Curvy Girl on the Run

Another collaboration from a top-notch designer! This time it's at Kohl's. This collection is inspired by the city that never sleeps, New York City. NYC is one of my favorite places to visit in the world so I am excited to see this collection.  I chose a few items that I think would work well for my figure and my lifestyle. I like that this collection has simple lines and simple colors. It makes it easy to mix and match all of the pieces together.  Here are my pics: 1) NYC Skyline Fit and Flare Dress: I am a sucker for a dress - mainly a fit and flare dress, so I am excited to check out this collection and try this dress on in person. I think the design of this dress can be dressed up or down and I love the graphic on it!  2) Crepe Soft Pants: These pants look soft and fun! I like the tapered leg and the look of these pants overall so I am looking forward to seeing these in person as well.  3) Georgette Top: I love the sights and smells of NYC. T

It’s hard to believe that September is almost over and today is the first day of fall. Where has the month gone? We have been super busy here with birthdays and soccer and back to school so I sure am grateful for this Pinterest-inspired style challenge! This past week, I wore all pants. That’s weird because I usually wear a lot of dresses and skirts-the week before, that is all I wore. That’s why style and fashion is so much fun! You can wear what you like and what feels comfortable to you. Here’s the recap from week 3: Monday- I have a hard time wearing all orange and black without feeling a little Halloween-y. I like the colors together, but decided to put a spin on it by also including white and wearing patterned pants. This was a fun outfit for me and this blouse is just super fun and gorgeous! Tuesday- I liked the pin but I didn’t want to wear a dress on this day. I chose to spin it by wearing my favorite pair of neon jeans with a floral sweater. I was comfor

I am back at it again and bringing you my latest style challenge for October! I had a lot of people on Instagram asking me when/if I was going to do another style challenge. I will admit that I thought about it for a while and decided to go ahead and go through with another one for October. I will be also participating in a self-imposed no shop October as I need to give my funds a break for the month. I think October is a great transitional month for us here in Michigan. We still have somewhat warmer temps (generally) and are still playing outdoor sports. We may be bundled up in the mornings and later in the evenings, but our afternoons are gorgeous and sunny.   The leaves start to change and the walks outside are full of my favorite colors. The trips to the cider mills start and the smell of pumpkin everything is in the air. It is crisp, cool and clean outside. It’s fall! I decided to go ahead with a style challenge following the same no rules as in all of the previou

I am in love with this sweatshirt!  I am so glad that I decided to get this one. The white is not as vibrant in person as it was in all of the marketing but I love it nonetheless. I decided to go with the bow shirt as well since I thought it would be a good basic for my closet. I love the versatility of a good sweatshirt. I think it's great that styles come back around. I'm sitting here writing this post as I am watching The Golden Girls and Rose is rocking a great sweatshirt with a pair of jeans. Hers is plain and boring as are her jeans, but you get the picture...oh and she's also probably in her fifties here so I guess I shouldn't necessarily use her as an example... Anyways, I decided to pair the sweatshirt with a pair of patterned pants. I have a couple of ideas of ways that I will wear this but I liked this for today. These pixie pants from Old Navy are amazing! I picked these up on sale and already have a few outfits in mind for them as well. I admit the

You know it's officially fall with cooler temps and the leaves changing but another thing that gives it away is a new collection from Eva Mendes at New York and Company. The store has been keeping the newest collection under wraps but it officially launched yesterday, September 17. Eva has been keeping busy lately carrying Ryan's unborn child and all, but she still found time to design her latest collection for the store. People wondered if she would design maternity clothes given her state but instead she chose to stick with her classic line of dresses, skirts and feminine blouses.  I thought I would show you all my picks from this Fall collection- it's a good one!  First up is this beautiful rich burgandy dress. Confession, this already has hit my online shopping cart. This is the same style (Maria) as the black dress I wore last week. It's the same brocade and all- just a different color. I have worn the black dress by itself, with a sweater over, and wit

The second week of Pinned It, Spinned It was definitely more fun for me than the first. I don’t know why, it just was. I loved the looks of the pins and I was able to recreate them in some form or version of my own. On Monday, it was my birthday. I know, I know, blah, blah, you are all tired of hearing about it. I however, chose to wear a different beautiful outfit that was featured already on the blog last week. Don’t believe me? I wrote a whole post about Holy Chic: Fabulous and Forty. On Tuesday, I definitely got back into the swing of things doing this challenge. I chose to take some liberty with the striped skirt pin and pair a polka dot top with it and bring in accents of neon pink with my shoes and necklace. I loved this outfit and waited a long time to wear it! I bought the skirt last year and then went to try it on and the zipper broke. It was only a couple of weeks ago that I took it to the tailor and had the zipper replaced.   On Wednesday, I had the per

Yes, my darling, today’s outfit is all J Crew. I am not bragging but I did not pay a lot for these items that I am wearing.   Today I am sharing some things that I do to get the most bang for my buck when it comes to shopping at J Crew. I see so many people on Instagram wearing J Crew and love the way they style their items. J Crew is known for their high quality “preppy” style clothing. Their catalogs have models dressed perfectly for all occasions and they make wearing their clothing look like it makes life so much more worthwhile. Don’t get tricked into thinking that if you don’t wear a certain brand that you are not good enough! This is not an image that I like to portray. I am human and have imperfections just like everyone else but I do enjoy wearing fun and fashionable clothing at a discounted price.   I also, like everyone else, get sucked in seeing all of the stores’ new arrivals. With fall coming, it is especially easy to run out and buy all of the new things t

Anyone else a fan of the Target collaborations? I always look forward to seeing which designers Target will partner with and then which pieces and patterns the designers produce. Altuzarra for Target is no exception. There are some classic pieces like trench coats, pencil skirts and crisp shirts as well as more modern pieces like a maxi dress with a high slit and printed python pieces.  I wanted to show you all my picks for all of the fellow curvy girls out there. I think most designers think of their market when designing pieces- market meaning buyers and their body types- and design items that would work for everyone. This line has a lot of items that would work well for multiple body types and I like it!  Here's my first pick:  This look is one of my favorites- mainly because of the shapes of the clothing and accessories pictured. One of my   favorite things that I like to do is belt a dress or like in this case, a blouse and a skirt. It commands attention to

I haven't been doing my own style challenges for a couple of months now. I had a lot of fun May through July hosting them but it got to where I wasn't really able to wear what I wanted. I took off a month in August and didn't participate in any challenges at all. It was great coming up with my own ideas and combinations and I didn't struggle at all, although I missed the comradery of others participating in the same challenge as myself.  When I saw the Pinned It, Spinned It was back from my girls Jamie and Amy (@jro1583 and @aem8168) on Instagram, I decided to join in on this one again. You all have seen my posts about loving Pinterest so I  thought this would be a great way to get back into the challenge game.  We started on Tuesday since Monday was a holiday. I thought this was actually such an easy outfit to recreate on my own and it was perfect for the first day back to school.  Wednesday I took liberty and recreated an outfit using more of the silho