Summer Dress, Winter Outfit

I love summer. I love more sunshine, warm weather, flip flops, beaches, and dresses. So every year, when it starts getting cooler, and I have to put away my summer clothes, I look for ways I can keep wearing my dresses in the colder months.

Most of my dresses can just be paired with tights or leggings and worn during the winter - I purposely try to buy multi-season dresses, since that means I'll be getting way more for my money.

Dress: Express | Sweater: Express | Boots: Steve Madden

Tomorrow is Friday.. TGIF! 

XOXO

Stop SOPA

This is a fashion blog, but I am mostly a tech person, so I have promised you a mix of tech-fashion related posts. However, today's first tech post has nothing to do specifically with fashion - it's about a thing called SOPA.

SOPA - the Stop Online Piracy Act - is a bill currently proposed to cut down on copyright infringement by restricting access to sites that provide this illegal content. Sounds great, right? Well, this bill will allow courts to order companies like Verizon to block access or Google to remove links from sites that are infringing on copyrights. Additionally, all websites will be held responsible for user-generated content. 

This bill allows for censorship of the web. If you want to read more about it - just Google "SOPA". There are a lot of great sources of information out there.

So now you're thinking - How does this affect me? Why is she posting about this?

It's simple:

Websites you know and love, such as Blogger, Wordpress, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Pinterest, and many many more, are all in danger. They could be blocked or shut down completely. Censoring the web like this is a terrible idea.


You might notice websites are protesting SOPA it in their own ways today - Wikipedia, Wordpress, and Reddit are completely unavailable, and Google has changed their homepage.

I urge you to join the protest by signing Google's petition here: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/.

You can also call your local senator: http://americancensorship.org/modal/call-form.html 

Please - let's all do our part in this.  

Monday Blues

Hello out there! How was your Monday? Mine was pretty good! Things are starting to make sense at work and my apartment is finally starting to get put together :)

Today's outfit is inspired by Monday mornings. I'm always so sad to see the weekend end. To make it a little less sad, I took out my feelings on my outfit and made it as fun as I could. So without further adieu, today's outfit!

• Tank top: New York & Company - Abstract Print Chiffon Bodyshaper Camisole (whew!) - $29.95
• Sweater: NY&C - Double Ruffle Trim Cardigan - $24.95
• Necklace: NY&C - Faceted Beads Necklace - $22.95 (not an exact match but same style)
• Jeans: Old Navy - Sweetheart Boot - $29.50

Today's one of those very rare days where I'm not wearing Gap, but I did want to say hello to anyone who stumbled upon this blog from the Gap's retweet of my posting from last week. Follow me on twitter, watch my boards on pinterest, or subscribe. And leave some love! I want to hear from you!


XOXO

P.S. - don't you just hate when you pay full price for something and it's on sale like a month later!! Makes me crazy :)

Gap Love

I'll admit it. My clothes are about 65% Gap, 25% Express, 10% other (Banana Republic, J. Crew, Kohl's, I even just got a dress at Delia's). I have just found that for me, Gap clothes fit really well, with Express as a close second. All of my jeans are Gap jeans, mostly because when I find a type of jeans I like, I stick with it (I wore Weathervane jeans until the store went out of business!). 

Anyways -  to today's outfit! I love this slouchy sweater I got at the Gap. It's super comfy. Not going to lie - I saw this sweater on the mannequin with the pink long sleeved shirt under it so I bought the two shirts together. I wore Gap skinnies and black Steve Madden (another obsession of mine) heeled boots with it.

• Striped 3/4 Sleeve Sweater: Sale - $24.99 at the Gap 
• Tri-blend slub T: Sale - $14.99 at the Gap
• 1969 Always Skinny Jeans: $69.95 at the Gap
• Steve Madden Prepie: $79.95 at Steven Madden (these are not the exact boots, but they look really close to it. I got mine a few years ago at DSW).

 I know it's bad that it's my first couple of posts and I am not posting on a regular schedule, but as you can tell in the background of my pictures I just moved and I am still trying to get settled. But I hope that so far you are enjoying everything! Please let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to hear about other than my outfits :)

Until next time! XOXO

First Day at a New Job

First day at a new job.. so exciting and terrifying at the same time. I don’t know about you, but when I know I’m dressed in an outfit I love, I feel a million times better about anything I have to face.
 

Whenever in doubt about what to wear on the first day, ASK! Your recruiter will be more than happy to give you some pointers. I chose to go with what I call "dressy" business casual. 

I chose a lace shell from Banana Republic with a matching silk button cardigan for my top. The black pants are the Express Editor Pants, which I am o-b-s-e-s-s-e-d with. They’re SO COMFORTABLE. Seriously. For shoes, I just have a simple pair of Nine West black pumps that I found at Nordstrom.

Pictures! (Please forgive my amateur photography skills..)

• Lace Tank: $45 at Banana Republic 
• Sale - $29.99 at J. Crew
• Sale - $15 at Old Navy
• Cardigan: $59.50 at Banana Republic 
• $24.94 at Old Navy 
• $12.80 at Forever 21
• Pants: $69.90 at Express - highly recommended!! 
• $59.95 at Gap
• Sale - $32.68 at New York & Company

 Until next time!

Welcome!

Hi! I am one of the fun fearless females in the tech world - I work on mobile apps (and I love my Android phone). Besides loving technology, I loooooooooove fashion. Clothes, shoes, make-up.. you name it!

My problem is - I always see outfits I fall in love with online (especially now that I’m addicted to pinterest!) and can never afford the actual items I see. Or I have absolutely *no* idea what I should be wearing to that tech conference. And what does "business casual" really mean? Two companies I've worked for have had two totally different definitions of "business casual" - what's a girl supposed to do? And honestly.. I mostly just struggle with what to wear on a daily basis :)

That’s where this blog is coming in. I plan on sharing my outfits and where I got the different pieces. Hopefully I can help other people figure out things I've struggled to figure out (like what exactly is "resort casual"?!), and inspire people to love fashion as much as I do. I’ll also mix in posts with other things I love - makeup (I’m obsessed with the different kits Sephora has), mobile apps, shoes, websites, etc - alllllll fashion related.

I also want to hear from you! I am always on the lookout for new ideas, products, everything and anything. I want your feedback on what I can do to make this blog work for you.

Enjoy!

P.S. This is my first blog, so please hang in there while I work out the kinks!