28 days of The Little Black Dress... in pictures

Act Like Summer

I paired the Little Black Dress with a scarf and a pair of 70's inspired brown-weave-wedge sandals; the look begs for summer! I've been thinking of how to sum up the experiment and I am having so many thoughts, so much has happened in the month of February and I can't wait to write a summary of my adventures in my Little Black Dress! I've done LOTS in it... I shot a gun, went on planes, lassoed a fake bull, sang my heart out on stage, and so much more!


Sum up of my adventures in my  Little Black Dress coming 1 March!

You Give Me Fever!

The sickness is creeping back! Went to Dimples Karaoke bar last night and I think I should have sung, "You Give Me Fever" instead of "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" with Ursula! Oh well... you only live once! I'm confident the Little Black Dress and I will bounce back rather quickly!
I paired the Little Black Dress with jeans and a red sweater (on loan from a friend) and classic black heels. The look was casual, yet subtly sophisticated.

I'm excited for tomorrow's look... check back to see what the excitement is all about! (Hint: Yeee-hawwww!)

Early Thank Yous!

Since I am running out of things to pair with the Little Black Dress, my friends are continuing to lend me stuff and give me ideas! Ursula lent me a long dark Grey sweater cardigan and I paired it with the Little Black Dress this morning. The sweater cardigan is a little hard to see in the picture, but here's hoping that you get the idea!

Only 4 more days to go! I can hardly believe it!

Early Thank Yous to everyone who has religiously followed my blog and cheered me along the way!

P.S.- I'm feeling MUCH better today!

Feeling Blue

 

Still feeling blue so I paired the Little Black Dress with a blue cashmere-argyle-patterned-cardigan with flip flops and a canvas bag.  Not much to say today, but hopefully tomorrow I will ge feeling 110%... right now I'm at a 60% operating rate!

Grandma's 80th

For my Grandma's 80th Birthday celebration I paired the Little Black Dress with a blue cardigan and black boots. I took the wrong freeway and missed the surprise entrance, but I strutted in to my family all clapping for me finally getting there. No greater feeling than having almost all of your family together-  at one table!

 

Me and Grandma! Happy Birthday!!!!!!! 

Me and all of my cousins.

 

Sick Day

I spent the entirety of today in sweats. No Little Black Dress.

Black is Back

 

To start the weekend off I wore the Little Black Dress with another dress over it to give the illusion that I had a skirt and blouse on. I pulled it off. I went with a black purse and wore black flip-flops to complete the new 'Black is Back' look. It started out as a beautiful, sunny, southern California day out and then the clouds came in so I switched to boots later in the day. Sometimes the rain is nice, so it is moderatley welcome, but it should be warned not to get too comfortable... or else.

Red Hot Mess!

This morning I was a hot mess!

I woke up late, decided I had NOTHING to wear (a complete fabrication of the truth), and my hair was being anything but cooperative. After many failed attempts at piecing together an outfit, I went with leggings on loan from Mya and a red peacoat inspired jacket- which, by the way, is arguably the best thing to come out of Old Navy since Bermuda shorts and 2 for $5 sandals. I topped the look of with my $5 clearance-rack pin-up inspired shoes from Target. The look is flirty, fun... and fabulous. For being such a hopeless hot mess this morning, I think I pulled this one off; now I'm a red hot mess.

In other news... 
Less than 10 days to go! Let the countdown begin!!!

Beautiful World

First and foremost... this morning was beautiful.

Thick fog blanketed the roads and mist settled on my windshield as the streetlights danced to the hum of the morning. I woke up this morning with such an appreciation for life and every small detail it has to offer; my heels sinking into the wet grass as I tried to take today's Little Black Dress picture, the race the water took to get off my windshield as I accelerated... life is truly beautiful and wonderful and amazing. Although things are hectic in my life right now and I'm still trying to fit in and "find my place", I'm glad I still have the desire and the ability to appreciate the little things in life- getting flowers from and "unknown" person on Valentine's Day just because (Thank You Mom- I have decided it was you), birds chirping as I fall asleep in the afternoon, the old man walking on the same stretch of road as I drive to work (no matter how late I am)... there is so much life has to offer and this morning I, for some reason, was reminded to look for the small things in life.

Thank you morning fog for reminding me to slowdown, for reminding me to appreciate, for reminding me to be thankful, and for reminding me to, as Rob Thomas sings, 'shine a little light on everything around me'

On an completely unrelated note and to break the rhythmic writing... today I paired the Little Black Dress with heels, that sank in the wet grass with a vengeance,  a purse that my sister got me when she was last in Spain, a sweater inspired cardigan on loan from Mya, and a belt to dress it all up a bit more for the simple fact of it being Thursday. I would describe the look as being... surprisingly sophisticated.

On a roll!

Day 17! Only 11 more days to go... less than 2 weeks! I can do it! I can do it... I think. Some thoughts that have gone through my head during the experiment are a) no one has really noticed, b) i have done a lot less laundry, c) the dress is forcing me to be creative, and d) it takes a lot less time to get ready in the morning. All in all, the experience has been positive and I seem to be flying past the halfway point.

But... (there's always a but)

I'm sick of having to worry about being lady like in a Little Black Dress...

so I decided to go with pants today. I lassoed the dress up with a belt and wore my big jewel flip flops; the look is casual comfort.

We're Half Way There!

Which Look Has Been Your Favorite?