Splurge:
Steal:
Category: Shopping
what to buy
where to buy it
Shopping For A Cause
During the month of October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month <—why it’s important to me) many stores, brands and companies are offering products in “Pink”!! How exciting is that?! If you purchase these “Pink” products, that brand will donate a portion (in some cases, all) of the proceeds to a breast cancer charity or research fund. It doesn’t get any better than that! You get to shop your little shopaholic heart out AND give to a great cause!
In case you need a little incentive to shop this weekend…
Since I am a football fanatic…
iPhone Case-proceeds to BCA
Giving a percentage of “pink purchases” to charity
Hope in a jar
As many know, my Grandmother passed away from breast cancer three years ago… I would do anything to help the cause of finding a cure! If it even helps just blogging about what items to buy or even just wearing a pink ribbon, I’ll do it. No matter how big or how small, just know you can help.
And don’t forget….
CHECK THOSE BOOBIES!!!
Drops of Color: Denim Shopping Haul
As you know, colored jeans are SO IN right now! I’ve blogged about it H E R E and H E R E and H E R E …yes, they’re what’s hot in the streets. Even I’m in on the trend! Totally splurged (ie not really, I looked for sales, deals and discounts) bought me several pair of jeans from the ROYGBIV color spectrum.
Here’s my shopping loot:
In the top photo:
Grey
Royal Blue
Green
Dark Denim
(same colors in the lower photo just spread and not folded)
Purchased each pair (except for the dark denim) from OldNavy.com of all places for only $22 (each)+15% off…WOWZERS and a BOOM! They’re stretchy jegging type of jeans “Rock star Denim” as the lovely marketing people at ON labeled them. They fit extremely well on me… I’m 5’3 and I’m not gonna tell you my size lol but I won’t need to get these hemmed, BONUS! It also helps that it’s totally ok to roll your jeans a tad with boots and booties 😉 The dark denim jeans are from Nordstrom by Lucky Brand…now, these I did splurge on ($99 to be exact) but it’s worth spending the money on a classic pair of jeans that will become the staple in your wardrobe during ANY season. That’s a shopping tip and rule of thumb for any fashionista or burgeoning shopaholic lol.
Now, let’s explore how we’re gonna wear these colorful jeans! You’re gonna need a shirt of sorts to go with all those dangerous curves!
Quick and easy, effortless style! It’s not hard to put together colorful looks that fit your body type. Hopefully, this inspires you to step out on a limb of color this fall!
How would you wear your colored jeans?
Curvy Costumes: A Plus Size Halloween
October has another thing going for it… Halloween
I haven’t really participated in Halloween since I worked at a daycare center during undergrad! Dressing up and having fun with little kiddos in their cute costumes…fun times. The most I’ve done recently was pass out candy with cat ears on. I kinda want to dress up this year and maybe go out to party…maybe. It’s fun being a kid again and Halloween is the perfect time for that unless you’re the Scrooge of pumpkins or something.
I know being curvy has been quite the problem for some ladies when looking for a costume but luckily for us…times have changed! Plenty of brands, stores and sites offer “plus-size” options for Halloween costumes and guess what? They aren’t frumpy, dumpy costumes either!!
Saving you a tiny bit of trouble (if you’re going out to have fun this Halloween) I’ve compiled a few sites and stores that have some great costume options!
CLICK THE STORE ABOVE EACH PIC TO TRAVEL TO THE SITE
Domino Dollhouse (same site just not Halloween but can be!)
Party City (in-store & online)
All the sites above also feature non-sexy costumes (except for maybe FOH) in case you don’t want to have certain areas exposed. Just be sure to order now so you can have your costume by October 31st!
Gotta have fun some time in life…otherwise things get too serious and before you know it…it’s passed you by. So go ahead and dress up like a sexy dinosaur or a cop without any real clothes on lol it’s ok, it’s Halloween!
Color of the Season: Oxblood!
I had this whole post typed out about how lovely this would be and how great that should be, then I deleted it. Wanna know why? Because “oxblood” is just a weird freaking name for a color!!! Yes, it sounds exotic but it also sounds quite gross! Nevertheless, “OXBLOOD” is this fall’s color trend.
Get on the train!
Polyvore has contests that you can enter if you create a “set” i.e. an outfit board designed around whatever the group or site comes up with. I recently entered two sets (which weren’t winners by the way) but I found and fell in love with a certain item of clothing.
This leather skirt from Miu Miu is available on Net-A-Porter for a mere $1,650
Totally worth it!
Of course this cute skirt doesn’t come in curvy sizes and it’s pretty much sold out in regular sizes. As I always say…this is ONLY a piece of style inspiration. All you need to do is look around.
Here’s the same skirt and one very close to that style that I found from Sonsi.
The plaid skirt is only $38…how do you like those red apples?!
Jeans, jeggings, leggings or whatever you want to call them…I love them!
Levi’s in “winetasting”
$47.99
Here are several outfit ideas via Polyvore
(95% of the items are for our curves)
These are the sets I entered for several Polyvore contests: Camel and Oxblood…first time participating and it was a blast!
Burgundy, wine, red, oxblood, plum…whatever you want to call it, just be sure it’s in your closet somewhere. If it’s not in your closet…add it to your face…in the form of lips, eyes or jewels! Yes, I’m forcing you to go out and buy something trendy LOL it’s just a color 😉
Fall Foliage
Dear LUCY,
Would you mind, GETTING IN MY CLOSET?!
Please and thank you,
xo
Rena.
Meet one of fall’s chic and sleek bag from Botkier is called Lucy. It’s available for $395 which is pretty amazing! Imagine this paired with skinny jeans and a nice big sweater on your way to Starbucks to get my favorite of the season…Salted Caramel Mocha!
Better yet, let me just show you with this magical outfit designer web thingy called Polyvore. I mentioned it in Tuesday’s Morning Linkage.
Keurig K-Cup Portion Pack Starbucks Veranda Blend Blonde Coffee – (Google Affiliate Ad)
Botkier Lucy bag, skinny jeans, comfy wedge Toms, oversized tee and sweater…fish tail a side pony/braid, slap on a cute pair of dark sunnies and Nars lip gloss…VOILA! Perfect outfit for running around town and grabbing that perfect cup of coffee and maybe running in Target lol! This is pretty much my staple and go-to pieces before the weather turns to frigid degrees here in Michigan. Everything you see in the pic is available for curvy girls so don’t be shy…go buy!!
Shop Finds!
Amazing what you find when you’re really not looking!
This cute Haight.Ashbury Tank Dress
on sale
at
Oooooh la la! Oui Oui!
Last night, after my Dallas Cowboys won, I may have spent entirely too much time in Monsieur Louboutins’ world on Christian Louboutin dot com! You’ll see how that managed to happen once you click that link haha!
A few….umm several of my faves!
I have a Paypal account…….just in case someone wants to get me an early Christmas gift. LOL! All jokes aside…my big fall “gift to myself” purchase is getting to be a pretty tough decision!
Sale! Sale! Sale!
Hump Day sale emails….
I’m sure my beauty people got this email
Shoes on Sale
GET ON IT!
Team Spirit
The countdown for football season is officially down to single digits people!
Football?
Yes, FOOTBALL!
Chicks are fans too and I’m a diehard fan for ALL of my favorite teams!
If you’re like me, you like to look good and represent while watching or attending any sporting events. Well thank goodness for other sports fanatics like Alyssa Milano (LA Dodgers number one fan) she even had her baby shower AT DODGERS STADIUM! Seriously, future hubby…think Atlanta Braves and Turner Field for any big day in our lives!
Anywho, Alyssa Milano aka mom aka wife aka super actress aka gorgeous….just so happens to design sports team clothing for women! I definitely want to be like her when I grow up! The line is called “Touch” and hellooooo double bonus…she provides sizes from XS-4XL!!!
BELIEVE IT!!!
Say goodbye to always wearing a “pink” jersey when your team colors are red and blue! Don’t get me wrong, I love pink, clearly, but sometimes I don’t want to look like a bubblegum drop while shouting obscenities at a ballpark.
This line has been around for a couple of years now and I absolutely love it. Not only can I find a shirt to fit over the boobies BUT I can buy more than one because they’re priced just right!
Check out Touch by Alyssa Milano at FANDALIA.COM
Almost all of your fave teams and sports are represented! I chose to do all my hometown teams because, well, I love my city and because every sport and team in Michigan is down with Touch!