Sparkle and Shine

 I chose an outfit today that had some sequins so I can participate in the EBEW event. But clicking on their website now I am not sure if they are still hosting. I guess we'll find out.

The inspiration came from the November 2011 issue of Lucky Magazine. It was the 'letters to editor' page I think and they had this hand drawn outfit:

 I liked the idea of pairing magenta with camel colors and sequins....

To create the sequined top I layered my new camel cowl neck tunic under the sequined tank.
This tunic is great. Love its long and lean cut. And it is tissue thin.

Although I was worried about adding more shine to the outfit I still went ahead and added these:

 Since it was cold and rainy I added a trench coat and the magenta beret I bought a while back but had not worn yet.

And once again my umbrella happens to match perfectly.

Trench Coat - Guess
Sequin Tank - Charlotte Russe
Cowl Neck Sweater, Jeans, Accessories, Hat - Forever 21
Heels - Steve Madden
Tote - LV
Umbrella - Coach




If it is actually taking place I am participating in  

Every Body Every Wear's  

Sequins and Sparkles 

To see others please click HERE!

Also participating in 

Monday Mingle

today.

Hosted by

BonBon Rose Girls, 

Momtrends

and 

Glammamom

 To see others click HERE!

TODAY:

Since my son was sick today we didn't go to preschool. And of course it was pouring so no park outing either. I came up with taking them to Ikea. We bought some everyday water glasses, a duvet cover for my son and bath sponges. Random I know. Then my parents met us there for lunch. My son was fading fast again so we came home and he thankfully listened to me and did take a nap. It was a quiet afternoon at home. 

Baby It Is Cold Outside

 I had been saving this outfit combination for an event where we would be outside and the coat would be worn the entire time.  

I got the inspiration of adding a silky red scarf from this tiny inset photo of SJP in a magazine:

I truly love this coat. I bought it 8-9 years ago from Bebe full price cause I was in love with it. At the time I traveled frequently to New York (and also Boston and Chicago) for my job so it wasn't that silly of a purchase. It is the type of coat you put on and feel like a million bucks. And now this year this is totally in style.

 I wish the red silk scarf I had was a full size one so it would be bigger like SJP's but mine was a long narrow kind. Still works though I think...

 These platforms looked killer. But of course I couldn't wear them in reality for what we were doing. I wish I could though. Cause Uggs sure did not give this effect!

Underneath the coat I just wore a simple black t-neck to keep things simple!

The kids were picking up leaves and throwing them over me like confetti while I was taking these photos!

Coat - Bebe

T-neck - Gap

Silk Scarf - Echo

Jeans - Closet

Platforms - Newport News

Purse - 6951

TODAY:

We stayed home this morning since my son was not feeling great and I had ton of stuff to do from laundry to cooking to gift wrapping and just taking it easy.

After naps we had a very early dinner and met our friends at Krispy Kreme's. 6 families to be exact with 12 kids! We drove to the local neighborhood where all the houses go all out with holiday lights. Kids on a high from the donut sugar rush had a blast running with their friends.

Except my son started feeling sick after 30 minutes and rode in my friend's stroller for the rest of the night.

They were fascinated with these tiny snowmen that sang on the ground of someone's yard!

My little sick baby!

Mine are in the Paul Frank hats!

Here is our group of kids!

What is your sign?

 I thought I had already posted but apparently I had not. So this is going to be a quick post as it is super late...

 This is the Pancho I bought in Philadelphia when I was stranded there due to passport fiasco during our Jamaica vacation. I like that it has sleeves.

Added the fair isle tights. I bought 2 different colors of these and have been waiting for the right outfit to wear them with.

Pancho - Old Navy

Dress, tights, boots, hat - Forever 21

TODAY:
Went to another Santa Breakfast this morning followed by kids' gym classes.
After naps we were going to go to Legoland but my parents volunteered to take the kids with the free passes we had for them and we stayed home to go through our crazy garage. The big remodel is going to happen this Thursday so we had a lot of stuff to sort through....

After gym class wearing a bumble bee costume and having a yogurt snack!