The Holiday Choice.

It starts with Halloween...

the candy!

Nom, nom, nom.

Then comes Thanksgiving...

the turkey, butter, mashed potatoes, pie!

Nom, nom, nom.

Holiday parties...

Wine spritzers (I'm a mom, I'm allowed) and whisky!

Slurp, slurp, slurp. (I'm really not that loud when I drink, I swear.)

Christmas...

Anything I can get my hands on!

Nom, nom, nom.

Then there's the ringing in of the New Year...

More champagne!

Slurp, slurp, slurp. 

You think it's over, and maybe it is for you, but come January, it's hubby's birthday then mine...

Drinks, cakes, and good food, oh my!

Nom, nom, slurp, slurp, nom, nom.

Times like these call for a closetful of black dresses. 

None basic, mind you.

But man, can those black dresses hide some holiday eating like no other.

Here are some of my inspirations:

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Oh, hello.
Yes, it's true, you can, in fact, inspire yourself. :)

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This and That.

You lucky reader, you!

Today you get five, yes, that's right, f i v e whole different outfits from yours truly.

What did you do to deserve this? , you wonder out loud. 

It's just because you're you. :)

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Hippy dippy flower power always comes and goes.

Today, I sport this ensemble because I feel the extreme need to constantly trip over extra long floor length skirts. That and I need a big dose of colorful flowers to keep my mood and energy high to power through working on my company's creative brief and this evenings festivities.

Do your clothes help set your mood? Give you energy? Make you happy?

Bracelets, variety (gifts and Boracay, Philippines)

Top, Rubbish via Nordstroms

Tank, Gap

Dress/Skirt, Zara

Shoes, GoMax via Ambiance

Friday, Ocotber 28, 2011

I've been meaning to pick up some sparkly jeans when lo and behold (I was raised Catholic, can you tell?) my mom picked me up a pair of silver Joe's Jeans.

Score for me mamasan!

I immediately funked them up with my converse and neon green necklace this time, but perhaps the next go around I'll glam them up.

How do you think I should glam up the silver jeans?

Necklace, from my grandma's stash

Top, borrowed from a friend

Jeans, Joe's Jeans, a gift from my mom

Belt, Target

Shoes, custom Converse

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Having your own business means you can dress however you want. 

Such a sigh of relief! 

I remember working 8-5 jobs and I hated having to comply with the dress code. I felt like such a fraud, a shell of myself, whenever I put on clothes to appeal to the man. 

Glad those days are gone so I can strut in whatever I desire.

Apparently I desire advice from crazy bag ladies. 

 They're one of my biggest inspirations.

No, seriously, they are. 

They make use of what they have, dress how they want, and don't care about what other people really think. So refreshing!

What crazies inspire you?

Sunglasses, H&M

Necklaces, variety (Erica Bowman, Zafirenia, and gift from my mom 

Blazer, Modcloth

Flannel, borrowed from Hubby

Shirt, F21

Pants, Bebe

Shoes, MIA

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Dress down glam ingredients: 

body hugging black dress

high low hem

cascade of necklaces

red lips

+

chucks

How do you ladies (and gents) casualize a glam outfit? Or, looking at it from a different angle, how do you glam up casual outfit?

Oooooo that's deep, Marie!

Necklaces, from  my grandma's stash

Dress, Free People

Shoes, custom Converse

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Funifying (new word alert!) an LBD is as easy as homemade glitter booties.

Oh yeah, that's right kids. You heard right. I sparklified the poop out of these H&M ankle boots.

These are on fiya homies!

Even my hubby, who never ever cares about what's on my tootsies, crowned them my hot shoes.

If y'all are interested, I'll be posting a DIY glitter shoes. 

Have you glitterfied anything in your closet?

Headband, H&M
Bracelets, from India
Necklace, a magical far away place I don't recall
Dress, H&M
Shoes, H&M

Mr. Edelman Has Arrived.

*These photos are from yesterday.

I've been waiting for these fantastical Sam Edelman leopard print ankle strapped platform pumps for over a week, and at last, they have arrived on a most excellent day (yesterday). Mikie, the hubby, and I did date night with my bestie and her new boyfriend. OOOOOOOooooo new boyfriend - yeah! We headed out to Yoshi's in Oakland, which is a most excellent Japanese restaurant with a cozy built-in venue right next to it, that featured Dr. John that night.

We arrived and checked in for our 8pm reservations. Alas, they couldn't find my name anywhere for that night. I pulled out the trust ol iphone and pulled up my opentable reservation for 4 at 8pm.... for the day before. Shenanigans! Luckily, the hostess didn't catch on that the date was different and she found a nice spot for us. Thank you lady! Let me tell you, this isn't the first time something like this has happened... I've booked many things, including flights, on the wrong date. Whopsies. Okay, so sometimes I'm terrible with details but at least I've got mad crazy bullshitting skills  and the end results are always splendid. 

PS - I totally forgot that when dining at Yoshi's you have to remove your shoes in order to eat Japanese style (not sitting on the floor Indian style thank god - but the floor is raised so that when you sit down, there's a hole cut out underneath the table so your feet can hang and you can sit normally with the feel of being on the floor.) I was  terrified of leaving my new lovelies on the shelf amongst the riff raff and checked on them compulsively to make sure no one accidentally took them. And thank goodness no one did!

We finished off the evening with listening, jiggling and dancing to the fine and dandy tunes of Dr. John, a New Orleans bluesman. He's been around for years, but of course, I only recently discovered him because he's on the soundtrack of Disney's Princess and the Frog.

Feeling the Pin-Up girl vibe, here's my attempt:

But why do I keep looking to the left of me? What's over there? A Bird? A Plane? Superman?!

Check out my mad crazy awesome hair bling clip thingmabobber do:

Diggin it? Stay tuned... I'll be doing a hair bling giveaway in the next couple of weeks featuring lovely feather clips by Erica Bowman.

And to end this fine post, a series inspired by the Planet of the Apes. 

Hair Bling, a gift from a friend
Necklace, a gift from my mom
Dress, a  twelve year old dress from Nordstroms  Oh yeah!
Shoes, Sam Edelman

LBD + Long Sleeve T + Houndstooth Shortsleeve Jacket

Middle of summer and it's raining, what's a girl to do?!

DUH, it's obviously nature's way of wanting a sneak peek of your Fall wear.

Here, here!

LBD, dress from the Philippines

Long Sleeve T, ?

Jacket, ?

Ankle Booties, borrowed from Brigid