Wants

What I want for my birthday.....

Target shoes!...

Finally, I'm motivated to dress nicely

What I'm wearing to go buy my boyfriends birthday present...

Top: Target
Skirt: Macys
Shoes: Steve Madden
Purse: Nine West

Can we lol at my "model" pose on the last one?

Just a small amount of Fall 08 collections I'm digging...

I'm digging grungy masculine inspired looks:

Alexander Wang




But at the same time, I'll always go for some girlier looks too (in fall fabrics/colors):

BCBG Max Azaria


And now I'm just randomly posting Fall 08 collection stuff, so heres some details I liked..

Chloe:

Oscar de le Renta:



Shots from style.com

Sorry for the lack of updates

Sorry its been so long, I hope to return to my regularly scheduled posting shortly!!

Off to work in her boring business casual,
Andrea

AA Dress....my new love

This dress is so fun to play with!
More combinations to come... :)

Home and tired, but not too tired for posting ;),
Andrea

Off to Vacation

I'll miss posting, but hopefully I'll have some pics to post (fashionable or not) when I return!

Before I go, I wandered into the Gap the other day and this beauty greeted me:


I was mostly deterred by the $64 dollar price tag, and the length is a little iffy (I'm a pretty petite 5'2" so this would probably hit below the knee..

There is a skirt too, but I didnt think it was as cute:

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Anyways, a few pics of inspiration while I'm gone...

What I'm packing...

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This is what I'm wearing to Portland! (Well, visual representation!)

Broken Down:

Day One (Top left):
-White v-neck lightweight shirt
-Skinny Jeans
-Wedges
-Turquoise Necklace

Look 2 (Night/Optional/Top Right)
-Navy Dress with buttons on straps (Sailor-esque)
-Anchor Necklace to Pirate it up
-White flats

Day 2 (Bottom left):
-White dress
-Flip flops/Wedges/whatever
-Circle earrings

Day 3 (bottom right):
-white and blue striped shorts
-navy tank
-angel wing necklace
-wedges/flip flops/whatever

Other things I'll need/Day 4 (middle)
-Yellow/Blue V-necks (probably with skinny jeans!)
-grey and black hoodie (case its cold)
-Black and white bikini with red strings (couldnt find a good polyvore version)
-Camera
-Sunscreen
-Glasses
-Purse

Also: Sunglasses/Socks/Misc other things

Sound good guys? Think I need anything else? And I dont really have anything to pack it into, which sucks. I'll probably use an old backpack for lack of cute luggage.

Packing...

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So this weekend I'm going on vacation, and while I don't have beautiful vintage suitcases like these to pack with (although I Wish I did) I'm still having a packing dilemma.

My vacation will be 2 days in Portland hanging with the boy and his friends. I'm think I want mostly casual stuff, but possible a few looks that can be transformed into "night" looks too. And then we are spending 2 weeks at his families beach house. So a swimsuit and some light clothing.

Any suggestions?/Ideas?/Advice? I'll post a list once I make one (Its my goal for work today, I think, to work on this list.)

If only my AA dress would get here before then! (I doubt it, I've heard AA is notoriously slow to ship)

You can get away with shorter hemlines when its hot, right?

What I'm wearing to go grab some food and maybe wander around shopping. We'll see where the day takes me...

Dress: Express

Sandals: Ross

Flower: Wal-mart craft section. I popped the flower off, put it on a bobby pin.

Is this too short? I'm comforted by the fact its longer than my shorts...so it should be fine, yes?

Coco Rocha by Horst Diekgerdes In Muse

Pretty, pretty. [Click to make the images bigger]
I love the dress in the last picture!!


Motivated to put a cute outfit together,
Andrea

Everyone's doing it...

So I don't live near an American Apparel. And everyone always wears their clothes and looks happy and wonderful and I'm left out. Not anymore, I finally ordered this!!



Plus, I got 20% off... (use the promotion code: SHOPNOW08E)

Now I'm looking all over at the cute ways to wear it and dreaming of the things I'll try :)

Happy and 40 dollars less in her pocket,
Andrea

The bombs bursting in air

So this is what I wore yesterday for a BBQ with lots of delicious food, swimming, and funny stories and games.



Sorry the pictures arent the best, I took them in a hurry....

Tank: Target
Skirt: TJ Maxx
Flip Flops: Payless

Not the most creative outfit, but it was cute and functional for the day!

80's Flavor

#84, originally uploaded by sailoralison.

Note to self: Find old Spice Girl/Hanson tape and make sweet 80's necklace

July!

Just a couple of looks, to wear my Steve Madden heels (how I love them, even with the pain they cause)

Dress: Thrifted
Vest: Bitten
Shoes: Steve Madden

Dress: Old Navy
Belt: ?
Shoes: Steve Madden
Inspiration: SJP in the Sex and the city movie. Her studded belt was amazing. I found this belt and thought "why not?"

Hairdos

I'm not very adventurous with my hair. I hardly ever wear it up. I don't really know any cute ways to wear it. I dont even really like wearing it in a ponytail (whats more boring than that?)

But lately all the pretty hairdo's I've been seeing have inspired me....

Rebecca was a recluse always has the most adorable hair:

The first one with the cute Heidi looking hair? So cute, I'll have to try it..... Her instructions on how to get the second hairdo are:

" I do this hairdo or something a lot like it almost everyday It is hard to explain how to do it though. I basically have the hair is three sections and try to get a ton of volume for the top one. After pinning all the sections, I use a pair of hairsticks to keep the sections in place as my hair is very heavy when I do this. "

And if that isn't helpful, we can just stare at it together and dream.... Plus, isn't her hair color amazing?

Next is the Freelancers Fashion Blog who by now everyone has seen this post on how to create the most beautiful retro hair:


This makes me want to go blonde and get tattoos. :)


Other 'dos I'm digging:

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So many of these are curly messy beauties....sigh, why is curling hair so time consuming?

Updated Mary Janes

So, I'm really digging the double/triple strapped Mary Janes out lately....


First ran across these on Annabel's Chic blog but...these could make ANY outfit...


Payless just added these. I think they're adorable, but I am really not digging the color! I still kind of want to go and see them in person. Especially since its BOGO right now (gotta love that!)


Steve Madden adding a peep toe into the equation...

Pastel Perfect!
These are the ones I'd go for...




And everyone's favorite, Pandora, rocking the look: