Committed to sparkle motion

Oufit: Sequins: Express/ Skirt: Target/ Jacket: Banana Republic/ Shoes: Target/ Belt: Target/ Earring: Handmade/

I used to be a minimal sequins kind of gal, but fell deeply in like with this shirt over the summer.  The theme for my sister in law's bachelorette party was sequins, so I made the rare decision to buy something specifically for a purpose (which I haven't done since being invited to my first wedding as an adult where I found myself scrambling frantically around the Galleria (mall) to find something that was appropriate and fit well- I'm pretty sure that experience was traumatizing enough to explain why I now have too many dresses for all occasions hanging in my closet).  This shirt is not the sequins that I wore to that party- it was the back-up sequins that I bought along with an insanely fabulous dress that I wasn't sure I had the courage to wear (turns out I did), but I couldn't manage to return the back-up as planned.  Now I'm bound my the rules of my closet to manufacture occasions to wear sequins.  Like Wednesday.  Wednesday can be a holiday now, right?

Giving In

So I've finally jumped on the the scarf bandwagon and let me tell you, it is FANTASTIC. It is snowing here right now-lightly snowing, but still, SNOW-and I refuse to switch to my super-poofy winter coat untill absolutely necessary. I pulled out my probably-too-light-for-30-degrees-Fahrenheit jacket and realized that the lovely V in the front left an awesome space for freezing breezes to blow into. I had purchased a few scarves yesterday (because I'm psychic and knew I'd need them, clearly), so I just wrapped one around my neck and voila! Instant space filler! Also, because most of my coats/jackets/etc are dark colors, I got my scarves in jewel tones, keeping in mind H's preference for me in those particular shades :), so I felt instantly less gloomy with these bursts of color in my outfit. I'm posting pictures (goodness help us all because I can never do it right), but I refuse to post anything below the waist until I have an excellent pair of boots!