One Fish, Two Fish....Ummm...One Fish?

Seriously, how gorgeous were Lise's pictures yesterday? How can I possibly follow that?!!  I can't, so I won't even try! LOL

It was a sad morning in our household. Blake's beloved fish Frederick died. He was a good fish. He had big googly eyes and always blew fish kisses at you. The other fish has already forgotten he existed!  We gave him a worthy, dramatic goodbye in the master bathroom this morning.(Remember The Cosby Show episode where Rudy's fish died? That's how I felt this morning!) He's on his way to the big aquarium in the sky!!

And what did I wear for this solemn occassion? Well, no color, that's for sure. This outfit photographed so blah. It really looks better in person, I swear!!

The pants are new. I bought them at Kohl's yesterday with a 30% off coupon and some Kohl's cash! They are a bluish/gray with almost a denim look to them, but they aren't denim. The gray sweater came from our day of thrifting at PS Too. It's warm and cozy!! The turtleneck is also from Kohl's.  I definitely needed some color today. I'm tired and it's really showing thru on this picture. I almost didn't post at all. But then, I thought, everyone has days when they are tired and just not feeling it and it ends up reflecting in their clothes. It's what makes us real and human!

So you got glamour yesterday and blahness today. Such is life!!

I'll try to be more colorful tomorrow!!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!

Jeans: Kohl's, Boots: Walmart

Sunnies: Michael Kors, Blazer: Sag Harbor, thrifted, Turtleneck:Coldwater Creek

No, not really! Just kidding! I HATE snow. It's cold, wet and messy. Yuck! But I do love snowflakes. Go figure. I have a collection of snowflake pendants, earrings and pins and you can see I'm wearing several of them today. Penguins, snowflakes and palm trees. There's no rhyme or reason to my collecting, is there?

The other pin I'm wearing is one from my grandmother. It's pretty old. When she died 10 years ago, I picked this out of her things. It always makes me think of her and the little ceramic Christmas tree she always put on top of her console tv. Anyone else's grandmother have a tree like this:

This is not the actual tree we have, but it looks just like this.

 My mama has this tree now. And she puts it out every year. I bet this thing is 40 years old! Does your family have any kind of traditions like this? Or do you have a special ornament or Christmas piece?


Happy Weekend, Y'all!!

Flowers In The Attic

Flowers in the Attic. Kinda creepy book, right? Yeah, well, I had a kinda creepy day. See these cute floral tights? Take a good look, because you will probably never see them again. I had not 1, not 2, but **3** creepy men make comments about them. 2 of them just stared and stared and asked if my legs were tattooed or was that "just hose". Go ahead, laugh, I'll wait. My husband thought it was hysterical!! Then there was the guy who talks like Billy Bob from Slingblade that got fired from his last job for staring at "the pretty cheerleaders". "I like them leotards you got on there. Uh, huh. They remind me of them girls at the school in their short skirts. Umhuh."  Yeah, read that in Billy Bob's Slingblade voice. Uh, huh. Creepy, right? 

And I was excited about this outfit. It was inspired by this post from Reva. Her floral trench reminded me that I have a pink trench-that I've never worn! So, I put the floral in my tights instead of my coat. And then the men folk had to get all weird on me! Sometimes living in a small town is not a good thing. Try to break out of your comfort zone and you get blindsided. So, anyway. The unlined pink trench is from Liz Claiborne. I bought it when our's went out of business for $12! This is the first time I've worn it and I've had it at least 6 years. You can't really tell but my turleneck from Coldwater Creek is purple and I have on my charcoal pencil skirt and my cheap brown Target boots.



Hurry up!! It's COLD out here!!



Floral tights from Charlotte Russe

Today I'm all in my favorite colors of black and red. I did venture out in tights again today. And I got some good natured ribbing from some people who were around when the creepy guys got ....creepy. But that was ok, because I KNEW they were just kidding around.  I like this skirt, even if I do feel fat in it. It's got a kind of paper bag like waist to it and just makes me feel hippy or something. I think we all know I have body issues, so...moving on to pictures....



Red Cardi: Target, $12
Silver sleeveless turtleneck: Kohls, $7
Plaid Paperbag Skirt:Ann Taylor Loft, 12
Red Tights: Kohls, $5.50
Black Boots: Payless, $19



See the cute little bows on the pockets?



No, I'm not looking in the presents. Why would you think so?!

I've stepped out of my comfort zone a bit this week. How about you?