Passionate Fashion - Black and White in the Gray

Nothing much to say about this outfit.
As the title says, black and white in the gray. Comfy, warm, and businesslike.





Pants - via Maurices
Sweater - via Ann Taylor Loft
White shirt - Old Navy
Wool Jacket - Nordstrom thrifted
Boots - Aldo
Scarf -via Herbergers

Passionate Fashion - Color up to here

I have been spending my time since this post breaking out of my fashion box while keeping my "style". I have also been trying to make the most of the items that are in my closet. I have plenty of items (bought or thrifted) that haven't been worn or at least they haven't been worn enough.

This outfit fit with my style while pushing my fashion boundaries. I have never really worn knee socks and boots and I don't think I have ever worn a sweater and a skirt.

I'm trying!



This finger nail polish is fun. Rimmel 60 Second in Red Carpet!


Sweater - Mossimo via Target
Skirt - via Target
Boots - via DSW ( I bought these years ago and they are STILL in the DSW ads)
Socks - via Target
Necklace - via Herbergers

Got a New Closet

It's like I got new everything in my closet. Ok well not quite. I have been working on wearing the items that have been hanging in the dank darkness that was my closet. Ok another exaggeration. I am trying to find fun ways to love my closet. It helps when the people around me have NEVER seen the clothes that I am wearing. Even if they aren't new to me, they seem new to them!

A clean closet can be much like a new closet. Even if it is still packed to the gills! I can't seem to get rid of any of my clothes. How do people do it!!!!

Passionate Fashion - The Offending Outfit

Here is the dress... as a dress that I mentioned in this post.

This outfit is my do over of this post's outfit.

I changed a few things to make it a little bit more comfortable to me. But it is still pushing MY boundaries of fashion comfort. I am working on trying an outfit at least once a week that pushes me to test my style a bit more. By pushing my boundary here and there, I find that I am able to wear more of my clothes in fun ways. Once I wear something out and get myself more comfortable with it, it doesn't seem so out there. That allows me to try something bigger the next time. This may not seem like much, but I have said it before and I will say it again, I never would have even worn a dress to work a few years ago. I didn't own a skirt and all of my pants were basically the same. Either a pair of jeans (straight, bootcut, or maybe a bit baggy) or a pair of trousers in black or gray (very basic!). My shoes have been my creative outlet but I wear them like my underwear..... umm.... I wear them UNDER my pants so I know they are cute and they make me feel good but noone else needs to know.

What did you think I mean??? Sickos!





Dress -Essentials? via Marshall's
Leggings - via Shopko
Slip - via Marshall's
Shoes - Madden Girl? via DSW
Belt - thrifted

Passionate Fashion - Sexy School Teacher

Since my husband's sister is a librarian, I am not allowed to be a sexy librarian. Haha... it must be a badddd image. LOL

I think I can work it as a sexy school teacher.

I thrifted this satiny skirt this past summer (along with the recent tweed skirt) and I never brought it out of the closet. When I thrifted this striped button down this weekend I knew what I wanted to wear it with.

I pulled this outfit together to make up for the fact that I had to leave work for a bit to pick up my husband. I wanted to make sure that I looked the part of a professional.

It was working for me as I felt pretty good about myself and I was motivated to get stuff done... until my husband called and told me that I couldn't go back to work after I dropped him off.

I hope this professional outfit made up for the fact that I had to run out on the rest of the afternoon.







This is what I changed into for an afternoon of working from home.



These are my jeans that I thrifted this weekend. One of 3 pairs. And I wasn't even looking for jeans! I did put back a Tommy Hilfiger jacket (kicking myself), a pair of black flats (kicking myself), and a black Charter Club sweater... (kicking myself). Note to self. Don't thrift with the husband. You think of all the things that you shouldn't buy. GRRRRR!!!!!

This outfit was pretty inexpensive as most of it was thrifted.

Satin skirt - Worthington thrifted
Striped button down - Foxcroft thrifted (YAY)
White lace teelet - Mia Bellina (won in a giveaway)
Shoes - Payless clearance
Necklace - via Herbergers sale
Sunglasses- Kohls sale

Money spent on the accessories I guess.

Jeans - Lee Heritage thrifted (Sis, check these out!)

Passionate Fashion - Rebel Mixin' My Metal

I hate that it is getting dark earlier but it is forcing me to be more creative with my photos. I have a feeling that there will be days when I will just be lazy but the lighting was too much to miss today.

So here you go, this is what I wore today (in lots of pictures!) These pictures are all straight out of the camera taken by me.

This isn't what my outfit started out as this morning. It's better. I wasn't sure where I was headed when I opened my closet this morning. I had some things in mind, but I never decide what to wear the night before as I always change my mind anyways.

Khakis and a nice shirt turned into khakis and some sparkle on my shirt. Then while trying to find a jacket I realized that the sparkly shirt that I had on was too flowy and it wrecked the line of the jacket that I had picked. A shirt change for a slimmer line and I was ready to go out the door in an outfit that I was happier with than what I was thinking I would find on "one of those days" where nothing was jumping out at me.

I'm blurry but the color and the rest of the picture were too pretty too miss.



I would have taken more of the pictures like above but I could hear my neighbor (the owner of the red barn on the other side of those trees) wandering around and I felt a bit silly with my camera timer beep beeping and my flash flashing.



Sis? Do you want to go buy this book now because I am holding it in my pictures?

My sister and I were discussing a shoot with Robert Pattinson in which he was holding a book about sex. My sister took it upon herself to look up the book to find out more about it. She found it listed with a $90 price tag. Was the book worth the price tag, or was it just because it was in the shoot with "ROBERT PATTINSON"?

How do I get into styling?

Chanelesque Jacket - via Target
Black Vneck - Old Navy
Black Shirt - Decree - thrifted
Khaki Cords - via Maurices
Shoes - DSW
Accessories below...





These are all my accessories...
Necklace - via Herbergers
Pin - gifted
Bracelet - via Herbergers
Watch - Fossil via Herbergers
Earrings - Daisy Fuentes via Kohls
Ring - ???

Passionate Fashion - Stripes in the Gap

Glamorous this outfit is not. Glamour definitely was not what was going for. All I could think of was to be comfortable and to make it through. Through what you ask? Aches, chills, fever, nausea... everything flu. Whatever this is, it just won't let go! I had to go to work but I only made it until lunch before I had to go home. I then missed the next two days and was out of it for the weekend too! Ugh! It's A week from when I first got sick and I am still not feeling well. If this is the swine flu you can keep it!




Good thing I found the Gap and Old Navy outlets the day before I got sick. I think my husband would say that I got sick from shopping.

Black Pants - Love them... have had them forever... Worthington via JCPenney I believe
White Tanklet - Victoria Secret
Gray Shirt- Old Navy outlet ($3.00?)
Striped Cardi - Gap Outlet
Necklace - gifted from Mom
Bracelet - Fossil
Boots - Aldo cowboy booties