Green and velvet: Dark Mori

So I do not like taking picture of myself, but the outfit sometime look better on a person then lying on the floor. So I decided to give it try. This is another Mori outfit. It seems like I will be going dark Mori for a while as it it is fall and will soon be winter. I have also been feeling a bit blah ....and there is a lovely new strain of the flu going around. Not shown are a pair of boots that added to this outfit. They are brown cowboy boots. The second layer dose not show up that well in this photo.

There it is without the cream lace sweater. It is a lovely olive green jumper. 

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Dress: Forever 21 (here, here and here)  Olive sweater: JCPennys Lace tights: Target  Lace sweater: Deb

Shades of grey

So this is a so so picture of a very cute outfit. It is a grey pencil skit with a cream blouse and a black sweater. The outfit is cuter in person. I took a tons of pictures of this and then just cam out bad. So this is the less bad one. I am honestly thinking about just taking picture of myself wearing the outfits. It just might work a bit better. We will see. there might just be changes around here.


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A Walk in the woods

This was a foray into sweet Mori, but with pants. Well, I added linen pant to the outfit and rose shirt. I know rose is not the only sweet color, but it dose look so nice with the light brown and the dark brown. The long vest is from forever ago. It is very light weight , great for layering and has a nice rich color.



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Dark Mori bike ride

This was a cute like outfit for a bike ride. I was looking for something dark and mori.  Mori is style concept from Japan. The idea is that you are a forest girl or fairy. The clothes are often layered, dresses and shirt upon each other. I am just starting to get into mori fashion . So this is my take on dark mori. The lace dress is from my closet, then I added a par of shorts and a hoodie. It did give it  a cute vibe. It was nice for a bike ride.



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Clothes: Hoodie: Khol's. Dress: Target, Shorts: JCPenny's

Dark and stormy Mori

 So it was a dark and stormy day and instead of change my colors and rebelling against the weather . I dress for it. The weather was the inspiration for this mori look. I pulled out my black maxi dress, and started there. I added a grey black skirt and a grey lace vest. Then a rose sweater, to cover my arms and to give some live to the outfit. below is a shot of a few bits of jewelry. Both the cuff and the necklace ore older than I am and were gifted.

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The sea

This is one of my favorite outfits to wear once the weather gets warm. The top layer is a silk wrap skirt that I bought at the beach. I buy one almost every time, sometimes I keep them other times I give them as gifts. Due to the nature of the top piece I can turn it into a dress and layer it over leggings, or wear alone, or even over another skirt. Which I did today and the next time I think I will try it with the new shirt that arrived in my Loot Crate.  So post on that soon. This is a nice travel option.  Oh....added a link to the yoga videos I used on the last post.

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Skirt a find at the beach

Underskirt Gitana

Forest colors

Today was a very good day. My housemate has a new job. Yay!! In this economy that is a great thing. One step at a time. I am learning how to do inversions, for yoga. I was able to get mostly up into a handstand. Well part of it, but small steps. I need to keep working on my upper body and core strength. This will also allow me to continue with my flexibility. I had removed the idea of doing inversions for myself all together. They were not taught in class and for a while online it was a just figure it out yourself kind of attitude . But now, now there are videos and  help and information. I just needed a little bit of a push and I was able to make so much progress in a a single day.  It was a good day.

Video link:
Inversions Simplified | Intermediate Yoga With Tara Stiles
You Were Meant to Fly- Preview

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Top simple black tee

Skirt a find at the beach

Underskirt Gitana

Ballet ^_^

Today I was going to ride my bike into town. That was my goal. Well I got into town, but by car. It was safer. The roads I would have taken on my bike were a bit too flooded for that type of transportation. So I ditched the jeans and tank tops for something a bit more fun and airy. After all the rain it was just warm and nice out. Time to soak up some sun, with sunscreen. So shopping downtown. I am trying to shop a bit more local. Today I was out getting a feel of the prices and what I could get where. Even if I want to shop local I still need to get some bang for my buck. It is a fine line to where do you go for what and how much can you pay to help keep the stores and your neighbors in business. Will I still need to buy things at big name stores  It is down to pricing, but can I spread the wealth around, carefully.  It is not easy making this choice, but I think it is the right one. I am not sure how this will work out but hopefully over the next few months I will figure out where to buy produce and the like once the farmer's markets are gone.

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Top Simply vera vera Wang from khols

Skirt something similar 

Sailor Days

So I have seen a few posts on other blogs and pinterest about wearing a shirt over a dress. I figured why not, give it a try. It seems to have worked well enough. As for the day it has been quite. between the rain and having a break between classes. I will miss the free tie when it is gone. I have been reading new books and and learning how to make new things. It has been a quite few days. Summer rains and hot days ahead. 

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Top target

Dress The Pyramid Collection

Long weekend

Hope everyone enjoyed Mother's Day weekend.I know I did. Spent the day hanging out with my mother and just catching up. Well, as much as we could before work. Ah...well. It is one of the few days I do not try to get off it I work. I know I should to spend more time with my mother, but most of my co-workers are moms....It just would not feel right making one of them come in to cover me on their day. It just would not. So I spent the morning with my mom, watching movies and eating cake before breakfast. It was nice.I did not take any picture of the cakes I made. I will try to remember next time.

As for the gap since the last post, well I think I an on the other-side of what ever  cold I had. Beside polo shirts and jeans are just no fun to post ^_^


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Top lochers Shoes American Eagle 
Skirt something similar 

Teal and Tangerine

So, I am finally up and about. Still a little under the weather. I figured bright colors could brighten up my day. It is very warm but that is to be expected as we are in to Summer. Good bye Spring, and Hello Summer. Now some of you might be wondering Summer..no that is not until the 21st of June. The 21st if June is the Summer solstice. This would be when the day is longest and night is shortest. Okay, so it was as know as mid-summers. So, how can we celebrate Mid-Summer and Mid-Summer's eve on the same day that is the start of  Summer? Well, you can not. The current calender was created to give an evenness to the seasons. It dose seem odd that Mother Nature would give us 3 month of each season. Sometimes she gives all four season in a week, at lest here..... So Happy Summer.


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Top and pants JC Penny

Sick days and dreaming of Japan

Two days of a fever. Ah, Spring. How lovely you are, why must you try to kill me? It has a been a crazy few days. Mostly filled with sleeping and work. Lots of work.  I cancelled my glossy box, one of the past few days. I am just underwhelmed by it. I am leaning towards Ipsy, Q box or just right books. All three really interest me. If money was not an issues I would buy all three in a heart beat. Ipsy for the beauty products and the price $10 a month. Q box because it is from Japan. I have love for Japan. I speak Japanese badly, I was better at before when I had people to practice with everyday. Just right books, because I love to read and while the up front cost is $286.88 that is about $23-24 a month so the same cost as Q box.  I will let you know which box I chose. I am still receiving the May box, more likely some time in June.  It has been an odd day.  If you would like a tour through Japan click here. Enjoy the trip. I hope to be back there soon.


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top Eddie bauer 
skirt a fabric oasis 

May the 4th be with you

It is a punny day...funny day. It is Star Wars day. What better way to celebrate then watching Clone Wars or the Star Wars Movies back to back. Well, I do not think I will be able to watch all of them but it is a nice idea. Also, I am over the space station for the cast announcements for Episode VII. 

Image via StarWars.com

Many members of the original cast with be joined with new talent to bring the long awaited new chapter in this space story. The prequels , while told the story were not all that was hoped for, with this new set of  chapters there is ....a new hope ^_^.

May is a big month for Star Wars fans as Episodes I-VI all premiered in May. Maybe watch each episode could we watched on its premier date. Disney is host special Star Wars Weekends thought all of the month.

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Apple Blossom Festival

Welcome to the Land of the Pink and Green was the greeting we received. The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival begun. Well, it started on the 25th of April and will continue for ten days. In Winchester, Virginia home to White House Apple company there is an annual festival and parade. In honor of the pink and green I dress accordingly. It is a lovely day, not too warm and too cool. The nice thing about being up in the mountains is that Spring lingers there just a bit longer that in dose elsewhere. We spent the day at the festival and checking out farmers market and making plans to return. We bout some rout 11 chip, apple cider dounts and a gallon and a half of apple cider, cherry and balckberry. I was a nice day trip. I am thinking about getting something to commemorate the trip. 

What do you think?

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Top Ae long and lean
pants New York and company

Black and White ...Astonish Me

Well giving in to a spring tradition of cleaning and let go. I found this skirt and decided to keep it. It is a nice white pinstripe skirt. I was able to match it with a simple black top. A whole new outfit and I did not even have to go shopping. I need to shop the back of my closet more often. I was also give a nice gift in the mail. I won a book form First look Book Club ^_^ I almost never win these things, so image my surprise went husband tells me I have a package in the mail. I am think it is my glossy box! Nope >.< Stilling wait for that one, but that is fine. It will get here when it gets here. I am still trying to figure out how I want everything to look  on this blog. I also need to figure out what I would like to review, from the last box. I am excited for the May box as they have teamed up with an exclusive partner.


Okay back to the book. I due apologies  for the sight tangent. The book I won is Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead. I have only read the first few chapters of this book and I am looking forward to reading more.

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Dress Papaya and top target 

Wicked !!!

Happy Belated Birthday!!! So went out to see Wicked with my family, yesterday. Hence, why i am a few days behind.I was along drive there and day and I slept in most of the next day and puttered around the house.My weekend is in the middle of the week.  It was wonderful. I was not sure what to wear as theater outs have become very casual in the last few years. Oh my word. I sound like my mother. This was something that did concern me, so I chose something that I could wear anywhere that was not a formal event. Yes, society often dictates what people should wear and how they should act. Often, I chaff against this, but I think dressing in what make you feel comfortable and toward the institution that  you are visiting are not mutually exclusive. I thought had worn this outfit earlier this month and I have oh well. These things do happen >.< It is a nice outfit in my defense.

Wicked is great play about accepting  yourself and fighting for what is right. It is based off of the book by the same title. There are few book in this series, review on them to come.
















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Dress Target and Sweater New York and Company 

A rainy day reflection.

This has been no stop rain here for the last few days. Hopefully April showers will bring May flowers. This semester is over and I have a two week break between now and summer semester. I have been craving fresh food now that winter is over. Such a wonderful about of product is soon to be in season.  In the next few months pineapple and kiwi will ripe. Right now it is strawberry season.  Breakfast was simple scrambled eggs with fresh rosemary, tomato and cheese and toast. 

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Pants JC Penny, Top American Eagle, Sweater Khol's  

Green and lavender

Today is a great day. I finished my final exams for spring semester. Only  four more semesters to go. It is nice to have them out of the way. So I celebrated with a lovely brunch of strawberries, sharp white cheddar cheeses and tiramisu. Washed it down with a nice chocolate wine. It was a nice brunch. Luckily, I did not work until evening. 

 Once I was done enjoying brunch a good four hours later. I went to work. One glass of wine is fine during the day. I will enjoy the rest of the bottle some other time. I wore a simple dress and sweater combination to work. Not pictured are the cream tights I put on at the last minute.The temperature dropped rather quickly today, and I figured it would br colder tonight.

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Dress Target and Sweater New York and Company 

Shakespeare's Birthday (black and white)

Today was a good day. I used yesterday's outfit as a springboard for today's. Same basic pieces but a blank and whit printed top. Also chainmail pearl necklace. Today is Shakespeare's Birthday . Happy Birthday to the Bard on the Avon. It is also World Book Night. this year I was able to participate as a giver. So, that means i had out twenty books to strangers.People who viewed themselves as non-readers or light readers. After, picking up my books at the local library I took them out in to the world. I was giving out Code Name Verity. 

This is a wonderful book. The books are special in that they are printed with new covers just for this one night. These books are not to bought or sold only to be given. It is great. Today I was able to twenty random acts of kindness. I even had a couple people said I made there day, which in turn made mine. 

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Pants JC Penny, Top and Sweater New York and Company 

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!!! Today was a lovely almost rainy day. Perfect to garden or go outside and read. A last, there was work and exams. Yay, one final down, one more to go. So, for Earth day I went planted some seeds. It was on a whim, so there are no pictures. I also turned off everything in house and unplugged everything. Just for an hour. I went outside, with all the pollen and enjoyed the beauty of the Earth. This lovely planet that we have been gifted.  What did you do for Earth Day? 

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Pants JC Penny, Top and Sweater New York and Company 
Necklace you can find similar at here and here