A Week/end Recap; Because it's been a while

Y'all, my weekends have been all sorts of wonky lately. Brian and I both are taking classes on Mondays and Wednesdays, so we have a standing Tuesday date night--I (over)cooked pork tenderloin and mashed potatoes this week...we're really trying to eat in a bit more now and feeding a picky eater is harder than it sounds. Maybe I'll start posting about picky eater picks on here too...Hm. Anyways, Thursday after work, I had some sorority conferences I had to take care of before I saw the boy again. Friday night I had to close at work, followed by an early morning opening so weekend starts like that aren't very exciting...

We had Exec on Saturday afternoon so right after work, so I made my way back to Athens for an afternoon of planning sorority date nights, formals, and other exciting details. Whew. Finally, I had a bit of a weekend-y feeling night with Brian. We had (really good) mexican followed by errands at Target and a night of rocking in rocking chairs on his front porch drinking out of some Mama Mardis made redneck wine glasses. It doesn't take much to please me apparently because I call that a nearly perfect night. 

After a great church service, B and I got some barbecue, ran a few more errands (he's trying to update some things around his house, hence all of the errands), and I was off to work again. Sigh. It's hard trying to sprinkle in some work when I want to play all weekend, but all play and no work makes for a very sad looking bank account. I'll start trying to step it up on the picture taking so it won't have to be so wordy next post but now that the Christmas chaos dust has settled, I'm thinking it'll be a bit easier. Hope y'all have a great week! 

Trendy and (one day) Professional

The other day I wore one of my favorite dresses from Anthro. It's a classic little black dress in a not so classic cut, which is what I love about it. It's the perfect nice wedding dress. Case and point:

But for work, I need a few layers for warmth (it is always freezing in the store!!) and just a little bit of outfitting to spruce it up. So this was the outcome of my attempts of layering.

I felt like this was totally blog post worthy because our personal stylist at the store even complimented my outfitting so that put some extra pep in my step after that! 

Dress: Cutout Collar Dress; Anthropologie

This is so my "go to" belt from Anthro...and I loved that it was brown enough to toe the line with brown and black, but not an obvious clashing. 

Sweater: Merona Ruffle Cardigan; Target. Belt: Anthropologie

 So I had to lean over and take a selfy of my legs for this one...so 1) I have lumpy knees 2) not the most flattering angle, but you do what you gotta do for the sake of a blog post, right? 

Tights: Sheer Polka Dot Tights; Antrhopologie. Boots: Wedge Boot with Buckles; Cathy Jean 

 Earrings: Pave Posts; Anthropologie

Tah-dah!! One of these days when I have for real job as a counselor, I totally plan on wearing this outfit to the office sometime. Trendy and (one of these days) professional. 

Flipping Burger

As most of you probably know, I call my middle sister Kirby "Burger". She's in my phone as Burger and talking to her in public has gotten me a weird look or two...or five hundred. Either way, I felt like I needed to give some background on my post title. The "flipping" part comes from when Kirby came to me a month or two ago with a great idea! I had been doing a lot of my Pretending to be Trendy posts and she wanted to be a "project" for a PTBT post--a make over!! She left picking out the hair cut up to me, helping to style her wardrobe a bit (or at least what to pair with what or buying an "essential" item or two to use in the coming season), and teaching her house to do her make up using Bare Minerals, with other touches for day vs. night time make up.

So here is the official BEFORE: 

So I looked, researched, and worried over how to have Kirby's hair cut. I was definitely feeling the pressure! Her hair had been long and lacking shape lately, but I also knew how important quick and easy styling was since she is the mother of a very active 2 year old! She mentioned that she was totally okay with shorter hair as long as it was at least 8 inches off so she could donate her tresses to "Locks for Love". These were my two models I finally settled on--long bob, with thick side swoop bangs.

Now that was most of my prep work was done, it was time to start snipping! Kirby didn't even want me to tell her anything about what we were planning to do, but I think she had an idea that we were going short when we started wrapping up her hair into a pony tail to chop off.

While Mrs. Tammy was snipping, I playing with this little munchkin who had just gotten her hair cut :)

I could not have been more happy with the final haircut! It was fun, fresh, young mom, but but too mom looking...it's a hard balance to find, but she did it! All credit totally goes to Mrs. Tammy on this once, but Kirby really loved it too and that's when I knew I did my job! Kirby is not one to hide her emotions when she doesn't like something (at least between sisters that is...) so I knew that she really did love it!

Next up was make up time! Well, actually next was  lunch and putting Felicity down for a nap, and then the next step was make up. Kirby had recently bought Bare Minerals and wanted someone to really show her how to use it. And then past that, she wanted to know how to really apply day time make up as well as night time make up. I really don't know when this happened, but I've always seemed to be people's go to hair and make up person for big events so all of these years of practice paid off because I got to teach my sister a trick or two :)

 Drum roll puh-leasssse

Now for a sassy model pose :)

Still as beautiful before, just a little amplified and spruced up in the after :)

Don't worry, I'm doing a clothing post for Kirby and her closet soon :) But I think this is a great make over as is! What a hot mama :)

Feeling Wild

I love animal print accents. Too much can be overwhelming, but shoes, belts, or clutches with an accent color are so in right now and such an easy outfit to through together! These two outfits I based solely on the fact that I wanted to break in my two new pairs of leopard and giraffe print flats!

I feel like if I lived in a hip and trendy city, aka not Marietta, I would wear this outfit, or outfits like it, regularly. But I do not. So I use work as an excuse to buy things like this adorably classic, yet still trendy blazer. (And yes, I'm on the house phone while taking these pictures...multi-tasking here people.)

Blazer: Anthropologie, Miette Blazer Shirt: Gap, Essential Crew Neck (in black)  Jeans: Loft, Modern fit Skinny Jeans in Rinse Wash

I took this second picture to show you the angled cut in the back of the jacket. It has a single button in the front and is so soft! It comes in a pale pink too, but it washed me out and I loved this bright pop of color against my hair. 

Necklace: Old Navy

Shoes: Steve Madden, Croquet-L Smoking Flats...in other words, leopard print loafers that I had to search high and low for the perfect pair! I am obsessed! (I found these at Macy's but I'm sure they are at most department stores)

Ring: on an wrinkly looking hand, Versona

The pictures make the shirt and jeans both look way dark--which the jeans are a pretty dark wash, but not the same color as the shirt. Ever since I bought this blazer, I had visions of pairing it with my (non-existent at the time) leopard print flats and some skinny jeans. What an easy outfit to feel cute in! 

Also, I don't know where the hip pop in the pictures came from...? I need to spice up my selfy poses if I'm going to keep these work wardrobe posts up!

This 2nd outfit had two pieces that I was pretty amped up to wear. First is my brand-spankin' new shirt that I literally bought the day before I wore it! I was too excited to wait so I just had to wear it and I thought my giraffe print flats would compliment the bold navy stripes pretty well.

Shirt: Anthropologie, Lace and Lines Pullover To be honest, I do not think the model is wearing it well (not that I am wearing it 10 times better) but I wouldn't have wanted to buy it based on the website picture. Jeans: Loft, They may or may not be the exact same jeans I wore the day before in the pictures before.

Love the detailing and different colors!

The back buttoning might be my favorite detail--definitely why I wore my hair up that day so I could show it off!

Shoes: Michael Kors Fulton Flats

Earrings: (the coloring in this is awful! It's really a pale pink and gold if you can't tell...) Francesca's 

I love both of these shoes (and other parts of the outfits!) but know that I will be wearing them thin during my hours on my feet at work! The compliments in a cute pair of shoes definitely put some pep in my step and a smile on my face!...cliche enough for you...? :)

Pretending to be Trendy

I've had several people request a "what I wear to work" blog post because well, Antrho is a pretty trendy place to work and trendy hasn't always been an every day thing for me. I'm thinking this might be semi-regular thing just because I try not to repeat any outfits because I'm me and that's how I roll...And I totally had fun doing this post!

A few things: I work 3-5 days a week, usually in 4 hour shifts, just as an fyi. We do not have to only wear Anthropologie brand clothing, but definitely have to dress to the "aesthetic" of the store. It's even in our employee manual to dress fashionably and up to date with trends. With that said, it is really hard to be in the store as often as I am, thinking of my awesome employee discount, and not buy clothes every now and then! We had super great employee deals the first 2 months I was there and wanted to stock up on my Anthro brands, but now that the newness has worn off, I'm trying to take a step back with spending and actually save my paychecks! Easier said than done...

So here is a week in the life of an Anthro sales associate's wardrobe. I'll  point out what's from the store and what's not among other details that make the outfit like jewelry and hair (which whenever I don't wear it down, it's usually to avoid blowdrying and straightening...and I end up getting lots of compliments!)

Saturday

Top: Anthropologie;  Undershirt: GapBody Jeans: Anthropologie; Pilcro Rolled Stet 

Necklace: Old Navy (Side note: I have loved their jewelry lately!!)

Shoes: Gap--like $5 on sale 2 summers ago, best purchase of that summer

Sunday

Top: Target  Skirt: Anthropologie; Maeve Carrizo Mini

Belt: Stein Mart 

Shoes: Gap, another invaluable purchase

Earrings, which I always get compliments for: Boutique in Chattanooga, Young Munster

Hair: Topsy Turvy style side pony--probably got the most compliments on my hair that day rather than my outfit!


Thursday

 

Top:Anthropologie; Tulip Lace Shell Pants: Anthropologie; AG Polka Dot Ankle Stevie

Earrings: Anthropologie; Encircled Posts

Sock bun, this is the epitome of me pretending to be trendy thanks to Pinterest

Saturday 

 

Tops: Both from Gap Body Jeans: Anthropologie; Pilcro Stet Slim Straight

 

Belt: Versona

 

Earrings: Same Anthro encircled posts as above, in coral

Bracelet: My newest (and only July purchase) from Antrhopologie; Brushed Chain Bracelet Watch (that I wear every single day): Fossil 

Shoes: Steve Madden, on super clearance from Macy's like 4 years ago...I wear these WAY too often. 


Sunday

 

 

Jacket: Anthropologie; I can't find the link, but we still have it in the store :( but I LOVE this jacket!!! Shirt; Gap, from yearrrrrs ago Skirt: Anthropologie; Sunblaze Lace Skirt

 

 

Necklace: Francesca's

Hair: Topsy Turvy, half up/half down style

Shoes: Steven Madden, clearance at Stein Mart


Tuesday
I was going to wear this outfit the earlier Tuesday when I was on call, but didn't have to go in so I decided to post it as apart of my "week" regardless

Dress: Anthropologie; Cap Sleeve Column Dress Shoes: Steven Madden flats I talked about above

Necklace: Livi Rae, that's right...a store where I buy my bras

Hair: Side pony/french braid...aka, I didn't want to blow dry/straighten my hair...again. 

Granted, I feel like I have worn a ton of Antro items this week and that might not be a regular occurrence, simply by coincidence. This is definitely the norm style for me to wear to work on a day to day basis though. Just one down side to being "stylish" at work: my feet hurt. Non-supportive shoes = no bueno. I'm getting old. 

PS-Sorry for the somber faced selfies...I felt a little cheesy smiling into my hallway mirror all by my lonesome.