The Dressing Room – Chambray Love

Who doesn’t love a chambray shirt? This shirt has been a staple in my closet for a year now.  I wish I had another one since I’ve worn this one to death.  Perhaps whenever they go on sale next at J. Crew or Old Navy.  I love that you can easily dress up a chambray shirt or wear it casually.  For this Dressing Room post, I styled the shirt for a business casual environment.  I dressed it up with a chunky sweater, statement necklaced and stacked bracelets.

Sorry in advance for the lookbook phone pictures.  I don’t bring my nicer camera with me when I go on the rode (unless of course I have a weekend trip somewhere exciting!).  Don’t you just love the background?  LOL!

I’m in love with this blue, black, and green color combo.  

The Dressing Room Outfit

Sweater Cardigan:  Old Navy
Shirt:  Converse One Star, purchased at Target
Trousers:  Old Navy
Patent Booties:  Payless
Necklace:  Forever21
Bracelets:  JewelMint, H&M, random vendors

 Close-ups

Love this necklace.  The gold, orange, and bronze tone brighten up the outfit just enough.

JewelMint, cousin’s creation, rosary bracelet purchased in Fatima, Portugal, H&M, random vendor (purchased this YEARS ago in either Korea or Singapore)

I’m finally home!  Just got in this morning and it feels good to be back even if I was only gone for a couple of days, in time to enjoy some sunny California weather (especially since I was in the rainy Northwest all week).

NEWS!

I really have been meaning to post more.  I think I’ve been thinking too much about  interesting topics that I have so many items to blog about or think I don’t have enough to blog about.  I want my blog to be enjoyable and want to be able to provide you with interesting content.  I’m hoping I can keep up with posting more frequently but I really want to thank you all for reading and coming back to this blog periodically.  I love my readers!

I’m currently on the road right now which is the reason for the lack of posts this week.  Work hasn’t seemed to slow down, which keeps me busy but is EXHAUSTING.  Especially these days… because I’m PREGNANT!

I’ve been waiting to announce our wonderful news.  I’m 23 weeks along and due mid-June.  We told our families and friends around the holidays.  First granddaughter (yes, we’re having a girl!) on my side and third (WOW GIRLS!) on my husband’s.  Yay for girls!  Can’t wait until she’s here and I can dress her up like my very own mini me.  Can we say fashionista in the making?  :-P

I’m going to try and not turn this into a pregnancy blog.  I may blog some updates about how it’s going.  Perhaps I’ll blog periodically tips on how to dress your bump, which I’m still learning to do.  It’s been an interesting adventure.  I cry sometimes because I can’t find things to wear or think creatively (pregnancy brain perhaps?  or maybe because I’m torn between dressing for SUPER comfortably and stylishly) about putting outfits together.  I athink I’ve been having issues putting outfits together because I’m getting big for my regular clothes and I really don’t want to buy maternity clothes or bigger normal clothes right now.  I refuse to conform.  Anything that’s cute and stylish thats made for maternity is price.  :-(  But I’ll see what I can put together.  I still have clothes from when I was a couple pounds heavier that I can wear for the next couple of months, so look out for lookbooks.  I do believe moms to be should dress for comfort but we don’t have to look frumpy!  Victoria Beckham, Rachel Zoe, Jessica Alba, Kourtney Kardashian, etc. are all my style inspirations for this pregnancy.  The first three months of my pregnancy I was NOT adventurous in the kitchen.  Morning sickness and a sensitive nose kept me away from my “happy place.”  Eventually when she’s (the little one.  sorry folks not sharing her name until she’s born!) here and ready to eat solids, I’ll start blogging about creating baby food dishes.  But that won’t be for another 9 months.

I hope you continue to follow me on my adventure!