100 posts!

I'm sure that's a milestone right?  Anyway, I think it's cool that I've been around for a year and 100 posts.

On Thursday, I had lunch with my mom.  Since it was pretty nice outside, I wore this:

The top (decorated by me) and the boots are from Kohl's.  Legwarmers are from eBay, necklace from Payless and shorts from Goodwill.

I went mostly window shopping at Kohl's.  I had a $10 off coupon.  Thanks Kohl's and keep sending them!  I was actually in a great shopping mood and then something happened and put me off on shopping.  So I mostly moped around the store looking at everything I couldn't afford.  I did manage to find an adorable pair of boots on clearance so with the coupon they were dirt cheap.  Oh, btw they were originally $49.99.  Yeah, never.

I love houndstooth.  I have a hat that matches perfectly!

During the window shopping I thought I'd take pictures of some things I liked.

So Kohl's has fur vests:

I tried on the middle one and I looked hideous.  In the background are the cropped military coats.  I tried on the army green colored one and it looked great but alas it's too much for me right now.

I've wanted this skirt forever:

Again, can't afford.

It was impossible not to fall in love with this:

Love it!

There were some other things I liked but didn't photo like this:

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed window shopping with me!  Happy 100 Posts J★Style!

Color & Nordic...

I lost a follower.  :(  I don't know how to get more followers.  I think my blog is interesting and I read and comment on a lot of blogs.

Anyway, this blog is not a bitch session even though I am currently in bed suffering from a terrible stomachache.  I'm here to feature two things I just love: color and Nordic print (which I can't really seem to find in the desert).

Here we go!  (Photo heavy!)

Tuesday/Wednesday...

Here's what I wore the rest of this weird week:

Orange sweater outfit V2.  (I liked V1 better.)  Sweater and tank from Forever 21, skirt Target and boots and legwarmers from eBay.

This is what I wore today:

Vest from XI, shirt from H&M, pants Kohl's and boots from eBay.

The story of my shoes...

So I found these shoes in a Japanese magazine.  I found and bought the exact pair on eBay.  Supercheap, of course.  They came to me with a broken zipper.  I tried to exchange them but they were the seller's only pair in my size.  They refunded a portion of my money.  I took them to shoe repair.  Apparently, even though they said a week to fix them they didn't actually fix them until the day they were due to me.  So a week = a day in shoe repair land.  I went to the shop twice.  I finally got my shoes and the zipper was fixed.  They sat in my closet.  I wore them for the first time today:

I'm not so sure what is wrong with my face.  I'd like to try them with a dress or something.  Top from YesStyle, leggins from Zizibeh, necklace from 109 and the hairbow was a necklace from H&M that I made into a barrette. 

Tomorrow I have a second version of my Saturday outfit planned.

Weekend warrior...

I have very little money right now.  However, I was itching to spend my Forever 21 gift card from Kiki so we trekked up to Fashion Square.  I scoured the racks and was afraid I wasn't in much of a shopping mood when I wasn't finding anything.  I did find this bright blue giraffe print sweater which I loved but they didn't have it in my size.  :(

I ended up with these:

I didn't even want to try on the orange sweater.  I was so in love that I was ready to walk out right then and there.  I did end up trying it on and luckily it fit like a glove.  I also got a gray tank to match and black over the knee socks.  Can't wait to sport those.  ;)

Next stop H&M.  I really wanted the white tiger sweater but I can't afford it right now.  It's either $24.95 or $29.95 but either way, I need to eat.  I did leave with an adorable cheapo top:

$5.95 = win.

You'd think I'd be able to find plain black leggins in winter.  Oh no, this has been a nightmare and a half.  There are three scenarios: sheer, sold out of my size or ridiculously expensive.  Kohl's, where there are a lot of leggins, has the sheer and sold out problem.  I found a pair at H&M but I didn't want to pay $12.95 for leggins.  So, since we were out and about, I decided to swing by Zizibeh.  The girls working thought it would be funny to fuck around with the iPod, going back to songs they skipped and skipping a song halfway through it.  They were lucky I didn't think it'd be funny to punch them in the face.  So annoying.  Anyway, I did walk out of there with a pair of $5 leggins and some way cute jewelry:

That day/night my friends organizmong my ed a Light Rail Pub Crawl.  I was slated to meet up with them at about 8PM at Turf.  I was superexcited to wear my new clothes:

Obviously, both sweater and tank from Forever 21, pants self-mutilated and boots from eBay.  More than once I was told I looked "hot" so yay!  They all had shirts but I couldn't afford one.  However, someone bought and bailed so they gave me that person's shirt.  Even though I changed later, I still looked cute:

First time on the Light Rail!

I had a spectacular time and the peak of the evening can only be described as electric.  Hooray for new and old friends.

Last week I was searching for a necklace among my collection and was so frustrated after they ended up in a tangled mess that I just left them in a mound in my bathroom.  Today, I was determined to rectify this problem.  I was going to just put nails in the wall like my previous organization system but then I remembered that a friend of mine bought me these Hercules Hooks for my housewarming like two years ago and they have been sitting in a drawer ever since.  Well, finally put to good use:

Oh so pretty and easy to find jewelry!  Mind the gaps, I ran into studs.  Also, mind the discolored parts.  I had to patch.  Once it's dry and painted, it will be all the more lovely.  What a huge relief!

Well, that was a long post!  Now off to watch some "Dexter" and maybe "The Tudors" later.

Winter ♥s...

♥ Note: picture heavy ♥

Here are some outfits I just ♥!

I love how hats, fur and animal prints are supertrendy right now.

I wore this on Tuesday but because it was such a horrible day, I had to crop out my head.  Regardless, I looked awesome!

Boots & UK shirt from eBay, skirt from Target, vest from Japan and necklace from Forever 21.

In addition, I did some online shopping (my favorite way to shop) a while back and got these for $30 total!  That's $10 each!

The brand is 59 Seconds and it's from Hong Kong.  I bought them at yesstyle.com.  I love their clearance section and I've never bought anything from any other section on the site!  (Giant flower skull top, could you just die!)

♥

Halloween, Monday and jewelry...

So, I had a very busy weekend.  First here is my Halloween costume:

I was Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim Vs The World which is a fantastic movie.  If you haven't seen it yet it comes out on DVD on 9 November and I highly recommend you watch it especially if, like me, you grew up with 8-bit games.  Otherwise you may not get the entire ode of the movie.  I think Ramona is a really fashionable girl.  The jumper I had.  I altered an eBay bag.  The jacket is from H&M and the boots, gloves and shirt are from eBay.  I think I spent under $75 which is good for one of my costumes.  I was a little disappointed in the hair color.  The spray can said "bright blue."  It definitely didn't turn out that way.

Today, I wore this:

This is an outfit I had in my head last night and it actually worked when I put it on.  (That rarely happens by the way.)  This picture was taken with my camera phone and I think it turned out better than my normal camera.  I have a sour look on my face because no one can fucking work my camera phone.  It's just such a bastard.  Military cardigan, boots and my one pair of long black leggins from eBay.  Stripey top from Japan.  (Glamorous Garden, I think?)

Finally, I wanted to talk about Lia Sophia.  Now, my disclaimer is first that I don't work for Lia Sophia.  However, I was invited to a party and decided to host one of my own.  I'm not going to lie their jewelry is expensive but the hostess benefits are awesome.  Plus, they have specials and I think it's cool that you can use your 50% off on your highest priced item.  Like what store does that?  Another thing I like about their jewelry is that it feels heavy and I buy a lot of light cheap necklaces.  I can feel the difference.  As a hostess, I spent $24 ($8 each!) and I got these three items:

Blossom Necklace:

Reflection Necklace:

Galena Bracelet:

Plus, my mom was so sweet and bought me the Night Watch Necklace:

They should arrive by the end of this week and I am very excited to wear them.  (The Reflection was my hostess gift so I already have it and have worn it twice already!)  I am especially excited for the Night Watch because I have only one black necklace and have searched endlessly for another but until now couldn't find one I liked.

In other news it's supposed to be 90 degrees this week.  Goddamn ridiculous!  It's November.  I am so over this.  I guess I'll be dressing for warmer weather this week.  :(

Wow, this is a long post!  I hope you enjoyed it anyway!