Month of sparkles

December is here! There are lots going on this month. Just 24 more days till Christmas. Next week is my sisters birthday and my 4th wedding anniversary. My daughter is turning two the week before Christmas. Definitely a lot of "sparkles" for me! :)

This was a quick outfit for today to do some errands. I got the shirt from the Black Friday sale at Zara for $15.99. They really didn't have much sale going on. This year I was kind of lazy to do all that black friday shopping so I only stopped by Zara, Anthro, and Forever 21. It was very convenient that they were right next to each other. :)

I thought I'd pair this shirt with these studded oxfords from Wanted. I just love the embellishment on these shoes!

$20 (or less) deal - Juicy shirt

I am lazy to go out today. We FINALLY got some rain during the weekend and I am hoping for more. It's gloomy outside and I'd much rather be in my pajamas. :)

So I will share my $20 (or less) deal that I found at the outlet in San Marcos last Saturday. We were on our way back to Austin and decided to stop at the outlet. It is on the way after all! :) This shirt retails for $38. It was a size 14 in the kids section (equivalent to petite in adults). The kid's clothes are always cheaper! I was mainly attracted to the glitter logo.

The tag says $29.99 plus an additional 30% off. But when they rang it up, it was actually on sale for $19.99 plus an additional 30% off. I ended up paying $13.99 plus tax. Don't you love it when that happens?? :)

White pile

I still had my white clothing pile from yesterday so I thought I'd do another outfit for white-out! Thank you Ms. Weather for allowing me to wear my scarf today. Blue sky, sunshine, 70 degrees and a light breeze just puts you in a happy mood. I'm not quite ready for Texas summer yet! This outfit may not exactly be all white, but everything else underneath that sweater is. Does that count??

White Out

The challenge for this week's Bloggers Do It Better series is spring's all-white ("White Out") trend. I took part in this trend on this post but wanted to come up with another outfit for the challenge. I didn't know how difficult it would be until I gathered all my white clothes together and couldn't come up with one single outfit! So this morning, without looking, I grabbed one white clothing from the pile and decided to just work with that.

Today was in the low 70s (at least until about 2pm) so it was perfect to wear this light trench coat. At about 5pm, at 84 degrees, I had to drive back home without the jacket!

Bad hair days

Despite the gorgeous weather today, my hair was simply unmanageable! I was too lazy to spend any more extra effort on it. Solution? Wear a hat! I thought I'd wear it with my closet item - this white Zara dress. There is always something about white that makes you feel like a fresh spring breeze! And speaking of Zara, I went to pay her a visit this afternoon. She was after all near my errand destination. For some reason, my hair in the fitting room looked nice! I think those mirrors trick you into looking good no matter what you wear - be it your messy hair or the nice trench coat! Did I mention I've been looking for the perfect one for a long time now?? Sigh!

In living color

I am loving all the colors this Spring and I saw this tank last week for $19.99 - right at my budget! Perfect! I was inspired by all the colors at the store paired with white so I came up with this for the office yesterday. It was 92F outside but 80F inside the building so the light jacket didn't make me feel too warm! Phew!

Mall dinner

Sometimes, on a very lazy day, hubby and I head over to the mall and eat at the food court... less time consuming and probably cheaper. Cooking for two just takes up so much time (well depends on what you cook). The little one is still on baby food so she's no help finishing it off. So our Sunday was spent grocery shopping, malling, and Best Buy for a new laptop (this only happens once in a blue moon... and tonight was a blue moon). The hubby needed a new one.

I got this shirt more than a year ago at Zara. If I am not mistaken, I THINK it was on sale. I love the blue and the orange combo on this one. The shirt is busy on its own so I just paired it off with white jeans and  white sandals.