Ahoy! Happy Halloween!

Typically, I don't really do much for Halloween- I've never really gotten into it. However, this year I am single so I wanted to dress in a cutesy costume and go out and be flirty! And let me tell you- it was a GREAT time! I had so much fun getting dressed up with my friends! It was a great excuse to put on insanely long eyelashes and glitter EVERYWHERE! We had a fabulous evening!

Sailor Costume: Torrid, $55 (I splurged...)

Knee-Highs: Torrid, $4 on sale

Shoes: Target, $24.99

oh, and PS- I have a date next weekend :)

I hope you all had a Happy Halloween with no tricks but lots of treats!

♥Case

Coolest Dress I've Ever Seen

Upon many hours of perusing of the Internet, I have come upon SWAK Designs several times. Each time, I find myself drawn to hunting down a particular dress that I have seen several bloggers and models pictured in...The Anastasia Interchangeable Wrap Dress...and holy cow, this is the coolest dress I have ever seen in my life. If I had just stumbled upon this dress on the website, I may not have been too impressed. I mean, it sort of just looks like any other dress. However, I saw this video (and for the life of me I cannot remember who posted it on their blog...sorry!) and I could not believe that a dress like this existed! This dress is seriously SO versatile that you can literally make it into pretty much ANY dress (or top) style you can think of. It could be the ONLY dress you own and you could wear it a million different ways so that it never looked like a repeat! I am amazed. I would LOVE to try this dress sometime. Perhaps the next time I am shopping I will have to pick it up.

(photo via swakdesigns)

I mean...if this is not thee coolest thing what is?

Have you tried this dress? Have you tried SWAK Designs? I am dying to! Let me know what you think!

♥Case

All Eyes On Me When I Walk In

Last week, in this post, I talked about my newfound love, my red cardigan. Last week I wore it with stripes. Today I decided to try it out with animal print.

I know the black leggings paired with the black skirt is kind of strange looking, but in order to get away with a skirt this length at work I have to pair it with leggings...and any other color just did not work. So alas, I decided to add my red peep-toes since the weather was semi-warm and I could tie them in with the red cardi.

Tank: Wal-Mart, $3

Cardigan: Target, $18

Skirt: Old Navy, $14.50 before coupon last spring

Leggings: Target, $6

Shoes: Target, $24.99

In light of specific recent events (cough*marieclaire*cough) I also have to share this song with you (took the title for this post from this one)...every time I hear it my self-confidence just goes through the roof. I love it- it makes me feel gorgeous. Definitely a girl-power song.

All my ladies- do the pretty girl rock. ;)

♥Case

Down on The Farm

Today a group of friends & I (including S&S) went to a pumpkin farm! I wasn't sure what to wear but I figured there was most definitely no better time to break out my new plaid shirt and a pair of jeggings! I felt farmer-chic ;) I am so in love with the plaid trend. I'm glad it has been sticking around for awhile. This is actually my first plaid button-down and I can't even begin to describe how comfy I feel in it.

It was a very windy day, but we had a great time!

Shirt: Old Navy, $14.50 on sale

Jeggings: Old Navy, $24.50ish on sale

Boots: Avenue, last fall

Sunnies: Ray-Ban prescription

And just for fun...me jumping into a giant pile of straw!

Needless to say I had a lot of straw in my jeggings after this!

I totally wish I had a DSLR camera. I could have taken some really wonderful pictures today with one. Guess what I'm asking Mommy & Daddy for for Christmas? ;)

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

♥Case

Paris: You & Me.

Hello darlings. Today was a pretty relaxing Saturday for me. All I really did was get my eyebrows threaded (which if you don't do, you need to- it's the best way to keep brows tame in my opinion) and went to see Paranormal Activity 2, which was good for a few jumps.

Blazer: Old Navy, last fall $34.50 I believe

Top: ASOS, gifted (the only ASOS item I own!)

Skinny Cargos (which are totally rad, by the way): Old Navy, $19.80 on sale

Booties: Avenue, $8.50 on a super sale

Earrings: gifted from Vi

I love these pants. I just got them from Old Navy last week. I feel super trendy in them, they're super soft and comfy, and my hot neighbor even commented, telling me I looked great in my outfit today. Sweeeet.

Let's run away to Paris, lovies ;)

♥Case

Wide Calf Boots...Oh The Torture.

Hello pretties! Today I was out shoe shopping with a friend (we were looking for shoes for her wedding...yay!) and as we walked up and down every aisle of shoes at DSW, I couldn't help but become overwhelmed by the desire to find cute boots. If you are anything like me, though, finding cute boots that actually fit is a time-consuming, seemingly hopeless struggle.

When I say "anything like me," what I mean is that I have very wide calves. I actually didn't even realize it until this year...when no knee-high boots in Macy's would zip around my calves. But then again, I've only ever owned one pair of tall boots in my life and they're from Torrid, so they fit me just fine. And so, with no luck at any store in the mall, the search for boots began.

But there is no happy ending to this story...yet. I have not been able to find anything that I really like that will fit me. Even stores like Avenue that claim to make "wide calf boots" do not have anything that I actually like that will fit. Most of them are still too small around the calves to fit my small, size 7.5/8 feet. How disappointing.

I'm also not willing to break my bank over a pair of custom-made boots. No thanks. I'm a teacher, remember? Not exactly rollin' in the dough here.

I DID find one pair of boots at Target, of all places, that will zip around my calves, but they are high heeled and the material is some weird sort of stretch fabric. I bought them, but have kept them in the box with the hopes of finding something better.

Here are a few photos of the boots I really like. I am going to go over to Avenue tomorrow after work and try them, but I have a feeling it might not be a successful trip.

I'm looking for a pair of dark brown riding boots like these:

and a pair of tall black, flat boots like these:

I've talked to quite a few ladies recently, both straight-size and plus-size, who have trouble finding boots to fit their calves. Apparently, those of us who have super-muscular calves or just larger calves because of body shape, genetics, etc. are out of luck for the moment.

So tell me what you think...do you have this problem? Have you found anything that fits? I would love to hear your feedback.

♥Case

PS...this is my 96th blog post...get ready for a surprise on my 100th post ;)

Nautical Nonsense

Today I woke up and wasn't feeling very inspired, but I knew that I wanted to wear my super soft new red cardigan (found thanks to OneS of the lovely S&S...I wanted to post the link because I know that several of us have been looking for a great red cardi...and this one is only $18!) ...so, being in a hurry, I randomly pulled out my blue and white stripey tee, threw my hair in a messy side-braid, and away I went. I kind of felt like I had a sailor vibe going on all day, and I enjoyed it.

I made a new photo-taking apparatus (see the duct tape in the background? lol) and I actually really like the way these photos are coming out...yay for creativity! Boo for my unmade bed in the background! Sorry, guys. One step at a time here. ;)

Stripey Tee: mark., 2 for $28

Red Cardigan: Target, $18 (I am in LOVE with this thing! So soft & the perfect red color!)

Pants: Kohl's, $25ish years ago

Key Necklace: GWP at Lane Bryant Outlet

I also busted out the classic red lipstick today to go with my loving-red-things mood...I applied it very lightly with a lip brush and threw some gloss on over top so it wasn't too crazy, but I thought it was a nice touch to my red fever!

Today I had a conversation with a 3rd grader about fashion. She informed me that girls should care about fashion and that it was fun to go shopping, especially for clothes. That's my kinda girl right there. :)

Happy hump day, yo!

♥Case