First and second day of new job

Pink sweater: Old Navy, light blue oxford: Banana Republic (thrifted), brown pin-striped skirt: New York & Co., beige heels: Bandolino, multi-colored necklace: great-grandmother, Memaw's

This necklace is vintage: it was my great-grandmother's!
I decided it was okay to go a little dressier today. I wanted to wear a skirt, but a cold front came in last night, and I didn't want to pull out any tall boots just yet. I opted to be warm on top so I'm wearing this normally kind of itchy sweater over and oxford. I have been the perfect temperature all day!

Turquoise shirt: Ross, black pants: New York & Co, snakeprint belt: New York & Co., black open toe kitten heels: No idea

This is what I worn on the first day of work. It was a little chilly, and I had been warned that this was a "casual" office, and that jeans were the norm. Well, of course, I'm not going to wear jeans everyday, but I wanted to pick something that could balance the line between business casual and slumming in denim. :P As it turns out, lots of people were in jeans, but there were some in dress pants too, and one lady in a skirt, so I didn't--nor will I--feel out of place in a dressier outfit.

Scarf weather!

Purple shirt: Merona (Target), Denim Jeans: Victoria's Secret, Jacket: TJ Maxx (gift from Mom & Dad), black cowgirl boots: Justins, mint green scarf: Gift from Tommy

My husband told me goodbye this morning and this is what he said:

"Stay in this warm bed this morning because it is cooold outside." He was dressed in his normal suit and had his wool trenchcoat over it. When I woke up this morning (finally at 9:30), I pulled out some jeans, my own trenchcoat (granted, a light version) and a mint green scarf...because I can't say I love winter weather (I'm trying, I'm trying) but I freakin love scarf and winter clothes weather! Winter clothes are so much cuter than summer clothes. Summer is all about dressing in as little as you can and still look decent (thus the invention of the sun dress). Winter is so easy to dress up! Winter outfits always look dressier to me; I don't know if its because of all the layers of scarves, gloves, and tights, or if its because a good trenchcoat can dress up any outfit. Probably both!

Unfortunately, when I walked outside to do my errands this morning, my scarf was not really justified :( I kept it on, though!

I have been offered a job with an oil and gas company in town, and I start next Monday! I had to go today and get a pre-employment drug screen, and I have to say that the laboratory I had to go to get it done wasn't the nicest place I had been before. I was glad to have all my layers on my body! Perhaps we'll go back to cute outfits again next week!!!

Off to the doctorl

Flowered skirt: Old Navy, coral 1/2 sleeve shirt: Ann Taylor, own equestrian boots: Old Navy

Nobody likes going to the doctor, and I used to be at the very tip top of that list, but I've gotten better. One could say I was even looking forward to this visit...I look for any excuse to get dressed these days, so I pull out the Fall skirt and boots, even though the temperature here in Midland is unusually hot for Fall right now.

Last night we went to a cocktail/dinner party to "meet the judges" in Midland/Odessa, and Tommy and I dressed to the nines (ok, I guess more like the eights) but did I take a picture?? Of course not! I can't believe I didn't either, because I fit into this sleeky Calvin Klein dress that I haven't fit into in years! Silly, silly girl!

Odessa mall adventure

Blue button up short sleeve striped shirt: Express, black long sleeve V-neck: Old Navy, jeans: Express, black and silver belt: New York & Co.; black loafers: Etienne Aigner; black ball necklace: New York & Co.

Tommy was off for Veteran's Day today so we ventured into Odessa to check out the mall over there. Midland and Odessa are about 10 minutes apart, so they're not exactly the same town, but they are close enough to justify a trip to either one when necessary. I was pretty disappointed with the mall in Odessa (its actually worse than the mall in Midland) EXCEPT that they have an Express over there. It makes no sense that there is an Express in the Odessa mall and not to the Midland mall, and the only thing I can assume is that the Express franchise granters did not do their homework before assigning it to that mall. That being said, it was the busiest store in the mall, so what do I know? I'm still disappointed I have to drive 15 minutes to get to an Express and that the nearest New York & Co. is in Lubbock...two hours away!! :(

Job interview!

Torquoise button-up: TJ Maxx, Gray pencil skirt: New York & Co., black jacket: The Limited, black mary jane heels: Walmart

Yea for job interviews! I actually had to (got to) get up this morning at a decent hour and get in the shower and look presentable by the 9:00 hour today. I interviewed with an oil and gas company and can really see myself enjoying it there. They are interviewing a lot of people over the next two days he said though, so we shall see.

Here's my business/interview apparel:

Notice I wore my lucky necklace :)

Church-Hopping

Cardigan: Old Navy, Pink shirt: Old Navy, Layered denim skirt: Ross

I have a job interview tomorrow. I'm dying of boredom at home, but its been really lucky that I've had some time off...for health reasons, and also because I've been unpacking and having repairmen and cablemen and all kinds of people over here. However, as I've mentioned, me sitting around the house unpacking doesn't inspire me to dress up (even for the cableman). Also, I'm generally waiting around until Tommy gets off at 5:00, and then I forgot to take a picture!!


So...at least I will get to dress cute tomorrow for my interview. Today, Tommy and I began our mission to find a church in Midland. We are pretty picky about our church, so this may take a while! We weren't very comfortable at the church we went to today, so next Sunday we'll try a different one. I took a crappy picture of my outfit for now, which I'm afraid is how my outfit pics may look for awhile, since its the only mirror I have access to right now! I've worn a similar pairing of this cardigan and a pink top before, but this skirt is new. You can't see it very well, but its rough denim and layered. I'm all about comfortable girly clothes...and this one is great!

Because I've missed you :)

lime green shirt: Target, denim skirt: New York & Co, brown equestrian boots: Old Navy

It's been so long! For the past week, I've been sitting at our new home in Midland, Texas, without a vehicle, unpacking boxes and boxes and boxes... As much as I hate to admit it, these activities do not stimulate my creative outfit ideas. Though I've tried to force myself not to wear t-shirts and jeans every day, I've found that jeans are most conducive for unpacking and subsequent lounging activities. Tomorrow I'm flying back to Sugar Land to finish the rest of our packing and cleaning, so again my outfits won't be anything to write home...or my blog...about, but I hope to try a little harder. Another issues has been that my nifty photographer, Jennifer, is no longer at my beck and call...which is quite evident in these pictures!

Last week I did attempt to make a little effort and dress up my "jeans and tee" look with a denim skirt and a fitted t-shirt. Sorry for the terrible picture--I was attempting to take it, my husband was making fun of me, and I was trying to balance to show you my boots and not show you my unmentionables at the same time!

The really pathetic thing about me this week is that in my shoddy dressing state, I'm usually dying to get out of the house by 5:00 when my husband gets home...and his new job requires him to wear a fancy suit and tie EVERY day, not just on court days (well, every day is a court day) so wherever we go, he's dressed to the 9s and I'm dressed to the...well, I'll at least give myself a 3 since my clothes do not have holes in them and are at least clean!

I know Tech sucked it up again A&M last weekend (sigh) but the silver lining was that our tailgating group (that's right, I'll say OUR and claim it as partially my own) won Carpet Tech Tailgaters of the Game!!! Picture to come :)

Last Day at this Job! :)

Gray denim jeans: Express, Green sweater: Old Navy, White wife-beater: Old Navy, Brown loafers: Cato

This is my last official post as an employee of ___ Law Firm! That means that this is potentially the beginning of some scattered posts on this blog, at least until I move to Midland, and most likely until I find a job in Midland or have a reason to get "dressed". I'll be packing for at least the next week, and then unpacking for the week after that, so those activities do not often merit picture-worthy outfits.

This is the type of "sweater" you can wear in the "Autumn" in Houston. Won't be long until I'm back to brr-y West Texas temperatures, though!

Goodbye to all of those people who I've met at the firm that I've enjoyed spending time with. You really are stand-outs!

Look at my cute socks! Look at my cute necklace!

Yesterday's Post - Oxford and Pencil Skirt!

Blue Pin-Striped Oxford: Banana Republic (thrifted for $6), brown striped pencil skirt: New York & Co., brown heels: Walmart?, Orange Jewelry: Old Navy (from like 15 years ago!), brown headband: Cato

I just erased a paragraph where I went on a full-blown rant about Houston. There's no need. You either like it or you don't. Why should I bring it into my blog which makes me happy? I forgot to post yesterday, so you'll get two posts today!

Yesterday, I wore this blue-striped Banana Republic shirt, which I paid $6 for...I've already explained that I'm not okay with paying BR's prices for their quality of clothing, but who can argue with $6?! I took an extra picture of this skirt so that you could see the detailing on it. Sorry for the awful pictures, but I was stuck taking them by myself again :)

P.S. My husband and I found a house in Midland, so I know officially have a destination to move to!! :) Last day of work here....lalalalalalala! Then a whole week of packing!

I'll distract you with a scarf!

khaki shirt: Old Navy

gray and silver pin-striped pants: New York & Co.

scarf: it was my Nana's

cream and black lace shoes: Fiona for Payless

I'm glad I looked cute yesterday, but I don't today. Tommy is off in Midland picking out our future house, and I'm stuck at work today tired as an ox (I imagine oxen get tired at the end of their days). He had a 7 a.m. flight this morning, so I was up at 5 a.m. to take him to the airport. I have "don't care syndrome" at 5:00 a.m., which means that it seems like a good idea to me to put on really comfy clothes and throw my hair in a ponytail instead of washing it, and put on very minimal makeup--much to my chagrin around noon that day when I'm finally awake enough to take a look in the mirror and see :egad!: what I look like.

Still haven't found anything fun to wear these shoes with, but I guess for the most part, I haven't really tried. I did want to show how well these colors all actually look together. I'm not sure if the scarf really goes, but I needed something to un-neutralize this outfit.

I'll try to make my lax look up tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to get some sleep and be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (my dad's phrase) in the morning :)

Brights today!

Teal green shirt: Merona, Purple pencil skirt: Express, Pink belt: Walmart?, Black Mary Janes: Lower East Side

This shirt is actually a teal green, and the skirt is that color in between cobalt blue and royal purple. They contrast in real life a lot more than they do in this picture. I love that this belt can pull any two contrasting colors together.

I bought this skirt in Lubbock for $22!! I'm on the lookout for bright colored pencil skirts right now. I don't know what I'll do if I end up at a conservative workplace in Midland. Oh, yes I do: I'll take those conservative rules and stick my tongue out at them. You can get away with dressing brightly as long as you are still dressed nice.

Besides, remember yesterday? I was in basic black! Boring!

Here's my pretty "bow headband". I'm getting my hair done tonight, so don't judge me for my roots!

Back to Humid Houston...but not for long!

Black and pink oxford: Old Navy, Black pants: Victoria's Secret, Black wedges: Merona, Diamonds: Tommy

Today's temperature in Sugar Land: 83 (heat index = 93)

Today's temperature in Lubbock: 66

Today's temperature in Midland, Texas: 63!

Why would I post Midland weather? Because I'm moving there!! Tommy and I are transferring our lives back to West Texas, where the weather is cold, the land is flat, but most importantly, the people are nice.

I can't wait to see where this leads us--hopefully to Home and Happiness!

Today's outfit was a test for me to see if I could wear an oxford tucked into pants without a belt and not go insane. I think its working, but only because these pants have a tab buckle that creates the illusion of a belted waistline for me. These are Victoria's Secret, but a shy too short for what I've come to like, so I'm wearing them with flatter shoes. These aren't actually flats though--they have a little wedge on them!

Broke out the bling to celebrate today! :) (It's my last week of work here--lalalalalalalalalalallalalalalalallalallalalallalaklllalkjdlkoi!!!)

Leila and I "being silly"

BRITTANY: blue and green tie shirt--Target; white pants--Victoria's Secret; boots--X-Appeal; camel jacket--Cato; headband--Cato

LEILA: black shirt--Target; denim jeans--Ann Taylor; cardigan--Target; scarf--Target; boots--Payless; pearl necklace--gift from Betty

I'm in Lubbock now and it is freaking cold up here! I didn't get to post yesterday because my day was filled with shopping, doctors appointments, happy hours, and 40s and lottery tickets.

This is Leila and I rocking our beautiful looks.


She's my gypsy lady...

This is Leila and I at our Mad Men Happy Hour. Bad quality pics but what can you expect from the IPhone?




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Here we come
Saturday.

Dressing for hot...and cold

Leopard print mock turtleneck: Express, khaki wide-leg pants: Victoria's Secret, Cognac boots: X-Appeal, Red belt: New York & Co, Jacket: Cato

Today I had to dress suitably for Houston weather, plane-flying, and Lubbock weather. I'm flying to Lubbock tonight, where a cold front is coming in and its supposed to drop to 50 degrees. Currently in Sugar Land, Texas, according to weather.com, its 89 degrees, but feels like 98 degrees here. So, you can see the dressing dilemma!

Is this leopard print or cheetah print? As I've said, I love these mock turtleneck shirts from Express. They manage to make a cotton t-shirt type shirt appear dressy. I feel a little sassy today in my boots, animal print shirt, and super cool jacket. Love this freaking jacket.

Off to Raiderland tonight!!!!

Yesterday's Stripes

Gray and white striped oxford: The Limited, Dark Gray skirt: Willi Smith (TJ Maxx), Sandles: Calvin Klein, Belt: White House Black Market, Pearls: Gift from Kimberly

As we were all leaving the office last night to try a new bar for Happy Hour, I realized I hadn't taken my daily outfit picture! I got Jen to snap it quickly, and off we went. Once I got home, I was busy packing because I'm flying to Lubbock tonight, and then my husband was yelling at me that he was ready to watch Glee (even though it was DVR'd and we could have watched it at any point) so I never got to post for yesterday.

You can't see the stripes very well in this shirt, but they're there. I'll wear it again, because I love wearing that oxford with white jeans in the winter. I'm thrilled with this skirt because it was snug at one point and now it is quite loose. I love these sandles, but the left one is very uncomfortable. I work through it, though, for the sake of CKs.

Browns, blacks and golds

Black polo: Mossimo (Target), Orange tie shirt: New York & Co., Brown skirt: New York & Co., Black Oxford: Predictions (Payless?); Gold belt: Vintage

1. I'm playing with mixing browns and blacks. I haven't decided if I like it, but I think this color brown in the skirt is playing it safe--its more of a neutral brown than say a dark chocolate color would be.

2. I was so excited to buy this black polo. The vee is cut dangerously low, and I used to wear it over my swimsuit top to be particularly scandalous. And it doubles as a work shirt if you put something underneath it :)

3. I think I'm the only person who calls this undershirt Orange. Everyone else says its coral. Its not. Kimberly has the same shirt in Green. I'm not sure if its Lime Green or Ocean Green or Blue Green but its definitely Green. Mine is definitely Orange.

4. I love this belt from my Nana. It is amazing and has gotten me to wear gold more often.

5. These shoes are great. I wish the heel wasn't quite so high, but they are so fun to wear. I can't wait to pair them with tights this winter.

...can't tell you my news yet. Soon!

Banana Republic day!

Light blue oxford: Banana Republic (thrifted), khaki pants: Banana Republic, brown loafers: Cato, belt: stolen from Tommy, socks: New York & Co.

I normally dislike Banana Republic. I like their styles, but I think they are overpriced for just being an older version of Gap and Old Navy. I bought these pants on sale from their website, though, and I love the way they fit (and they're long enough!). This weekend I went thrift store shopping and cleaned up on oxfords. I got this BR oxford new with tags for $6.00. Nice. I didn't think it was see-through, but now I'm wondering. There are actually holes in the shirt for what looks like lace. What does it say about me that I'm just realizing this at 2:3o in the afternoon?

Jennifer wanted a picture of my socks. We are pretending its Fall here in Houston even though its 85 degrees and sunny.

I may have news coming up in a week or so. No, I'm not pregnant. :)

We won! And its not raining!!

Black sparkly knitted sweater: New York & Co., Green t-shirt: Target, Jeans: Express, Boots: Target, Lucky Necklace: Gift from Ginny

I wore two key accessories today for different reasons: my rain boots because when I left my house this morning it was dark and wet and rainy) and my lucky necklace for Josh's trial. The rain boots were a big bust because today is the most beautiful day we've had since moving to the Houston area--its 80 degrees and only 43% humidity and sunny, sunny, sunny! My lucky necklace, however, worked as well as usual because the jury came back today with our verdict and we won!! With a jury I helped pick--yea!

Otherwise, I was dressing for court all week, so I went a little casual today. Plus, I didn't fix my hair because Hello! It was supposed to be rainy!!

Jury Trial Day 2, Jury Trial Day 3

Day 2: Purple 3/4 sleeve shirt: Target, Gray Jacket: Norma Kamali (Walmart), Gray and pink pin-striped pants: New York & Co; Black Loafers: Etienne Aigner; Black silver-buckled belt: New York & Co.




I wore this yesterday but never posted it up. I wanted to wear pants on the second day, and I'm really glad I did because I was on the floor some trying to work a projector and DVD player (not so ladylike to be squatting on the floor in a skirt).

Day 3: Red mock-turtleneck shirt: Express, Black and white skirt: Express, Black jacket: Cato, Black mary jane heels: Lower East Side (Payless)

I wanted to be a little more girly than I was yesterday, so I wore a flouncy pencil skirt. I'm back at the office now, but the jury is still out. Lauren (clerk) and I left Josh at the courthouse to receive the Big Verdict. We'll see if its a happy day for the Firm :)

Jury Trial: Day 1

Pink printed silk shirt: New York & Co., Black skirt: Express, Black blazer: The Limited, Pink & Black bow heels: Liz Claiborne

I didn't get to put this post up yesterday--I'm a day behind. Yesterday, I was in downtown Houston for a trial with my boss. It was quite fun! I went back again today, but I haven't taken pics of my outfit yet.

I was happy with my hair and took a picture, but its kind of falling apart in this picture (it had been 12 hours since the original ponytail!)

Torquoise and coral (black as an accessory!)

Coral 3/4 sleeve top: Ann Taylor; Torquoise skirt: New York & Co.; Black belt: Free with some skirt; Headband: Old Navy; Jacket: Cato; Black shoes: Lower East Side (Payless)

I'm still getting over my illness caused by the terrible way Texas Tech played on Saturday night against the University of Houston. To all my U of H friends, I'm very happy that y'all kept your winning streak going, I just wish it was at the cost of Tech. I feel a little better by getting that off my chest.

I bought this skirt this weekend for $11 and my only regret is that they didn't have the purple one in my size :( I love everything about it--its beautiful and bright and comfortable.

I also like the torquoise and coral together. I think it looks bright and fun, but the black accessories calm it down a little.