Author Archives: Lauren B.

OOTD – GYPO Style Challenge Quick Post

I’m doing a really quick post today because my camera broke this evening and I wasn’t able to get a ton of pictures taken…The timing couldn’t be worse, because we’re going to France and Belgium Friday and were counting on my camera for all the picture taking!! 😦

I’ll come back again tomorrow to edit this post further and provide shopping information and links to similar items, but here is the outfit I put on for today:

GYPO Outfit

Be sure to check out my mom’s blog – http://onceuponatimehappilyeverafter.com/ – for more of her GYPO Challenge outfits.  For more OOTD’s inspired by the Style Challenge, check out these great blogs:

Spring style me challenge pic

Shoes to Shiraz | R Squared | Two Teens and Their Mama |
Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy | A Lovely Little Wardrobe |
Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life | Puppies and Pretties | Daily Style Finds |
Making the Most of Everyday | She Thought She Could | Foxy’s Domestic Side |
Quilty Joy Joy | Curls and Cardigans | Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After |
My Running Stitches | From Plaid to Pearls | Stashed Blog | X-tremely V |
 A Little Bit of Cheer | Nick and Nik

Take care,

Lauren

OOTDs – Spring GYPO Style Challenge Days 4 and 6

I’m running a bit behind with my outfits for the Spring GYPO Style Challenge, but I didn’t want to skipover these 2 outfits because they’re just so cute!  My mom, the blogger behind onceuponatimehappilyeverafter.com, visited this weekend and we had a full day of girl time on Saturday.  We spent the day blogging in the morning, going shopping in the afternoon at Target, Old Navy and Charming Charlie’s, working out in the gym in the early evening, taking pictures of our outfits for our blogs, followed by more blogging while watching one of our favorite movies, Midnight in Paris.  It was a lot of fun; I can’t wait until we’re both living in the same city again.  Here we are playing “Fashion Haus”, as my niece would say:

Fashion HausI wasn’t entirely sure how to style Day 4’s outfit, but this is what I came up with.  I exchanged the recommended white tank with a red tank and chose studs over hoop earrings.  I think the shoes are really the stars of this outfit.

Day 4 Outfit

Chambray Shirt from Target (old).  Similar here:

Chambray Top

1st – Medium Wash Fitted Denim Shirt Express

2nd – AEO Western Button Down Shirt American Eagle

3rd – Button-Down Denim Shirt Forever 21

Tank top from Target (old).  Similar here:

Coral Red Tanks

1st – Women’s Layering Tank – Mossimo Target

2nd – Long & Lean Tank – Mossimo Supply Co. Target

3rd – Women’s Perfect Tanks Old Navy

Jeggings from Levi’s:

Levi's Jegging

535™ Leggings in Canal

Shoes from Payless:

Floral Payless Flats

DexFlex Comfort Women’s Claire Scrunch Flat 

Necklace from Target (old).  Similar here:

Blue Beaded Necklace

1st – Women’s Necklace and Earring Set with Rubber Coated Beads – Silver/Blue (18″) Target

2nd – Navy Blue Bold Beaded Strands Fashion Necklace and Gold Cuff Fashion Bracelet Set Wal-Mart

3rd – Checkered Romance Necklace Set Charming Charlie

Earrings from Charming Charlie:

Charming Charlie Earrings

Overboard Earring Set in Gold Burnished

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I REALLY liked Day 6’s outfit.  A LOT.  It just looks so sunny and happy, don’t you think?  I know the mint/teal necklace and watch don’t match any of the colors in the cardigan, but they just seem to go together for some reason…they add a subtle pop of color and make the outfit a bit more interesting to look at.  The squid earrings and bunny watch add just the right amount of quirkiness to the outfit.

ModCloth Striped Cardi Day 6

Cardigan from ModCloth:

Froyo Cardigan

Charter School Cardigan in Froyo

T-Shirt from Target:

Grey Tshirt Target

Short Sleeve V Tee – Mossimo Supply Co.

White Jeans from Levi’s:

White Jeans

Mid Rise Skinny Jeans

Necklace from Charming Charlie (old).  Similar here:

Pendant Necklaces

Top – Blue Druzy Agate Pendant Necklace with 24k Gold Plated Chain Etsy

Bottom Left – Happy Harmony Necklace ModCloth

Bottom Center – Simply Spirited Necklace ModCloth

Bottom Right – Geo Glamour Necklace ModCloth

Earrings from Charming Charlie:

Charming Charlie Earrings

Overboard Earring Set in Gold Burnished

Watch from Charming Charlie:

Bunny watch

Glamorous Bunny Watch

Purse from Target (old).  Similar here:

Yellow Purses

1st – LELIS Handbag Aldo

2nd – Women’s Satchel Handbag with Turnlock Pocket Target

3rd – Nyssa Convertible Satchel Charming Charlie

4th – ANAKARDO Handbag Aldo

Sandals from Target (old).  Similar here:

 sandals

1st – Lilly Pulitzer for Target Women’s Gold Sandals – Starfish Target

2nd – Women’s Haley Metallic Bow Sandals Target

3rd – Lilly Pulitzer for Target Women’s Gold Sandals – Pineapple Target

Be sure to check out my mom’s blog – http://onceuponatimehappilyeverafter.com/ – for more of her GYPO Challenge outfits.  For more OOTD’s inspired by the Style Challenge, check out these great blogs:

Spring style me challenge pic

Shoes to Shiraz | R Squared | Two Teens and Their Mama |
 Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy | A Lovely Little Wardrobe |
 Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life | Puppies and Pretties | Daily Style Finds |
 Making the Most of Everyday | She Thought She Could | Foxy’s Domestic Side |
 Quilty Joy Joy | Curls and Cardigans | Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After |
 My Running Stitches | From Plaid to Pearls | Stashed Blog | X-tremely V |
  A Little Bit of Cheer | Nick and Nik

OOTDs – Spring GYPO Style Challenge Days 2 and 3

I’m mixing patterns again! This is my outfit for the second day of the Get Your Pretty On Spring Style Challenge.  You can learn more about the challenge here.  I really like how the wedges I’m wearing in the picture below blend into my feet.  It makes me look so much taller!  Plus, these bad boys go with almost anything…AND they’re super comfy!  This dress is just the perfect length because it hits right above the knee and covers up all of my lumps and bumps. Continue reading →

OOTD – Spring GYPO Style Challenge Day 1

The Get Your Pretty On Style Challenge – Spring 2015 started Monday!!!!  If you are interested in signing up, it’s not too late.  Click on the image below:

spring-challenge-banner

I had quite a bit of work yesterday, so I’ll be posting the Tuesday and Wednesday outfits together later today.  Monday’s outfit challenge tasked us to pair a bright jacket, a grey t-shirt, camo jeans, a long necklace and bright flats.  I’m not a camo type of girl, so I opted for grey jeans instead of the camo jeans, and replaced the jacket with a cardigan since it was SUPER humid and nasty on Monday here in Texas.  The cardigan, in reality, is a soft coral color…not the blaringly orange hue you see in the pictures.  I’ve tried so many camera settings to try and find a solution to the color distortion, but nothing works!!! Continue reading →

OOTD – Chevron Top and Mustard Cardigan

I found this super cute top on ModCloth and thought I would share it with you all!  We’ve had a full day today – we went to the mall, out for some Japanese lunch/dinner (lunner?), and then went to bowl!  It was a lot of fun.  I love to bowl, but I’m not very good.  😦

When I first put this shirt on, I could tell my husband was nervous.  He left the bedroom and went to the living room without saying anything about my outfit, which usually means he doesn’t like something I have on.  Continue reading →

Kimo-Yes or Kimo-No?

I just finished reading the book Memoirs of a Geisha and boy was it good!  I’d seen the movie a couple of years ago, but hadn’t thought about reading the book until I happened upon some kimono (fun fact – “kimono” is both the singular and plural form of the word) on Pinterest and thought that it might be a good blog topic. Continue reading →

Spring Finds

I take baths quite often and I usually spend most of my time on my nook perusing Pinterest, blogs and online stores.  Well, I typically check Charming Charlie’s once every 2 weeks or so, and I’m so glad I remembered to check earlier this week because they’ve just put out several new bunny, cat and monkey watches.  I can’t resist cute and quirky things, so I had to get a few.  Continue reading →

My Hair Journey and How I Manage and Style My Curly Hair (#LoveYourCurls)

I was inspired to do a post about styling and loving my curls after viewing Dove’s “Love Your Curls” video:

I get teary eyed every time I watch it.  I wish I could talk to the school-age me and convince myself that curls are absolutely beautiful and that they mirror my personality – springy, happy, fun and a little bit crazy.  I think it’s important for all curly-haired girls to grow up knowing that curls are something to be proud of.  Continue reading →

Pattern Mixing – Floral, Dots and Stripes – Part 2

I hope you all are having a good week!  I wanted to write this post a couple of days ago, but I’ve been SUPER tired this week and have a bit of a sore throat. 😦 My husband, a doctor, was on “home call” yesterday, so he was paged three times last night starting at 1 a.m.  We’re both worn out, but I can’t go another day without posting!  As I mentioned in my previous post, there seems to be a lot of pattern mixing on the runways and streets this spring.  Continue reading →

Pattern Mixing Link-Up with Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After (my mom) – Floral, Dots and Stripes Part I

This is probably one of the most exciting things I started trying in the last year or so.  Because this is such a big topic, I’m going to divide the post into floral & stripes (this blog) and dots & floral/dots & stripes (future blog post).  The first time I realized I liked pattern on pattern was after I purchased a Harper Bazaar’s Runway Report in 2010.  Continue reading →

Cardigans – A Fashion Staple

For my second blog post, I thought I would talk about one of my fashion passions…As I mentioned in my previous post and in the “About Me and the Blog” section, I love cardigans.  I remember a time, about 10 years ago, when I couldn’t find any cardigans in any of the stores I shopped in.  Then Hollister debuted a whole line of cardigans, in almost every color imaginable.  Realizing this was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up, I spent a good chunk of my paycheck as a veterinary technician (job I had throughout high school and college) and purchased all of the cardigans available in my size. Continue reading →

Hi!

Hi, there!  My name is Lauren and thanks for stopping by my blog!  I’m a curly-haired, remotely-located e-librarian for a large company, who LOVES cardigans…I mean, really, who doesn’t?  Since starting my work-from-home job, my once honed-in fashion skills have become a bit rusty.  My husband, bless his heart, has become used to the wild woman he sees when he returns home from work:  insane afro/ringlets, no makeup, pajamas (or as we like to call them, lazy pants, to make them sound a bit fancier than they actually are), surrounded by an assortment of work paraphernalia, and snuggled up with a large man-kitty, Doughnut.  I’m hoping this blog will inspire me, and maybe others of you out there who are in a work-from-home fashion rut, to find the motivation to dress up! Continue reading →