My new favorite

This watch is my new favorite piece of jewelry, it is light-weight and the tortoise shell band makes it look casual, but the awesome bling on the face makes a huge statement - look for this piece in Premier's 2012-2013 catalogue, it is appropriately named " Style Watch"

New jewelry re-do

Today I am wearing my new Passionista set, I had it on yesterday too, but it only lasted for about a half an hour before I was hit full-on by a killer migraine and crawled back into bed, so we're trying thins again... So far so good. I love that it looks like it was made to go with my purple and silver pandora bracelet!

Thank goodness for Friday afternoon, this day cannot get over with fast enough, then I am off for an entire week, bring it on!

Waiting...

I have been staring at the FedEx package tracking page for days!!! Do you do this? Or am I the only crazy one? Yes, I realize that it gives an estimated arrival date, but I am obsessed with knowing where that dang package is at every single moment, and if it isn't where its supposed to be when I feel like it should be (because I obviously know how long it should take to get everywhere!) then I get soooo irritated! This is absolutely ridiculous. And the the worst part of it all I that I drive right by our local FedEx distribution center on my way to work every single day, so this morning, for example, when I know that my package full of all my new jewelry is inside that building, because the tracker just told me so, I fantasize about barging in and going to get my package, can you do that? I have no idea, but I think I'm a crazy person, and I'll be even crazier if that dang box isn't on my doorstep when I get home tonight!

Update: it's officially on the truck for delivery, just did a happy dance in my car!

Nautical look

It is supposed to rain all day, which means my outfit options have just grown exponentially due to the fact that I will be inside in the air conditioning all day long, and therefore, freezing my butt off!

Today I went with my blue New York and Company yoga pants (most comfortable pants ever!) and a striped Gap tank, topped with a jean jacket. Add the crocs boat shoes and my runway necklace and I've got a cute nautical look going on.

I ordered all my new Premier jewelry yesterday and can't wait for it to get here so I can show it off, there are definitely more outfit posts to come!

Party party

I'm having my Premier Designs annual renewal show tonight, the one show that I get to have all year where I get to be the jewelry lady and the hostess - which means I get the hostess rewards, yay for free jewelry!

I wasn't feeling much pressure until I realized how many things from the new catalogue I want! There's no harm in treating yourself every once and a while right? And when all else fails I can tell myself that it's a business expense! Who do you know who gets to write off her jewelry! I love this job!

I took a picture of my pretty table to share with you, along with the combo that I chose to wear for the evening, the Leilani necklace with the Baroque extender. I've never put those two together before but they make my brown cotton v-neck dress look like a million bucks!

New jewelry!

They came! They came! They finally came! My new Premier catalogues arrived today and I cannot wait to get my hands on some of this new jewelry, my list is ridiculously long!

Here are some of my favorite new additions to the collection:

Trying a new look

The athletic look is not a style that I typically go for, see, I'm a dancer at heart, so whenever I attempt to participate in any other kind of athletic endeavor I look like a fool with my pointed toes and gracefully stretched arms. But today my new shoes were calling to me, so this is what I came up with for the day; capris, a pink tank, the cute lace top that I got in Chicago and hadn't worked up the courage to wear yet, and some jewels.

I didn't want to go over the top with th jewelry, so I chose the very trendy Grace necklace, which actually looks pretty subtle against the lace tank, along with my Laura studs to accentuate the rhinestone necklace.

Comfy dress clothes

These are my favorite pants in the world ( and I am somewhat devastated because I got a giant grease stain on then today, but that's not what this post is about). I would wear them everyday if I could, an while I am lucky enough to be able to wear lounge pants to work, I often feel the need to dress it up a bit, so I did.

Today I put on a fitted short sleeve sweater an cute flats, and topped the whole thing of with my Swanky necklace, and off to work I went!

Chicago countdown: 2 days!

Ahhhhh! It's almost here! I have to get through 1 more afternoon at work, 1 jewelry show tonight, an a day of errands and full to-do list tomorrow and then I will be city bound with the girls. I am so not ready :)

I have a jewelry show tonight that I am so looking forward to, but I haven't let myself think about Chicago because I want to do this show do much! So tomorrow is my day off to get ready for the trip and I can't wait.

I love love love to pack, and I fully intend to spend the rest of the day in a frenzy of laundry and errands and possibly a little treating myself!

Creative jewelry

This was originally supposed to be a post on what to wear when the weather is warm, not hot, not cold, just warm, however after playing with my jewelry for 20 minutes to get it exactly how I wanted it, this turned into a post on using your jewelry creatively.

Here I am wearing my It's a Wrap bracelet as a long necklace with my baroque enhancer. I also have on my Morocco necklace, which I had to play with a little to get it to be the right length to go with the enhancer, but after some finagling (and finally just tying a knot in it to get it to stay), I think it looks amazing!

I accented with my Chantilly earrings, Milan bracelet, and Love Knot ring.

You can do it!

See! I wear jewelry with t-shirts all the time! There you go ladies, no more of this "I never wear jewelry" business, if I can do it you can too!

Here I have on Runway and Grace, yes, with yoga pants and a t-shirt.

Summer jewelry

I know that the thought of putting on jewelry when it is already 90+ degrees outside isn't at the top of most people's list, myself included. The last thing that I want to do is put on something that is going to stick to me all day, and give me just one more layer.

That being said, I do have a couple of favorite summer pieces that are super lightweight, and enhance outfits without feeling like they are weighing me down.

Here are two of my favorites (Premier Designs of course) the necklace is Morocco, it is gold, which is very popular for the summer, and I love the length! Morocco is retiring this summer, so get your hands on it while it's still available! The earrings are Gold Lace, and these are my favorite because they are so lightweight that I forget I am even wearing them, plus they are stunning, so you don't need a lot to go with them because they make the statement on their own!

Another go at it

Here we go again with the shorts... Still a bit ambivalent, but I am in love with this red tank. The color is definitely my favorite part, it's really bright - I'll call it "ripe tomato".

The necklace works great too. This isn't one that I wear often, but sometimes it's just the right statement - silverado with the stylin' enhancer. I went simple with the earrings, cute Laura studs, and glammed the whole thing up a bit with the Monte Carlo cuff bracelet.

It'll do for a morning shopping expedition with my mom and sister.

Ugh... Shorts

I have mixed feelings about shorts, this could possibly be due to the fact that most of mine from last year don't fit, but we won't go there.

While they are not my favorite article of clothing, there are times when I will give in and wear them, especially when it hits 90+ degrees, like it is supposed to today. So here I am, in my shorts, pretending to be confident. At least I have my cute Botanical necklace on, maybe my jewelry will take people's eyes away from my legs!

Bargain outfit

I believe this may be my favorite dress of the summer - I see myself living in this dress, and I am so proud of the fact that I picked it up at Walmart for $10!

I did have to make some alterations, the skirt was a little too full for my liking so I took that in, and the neckline was way too low to wear without a tank top underneath, so I stitched it up a bit, of course for work I would wear the tank anyway... Obviously.

I was excited to pair the brown dress with a necklace that I don't wear very often - Sand Dune, it's a genius necklace, the piece that hangs down in clips so you can wear the necklace with or without it, or you can add a different enhancer - who thinks of these things?! Genius!

I love my job

Today I am loving my job simply because I get to wear this outfit to work! I am so comfortable - you are going to be seeing skirts on me all summer long!

Jewelry - I'm wearing Urbanite and Runway, along with Sydney earrings (adorable studs!), Crimson, devotion, Firecracker, and sensational.

Have a good Monday!

Why I do what I do

I've been thinking about this blog a lot lately, and i feel like I need to explain some things, for you, and for myself.

One of the things that I have started doing is posting pictures of the outfits that I wear. I often see other people post photos of their clothes on their own blogs, some do this successfully, others are not as well done. I want to tell you why I have chosen to do this, and hopefully that will make them more useful for you.

First of all, I don't post these pictures to tell others what they should be wearing, I fully celebrate that everyone has their own style. I too have my own style, the reasons that I post these outfits are; to show people that you really can find cute clothes for cheap prices. I am not a designer label girl, would I love to wear high end fashion? Absolutely, can I afford to? Absolutely not, remember, I'm a preschool teacher :) but I still love clothes. Plus I am lucky enough to live in the kind of place where labels don't matter. You will notice that most of my clothes are from GAP outlet, target, and New York and company.

I also take photos of what I'm wearing to show all of the different ways that my favorite Premier Jewelry can be worn. It is so versatile and my favorite thing about Premier is that they encourage creativity with their products, I want to share it with everyone. Even if you do not have Premier Designs Jewelry you may still get some ideas for layering and combining your own pieces (and if you see a piece you just can't live without I can certainly help you with that!).

Whew, I have been mulling this over in my head for days, it feels so good to get it all out!

Date night

Our first anniversary is on Monday so we are celebrating tonight. We're keeping it pretty low-key (sorry no two week trip to Jamaica for us), but I am always looking forward to an excuse to get dressed up!

I went for a dress since its such a gorgeous day (I got this one at target and am absolutely in love with it) topped with a jean jacket - can you tell I am obsessed with my jean jacket, mine is a GAP outlet bargain), and cute sandals a la New York and company.

Of course I've got jewelry too, turquoise Resort necklace and awesome antiqued gold Chantilly earrings. I really dressed it up with an arm full of bracelets - Mali, Milan, and I wrapped the pearl strand from my Resort necklace around my wrist too.

Can I just say I love summer clothes!

The perfect outfit

I've officially put together the perfect Saturday outfit! First of all, how cute it is! And oh so simple! Ok, start with a comfy jersey skirt, I made this yellow one via a tutorial on pinterest, but they also have them at old navy. Add with a simple tank and t (I chose a v-neck) and top with a jean jacket if need be. Wear this out to run errands and then add some jewelry for an evening out! Today I have on Fashion Sense and Runway, along with my favorite earrings - Rhumba, a couple of rings, Vanessa and Naomi, and my Cairo watch and finally my shiny Monte Carlo bracelet.

Have a great weekend, I'm off to make all those women wearing yoga pants jealous while I run my errands! :)