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.