Showing posts with label No.704b.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label No.704b.. Show all posts
This week was a nice introduction to spring, most days it was in the upper 60s, with the exception of yesterday when it was back to the 40s-50s. Hopefully today we see high temperatures again but the forecast is rain. I don't really have much to say today (which is actually yesterday, because I am writing this on Thursday night as usual.)
Does anyone have exciting plans this weekend? I am planning on grocery shopping and doing a trial packing exercise for my London trip. I need to make sure I can fit everything I need and pick out all my outfits. For those of you that are unaware I've been invited to the Grand Opening celebration for the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter, which opens on March 31st [information here]! Many of the stars will be there and I will be interviewing them on the red carpet. I'm going with two other fandom friends whom I've traveled with before and we have tons of fun stuff planned! So expect tons of photos!
We are planning on doing the Mad Hatter Tea as well as some other teas (we did High Tea at the Ritz over the summer when I went to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II premiere.) We'll also do the obligatory visits to Buckingham Palace, Abbey Road, Platform 9 3/4 and other touristy things. And I will hopefully see my lovely friend Matt Lewis, but he is filming a movie so I don't think he'll have time (he might not even make it to the Grand Opening)...so sad. SO excited, I still can't believe I'm going back after only 7 months! We leave at 10:05 PM on Wednesday the 28th, so less than 2 weeks to go!
Does anyone have exciting plans this weekend? I am planning on grocery shopping and doing a trial packing exercise for my London trip. I need to make sure I can fit everything I need and pick out all my outfits. For those of you that are unaware I've been invited to the Grand Opening celebration for the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter, which opens on March 31st [information here]! Many of the stars will be there and I will be interviewing them on the red carpet. I'm going with two other fandom friends whom I've traveled with before and we have tons of fun stuff planned! So expect tons of photos!
We are planning on doing the Mad Hatter Tea as well as some other teas (we did High Tea at the Ritz over the summer when I went to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II premiere.) We'll also do the obligatory visits to Buckingham Palace, Abbey Road, Platform 9 3/4 and other touristy things. And I will hopefully see my lovely friend Matt Lewis, but he is filming a movie so I don't think he'll have time (he might not even make it to the Grand Opening)...so sad. SO excited, I still can't believe I'm going back after only 7 months! We leave at 10:05 PM on Wednesday the 28th, so less than 2 weeks to go!
 Monday: Jeans: Guess (Lord & Taylor) $15, Top: Express $35, Blazer: Jones New York $40, Wedges: Steve Madden "James" (DSW) $55, Bracelets c/o 31 Bits, Rings: old and c/o OASAP, Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs via Shopbop gift card, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs |  Tuesday: Sweater: Ralph Lauren $25, Tank: American Eagle $5, Skirt: Mudd, Leggings: H&M $15, Booties: No.704b. (DSW) $20, Rings: old and c/o OASAP, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs |
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The first week of the new year is over, it wasn't too horrible. We had Monday off, which was good, I only left the house for about an hour and a half to get groceries and a Duchess hotdog (long dog with ketchup and bacon) for lunch, but I took a photo anyway. If you are ever on the East Coast and see a Duchess make sure to go there for a hot dog...they are DELICIOUS! The rest of the week was full of work and watching movies and Gilmore Girls.
I wore my other new sweaters this week (Monday and Tuesday), the second one is a tank top which is nice because it won't add extra bulk. I had been looking for a white (or any color) fisherman knit sweater and finally found it at TJ Maxx. Funnily enough, it was made in Ireland and came with a fun tag with information on each of the stitches. And the weird thing is, I used to HATE turtlenecks (I feel like they're choking me) but I have been obsessed with them lately!!! Funny how things change as you get older, right?
In other news, net-a-porter has a really awesome new contest where you can win the ultimate Karl Lagerfeld experience! Win a weekend for two in paris! Get Karlified with an all expenses paid trip to Karl's favorite Parisian hotspots. Plus $7,500 to spend at NET-A-PORTER. Stay in his favorite hotel, dine in his recommended restaurants and visit his hottest hangouts. Plus five runners up will receive $1,500 to spend at NET-A-PORTER. Pretty exciting, don't you think?!
And one more bit of NET-A-PORTER news! They have released their newsletter with an A-Z guide on dressing for Spring! You can use it for inspiration, whether it's micro-trends like twin bags or Erin Wasson's guide to style. Plus, discover your wild instincts with our focus on animal print accessories and the new athletic silhouette that captured runways for SS12.
I wore my other new sweaters this week (Monday and Tuesday), the second one is a tank top which is nice because it won't add extra bulk. I had been looking for a white (or any color) fisherman knit sweater and finally found it at TJ Maxx. Funnily enough, it was made in Ireland and came with a fun tag with information on each of the stitches. And the weird thing is, I used to HATE turtlenecks (I feel like they're choking me) but I have been obsessed with them lately!!! Funny how things change as you get older, right?
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In other news, net-a-porter has a really awesome new contest where you can win the ultimate Karl Lagerfeld experience! Win a weekend for two in paris! Get Karlified with an all expenses paid trip to Karl's favorite Parisian hotspots. Plus $7,500 to spend at NET-A-PORTER. Stay in his favorite hotel, dine in his recommended restaurants and visit his hottest hangouts. Plus five runners up will receive $1,500 to spend at NET-A-PORTER. Pretty exciting, don't you think?!
And one more bit of NET-A-PORTER news! They have released their newsletter with an A-Z guide on dressing for Spring! You can use it for inspiration, whether it's micro-trends like twin bags or Erin Wasson's guide to style. Plus, discover your wild instincts with our focus on animal print accessories and the new athletic silhouette that captured runways for SS12.
My closet room is a little bit more decorated now! I finally got a cork board to put up some magazine clippings and I got some fashion prints for Christmas. My aunt also gave me a fun shoe calendar! I'm so glad my roommate gave me two rooms at our place so I could make my dream closet, its perfection.
So I figured you guys may like to see my updated closet, even though it isn't much different from the first time I showed it.
So I figured you guys may like to see my updated closet, even though it isn't much different from the first time I showed it.
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| My shoe shelves. Shoe brands from left to right. First Row: Crown Vintage, No.704b., Miu Miu, Alexander Wang. Second Row: Michael by Michael Kors, Simply Vera Wang, R2, Forever 21. Third Row: Target, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Tahari, Croft & Barrow. |
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| More shoes |
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| Top of my shoe shelf. Purses by Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren |
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| Tops, Blazers and summer dresses |
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| One of my clothing racks that houses my pants, coats and dresses |
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| Sweater storage, yes, I'm weird and color organize |
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| Top of sweater storage; Classy & Very Classy by Derek Blasberg, Chanel makeup, Burberry shoe bag, and other makeup/perfume |
Here we go with my first outfit post of 2012!! It's more of a simple look but I wanted to be comfortable at a family gathering yesterday. I even wore some jewelry, the colored bangles are from when I was REALLY young, ha ha. I also don't have work today so I'm going to laze about, yay!
UPDATE: OOPS! Accidentally set the day on the post for the 1st when I meant to schedule it for the 2nd, but I'll just leave it up ;) So this outfit is from today, January 1st. Don't you hate when you do that?
Sweater: French Connection (TJ Maxx) gift, Jeans: Free People (Gilt Groupe) gift card, Booties: No.704b. (DSW) $20, Purse: LAUREN Ralph Lauren gift, Watch: Michael Kors, Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs (Shopbop) gift card, Nail Polish: Chanel Péridot
UPDATE: OOPS! Accidentally set the day on the post for the 1st when I meant to schedule it for the 2nd, but I'll just leave it up ;) So this outfit is from today, January 1st. Don't you hate when you do that?
Sweater: French Connection (TJ Maxx) gift, Jeans: Free People (Gilt Groupe) gift card, Booties: No.704b. (DSW) $20, Purse: LAUREN Ralph Lauren gift, Watch: Michael Kors, Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs (Shopbop) gift card, Nail Polish: Chanel Péridot
This week was so nice and calming, I love the week between Christmas and New Years because hardly any of our clients are working so we don't have too much to do. I also had Monday off so it was a nice short week, we have this coming Monday off too! I also realized this week that I am a full on Chanel addict (well, I realized that a while ago)...all my makeup is Chanel and now I only want to use my Chanel nail polishes (my roomie got me Péridot for Christmas and I LOVE it, its so cool...) But I suppose its okay to splurge on it once in a while, right?
Do any of you have exciting New Years Eve plans? I'll be spending mine all alone at home unless something miraculous happens and I get invited somewhere where I'm not too scared to go, ha ha.
I wore two of my new sweaters this week (on Tuesday and Wednesday) that I got when I exchanged a Tahari blazer that wasn't the right color. I tried on the jacket at TJ Maxx 2 weeks before Christmas and it was teal...I LOVED it but it was $100 so I put it back. A few days later my mom went back and was on clearance in my size so she bought it! When she wrapped it she saw that it was black...not teal so she thought she bought the wrong one. So on Monday we headed to TJ Maxx to exchange it for the teal one...I saw the jacket again and it looked teal, so we compared it to mine and MINE looked teal now. So to put a long story short (too late), the lighting in TJ Maxx messed us up and the blazer was really black. I have too many black blazers, so I exchanged it for 4 sweaters! They were all turtlenecks...I guess I'm obsessed with them now too...
Do any of you have exciting New Years Eve plans? I'll be spending mine all alone at home unless something miraculous happens and I get invited somewhere where I'm not too scared to go, ha ha.
I wore two of my new sweaters this week (on Tuesday and Wednesday) that I got when I exchanged a Tahari blazer that wasn't the right color. I tried on the jacket at TJ Maxx 2 weeks before Christmas and it was teal...I LOVED it but it was $100 so I put it back. A few days later my mom went back and was on clearance in my size so she bought it! When she wrapped it she saw that it was black...not teal so she thought she bought the wrong one. So on Monday we headed to TJ Maxx to exchange it for the teal one...I saw the jacket again and it looked teal, so we compared it to mine and MINE looked teal now. So to put a long story short (too late), the lighting in TJ Maxx messed us up and the blazer was really black. I have too many black blazers, so I exchanged it for 4 sweaters! They were all turtlenecks...I guess I'm obsessed with them now too...
 |  Wednesday: Turtleneck: French Connection (TJ Maxx) gift, Dress: Marc by Marc Jacobs (eBay) $27, Booties: No.704b. (DSW) $20, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs |
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This was a pretty good week, nice weather, work wasn't TOO crazy and I had nice relaxing evenings. Tomorrow I'm headed home (to my parents house, which is only 15 minutes away) until after Christmas. My cousins from Ohio are visiting from Sunday-Monday and then Tuesday-Friday are family movie nights (when we watch It's a Wonderful Life, Holiday Inn, White Christmas and finally Scrooge with Albert Finney). It's my favorite tradition so I HAD to go home for it. Do you have any traditions as it gets closer to the holidays?
I think I'm going to make myself get a haircut tomorrow, I just have NO idea what to do...I've been thinking for months of what to do but I can't decide. I want to keep it long and easy to manage though. But just watch, I won't do it, ha ha. If I do you guys will be seeing a before and after. [I am thinking about getting it cut like Kendi's but longer...]
I think I'm going to make myself get a haircut tomorrow, I just have NO idea what to do...I've been thinking for months of what to do but I can't decide. I want to keep it long and easy to manage though. But just watch, I won't do it, ha ha. If I do you guys will be seeing a before and after. [I am thinking about getting it cut like Kendi's but longer...]
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Here is my outfit from yesterday, it was the first really cold day we've had. When I was driving to work it was 27°F, yowza, and its going to get colder! Decided to take today's photos in my coat and gloves since it was my first time wearing it this fall/winter. I got it for Christmas last year but I actually bought it myself. I bought it for $40 at Marshalls and then my mom offered to pay for it and put it under the tree, ha ha. I love the print of it, its not the normal leopard print that you see everywhere so that makes it unique. It is SO soft too, I could sleep in it!
Coat: unknown (Marshalls) gift, Sweater: American Eagle gift, Jeans: Free People (TJ Maxx) $20, Booties: no.704b. (DSW) $20, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Here is a photo of my car covered in frost, 10 points if you can guess who is on the sticker, it's pretty easy ;)
Here is my outfit from yesterday, it was the first really cold day we've had. When I was driving to work it was 27°F, yowza, and its going to get colder! Decided to take today's photos in my coat and gloves since it was my first time wearing it this fall/winter. I got it for Christmas last year but I actually bought it myself. I bought it for $40 at Marshalls and then my mom offered to pay for it and put it under the tree, ha ha. I love the print of it, its not the normal leopard print that you see everywhere so that makes it unique. It is SO soft too, I could sleep in it!
Coat: unknown (Marshalls) gift, Sweater: American Eagle gift, Jeans: Free People (TJ Maxx) $20, Booties: no.704b. (DSW) $20, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Here is a photo of my car covered in frost, 10 points if you can guess who is on the sticker, it's pretty easy ;)
It is finally time for me to go Christmas crazy, I always make sure to wait until after Thanksgiving is over. But now I will be listening Christmas music every day and watching tons of Christmas movies!!! We're getting our Christmas tree today! Every year we go to Jones Family Farms the day after Thanksgiving to get our Christmas tree. It is one of my favorite traditions [the other is the 3 movies we watch in the days leading up to Christmas Eve (Holiday Inn, White Christmas and Scrooge with Albert Finney)]. Then later today we're going to my Aunt's to celebrate Thanksgiving with my Dad's side of the family. Yesterday we went to my Grandmother's for my Mom's side. We split it up so we don't have to rush to be 2 places in one day.
Here are my outfits from the week, I had Jury Duty on Tuesday...GROSS and Wednesday was my bosses' last day at work. I am SO depressed, he is one of the main reasons I love my job so much, but he had to move back to his home state :/ I have no idea how I am going to survive at work without him. If Thursday and Friday of last week are any indication of what it's going to be like I will die...it may be time to try and get my dream job in fashion...I'll give it a few months to see if I can handle it though ;)
BUT on the plus side some amazingness occurred on Monday! If you read my Twitter you already know, but if not here's the story: As you know from this post, I've been obsessed with the Miu Miu leopard sandals since I saw them. I have eBay email me whenever an item is listed with "Miu Miu leopard" in the name. Every day I would get a couple emails saying "New items matched ..." and every time I would look and be disappointed because my beloved shoes would not be there. But Monday morning was different, I checked the email and there they were!! THE SHOES!! I held my breath and looked at the size and they were MY SIZE! So I hurriedly called over a coworker and asked her "am I crazy for buying these" And being the fashion lover she is she said, "Of course not!" So I pulled the trigger and bought them, they were expensive but totally worth it because I LOVE them! They arrived on Wednesday and fit perfectly! So of course I wore them for both my Thanksgiving celebrations ;)
Here are my outfits from the week, I had Jury Duty on Tuesday...GROSS and Wednesday was my bosses' last day at work. I am SO depressed, he is one of the main reasons I love my job so much, but he had to move back to his home state :/ I have no idea how I am going to survive at work without him. If Thursday and Friday of last week are any indication of what it's going to be like I will die...it may be time to try and get my dream job in fashion...I'll give it a few months to see if I can handle it though ;)
BUT on the plus side some amazingness occurred on Monday! If you read my Twitter you already know, but if not here's the story: As you know from this post, I've been obsessed with the Miu Miu leopard sandals since I saw them. I have eBay email me whenever an item is listed with "Miu Miu leopard" in the name. Every day I would get a couple emails saying "New items matched ..." and every time I would look and be disappointed because my beloved shoes would not be there. But Monday morning was different, I checked the email and there they were!! THE SHOES!! I held my breath and looked at the size and they were MY SIZE! So I hurriedly called over a coworker and asked her "am I crazy for buying these" And being the fashion lover she is she said, "Of course not!" So I pulled the trigger and bought them, they were expensive but totally worth it because I LOVE them! They arrived on Wednesday and fit perfectly! So of course I wore them for both my Thanksgiving celebrations ;)
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This was a very interesting week, I was barely home (well, my new home). Monday night I went to my parents house because my Aunt and Uncle were staying over because they lost power in the snow storm (they still don't have it). Then I went to my place and watched Casper and Hocus Pocus with my roommate since it was Halloween. Tuesday I went home again after work and my aunt said she and my cousin were going to go to NYC for the day on Wednesday. I was feeling very spur of the moment so I asked my boss if I could take an unplanned day off and, because he is so awesome, he said yes! But I am in the negative for vacation days now...so no more random days off! (except maybe a couple days before Christmas when my cousins from Ohio visit.) So I stayed home Tuesday and Wednesday night and then it was back to business as usual Thursday morning, ha ha. That is a crazy week for me so I need to relax this weekend. (though one of my guy friends will be about an hour away from me on the weekend instead of a couple hours, so I may see him if he asks ;) which I doubt)
I was VERY blabby today, oops! You guys probably don't really care to know what I do with my boring life outside of fashion, but I like sharing with you anyway. Here's what I wore this week! My favorite is Monday, it actually came out way nicer than I was picturing it in my head, LOVE when that happens! (I'll have to wear it again and take better outfit pictures...perhaps if I get bored this weekend ;) )
I was VERY blabby today, oops! You guys probably don't really care to know what I do with my boring life outside of fashion, but I like sharing with you anyway. Here's what I wore this week! My favorite is Monday, it actually came out way nicer than I was picturing it in my head, LOVE when that happens! (I'll have to wear it again and take better outfit pictures...perhaps if I get bored this weekend ;) )
 Monday: Sweater: Willi Smith hand-me-down, Pants: ASOS $35, Flats: Missoni for Target $30 Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs |  |
 Wednesday: Dress: McQ by Alexander McQueen gift, Sweater: Ami Dans La Rue via Shopbop gift card, Boots: Vintage (eBay) $11, Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs via Shopbop gift card, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs |  |
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