Bright and Early shopping Marni

Today's outfit which was put on at 6 AM to line up for the H&M Marni event was inspired by this photo on wearing oversized denim shirts.

Mine is not really oversized but at least it is tunic length to be wearable over these liquid leggings.

Denim Shirt - From Turkey

Striped T-neck - Charlotte Russe

Liquid Leggings - I.N.C. by Macy's

Necklace - Send the Trend

Boots - Steve Madden

Purse - 6951

THE H&M MARNI EVENT

Well as planned my friend and I met around 6:30 AM in front of the store and got in line. We also found out that the mall parking lots are locked during that time and could not park at the lot that is closest to the store which prevented me from bringing in the folding chairs and blanket but it wasn't bad.
The line was not as long as we had thought.

 The wristbands were handed out around 7 AM but we still had to wait in line. At least we were safe to go run and get coffee while the other waited and held our spot. What sucked was the mall bathrooms were not open!
Way too many security guards for the event. Not sure what they were expecting. Some were having fun with the situation and some were taking their jobs waaaay too seriously.

We were in the 2nd group to go in with a time slot of 8:25 AM to 8:40 AM. They let us in the store once the first group was let in the restricted shopping area. There were again waaaay too many security guards but also much needed number of employees. Also a DJ!

We brought all our purchases to the mall food court sitting area. Yes we are outdoors. This is southern CA and 90% of the malls here are outdoor malls. 

Here are our coveted accessory purchases:

And the clothing Items (trying them on in the mall bathroom!):

 Kept this dress but still thinking about it. Need to put it on at home and see it again. I have 10 days to return...

This one i returned even though I liked it a lot. I just won't wear it that much and needs ironing...

Kept the tee but returned the pants. they were too restrictive.

 Felt like they were too big but if I got the size smaller I totally would not be able to bend my legs. the fabric was really thick and too structured.

I really wanted the pants of this top but they were out of my size. The top I wasn't crazy about. Again too restrictive.

If you missed out on the sale check out my friend's ebay links HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE as she is selling some of the accessories shown in this post...

You might also wonder how I was able to swing this with the kids. It was a team effort. My husband got them fed and ready in the morning and dropped them off at my mom's house before going to work. My mom who wasn't working today brought them to the mall late morning and we all saw the movie Lorax together then had lunch before coming home and hosting a playdate at our house in the afternoon!

Mustard and Cream

I loved the combination that came together this morning. Definitely making up for the de-motivation to take my outfit photos yesterday...

The inspiration was JCrew catalog. Between then and Anthropologie I get sooo many inspirations....

 This mustard and cream combination immediately caught my eye. I owned this short sleeve mustard sweater for years now. I remember wearing it to my trip to Turkey when my son was 7 mos old (he is almost 5 now).  So happy to be wearing it again... I feel sad for these looked over items in my closet sometimes. :)

 The inspiration felt a little bare though so I added the beret, the necklace and the gloves!

This poor overlooked purse was also purchased during a trip to Turkey I think even older than the previously mentioned trip.

 I totally own black patent leather heels like the ones in the inspiration photo and would have taken some photos with them on if I wasn't so lazy and running totally late this morning... So this is the realistic version which I wore majority of the day.... My old self would have gone with brown or cognac boots that would have blended. But I do like how stark these black boots look.

Mustard sweater, white jeans, necklace, beret - Forever 21

Thermal top - Victoria's Secret

Boots - Steve Madden

Purse - Dior

Sunglasses - Karen Walker

TODAY: My son had a nightmare last night so I ended up sleeping with him which was great actually but forgot how early he wakes up so was not happy when he woke me up at 6 AM with 'I am hungary mommy' Got him to go back to sleep for a while but then gave up and went back to my bed and sent him to Daddy who takes care of the kids every morning until I wake up which is such a blessing. That is the only way I can handle going to bed so late every night. Anyway, woke up totally late though and had just enough time to get ready and leave and got breakfast at a drive thru Starbucks before pre school. 

After naps I met my friend and her son at the gym. We checked in the kids at the gym daycare and did a zumba class together. This instructor was great. She barely spoke and transition from song to song in a fast and smooth manner and the songs were great. My friend kept saying it felt like we were on vacation dancing at a resort night club. My abs sure got an amazing workout and I love dancing. 

We then had dinner together at the foodcourt before coming home.

TOMORROW attempting my first designer event at H&M with my bf. I am in love with the Marni necklaces so hoping we score some. Going to meet up at 6:30 AM to line up! 

I am also excited to be doing something like this which I have never done. Will give us experience before we do a similar line up for the twilight panel at Comic Con this year!

Also TOMORROW is the Red Pump day! so wear your red pumps and support cause!

Here are some of my favorites from the collection:

I LOVE this necklace!

Here are some others I want to check out...

Just the pants:

I love this suit but doubt I will get is since I won't get much wear out of it...