fashion friday

There are a few things coming out in the next few weeks that I am so so excited about!

TOMS Shoes is launching ballet flats. Um. HELLO! These are so so so so cute!!! Love the blue! These come out in February.

I’m extremely, EXTREMELY excited about Jason Wu for Target – I’ve been a Jason Wu fan for awhile and this is going to be AWESOME people. I think I really need that dress on the right. Possibly in two colors.

Stella and Dot‘s new spring line is positively divine!! I am colmpetely in love with the Savannah Collection!

My post on How to Wear a Statement Necklace on my fashion blog this week got me thinking… can you really have too many statement necklaces??? (hint: the answer is always ‘no’ when I ask that…. unless I’m referring to something like ‘laundry.’)

Pricey, dreamy options:

I would never take this off all of October and November. Every fall day, I would wear this. Calico Corn Necklace, $68

What was that? Sorry. I just swooned over this amazing, perfect necklace. Graycelyn Necklace in Mixed Metal, $275

This would look amazing with a black dress… or really jazz up an everyday sweater! Sofia Pearl Bib Necklace, $118

And some more budget friendly options:

This is totally gorgeous! This just begs to be worn with a summer dress, doesn’t it? Teardrop Bead Necklace, $6.80

Um- LOVE! And for this price, I want one in every color! Colored Bead Necklace, $6.80

Ooo! Love these colors! Green Good Harmony Necklace, $24.50

One of the keys to stretching your wardrobe is being about to take a single piece and stretch it as far as you can! Your challenge for the week is to take one piece in your closet and figure out a few more ways to wear it!

(all pieces from madewell)

pieces from target

Here’s your challenge this week, Ladies — take a piece you almost always wear the same… and mix it up! Wear that sweater dress with jeans, layer that button down under a sweater and mix things up!!

Like I said yesterday, its been a long week! But of course I still managed to find some lovely things to share with you today!!

J Crew is having a major clearance sale and when you use the code SHOPNOW you get an additional 25% off! J Crew has such fabulous basics and perfect trend pieces – but it is so pricey that now is the perfect time to pick up a few pieces!

This velvet schoolboy blazer is perfect for fall and winter – so fun. And with the sale its down to $75 (from $198!) Black would be so classic, but I have to admit… that dark blossom is fabulous!!

This Suzette blouse is darling. I love the tie neck, the detailing on the front… so feminine, but would look so polished with a blazer or pencil skirt.

Oh. My. LOVE these shoes!! And love the $33 price tag!

ooo – I wish I had a place to wear this! Only $50!

Enjoy!

Happy Fashion Friday! Hope everyone had a wonderful week – I really enjoyed unplugging a bit this week and spending my time alternating between spending quality time with the kids and sleeping off this monster cold. There’s been some great sales this week and I’ve been trying to decide the eternal after-Christmas question… What should I buy with my Christmas money?

My first thought – as usual – is boots. (I’m sure you’re shocked.) I’ve been wanting a pair of Cognac boots…. These are pretty amazing, I think.

Okay. I know I just said I wanted cognac boots, but these are totally awesome.

I love, love love this top from Anthropologie!! Isn’t that amazing??

Or maybe I should just get the sweater I’ve been drooling over in Free People for about 2 months…

Decisions, decisions… What are you spending your Christmas money on?

I also linked up with the lovely ladies over at Monday Mingle!

Love shoes? Of course you do! Who doesn’t love shoes?
(Well, my three year old, but whatever.)

Anyway, I will so be joining Sole Society. I went up to NYC yesterday to attend an event with Sole Society and fell in LURV with a capital L with these shoes! I’ve never joined a shoe club before – most I’ve seen have, well, ugly shoes. But if Sole Society has a problem, its too many awesome shoes.

First, sign up for free. Then, take the quiz to see your personal picks by fashion stylists. And get your shoes picks for the month! Basically, Sole Society is like a Shoe-Of-The-Month club. You can click here to see how it works, but basically, for $49.95 a month, you get a new pair of shoes of your choice from a selection picked for your style and preferences. Best part is, you can skip a month whenever you want without penalty, and shipping and returns are free. So you can sign up, only buy when you want and enjoy tons of designer quality shoes that are exactly your style!

My style? Classic, Understated, Elegant. I “radiate elegance and grace and are the ultimate in classic femininity.” They nailed me. Did they peek in my closet and see all the ruffles?  😉 Check out my picks of the month:

Those bright flats? Fabulous. The booties?? PERFECTION. I already own shoes that look exactly like those tan strappy heels and how perfect would those yellow platforms have gone with my outfit last night?
photo by @BarbaraJones

But girls, meet the cecila platform pump… the exact shoes I picked out last night!! They are much more comfy then you would think – and surprisingly easy to walk in. Loving the wood – and that fab bronze pattern!!

Aren’t they FANTASTIC?!?!?

Which would you have picked?

disclosure: we attended this event as guests of sole society and were provided with a gift bag. As always, all opinions are my own.

Where did 2011 go? Did anyone see it as it zoomed by at the speed of light?

Anyway, it’s December now and I’m in full out getting-ready-for-the-holidays, in-laws-moving-back-in, general-craziness mode. Yesterday I cleaned out the two linen closets and the mud room. You would not believe what I found in there, even if I had taken pictures.

Darn it. Now I wish I had taken pictures. Oh, well. When I’m in that kind of cleaning mood, you just better look out and get out my way lest you be sorted into the Keep, Trash or Donate piles accidentally. I probably would have put the camera in some organized and labeled new spot and then promptly forgotten where I put it.

Next up, I’m planning a bake sale this weekend and organizing a dinner for 200 people. Because, as you may ave noticed by now, I’m insane.

ANYWAY, this post is supposed to be about FASHION. (Remember? Really! Look at the title! Its true!)  So lets stop talking about whatever I just wrote and check out some yumminess!

If I had a fancy-ish party to go to this year, I would buy this gorgeous satin ruffled dress from Old Navy. This is a lot of style for under $50.

I also have to confess that I do not own winter boots. I own boots – OH, I own bootS with a capital S – but not any that are actually designed for, well, weather. But these little babies might change my mind.

Oh. My. Yes. PLEASE. Please can I have this for Christmas? PLEASE!!!?!?! (Or could Anthropologie have a 80% off sale or something?)

Humm… Do I like this? I think I like this. With tights and boots, maybe?

And finally… SWOON!
Oh, sorry. Think I must have fainted at the sight of that STINKING AMAZING BAG.

Happy weekend, folks!