Long Brown Coat + Brown Accessories and How to stay happy while social distancing

             Ħappy Monday Friends. It's another week, another Monday and where do I even begin? The world is at a different place and history is happening right in front of our eyes; very bad history. The Coronavirus Pandemic is like a Hollywood horror movie happening right before our eyes. There would have been so much excitement about spring right now and everyone trying to enjoy the outdoors because we all have been hibernating in the winter time but we cannot do that; we cannot run around outdoors enjoying the warmer weather. Everyone has to do some social distancing at this time to stop the spread of  this virus and flatten the curve and with this, I say happy Monday again.

                                                                      Coat        Tee       Bag

No Brainer

Top: T. J. Maxx
Pants: Loft
Sandals: Victoriassecret

 Well, Summer is almost over **sniff! sniff!!** and I do not know if I have really enjoyed every minute of it so far to my greatest satisfaction but what I do know is that God has been so good to me and I give him thanks for everything including the highlights and low lights; he is still God no matter what. So far, one of my highlights was finding out that we've been blessed with a little one. Hubby and I just love kids and knowing that we have room, means and enough love and grace for one more, we are happy and excited. Then one of my "low-low" low lights of the summer was waking up with a pink eye one morning! Oh Gosh!! The worst and most embarrassing beauty and fashion ill that can ever happen to any one! I spent hours in the bathroom just staring at the mirror and dabbing at my puffy eyes, washed and sanitized my hands the whole day; wore dark sunglasses in the house the whole time and voluntarily put myself on quarantine. I do not know how on earth I got it because I'm always very careful but I promised myself it will never, never happen to me again. **aarrggh**

So, I put on one of my new summer sandals to go with a simple casual outfit; a black top and red denim pant. For some reason, whenever I put on the color red, I'm always looking for an animal print accessory to go with it.  For this simple black and red outfit, this black and white animal print sandals were no brainer. Thanks so much for reading and have a beautiful and blessed day.

 

 

 

Beauty Ojo

 

 

I Thessalonians 5: 16-18

 

Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all things; for this is the will of God in  Christ Jesus. for you.

Sunday Outing

 

 

It's been raining on and off for the past few days in the twin cities and it's drizzling right now and the weather forecast says there is going to be more rain tomorrow too. My heart goes out to all those that were affected by the tornado in Oklahoma and I pray for a speedy recovery from that storm. 

 

Over here in MN, the weather was nice for a few hours on Sunday and after Church Service, we decided to stop by to grab some pizza for the kids. I had on a grey sheath dress and black blazer; very simple look which I brightened with some turquoise earrings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hubby and our little angels..

Dress: T. J. Maxx
Jacket: Old
Shoes: Zigisoho via DSW
Earrings: Fashion Bug



Hope everyone is having a nice week so far. Thanks so much for stopping by.


**Kisses**


Beauty Ojo

My Black and White- One

Hi all, I took a few days off from the Blog world and it seems like an eternity. Social networking is definitely addictive!...:) I want to say thanks to all the lovely friends that stopped by my last post to say hi and share their thoughts and comments.  I would be stopping by your blogs very soon to say hi too.

This is my first black and white outfit for the year and since I have several combinations of this colors in my closet, I will just style and tag them in numbers as I go. This sweater and pants combination I wore to see a friend a few weeks ago is my number one. I decided to throw in the wine satin pumps to break the look and with a few accessories, the outfit was complete.


 Do you guys know that it snowed in Minneapolis, Minnesota this morning, May 3rd? We had about one and a half inches of snow on the ground which melted in a few hours; thanks to the slightly warm temperature. The temps. were in the seventies last weekend and now we are back to the forties. Certainly, a roller coaster kind of weather.

Sweater: Deb Stores
White long-sleeved tee: Victoria's secret
Satin Pumps (Old): Victoria's secret
Purse and bracelets: Aldo


Have a fun and safe weekend and God bless.



Beauty Ojo
 

Versatile...

Hi beautiful people, I'm back to say hi to every one in Blogs ville. Everything is starting to get back to normal here weather wise. I called the title of this post "Versatile" because I have on a very versatile outfit and also, I'm responding to the Versatile blogger Award nomination I got from Sasha D of magic in a cup cake. (click on the link to check out the nomination) I want to say thanks for the nomination and I apologize for the delay in getting to it. I like blogger's nomination tags because it's fun answering all those questions and coming up with questions too for others who get tagged in return. I got the Liebster Award nomination a few months ago and you can check out the post here and the conclusion here.

So, here are the rules..

• Thank the person who nominated you.
• Include a link to their blog
• Select 15 new blog/blogger you've recently discovered or follow regularly.
• Nominate those bloggers for a Versatile Blogger Award, leave a link to their page and a comment on their latest post to let them know they've been nominated.
• Tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

Here are seven fun facts about me:

1. The one beauty product I absolutely cannot do without is the chap stick.

2. I love colorful shoes and shoes in general.

3. I love, love dresses! I wear pants and skirts just because I want to have a versatile look; ha! ha!

4. I love Art; writing, drawing, painting, photography and any kind of creative design.

5. I enjoy my own company a lot and would sometimes choose to be left alone because I'm able to recharge, meditate and do a lot of creative thinking when I'm alone.

6. I do not like noisy environment and I absolutely cannot stand loud music of any kind.

7. I am always looking for fun, interesting and creative ways to share my Christian faith with others.


* I am supposed to nominate fifteen other bloggers and tag them for this award however, most of the bloggers I visited  have the Versatile bloggers award on their blogs already. So, I'm just going to tag anyone who leaves a comment on this posting. IF YOU LEAVE A COMMENT HERE, YOU HAVE BEEN TAGGED!!...:)

There you have it..:) I'm not such a complicated person, right?..:) Now, let's talk about this awesome versatile sweater dress I purchased from Victorias secret a while ago. If you have read a lot of my blog postings you will know that I do love Victoriassecret store a lot and that is because it is a "one-stop-shop." They have clothing, (for work, casual, play, gym, outerwear) shoes, beauty, intimates, swim and other fashion accessories all at once. And if you are a mummy like me who manages three kids, a husband, a job and school, you'll appreciate a "versatile store" like this...ha! ha! again!!...:)

Have you noticed that the neckline of this sweater dress can be worn in three ways? As a turtle neck, a hood and off the shoulders...tra.laa...

Watch out for my boots below!

Snowed In...

It is April 19th and it's officially Spring but we just just got done cleaning up after another snow storm. It started yesterday afternoon and led to a lot of school closures and went on all through the night and ended in the early hours of this morning. I had a torturous drive from work yesterday as my usual forty minutes drive turned to one hour and forty-five minutes. There were lots of crashes related to the storm too and I just pray for all those that were involved. At this time everyone is just tired and some people are a little frustrated; snow lovers that we are! You have to love snow to live in Minnesota...:) We were just recovering from the storm that we had last week when we got hit by this one. Although the snow is over but it is very windy and the wind is blowing snow flakes all around. Also, thankfully, the temperature is in the upper thirties and relatively bearable.

Stepping out of the house; the poster behind me on the glass is the one we used for a church convention a while back. Do you see one of my kids peeping at me from behind the glass panel in the door?..:) Hubby got up early to clean the sidewalk and the driveway and this constant plowing of snow is what everyone in my neck of the woods has been dealing with for months. We are supposed to be enjoying the spring weather by now but it seems we are just going to go from the winter season into summer. I remember a couple of years ago

Wooden Heel

These photos; photos??? Do we still use the word photo?...:) Okay, these pictures were taken last week after two days of weather precipitation which totally caught us off guard. I am wearing a brown long sleeve tee with a brown faux fur vest and skinny jeans. The main focus of this outfit is the shoes and that is what I want to talk about in this post hence I named it "Wooden."

This shoes were my first pair of red shoes (and I think I own about nine pairs of red shoes right now or thereabout) I bought it from Victoriassecret on line and it was the heels rather than the color that drew me to it the first time I saw it. The wooden heels give a glamorous look to the red and I wish I had gotten them in black color too. You might be wondering why I chose to wear this shoes on snow  and the fact is that this shoes are actually made for tough weather like this. The weather wasn't too cold too and I never really went any where. So, let's say these pictures were taken for dramatization purposes only...:)

Our tough Minnesota winter which has several precipitation ranging from snow to sleet to ice is very tough on car tires, roads, sidewalks and also shoe soles and heels. The de-icing salt that we put on the driveways and sidewalks are also very hard on shoes and make them wear out easily. For this reason, I save most of my other shoes in the winter time and opt out for this whenever I need to wear pumps. The thick heels are very sturdy on slippery surfaces and the wooden heels along with the entire surface of the shoes can be wiped out with a soft piece of cloth. They also dry out easily and after wearing them on a day like this, I just wipe them and leave them in the bathroom overnight and the next morning, they are dry and shiny and ready for another show...:)

Pleats Deal

Pleats! Pleats!! Pleats!!!

 

So timeless and classic; this trend has indeed come to stay. The pleats fabric can be used to make just about any style; pants, skirts, dresses. Also I love that they come in fun yummy colors. I was in the fabric store the other day and went to the pleats section and I was just drooling over all the lovely colors. I couldn't help going away with yards of pleats fabric and I would give my seamstress a call soon. I have a few pieces in my closet already and the recent addition is the green high low skirt below I purchased from venus.com.

 

 

I do not know what to do with my pleats fabric yet but I'm a little tempted to make dresses and pants since I do not have any pleats pants or dresses. The fabulous dresses below retail for $128 at Victoriassecret.com.

 

For now, I'm just content drooling over the yummy, colorful yards of fabric in my closet and seriously thinking of taking some sewing classes soon. I can't wait to start making my own clothes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credits: Victorias secret.com, Venus.com, Metrostyle.com

 

 

 

Beauty Ojo

 

Color and Style Inspiration Board 2013

 

The Color and Style Inspiration Board is a new feature and one that I intend to have on this blog every year. I know a lot of fashion bloggers and stylists do have fashion styling and inspiration boards which they work with but I never had one until now. If there are looks I love that I have seen somewhere else or thought of, I usually used to memorise or commit it to memory for future use. However, it has come to my attention, that my brain needs some extra support...:) hence my decision to set up a style board.


The way I have set out to do this is simple; rather than spend countless hours on the web browsing popular sites like pinterest for fashion trends, I just look at those catalogues that come in the mail. I do a lot of online shopping and usually get catalogues sent to my address from my popular stores. Most of those magazines used to end up in the recycling bin without my even turning a page. These days, I just keep them right by the kitchen counter and when I'm in the kitchen waiting for something to sizzle or in the dinning room waiting to clean up after the kids, I just pull out the magazines and flip the pages. I rip out anything that catches my eye and save them in a pile before tossing the rest of the catalogue in the recycle bin.


The next step was going online to view these items with a critical eye on the prize and trying to see if I can play the waiting game hoping that the items go on sale or to just order them right away when I know they'll sell out quickly. So there it goes! These are the styles and color combination I am hoping and willing to try out these summer and I will add any new item that catches my eye to the list. Another fun and creative way to shop.









This animal print shirt from victoriassecret.com retails for $98 and I am waiting on this one.

While I wait on these items from my favorite stores to go on sale, I can ocassionally browse other stores to see if they have similar items at a lower price. Although I saw several other animal print tops at a lower price in some other stores, majority of them were of low quality; the prints too large or the fabric too sheer. So, this victorias secret blouse might end up being the one but I hope it does not sell out while I play the waiting game.

 

 

 

I am loving the above blue color looks from metrostyle.com and I might not have to order anything to achieve these looks. I am inspired by the styles and the colors. So, if I can get pieces in my closet to achieve the color inspiration, then I'll put them together to achieve the above looks. They are definitely fun looks for the Summer!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do not have a jumpsuit and have never tried this look but I'm thinking of giving it a try this summer. This jumpsuit is on sale right now at $86.40 at victoriassecret.com. The original price was $108. If I change my mind about doing the jumpsuit look, I can do all black with black and white print shoes. So, this is also a style inspiration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For these other looks below, I just like the color blocking and color combinations and I'm inspired to try out the combination of colors rather than shopping for the individual pieces. The pictures are from Metrostyle or victoriassecret.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love love polka dots! This look is effortless and has been done a thousand times over. Just throw a polka dot top in with anything and Viola!

 

 

 

 

 

Animal print skirt from victoriassecret.com: $59.50





There you have it; my color and inspiration board. I will constantly update it and add anything that catches my fancy to it over the summer months.


Beauty Ojo