Get help choosing the right outfit

So I know that all of us that attend Purdue University have definitely noticed that winter is well on its way. With pretty cold temperatures, a few rainy days, and wind that goes right through you no one looks forward to trekking the ten or fifteen minutes to class. Thankfully this semester is almost over, but then we have next semester and the snow to look forward to. Take a look at last year's conditions (picture above), and I know you'll be thrilled! Maybe we can get another snow day! You can find some Youtube videos here.

I don’t know about you guys, but when I hear that it is going to be 50 degrees, I think warm. That was supposed to be the temperature the other day, but it felt so much colder than that. I am terrible at figuring out what to wear so that I will be comfortable. Fortunately the other day on College Fashion I read a review on Cumul.us -a website where not only can you find the weather for that day but also an idea of what to wear! Just pop in your zip code and the weather and an idea of what to wear comes up in seconds. If you register, which I did, then you can submit what you are wearing that day and make your own predictions of the weather.

Today it suggested wearing a winter coat on top, pants on bottom, and sunglasses as an accessory. I think that a scarf and gloves need to be added as accessories, because it is pretty nippy out today. Take a look and let me know what you think!

Black Friday

So this past Friday was Black Friday. And I decided to go. For the first time. Ever.

My sister and I decided to pull an all-nighter Thursday night, which was probably not the smartest idea, but I went strong all day long until about 10:30 PM Friday night. Then I was dead.

The first place we hit was Kohl’s at about 4 AM. We decided that the lines were too long at about 4:20 and put down our stuff and went to Wal-mart. While she waited in line in the electronics department, I ran around the store getting other items and bringing them back to her. Then we were off to Target, and then back to Kohl’s, where the stuff we had put down was still in the same place.

Most of the time I was just tagging along, because she was doing most of the shopping and I was there to keep her company. But I got a few things, like a super-soft blanket, a printer ($34), and a gift for my mom and nephew. I still don’t think that waiting in the lines was worth getting a $35 blanket for $8. Did any of you go shopping? Get any good deals? I guess if I wouldn’t have gone I wouldn’t have gotten a new phone and met a new guy! (Cute guys work at Best Buy :)

Too Many Accessories

As you know this week is thanksgiving, and I am at home instead of at college. I left on Tuesday and won’t be back to school until Sunday, so I had to do a lot of packing to come home. Like most college students I had a ton of laundry to do making it hard to pack clothes because most of them were dirty. I decided that I would just put all of my dirty clothes in the laundry basket and just take that home. I thought it was a great idea, until I finished packing realizing that I didn’t know what clothes I had in my laundry basket so therefore I didn’t know what shoes, earrings and head bands to pack that would match the clothes I had.

I am just in love with all of my earrings and all of my shoes! I have so many that I have certain earrings for a specific outfit as well as shoes. You know how you have that adorable red shirt and then you don’t have any earrings to go with it. So next time you are at Claire’s you see the most adorable red earrings that would go great with you new shirt! I have a pair of big hoop earrings in just about ever color. Then the shoes I have a pair of flats in just about every color too along with my wonderful heels like I spoke about in my last post.

So back to my dilemma with what shoes and earrings I should pack for thanksgiving break. I decided to pack most of the basics that should cover pretty much everything. Like white, black, and of course pink (I have A LOT of pink!)

It is now Friday and I haven’t had a problem, between all of my clothes and the bag full of shoes, earrings and head bands I have managed to always find something that matches. I guess when it comes right down too it I really don’t need all of those earrings, shoes and head bands, I could make it with just the basic colors. At least when I go away for a few days I can manage. Hehe! I love my earrings, shoes and head bands way too much.

Red Dress

So I went to Chicago yesterday and did a little shopping. I found a cute dress to wear to my cousin’s wedding that I am attending in January. It’s a red satin dress from Forever 21 similar to the one above, but shorter. It ends about two inches above my knee. It only cost me $23! I am still deciding what I should wear over it, since it is going to be cold, and whether or not I am going to wear black or gold accessories. So if you have any suggestions, let me know!

Conspiracy Theory

Every woman knows that after a long day of wearing high heals you are ready to get out of those things, prop your feet up and have a nice long foot massage. Yet, it is funny how when you first put them on you thought to yourself how great your ass looked and that they completed your outfit. We all know that any and all pain for about, oh say, the first three hours is totally ignored but by the end of the day you never want to put a high heel on again. The next day rolls around, and you are walking through the mall in your flip flops or fashionable flats and you stumble across a huge shoe sale. Your eyes are immediately drawn toward those three inch-strapy-sexy-black heels with the cute polka dots. Of course you shouldn't buy them, however, they are forty percent off, super cute, incredibly irresistible, and in the last five minutes of staring at them you have fallen completely in love and can't imagine your closet with out them. In the end you will purchase them, wear them once get a blister, or five, and throw them in the back of your closet with the other incredibly sexy shoes that cause you more pain than pleasure. The cycle never ends and as much as we complain we will never cease to buy yet another pair of devilishly alluring heels.

Though our gender has come to terms with these so called "rules" of the road when it comes to heels, I believe there is a large conspiracy at hand.

Really, what woman in the world would have come up with the idea of putting our shoes on a two–five inch stick to increase our height at the cost of any and all comfort?

None.

My thoughts exactly!

I think that men came up with this fashion item to hinder women from being able to escape them when they have done something stupid. Every woman knows it is extremely hard if not impossible to run away in heels, we are also aware of the fact that trying to run away in heels makes us look absolutely ridiculous, and no woman wants to purposely look ridiculous, this is why we check ourselves out in the mirror approximately six times on average before leaving the house. Or at least I do.

Men are clearly responsible.

However, I know that personally I couldn't live without my closet full of heels. They make me feel like a true woman; gorgeous, confident, completely in charge and on top of the world. I can be going out with my girls to grab smoothie, going to a club for a night on the dance floor, or going into the office to do my job, and a fabulous pair of heels make me feel almost invincible.

When I was a little girl I used to sneak into my mother’s closet and pick out a pair of heel for the day. I would put them on and follow them with a large amount of clothing because every little girl knows that the more grown-up items you have one the more you think you can pass for an actual adult, even in your small stature. My mother would of course shake her head laugh give me a hug and a kiss on the cheek and tell me to put it all back where I found it. I’d always do as she asked but take my time, putting the heels back. I’d imagine what my own closet would look like when I was an adult and I think I have it even better than I could have ever imagined.

I guess men did at least one good thing right, inventing these fabulous fashion items.

Do you Smell Something?

Mary Kay Inc has awesome line of men's products now. My favorite is the cologne. It smells really great! My ex-boyfriend wore Tommy Hilfiger and I loved it.

I had always wondered how expensive cologne, but then I saw how much the MK High Intensity Cologne. So I looked up the Tommy cologne and its also pretty expensive but its actually more than Mary Kay Inc cologne.

MK High Intensity is a 2.5 fl. oz. is $38 but the Tommy Hilfiger Cologne is 1.7 fl. oz. and it costs $37. Many people say that Mary Kay is really expensive but this proves that its actually cheaper than this name brand cologne.

The holidays are coming up and we have a really great mens gift set shown above that includes the MK High Intensity Cologne, Body and Hair Shampoo, and Cooling After-Shaving Gel. It also comes with this bag making it easy for you to wrap, because you don't even have to! Haha! Grag something for the special someone in your life.

Under my umbrella ella ella eh

So if you read my previous post, you all know that my umbrella I got from Wal-mart for $5 is now a good-for-nothing victim of the wind. So I decided to take a look on-line for some good umbrellas. I found a cute Purdue umbrella for $35. It seems as though it would be worth it, though. It has a 62 inch diameter and is constructed to be wind resistant, which is key as I have learned the hard way. If you don’t want to buy it yourself, ask for it for Christmas! You know it will be rainy in the spring…

I also found these cute umbrellas on umbrellas.com and umbrellastand.com. These two sites had very similar selections with about the same prices (from $20 to $60 but averaging about $28). However umbrellas.com sometimes had two versions of the same umbrella, the traditional stick ones that wouldn’t fit in your bag and then a compact style also. This was a nice option in case you want your umbrella to fit in your bag. However, I feel that these ones typically seem to be weaker than the traditional stick styles.

These two sites had a wide selection, from sport team umbrellas to I Love Lucy and Betty Boop. Others were definitely a work of art, including works of Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci and Georges Seurat. There were ones that had the design underneath, so you could see it as you were walking, and a two person umbrella. I thought these were quite unique. So take a look and tell me what you think!