So many hats and only one head!

 This is another inspiration I had saved a year and a half ago...

I picked it cause it was the perfect setting (combination) to showcase this beautiful necklace my husband brought from India when he went there for work in 2010....

 These are my old work slacks. They still fit and feel great. I just make sure I take them off as soon as I get home to avoid dry cleaning.

 Vest - Forever 21

Top - Mom's

Scarf - H&M

Necklace - from India

Pants - Express

Booties - Steve Madden

WEDNESDAY:

Had to get up super early and be at kids' preschool by 7:30 AM this morning. As you might have already figured out I attend a co-op type preschool where all the mommies take on a task and have to be there the entire time. These classes are completely free but they are on a first come first saved basis. So whenever a new semester starts we have to go super early to guarantee a spot. I was fortunate enough to be able to leave the kids at home and get in line and my husband brought them to school before he left for work which was an hour later. The class was a bit chaotic as it usually is with new families joining and orientation etc... 

Had to snap this photo of my daughter when I saw she had adorned all these costumes on her... She must have picked all these herself and another mommy must have helped...So cute...

After school I got to open the packages that came in the mail and set up my new HAT STAND! Hence the title of my blog post today...
I have been dying to find a solution to my ever growing hat collection. I envisioned buying bunch of wall hooks and hanging them all over this (behind the door) area but that would have required so much work and create horrible holes in our walls. When I was ordering a secondary portable clothes rack for my new business I ran into this wonderful hat stand (made for stores obviously) in the online store. I couldn't beleive it.
Fits perfectly too and each segment rotates for easy access....

Of course they won't be stored as shown here since they will collect horrible dust. I have most of them in a plastic bag for protection.

Don't you just love it?

Being Crazy Isn't Enough

 This was my outfit last night to a 'Captain Apprecation' Dinner given by the organizaiton that puts together playgroups by neighborhood and kids' birth age... (I am the captain of my playgroup)...

The inspiration came form this tiny photo way back 2 years ago on wearing berets....

I liked the idea of red mini skirt, mustard scarf and white beret with jet black accessories and pieces...

 This is the skirt part of  my old old Ann Taylor suit. I have worn the red blazer part a few times but hadn't worn the skirt forever. It is old so high waist and not very comfortable but for a short dinner it was fine...

 The booties and the red suede fringe purse were great touches...

 Top - Gap

Skirt - Ann Taylor

Scarf - TJ Maxx

Beret and tights - Forever 21

Booties - Gabriella Rocha

Trench Coat - Adrianna Vitaddani (sp?)

Purse - Thread Show

Participating in 

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And here is a photo from last night's dinner with my friend who is also the captain of her playgroup:

The Artist

 I had picked another outfit today but felt like I had worn something very similar last year so did not feel it and just flipped through my physical photo folder and picked this one out.... from Lucky's August 2011 issue:

Like the combinations of stripes and red under denim topped with a mustard scarf...

My best friend got me this purse for my b-day. She had a good day in Vegas and splurged!

Shirt, Top - From Turkey

Pants - Forever 21

Scarf - TJ Maxx

Shoes - Tilly's

Bag - Marc Jacobs

TUESDAY: 

Went to Sea World with the Kids with some friends from our play group....It was fun kids mostly played in the play areas than look at the sea animals.

I tried to conduct two work conference calls while with the kids which was insane. Thank Goodness for the iphone mute button. Will have to figure out a better way to do these on a weekly basis as it was hard to take notes of what was being said and of course I was the only one with a spreadsheet of questions to ask!

I will do another post about the night since that was a different outfit...

But here are the beautiful portraits my step dad of our kids with totally built custom frames and a full service gift delivery of actually coming to our house and hanging them!

 The flash was weird in this angle:

Here is  the artist with his masterpieces...