Stitch Fix #2!

It finally arrived!!  The con about doing every other month on Stitch Fix is that you have to wait!  I feel like I should make a disclaimer that the link above is affiliated and if you sign up and receive a fix, I'll get a $25 credit....just being transparent!

This month my stylist used a combination of my feedback and what I had recently been pinning to give me a little of everything!  Let's dive in!

I got this color blocked dress, which I love the graphic nature.  It also just happened to match some spring shoes I bought from Target two years ago!  However, this will be going back.  Mainly due to the fact that I have more dresses than I need and the price was a little high for me.  Below I styled is for a casual weekend, but it's also easily dressed for work.

Next item I got was this great flared, textured skirt.  I'd been pinning a lot of graphic full skirts recently, and while this isn't a duplicate, it gets me in the general area.  I'm keeping it mainly because I love the pattern and I don't own a skirt this cut yet.  Paired with a button down and heels for work, this is also great for weekends thrown with a basic cotton t-shirt and a jean jacket.

I ended up styling the final three pieces together, since they were a blazer, jeans and a blouse.  Since I loved the cut, fabric and fit of the blazer I got in my last fix, but not the color...they sent it to me in black!  I'd been meaning to update my black blazer anyway, so this is a keeper!  It's an investment piece, so I had to come up with some money....so I pulled items I hadn't worn in several seasons and got $98 for them...paying for 60+% of this blazer.  I also got the checked blouse, which has great shoulder lace detail and dark skinny denim.  I was too in love with the blouse to pass it up, plus at $34 it was the best deal in the whole fix.  I'm passing on the denim, since I already have dark skinnies.  However, this fabric felt like wearing pajama pants and had great stretch!

So that's my fix!  Three out of five pieces kept!  Have you gotten a fix yet?  Tell me about it!

Sweater Weather!

If you're coming here, that means you found the new URL.  I went 'all in' for $12 and bought my domain....maybe it will motivate me to be a little more diligent with blogging and possible make a buck or two....who knows (crazier things have happened).  I'm also going to be playing with the layout and style to get something that truly speaks to me....watch for changes!

While the Midwest had a brief glimpse of 'seasonally warm' weather, it looks like we are about to go plummet back into the cold.  A few weeks back I wore layered sweater looks all week.  It was inspired by this Pinterest link found in November by a collegiate student I advise.  It seemed genius and a great way to streamline the new body I was rockin'.  Below are a my examples and a few pros/cons I learned from trying the tip.

First, I apologize for my horrible selfies....I need to get better at taking photos of myself.

Overall, I thought the tip worked.  I didn't have to deal with a lot of wrinkles underneath my sweaters and no one knew what was going on under there.  I will say there is one aspect that I'm not a fan of.  Because I'm still nursing my son, and I pump at work, I decided to wear my Target nursing tanks as my between layer.  This worked great in the functional aspect, but since the tanks are longer, they always were showing at the bottom (you can see it on my navy and blue sweaters.  Now, if this doesn't bother you, then the entire tip works great.  But, if you're like me, if I'm wearing a patterned button down, I'd like the bottom hem to stick out to create more detail.  I was just missing this.

So, overall, great tip, just watch your tank lengths.

Thanks for reading and come back for my review on Jamberry nail wraps in a week or so.  I'm hosting a party, if you're interested in buying any, leave a comment!

See you all later, back here in my closet!