There is no "IF"

There is no "if" in chief. But what about kerchief? Because if kerchiefs are wrong... I don't wanna be right. I have fallen head over heals with big, square scarves. They are a great way to spice up a plain shirt or to make a dress seem a little more casual.

I'm about to be super busy the rest of this week. Making dinner for a friend who just had a baby, church activities for 8-11 yr old girls, county campaign meeting for my favorite cadidate and date night with the hubby the rest of this week. That's on top of the usual toilet scrubbing, floor mopping, sheet changing, homeschooling... So these pictures will have to satisfy you for the rest of the week.

Sharp Dressed Man

Clean shirt, new shoes
And I don't know where I am goin' to
Silk suit, black tie
I don't need a reason why

They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

This is Ben this morning before he left for a meeting in Atlanta.  I thought he looked so good, I had to snap a picture!  And even better? That suit? It's a Stafford that he got for **$2** at the Habitat ReStore.  We've got more in the dry cleaning than the suit!

And see that bar that he's leaning against? He made that.  

This is the BEFORE picture. He found this

wall cabinet at Goodwill for $15.

This is the AFTER picture.  A little sanding, some paint, feet,

new hardware, a top and voila! A bar!

Inside of bar

I think he did a pretty good job! And he cleans up well, too!

Polka Dots, Checks and Stripes

I'm missing the polkies in this outfit... I'll see what I can do about that next time. ;)

I used to watch this on The Disney Channel when I was little. Kinda fitting for me. Dontcha think? Ps. Try not to be too disturbed by the men in underwear and garter socks riding a tandem bike @ 1:57... 0.o

It Is But It Isn't...

Based very loosely on this pinterest pic. I don't think I could EVER wear leather pants. Could you?

Stolen Luxury

*DISCLAIMER* I realized the other day that my posts may confuse some people as to what I ACTUALLY wear each day. My posts are more ideas of outfits I come up with along the way. Some are pictures of outfits I wear to church on Sunday and some are outfits I wish I had a reason to wear. Today's outfit is what I plan on wearing to church this coming Sunday. I did not in fact wear it today on Friday, February 3, 2012 while I scrub my toilets, vacuum and mop my floors or prepare dinner for the missionaries from our church. So with that little piece of information out of the way...

I practically stole all the elements of this outfit. The ruby and diamond ring was almost given to me by a jewelry store I used to work by. I went in tried ont he ring, loved it and decided it was too expensive. The owner said "I'll let you have at half price." Done! Not sure why she did that, but I'm glad to have it. As you know, Lise gave me the ATL fur collar cardi, the teal shirt and burgundy shoes were found at Peace Place. And the ATL skirt... I literally walked right in to Krystle's house, saw it laying with some other laundry, squealed and said "I'm going to borrow this k?" and I walked right back out of her house with it. Thanks Krystle! You're the best!

Rhymes with...

Snurple, blurple, squirple, durple... why? Why aren't there any words that rhyme with PURPLE? Or orange... or silver? So frustrating! Anyway... I love purple. For reals LOVE it!

So what other words do you know that don't have rhyme friends?

Leopards and Tigers and Ruffles...

Oh my! This is an outfit I wore to church a few weeks ago. I found this AMAZING shirt at... (should I even say it?) The pencil skirt is also from there... as are the shoes. The cardi is from the Wal-Mart $3 sale rack about 8 years ago. And the amazing belt and ring are from my good friend, Emily.

I never really do animal print but thought it would be fun. My hubs also does not like animal print so I warned him ahead of time. "Hey honey... Tomorrow I'm going to wear a big ruffly shirt... and a tiger ring... and a leopard belt... and a pencil skirt... so brace yourself." (He also does not like the way pencil skirts hug my tushy. Sorry dude. Can't help it.) I also like the way the leopard belt ties in the black from the shirt and the tan from the skirt.

My 6 1/2 year old daughter said I "looked like that weird lady from the movie." I still haven't been able to figure out which one she is talking about. Any guesses?

Roughly inspired by this pic on pinterest.