Zebra Style

I wore this to church and lunch on Anniversary weekend.  Dressing for church has been tricky this summer, since John and I are teaching Sunday school for the 3 year old class.  Pants would be great, but I don't really like pants and don't have very many options (since I don't buy them!).  Longer skirts and dresses seem to work pretty well. 

I didn't realize when we were taking pictures that my dress pockets were gaping open.  I thought about photo-shopping them out, but I figured I should just keep it real!

I'm guest posting over here today, with tips for what to pack on a cruise!  Now that I think of it, I bought this zebra dress in 2008, just a few weeks before I went on my first cruise!  This was one of the dresses I wore for dinner on the boat!   

Dress: Old Navy
Cardigan: Gap
Belt: Limited
Necklace: made it
Shoes: Carlos Santana
Sunglasses:  Fossil

Identity Crisis

This top is a skirt.  You might remember it from a lot of my other outfits.  I figured, if I can make dresses pretend to be skirts, why not make a skirt into a shirt.  I promise not to wear shirts as dresses - that would just be awkward. 

Top: Express shirt
Cardigan & Jeans: Old Navy
Shoes: Seychelles
Necklace: made by me

Linking up various places again today.

Curly Hair Confessions

This may come as a surprise to you, but I have curly hair.  I mean, it's super curly.  I wrote about it a little bit in my Beauty Routine post last week.  As I was writing that, I decided to check out Pinterest, to see if there were any cool ideas for curly hair.  Well, when you search for "curly hairstyles" on Pinterest (or Google - really, anywhere), all you get are pictures of people with obviously straight hair that has been attacked with the curling iron.  Not particularly helpful.  I did find something pretty cool, though:  Curly Hair Problems

Here are 2 that made me laugh out loud:

At some point when I was in high school, I started to love my curls.  I would straighten my hair once in awhile, but I just didn't feel like myself without the big hair.  There are some benefits!  I mean, if I forget a hair-tie, I can just tie my hair in a quick knot and it stays put.  Sometimes, I wish I could do certain hairstyles, or get a fun haircut, but most of the time, I really like having crazy curls.  One of the most awkward things now is that strangers will tell me how pretty my curls are, and I say thanks, but then they go "I bet you hate them, don't you?  You probably wish you had straight hair!" and I don't really know how to reply.  I don't know many other physical features where strangers would say something like that.  "Blue eyes!  So pretty!  I bet you wish they were brown, right?"  --"Ummm, no.  I'm good with how I look.  But thanks for your concern." 

Dress:  Old Navy
Cardigan: Loft
Belt: Limited
Necklace:  made by me
Shoes; BCBGeneration

My Interpretation

The challenge today is to interpret this outfit.  Super cute, right?  I resisted the urge to go out and buy a green pencil skirt.  I just added the green-ish/teal pop of color with my tights and necklace.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. 

 I just wish my button down shirt wasn't quite so long.  It got so wrinkly from sitting at my desk all day.   

I made this necklace a few weeks ago, and I really love it.  I should have taken a close-up shot of it.  It is just 6 strands of beads, and then I braided them together. 

Go check out the other interpretations here!

Sweater, skirt and belt:  Old Navy
Button-down:  Gap
Shoes:   Seychelles via DSW
Necklace:  made by me