I do Colors

The weather was gorgeous yesterday. I couldn't resist the urge to wear a skirt and my new boots. LOVE em, because they're surprisingly comfortable. I didn't feel like switching out purses because that's how i end up getting locked out of the office...or my house...or my car..lol. Plus i'm all about random splashes of color.








skirt-anthro, Express dress worn as shirt, belt-f21, purse-thrifted, boots-UrbanOg

Smell the Roses

I feel pretty, oh so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and bright
And i pity,
anyone that isn't me toniiiiiiiiighht!

That song is stuck. I think its the skirt...i'm feeling incredibly random so bare with me. I think i'll go rent west-side story. And sing along...feel free to join in.lol
I'm wearing one of the skirts i altered. It was below knee length to begin with, i hemmed it and today hiked it up a bit.


shirt and bag-target , skirt-thrifted and self altered, shoes-nine west

photocredits go to the Nimsta!!

Black And Navy

I 've gone so long without wearing navy, and now it seems like for the past few days, most of my outfits consist of it in some way. Today, I'm wearing black and navy, so its almost an all-black monday ensemble, but not quite. I've wanted to try the black-navy blue combination for a while but i was kind of hesitant at first because black and navy are such dark hues especially when worn together. But with the red highlights, i like how it turned out.

Shirt-( dress)-Express, Skirt-Next, Shoes-Joey O
Photocredits go to the Manfriend!!!

The Story of A Skirt

I 'm always excited when i wear clothes with a bit of a history to them. The foundation piece for my outfit today was my mother's skirt. She wore when she was just a girl, during her college years. I remember when i first saw the picture of my mom in the skirt, i had to be about 7 or 8 and living in Nigeria. I remember telling her that i wanted to wear the skirt when i became a "big girl" and she of course humored me and said yes.
During our big move to the States, we had to leave in a hurry so we ended up leaving a lot of things like pictures behind...grr for the pictures, you don't realize how important things like pictures are until you have no pics of your childhood before the age of 9..ok i have maybe i have 5 pictures of myself @the age of 7, but i have no baby pics and very few pics of my parents in their younger days.
I digress. The point is when we moved to the states, i didn't think my mom remembered to bring the skirt along. When i turned 15 or 16, my mom was going thru her closet one day and called me aside and asked me if i remember the skirt. Of course i did, and to my delight, she brought the skirt and true to her word, kept it for me. I wear often, but its mostly a part of my fall and winter wardrobe.
This is what i wore:
Black Shirt (Target)
Skirt ( Vintage ?)
Brown Boots ( Charlotte Russe)
Necklace (Thrifted)
Faux Leather Jacket ( Dots)

***By the way, i 've seen so many bloggers hem their clothing w/ great outcome and i'm wondering if i should hem it and make it a bit shorter, kinda modernize it a bit, what do you guys think? ***

Photo credits go to my sis Nimsa!