Wedding Reception

On Saturday we went to a wedding reception for my husband's uncle. I know I usually don't post on Saturdays, not because I don't want to, but because I usually work ALL day long. Well, today I only had to work most of the day, not ALL day- it was pretty nice!!

This is the most amazing dress I have ever owned, I feel like a million bucks and it really doesn't take much- I LUV it!

Dress- $15, Ross

Gold Heels- $30, Macy's (I think)

Earrings- $1, Dollar Tree

Total Cost: $46

Wow, I think this is one of the MOST expensive outfits I've ever posted!!

Close-up of the hair and makeup, I was kind of rockin' the 1920's hair:

I Don't Really Know About This...

I don't really know about this outfit...I think it photographed well, but I didn't feel super confident in it. I don't know, what do you think?

Today's Outfit:

Brown cami- $3, JC Penney

White dress (worn as blouse)- $12, Cato's

Floral skirt- $4, Gap via Ebay

Belt- $0.60, thrifted

Sandals- gifted

Earrings- $1.50, Cato's

Necklace- made by me

Total Cost: $21.10

Forgive the thread all over the carpet, the puppy is ripping his toys apart and leaving the remenants all over the floor!

The accessories and print:

Finally, It Came!!

Soooo, where have I been right? Well, occasionally I would mention that I was getting married and well it finally happened!!! I'm sorry about the lack of posting leading up to the wedding, but it was quite chaotic for the last two months. I'll tell you though if I knew then what I know now we would have totally eloped!! But that being said it was totally worth it, we had a wonderful day, it was absolutely perfect. I posted a few of the pictures below to give you an idea of my dress, I think eventually I'll post a link so you can view more pictures. I hope you enjoy!

Me and my Momma

We were so excited!! Isn't my husband adorable?!

I actually had some of the material from hemming added to the bust of my dress to try to compensate for all the cleavage. Unfortunately, I'm just incredibly busty, but I think it still looked nice.

The afterglow

Oh I almost forgot, My Outfit:

Dress- $800 (but my parents paid)

Earrings- My mom's

Necklace- My mom's

Bracelet- gifted from my dad (it's Tiffany's!!)

Sandals- gifted from my mom

Total- Technically I didn't pay for any of it, sweet I know!!

* I know that $800 for a dress, albeit a wedding dress, is a bit much for me, but I'm going to get it hemmed to tea length and wear it all the time!! Keep your eyes out!!

First times a charm

This was actually the first picture that I took and I liked it, unusual for me since it takes like 10 shots. Ok, so I'm not what you would call a super confident person, in my looks that is, I'm very confident in my capabilities, skills, etc... but when it comes to my looks I have my good days and well I have my bad (perhaps more often then not), so what am I getting at? I really love the way my legs look today!!! Ok, enough of the self absorption, just had to get it out there:)

My Outfit:

White dress- $6, Belk

Blue cardigan- $4 , thrifted

Heels- $8, JC Penney

Belt- $7, Burlington (Calvin Klein)

Earrings- $1, Dollar Tree

Circular brooch- $1.40 , thrifted

Icy blue brooch- gifted, vintage (great grandma's)

Blue brooch- $0.80 , thrifted

Total Cost: $28.20

This is actually the first official wearing of these shoes and I luv them!!!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

Am I the only one that has trouble with the whole green thing on this day? It's not that I don't like green, I love it, it just doesn't like me. Well, I should be more specific, basically any shade lighter than this one doesn't like me...they make me look sickly. Anything darker than this is good, but for some reason I very rarely find anything that I like style and fit wise. At any rate, this is what I went with because it was the most obvious choice in my closet :)

My Outfit:

Green dress- $3, Walmart

White button-up- $5, Macy's

Gray tights- $3, Old Navy

White socks- borrowed from Greg

Boots- gifted, Walmart (George)

Necklace- $1, Dollar Tree

Earrings- $1, Dollar Tree

Total Cost: $13

Don't know if any of you have noticed but I frequent the dollar tree for a lot of my "jewelry"

I like it!

So when my fiance saw me today he laughed at my outfit! That made me a bit upset, but who cares what he thinks, you should see some of his outfits!!! At any rate, I initially said that I wanted to take risks, and I think this outfit is kind of risky, in that you either love it or you hate it. In addition to taking risks, this outfit is about necessity...you see I have on several layers on account of the fact that there are actual snow flurries in Alabama!! That is crazy, this very rarely happens (for those unfamiliar with AL weather). Also this is only the second time I've worn this gray and white dress, I can't really decide what to do with it. I mean I like it, but the first time I wore it, I actually wore it as a dress, which I don't believe I'll do again because it's just a bit too short to go it alone. So, I've been struggling with it. This is what I came up with, but I do plan on trying to work it a little bit more. So, if you don't like it, I was very warm!!!

My Outfit:

Black button up shirt- $10, Express

Gray/White dress/tunic- $5, Ross

Green jacket- $7, TJ Maxx

Dark denim jeans- $9, TJ Maxx

White tights (unseen)- $4, (George) Walmart

Rain boots- $15, Target via a friend

Belt-$2, thrifted

Earrings- $3, Walmart

Necklace- $3, Walmart
Total Cost- $58

I literally just fell into these boots. A friend of mine was telling me that she was going to return some boots that she had gotten at target, she got to talking about them, and I asked what size they were- my size!! At any rate I bought them off her for the price she paid! The best part is that I've been looking for a pair of rain boots (but I'm cheap so haven't found any "good" enough for me) and tada they're mine!