outfit 57--shoulder pads and polyester, 90's style

some of the girls in my family got together to go see the movie "jane eyre".  i really enjoyed it!  then we met some of the boys in our family for dinner.  love, love, love, spending time with my family!

shirt--fashion bug--at least a decade old

pants--navy lane  bryant

earrings--(not pictured) gift from jessica

outfits 55-56, shiny floral top then gray ruffly skirt remixed

 lane bryant shiny shirt and black pants, dansko shoes

 sometimes i like to wear my hair flat. 

sometimes for dinner i eat french cut green beans straight out of the can

sometimes i laugh at really gross jokes, like "oil is like a dinosaur zit"  fossil fuel--get it?

 sometimes i like my music really loud--okay, most of the time

sometimes i like my "poptarts" like britney spears instead of my guitar based rock:)

sometimes i like enya and bluegrass, just for variety

 sometimes i can't believe how messy i let my house get during the work week

sometimes i would rather leave a pile of dirty clothes in the hall way waiting to be done,

than a clean pile of clothes on the couch to be folded

skirt--me, remixed here

tank--lane bryant

tshirt--sams club

sweater--thrifted--remixed here

tights--lane bryant

shoes--sams club

belt-thrifted

earrings--gift from melissa, jerusalem

outfit 54--maxi skirt and dress as shirt

 love the sun!  love the heat!  love the spring! 

 this is a leather belt that i made, it turned out a bit ruffly and i liked it!

 sweater dress--mossimo--thrifted--$1

skirt--lane bryant--thrifted--$5

belt--me--thrifted faux leather fabric

shoes--dansko--modern shoe--$100ish

here is my cute little garden of peas and lettuce!  

outfit 53--floral dress

 oh if every dress could fit you this well and be this comfortable!  this swirling shot shows the vertical panel details of the skirt part!

 the earring detail--another $1 pair from Wal-Mart for Easter--thanks for the "hook-up" wally world:)

 the "boob" detail--so nicely wrapped up and accented:)

dress--dillards--jones new york--$? thank you mother-in-law!
shoes--modern shoe--dansko--$100ish
socks--trouser socks (couldn't bear the thought of nylons:)) $?
earrings--wal-mart--$1

outfit 52--keyhole belt, gold shimmery sweater

this belt is leather with a stamp a stamp on the back that says "ring of fire--downtown los angeles"  when i google that phrase i get nowhere that would give me a clue to its origins....but i love the belt's uniqueness and that i got it for $3 at D.I.! 

these earrings were clearanced for $1 at Wal-Mart....not a place i try to shop all that often, but i really liked these and they ended up clinching this outfit of gold and gray for me.  not a color combination that i would normally put together, either! 

the sweater is shimmery metallic gold and  was $1 at Savers!  whoo hoo!  it has no tags in itso i can't even tell you who made this either. 

what i can tell you is 1) that DO go see the movie african cats:  oh, the photography is AMAZING!  i must hold me a baby lion before i die (even if it kills me--which might be an acceptable option:)

2) time and the atonement heal: last year at this time my husband's dad was diagnosed with terminal esophogeal cancer...it was the shortest/longest 11 weeks of our lives...although we both believe strongly in life after death it has been an extremely difficult year.  i am looking forward to June, just to have had the healing experience of TIME...

3) on a lighter note: do go get some chocolate peanut butter molten lava cake from chili's....it makes time worth it...maybe you go on date and see a movie and dessert afterwards? 

4)  this blog has been fun for me to have something to look forward to everyday and to find some really fun other fashion bloggers!

 

outfit 51--black ruffly yumminess

i am actually looking at my cute cats in the window

and my cute cotyledons of lettuce and peas garden behind me...

i am not scowling...

actually just squinting against this strange thing

i think they call it the sun!

closeup of the yummy ruffling of the skirt...

this is one of my most "feminine making" skirts ever! 

it almost shimmers as i walk

it is so feminine:)

skirt--peter nygaard at dillards--thank you mother in law (even on sale out of my budget)!

turquoise shirt--in studio--dillards--long time ago

black cardigan--thrifted spenser jeremy

shoes--dansko

earrings--made with my friend jessica

outfit 50--winter still.....

today i wanted to stay in my pajamas:  really badly!  so i opted for a comfortable pant and sweater combo instead!  this sweater was $1 at the savers monday colored tag sale!  yipee! 

my sister posed a question to me that has gotten me thinking, can i imagine feeling good all the time?  i have several ailments (fibromyalgia, migraines, ibs, social anxiety) that prohibit me from saying phrases like "i feel awesome!"  mostly i end up saying "i don't feel too bad".  what i would do if i felt good all the time?  would i DO or BE much different?   

i dream of swimming with the dolphins and moving as fast as they do, as free as they seem and as effortlessly as they swim.  it is the only time i imagine those phrases of FREEDOM, MOVEMENT, EFFORTLESSLY, WEIGHTLESSNESS.  the implication being pain free, but not as important. 

wish i could be wearing the sandals all day long at school, they are much cuter than the flats:)

black sweater--mountain lake--$1

beige pants--lane bryant--$40ish

black sandals--dansko--$114ish

black flats--terrasoles, sams club--$40ish

pearl necklace--gift from Melissa, sister

pearl brooch--grandma linda

bling earrings--don't remember