Style to Inspire

My friend Jill follows many blogs. One of them is a young woman's blog who poses and has her picture taken in her outfits. Then she discusses them. The woman did not make them, but has styled them. I visited the blog to look at a hair style Jill wanted to show me. I saw the cute hair, then I read through the blog a bit. What I came away with is that this girl LOVES herself. She posed and styled and just KNOWS we all want to see what she's wearing. I'm just hoping that no one at campus B notices I wore Tuesday's outfit to campus A the day before. I just want to do the best for my figure (a perfect apple, thank you!) and maybe someone will tell me I look good in a color. But this little blogger, she had her dad take her picture as she posed by brick walls and train tracks so that the world could share in her stylish ideas. They found the perfect graffiti wall that she normally hated but it made just the perfect background for her outfit. Wouldn't she just ADORE the fields of bluebonnets to show off her denim styles? You know she would! Well. I've had some stylish ideas myself this week, and I thought I'd share them with you. Surely you can pick up some tips because I'm so clever and stylish. I KNOW you want to see me when I'm looking cute. You must, because I'm so cute. And by cute I mean slobby with no makeup.

Today

I'm wearing flannel pajamas with owls and snow trees all over them. The long sleeve t-shirt layered underneath gives it a dressier feel. The blue socks have paw print grips on the bottom which add another bit of whimsy to this already fun outfit. Very rare and expensive. You'll only find those at hospitals. They gave them to me when I had surgery. The ramp I'm leaning on is the ramp my elderly, deaf and mostly blind dog uses to get into bed. She has to sleep with me because I need to know when she wakes in the night and needs to go out and do her "business". Lucky me! It was the cutest thing to pose on--cute angle and unassuming color. Just perfect!

I've had a couple of jeans outfits. One was when JB and I were going to play Wii. I felt I needed to be a bit more "dressed". And by dressed I mean brush my teeth and hair. That day, I had on jeans and a brown sweater. This out fit above (forgive the poor photo) was for dog walking. I wore floral goulashes to lift everyone's spirits with my joyful boots. Saw noone on the walk, but oh, my feet felt happy as they sludged through the snow.

This was yesterday's outfit. The pants have a fun LOVE appliqued down the leg--the o is a piece sign. The "over sized" sweatshirt is a size 4x from when I was much bigger. You see what I've done is a mix of vintage (old sweatshirt) and modern (pants). My hair was worn with the bangs clipped back. Please notice that today, day four, is when I've taken all pictures so clothes have been dug out of dirty laundry and bed wasn't made today. I gave up on it today.

This was Tuesday's outfit. Once again, over sized and vintage with an undershirt to make it dressier. The hat was added that day because the house was so cold until JB came and lit the fireplace.

I do hope I've inspired you with my styles to create your own. I'll bet you had your own cute look going on at your igloo though!