Fun With Scarves

You know you like it.

Tia had such a wonderful use of a scarf yesterday that it inspired me (helped me get out of a boredom rut). I know, not very colorful, but what with my hatred of certain colors, and love of gray and black, it just seemed to fit. (Seriously, it could be the most beautiful scarf/dress/whatever in the world, but if it's turquoise/teal/orange/neon/the wrong shade of brown/or a combo that includes one of the dread colors, I will NOT have it. Because I am old and cranky.)

This was a in-between poses shot that just came out too too great.  I love the way the scarf is floating through the air! I've been wearing my hair back in a french braid or a bun lately, because with all the work I've been doing on the computer it's just easier. While I personally am not a big fan of how I look in a french braid, it seems to inspire mucho compliments. Weird, isn't it? How something you dislike on yourself ends up being something that other people admire? I think the french braid hair is admired just because it shows off how thick and shiny my hair is, while disguising it's tendency to frizz and go half wavy/half stick straight if I don't pay attention. 

Gorgeous scarf

What do you feel eh about that other people love on you?

Scarf - Send the Trend, Top - JMS, Pants - Denim 24/7, Shoes - Simply Be.

I'm QUALITY, baby!

I love super loose flowy tank tops like this, although I always have that slight fear when I put them on that people will think I'm pregnant. But the comfort level helps me get past that. People, I have made a decision. I am worth non-crappy clothes. SO. I unsubscribed from the sale emails for OneStopPlus.com and Avenue.com. This doesn't mean I won't go into an Avenue and buy stuff now and then, but only after I try it on and decide it fits well and is worth the money. I am going to spend my hard earned dough at SimplyBe.com because their clothes have always fit me, and are made well (and maybe a little because they're British).

Has anyone else decided to stop buying stuff just because it's cheap and almost good enough (major issue for me) and decided to only buy the good stuff? (Mind you, my good stuff isn't super fancy, it's just regular people good stuff.)

Top - Simply Be (Glamourosa), Jacket - Gap, Pants - Lands End, Shoes - Dexter, Earrings - Fashion to Figure.

The joys of short sleeve sweaters

I don't like the early morning. It's not really this dark outside when I leave for work, but this is the way it photographs. If we don't use the flash, it's not as focused (Not that I'm blaming anyone, DAD). Unlike Gracey, I've never thought short sleeve sweaters were silly. But then again, my mom loves them and has a kajillion of them. So maybe you have to grow up with them to fully accept them. They keep your trunk warm, without making you overwarm. This one has the two-fold benefit of being a short sleeve (practically no-sleeve) sweater that's also a tunic sweater. I wanted to be put together because I'm going to a wake tonight. (And all merriment ceases as everyone is forced to face their own mortality.) It's not for a close friend, but for a woman in my church that I knew, so I do need to go.

Sweater - Simply Be, Pants - Lands End, Shoes - Dexter, Bracelet - JewelMint.

Sepia...

Top - Simply Be, Leggings - Walmart.

What do you do when the best pictures are the darkest ones? Take them up to sepia tone! Seriously, you got this or pictures of me with a shiny shiny face. And I don't feel the need to slap some powder on just to make you happy/look like a human being not covered in lard. I also feel the need to lay down a few truths on you, plus-size children.

TRUTH 1: Simply Be has the best quality plus-size clothes (sizes 10-28) of anywhere I've shopped.
TRUTH 2: They're consequently more expensive than One Stop Plus and Avenue.
TRUTH 3: I deserve some nice stuff, dammit, so I just need to buy less stuff and buy it from Simply Be.
(SAD) TRUTH 4: I still can't find a pair of jeans to fit, not even from Simply Be. I'm too cheap at the moment to order bespoke jeans online.

Does anyone else have some truths to lay down?

Poor Little Mama!

Before the incident

Yesterday morning, after we got to work, my little mama went to shut the (sliding) van door after getting out her bag...and shut the door on her hand. There was blood, there was horror, and there was a little mama saying she would be fine once we (I)  bandaged her up. Now, my mama is my mama. She's in her sixties AND OUGHT TO KNOW WHEN TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND WHEN SHE IS FINE. So I bandaged her up (4 cuts on 2 fingers, one pretty deep), all the while asking if she was sure we didn't need to go to the doctor.  Guess where we went 7 hours later? To the doctor's office in our home town, where we waited. She had eventually realized she would need a tetanus shot, and that one cut might "need a stitch or two". Turns out, after all that time, stitches aren't really an option anymore. She got her shot, a round of antibiotic pills, and two fingers bandaged up like two puffy marshmallows. Moral of the story: Your parents want to go to the doctor about as much as children do. So you'll just have to make them, by invoking how stubborn and annoying it is when THEIR parents do the same thing.

Today

Bad news makes me frowny

Rain forced pictures inside this morning, and the Today Show was on in the background. Now, I don't know about you, but I have a hard time looking happy when I hear them talking about some perv who was arrested for having tons of kiddie porn.

This shirt is new and fantastic. It's Joe Browns, from Simply Be and even though it's simple, it's great. It's just a really well made shirt. The seams are perfection, the material is super soft and comfy, the 3/4 length sleeves aren't randomly at my wrist bones...and yes, it's now sold out and off the site. But, based on everything I've bought from Simply Be, Joe Browns and Angel Ribbons are QUALITY. And actually well sized, so don't leave yourself wiggle room, buy according to their sizing charts, not your "usual" size. (Except the jeans, I haven't found a pair of jeans to fit my body type, extreme hourglass, at Simply Be yet.)

Top - Joe Browns, Pants - Avenue, Shoes - old and thrifted.

Fore!

I look a little foreshortened in this picture. It was shot down a slope by a taller person...so I look a little munchkiny. In reality, my legs are so, so long...as long as the legs of a 10 year old child, at least. I love this top, but I need the straps taken up a bit. Remember, designers! Just because a woman is plus size, does not mean that she is tall. Or that she randomly has a great expanse of room between her shoulders and where her breasts start. It's a little over a hands-length for me between my shoulders and my bra. Not double that. I have it pinned today, but I really need to make my little mama sew it up for me. (Bad things happen when I try to sew.) This is a better look at the top.


Top and Cardigan- Simply Be, Pants - Denim 24/7, Shoes - Mossimo, Necklace - Self-made.

New shoes!

This is the face of boredom.

(It was raining outside, hence the odd little photo on the stairway landing.)  My brogues came in from Simply Be!  Looking at wikipedia, what I have are technically monk brogues. They are fantastic! They have plenty of room in the toebox (a miracle for my wide feet!) and are thoroughly adorable. I might have to put in a thin insole. We'll see at the end of the day.

I can wear cute little socks with these and keep my feet warm this fall and winter. (If you're curious, I wear a 8W. Of course, in some brands, I have to go up to a 8WW, but in these cute little Viva La Diva brogues, a 8W affords me plenty of room.) They are faux leather, with a heel of less than 1/2 inch, and made in China. And yes, the buckle is adjustable.

Top and Pants - Avenue, Shoes - Viva La Diva (from Simply Be), Necklace - handmade, Bracelet - JewelMint.

I was not compensated in any way for this review.

Weekend Bonanza!

Yep. I wore this cardigan on Friday and then again on Saturday. But I got so very cold on Friday, that I decided to wear it over it a nice warm turtleneck when I went up to see my Nana. It kept me much warmer this time, happily. I'm still unhappy with all the jeans I currently own, but I haven't taken all my measurements and bitten the bullet to buy the bespoke jeans yet (lots of alliteration there).

On Sunday, I hadn't really planned well, so I tore through a few outfits before settling on this one. I wore my black faux fur wrap/shawl out of the photo, which I have never had anyone say anything bad about. As a matter of fact, I get compliments every time I wear it, and questions about whether it's real.  Looking at my shoes, I realized that I have lots of sandals now and dainty dress shoes; but not that many shoes that cover my entire feet (like these clogs). I'm going to have to get on that. Particularly shoes that I can wear socks with.

Saturday : Turtleneck - stolen from my dad a long time ago, Cardigan - Avenue, Jeans - Avenue, Shoes - Crocs, Jewelry - self-made.


Sunday : Top and Pants- Avenue, Shoes - thrifted several years ago.