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So I gave it a lot of thought and finally settled on an outfit to wear on TV – I think it was great – and I forgot to take a picture – oops!  It was my gray and white stripe shirt, a mustard cowl, and a matching mustard belt that I found at Target the day before.  I also wore my trouser jeans to dress it up a little – – I think all around I actually put together a good outfit:

Other than that, I feel like What I Wore Wednesday has been kind of slacking lately.  But don’t worry – – I went to a few garage sales this past weekend – first of the season – finally!  Anyways, now I can continue to buy odd things that have potential and see what you think…..

So, I got this black and white striped dress for $1 – – I originally bought it because I had in mind to make it into a skirt – for $1, that amount of striped knit was a good buy.  But then I thought maybe I should just wear it as it.  So I wore this to church Sunday:

It was chilly (and I didn’t want to shave my legs…..) so I wore it with boots.  I liked the dress but I think it might be better with sandals.  Thoughts??  Make it a skirt right away? Try again as a dress, just wore with something different?  Do you like the boots and belt??

And random, ignore that pot – – my kids are constantly taking my pots outside to make “soup” , aka, water, dirt, grass, and anything they can get their hands on mixed together.  I’m so used to pots on the deck I completely forgot about it when taking the picture…

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Mandy is a craft blogger who loves to blog and enjoys all things crafty, sewing, and DIY - she feels that if she can do something, you can too, and provides tutorials to help you along the way. She loves being a mom to 4 awesome kiddos and blogs from the Kansas City Area.

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  1. Cranberry Morning says

    First off, Wednesday is my absolutely favorite Mandy Day. I love it that you model these clothes and risk our ‘very valuable opinions.’ lol SO, I do like the dress as is, and I do love the boots (and VERY acceptable reason for wearing them, by the way!) and belt, but not necessarily with that dress. I’m not sure I’d have the chamber pot as a background prop, though. 😉 Have a great day, Mandy, and I love reading your blog, as always!

  3. Shannah @ Just Us Four says

    I think this feature is always so fun!
    Great choice on the tv outfit. I love the gray/yellow combination.
    I like the dress but not with the boots. However, I am totally with you on the shaving legs thing so i frequently put on boots even when they may not be the best outfit selection.
    I’m torn on dress vs. skirt though.

  4. Christy says

    I love the outfit you wore on tv. 😉 The dress I think would be so cute without the cardigan and belt over the top of it. The belt is placed below the “hem” under the breast and it just looks off to me. BUT, I seriously need help with what I wear so idk if you should listen to me. LOL

  5. Nelly@DGInnovations says

    Happy Wednesday! Isn’t it so unfair that men don’t “have” to shave and then yet many of them do and women do “have” to shave and rarely want too (I’m Guilty as charged)! How ironic!

    Anywho…Im digging the dress! you can solve the hairy legs problem and make it into a MAXI skirt! That would be so adorable! And pair it with a bright colored belt, maybe!

  7. Lynette @ My Craft Discovery says

    I wouldn’t have noticed the pot on the deck if you hadn’t mentioned it. I made soup and things as a child as well! In fact, I made a mud pie outside on a Sunday morning before church and my mom had to bathe me AGAIN. She was NOT happy, to say the least. 🙂 I think the boots are okay, because you gotta do what you gotta do when it’s chilly. I think with sandals it would look great too once it warms up for you! I like that you used different colors to pop as well.

  12. Kassi @ Truly Lovely says

    YES! Your tv outfit was perfect! Love the combo of yellow and gray! 🙂 I like the dress… Sandals would probably be better, but I don’t blame you for wearing the boots instead. 😉

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Another week of What I Wore – – I’m sure you’re waiting in each week in eager anticipation to see what kind of fashion fail I can come up with.  Along those lines, I expect to see my craft stuff pinned on Pinterest, cause it’s all awesome, but when I come across myself pinned on Pinterest as a fashion example, I always chuckle.  (Seriously, people have been pinning my outfits onto fashion boards – it’s true!) Cause we know I have no fashion sense – but I guess it goes to show I’m making the effort!
So, to mix it up from last week, this time I wore gray and purple instead of gray and turquoise – I like it!  Ignore how the cardigan is weirdly buttoned, it wasn’t like that all day (or was it??)
Did you see I went with big earrings again – I like using them in my accessory rotation:
There is something about this top that I really love – I mean, I love the green cause I love green, but it’s something more – maybe the fit or the big band of color – I just really like it.  It was a thrift store find:

I remembered I had a hat (last fall I did a whole discussion on how “hat people” become hat people – I think it’s just deciding for yourself that you are one) so I busted it out for a day of running errands:

 I’m still loving my TOMS – – I think they’re forming more and more to my feet:

 And another find at that GAP sale – this flowy top.  It seems like flowy is starting to be in, and most my tops are fitted – it’s a little different than something I would normally buy, so I decided to take the risk.  It was cold so I wore it over long sleeves – not sure it that’s acceptable or not.  Also on sale were these amazing gray pants – only $7 and they are so comfy!  They are jeans but have tons of stretch in them.  Again, out of my comfort zone to wear colored jeans, but I’m liking them.

 So, thoughts on the new stuff?  Do you approve of colored jeans??

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  1. Katy says

    I like the colored jeans, and the green is awesome! Good job. ( btw I wear long sleeves under short – I don’t know if it is “ok” or not – so that looked good to me 🙂 )

  3. Lis says

    My favorite outfit this week is the green top, jeans, and little silver shoes.. So cute! Makes you look young, fresh, happy, ready to take on the world! P.S. I really LOVE your kitchen cabinets! Thanks for posting!

  5. JKclark says

    I agree with the previous posts, you seem young and fresh in the green striped shirt. (Though I love stripes and green so I could be bias.) I wear long sleeves under short sleeves. I don’t think it’s fashionable, but I think it’s acceptable. But to be honest, and maybe it’s just the picture, but I think a darker under shirt would have worked better. This one looks a little flesh colored and isn’t quite doing the trick.

  9. Good Golly Gertie says

    The grey jeans are cute, but they don’t really look right with that shirt. The warm tones of that shirt, with the cool color of the grey jeans are a no-go in my opinion. I think they would look super with the purple/grey outfit. Also, look great with the silver shoes.

  10. Deborah Jennings says

    Colored Jeans? To me, it depends on the color. I have regular blue jeans, some black ones and 1 pair of greenish-brown. Not real sure what color you would call it, though.

    I love the purple sweater. And I also wear long sleeves under short sleeves. And Camisoles under low cut tops.

  11. JULIE says

    purple and gray with those awesome earrings— soooo cute! definitely a keeper. and I like the flowy top, but i’d wear a non-flesh-colored longsleeved shirt under it (white? gray?) love to see your outfits!

  13. Jes says

    Purple+gray=win! I also love the green sweater and the jeans you are wearing with it, are those DownEast? love them!

  14. Deborah Jennings says

    WOO HOO! I just found me a gray and white short sleeved top at our local Family Dollar store. Regular price, $7. But they were having a sale, so I got it for $3.50. Buy one and get one for half price. They also had some solid colored ones for buy 1 for $5, get one half price.

    Almost set for anything!

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 I feel like I haven’t really found my fashion groove for 2012.  Not that I had one for 2011, but anyways…. I am trying to shape up so I’m doing that 30 Day Shred – so I try to do it when the kids are watching a show after lunch.  But then how in the world am I supposed to dress up (aka, anything but pj pants and sweats) if I have to do that in the middle of the day??  It puts a glitch in stepping up my style!  I probably need to just give up exercise for the sake of fashion.

A few days I’ve worn leggings so I can just exercise in them.  When I saw this picture I knew that my leggings were to thin – they look like tights – I think it’s the flash of the camera, but still!

I don’t exercise on Saturday, so I put this on (tutorial on the cardigan was posted earlier this week) to run to the fabric store.  I signed up for a quilt block club making the ugliest blocks I’ve ever seen – but it was only $10, so I was in.  Have you noticed yet that I got TOMS for Christmas – well I did 🙂

 Normally by now we’ve had a few snowfalls, but it was a very warm December for the midwest.  This was the first snow, and it’s barely one at all.  Either way, I busted out this big and cozy sweater I got for Christmas.  The collar is big so I didn’t think any jewelry would work with it, so I ventured out with a feather headband – I think it was a go…

 In other news, before I cropped that picture you could see the backside of the monstrous playhouse – it’s pretty much done – maybe in the spring I’ll go out and take a bunch of pictures to show it off to you.  But not right now- it’s cold out there!

How are you 2012 fashion goals going??

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  1. CLH says

    You are so cute when you pose for your WWW pictures :). I haven’t purchased Toms yet, but they are on my to purchase list. I want the gray, peep toe wedges. I’m so thrilled with the UGGS I got for Christmas 🙂 Way to go Hubby! 30 Day Shred is great. I’m doing the Biggest Loser Workout on the Kinect about 4 days a week before I go to work. I love it!

  2. Zoe says

    You always look so cute in these pictures! I wish I could pull off pics like that. I love the feather headband by the way!

  3. Cranberry Morning says

    I have a goal of not wearing the same thing three days in a row just because I’m so cold I hate to get out of one set of clothes to change for another. lol This is life in NW Wisconsin, where some mornings the temp in the house is 58 because the fire went out in the night.

  5. Melanie @ bear rabbit bear says

    Is that entire thing the playhouse?? I felt bad because we are planning on building my little one a huge one this spring, but yours looks monstrous!!! Did the hubby come up with his own plan or are you using a internet plan?? (sorry- I know the point of this post is the outfits, not the playhouse. lol I like the feather headband too)

  6. Christy says

    I don’t think the “tights” look bad! Some just have a “sheen” in them. 🙂 And I got the EXACT same pair of TOMS for Christmas too! YAY!!

  8. Kassi at Truly Lovely says

    I almost always try to do any exercise in the evening, then I can shower right after and get ready for bed. That tough if you do it during the day though… Leggings is a good idea! I like that sweater! It looks so cozy!

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Alright, kinda a boring start, but I’ll wrap up with something a bit more on edge, so stick with me….

A friend brought this to sell in my garage sale – I told her if it didn’t sell I’d walk it right up to my closet – and so it’s what I wore on Sunday – – pretty normal – – the pattern’s a little busy, but I don’t mind it –

Summer has been SO hot, so I really haven’t been making much effort – – here’s my normal wear:

But, the other day we took the kids to Crown Center, so I thought I’d step it up.  We were meeting several people there – when Kate (my cousin) saw me, first thing she said “what are you wearing?!?!” – and then I knew, this would make great WIWW material – the controversial outfits always get the most comments!

So, I got the skirt for $0.10 at a garage sale – I thought it was bright and fun, but maybe it’s too fun??  I thought a plain brown shirt was too boring for such a fun skirt, so then I threw the orange tank on over it.  My earrings are bright green, my toes are bright turquoise – maybe I’m working too much color?

Also, so many fun hairdos pop up for long hair on Pinterest, so I tried to whip something up for my short hair. It won’t go into a full ponytail, but I can get a couple of half-ponytails to work, so I did that and then flipped them up into themselves so they stuck up – – kept the back of my head a little cooler than leaving all my hair down like normal.

Thanks everyone!  I love to hear your comments on the What I Wore Wednesdays – they make my week!

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  1. Amy says

    I love your daughter posing behind you! I actually like the last skirt, it’s neat. I would probably just wear it with the brown shirt(or any other color in the skirt) because I’m simple and a tad boring with my style but I think you look pretty cute. I like the flippy hair too.

  3. Mommafo says

    How cute are you??? I love the dress, first. It fits you really well and is just the right length. Love. Your middle outfit makes me smile, you’ve got a great figure and that outfit is enjoying hiding all that. LOL! But seriously, I wear pajamas unless I absolutely have to leave the house, and then sometimes I’ll still keep them on. 🙂 The last outfit is adorable. I think it’s playful and fun. I really don’t have a problem with the tank over the brown shirt, it’s cute. Very playful. You are so versatile! You look like 3 completely different people in these pics. 🙂 My WWIW would be frightening, I think.

  4. Delirious says

    Yea, I’m not too sure about the red tank on top. In some ways I like it, but something about the shape is off a little.

    A friend of mine with short hair does this hair style that I really like. She takes a piece of hair, starting at the bottom of her head, and pulls it up and uses one of those little butterfly clips to clip it up high. Then she repeats the process with the rest of her hair. Her hair is curly, but I think you could do it with straight hair too.

  5. Shalea says

    I think you look uber cute. Love it when mommies get a chance to dress up. Contrary to popular belief, we do wear things other than jeans & a T 😉

  6. Jenna says

    you look good in all of them! Sometimes we need a day to wear a more plain outfit like your second one. I’m doing that today! I love the dress and you look so cute in the last outfit! The only thins that’s throwing me off is what is that little blue rectangle thing at the top of your skirt on the left?!

  7. Erin says

    I totally think you could pull off the outfit!! I do think I’d like the look better if you did the all down flippy thing with you hair! LOVE your hair like that! And I do like the print of the first dress!

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Another exciting episode of What I Wore Wednesday – – is it just me, or do you agree, when it’s hot, “stepping it up” a notch is the last thing I want to be doing.  So I haven’t much.  A few things:

I tried wearing this skirt again a couple of times – – each I think it gets worse!  It’s so comfy I want to make it work, but I just think it must be an ill-fitting skirt.  Oh, and ignore that gaudy flower in my hair – when I pick up random hair things around the house, I stick them in my hair so next time I’m in the girls’ room I’ll put it in there – but often I forget I’m wearing them…..

 I never showed you our cow picture from this year – or did I??  I can’t remember, but if not, here it is – – so one day I was dressed like a cow all day (because I’m too lazy to change into a different outfit mid-day):

I whipped up this skirt – love it! – – now, to find time to write a tutorial….

 While on vacation I wandered into a DownEast Store (normally I have to catalog order) and grabbed this dress off the clearance rack – so comfy, and I really like the color and fit.

I wore it to church and flipped my hair out again since several of you said it looked good that way – – you were right because I got several compliments on it, and I loved it too!  Same do, totally new look – win win!

So, what about you – – are you still stepping up your style, or are you taking the summer off?!?!

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  2. The Queen says

    LOVE the purple dress and the yellow skirt.
    Maybe a longer length top with the grey skirt? It’s the band around the top that bothers me. It’s too wide. Maybe shortening it would do the trick?

  4. Jill says

    You look adorable in the yellow skirt and absolutely stunning in that dreamy purple dress. I can see how it makes you “feel” amazing! The gray skirt may feel cozy but it dosen’t make you feel as good as that purple dress. I would either take it to a stylist for some ideas or to Goodwill. I’m sorry to say it, but you are way too cute for that dark look. =)

  5. Amy says

    I love the purple dress and flipped hair! The yellow skirt and green shirt are really cute too! And I’m glad I’m not the only one who usually doesn’t have shoes on for my WIWW photos. 🙂

  6. Mandy says

    that purple dress is fabulous! looks so great and love the hair! also can’t wait for the yellow skirt tutorial! maybe if you wore a longer top untucked so it would cover the waistband on that grey skirt it would work better. just my thoughts 😉

  9. Erin says

    You absolutely stepped it up! You look amazing in the purple dress and I agree with wveryone on your flippy hair, too cute! And I love the yellow skirt and I actually don’t think the gray skirt looks too bad!

  13. Jenna says

    Purple dress- wow! and I love the bright yellow skirt, great job! I also have that first skirt you’re unsure about. It IS comfy but hard to wear well. I haven’t worn it in awhile for that reason. You inspired me to start doing WIWW. I just did my first one today and would love you to come check it out and give me your advice! 🙂

  15. Danae says

    Ha! I do the same thing with my girls’ hair stuff, and then forget it’s there until my husband gives me a funny look. Sometimes I try to convince him that I’m wearing three barrettes and a flower as a fashion statement, but he never really believes it!

  18. Brianne says

    I’ve tried stepping up my look several times, but I end up sweating myself out of it within the hour. Back to swimsuit cover ups and Royals shirts until it cools down!

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It’s working!  I think I’m actually getting *a little* style – – yesterday someone said “I’m just so excited to see your house – I know it’ll be great because you have a great sense of style and always look so good” – what?!? Are you talking to the right person?!?  Anyways, there are still MANY days I sport this look:

but I try to make the effort a few times a week.  Here’s some effort looks:

 Above – I think this was a good look – it’s what I wore to playgroup.  The boots are always popular (Target, $30) and the turquoise necklace brings some color to the brown.

 Above – this is what I wore out-to-lunch.  Funny that someone pointed out that Kate and I matched – I hadn’t even noticed! I found the sweater at a local resale shop for $2 and think the fuschia compliments it.  I ventured into Forever 21 for the first time and bought the necklace and earrings for $2 each.  A friend left the flower at my house and I last minute grabbed it and shoved it in my hair (hope that’s okay Renee!) – my 4 year old wanted a turn at the camera:

 Oh, and someone mentioned I could try a darker pair of flats – I only had a silver pair, so I bought a darker pair from Paige – love them:

NOW – – thanks so much for the opinions on last week’s dress – so fun to hear what you all think (I’m going to see if I can get a resale shop to buy it off me).   I want to do more of that – – so each week on What I Wore Wednesdays I am going to pull some things out of my closet and see if I should keep them or give them the boot.  Fun, right?!?  Here’s a start:

It seems like lace is all the rage lately.  So when I saw this lace-ish shirt at the local resale shop, I bought it ($5, I think).  I think it works under a jacket (again from Paige – she was selling a bunch of stuff and I grabbed some) like here:

 But I’m not sure on it’s own.  It has this elastic running through a weird spot – right at the waist – and I’m not sure what to do with it – do I floof up the top or pull it flat or what?  I feel like it kinda makes the top frumpyish.  Maybe I could take out the elastic?  Maybe it’s not worth salvaging? I loved it when I bought it, but now I’m not so sure…..thoughts???  Sometime it will warm up (it will, right?!) and so the jacket won’t be an option – can I wear it alone?

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Mandy is a craft blogger who loves to blog and enjoys all things crafty, sewing, and DIY - she feels that if she can do something, you can too, and provides tutorials to help you along the way. She loves being a mom to 4 awesome kiddos and blogs from the Kansas City Area.

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  3. Shannon says

    You look adorable in all of them. I LOVe the lace top, I think it compliments your figure very well and is overall very cute-with or without the jacket. Good job!

  4. Bree says

    I really, really like the lace top, especially since you can change it up with so many different colors under it. I think the way you’ve got the elastic situated in the last picture looks good, but I agree, those kind of tops can throw me for a loop sometimes. Would it be easy to just remove the elastic so it’ll hang nicely? I say keep it either way!

  7. sandytoesbride says

    The darker flats are amazing! The lace shirt should be flounced up – that’s a very “in” style right now. It’s ok with the jacket, but by itself is so much better!!! And it WILL warm up – eventually. lol.

  8. Rebecca@This Present Life says

    I love your out-to-lunch outfit. And I think you might have to permanently borrow your friend’s hair clip because it looks super cute!

    As for the lace shirt, I think it looks cute as is. If you take out the elastic it might be too long, but I can see how it would bother you running right across the waist. But it looks cute 🙂

  9. Jessica Blood says

    Yes, Yes, Yes,…Love the lace top it looks great on you with the jacket and with out. I don’t think the elastic looks wierd it hits you just right, I know that place seems weird and probaly not that comfortable but it looks great. I do think you need to wear it with skinny jeans, and lose the socks
    :-)))

  11. Eva says

    My 2 cents is keep the shirt. It is so versatile you can wear it win many ways. I could see it with a cool cami undernearth…pair that with bermuda shorts and heels. Great, great looks!

  13. Renee says

    Glad you’re using the flower. Mark’s sister actually gave it to me – Kara hijacked it the day we came to your house.

    Loved the lace shirt – it’s even better without the jacket.

    I think you’re exceptionally brave to post your outfits for all to comment on. :o)

  14. Mindy says

    Great outfits. Love all the flats, and the boots are super cute. The lace shirt is WAY CUTE. Love it without the jacket much more than with the jacket. It’s a definite keeper and not frumpy in the slightest. Very romantic and girly.

  17. Kelli says

    You look adoarable! I have the same red flats, love them, they add such a pop of color to any outfit.

    xoxo
    Kelli @ loveoursimplelife.blogspot.com

  18. lori says

    saw your blog on the pleated poppy… and i like the lace top! i would wear it without the jacket. you can wear so many different color combos! myself, i would probably do a black top underneath and turquoise long necklace. or maybe pull it down (tighter on top) and wear a belt low on your hips over the elastic?

  20. Sherri @ Design2Shine says

    Lurve the brown outfit! The necklace just sets it off and the color looks awesome on you. I like the lunch outfit too and the new flats are SWEET! I would personally keep the lace top. I think it looks fine like you are wearing it. The suggestion of pulling it down and trying a wide belt would work too. The color combos are endless with it.