Work-Day Wear Wednesday (x3 outfits!)

In honor of the holidays and the upcoming Black Friday, I decided I'd go a little crazy with today's "Work-Day Wear" post and post 3 different outfits. YAY!!! Hopefully this will help inspire the shopping spirit in all of your bombshells. I wore a lot of necklaces this week to work. I guess I was in the mood to accessorize :-)

Shoes & Skirt: Target

Belt: hand-me-down & Top: Vanity (fabulous curtains behind me are Cindy Crawford @ JcPenny)

Necklace: $1.50 at Forever 21 (Don't you love it? Oui Oui)

Trying to talk my necklace out of being in a knot

Sweater: Banana Republic (love the button sleeve detail)

Shoes: Pink & Pepper at DSW, Pants: Banana Republic (sloan fit)

Necklace: Wal-Mart $10 (gasp!), Ring: Forever 21

Got into hair this day. Section into 3 areas, twist and bobby pin.

My next outfit is something totally new I put together. I had never worm all of these pieces together before, but I woke up inspired . This inspiration carried over to my outfit of choice this day. Think art deco (bright colors, clean lines), meets the 70s (the pants and ruffled top), meets Ralph Lauren (tailored blazer).  A very interesting fashion trio, I must say. I loved how chic the outfit felt. Clean lines, without much fuss (aside from the ruffles of course), but it was still modern, bright and fun.

Blazer & Ruffled Tank: Forever 21

Pants: Ann Taylor, Shoes: Urban Outfitters for $7

Necklace: bought at the San Juan Capistrano Mission in California

Hope this Work-Day Wear Wednesday gives you the inspiration you need to try new things, when getting dressed for work. Whoever said work-day wear had to be stuffy and bland was clearly not a bombshell :-) I hope you all have a fabulous Thanksgiving, full of love and family. I am so thankful to live in this incredible city of Boise with my loving husband and family! What are you bombshells thankful for? Do tell! :-)

XOXOX The BoiseBombshell

PS- I'm going to Bella Blue Boutique in Nampa today, stay tuned for tales of my adventure to Canyon County :-)

Work-Day Wear Wednesday

Welcome to Wednesday bloggies, more like the end of Wednesday seems its almost 11pm :-) Fashion has been a tricky thing to tackle this week because the Boise weather has been "cray cray" (one of my student's phrases for crazy). I crack up every time I hear it....but seriously one minute it's raining, the next it's windy, the next it's sunny. Check it out.

This kind of weather has caused me to turn on my fireplace, sip coco and bust out my gloves and scarves. It is officially fall my friends. Enjoy it!

Hat: Handmade by one of my fabulous friends, Cierra, for my birthday a couple years ago. The girl is beyond gifted!
Scarf: Gift from my mama :-)
Jacket: JcPenny, I got it last year for 75% off (yaya!)
Top: Gap for $7
Jeans: Banana Republic skinny 

As for work wear I've been layering with blazers, sweaters and have added tights under my skirts :-) Oscar seems a little freaked out by my choices, see he furry little face below...haha

The sweater is H&M, blouse is from Target, pants Banana Republic and shoes are my new high heel faux-oxfords from DSW. My roots are terrible in these pictures, don't judge. My mom will be fixing my hair this weekend. She says her and her boss developed a game plan. Dun dun dun....stay tuned for results.

 It seems I am very into orange this season and rightfully so, it is fall after all, you know...pumpkins.

 Blazer is Forever21, shirt is the non-iron button down from Banana Republic, tulip skirt is also Banana, boots are Kohl's or JcPenny (I can never remember) and necklace was a gift from my older sister from Gap. I think I got these leggings at Kohl's they have cute little buttons on the sides.

 I debated on how far to button this blouse. Looking at the pictures I think I might've had a little too much va-va-voom that day at the office. No wonder male patients were so nice haha Totally kidding! Top is Victoria's Secret, skirt is Forever21 and shoes are Pink &Pepper from DSW. I love love love these shoes. Patent leather & tassels! Sign me up! The flash makes them look odd, but they really are quite fabulous in real life. I got 10% off because there was some glue on the edges of the shoe. I think they were about $35, kind of pricey but I splurge on things I know I'll love forever. 

Hopefully it will be a little easier to dress next week. Stay tuned for pictures of the "game plan" hair. My mom and little sister are coming tomorrow for my birthday weekend!!! I think we'll be doing my hair Friday afternoon. Woot woot!

On a side note, my husband cannot seem to manage to buy me the right candy corn. Tomorrow will be the 3rd attempt at getting the right kind and so I've decided to take on the task myself. Apparently he didn't know that the original candy corn flavor doesn't have brown coco color or flavoring, but instead is yellow. He says "All candy corn is disgusting." 

First attempt: He bought candy corn in bulk at Winco...enough said. I really did try to like this kind, but it just doesn't taste the same with the chocolate part.

Second Attempt: He bought the good stuff, Brach's, but purchased "Indian Corn" instead of candy corn, again with the chocolate part. I don't like chocolate in my candy corn, which apparently he had no idea that not all candy corn has chocolate flavoring. Poor guy is missing out on a fall must have food item. Bless his heart though. When he went back this time he bought 3 bags of it because he felt bad for getting the bulk kind. He didn't realize it was the chocolate that was the problem, not the bulk part. He's such a saint for trying.

My face due to my lack of sufficient candy corn fuel. I'm braving the store tomorrow for the 3rd attempt, this time I'm going in. 3rd times the charm :-)

XoXo The BoiseBombshell

Work-Day Wear Wednesday

Wednesday is here again! Another day to sleep in, study and catch up on reality tv, before going to class. I only have one work-day outfit this week (sad). I've been so busy with school, work, our new puppy dog. I didn't realize how crazy my hair looked this day, until I posted these pictures. hahaha

Sweater: Downeast Basics ($5)
Tank: Old Navy
Skirt: Forever21
Shoes: Ann Taylor Loft ($7ish dollars)
Necklace: gift :-)

I had a buddy today to sleep in with this wonderful Wednesday. Meet Oscar. He's just a little guy, poodle mix and I love love love him!!! He likes to sleep... a lot. This morning after I got up, he followed me around for a little bit and then went back to his bed. :-)

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

XOXOX The BoiseBombshell

Work-Day Wear Wednesday (x3)

Wednesdays are my new favorite day. Why?

1. I don't' have class until 12pm, which means I have time to workout and do homework before going to school (although if I'm being honest, I usually use the time to blog, watch TLC's What Not to Wear, spend extra time on my hair and do a tiny bit of homework).
2. Wednesday's mark the halfway point in the week aka hump day
3. For me, Wednesday means the last day of class for the week, yay! Which means only work to worry about Thursday and Friday, no school (what a relief!).
4. It means I get to write what has become one of my favorite blog posting topics, Work-Day Wear Wednesdays, even though not all these outfits were worn to work.

This first outfit was a little risky for me. I usually don't wear extremely fitted garments, especially not to work, but for whatever reason I got up the gumption to put on this form fitted frock and go to work. I must admit this dress does nothing for my boobs, but you win some you lost some. ;-)

I wore my Spanx slip with this dress and I even though I do love the concept behind Spanx, but I've found that they flatten EVERYTHING, including your chest (this I am NOT a fan of). Plus my slip was hiking up all day and I kept having to go in the back room and pull it down, which was hard to do discretely. I bought a medium in the Spanx slip dress and the straps are much to big and fall down. 

This dress was a hand-me-down, so was the belt. Cuff is Forever 21 and shoes are from this fabulous local store that used to be in Bend, Oregon called Santee Alley the store after L.A.'s famous fashion district. This dress caused quite the commotion at work, all the girls loved it. I think they get a kick out of my need to play dress up on a regular basis.

The next outfit I wore to a Gigi Hill purse party (see previous post: 
http://boisebombshell.blogspot.com/2012/09/they-have-parties-for-purses.html). I have been a little Jekyll and Hyde when it comes to my blonde hair, but on this day I loved it. I decided to channel my inner Carrie Underwood and go big or go home with the volume. Necklace Forever 21, which later broke at the grocery store, when it got stuck on the cart. The thing I don't like about Forever is that it is lower quality items and everything is fake. This metal on this necklace turns my neck green...whatever it sparkles and has pearls, I love it too much to part with it.

My infamous Banana Republic skinny jeans, I did try to buy another pair in a different color today, but they weren't fitting right (must be all that macaroni we've been cooking lately, hahaha). Top from Vanity. It was a gift from my older sister probably 6 years ago or more, I am obsessed with cream colored lace. The back is see through and the sides are tapered. I love it so much, I can't bear to replace it! Jacket is from Target and boots are also 6 years old from the once was but is no-longer Santee Alley (sad). 

If you can't tell I hang on to all my stuff FOR-EV-ER. When I find something I love, I just can never seem to part with it. Although I did muster the courage to take some things into Plato's Closet today and sell them, which is a big step for me. I then proceeded to go to the mall to replace the things I sold and only found 1 pair of shoes, yikes. Now I have no clothes...okay well almost no clothes.

I wore the next outfit to work the other day and a patient told my that I looked like I should be on the cover of a Ralph Lauren magazine. It was the sweetest compliment ever!!! I didn't feel I looked so good with my hair un-brushed and my lack of high-heels, but her words brightened my day. A "warm fuzzy" as my mother would say. If Ralph Lauren had a magazine and I was 20lbs thinner and 6inches taller (maybe a foot taller, I'm looking extra short in this picture below), I would be honored to be on the cover :-) A girl can dream right?

Pants and white non-iron button down are Banana Republic. Ring, shoes and blazer are Forever21. The scarf was a gift from my mom. As much as a I struggle with the quality from Forever21, I do shop there rather frequently because they have such low prices and so many options. The one thing I will not buy form Forever 21 is denim. The shoes also aren't the best, you can see where they've been glued together and traction is minimal, but I do love the wide selection. Such a dilemma, sigh.

I would like to thank my ever so patient husband who is greeted everyday by "Hey babe! How was your day? Can you take a picture of my outfit?" hahaha Seriously. He's become quite the fashion photographer and will make me retake images if he feels the picture didn't "turn out right." I love him for trying, so hard.

On a side-note, we're going to pick up Oscar this weekend from Oregon, can't wait! We bought tons of doggie stuff today, it was hard to resist all the cute little toys and treats. We even got a Martha Stewart collar, say what?!?  I'll post pictures soon! Happy Wednesday everyone!

XOXO The BoiseBombshell

Work-Day Wear Wednesday

I don't know if it's the fall weather or my new job, but lately I've been making all kinds of new outfits from pieces I already own, SCORE! The following outfit was worn to school, not work, so don't worry that the dress is a little short ;-) The dress was a Kohl's purchase from the Lauren Conrad line, a BoiseBombshell favorite!!! Belt & Cardigan are both from Banana Republic. Boots are from Ether in Portland, OR. They were on sale for $35, which is amazing for boots! You can also roll them down too. My bff Emma in Illinois, bought the same boots in chocolate brown. I think she probably loves them as much as I do!

2 of the necklaces were my mothers and grandmothers, the eifle tower  necklace is from Forever 21. I think it was less than $3!!! They offer tons of great necklace options online. I'll admit it is still a little warm to wear boots, but I couldn't resist. Now this next outfit I did wear to work :-)

Blazer: H&M
Tank: Gap
Pants: Daisy Fuentes @ Kohl's

This was my other blazer options, from New York & Co. but I didn't feel the contrast looked good. Usually I'm all about high contrast, but not in this situation. I loved the gray blazer because it added texture to the outfit, while staying somewhat mono-chromatic.

Shoes: Simply Vera, by Vera Wang in Kohl's

Hello traction! Thank you Miss Wang for creating such a practical heel. It's easy to run in these heels, if necessary.







I loved this outfit! Wearing heels and slacks always makes me feel like a supermodel. I love feeling tall :-) My latest fashion obsession involved a little more school spirit. Leslie at A Blonde Ambition has got me hooked on Meesh & Mia.

Button Back Dolman - $54

I'm thinking I'll request this for a birthday present :-) Have a great Wednesday!!!

XOXOX The BoiseBombshell