I mentioned previously that I participated in a Little Black Dress (LBD) challenge against my good friend CAG. I failed to blog about my 2nd challenge with her over the weekend (whoops!) so here’s my quick recap.
She totally kicked my ass both times. And in looking at her outfits, I never stood a chance! Her fashion sense is so much sassier than mine. She informed me, however, that voting is open until Friday. So – take pity on this tired mom. Vote for me so I feel just a wee bit sassier.
I was looking in my closet on Saturday morning and noticed my white jeans. I love these jeans. They’re skinny jeans that are so cute and summery. I wore them a lot 2 summers ago. Last summer I wasn’t able to squeeze my growing belly into them and this summer? I kind of forgot about them (but was also avoiding most things “white” since I’m prone to staining).
But we’re coming up on the end of summer and I really wanted to bust out these jeans (partly to see if they still fit).
I decided to convert my jersey cotton wrap dress into a top. I did this with the magic of 8 safety pins (that I meticulously fastened along the hem of the waistband so you wouldn’t see the pins). This was kind of complicated to do because the wrap dress bottom hem isn’t a straight hem. The ends sort of arch upward so trying to pin this in a way so that the “top” would look even on the bottom wasn’t easy.
Initially I had paired this with one of my large gray belts. But I wasn’t 100% happy with the look. For a summery outfit, it felt so dull. Don’t get me wrong, I love gray clothing & accessories but I needed a pop of color.
I love the color of this infinity scarf but wasn’t sure how I could wrap this around my waist without adding bulk. I decided to say f it and went for it.
Jeremy’s opinion? “I like the belt better. The scarf just looks like a lot of fabric.”
I didn’t care. I liked the pop of color but clearly it wasn’t a good look because I lost the challenge… AGAIN!
I even tried to use Annmarie and Petie to get votes. Sheesh.
Petie was just wondering why I was posing like an idiot.
Look – a cute baby! Vote for me, please!
The whole outfit was pretty much from Old Navy. Who knew I loved that store so much? The dress, jeans and shoes all came from Old Navy. The infinity scarf that I never wear (mostly because I don’t know how to wear a summery scarf) came from Urban Chic. The baby came from my uterus via my vagina.