I've been dying to wear this jacket and this skirt for a very long time and decided today was the day I was going to wear both. I went out to dinner with my in-laws...I had a really great time, mainly because I really enjoy their company a lot. I'm very lucky to have great in-laws.

Jacket--Calvin Klein
shirt--White House/Black Market (remix)
skirt--Carlisle
shoes--Nordstroms

Went to go eat Chinese food in China town for dinner. Didn't take the full week of photo's because honestly I wore the same thing but in different colors...(red, blue) wanted to pack light, so I did my travel wardrobe capsule.

Tunics--Red, Blue, Purple, Teal---Pink Rose
Grey pumps--Joey
brown/peach dress--Ann Taylor
leggings--Mossimo & Old Navy
both Grey and Brown leather jackets--Chadwicks

You've Got Mail

I'm on my blackberry all the time--I heart my blackberry very much. I have a trade show tomorrow, so I kept getting e-mail after e-mail because I haven't received the items I needed to display yet for tomorrow, so I ended up taking a picture with my blackberry at work...Luckily the items arrived later that day, but I need to put in some late hours tonight to make sure I have everything that I need for the show.

I don't usually carry purses with me since I normally carry a laptop bag but I thought this purse would look great with this outfit so I took it out of its dust bag. Plus my hubby bought me some Nike+ Air running shoes since my other ones were falling apart, I hope I get better soon (still have a cough) because I want to really break them in.

pants--NY&CO (remix)
silk ruffle tank--Old Navy (remix)
white jacket--Old Navy (remix)
shoes--Avon (remix)
purse--Louis Vuitton

Still a little sick

Thank you so much for the Get Well wishes, the truth is I'm still sick and have been living on Thermaflu for the past 3 days. You would never know it by the pictures but today is the first day I'm feeling much better.

I went to go see clients plus attend a business dinner last night, in which the topic was about the economy. They claim its been stable with a rise of 3% growth, not sure how much I believe that--especially when I have friends that can't find a job, but let's just hope.

Dress-Banana Republic
jacket--Calvin Klein (remix)
shoes--Ralph Lauren (remix)
belt---Calvin Klein (remix)

Happy Monday!

I had to go into the Corporate office today, so I wanted to steal this look from the recent white house/black market catalog. Wish I had those shoes, but you work with what you got!

Cami--Banana Republic (remix)
Skirt-Calvin Klein (remix)
shoes--Dolce & Gabbana (remix)
sweater--Cyrus
Belt--Calvin Klein (remix)
flower--via Michaels

for those of you that sent me your entry, I didn't forget--I'll try to get to them soon...promise.

Wardrobe Capsule--Day 5

Can I just say FINALLY!!!!! I'm so glad this is over...
I literally wanted to give up many times over, but I stuck with it. Not sure if I'll do it again, but it was a good experience.

pants--Gap (remix)
vest--Merona (remix)
shirt-The Limited (remix)
shoes--Xileration (remix)
jacket--Old Navy (remix)

Wardrobe Capsule--Day 4

As much as I love the experience, I can't wait until this is over, I really do like my shoes and I enjoy wearing a different pair every day, so sticking to two pairs is actually depressing me...LOL.

I was told I look very christmassy--that's what happens when you can only wear a few items...LOL
Happy blogging all!

pants--Gap (remix)
shoes--BCBG paris (remix)
shirt-Banana Republic (remix)
sweater--Mossimo (remix)
Belt--Mossimo (remix)

Wardrobe Capsule--Day 3

Doing this wardrobe challenge proves to me that I don't need anymore clothes. Its seems I can go a week with the same 2 pants, 1 dress, 2 shirts, 1 vest, 1 sweater and 1 jacket plus 2 shoes and 5 accessories. I'm pretty amazed at myself that I could do this, because its a lot easier than I thought.

Dress-Tommy Bahama (remix)
tights--Simply Vera by Vera Wang
shoes--BCBC Paris (remix)
sweater--Mossimo (remix)
scarf--via Loemann's (remix)
necklace--fresh water pearls (remix)
earrings--onyx

So far I have two takers on my challenge-giveaway let me know if you want to participate too! Thanks again for stopping by :)

Wardrobe Capsule--Day 2

I really do believe mixing and matching is an art, something I'm not really good at yet...but I'm really impressed by the ladies that can mix in more color and print...simply amazing.

pants--Ann Taylor (remix)
Shoes--BCBC paris (remix)
vest--Merona (remix)
shirt--Banana Republic (remix)
jacket--Old Navy (remix)

wardrobe capsule--Day 1

So today is my first day of the wardrobe capsule, I rolled up the sleeves and put on some pattern tights for some interest. I wish I added a bit of color, but hopefully next time.

Stripe shirt--The limited
black sheath dress--Tommy Bahama (remix)
belt--Calvin Klein (remix)
earrings--black onyx (remix)
shoes--xileration (remix)

I'm crossing my fingers or at least hoping stocking/tights are considered undergarments. If not, then I already lost...LOL

tights--Merona Collection (remix)

My first capsule collection

Thank you The small fabric of my life for starting up this challenge. This is my first capsule and it made me realize a few things:

1) I noticed none of my items that I picked are designer, which leads me to believe that I don't have to spend a lot of money to have a week's worth of clothes.
2) This will cut down on the amount of items I pack when I travel for a business trip.
3) Its seems all the items I own are work outfits.
4) I have a lot of black...LOL

I have few trips coming up that I will be gone for a whole week, I'm very excited to see how well this works out. The weather report says its going to be 56-65 degrees which in So. Cal its on the cold side, plus its going to rain on Thursday and possibly Wednesday, so wish me luck I'll be warm enough.

So here is my capsule collection:

1. jacket--Old Navy (remix)
2. pink long sleeve shirt--Banana Republic (remix)
3. black striped long sleeve shirt--The Limited
4. black sheath dress--Tommy Bahama (remix)
5. green wrap sweater--Mossimo (remix)
6. checker vest--Merona (remix)
7. gray pants--Ann Taylor (remix)
8. black pinstripe pants-- Banana Republic (remix)
9. black booties--BCBG Paris (remix)
10. black Mary Jane pumps--Xileration (remix)

Accessories:
1. black onyx earrings (remix)
2. fresh water pearl necklace (remix)
3. black patent belt--Calvin Klein (remix)
4. faux snake skin belt--Mossimo (remix)
5. black/gray scarf--purchased at Loehman's

same look different color

I think this is a better version of what I was trying to do a couple of days ago. See here for the original look.

let me know if you want to participate in my challenge-giveaway.

Shirt--Banana Republic
Sweater--Merona (remix)
skirt-Alani (remix)
shoes--Mossimo (remix)

The challenge--Giveaway

Next week is the wardrobe capsule challenge (I still need to send over my items) but after that I'm doing a giveaway challenge.

I want bloggers to send me pictures of outfits I can copy, if I can't do it or won't do it I'll be happy to give you a $10 gift card to pretty much any store (as long as the store has a location in So. California) I would probably want to create rules like:

1) I can only use items that are in my closet ***NO SHOPPING***
2) they literally have to look similar (see above picture)
3) it must be an outfit you have already or will blog (in other words you must have worn it all day or night)
4) you must be a follower
5) you must leave me a post to let me know your participating, so I may look out for your e-mail.

So...do you want to challenge me and get a chance to win a gift card? two entries max. I'll send you a confirmation that I got your e-mail, if you do not get a response from me right away, I'm probably traveling or I just plain didn't get it, but you will get a confirmation.

my e-mail address is reb562 at yahoo dot com

Pants--Calvin Klein (remix)
shirt--Isaac Mizrahi for Target
sweater--Merona (remix)
shoes--Apostrophe (remix)
Cami--Chadwicks (remix)

Becky week

Keeping up with my inspiration week, this week we have Becky from Gilding the Frilly I love her killer shoes and even though I do own similar color heels, I felt this skirt was to short that I needed to convert to flats in order to not make the skirt any shorter.

My favorite part of this outfit is the color combo...turquoise, camel, yellow and purple...wow who would have thought--talk about a match made in heaven.

Shoes--Christian Siriano for payless (remix)
shirt--Merona
sweater--Merona (remix)
skirt--Banana Republic (remix)

check out Gilding the Frilly for her labels.

Jacket instead of Sweater

Sweaters and I really don't get along very well, I wish the sweaters draped on me as lovely as Fab Finds Under $50, but jackets are more my friends.

Tomorrow I have a wedding reception and my high school reunion, so there are a few outfits I have in mind. Hopefully the rain storm that the weather man is predicting isn't going to spoil my choices.

pants--Calvin Klein (remix)
Shoes--Calvin Klein (remix)
Shirt--Old Navy (remix)
vest--Jones New York
Velvet Jacket--Gap (remix)

The Chair

I wanted to show you the chair I had re-done for my husband for Valentine's Day. This was his great grandmother's chair and sadly it was broken and taking up space in the garage, now its in the living room matching the rest of my furniture :)

Another Kimberly inspired look....

jacket--Calvin Klein
shoes & Belt--Calvin Klein (remix)
shirt--Banana Republic (remix)
pants--Ann Taylor (remix)

Kimberly week

I decided that instead of getting my inspiration from magazines or TV, I'm going to get my inspiration or duplicate look from other bloggers. This week I am calling it Kimberly week from Fab Finds Under $50 we have similar items and thought it would be neat to be Kimberly for a week :)

Don't worry, If I follow your blog you might be next weeks blogger inspiration ;) just let me know if you do not want me to use your photos, and I'll be happy to ask some other blogger for inspirational help.

I also plan to participate in The small Fabric of my life wardrobe capsule during March 1st, if any of you have seen my closet ---> check the label 'closet' for a quick peak, you'll know this will probably be a tough challenge for me, but since it will all be work related, I might be able to pull it off. Let's just hope the weather doesn't change on me like it did today...from 65 degrees to a hot 85 today.

I traveled to Sacramento yesterday and arrived this morning, so I have posted two pictures. I did forget my stockings for the red dress and felt kind of 'neckid' but overall I didn't think I did to bad. More to come....

Monday:
Dress-Banana Republic (remix)
Vest--Utility (remix)
Shoes--BCBG paris
Scarf--Coach

Tuesday:
T-shirt--Mossimo
Jacket--Mossimo (remix)
Belt--Mossimo (remix)
pants--NY&Co (remix)
shoes--BCBG paris (remix)

Check out Fab Finds Under $50 for her labels...Thanks!