now finally! :) ) and my PJs aren't all that stylish so I decided to post this outfit instead. I'm in the process of creating an inspiration calender (I'll post it when I'm done!) so I was curious - where do you guys get your inspiration from? Mine is mostly magazines, blogs, and my own weird imagination :)

Organizing your closet - how I do it!

It's like a rainbow in your closet, only it's just your clothes :)~

My closet can be the bain of my existence sometimes! It gets easily out of order and can be downright uninspiring :(

As someone who loves fashion, I would walk into my closet and just want to look away! I've tried the traditional way of organizing - I bought shelves, I put like things together (t-shirts, dress shirts, pants, etc.) but it just never worked, to me, it's still too complicated.

I was going to print out a color wheel to put in my closet and that's when it hit me- What do I look for when I get dressed? Color! I think about what color I want to wear, not necessarily what type of shirt to wear. Also throw in the fact that many items, especially tops, can be dressed up or down as you want to wear them so the casual/dressy categories always had a thin line in my closet. I still organize tops with tops (all one category), bottoms with bottoms but all with like colors. If you feel uninspired (or even a little scared! lol) by your closet, give this a try :)

This is also a good way to tell how much of one color you have. I always thought I had too much black clothing but I have way too much white! And I apparently only have one sad stitch of brown and its a cami!