Frugal February Day 18
I'm running behind, I have just been so busy lately! Here are the last few days.
Thursday, Day 18
Knit dress in black
Purple cami
Black knit tights
Black suede ankle boots
Black pearl necklace
Thursday, Day 18
Knit dress in black
Purple cami
Black knit tights
Black suede ankle boots
Black pearl necklace
Frugal February Day 17
Today is as grey and damp and dank as it's been all year, with the exception of yesterday, where we had a couple of hours of much needed and much appreciated sun!
Being as the days are grey, I keep coming back to wearing grey. Suits my mood and the weather! Although the streets are free of snow, the parking lots and some side streets are sheets of compacted ice-snow, making everything pretty slippery. Today I almost ended up doing the splits while opening the door of my car!
Grey sweater, black long sleeve t-shirt and jeggins tucked into my boots. Looking at the pics today, I think I maybe shouldn't tuck (I don't usually). My boots are old and the heels are so not trendy anymore. The first thing I'm buying in March are grey boots!!
One of the good things about doing an outfit of the day, the camera doesn't lie and you see yourself totally differently than you do in the mirror! I won't be tucking into boots anytime soon! :)
Oversize sweater from H & M, similar at OneStopPlus
Jean Leggings (or Jeggings) from H & M, similar jeggings at Additionelle
Torrid has some (3 pages worth of!) great plus size belts, have a look here.
Being as the days are grey, I keep coming back to wearing grey. Suits my mood and the weather! Although the streets are free of snow, the parking lots and some side streets are sheets of compacted ice-snow, making everything pretty slippery. Today I almost ended up doing the splits while opening the door of my car!
Grey sweater, black long sleeve t-shirt and jeggins tucked into my boots. Looking at the pics today, I think I maybe shouldn't tuck (I don't usually). My boots are old and the heels are so not trendy anymore. The first thing I'm buying in March are grey boots!!
One of the good things about doing an outfit of the day, the camera doesn't lie and you see yourself totally differently than you do in the mirror! I won't be tucking into boots anytime soon! :)
Oversize sweater from H & M, similar at OneStopPlus
Jean Leggings (or Jeggings) from H & M, similar jeggings at Additionelle
Torrid has some (3 pages worth of!) great plus size belts, have a look here.
Frugal February Day 16
Day 16 already! This month is going by so fast.
Today I had on jeans (what else), a white long-sleeve t-shirt and a red short sleeve cardigan with puff sleeves. The cardigan has a little belt in the same knit fabric, but as I'm sporting a bloat-bulge this morning, I decided on a little stronger artillery and ended up with a belt I got at AdditionElle last November. I'm not huge on placative prints and designs, but this giraffe design belt caught my attention, and I still think it's cute. I'm so shortwaisted that I should not be wearing big belts on my non-existant waist, but sometimes you just have to go with the flow!
Today I had on jeans (what else), a white long-sleeve t-shirt and a red short sleeve cardigan with puff sleeves. The cardigan has a little belt in the same knit fabric, but as I'm sporting a bloat-bulge this morning, I decided on a little stronger artillery and ended up with a belt I got at AdditionElle last November. I'm not huge on placative prints and designs, but this giraffe design belt caught my attention, and I still think it's cute. I'm so shortwaisted that I should not be wearing big belts on my non-existant waist, but sometimes you just have to go with the flow!
Frugal February Day 15
Even though it's an unofficial regional holiday here today (Carneval Monday, the biggest party day of them all, and all the biggest parades take place today), I had to work.
I had a little too much fun this past weekend, so I dragged my feet and dawdled this morning getting ready, and ended up being in a rush and forgot hairspray and makeup. Check out my scary costume today! :) Add to the fact that I had to take the pics AFTER a 9 hour work day, I am not looking fresh and rosy in this pic.
Skinny grey jeans, long white tank top and a white bellini sweater knotted at the front had to do it today. I was going to belt it, but my white belt has turned somewhat cream this past year and looked awful against the stark white of my tops.
Topped off with a big chain necklace and black boots. I would have loved to wear my white ballerinas, but with a half a foot of fresh snow this morning, it just didn't seem like it would work. Gah, I can't wait for spring!!
Bellini Ballet Wrap like Kiyonna's Bellini
Long Cami like SWAK Designs Perfect Cami
Grey Skinny Jeans like Figuresque's Silver Skinnies
I am longing for grey boots. If I wasn't being frugal, I just may have splurged on these wide calf grey suede boots from Zappos:
I had a little too much fun this past weekend, so I dragged my feet and dawdled this morning getting ready, and ended up being in a rush and forgot hairspray and makeup. Check out my scary costume today! :) Add to the fact that I had to take the pics AFTER a 9 hour work day, I am not looking fresh and rosy in this pic.
Skinny grey jeans, long white tank top and a white bellini sweater knotted at the front had to do it today. I was going to belt it, but my white belt has turned somewhat cream this past year and looked awful against the stark white of my tops.
Topped off with a big chain necklace and black boots. I would have loved to wear my white ballerinas, but with a half a foot of fresh snow this morning, it just didn't seem like it would work. Gah, I can't wait for spring!!
Bellini Ballet Wrap like Kiyonna's Bellini
Long Cami like SWAK Designs Perfect Cami
Grey Skinny Jeans like Figuresque's Silver Skinnies
I am longing for grey boots. If I wasn't being frugal, I just may have splurged on these wide calf grey suede boots from Zappos:
Carneval / Mardi Gras Weekend - Frugal February Days 13/14
This weekend I didn't wear much other than my costume, being as it is what is called the 5th season in Germany: Carneval, Fasching, Mardi Gras...whatever you want to call it.
In Germany everyone gets dressed up in costumes and parties hard from Thursday to Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. There are basically no rules and everything goes. Depending on where in Germany you are (like Cologne) it really is the craziest time of year with no holds barred. There are lots of parties, balls and bar-hopping, but the thousands of big and small parades are what pull the people into the streets, where they will watch the parade of mostly hand-made floats pulled by tractors, and in my region of Germany, which is the wine-growing region, they are very "wet" parades with wine being passed out to the bystanders (and drank by the parade-goers, too).
It's an excessive, crazy, wild time of year and I love it! I wish we had had carneval growing up in Canada!
So, here my outfit of the day on Saturday and Sunday:
And here a few pics of our parade:
In Germany everyone gets dressed up in costumes and parties hard from Thursday to Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. There are basically no rules and everything goes. Depending on where in Germany you are (like Cologne) it really is the craziest time of year with no holds barred. There are lots of parties, balls and bar-hopping, but the thousands of big and small parades are what pull the people into the streets, where they will watch the parade of mostly hand-made floats pulled by tractors, and in my region of Germany, which is the wine-growing region, they are very "wet" parades with wine being passed out to the bystanders (and drank by the parade-goers, too).
It's an excessive, crazy, wild time of year and I love it! I wish we had had carneval growing up in Canada!
So, here my outfit of the day on Saturday and Sunday:
And here a few pics of our parade:
Fashion Checks
I just stumbled across these pretty checks today! They are so cute that I wanted to share them with you, what a great addition to a trendy plus size outfit!
How cute are they?? I really love the butterfly ones and the ones where you can put your personal photo on, or a picture you really love. You can find these at Checks Unlimited and Girly Checks.
How cute are they?? I really love the butterfly ones and the ones where you can put your personal photo on, or a picture you really love. You can find these at Checks Unlimited and Girly Checks.
Alexander McQueen, Dead at Age 40
Alexander McQueen, one of today's most successful designers, was found dead in his house yesterday. Apparently he hanged himself after being distraught by the death of his mother last week.He was well known for his mind-bending designs (think: alien shoes!) but also put his mark on other designer houses like Givenchy before selling 51% of his company to Gucci. His impact on modern fashion has been incredible.
He was only 40 years old and far too young to leave us.
RIP Lee Alexander McQueen.
Frugal February Day 11
I went and did it again, another video. It's not as easy as it seems, I had to redo it 3 times due to laughing too hard!
Well, today I had on my black straighlegged jeans (yes, again) and a sequined t-shirt from H&M. My bolero has a few gold lurex threads in it, so it matched my t-shirt. I really wanted to wear my long gold necklace, but I broke the clasp. *sob*
Does H&M have a plus size line in the States? I went to their website, but couldn't tell if they sell the BiB line in the USA. I'm really thankful for them because here in Germany we don't have stores like Faith21 or Old Navy where you can get trendy plus size clothes cheap. The only problem with H&M is that they think if you wear above a plus size you are also 6'5", so I often have to get things taken in. Sometimes it's just not worth it. It's not like it's designer plus size clothing that you are going to wear for years.
I ended up getting this t-shirt a size smaller so that it is a bit tight around the hips and I pulled the bottom of it into folds because it is so long on me. Sometimes it is a good idea to try things on in different sizes. It may not fit you like the designer had in mind, but you just may find that you like the fit better that way. Especially in these drapey, oversized tops. And some smaller plus sizes may just find that you can fit into straight sized clothes.
So, to the video. Can someone please tell me how to change the still picture? This one is AWFUL! :)
Well, today I had on my black straighlegged jeans (yes, again) and a sequined t-shirt from H&M. My bolero has a few gold lurex threads in it, so it matched my t-shirt. I really wanted to wear my long gold necklace, but I broke the clasp. *sob*
Does H&M have a plus size line in the States? I went to their website, but couldn't tell if they sell the BiB line in the USA. I'm really thankful for them because here in Germany we don't have stores like Faith21 or Old Navy where you can get trendy plus size clothes cheap. The only problem with H&M is that they think if you wear above a plus size you are also 6'5", so I often have to get things taken in. Sometimes it's just not worth it. It's not like it's designer plus size clothing that you are going to wear for years.
I ended up getting this t-shirt a size smaller so that it is a bit tight around the hips and I pulled the bottom of it into folds because it is so long on me. Sometimes it is a good idea to try things on in different sizes. It may not fit you like the designer had in mind, but you just may find that you like the fit better that way. Especially in these drapey, oversized tops. And some smaller plus sizes may just find that you can fit into straight sized clothes.
So, to the video. Can someone please tell me how to change the still picture? This one is AWFUL! :)
Frugal February Day 09
Today I was goofing around and decided to make my first ever little video!
But first, to the outfit.
Today I wore straightcut jeans (again!), a black and white striped blouse and a really light, fluffy angora sweater in anjou knit. An onyx and coral necklace and a black leather belt at my waist and I was set to go today.
So, without further ado, here's my first try at making a youtube video!
But first, to the outfit.
Today I wore straightcut jeans (again!), a black and white striped blouse and a really light, fluffy angora sweater in anjou knit. An onyx and coral necklace and a black leather belt at my waist and I was set to go today.
So, without further ado, here's my first try at making a youtube video!
Frugal February Day 08
Sorry about missing out on the weekend!
On Saturday I pinched a nerve in my neck and spent the whole weekend in pain. I couldn't move, let alone get dressed and take pictures The good thing about it though is that I wasn't tempted to go shopping this weekend!
Anyways, back to work today, a little slow and stiff, but starting to feel better. Thought I would try to keep my neck warm today, so I threw on a turtleneck sweater and a scarf for good measure. Straight-cut black jeans, a belt and my favorite low-heeled pumps and I was set to go.
I hear a lot that plus size women shouldn't wear skinny or slim straight cut jeans. I think that is a load of baloney! I'm a size 16 (short) and I think I look best in slim cuts. Because I'm a plus size rectangle (or brick, if you like), the straight and skinny cuts give me a little more curve and don't add bulk to my wide frame. If you are a pear or an hourglass you will need to be more careful about skinny jeans, but inverted triangles, rectangles and apples can look a lot slimmer in slim cut jeans. Just make sure the waist band fits and doesn't give you a muffin top.
Just ignore the painful look on my face! :)
On Saturday I pinched a nerve in my neck and spent the whole weekend in pain. I couldn't move, let alone get dressed and take pictures The good thing about it though is that I wasn't tempted to go shopping this weekend!
Anyways, back to work today, a little slow and stiff, but starting to feel better. Thought I would try to keep my neck warm today, so I threw on a turtleneck sweater and a scarf for good measure. Straight-cut black jeans, a belt and my favorite low-heeled pumps and I was set to go.
I hear a lot that plus size women shouldn't wear skinny or slim straight cut jeans. I think that is a load of baloney! I'm a size 16 (short) and I think I look best in slim cuts. Because I'm a plus size rectangle (or brick, if you like), the straight and skinny cuts give me a little more curve and don't add bulk to my wide frame. If you are a pear or an hourglass you will need to be more careful about skinny jeans, but inverted triangles, rectangles and apples can look a lot slimmer in slim cut jeans. Just make sure the waist band fits and doesn't give you a muffin top.
Just ignore the painful look on my face! :)
