For the Love of Shopping

Here's a post with some outfits I made from a few of the new pieces I bought over the weekend :) here's the haul:
Tan blazer (on clearance for $20! Gap had similar ones, but they were $88!)
2 Nautical looking skirts (On clearance for $11 each!)
Denim skirt - all from TJ Maxx
Tan wedge sandals (On sale! Yay!)- Target

After I got home, I started having second thoughts about the tan blazer, but after styling it a few ways and removing the hideous shoulder pads, I'm kind of in love! I'm finding that there are endless options to be had with a tan blazer and leopard flats. Pretty much anything in between goes! Score :)

Cheers! Xoxo

Nautical

I'm pretty much obsessed with anything nautical themed. There is no such thing as too much nautical!
So, I bought this ADORABLE navy polka dot dress back in October for my trip to Hawaii. I wore it on the beach a few times and have never worn it since- it is sleeveless and hit just above the knee. Now there's nothing wrong with that, but for various reasons at this point in my life I only wear below the knee skirts. Anyways, So I sort of hung it up in the back of my closet and forgot about it... Then suddenly this evening a brilliant idea hit me- to sew a white strip along the bottom to add the few tedious inches! So I tried it out and whaddya know, it looks amazing. In fact, I think like it BETTER! *pats self on back*. I'm now going to LIVE in this dress. I absolutely LOVE it!
Pic #2 is a dress I found at Ross last weekend. One of my favorite color combinations is coral/white/navy, so you can imagine my utter and complete elation to find a maxi dress in my size for $10 with all my favorite colors! SCORE!
Pic #3 is just another nautical/coral outfit.
Pic #4 is nothing so great, I just really like the color combo (:

So on a rather unrelated note, a few days ago, my husband informed me that I "only ever wear denim [skirts] anymore".

Well, Husband, challenge accepted.

Truth is, denim is my favorite. I like having pockets, I like how it looks, it goes with pretty much everything. Denim doesn't need to explain itself. Denim knows it's just pure awesome. BUT, we can't have Husband walking around thinking I, Emmi Yoder, am not CAPABLE of creating awesome outfits with non-denim pieces. So, for the next few months I will purposefully be incorporating a lot of outfits that don't feature denim skirts. {with the sole purpose to prove husband wrong. Baha}

And it WILL be legen(waitforit)dary!

[Sigh. I really have no life.]

:P

Cheers! Xoxo

Aloha!

Back in October my husband and I took a trip to Hawaii to celebrate our 2nd anniversary. I bought this beautiful Hawaiian dress while there, but, being our anniversary is in October I wasnt able to wear it once we got home as it was way out of season. Now that we here in Texas have spring, I felt it was appropriate to pull that dress out and make some outfits! I love it so much. The rest of the photos are several other fun, warmer weather outfits I came up with.

Cheers! Xoxo

Half spring, half winter.

Here's a few outfits from my neck of the woods, where it's that awkward season between winter and spring. Some days it's 70*s, others 40*s. Keeps me on my toes for outfit picking :)
One little side note- I'm super excited I finally found a way to wear my black striped jersey summer dress which I bought from Old Navy SEVERAL months ago! It's perfect for spring type weather. The style and feel of it's look makes me want to break my rule of no black with brown, and see what happens.... Stay tuned :)

Cheers! Xoxo

Kelly Green

Outfit photos using my new Kelly green denim skirt which I repurposed from a pair of clearance skinny jeans. God bless Target. Like for real.

Cheers! Xoxo

Spring is coming!

Getting my spring/summer 2013 wardrobe updated! I began a love affair with nautical color themes last year, and I have to say the love is only getting stronger. I got a few lightweight long sleeve henley's, and I'm loving them for this in-between weather where it's 45-50 degrees in the mornings but 65-70 in the afternoon. I also got a cropped mint cardigan to wear with my valentines dress in the future, a kelly green cardigan, and a gray striped scarf.

Cheers! Xoxo

Be my valentine?

So I finally got my dress for valentines tonight! Last minute- I know. I saw these cute pink and gray polka dot dresses at Target a week or so ago and decided if I couldn't come up with a satisfactory outfit for my hot date, I'd go buy it for myself. So there it is :) I'm not usually a big fan of high-low skirts but this one stuck me just right. I like that I can walk in it without worrying about tripping ;) Also it can be dressed down pretty easily and worn all through spring and summer. The next two photos are just a couple random outfits :) the last photos are of my "upcycling" projects, I've been buying the most adorable colored jeans on clearance at target for $7.48 and upcycling them into skirts. Colored denim skirts are hard to come by, let alone for $7! Only takes about 30 minutes to flip too. I have a third green one in the works, photos of that one coming soon :)

Cheers! Xoxo