Getting Ready for Some Time Off

One more day to work, then four off, then I am off to Phoenix for a conference. This is what I wore yesterday:

When I got this dress from a friend, it looked really small, so I was anticipating it not fitting. But it was stretchier than I thought it would be. It was actually very comfy.

The dress is maroon, black, grey and white with a placed print. On top, I wore a maroon swing jacket from Spiegel.

This super curvy dress has a surprise in the back. A hole. I wore this to work, but I did wear my exam jacket over to the hospital for the entire day. This dress is a little provocative on its own.

I wore my buffalo turquoise and smoky topaz statement necklaces with this outfit. I thought that all garnets may be a little too matchy-matchy.

On my left arm, an Italian silver bracelet, a ruby/diamond band and a pear solitaire.

On my right arm, a Colleen Lopez garnet ring, a triple strand garnet bracelet, and a garnet/opal bracelet.

Today, another knit dress, but much roomier than yesterday. It is made by Max Studio.

It has smocking on the sleeves and at the waistline.

I wore two necklaces - one long silver herringbone chain and a silver/onyx rope that was my mom's.

On my left arm, a bracelet that has sadly been ignored lately. It's larimar, pearl, citrine, and aurora borealis. With it, I stacked a mother of pearl ring on top of a turquoise/MOP band that was a Xmas gift.

On my right arm, another sadly ignored piece - my Swarovksi Trema ring. Along with it, a silver costume bracelet.

When she died, we moved most of my mom's antique furniture to our house. There was a beautiful solid cedar chest that is from the 1800s. It needed a little face lift, so I gave it one.

Here is the after shot of the other corner.

This shot shows a side by side comparison of the before and after. It looks beautiful now.

Inside the chest, we found a small steel safe. Doc managed to get it open. Inside, there were these two rings. I believe that they originally belonged to my mother's father.

 One appears to be onyx and one appears to be a giant amethyst.

I also did a few chore type things over the weekend. We had a photo of me, Doc and our beloved Delila when we went up to Cambria, a town on the central California coast. Doc bumped the table and broke the frame, so I got a new one. Delila was THE BEST DOG EVER.

While I was at Hobby Lobby for the frame, they had fall decorations for 80% off, so I got a few faux flowers to spruce up the old house.

Now that the library is open on Sundays, I have the option of doing my weekly park run on either Saturday or Sunday. My baby Egyptian geese are all grown up and have separated into pairs and smaller groups.

This is hard to see, but I guess the Canada geese got fed up with their relatives from Egypt and went strolling through the neighborhood. It was pretty cute.

Lastly, my November Ipsy bag came.

Here is what was inside, from left to right:

1) Mystique Eyebrow pencil - I tried to use it as an eyeliner, but no good. I don't need to enhance my brows -  they are thick enough.
2) Ling New York Dual Moisture Emulsion
3) Tarte Fiesty bronzer
4) MAC Prep and Prime Makeup primer
4) Doucce Freemaric Highlighter - I have doing a different eye makeup scheme. I have been sticking with brown and cream (since I have blue eyes) but now I am trying plum and gray, so this may come in handy there.

So now that all is said and done, let's do some linking.

www.shelbeeonthedge.com, www.elegantlydressedandstylish.com, www.theclosetbychristie.com, www.stylenudge.com, www.finewhateverblog.com, www.notdeadyetstyle.com, www.blogghetti.com, www.sincerelyjennamarie.com, www.bylaurenm.com, www.glassofglam.com, www.onemothehen.blogspot.com, www.pinksole.com


See you all soon !!!

The Never Ending Story

What a week !!! I was chosen for a special event at work. That's cool, but it also means that I had to cram all my regular work into the remaining time. So NO time to blog. The good thing is, you get three outfits today.

 The first is my Taylor dress that I wear quite frequently because it's so comfy and flattering.

It's scuba knit with an exposed zipper in the back.

On top, my INC leather swing jacket.

he back is all Venice lace. This time, the same two necklaces that seem to work the best with this outfit. Both were my mom's, and the shorter lacy medallion has an interchangeable lapis pendant option.

On my left arm, white gold solitaire and eternity band, and two silver bracelets, one of which is a diamond tennis bracelet.

On my right arm, a tanzanite band, a twisted silver rope, and a multicolored gemstone bracelet.

The next outfit is a dress from Stein Mart, made by MSK. You will see the ring detail at the neck soon.

On top, a pinstriped blazer with tonal embroidery by Maxou.

The dress is a tent shape, so to cinch it in a bit, I used my perfectly matching ring belt.

In this shot of my amethyst necklace, you can see the ring detail at the neck of the dress.

On my left arm, a tanzanite bracelet and an amethyst ring.

On my right arm, a tanzanite ring and two amethyst bracelets.

The last outfit was for a cold, rainy Friday.

The coat is one part of a two part outfit by Nanette Lepore. The other part is a sleeveless dress, but I need to lengthen it.

Underneath, a gold lurex Joseph A top that is embellished wirh pearls.

 My knit skirt is Style and Co, and it has an elastic waist.

In this shot of my two rose tone gold necklaces, you can see the pearl embellishment.

On my left arm, my yellow gold wedding set and a crystal/seed bead bracelet from Neiman Marcus.

On my left arm, a smoky topaz ring and my Hermes CDC.

But I was not the only one working hard this week. Look at Pandi !!!

She couldn't wait to get to the office to be the spokesmodel for Beach Medical. She positioned herself on Doc's work bags, lest he forget her.

She keeps guard under his desk. She gets luvin' from all the patients all day long.

So let's link!!!
www.ohmyheartsiegirl.com, www.notdressedaslamb.com, www.lizzieinlace.com, www.threadsforthomasblog.com, www.northwestmountainliving.com, www.nancysfashionstyle.com, www.apocketfulofpolkadots.com, www.shelbeeontheedge.com, www.fashionshouldbefun.com, www.thepleatedpoppy.com, www.pastriespumpsandpi.blogspot.com, www.shoppingmycloset.com, www.highlatitudestyle.com, www.getyourprettyon.com, www.blogghetti.com, www.alabouroflife.com

See you all soon!!!

You can go your own Way

I am working the Stevie Nicks vibe today. I am wearing a pair of New York and Company slacks, a very floofy blouse of unknown origin, and a long Uniform by John Paul Richard long duster sweater.

This outfit gave me the perfect opportunity to wear a matching necklace and ring of moonstone and blue topaz. Not the lace, the crinkling and the sharkskin type sheen on the fabric of the blouse.  i t also has double bell cuffs that are also trimmed in lace, just in case the blouse is not quite fluffy enough.

Here is the matching moonstone and topaz ring.

On my right arm, a diamond cluster ring that was my mom's.

Yesterday was a whole different vibe. Another big meeting, another conservative suit from Kasper.

It's a very pale beige color with ivory collar and cuffs and pearl buttons trimmed in gold.

I went with all pearl jewelry. The larger mm pearls are mine from Hong Kong, and the smaller ones are graduated, and were my mom's from Japan.

On my left arm, a twisted gold bracelet and a South Sea pearl ring.

On my right arm, a pearl bracelet and a pearl/diamond cluster ring.

A little linking today.

www.finewhateverblog.com, www.stylenudge.com, www.notdeadyetstyle.com, www.pinksole.com, www.elegantlydressedandstylish.com, www.stylelixir.com, www.shelbeeontheedge.com, ole.com, www.sincerelyjennamarie.com, www.onemotherhen.blogspot.com, www.bylaurenm.com,www.glassofglam.com.