Day 3 - Purple

Last night I asked Eric (my husband) to pick a color and he said purple.  Then he changed his mind and said teal to get it out of the way.  He hates me wearing teal and I have no idea why!  But when he said purple I instantly thought of my purple pants and that is how I started this outfit.  I am wearing all Express from this season. Although I still haven't quite figured out the correct lighting its hard to tell but my pants are purple and sweater metallic black. I love Express's pants/jeans that are labeled Extreme Stretch.  The ones I am wearing are called Stella Extreme Stretch Colored Jean Legging. I am only 5'3 so I have to get all my pants in the "Short" length so I don't need to alter them.  Express only makes some of their pants/jeans in Short and only certain colors.  And the stores do not carry many Short lengths so you have to order them online.  The majority of my pants are from Express, heck the majority of my wardrobe is from that store so you'll be seeing a lot of it!  And I probably have this sweater in at least 5 colors because I liked how it fit.  So you'll be seeing more of these too :)  The flats I am wearing I purchased at Loehmann's last season.  The brand is "Wanted" which I feel like I've seen in Joyce Leslie before lol.  But these are my go to black flats so you'll be seeing a lot of these this fall/winter until I can break out my sandals! And I am wearing my wedding gift from Eric for the first time!  It's my new monogram and I love it so had to share a photo!  

P.S. - welcome Niko my dog to my blog for the first time.  Every time I set up the timer on my camera I have to literally kick him out of the photo.  He's been watching me take pictures over and over the past couple mornings so he's looking at me like what the heck are you doing?  I'm sure he'll sneak into many more throughout this quest!

Day 2 - Back to work!

I’ve been off from work for quite a while with the holidays and my wedding so it was really hard to get up this morning and I’m sure many of you are feeling the same way!  What to wear on my first day back to work as a married woman?  I have been working for a company called Synovate for the past 7 ½ years and last year at this time we got bought by a company called Ipsos.  At Synovate the attire was very business casual.  In the winter I’d wear jeans and Uggs and in the summer it was capris and flip flops.  I was also working from home a few days a week since my commute to my office in Mahwah was so far so I’d be wearing my pajamas all day!  When we got acquired, Ipsos had an office in Parsippany that is 10 minutes from my home so I instantly requested an office move.  Little did I know this office was a dress pants type of office with very few wearing jeans (except on Fridays but I work at home on Fridays anyway).  So I was pretty bummed I couldn’t dress more comfortably but was also excited to shop for a new wardrobe!  I’ve been working at this office for a good part of 2012 and started off by only wearing dress pants but have been slowly wearing jeans on some days and no one says anything to me so I’m just going to keep doing it.  So some days I’ll be in outfits like today and others will be jeans (and Friday’s will be pajamas)!  Today I am wearing Christie Fit khaki pants from Victoria’s Secret with a white long sleeve ruched top from Forever 21.  Shoes are two-toned patent leather 4-inch heels from Aldo and I’m wearing a necklace from The Limited.

P.S. - Working on the lighting on my camera moving forward!

Day 1 - Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  So this is Day 1 of my quest to not purchase any new clothing or shoes and wear a different outfit every day of the year!  Today I am going over to my sister and brother-in-law's to celebrate New Year's Day with my family so I decided to wear the top my Mom bought me for Christmas (she obviously loves seeing me in the clothes she buys me especially when I like them :) ) The top is BCBG - brand new tags still on it. I wasn't sure I was going to like it because it looked very long before I tried it on but it's a keeper!   Skinny jeans are from Express sometime last season.  And shoes are from Guess that I've had for a very long time and just got back from the shoe maker with new heels!  Accessories include a gold chain I found with my jewelery that I don't even think is a necklace. Gold stud earrings and a gold bracelet also found in the container of jewelry (I hardly ever wear gold so didn't have much of a selection).  The only gripe about the outfit is how almost off the shoulder the shirt is so this calls for wearing a strapless bra which most women would agree are very uncomfortable!

Wish me luck!