Wednesday November 2...pms ftw!

Tuesday again?  How do the weeks fly by?!?  So this week, I have all grand plans to eat well, and not drink (too much) red wine during the week.  We have a big event this Saturday and I wanna be able to dress all up and feel good!  I'm also pms'ing this week so I'm bloated and gross and grumpy so we'll see how it goes!  Today I'm going for comfort!  Stretchy, soft, elastic!  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

So my stretchiest softest leggings, gray tank, soft black super stretchy ruched shirt from Nicole and flat over the knee suede boots.

My necklace.  I added the little bird on there.  I used to also have a bigger bird that I wore on just a chain but my friggen kids snapped it's wings off....soooo....speaking of wings....

Just little bat wings.

The feather earrings.  And a little gray bow but you can't really see it.

And the boots.  Over the knee.  Flat.  Comfy.  Like little suede hugs for my legs!





Friday November 4th....I believe I can fly.

It's Friday.  Which feels like Saturday.....which feels like my week should be over....but no.  Sadly it's not.  Today, another score of a free shirt!  This shirt is a new fav actually.  It's amazing.  The fabric feels great on and it's a hint of see through and you can dress it up or down....and you don't even feel like you have to suck in your gut!  Win!

 I've also worn this shirt with a skirt in the summer.  I wore a bandeau bra underneath and pulled the top down so my shoulders were both exposed and tucked it into a little black mini skirt and wore a cute wide belt.  Super versatile.

The bat wings.  The material is so flowey though that they hang nice enough that they're not really obvious bat wings.

Tried to get a close up of the pattern and so you can see that it is sheer in some places.  Yes, that's my bra through it!  I know, i'm sooo out there.

So the moral of the story is.....if you're cleaning out your closet, or have stuff that you don't want/wear/need anymore, pass it on to me! 

Thursday Nov 3 feels like pleather day to me!

Th th th thursday.  Today I wore what I thought was a pretty normal outfit.  Nothing too daring.  I also am just realizing that this will be my first pleather legging post?  I think?  Which is odd cause I practically sleep in those things.  Actually Halloween might have been my first.....anyways!  What was my point??  Oh ya....so I thought I was being all non-exciting.  My husband comes to the shop and says "Woah.  Nice shirt thing." (of course he's confused by the top cause it's long enough to be a dress, but i'm wearing leggings which are like pants sooo.....ahh men right?) so I reply "yes, I got it from the lovely Nicole at work who is too tall to wear it like a dress, yet it's too long to be a shirt so it's at a funny length.....thankfully i'm short!" and he says "well isn't it a little crazy!?!" and I'm all "wtf?" and he's all "it has THREE completely different colours on it!" and then i'm all proud of myself cause I was wearing three whole colours and not even feeling strange!

Okay okay okay.  So I failed to mention the three colours were black, white and tan.  SUE ME!  But look!  Just look!  They are big chunks of colour....and ASYMMETRICAL!  I'm growing!  I'm learning!  If this has taught me anything it's give me free clothes and I will wear them!

Look at all those chunks of colours!  Look at the one white sleeve, one black sleeve!  Cowl neck even....oh my!

Now I tried to get a good pic of the leather/pleather leggings....the lighting wasn't awesome.  But they are shiny and vinyl looking.  I adore them.  I even had a guy reach out and grab the leg of them to see what the heck they were even made of or felt like.  I had someone else politely ask to feel them too so it goes both ways!

You wanna reach out and grab them?  Or are you more polite and ask to cop a feel?

Wednesday Nov 2 starts off with a small lie.

I've been off since Saturday.....well, I worked a smidge on Tuesday but it was late at night and dark and I was pretty uninspired.  Okay okay okay....truth??  I wore the same thing on Tuesday as I did on Wednesday.  *GASP*  So here's the story.....I stayed in my pj's ALL day on Tuesday because I had some cancellations etc so I spend the day getting stuff done at the house blah blah blah....so I changed just in time to go to work for my client at 4:30 and then for my other client at 6pm.  So I was at work from 4:30-9pm.  Now my 2 clients are the only ones who saw me....except Gill...but she was only around for half hour or so.  And I did ask her opinion the next morning if I could get away with wearing the same thing again and this is what she said...

Me "I can wear the same thing I wore

yesterday right?  That didn't really

count as work right?"

Gill "Yes you may...strictly cuz I saw you

less then 4 hours and im nearly positive you wore your pjs

up until the point you had to leave the house"

So there you have it.  So here's my Tuesday Wednesday outfit!

Okay now before you get all up in my grill about it being a staple outfit....in my defence, I was wearing a lovely dress underneath the black baggy shirt!  It was colourful and patterned.  But it was REALLY cold at work (I even have clients who can stand behind me on that!) so I wore the black over it to stay warm.  It was a survival tactic, not just a comfort in black thing.  Sooo....

This is the pattern.  It's more green....but alas, it was dark when I took the pic and I used my flash on my iphone, which sucks.

Here's the dress SANS black thing on top!  See...I would have froze!  So you're all welcome that I thought ahead to cover up a bit.

I even wore a cutsey purple leather bow in my hair!  Feather earring and cat eyes!  Meow!





HALLOWEEN SHITSHOW!

IT'S TIME! 

Halloween!  My favorite time of the year!  This year a group of us decided to go as KISS.  You all know I love the rock star look so we had a blast with it!!

So my KISS of choice was StarChild....aka Paul Stanley. 

This was my inspiration!!

The before pic!

 Here is my makeup in the works!

And completed face/hair!  StarChild....is that you??  Man I wish I had those giant kissy lips ALL THE TIME!!!!!




Here's the entire group!  That's my husband as Spaceman believe it or not!

And practicing "the pose".  I did have fringe on my gloves too but it was softer so it didn't stick out with my arms up!  And the boots I crafted myself!  I'm wearing a bodysuit from American Apparel as well as the leggings from there.

These boots are the craftiest things i've ever made!!

What did you dress up as for Halloween??

I can't feel my vagina... on Saturday Oct 29th.

It's backwards day!  Instead of my usual flowy top and tight bottoms....I'm doing a skin tight top and baggy bottoms!  I know right?  Craziness!  So tonight we're going out for Halloween.....and I have to wear a bodysuit....so I thought I'd practice wearing a bodysuit all day but re-wearing my one from ThanksKissing!  Paired this with some slouchy boyfriend jeans and voila!  I got the idea for this combo from Gillian who saw one of the MTV hosts wearing a similar outfit....only she was wearing the identical bodysuit that I bought for my KISS Halloween costume.

Now at this point I'm hoping my bodysuit for tonight is stretchier....and softer.  This one is made of super crazy thick 80's spandex and it's seriously cutting off the circulation to my vagina.  Seriously.



I did wear my bright scarf for most of the day too....I know it doesn't look bright in this picture but it's like neon colour print on black....pinks and yellows and purples....

The jeans.....silvers and comfy as HECK!!!!!!!





Old and crippled.

I'm injured.  I hurt my back on Sunday and it's thrown off my whole week!!  I didn't go to work for part of the week....and when I did go I was more concerned with wearing clothes I could physically put on and not ones that were nice.  My husband even had to put my socks on for me a few of the days!  So I haven't gotten any exciting new pictures.....so instead, I leave you with these....some of my fashion choices through the years.....enjoy.

Me and my sister (sorry Tiffy).  My mom used to dress us in matching outfits ALL THE TIME.  Sometimes they were different colours...but lots of times they were identical.  And i'm the older one in this pic with the slightly bigger ears.

So THIS is how we do dinner parties at my house.  Themes are welcomed.  This was our "Mexican Easter" and yes, we ate dinner with the mustaches on.  Not the hats obviously, that would be rude the the table.

And I guess me and my sister never got over dressing alike.  There's lots of times where we will show up at the same location, after not having seen or talked to each other first, and we'll be wearing the EXACT SAME THING.  It's creepy actually.  So we were having dinner at my moms and I walked in and hear my sister say "ohhh nooo" and I look over and we are wearing the exact same shirt and a black sweater over top.  Shortly after my mom dissapears and then reappears with her striped shirt on proclaiming "we're triplets!".  Can't be dinner at my families house!

The last dress I bought.  Wore it for Gillians birthday party.  I always love the idea of dresses but have a hard time being comfortable in them.

And for my birthday....a Lady Gaga inspired costume party!  This was my Halloween catwoman costume and I cut the legs/arms off and jazzed it up a bit et voila!  Lady Gaga!! 

So this will have to tide you over for a bit until I get better!!  Today I feel more inspired and will try and put something together for a posting....and there's Saturday night to look forward to too!  We go out for Halloween so I'll have lots to share after that!! 

What do you think of my looks over the years?  And do you find you and your family dressing alike?

I'm in the closet. And it's Saturday Oct 22!

Well this is the week of challenges!  I still have a day or so I believe open for you to decide what I should wear for the day!  Doesn't have to be an exact "outfit"...could just be like a colour, texture, pattern, accessory...that type of thing!  Here are the suggestions for the week already...

Tuesday Oct 25th - as much colour as possible (or is as little black as possible okay?)
Wednesday Oct 26th - sequins (the exact request was for "motherfucking sequins")
Thursday Oct 27th - a coloured scarf or coloured accessories instead of silver/gold
Friday Oct 28th -
Saturday Oct 29th -

Now I didn't get yesterday done.  I hurt my back on Sunday and have been stuck at home doing this sit till it hurts, stand till it hurts, lay down till it hurts and repeat thing.  It's been great.  But I did wear my purple plaid pj pants with a bright orange shirt and grass green hoodie so does that count?  What other challenges can you give me to finish off my week?

And here's Saturday Oct 22nd!

Now I forgot my phone at home so couldn't get a picture till I finished work....so I'm standing in my closet.  The lighting isn't awesome but I'm wearing a bright purple tank dress!  Good job me!  And a black shrug type sweater.  I wore my Browns black motorcycle boots with this outfit too.

My pinky/purple striped socks and I'm good to go!!  Keep in mind when I wear my boots, you only see from the knee up so they aren't as Dr.Seuss.

COME ON! 2 MORE FASHION CHALLENGES FOR THE WEEK!  DRESS ME!!





Shannon and her Technicolor Dream Tunic!

This is my Friday Oct 21st and it's a sacred, holy event that could only be saved for a Sunday posting.  I.  Am.  Wearing.  Colour.  Lots of it.  And pattern.  And I didn't die, or get struck by lightening, or called names by little kids.  I did however feel.....odd...all day.  Like I was a glowing beacon or a giant neon sign.  So here's outfit in all it's magical Technicolour splendor.

OKAY so it's a tunic top from Bia Boro over some black leggings and some black suede over the knee boots....which are hard to see.

Tried to get a better pic of the boots....I got them at Spring 3 or 4 years ago.

A closer look at all that COLOURFUL PATTERN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I even skipped the silver jewellry and wore gold!  Now aren't you all proud of me!  Still have 2 days left in the challenges for next week!  What would you like to see me in?  Something normal, nice, not so nice, crazy, out of the ordinary?  Suggest something!!

What do you think of my colourful tunic?







Wednesday Oct 19- boring but wait till tomorrow!

And it's Wednesday!  Okay..yes really it's Saturday...but I have one more boring pic of the week to get through before I post my SUPER MEGA COLOUR outfit that I wore this week!  I thought I'd save that posting for real world Sunday cause it's pretty much going to be a holy occasion.  I also realized I don't have a picture of Thursday Oct 20th's outfit....nor can I remember what I wore?!?  That's really odd!  Anybody remember what I wore on Thursday??? 

So black baggy shirt......jeans....ugly black elf boots......belt and my wedding ring necklace.

Okay so I forgot about these jeans.  I only own 3 pairs that fit me right now and these were on the bottom of the pile of leggings I guess!  They are Big Star and I actually really like them.  The whiskering/distressing on the legs isn't as prominent in real life...the flash just really picked them up for some reason!

AND this is the week next week so far!  Still needing a couple more suggestions...

Tuesday Oct 25th - as much colour as possible (or is as little black as possible okay?)
Wednesday Oct 26th - sequins (the exact request was for "motherfucking sequins")
Thursday Oct 27th - a coloured scarf or coloured accessories instead of silver/gold
Friday Oct 28th -
Saturday Oct 29th -

I also got a suggestion to wear my Halloween costume.  Now, I would wear it to work, but there's lots of ways to ruin clothing at work so I don't want to wear it before I wear it out Saturday night.  But I could probably do a version of my costume, but not wear my actual costume?  Maybe that's not as exciting......what do you think?

And sorry, I won't be wearing a "big bird hat"....not sure what that even means.



So keep them coming and let's fill up next week!!

I need you to give me "fashion challenges" next week! Oh, and it's Tuesday Oct 18th!

So I've been called out.

"I am sorry to say that I have been reading all your fashion blogs and looking at the pictures and your outfits all look about the same. Tight dark pants/leggings, loose layered shirts. Mostly black with a bit of grey."

They're onto me ALREADY!  I haven't been doing this long enough to have my secrets figured out yet!  But it's totally true.  I am completely afraid of colour.  I enjoy it on other people, but when I try and wear it myself....I just feel like everyone is staring at me!  And I have no problems with being the center of attention (understatement of the year award goes toooo.....) but it just feels weird.  Luckily with my job, black is "the" colour.  It saves your clothes from a multitude of messes.  Colour doesn't stain quite so much...the gazillion of hairs stuck to you every day don't show up as much.....and in our industry, it's the universal "professional" hairstylist colour.  There are many salons that the stylists wear all black (maybe a bit of white...maybe) and that's it.  Head to toe.  Now that I can do!  I always use it as an excuse when I'm out shopping too.  I do education for a colour company which involves me going into other salons and teaching staff there how to use the colour line.  My dress code for such occasions is black.  So I can always say "well, I need black for work so I can buy another black shirt!" but I know I need to expand my closet.  That was the point of this blog really.  To challenge myself and to have others challenge me.  So I'm going to accept this as challenge #1 - attempt some colour.  Maybe a few days in a row.  Maybe by next week I'll have a week of challenges?  Okay, that might be a bit much for an entire week...but it is almost Halloween.  And Halloween week, the challenges could even be a bit more "out there"!  Who's in??  Here's the next weeks schedule....

Tuesday Oct 25th - as much colour as possible (or is as little black as possible okay?)
Wednesday Oct 26th -
Thursday Oct 27th -
Friday Oct 28th -
Saturday Oct 29th -

So I'll update this week as the suggestions come in!  And try and post every day in real time next week with the outfits!  It was also suggested to me a sweater dress....which I love the idea of....but don't own.  So I'm on the hunt for one and that should come up soon too!!  So what else am I wearing next week?? 


Until then....here is Tuesday Oct 18th.  Keep in mind i'm attempting a bra today....and feeling much more perky!!

Oh yeah...the girls are up where they should be!!   Okay so black mini dress....leopard tights and belt!  Also the ugliest boots in the universe....

Ugh those things are hideous!  Hahaha!  I need some new work flat boots...maybe some mid calf length?  Or like....shoes.  A pair of shoes that aren't heels!!  Suggestions??

Look at those perky boobs!  It's alllllllll bra!

So what do I need for footwear?  And what are my fashion challenges for next week??





Friday Oct 14th- Free Boobing It

Okay so I'm lame!!!  I've been SOOOO busy and let my new favorite hobby down!  So here's my newest posting.....and let's all pretend it's Friday Oct 14th!!  The weather is nice....Gillian is getting ready for a long bus ride and I can't wear a bra.  Oh what's that?  The last part?  Oh, about the bra?  Ya no....I can't wear one.  Long story short, I've been a cow for 2 years.  Now my cow services are no longer wanted, my body is having a shit fit and making it really difficult for me.  I could describe in great detail the pain and gory description of my boobs at the moment but instead I'll say that I have about a week ahead of me of no bra.  So I'm working on outfits to hide the fact that I'm free-boobing it.  So here's braless outfit #1!!

Okay so we got....black tights.....grey long tank top and a nice flowey, bat wingy style top!!  My purple boots make another appearance as well!

So purple!

Jewellery is my favorite necklace and some feather earrings....

Et VOILA!  Nobody even notices the fact that I'm flopping all over!  Mission complete.



Thursdays double whammy

So I'm having one of those days.  Grumpy, bloated, ate too much turkey, gained 2 lbs in my love handles and all my clothes are super uncomfortable.  I really would enjoy wearing my pj's and or my husbands pj's to work today.  But since that's somewhat "frowned upon" (who makes the rules anyways?) I guess I'm stuck dressing in real clothes.  So I dig out my old as the hills, 4 way stretch pants!  They are like wearing leggings/pj's/real pants all in one.  They aren't the most flattering up top but they button up without me wanting to kill myself.  Pair them with a sweater I bought years ago that keeps falling apart (thanks Seamstress Sister!) and at the moment is wearable and hole free. 

It's just a "meh" type outfit I know.  I hated it while wearing it but was running out of time and it was all I could manage.

Keeping it simple with jewellery.  My fav Stella&Dot earrings, my wedding rings necklace and a black cuff.

Now funny thing!  The pictures don't really pick up on this but I have spilt my morning coffee ALL DOWN THE SIDE of this sweater!  I mopped it up best I could but it soaked thru to my bra and has that like "old coffee" smell.  FML.  Not happy!  So then I remember, Nicole gave me a new shirt yesterday and I left it in my van!  Hooray!  A dry, clean shirt!  So today you get 2 "meh" outfits! ha!

The new shirt.  Black...I know....and I'm not really wearing the right bra or belt for it, but it's dry and not covered in coffee!

And the new outfit.  Man...with this blog, I can't just forget about my less favorable outfits!

Do you ever have days when nothing fits right and you hate it all?  What's your "go to" outfit of choice? 

Also I came across the little slide show of fashion DON'Ts and was pleased to see I only regularly do one of them, and occasionally do another!  How many do you do?

http://fashionism.ca/Galleries/Articles/fashion_makes_you_crazy.htm?feedname=PHOTO_GALLERY_FASHION_MAKES_YOU_CRAZY&pos=1&nolookup=true