What I Wore Wednesday: Week 19

Joining at The Pleated Poppy

Since it was a holiday weekend I didn't take a lot of outfit photo's...not like I ever do but whatever.  

I got a little bored Sunday afternoon so I decided to go to Target and spend the gift card I got for Christmas.  

I ended up buying the cutest little military looking sweater for $11.  I was, also, very responsible and picked up a mattress cover since the one I have was trashed (the side lining rips so easily!) and I wanted to make sure I had something (extra) to protect the mattress foam topper (HEAVEN!) I have from cat barf.  I swear it never fails, if I put clean sheets & a fresh blanket on the bed one (if not more) of the cats goes and up chucks all over it.  It's rather annoying! I, also, grabbed Season 1 of Due South for $5.  Anyone remember that cop buddy TV show about the Mountie & Chicago   from the early/mid 90's?  Man, I loved that stupid little show!  Cute CANADIAN guy, goofy humor, beautiful Husky dog.  Yeah, it seem that my love for all things Canadian goes back a lot longer than I thought.

Tuesday:

Jacket/sweater: Mossimo, Target, $9.something 

Black tank: Mossimo, Target

Jeans: Old Navy, $10

Earrings: Target

Necklace: 

long: Target

short: tiny riveted initials via noisycricket , giveaway win

Ring: Target

Cat: Cyrus =)

Jacket/sweater: Mossimo, Target, $9.something 

Black tank: Mossimo, Target

Jeans: Old Navy, $10

Necklace: 

long: Target

short: tiny riveted initials via noisycricket , giveaway win

Ring: 

Thumb: Unknown...it's super old

Ring finger: Target.

Cat: Cyrus =)

Earrings: Target

Studs: Gift

Necklace: 

long: Target

short: tiny riveted initials via noisycricket , giveaway win

I love the military feel of the jacket/sweater

Earrings: Target

Studs: Gift

See the necklace is weird, right?

Ring: Target

Thumb ring: Gift

Nails: Christmas gift

Pointer: Says Believe, Kohl's 

Ring: Target, $10, ..it is from the same line of jewelry as the earrings & necklace.

 Shoes:

 Wednesday:

HEART SOUL Stripe Sleeveless Dress via 15dollarstore.com, Giveaway win

tank: Mossimo, Target

Tights: Target

Shoes: Madden Girl

Necklace: 

Bracelets:

Wooden: Cookie Lee

Pearls: Target

Please forgive the goofy chipmunk smile.

Cardigan: Merona, Target, $4.99

HEART SOUL Stripe Sleeveless Dress via 15dollarstore.com, Giveaway win

tank: Mossimo, Target

Tights: Target

Shoes: Madden Girl

Necklace: White Potato Pearl Bird's Nest Necklace from amula

White Potato Pearl Bird's Nest Necklace from  amula

Rings: 

Middle:White Pearl Bird's Nest Ring from  amula

Thumb: Old, gift

Bracelets:

Wooden: Cookie Lee

Pearls: Target

Earrings:

Pearls: Helzberg Diamonds, FREE

Studs: Gift

Shoes:  

Steve Madden

Starting the New Year off right

So far in 2012 I've done pretty good remembering my goals for the year.  Of course, it's only day 3 of 366 (it's a Leap Year!) so I'm thinking getting behind already would have taken a lot of effort.  


I had added a goal to my list but I finished it before I got a chance to actually go and add it.  It would have read... 


#8. Fix, toss or redesign all the broken jewelry I have piled in a bin to be seen to "someday".

Well "someday" turned into Sunday (1/1).  After reorganizing my closet & counting all my shoes (for goal #1) I remembered my little hidden "someday" bin (amongst my jewelry box) and got to work.


I'm actually wearing one of the necklaces I fixed today.  It broke right after I bought it (I think I only wore it once) and just never got around to fixing it.  It only needed a minor fix but I had an idea (Hello, CRAZY!) to rearrange it a bit because the layout was a bit off (Hello, OCD!).  After finishing a necklace I was making (as a gift) I realized I was over opening & closing little jewelry loops so I left it as it was and just fixed the broken loop it had.  As long as I just look at it in pieces & not as a big picture I'm fine with its odd layout (...well, almost).

It's off right?! The left has more ovals on it than the right.
Got it at Target.

For those of you who aren't friends with me on Facebook, Instagram (@kittykerri), or Twitter (@kitty_kerri) today I started on goal #1 and wore my first pair of shoes.

  

As you can see, I counted and I have 49 pairs of shoes.  7 of which are sneakers, 3 are boots, and I am not even counting my flip flops in there.  I have 19 pairs of flip flops.  That is a total of 68 pairs of things to go on my feet... sorry, I can't call flip flops shoes.  

Nineteen pairs of flips...that seems a little crazy to me but hey, I do live in Arizona.  We can pretty much wear flips year round here.  I have just as many flip flops that I don't wear regularly as I do shoes so maybe I need to do a different count when full flip flop weather comes around.

If I counted slippers I actually have 72 pairs of things that go on my feet.  That isn't really a good description is it?  Socks totally fit into that description.  Hum... oh well.  You know what I mean, right?  Right!

These shoes were probably the first pair of "spiked" heels I ever purchased (any heels I had prior were chunky). They were one of, if not, the first pair of heels I bought when I decided to start wearing heels regularly and I started going out a lot.  I commented on FB that if you licked them they'd probably taste like alcohol.  It was a joke but one that is probably true.  Those shoes saw more bar action that I ever thought I'd see.  They were perfect for me at the time.  Black with low heels and ankle straps, which made them pretty sturdy and easy to walk in.  They're Ellemenno's from Mervyn's if that tells you anything about how old they are.  

I've decided to retire them since they're pretty worn.  The toes are all scuffed up and there is a hole in the top lining of the left shoe.  I didn't realize how worn they really were until I put them on to wear to work today (seriously, its been forever since I've worn them).  It's sad but they've been well loved.  That just leaves room for a new pair of shoes, right?!

For anyone wondering what a closet full of 68 pairs of shoes looks like, here you go...

Shoes, shoes, shoes & flips.

I've learned to keep them in boxes for two reasons.  1. It's easier to store/move and 2. It keeps the cats from eating them.  It's always a sad day when I forget #2 and find a pair of flips, a strap or bow or some laces eaten.  

2012 Goals

I'm not one to make a New Years Resolution.  It's like if you tag something with that you never end up doing it.  At least, that's how it is in my world.  I'm not sure if it's too much pressure that comes with the name or if it ends up feeling too much like a chore under that name but it is definitely something.  I think the only New Years Resolution I've ever kept is the ones I've made to NOT make a New Years Resolution.  Somehow that one is super easy.  


After seeing everyone else's NYR's and goals for the New Year I started thinking of things I would like to do in 2012.  I guess I could safely put them under the term of goals but I'm a bit afraid of that word.  It's that damn pressure thing again.  I don't like someone telling me what I have to do.  They can ask and/or make suggestions  but when I am TOLD that I HAVE to do something I start to get prickly.  It's a quirk, I know but it's one I accept so it's okay, right?!  


So here is a list of things that have popped into my head in the last few days of what I'd LIKE to do in 2012.  If I don't get around to something or I don't totally finish it I will be totally okay with that and there will be no hurt feelings or disappointment.    


1. Wear each pair of shoes I have at least once.  
I have at least 5 pairs of shoes that I've never actually worn, many I've only worn once and numerous pairs that I have and haven't worn in years.  They're all shoes that I just can't put in the giveaway pile when I clean out my closet for some reason.  Last night I meant to count all the shoes I have so I have an idea of what I'm up against but I forgot.  I got distracted by trying on a couple of pairs with the new stuff I bought at Old Navy ({fuchsia} shirt $4.23 & {black} dress $11.23).  I'm not sure if I should count my flip flops in this goal or not. That raises the count considerably.
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2. Get rid of things I don't need or want but I've been holding onto for some reason.  
The shoes listed about do not count towards this goal.  Nor do useless things passed down through the family.  I will keep the box of gold imprinted non-usable drinking glasses my grandmother had till the day I die.
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3. Go on a date...AUGH!!
This is pretty self explanatory.  I've been on a no men sabbatical since my (last) break-up.  I'm tired of dating my iPhone & DVD player.  It's time to get over myself, my awkwardness, my distrust in men & my hatred dislike of first dates.
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4. Sew a 50's style dress.
This is pure insanity, I know.  I don't sew.  I don't even know how to.  I'm pretty sure the last thing I actually sewed was back in HomeEc in Jr. High/High School.  It was a cookie shaped pillow and it was pretty much a total EPIC fail.  Why so specific then, you ask?  Well, because of the patterns I found back in Oct.  I seriously love dresses like that, that type of cut is what looks best on me and it is something I WANT to sew so I'm willing to overlook my aversion to sewing.
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5. Finally get around to making myself the double sided no sew fleece blanket I've had the material for since last December.  
You know, I may have actually had the material for 2 years.  I either picked it up when I made one for Will (for his trailer) when he went to work out of town in New Mexico or I picked it up last December when I made one for Will's Mom for Christmas '10.  After making a double sided full (or queen) sized blanket for someone else as a gift it's hard to get up the gumption to make yourself a double sided full (or queen) sized blanket.  Just the thought makes my back ache.  I can, also, imagine the fun it will be with Remington around.  He's worse than Parker when it comes to messing with blankets you're trying to do something with.  I see hours of frustration with this one.
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6. Get new glasses.
It's time.  Way past time, actually.  I just hate having someone that up in my face, especially when they tell me depressing news.  I already know how bad my eyesight is...it sucks.  It's been so long that I can't remember what my vision used to be but it was negative triple digits.  I'm not blind but don't ask me to go into detail about what I see past the end of my nose without my glasses on.  Plus, my last experience was so horrible that I'd almost rather be blind than go through such an experience again.  It was a waste of money, time and patience. 
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7. Visit Bearizona.
As far as I know it's the only animal exhibit in AZ that I haven't visited yet.  I can't decide what would be cooler...going in Spring or Winter.  


Spring = babies (and pretty colors).

via

Winter = snow (but there may be less animals because of hibernation).  

via 

Guess I'll have to just go twice!

It's by no means expensive (entrance fees at least, the whole trip may be another story) but it's more of a logistics thing.  Better start working on my powers of persuasion since this isn't one of the things I can go do by myself, nor would I want to.


P.S. Both photo's make me want to go in for a snuggle.  Does that make me crazy??
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I'd really like to have an even number of goals (preferably 10) but its an OCD thing that I'm going to have to ignore because I can't think of anything else right now.

What I Wore Wednesday: Week 18

Joining at The Pleated Poppy

I feel like I should name this "In which I look like a bag lady..." but I won't.  When I was wearing it I didn't feel like a bag lady but it sorta looks that way to me now reviewing the photo's.  

It's quite possible I overlooked it because the (possibly irrational ??) paranoia of ending up with a whole in a unlady-like place in the seaming of my leggings was occupying my mind.  It's been years since I've worn leggings but I do believe I had the same paranoia back then too.  Is it just me or does anyone else share that fear when wearing leggings??  

I think it's connected to the paranoia of getting the back hem of your dress caught in your underwear or tights.  I'm always slightly consumed with that one when too. Ugh.

Is there a support group for something like that?

So am I bag lady chic or what?...

Cardigan: Forever 21

Plum/burgundy tank: Mossimo, Target,  $8

Black cami: Merona, Target

Leggings: Christmas present

Scarf: Target, I think. It's old.

Boots: Call It Spring® Kaune Scrunch Boot, gift

Necklace:  tiny riveted initials via noisycricket , giveaway win

Scarf: Target, I think. It's old.

Ring: Amethyst w/ Diamond Accent Sterling Silver

A gift from my niece, Elizabeth, & Travis for helping with the wedding.

I LOVE IT!!!

I accidentally got this shot & short of like it.  

What I Wore Wednesday: Week 17

Joining at The Pleated Poppy 

Here's what I would have worn had it not been raining when I walked out the door on Monday...

Dress: Mossimo, Target, $4.95

Cami: Merona, Target

Belt: Target, $3.24

Tights: Target, $4.00

Boots: Call It Spring® Kaune Scrunch Boo, JC Penny, Gift 

from my seester for helping out with my nieces wedding

Boots: Call It Spring® Kaune Scrunch Boot, JC Penny, Gift

Seriously LOVE them!

Cardi: Forever 21

Dress: Mossimo, Target, $4.95

Cami: Merona, Target

Belt: Target, $3.24...

I broke my no shopping rule to get this baby.

Tights: Target, $4.00

Boots: Call It Spring® Kaune Scrunch Boo, Gift 

Because it was raining and I didn't want to ruin my new prettypretty boots I changed.  What?!  I'd just got them the day before & so I'd only worn them once.  I'm going to be super nice to these puppies!

Tuesday it was still raining.  I was totally bumming but did manage to get dressed.  It's not my favorite outfit... 

Cardi: Mossimo, Target

Long sleeve T: Forever 21

Cardi: Merona, Target

Jeans: Mossimo, Target, $4.95

Shoes: Converse, Target, $6.95 I think from clearance last year

so they're totally okay to wear in the rain

Long necklace: Target, $4.95

Short necklace: tiny riveted initials via noisycricket , giveaway win

Long necklace: Target, $4.95

Short necklace: tiny riveted initials via noisycricket , giveaway win

Today I did a similar thing with a 3/4 sleeve cardigan over a long sleeve shirt, something I've never done before this week, and I actually liked today's effort...

Cardi: Mossimo, Target

Long sleeve T: Mossimo, Target, $4.95

Cami: Merona, Target

Jeans: Mossimo, Target, either $4.95 or $9.99 not sure which pair these are

Boots: Xhiliration, Target

Of course, I like the shirt & colors about a zillion times better.  I'm not a big fan of the the shirt I wore yesterday & grey is one of my favorite colors, so that could maybe be the reason.

Necklace: Cookie Lee

An oldie but it's one of my favorites.

Earrings: unknown they are sooo old

Middle finger ring: Kohl's

Thumb ring: ooold

Pointer ring: Kohl's, gift

Ring finger: Target, $10 

 Women's Xhilaration® Kainda Slouchy Heeled Boots - Grey

These boots are seriously a favorite of mine.  

I got them last year but they have them again this year.  

I totally want them in all the colors they have.  LOL. 

Sunshine Song - Jason Mraz

AMAZING!

(Long intro...singing starts at 1.36)

Holiday Wish List

I've been inspired by Shelly over at GS Lillian to compile a holiday wish list.  It's not entirely without it's rewards either, by doing so I'm entering a giveaway she's got going on.  Unfortunately, it ends tomorrow...I'm sorta late to the game. 

I was off for a total of 6 days last week.  I was out sick 2 days (food poisoning or the flu) and then there was the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Pretty much the worst 6 days EVER (except for the eating of all the turkey & yummy food).  By Monday I was looking forward to actually going to work.  Crazy, but true.

This week has all been about catching up.  Not much fun going on.  Although, I did get to go to a Pampered Chef party Tuesday night, and now I'm doing this so I guess it hasn't been a total bust. 

My wish list(s) are of things I wish I could have put on my Christmas list but didn't because we're going low key this year.  I tried to go as low key as "don't get me anything" but Santa is sorta stubborn about his job so I threw out gift cards to some places.

Since I couldn't pick just one "must have" item from GS Lillian I just made a separate wish list for GS Lillian jewelry.  I mean, have you seen her stuff?  How do you not want one of everything in ever color?!  If I had made a real Christmas list a GS Lillian necklace would have definitely been on it.

My GSLillian Holiday Wish List by kittykerri featuring gingers jewelry

Holiday Wish List by kittykerri featuring black cocktail dresses