A Recent Foray ...

... into trying something new. My skirt is a Michael Kors from several seasons ago that my husband surprised me with (he got it off eBay). It's got an elastic/drawstring waist that sort of does a paperbag kind of thing at the top. It actually sits right below my knees if I wear it properly, but this day (Fourth of July, if you couldn't tell by the color scheme) I pulled it up to my natural waist. The tank came from WalMart, I don't remember where the cardigan came from, the wedges are Nine West via a discount store. And I got my tiny top hat, which is actually a headband, at a boutique in one of the quirky neighborhoods downtown. The belt was made by my grandmother back in the day - so the 60's maybe? It's legit vintage :o)

The reason I consider this trying something new is because I never would have thought to belt a skirt with a drawstring waist. But I've been seeing it all over the style blogs and thought I'd try it. I got an awful lot of compliments on my outfit that day so I'm glad I took a small risk and played with the outfit. It paid off.

What Am I Doing??

Now isn't that a good question?

I suppose what I'm doing is imitating a few of the style bloggers I've been following for the past few months. (Imitation ... flattery is good, right?) I've been trying to figure out what the heck has been going on in my closet for months and months now (mostly since I wore pretty much the same thing all winter long) and by browsing the world wide web I've found many a cute outfit on the blogs of stylish ladies all over this continent.

So this is a trial run, I think. I'm going to document my style findings as often as I'm able and see where this takes me. Maybe I'll actually end up being stylish myself ;o)

I'm thinking of doing a remix of clothing like I've seen on Kendi's 30 for 30 but I'm going to wait a few weeks I think. I've also started thrifting so I'll post my finds here as well.

In the meantime, a little about me: I'm 27-going-on-28. I'm married (we celebrated our 8th anniversary in May ... yay us!) and for the sake of my boy's privacy, we're gonna call him "O" on here. For now anyway. O and I live in the 'burbs of Charm City (Baltimore) with our chocolate lab (I love chocolate). We work, spend lots of time with the families and our friends and do cool stuff like take weekend trips and hang out in vineyards.

My shopping budget is small but I don't hold myself to it exactly - I'd go over every time if I did that. Some months I shop, some I don't. I'm big on sales, outlets and clearance racks. (My exception, which really isn't, is work clothes which I tend to buy online and with a coupon. Coupons usually mean you have to buy full-price items so I do, but they end up being less expensive with the coupon, thereby being on sale - to me. Make sense?). I love clothes - all kinds, and shoes in every style and color of the rainbow. Lucky for me, O does too so we have a good time shopping together.

Last, I work in an office so my day to day look tends to be pretty conservative. I have some restrictions: I have tattoos on my wrist and shoulder which have to stay covered up so that limits what I can wear. Which means I've got something of a work uniform: skirts and cute button-downs - toss a sweater or blazer in there for the colder months. I don't get really excited about my outfits until it's time to go out or hang out on the weekends. That's where I put more thought into it. But I do try to be cute at work - it just tends to be the same cute every day. So bear with me on that - I'm trying to branch out.

I can't promise a post everyday, although I'm going to try. I'm excited to see where this takes me - perhaps I'll actually be able to see all the options staring at me from my closet now.