TORTOISE SHELL AND BLACK

Happy Monday everyone! While most of us complain a little that it is Monday, today I am instead choosing to be thankful. Read my post from Sunday and you will understand why. I had a reader ask me if I knew a way to hide varicose veins. She told me that she was tired of wearing pants in the summer because it gets so hot. I decided to talk about that because I am sure she is not the only one reading my blog that has an issue with their legs, arms, tummy, thighs, etc.Did you gurls notice that my legs are pasty white? Did you notice that I have sun spots on them from laying out in the sun as a teenager with only baby oil and iodine on them? Did you know that through photoshop I could have hidden all that? I could have simply added a tan to my legs, removed all the spots, smoothed out the skin, and basically made myself “appear” perfect. Why? Why would I do that? The only true answer is vanity. Yes, I am vain in the fact that I want to look the best I can but I am not willing to quit wearing what I want so that others are not “subjected” to my imperfections. These are my legs! My tummy has stretch marks! My toes are not pretty and straight, I have more rolls than I want, and my arms jiggle. Does all that bother you? Are you going to quit following my blog because of that? Did you even notice any of this until “I” pointed it out to you? Does any of my imperfections even matter to “YOU?” My point is that people see the person instead of the parts. If I even notice someone’s varicose veins, so what? Who really cares??? I have way more important things to worry about than to bother thinking that someone should only wear pants in the summer and be miserably hot! Gurls, promise me that you will wear what you want, just for you and not for others. Pinky swear!

Okay, now that my daily dose of encouragement is over I will move on to my outfit. Lol! It is a pretty simple outfit. I have a dress on and a pair of shoes. How much easier could it get? Lol! That is one of the great things about dresses, they are an entire outfit in just one piece. I don’t normally wear a huge amount of solid black but I am loving this dress. I am not sure why it looks different but I am really liking the overall effect. I think the wide scoop neck and the high-low hem are probably the biggest reasons that I like this dress. The large scoop neck shows plenty of skin and the black is not right up against my face. The high-low hem grabs your attention and brings the eye down. Even though this is a simple dress it is still very dramatic. The dress is by H by Halston and it is 95% rayon and 5% spandex. This dress feels extremely luxurious on and best of all, it is machine washable. I am wearing a sixe medium but I also got the yellow version and it is a small. I am linking a plus size version, a petite version, and a summer version below.

I have been dying to wear this Plunder Design jewelry set ever since I bought it. I knew that it would look great with black so that was the first thing that I chose to wear it with. I have always had a “thing” for tortoise shell. I have sunglasses, jewelry, and even a purse with a tortoise shell handle. This is what I would call a true “statement necklace.” It is called the Amber and the matching bracelet is called the Benni. I didn’t wear the matching earrings, the Collette because I wanted to wear a stud. These earrings have been retired but I love the champagne color and it just matches the champagne rhinestones in this set. Speaking of sets, (here is the set of this one). Today I am celebrating one year in Plunder. Last June I decided to become a stylist to get the discount. Sound familiar??? Now I have a team of 47 ladies, some work it as a business and some only use it for personal orders. To celebrate my anniversary I am offering a 10% refund on all orders placed THIS WEEK on any of the sets. The first thing you do is go to www.plunderdesign.com/party/sets and then hit the shop tab. This will take you to my special party so that I can easily see who ordered a set to issue a refund check. After you click on the party and the shop tab, go to the menu tab and scroll down to the bottom. You will find all the sets listed there. I really like the Gladiator style sandals with this look. The block heel sandals are by Sole Society and I bought them last year. I like that they zip up the back because this makes them really easy to put on and take off. Even though this pair is not a wedge, they are still comfortable to wear. I wore them all day at work and I didn’t have any issues at all.

When I first went outside to take my pictures, I was carrying this Dooney & Bourke purse. I thought the brown would look fine with the tortoise shell jewelry. However, when I took a couple shots and went back to check the focus I wasn’t loving the look. The brown just “popped” off the page and stole the show. I decided not to carry that after all even though it technically matched. I already had a black R+F tote that I carry every day for mail, appointment calendar, and samples, so I just threw my wallet in that and headed to work.

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