Another Citrine Sweater

Sweater: M+O silk cashmere
Tubetop: American Eagle
Jeans: M+O
Shoes: Seychelles

The color of this cardigan is very similar to the citrine sweater from 2 days ago. But this one is made out of silk cashmere (so soft) and I love this one too! Underneath I wore this white eyelet tube top (I can't recall why in the world I wanted to buy a tube top) that I had bought years ago in college and only just recently re-discovered. My jeans are the light grey ones that I am obsessed with, and my shoes are the Seychelles ballet flats I wear all the time to work just because they are so comfortable.

I snapped this at the end of my shift tonight, its not perfect because I was trying to take a quick photo before my co-workers caught me doing this and I would have been extremely embarassed. In an ideal world I would have worn these jeans with at least a slight wedge heel, but in the retail world that just doesn't work for me. I can't wait until the warmer months, when we are allowed to wear our leather Rainbow flipflops to work!

Unfortunately I may or or may not have purchased a few new items from the Martin + Osa Spring II collection (*feels guilty, luckily they weren't too pricey). Our new floorset should be out on Sunday, but we've been getting shipments for the last few days. There is a TON of adorable items, and a few that have definitely been added to my list of things I want to get eventually. Also, right now there is a great promotion going on this weekend in store, where you get 30% off of any purchase over $75. This is amazing because it includes everything, full price and sale, is applied after any additional discounts in the store (for example, 30% off of outerwear, $50 jeans), and you can use it on third party brands such as Ray-ban sunglasses and Havaiana flip flops! Definitely worth checking out.

Lots of Blue

I have been pretty busy lately with school and work, so I have been feeling lazy about taking self-timer pictures on my digital camera and posting them. Insteaad, I've been snapping them with my Blackberry Curve camera, which isn't ideal, but isn't that horrible either. This photo was taken at the gym on Thursday night, after my work out but before I went out for dinner/drinks. I personally thought that following a work out with a beer was counterproductive, but my boyfriend disagreed. I literally shoved this outfit into my gym bag before running out the door, so I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved this outfit.

Sweater: J.Crew
Jeans: Paige
Shoes: Sofft
Scarf: American Eagle

The scarf is a recent purchase. I have been trying not to spend money, but I have spring fever and needed a few new additions to my closet (this is my sad, sad justification). Luckily I found this adorable printed scarf at American Eagle, where with my discount this scarf was a cheap thrill (thankfully). Cobalt blue is one of my favorite colors, and I got this sweater pretty cheap from the J.Crew website last fall.

Citrine and Navy

Sweater: M+O cotton cashmere v-neck
Tank: American Apparel
Pants: J.Crew
Shoes: M+O
Necklace: J.Crew

I really wish I took this photo before I left for work this morning, instead of taking it after a long day. So my hair is a bit limp and I'm a tad shiny, oops. This is another outfit that I swear looks so much better in person, I feel like this looks very dumpy. This was the best I could do at 7:30 this morning, I hadn't really planned a work outfit and I had a very hard time making it out of bed on time today.

But I really like citrine and navy together, citrine is a color that has really grown on me. I thought it would be horrendous on me, but I found it to be flattering on a lot of different skintones. The shoes are grey textured peep toes, not the most comfortable shoe in the world but I love them, they remind me a bit of certain Loeffler Randall flats, without the crazy price tag (especially with my discount). The pants are ages old, but I love them, so comfortable. The necklace is actually a longer necklace that is wrapped around twice.

Even though I don't love this outfit, I've decided to post it anyway. Hopefully I have gained some insight after seeing this in a photo. And it will make me appreciate the outfits that I really enjoy wearing even more.

Close ups of the shoes and the necklace:

Goya Blue Shawnessy

Dress: Diane von Furstenberg
Tights: Givenchy
Shoes: Miu Miu

This is a terrible photo of the best dress ever! (I really need to work on taking more flattering photos). This is the Diane von Furstenberg Shawnessy dress in Goya Blue. Goya blue is a fantastic color that I swear looks great on everyone. I have a wrap dress in this color, which I don't wear often enough, that I adore as well. The ruching on the Shawnessy makes it pretty flattering, even though in this photo I could have pulled down the bottom a bit, it was clinging to my tights. I love that DVF makes some great non-wrap dresses as well, since it can get boring to wear the same thing all the time. When I worked in an office, I was hooked to her wraps and couldn't get enough, since they were so versatile. Now they are looking pretty in my closet, and I try to find reasons to wear them.

I wore this last night to a fabulous dinner with a friend in DC at a restaurant called Il Mulino, which had some delicious Italian food! I am also proud of myself for wearing my Miu Miu pumps out. I really should wear them more often, since I spent a looooong time searching for these. I became obsessed with these way after they were in season, and after they went on sale, so it was pretty hard tracking these down. I eventually found them on bergdorfgoodman.com at a decent price (ebay prices were absurd!) and I finally had them in my hands! But the high heel intimidated me, and I've only worn them a few times. I feel like they are a bit outrageous for me, but the neutral colors in the shoe makes them go with a lot of different colors. Here is a close up picture of the shoes, along with my nude fishnets from Givenchy.

Favorite Oscar Dress - Marisa Tomei

I had a lot of work to do so I DVR-ed the Oscars, and only watched the beginning hour or so last night, but I did take a chance to flip through celebrity photos from last night! My favorite out of all the glitz and glamour had to be Marisa Tomei in Versace. I thought her dress was beautiful, her hair and makeup were perfect, and she looked like a dream! The train of the dress seemed a bit unwieldy though, I feel like I would have had to practice for hours if I ever had to wear a dress like that.

And on a completely different note, I am so glad that Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture among many other Oscars! It was a great movie that brought me to tears and broke my heart at several poignant scenes throughout the movie.