Tightfisted Fashion

Monday was not a good hair day. I already knew it was going to be covered. My options were either to wrap my hair, over accessorize my hair or hat my hair. I opted for the knit black hat and continued with a neo-soul/boho look by incorporating peacock feathers throughout. Peacock feather earrings, t-shirt and lapel pin, which I actually clipped to my hat so its not so blah up top. I wore grey pants and a cardi--staples of the business casual look--so I don't look too dressed down. Teal Thursday Color blocking and pattern mixing a big trends now. Funny thing is, that was something I've been doing since youth; but we called it mixed matching and I got teased for it. The teal jacket, black pumps and striped blouse are courtesy of the thrift store. The skirt is from JC Penney (on sale of course). The whole outfit probably costs less than this beautiful teal and green chunky necklace (also trending) which I just recently bought from Sears during their 6-9pm sale thi...

In an effort to live a more exciting, albeit, single life I have scoured the city and counties for fun things to do. I have found the newspaper, craiglist, internet and word-of-mouth to be very useful tools in this endeavor.  Typically, I find a spot I like and stick with it for a while. I get to know "the regulars" and the owners and spread the word about their establishment. If they are black-owned, that's a plus. Lately, however, I have been going to new places using sites like living social, groupon, gilt city and things to do to find good deals. This week I found deals for the gun range, a carribean buffet, sushi, and a day party by researching online. Costs me about $60 for the whole week...not bad.

So I missed a few hair appointments lol and I was too busy to do my own hair. I wanted a change from the fro I had been wearing all week so I coordinated my favorite wrap with my work clothes. In general I don't like to wear hats or wraps to work as I don't think they are appropriate (unless that's your  religious belief). I'm wearing purple pants from New York and Co, a printed blouse from JC Penney and a wool blazer. I love my gilded beaded necklace and added gold kitten heels to match.   Getting a lot of Hair Action ;) 2/25/12 - 2/27/12 Dress is a little large on me but after tying it in the back one could hardly tell. Both the dress and bolero are from Ross...totaling $30. Shoes are from Payless. The jewelry is from Traci Lynn . Enjoying a day party with my homegirl. Its too cold and windy for a dress so I wore a dressy top and paired it with distressed skinny jeans.  Picture party for my cousin's birthday. This is actually the same dre...

Chocolate & Champagne Day Party 2/19/12  Lemon pepper and garlic seminola pasta I decided to do something different for February and have a "Post Love" party instead of a Valentines Day party. The theme/color scheme was brown and gold to represent chocolate and Champagne. I made several dishes and desserts that included popular aphrodisiacs and supplied a variety of wines and Champages for tasting. We played games about sex and relationships such as Charades (sexual positions) and a touching game where guests had to trace a word onto their team mates back and have them guess the word before the other team. I also made good use of a few coupons and gifts to create "sexy" gift bags. One was called the "Put a ring on it" gift bag laced with ring pops, lip gloss and a small purse (gifted). Another was for men, called the "Get your rocks off) gift bag with Axe body wash and deodorant (free coupon), pop rocks, condoms (coupon) and chapstick...

In an effort to look like an older lady (lol) I employed this black and white knit skirt from a suit, a pea green sweater, thin gold belt and pointed flats to work for me. I also twisted my hair...likey

Today, I'm feeling rather festive with all this sunny weather. I'm wearing these wide leg polyester pants with a mustard polyester top, mostly for the color but also because I don't like mixing other fabrics with polyester. I'm still not over my obsession with scarves and wraps as you can see. <--This clothes stand was gifted from my cousin; it is also the new man in my life :P Same orange polyester pants circa 2003

Wool blazer (Thrifted) White blouse Dark denim jeans Black leather belt Colored flats Black heels Statement necklace (Thrifted) Colored cardigan Printed Scarf Patterned trench