today's outfit: a little bit more sophisticated

Never one to be accused of being badly dresses I tend to over dress in our work. Yet I hate suits. I think they're stuffy and I just don't do them. Yet if I spot them at a thrift store I will buy them & use them as separates! :) So I start my new important position today (pfft!) and I wanted to look sharp. So I had found this dress at Ross like a few weeks ago and I had yet to wear it so this is a perfect outfit for today paired with my black cardigan, clean heels and gray purse. Responsible girl I am. I tried to find a dress that looked like it the most.

Dress, ModCloth $47.99, Cardigan, K Karl Lagerfeld $95, Tights, TopShop $16, Shoes, Joan & David $200, Purse, Bagtique $78, Cuff, Marnie Bugs $78, Earrings, Kate Spade $36, Perfume, So de La Renta $80, Polish, OPI 'Merry Midnight' $8, Glasses, Prada $140

dont step on my gray suede shoes!

Remember I went a bit nuts about having a pair of gray suede mary-janes in this post? Yeah. Guess who just got a pair and for $50! Me! I tried them on with my wine-colored stockings and I'm in love. I can't to wear this with my gray tweet dress. It'll be love!

I'm starting to pack today since work is sending me all week to Washington D.C. and it'll definitely be colder there than here but the favorite part of this is that I will finally get to wear my new peacoat I had found at a HUGE sale in the Summer for $40 and it's Jcrew. :) The gods of fashion always shine down on me.

On nail polish news, OPI's new  Holiday Wishes collection. I HAD (notice the necessity of it all) to buy a few of them. Just a couple. Purple being my very favorite nail polish color was the first I went for, after seeing it at ALU, Sapphire in the Snow was the MUST have of the collection.

And I have to say I just didn't think it was as awesome as my all time favorite purple, Louvre me, Louvre me not from the France collection.

I think it's too... blue. (ALU's swatch is much truer to color, mine got lighter with the flash.) While Louvre me, Louvre me not is just the perfect shade of purple.That might be the shade for this week me thinks.

Please excuse the bad painting job, the official manicure is tomorrow and I've just been adding shades on top of my existing polish to try them on.

Shop Lust: Anthropologie

I have to admit to not even have gone in to Anthropologie in years, not really gone to their site but I was SO pleasantly surprised when browsing shops this lazy Sunday afternoon while my laundry is cleaning itself to find all the lovelies over at their site right now. I have a feeling that come this weekend, once my check hits I will be stopping by Mall at Millenia on Friday and picking up some pieces. Just a couple. :)

Here are my stunning favorites!

10 Stunning Dresses, all wearable to work and to a nice party!




5 jackets/coats/blazers that are absolutely must-haves!





10 Skirts which I ADORE and are very universally flattering


10 Blouses OH so lady-like and so pretty and perfect! Would go awesome with either skinny jeans or an a-line skirt <3





and last but not least all of these STUNNING stockings! I want them all! I would go if only just for a couple of these





  aren't they gorgeous?? Look at the 3rd one in the second row! That one is a MUST for this season. I adore them!