an office winner

Jacket: Target

Dress: Marshalls

Shoes: Tory Burch

It's one of those days people. 


It started off with my cell phone alarm going off and then buzzing itself right off the nightstand falling right behind the bed .. all while slowly getting louder / more annoying. For for anyone that doesn't know, John is a HORRIBLE morning person, like the worst ever. So having to wake him up and ask him to get out of bed and then help me move the bed so I could get and stop the increasingly annoying phone alarm is basically the same as me asking him to please cut off his foot with a dull knife. It didn't go over well. However it took him about 30 seconds to realize that even if I stopped shaking him and screaming at him to get up, he would eventually get sick and tired of hearing the phone alarm on full blast belting Verizon's finest ringtone.


it was a no good, very bad, start to the morning.


Only made worse when I had the brilliant idea to try and wear that dang mustard yellow skirt that makes me late every time - needless to say I walked out the door late (i only feel bad about todays lateness because it was WAY later than normal). mustard yellow skirt on the floor. wearing outfit combo #18. and OF COURSE the outfit that I put the LEAST amount of effort into is what I like to refer to as an "office winner" ... aka ... the office people (kinda like the YMCA people minus the hard hats) liked it.

goin' bare (escentuals)

Dress: Marshalls

Sweater: Target

Shoes: Nine West (via Piperlime)

Thanks to a little stomach bug and that had me paralyzed between the hours of 1-7am last night - todays outfit didn't stand a chance. There wasn't enough coffee in the office / world that was going to wake me up this morning. So I didn't. 

I did the responsible thing and had John (the next best thing to my mom) write an email (subject line: I'm Not Pregnant) to my boss and explain the situation - properly getting me out of work until noon. And lets just be honest - it wouldn't be normal for me to show up on time, so for the sake of my reputation and tradition - I strolled in right around 12:25 - right on time.

Today was also the first day of my new make-up routine. Due to the close proximity of Ulta to my office and the greasiness Orlando is causing my skin  - I've decided to experiment with Bare Escentuals. Yesterday I went to Ulta and bought the "starter kit" complete with brushes, foundation, mineral vail, and bronzer. I've been a religious MAC make-up user for 8 years ... I have extremely red(ish) skin and always opt for extreme coverage makeup. I'm a little weary about going from a liquid to a powder - and I worry that a powder wont cover up the redness of my skin or last all day ... I guess only time will tell :) 

Does anyone have any experience with Bare Escentuals or suggestions on how to deal with oily skin suggestions? 

Favor: Please don't judge me on today's wardrobe choice!! For anyone new reading this blog -  I swear the lack of creativity and "rough" look are not normal. If all goes according to plan - I should be back to my normal self tomorrow. my fingers are crossed.