Yet Another Leopard

Remember the Forever 21 leopard print dress I posted about a while ago? Well, of course I bought it. I really wanted to wear it with my black strappy wedges, but this was on a night in Florida when we were going out to dinner and potentially doing a bit of walking around a shopping area so I didn't want to end up with angry feet.

Outfit
Dress, Belt: Forever 21
Sandals: Target
Earrings, bracelets: Charlotte Russe
Purse: Carlos Santana via TJ Maxx

I actually just got another dress from Target that I REALLY loved the fit of, enough that I wanted to buy it in another print. It's a pretty basic pattern so could easily have been dressed up in different ways, but unfortunately the only other pattern was leopard print. LOVE leopard print, but given I now have this and the other leopard print dress I posted in the last outfit post, I figured I probably was good on that for a while.

(Side note: Does anyone know how to get pictures to not be quite so blurry when you make them bigger? When I upload pictures, even though the original size is HUGE and can be seen by clicking on it, the vertical pictures are always too small and get blurry when I enlarge them. I have it set on the largest upload setting, but don't know if there's any way to get around this and make it bigger but still clear?)

Take a Ride on the Wild Side

Are you wild about leopard print? I know it always seems to catch my eye. The Forever 21+ Collection is all about the leopard right now. There's something for everyone, whether you want to absolutely stand out in a full-on leopard print fabric or just use it as an accent. Here is just a glimpse at some of the current leopard pieces.

(View the entire line on the Forever 21+ Section of their website by clicking here)

Longline Leopard Sweater: $22.80

Sleeveless Leopard Dress: $22.80

Leopard Open Cardigan: $15.80

Slub Cardigan with Leopard Scarf: $24.80

Leopard Pocket Top: $17.80

Leopard Sublimation Tee: $17.80

I know a few of these will have me stopping by the store as soon as I get to Chicago next week!

May Flowers

My last outfit as a college undergraduate! Thursday I had my last final in History of the Blues and then Kelly and I were off to Nick's to meet my dad and his friend Dan for dinner and drinks to celebrate. This floral dress and necklace just arrived from Forever 21 and I am absolutely in love with them both. The little owl necklaces were only $1.50, so Kelly and I both got a gold one and I also grabbed a silver one as well... too cute!

Outfit
Dress, Necklace: Forever 21
Bracelets, Earrings: Charlotte Russe
Shoes: Target

Dad and I at Nick's

Happy Cinco de Mayo: Patron time!

Playing Dress Up!

And here are the pictures of the new dresses! Just realized I left my camera charger at home over spring break so the camera JUST lasted long enough to get these pictures (Yes- spaciest person EVER award definitely goes to me. Particularly because my mom had to mail my camera back to me, and I just now realized two weeks later I forgot the charger, too). The one of the coral Delias dress isn't that great, but the camera died, so it had to suffice!!!

The shoes I'm wearing in all of these pictures are my Steve Madden Fiesstaas. Still haven't had anywhere to wear them out to, because they're so darn tall that I've been waiting for a good occasion that also won't require much walking.

Dress 1: Forever 21 Splattered Paint Strapless with a tie in the back. This was the one I bought in Chicago over Spring Break a few weeks ago. I may, however, add some kind of halter straps to it, because I hate constantly worrying about keeping strapless dresses up! We'll see.

Dress 2: Delias "Jess Knot Dress"... and these sunglasses are also the Jennifer Sunglasses I ordered from Delias as well.

Dress 3: Delias "Sharona Knit Dress" in Coral. This is the one that I think I'm going to add a liner to (the bottom half anyways) if I ever get my sewing machine fixed. Hopefully taking that in next weekend when I go home for my birthday with the family.

Also- Owl/Cosmo Painting giveaway still going on (here).

and

New Red Velvet Cake Recipe up at Wonderland Kitchen!


Hope everyone is having a good weekend- the weather here is GORGEOUS! Actually hit 81 earlier today!!!

Hello Hello! (And some Home Sweet Chicago)

So I'm gone for practically a week, and I come back to three more followers! Welcome, newcomers!!! I've also gotten so behind on everything I want to post, since I was in Chicago from Sunday to yesterday (Wednesday) and now I'm back at HOME home in Southern Indiana... but hopefully in the next few days I can get myself caught up here. My apologies if posts get a little picture cluttered!!!

So I'll try not to get ahead of myself, and start with Chicago. I went to visit my dad's apartment (He works/lives there during the week) and my days were mostly spent reading/working out/sleeping in/cocktailing, which was completely relaxing and ok with me.

I got to go to Gibson's Steakhouse sunday night... one of the best restaurants EVER. I wore this floral print tie front shirt I bought forever ago and never could really figure out what to pair it with, and my usual high waisted black eyelet skirt. I really need to go get another high waisted skirt- this poor guy is way overworn.


Monday I cooked and then we went to see Alice in Wonderland (Again!). I wore the Alice headband bow again, but tried it out with a shirt that is a little more summery. And yes, in the one picture, I'm wearing shorts, it just happens that the way the shirt falls in this pose you can't see them. Not trying to whore it up for the whole internet to see!




Tuesday we went to this great Mexican/South American restaurant called Carnivale. The decorating scheme inside was crazy, and really fun, and the food was SO GOOD. The service was a little lacking, but it was still a good night. However, before dinner, I did manage to drag my dad to Forever 21... actually a Forever XXI, aka HUGE. We were in a hurry so I was trying to be fast, but I still bought 2 shirts and a dress that will likely make an appearance soon.

Next up... ST. PATRICK'S DAY! Nothing too crazy for that, but I will have a picture of one of the Forever shirts I bought, and a few other pictures from going out, so it's worthy enough of its own post. See ya soon ;-) And thanks again to the new followers who have joined us!!!

About that outfit...

Finally recovered my camera, so here are those outfit pictures I was talking about in the last post. Note: I'm finally phasing out the leggings and coats! It was probably cold enough to require a coat, but of course I didn't wear one. One step closer to summer time. I also got a new haircut, but unfortunately I was running a little late and didn't have time to take pictures before we left, so you can't really even tell in these pictures, which were taken after it went a little flat. So hopefully some good pictures of that sometime soon.

Outfit:
Dress- Target
3/4 Length Cardigan- GAP
Bangles- Forever 21
Flats- Old Navy

And of course, since I was home, here's yet another picture of my little princess passed out in her comfy spot on the couch, cuddling with her stuffed duck.

Hopefully with my next update I'll have some links to my other blog with some new and very delicious recipes up! OH! And I'm going to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D tonight... so I'll try to get a brief review of that up too, though I expect it to be amazing.

Forever 21 Sales!

Meant to post this a while ago and have of course been without a computer and caught up in the frenzy of studying and stressing for finals. This is a picture of one of the dresses I got on MEGA CLEARANCE at Forever 21. And by that I mean... around $5. Which, even for Forever 21, is quite the steal. I also got one in the same pattern but purple, because as far as I'm concerned you cannot have too many summer dresses, especially when they're only five dollars.

This one I wore with brown leggings, my trusty Durango Cowboy Boots, and I also wore my brown Old Navy CardiCoat over it. I didn't get a picture with the sweater, but here's one of the dress. It's super fun and flowy and I think will pair well with a million things I've got in my closet, so I'm pretty excited about it.

I'm ALSO pretty excited about the fact that I got to my parents house today to see that my two pairs of Steve Maddens that my mom ordered me for Christmas have arrived! Of course I had to try them on to be sure they fit. The gold Merriees fit LIKE A GLOVE. The Fiesstaas are a little bit more loose as far as what I'm used to in high heels, in that they don't seem to offer as much support. I still love them, and can't wait to get used to them.

I was a little disappointed that they weren't as pink as the looked in the picture. In this picture they look almost purple, but they are definitely a fuschia. In all fairness, that's what the color was listed as on the website... but the pictures all made them look HOT pink.

Regardless, I do still love them, and can't wait until Christmas when I get to unwrap them and WEAR THEM!!!! It's going to be a high heeled Christmas in Alex's Wonderland, that's for sure!