The One About Football

I was raised in the South, and when you're raised in the South you learn that the only thing that is socially acceptable on a Saturday in the fall is football, and that football requires an outfit. One you thought about prior to Saturday morning. It's a fact.

...unless of course you're rooting for Florida or Tennessee, then I'm not sure WHAT you learned or why you're wearing those jean shorts with a t-shirt that is missing it's sleeves.

But - back to the point.

If I were going to be anywhere fun this weekend (i.e. anywhere hosting reasonably entertaining football) I would need a good outfit. So here they are - straight from dream world.

TCU is playing Baylor and believe it or not, it'll actually be a big game in Fort Worth. Now, hopefully we'll score about 1,000 points on the Bears, but students will be out tailgating for sure...and tailgating requires a cute outfit. This one is perfect. Lots of purple, good boots, and cute but simple jewelry.

Last year I picked this for the first Georgia football game. I figured a new year required something a little bit sparklier - is sparklier a word? It should be. Maybe that will influence our team to be a bit sparklier on the field, since right now we're looking pretty dull.

The best part about wayfarers is that they come in almost every important color - red and purple included.

Other than watching football...I'll be laying by the pool, celebrating engagements, and loving on friends who I haven't seen in a while. We're all planning on grabbing brunch tomorrow morning which makes me REALLY happy. Hopefully at that point at least one of my engaged friends will have made a final decision on her dress - keep your fingers crossed.

The One With The Jacket

I'm in LOVE with this jacket. Does anyone out there owe me an extravagant gift? I would really appreciate it if this would show up at my house without me actually forking over any money for the gorgeousness.

Also - I'm contemplating this berry lipstick. Do we think this berry thing is legitimate? Its definitely a fall color, maybe it would feel lighter and less heavy in a gloss? If I looked like Drew Barrymore I might feel a little bit more confident in this color choice.

On another note...I'm exhausted. There is entirely too much going on at work and when I get home literally all I want to do is sit down and get my brain back to a functioning position. I come home every night feeling like I got hit by a bus. Is everyone else swamped too or is it just us lucky folks who work for CPG brands gearing up for the holiday season?

Speaking of - thinking about Christmas on September 1 is just awkward.

The One With Pastels

The One That Sparkles

The One For Summer

It's here!

Also, can you tell I'm desperate for this bag? My sister has one...maybe she should just go ahead and give it to me!

The One About Derby Day

Happy Derby Day!

My parents are in Louisville right now with a friend of my dad's who owns one of the horses running today, so everybody put your money on Mission Impazible! I'm beyond jealous, but they're hopefully bringing back presents...

My mom is definitely NOT a hat person, so we've been pulling together outfits for what feel like FOREVER, and dad wore a pink and green paisley tie to The Oaks yesterday. How interesting...

I guess these are the fun things you get to do when you're semi-empty-nesters. I'll be at home babysitting they're puppy-child.

I think based on my need to own hats and pretty dresses...I really should have been invited to this shindig as well. Wouldn't today be so much better spent wearing this...

UPDATE: Congratulations to Super Saver, and that sleezy looking man who won the $100,000 bet.

The One About My Vegas Vacation

Only thirty-six days left. Does anyone have any great ideas for things to do in Vegas? Besides laying by the pool and making friends with bartenders...

The One About Mint

Apparently mint is out and about in full force this spring. I'm kind of madly in love with these shoes.

I'm also a little bit in love with this color - I'm just not sure it's physically possible to be this tan. Don't you think pale would be a little bit horrendous with this Topshop dress? I could definitely do one of the bags though - or at the very least, that nail polish!

On another note - I'm going to a cookout tonight, the first of the summer, and I am so excited! Kind of unnaturally...

A friend of mine's brothers are coming in town so he and my best friend's boyfriend are having a party. I think the girls are in charge of anything that doesn't revolved around meat and beer. There will be burgers, and sides, and I'm making salad and THESE. Aren't they so precious? I'll definitely let you know when they work out. I just need to go pick up the ice cream...

Have a fabulous weekend!

The One About Today

I feel like this.

Springy and girly. Like I should wear bows and ruffles and pink and sparkles all day everyday. So unnatural.

There's a wedding this weekend. I am not going, but there are people coming in that I'm so excited to see! I am however, spending tonight at an engagement party for a very sweet friend.

Tomorrow I plan on forcing the weather to behave - although weather.com seems to disagree with me. This much rain is just unacceptable.

Have a happy weekend!

OH! P.S. Sorry for the incredible lack of blogging lately. I'm sure all four of you really missed my jibberish. Apologies for the inconvenience, I've been working REALLY hard, and well - I would prefer not to get fired for blogging instead of doing my job. It's a personal goal of mine.

The One About Errands

Upside to babysitting for the weekend: I'm still in my PJs

Downside to babysitting for the weekend: I probably won't get anything useful done today

If I was having a weekend in the real world, instead of fake world, I might have to put this on and go run some legitimate errands. But if I was in the real world this outfit would look a little bit more like jeans and an over-washed TCU sweatshirt. I guess I can't have it both ways.

The One About Babysitting

This weekend I'm spending it with my 10-year-old cousin, Kathleen. Apparently she's going to spend all day Saturday running around the neighborhood playing with friends and I'm going to catch up on my reading, a little bit of work, and I might even transfer my entire home iTunes library to my work iTunes. How does that sound?

I was trying to come up with some fun things to at least OFFER to take her to do, but I'm not even sure what would be fun for her. I guess maybe we'll run all of that down tonight. You never know, maybe she'll actually want to hang out with me some??

It's gotten beyond cold in the last couple of days...mittens, scarfs and constant shivering cold...but last week the universe gave us a teeny tiny glimpse of what it would feel like to put on this, and not want to constantly be wrapped up in wool and a parka. Wouldn't that be nice?

On a totally unrelated, and relatively obnoxious note (sorry). The people who live in my apartment and throw parties on weeknights are going to have to GO. Not only does that mean I can HEAR YOU, but YOU'RE TAKING UP ALL OF THE PARKING SPOTS. Last night I parked on the curb, right next to the trashcans. People sometimes do this, and it's not a huge deal, EXCEPT last night THREE of us had to do that...so I'm sure people were using some mighty nice words when trying to slither there way out of the driveway...past the rear end of my car. OOPS. Not my fault. Take it up with the 30 or so people that were banging (probably, but that might have just been the music) on the wall of my apartment in the middle of last night.

** That YSL is the best mascara on the planet. It's all a friend of mine in school wore, and I LOVE IT. Too bad its more expensive than my current choice...which I picked up at Target.

The One About Mardi Gras

Last year I spent this weekend in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. See?
Wouldn't it be fun to be there again, instead of in snowy (but not really cold enough to make it fun) Birmingham? Or I guess this weekend I could have also gone to Austin with a few girls for Valentine's Day - but that requires money. More money than I have. Either way I'd probably have on this outfit, but ESPECIALLY in New Orleans. It's impossible to walk about the city all of Mardi Gras weekend without boots. Tall boots. With jeans tucked in.

Whatever you're doing - have a Happy Valentine's Day!

P.S. Just booked hotels for a girls weekend in Vegas...get ready to hear me talk about THAT, from now until June.

The One With Wishful Thinking

Don't you wish today...instead of being a little too chilly to go without a coat, and still just cold enough to put tights under everything...was a little bit more like this? I'm so looking forward to those first few days of spring, when you always end up being a little bit chilly at night, but it's totally worth it because when you stand in the sun it feel positively warm. Today has been a little bit of a teaser around here...

Me too.

And on a related note...I actually wear the perfume everyday. It's from here. It is easily the most delicious, best bargain, most amazing perfume on the planet. I adore it.

The One With The Weather

I spent the end of last week and the beginning of this in gorgeous, sunny, happy Phoenix, AZ.

I came home to the COLDEST WEATHER EVER. It is (I'm not exaggerating) in the single digits here in Alabama and I can't even come up with clothes that work with that type of weather. And when I can't figure out what the heck I'm supposed to be wearing (I'm trying to avoid long-johns at work) I turn to Polyvore - where life is fake and I have an endless supply of "the perfect thing." Wouldn't I look just freaking fabulous treking around snowless Alabama with those adorable gloves??

And I'm pretty sure, that come Saturday I'll want to be snuggled up in this (rather than the cocktail attire a friend's wedding is requiring). What are you bundled up in this season?

The One About Shorts

This whole thing about wearing shorts in the winter...I like it a lot. It takes forever to get cold in Alabama - and then once it's legitimately winter, it is never so cold that tight-covered legs won't work as long as you remember a coat. Granted - these are the most expensive tights to ever grace this planet, but it's nice to dream of having so much money that tights costing more that $35 (my go-to reversible Spanx) are even an option. I think this outfit would be perfect for a first date, or dinner out with friends. I kind of want it - and I don't think it would be hard to pull together for a few less hundred dollar bills.

On another note. Did you hear about this? So sad.

The One Where PJs Go Public

On of my all-time favorite things to do is lay around in a giant, worn in t-shirt and a pair of leggings on the weekends. If I could run around town in this outfit I would - but there are a few too many holes in the shirts, and a few too many people out in the world who might think a little bit less of me in my pajamas. When I came across this dress on Polyvore I figured it would be as comfortable as going out in my pjs (minus the heels I would have to endure to be tall). By the way - Polyvore is my new favorite place to shop, it's like all the wonderful things I wish I could afford to buy piled into one big store of links.

Right now I'm obsessing over anything sparkly. Sequins are exploding out of clothing lines right and left and I want everything. I absolutely LOVE this blazer, and it's by one of my all-time favorite designers (she's from St. Simons) and I love this top as well. This skirt and this dress and this dress would be absolutely perfect for holiday parties this season too!

This whole shopping online thing is KILLING me. I want to shop in real life.

Anyway - here is this outfit. Which I definitely love and wish I could wear to Tuscaloosa tonight (because I'm going down there this afternoon), although I'd have to watch out for all of the nastiness that comes with this particular college town.

P.S. Do you notice the repeat of this particular bag? I'm convinced if I talk about it enough somehow it will arrive - wrapped up with a pretty bow.

The One For Fall

I promised it - so here you go.

I can wear jeans to work on Friday, and I really wish this is what I had on today. Oh well.

And seriously...if I make it through this winter without those boots, I'm going to cry. I need a piggy bank with a picture of them stuck to it.

I could use the bag too - and that vest isn't even all that expensive. Liz? You should find this one (and start blogging again).

The One For My Braver Self

It's Friday, and I'm so incredibly ready for the weekend. I have a massive to-do list including hanging things in my apartment, rearranging my room (and bookshelves) a bit, cleaning, and doing a LOT of laundry. I'm also hoping to hang out with friends and enjoy a relaxing weekend - since last weekend I spent the majority of my time with 15-year-olds (not that it wasn't wonderful). And since it's Friday...here's my outfit. If only I actually owned any of this.

I absolutely adore this skirt and I think it could go multiple ways - a white tank and black pumps for a look that's simple and classic, a pale pink chiffon top with nude pumps and pearls for a innocent, fresh look - or, by adding leather and gold to this feathered creation it makes it a little bit more "rock 'n' roll." This is the kind of outfit I dream of being able to wear, but I'm just not sure I could ever pull it off. Maybe if I had the money to afford this get-up, I wouldn't worry about how often I would have the opportunity to wear it. I'd wear the jacket unzipped, and the tights and booties would really allow the skirt to take center stage. I thought this whole outfit might end up a little dark - so I added a hot pink silk top - I guess there's the girly to go with mounds of feathers. Gold accessories pick up the trim on the skirt, without being over powering. A simple chain, simple studs, simple shoulder bag, simple gold and black ring - noticing a pattern? The thing about Polyvore is this...yes, I think this outfit is adorable, but you could never really be sure until you try it on. I guess that's why I love Polyvore - the chances of me ever locating this exact outfit and trying it out together? Nil.

The One With Great Outfits

A lot of blogs out there in the universe have weekly or even daily features that are done in the same format for each go-around. Take Pearls of Wit's Friday Five, or Oh Joy!'s This & That. So far you've seen a LOT of Polyvore - but get ready to see more. I figure great outfits are always fun, so each and every Friday (if I don't end up being a very big slacker) I'll be making myself another outfit to add to my future-dreamworld wardrobe. So - TA DA. I present...the very first.

Don't worry - I realize that I am the least likely person to buy a gold clutch that clasps together with a tiny little skull - but I actually think it works in this case. Plus, everything else is pretty classic - a simple top, nude pumps, hair pulled back and pinned up. I'm pretty sure I would LOVE this outfit in real life. Only problem - I'd probably have to hem the skirt, and at that price cutting off a few inches is like wasting hundreds of dollars.

The One About Saturday

Let's pretend that last night, when I tried to convince my dad to buy plane tickets to Stillwater for the weekend he had said, "sure honey, anything you want." Well then he probably wouldn't mind spending $3,920.55 on the perfect red and black outfit, would he?

How much longer until Saturday?