My Week In Style

 This Week’s Attire:  I’m changing the format of today’s blog slightly.  Normally it would be today’s attire, but I’m still in bed and that attire isn’t very interesting.  However I wore some interesting outfits this week and didn’t have the chance to blog about them, so I going to mention them now:

Monday: Red jersey tank top with silver stud detail (White House Black Market Outlet $28) over black cropped pants (Ross, $13) Black ¾ sleeve one button blazer (Torrid $40) paired with black stilettos with silver heel (White House Black Market Outlet $20)

Monday Evening appearance: Black Annalise dress with pink elephant martini detail on the lapel and the waist (Pinup Girl Clothing $90), royal blue crinoline (Unique Vintage $40) black flat Mary Janes (Payless $15)

Tuesday:  Red leopard print dress with sweetheart neckline and flowy skirt (White House Black Market $60), black blazer with ¾ length sleeves (Torrid $40) black flat Mary Janes (Payless $15)

Tuesday Evening:  One shouldered gold satin dress with olive green crochet overlay (Macy’s $85)  gold rounded toe glitter sparkly flats (Payless $8) accessorizes with green flower fascinator with peacock feather detail (made by my friend’s Carolina’s mother)

Wednesday: A ribbed cream scoop neck tee (Banana Republic $8) under a charcoal grey pinstripe 3 button vest (Gap $23) with dark wash boot cut with heavy white stitching jeans (Ross $16) with black leather stud clog slides (Rapport Outlet $19)

Thursday: Black jersey scoop neck tee (Banana Republic $4) black a-line skirt with white and silver rose print (White House Black Market $38) silver mock croc ballet flats (Payless $12)

Thursday Evening: Leopard print velour halter top (Pinup Girl Clothing Yard Sale $5) paired with black patent leather flat Mary Janes (Payless $15)

Friday: Grey with black polka dot ¾ length sleeve peplum blouse (White House Black Market $35) black cropped pants (Ross $13) grey cotton ballet flat with bow detail (Payless $14)

Friday Evening: Luscious Dress in Navy with red  Octavio the Octopus detail on the shoulder (Pinup Girl Clothing $65) paired with a wide red belt (Ann Taylor Loft Outlet $12) and silver mock crock ballet flats (Payless $12)

My Week In Style:

All of these outfits were my attempt to dress well and feel good about myself.  I read a book that inspired me and wanted to apply the lessons that I learned from this book.  The book is called The Truth About Style by Stacy London (The stylist from TLC’s What Not To Wear). I highly suggest reading this book to deal with style and some life challenges.  It really helped me. I already had a love of clothes and fashion, but really making an effort with my personal style has motivated me in a positive way.  I feel like I have a little more pep in my step. And I'm trying to reward for myself for the the things that I've made progress on, and not punish myself for every little failure. I'm taking the effort to dress for a path that I want, in hopes that opens the doors to better opportunities for me in the future.  That's within my control. And things that are beyond my control, I'm letting go of, and working hard to get past those things. I might be low man on the totem pole at work, and I'm not the rock star that I want to be, but I can dress like I've got some authority in the office and have the ability to hit the red carpet.  And that's what being a budget fashionista rock star is all about.