feeling awesome cute!

 love those days when an outfit just comes together and you get all sorts of compliments and feel awesome cute!  i sometimes find myself dressing a bit color bold, pattern heavy and what some people might call young for my age......

 i just nod my head and say, i am immature:) 

i mean who my age gets a zit so painful that it makes your eyesocket ache?  Haahahah?! see that beauty right between the eyes?  hope your day is fabulous!


shrug--lane bryant
tank top--wal-mart
skirt--thrifted fabric and sewn by me
necklace and earrings--boutique clearance
sandal--dansko

all about the accessories

"you're so punk rock"
"you're socks crack me up"
"i love your outfit"
"you look so cute"

were just a few of the responses i got to this outfit....for me it was all about the socks and the hairclip:) this skirt is one of my favorites--i made it out of some thrifted fabric which turned out better than i expected!  i don't even know what to call the type of fabric it is made out of, it doesn't wrinkle an ruffled lovely!

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 26--gray ruffly skirt and purple tights with green jacket

 i am so excited about this post i hardly know where to start.  first of all, here i am in the allergy specialists office, sitting and waiting for my appointment.  after last weeks flu and 2nd sinus infection in 2 months i decided to "get tough" on sinusitus!

still waiting for the initial instructions but man are those gray ruffles and purple tights so cute!

 here are what the tests looked like!  i am such a science nerd and the nurse jamie was so accommodating to take a picture of my back....looks like i am allergic to house dust, cats (duh--i have 3) junipers, dogs, cattle, thistle, and probably a few other seasonal things.

 now i am waiting for the doctor to come in and talk to about options...why not have a self photo shoot? 

 leaning up against the bed with oh so sanitary paper on it (yeah, right)  have you felt protected just because the paper was there? 

 anyway it has a good spot to put my foot up pose

here is how i wore the outfit on sunday-remember--mormons get to wear their outfits twice:)

here is part of the reason i am so excited about this post--i MADE the freakin' adorable skirt! YEEHAW! no pattern--big long rectangle, like 2 1/2 yards of gray nylon.  measured the 25' length for the skirt (i am only 5'2") out of the width of fabric.   then with the rest of the width i cut two 10" widths for the ruffle.  i first hemmed both top and bottom of the two ruffle peices with my roll hem foot. then using my ruffle foot i ruffled them every 6th stitch.  i sewed each ruffle on top of the length of skirt.  i added a thin elastic band to the top and then sewed one seam down the back and voila!

green jacket--lane bryant clearance $10--taliored by my friend Jevann
purple t-shirt--august silk-is that walmart? can't remember
belt--DI--$3--score big time because it is actually women's size!
skirt--me--from fabric in a bag of thrifted fabric $4
purple tights--lane bryant--can't remember cost
shoes--sam's club--$9.71