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Geeked Out

Star Wars Tee – Purple Cactus on Etsy  //  Button up – Esprit  //  Vest – H&M  //  Cords  – Le Chateau  //  Boots – Locale
So in stark contrast to yesterday’s post, I’m completely and utterly dressed down and geeked out.  Yup, that’s a word.  Geeked.  The official definition in the dictionary has my picture next to it.  In fact, this exact picture.  Or maybe the picture in any of my other Star Wars shirts.  Oh yes, there are more than one.  ‘Cause just like good chips, you can’t have just one. 

Wilderness Dress *A Review*

Dress – c/o  DressStore  //  Necklace – eBay  //  Scarf – Unknown
Just recently I was contacted about doing a few reviews for the DressStore website.  It’s a site the specializes in formal, prom, homecoming, and fancy cocktails dresses.  I liked the idea of playing with gowns that I don’t normally get a chance to wear.  For my first piece I selected this lovely claret chiffon gown.  
The quality is to die for.  It has boning and so many layers.  It feels like a really durable piece.  Further, I love the color.  I think I may have to wear this color always.  I may even have to get every dress I ever own in this color.  I just love the combo of the red with the flowing nature of the dress.
Obviously, I’ve styled this down in a breezy, almost casual, way.  It’s certainly not a casual dress.  It’s something I can imagine wearing on a red carpet.  What I like about it is that it’s glamorous and red carpet worthy without being over the top.  Over the top has it’s place, but when I saw this dress I imagined a wilderness shoot, so flowy and delicate were on deck.

Random Sundays: Kids

Taking advantage of a relatively warm afternoon, the ‘kids’ and I headed down to the pond to see what’s what.  Drake the Dog ran around like a mad pup on the frozen over pond, and he also slid around like a mad pup on the same.  He seemed really confused as to why he could now stand in this spot. 

Baby Girl was just upset that she couldn’t throw stones in the water.  She tried several times and got visibly frustrated that they bounced and skidded over the ice instead.

p.s. the winner of the giveaway will be picked on Tuesday.  Just an FYI.

Thank You For Thinking This Is Ugly

 

Jacket & Belt -F21  //  Top – hand me down  //  Dress – BB Dakota via ModCloth  //  Scarf – Kensie  //  Boots – Aldo
When I saw this dress on ModCloth I immediately fell in love, but on this artist’s budget it just wasn’t happening.  So I waited and hoped for either a big cash boon or a big sale that would allow me to own this gorgeous piece.  Well, the big cash boon didn’t happen, but it seems that this dress wasn’t all that popular since it went on big time sale.  Plus, with an exclusive newsletter discount code, I nabbed it and squealed as it went into the ‘order confirmed’ box.
So thank you to everyone who thought this dress was ugly and for making it less than popular, because I think it’s absolutely perfect and I am over the moon that I nabbed it at pennies on what it was originally priced at.  Thank you!  Thank you! Thank you!  You have have officially made my day.  Kisses and hugs.

On Personal Style

 

Dress – c/o eShatki  //  Top – H&M  //  Tights – Hansel from Basel  //  Boots – Feet First  //  Necklace – gift from Poland  //  Earrings & Sunnies – F21

Style.  It’s an elusive thing, that sense of personal style.  I see other people who have it down pat in their personal aesthetic. Never deviating from it.  I can’t seem to do the same thing. There are so many different styles and silhouettes that I want to wear day to day.  I swing from feminine frocks, like this lovely one sent to me by eShakti from their Spring collection, to rocker chic, to boho chic, to casual and contemporary.  It seems that my personal style is not one particular aesthetic but more of a reflection of self and mood on any given day. 

I like frills and poufy skirts one day, pleather and studs the next, and soft lace and loose fits on yet another.  I know people say you need to nail down a personal style.  But I ask why?   I like to think that I’m a multifaceted individual, so why can’t I express those various sides of me depending on how I feel that day?  I see nothing wrong with playing with the freedom that fashion provides.

Course, I may be aggrandizing the fact that I have as yet to nail down one aesthetic and stick to it in the name of ‘Personal Style’.

p.s. Use code “MODAMAMA” to get 20% off at eShakti until March 30th. 

Quote of Today:
“I don’t care.  I just want chocolate.”

Sexy Woman Day

Dress – Zara //  Tights – HUE  //  Boots – Feet First  //  Belt – F21  //  Earrings – Gift  //  Bag – Ruche
More office wear coming at you.  I snagged this dress at a super end of season sale a few years back, and I love the way it makes me feel like I’m a stylish ’70s woman.  It’s conservative and yet still fun.  Plus, who doesn’t love a gold belt?   Again, I loved the looks in the office elevator.  It’s either my staggering beauty or the fact that these people have never seen color and pattern before.  Let’s go with the beauty theory.  If we’re going for grand delusions, I say we go for the really satisfying ones.  So today, we’re all Sophia Loren!  
In honor of this self proclaimed Sophia Loren day, might I suggest donning some sexy lipstick, a foxy dress and some fun shoes as you go about your day?  Even if you’re stuck in a cubicle, or stuck changing diapers – let’s get our sexy woman on today. 
*Wow, that is not where I saw this post going!*

Random Sundays: Backyardigan

Despite a cold, Baby Girl insisted on going out into the backyard.  
She worked real hard out there, moving the water from one puddle to the second puddle at the back of the yard.  
Once done, she declared,”I tired!”

Office Days

 

 

Sweater- hand me down  //  Top – Joe Fresh  //  Skirt – Ruche altered by me  //  Tights – HUE  //  Boots – Feet First  //  Bag – Ruche  //  Necklace – c/o Scarlet Samples

I’m working in an office part time now, so you may see a bit more office wear from me.  But here’s the caveat, it’s office wear from me; so, no stodgy blazers and cardigan sets.  I like how office wear has become loosened and become more creative.  Yes, with 20 minutes to get ready I put together this fun office appropriate number.  I loved that I was the only one in the elevator wearing color and red no less!  It made me smile, and there’s no better way to start your day than with a big grin.

Over and Over

Top- Wallis via The Bay  //  Vest – AE  //  Scarf – Only via Trove in Toronto  //  Cords – Le Chateau
 Boots – Locale  //  Necklace – Ruche  //  Sunnies – F21
You know, my pictures haven’t been working out the way I want them to lately.  I’m thinking it might have something to do with the fact that I freeze so much and my fingers become stiff from the cold and all I can think is, “That’s good enough.”  I can’t wait until it gets a little, just a little, warmer so I can take some time and get the shots that I imagine in my head.  
My days have not been at all interesting because I’ve spent them in rehearsal or sitting with a sick toddler on my lap.  Mostly sitting with a sick toddler, watching the same episode of Dora over and over and over….and over.

But enough about me.  I’m really boring right now.  What are you doing in anticipation of Spring?

I’m Bringin’ Color Back

Skirt- Ruche originally but altered by me  //  Cardi – hand me down  //  Top –  Lucy Love from Trixie in Toronto 
//  Tights, belt, and necklace – F21  //  Boots – Locale.
I’m really trying hard not to let the dreary winter drag me down.  So I put on my bright tights and stripey skirt and decided to try to bring the color and dresses in.  It worked, until Baby Girl in her stroller started crying, “No pictures!  It’s cold!”  My sentiments exactly.  
Oh and I bought this skirt on a super crazy blowout sale on Ruche last year.  I wore it a few times, but essentially found that it was a little too long for my tastes for such a fun skirt.  So I upped the hem, and now I see this as being quite the staple in my Spring wardrobe.  *If only Spring would hurry its buttocks and get here already!*
Quote of Today:
“It’s been a while since I’ve found porn videos in my yard.”
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