New Job, New Bracelet, New Post!!

First off all, THANK YOU, BRETT aka Silvergirl, for the awesome bracelet!! In case you are just joining us, I entered a giveaway at Brett's site and won a beautiful bracelet!! See?

AND it just happened to match what I wore today on the first day of my new job!! The bracelet had all the colors that I had planned to wear today.

 Cardigan: JCrew, Goodwill

Striped Shirt: JCrew, JCrew outlet

Scarf: Charming Charlie

Pants: Liz Claiborne, Liz outlet

So today was the first day at the new job. It was good. I'm in information overload, but in a good way. I really like everyone there. And I can do this. I just have to learn a new way of doing things and a new computer system. I mean, it's still insurance, right? It's not like the terms and their definitions have changed.

I'll be posting at night, now, though. I'm going to be pretty busy learning the new ropes so I may get behind on posting and reading and replying. But I'll still be thinking about you guys!!

There's only one downside to this job. Lise isn't there. :(

Snowblind!

I heard that KISS song this morning and I thought, that's a perfect title because I'm feeling pretty snowblind. The ice on top of the snow seems to have made it 10 times brighter. It's like glass. Look.

See? It looks like you could skate on it. But you can't! You just fall through.

You almost HAVE to wear sunglasses outside.  So my outfit here has a lot going on. First of all, it's REALLY warm. Lise bought this sweater at PS Too, I think, and it was just too big for her, so she gave it to me. We call it the poodle sweater! I paired it with my black jeggings and brown Target boots. I have this fluffy sweater AND I'm wearing brown and black together! And then I decided to get really crazy and belt my black scarf!! I think it worked out pretty well, though.

Today I'm wearing green and purple. I've seen other people do it, but I don't think I've paired it together. If I have, I just don't remember. I got this jacket at a yard sale for $3! I think the scarf is from Payless. The pants are old Liz Claiborne. My shoes are new, though. I've had them about 3 months and have just never worn them! They're here at  Target. Don't you just love Target for shoes?

Have a great weekend!

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?