Casual outfit

I wore this outfit running errands on my day off. It reminds me how much I like that blazer. The jeans and wedges evened out the potentially formal top. 

Green and Navy Geometric Top

This post is sort of a 1 item many ways post. However, in reality it is just the iterations I went through trying to get dressed and wear my new green and navy geometric top from Target. I tried it by itself with navy pants, with navy and green cardigans and navy pants, with khaki pants and cardigans. Ultimately I wore it with my khaki pants and navy cardigan (and tan shoes not pictured). I felt like wearing the navy cardigan and pants was too dark of an outfit. I really wish my burgundy cardigan had been clean, because I think it may have gone nicely with this outfit. A yellow necklace could also be a nice addition. 

Had to have

Ever have one of those outfits you just have to have? For me this dress is one. It's from Target and I saw it while I was looking for a birthday present. I tried on a couple of things, but they didn't have the dress in my size. I figured I would try the other Target in town. Well low and behold the dress was suddenly on clearance, but they still didn't have my size. Fortunately they had 3 in my size in the next town over. So off I went. I not only got the dress, but it was now on sale/clearance. Score! 

I also bought this belt to go with it. It's color is called raspberry. I think it will be a fun addition to my closet, I don't have many belts, and it goes perfectly with this dress. 

This dress screams spring to me, but it is fall (and cold now!) so I paired it with tights, boots and a cardigan. I tried it with the cardigan underneath and on top. I ended up wearing the belt on the outside, but looking at the pictures now, I'm not sure which I like better. 

Compliments

I got a lot of compliments on this outfit today. Not really sure why. I mean, it's just dress pants, a collared shirt and a cardigan. Which I wear pretty frequently. I think it might be because of the color combination. I know we are dead in the middle of fall, but these colors seem like spring for me. Oh well. I pulled it off and apparently others like it too!

I bought this cardigan from L.L. Bean when Don was stationed up there. I saw it and just had to have it. Then it sat unloved in my closet for the longest time. I always thought it was too large. However, it seems to fit pretty well. The weight of the cardigan with the cords makes it lay nicely and gives it a little more structure than some of my other cardigans. 

Black pearls

If you may recall from yesterday I have recently just purchased this black and white polka dot shirt. I tried to style it with a sweater yesterday, but I ended up wearing it with these black pants. I feel like the outfit is very dark, but I don't have a whole lot of options in terms of dress pants. I also feel like the shirt needs to be tucked in otherwise it is too boxy looking. However maybe if I try it some more I'll feel like it could be worn untucked. 

This is a close up of the black pearls that I wore with this outfit. My husband got me the pearls while on his first deployment. It's actually a set of necklace, earrings and bracelet, however I mostly only wear the necklace. I sometimes find this necklace very hard to style because it isn't just a string of pearls, they have some dimension to them. However, that uniqueness is also one of the things I like about them. 

These next couple of photos are what I would consider blog fails. As I mentioned previously I felt like this outfit was too dark, so to try and lighten it up I tried to add my tan cardigan. I don't think it turned out very well at all, either buttoned or unbuttoned. Maybe if it didn't have the ruffles, but even then I can't say that I'm much of a fan. Oh well. 

Polka dots

I'm going to be honest, I haven't actually worn this outfit yet. However I was trying on this new polka dot shirt and wanted to wear it with the burgundy pants (also seen here and here), however it is a little too loose to wear by itself untucked. It's also pretty long so I wanted to try it with a sweater, but it was a pain to try and find one that matched. I found this grey one tucked into the bowels of my closet, and I think it will workout pretty well. I'd like to get another sweater that is more like my blue one shown here. A color coordinated necklace would be good too. Check out tomorrow to see how I did end up wearing the polka dot shirt to work.