Dressed for all occasions from graham cracker houses to ER

Going very simple today. Messy day at the preschool so picked something that can be easily washed. Even this has an inspiration photo:

This was a tiny picture on a page. It caught my eye cause again I aleady own all these pieces. This tee is another maternity purchase. When I got pregnant with my son all I had in my closet when it came t-shirts were these tight and short tee's that hit right at my waist. All from Bebe. So even when I started to show a little I needed new tee's that were longer. Bought 5-6 from CLOSET all different colors. They were all v-neck and tunic length. They make the best layering pieces now.

The blazer jacket is again part of a suit. The crop cowl neck sweater is a very old piece I always love to wear.

These stir-up leggings are great when you wear all black socks and shoes as they stay put all day long.

Blazer Jacket - part of a Bebe Suit

Cowl neck sweater - can't remember

tee - CLOSET

leggings - Forever 21

Booties - Steve Madden

Today's Activities: I had all the intention of posting this last night and was almost done and about to post when I heard my daughter cry over the loud TV we were watching (I always can hear the kids). As she never gets up we rushed to find she was having hard time breathing. Freaking out called the nurse line and they told us to take her in. So woke up our sound sleeping son and started to drive to ER. She started breathing a bit better so we stopped at my mom's one the way to drop off my son. They said she had 'krup' (sp?) and gave her steroids to stop the inflamation in her sound cords. She is fine now. We are all a bit tired from going to bed past 2:30 AM! But earlier in the day we had a fun time at preschool assembling graham cracker houses which the kids will decorate on Friday. They were very hard to make but we had a blast (see photo below):

 See how I brought my own apron from home so I wouldn't get frosting all over my clothes. :)

Winter White

A huge warning there are going to be lots of pictures in today's post. That is because I am catching up on 2 days and I wore 3 outfits in those 2 days. This is my 'Winter White' combo which I wore yesterday (Monday). The inspiration came from:

Although Iwas not happy with how the leggings looked. They just don't look right. I needed something a bit less clingy. Pants would have been better or more loose fitting leggings (if there is such thing). Or may be if I had thicker legs. So, love all thelayers on top but not happy about my bottom.

This is one of those looks where I actually went and bought/collected these items for the look. So these are all bought this season and all from Forever 21. I will obviously wear them in other combo's though.

The base layer is this oatmeal color babydoll top. It will be a great layering piece in many more outfits to come. It is also super soft, tissue thin and very comfy. The sequin tank top is a great piece to add a bit of bling to any outfit. I already wore this on our big night out.

These super cool earings were my recent purchase from Thread show. Love the wings. They look great on.

But I think the most versatile item in this whole combo has to be what I call my 'cream chunky cardigan', I will wear this again and again over many many outfits. It is very comfy. And looks very cool when I close the front as well.

All pieces from Forever 21 except for...

Booties - Victoria's Secret

Earings - Thread Show

OK, so you ready for more? 

Here it goes...

OUTFIT #2

Very casual as you can see. Wore this outfit this morning. My best friend would call this somewhat of a 'bag lady' look and this time I might agree. But I was so sleep deprived (see below why) and this was one of the very very few items in my list that included ugg boots. I love wearing my ugg boots when I am tired. The pop of colors also cheer me up. Notice it is not sunny but I am wearing sunglasses? To hide the bags under my eyes.

Added this feather headband last minute when I realized no styling was going to fix my hair. I bought this couple years ago at another thread show. Thought I would wear it to my cousins wedding but decided not to last minute. Have never worn it until today. My kids kept asking if that was a bird on my head! :)

And this adorable bottle cap necklace is a purchase from 'December Nights' event we went to over the weekend. The artist said it can be an owl or a penguin when you turn it. I have a thing for owls so had to buy it. Looks so cool I think over this neon animal print tee.

Chunky Black Cardigan - La Redoute Catalog

Neon animal print tee - TJ Maxx

Purple leggings - express (bought at a bazaar in Turkey)

Ugg Boots

Headband - Thread Show

Arm Warmers - gift from mom

Bottlecap necklace - gloriamuriel.com

OK, so one more than I promise that is it...

OUTFIT #3

Loving this outfit. First of all it is very simple. Just a sweater, skirt and boots. Takes the same amount of time as putting on sweats, sweatshirt and sneakers. Might be even less since the boots are slip ons.

I feel so powerful in these boots. And they are sooo warm. However, they do make a BIG statement so there are very few events/places I can wear them to. Therefore they were perfect to wear it to my dad's to trim his tree! :)

These adorable earings are also a recent Thread Show purchase. They are made out of recycled old records! She had many different styles (arrows, stars and other hearts). I was drawn to these cause of the blue chain. They just pop!

This sweater is couple years old. I like the ruffle hem. This skirt however is super old. I must have got it during college. I have worn it so much and would never get rid of it cause even though it is super mini it is just so versatile and always in style. I even wore it to visit a native village by boat in the Amazon region! I fit right in with them. :)

Ruffle hem sweater - Victoria's Secret Catalog

B/W mini skirt - do not remember and don't recognize the brand

Tigh high boots - Charlotte Russe

Earings - Thread Show

So, that is it. No more outfits...

ACTIVITIES: I have been driving myself insane trying to finish my snapfish projects of photo calendars and albums and other things as gifts. They take forever to create. I do love makng them but it is so time consuming and I had this great offer that was going to expire so I had to rush to finish as much as I can and order. Have been going to bed past 1 AM for 3 nights in a row and a about to collapse. Dealing with a toddler and preschooler all day when short on sleep does not make a good combination. To not repeat this next year I decided I am going to start all thse projects early in the year and add at the end of each month. That should make it a lot easier to handle. I still have to make our own annual album but that will have to wait. I am getting excited for our upcoming no kid trip to Vegas this weekend. It is only for one night but should be a lot of fun. We are going with 2 other couples. I got my nails done (thanks to my Dad babysitting) and colored my hair today. And even spent a few moments todays plotting some outfits so feel less stressed now.

Here are some photos from yesterday and today. I take these cause the kids insist on them while I am doing my photo shoot and I think it is so cute. This is the ONLY time they actually pose for the camera (kind of)!

Here is my daughter in front of my Dad's trimmed tree and with my brother....

I am totally lusting over his pants by the way. I love the new navy cameo navy has chosen.

Tulle in December

This was a great outfit for seeing a play. Of course there is yet another inspiration photo:

If you are thinking I will run out of these you are wrong. I have a giant stack of cut out magazine/catalog photos (including the entire Jcrew fall catalog) plus a thick folder on my computer of digial inspiration photos. I almost thought of taking photos of some of the store windows the other day when I was at the mall cause they had great combo ideas. My sister stopped me. I just love getting inspired visually like this. Some outfits I put together all on my own, that usually happens when I buy something new. But for the old stuff in my closet I need a push to wear them again.

So, I used to have a long thin black sweater that would have been perfect but had given that away as it was too old and had holes. So had to comprimse to create this look. I layered a black tee (bought during maternity era) over a schiffon LS top. You can't really tell can you?

And the skirt is not really a skirt but it is a halter top dress!

If silk scarves ever come back in style I have a very nice collection in my closet. I used to love pairing colorful silk scarves over solid colored business suits. This is one of them.

I got these rhinestone bobby pins from F21. I saw very similar ones at Banana Republic for $15. At F21 they were $2.50. Why would people not visit this store is beyond me.

The earings are hand made and gifted by jeweler aunt in Turkey. I thought the blue picks up the blue butterfly in the scarf.

I need to color my hair this week before the weekend trip. I can see the grey hair so had to part it really deep to hide them!

White Dress (worn as a skirt) - Forever 21

Black Tee - Closet

Black Silk Schiffon LS top - Newport News Catalog

Booties - Steve Madden

Silk red scarf - Echo

Earings - handmade by Aunt

Today's Activities: Dropped off my daughter at my mom's and took my son to see the 'Grinch who stole Christmas' play. It was amazing. It has been running every year for quite sometime now and I never saw it. My friends who had kids before me would go and I was always jealous. Finally my son is old enough to appreciate and most importantly stay quiet in theater so we went. We had already bought and read the book so he new the story. He wore his grinch tee (bought at Old Navy), grinch converses (bought at Sears) and had his grinch doll with him. I am so mad I forgot to take his photo!!!

After the play we had lunch at the nice restaurant in the park with my best friend and her two kids. Came home and my son did nap even though it was late. Afterwards my husband took him to Grandma's and stayed there so I can make some headway on my xmas photo projects. I am not sure how many more nights of going to bed at 1 AM I can handle.

Here are some cute photos of Juliet playing with her doll while I was doing my photo shoot....

See how she is wearing her 'my grandma rocks' shirt as she is going to Grandma's! :)