Advent of Dresses: Days 4-6

Here be the second post of my Advent of Dresses project.

Your model is:
5'9", 240 lbs last I checked, about a 1-2x in dresses, a solid 22 in jeans.

Day 4: a desperate attempt to like this dress again



Details:
Blue shirt dress: Old Navy plus size 16
Pastel floral belt: off a dress bought via sales post
Leggings (it was cold that day!): duo maternity 2x, from sales post, and seriously the most comfortable bottoms I own. I napped in them later that day.
Boots: the infamous Target Kady boots in brown, size 11
Headband: made from a black headband elastic and a fake flower with the wire stem shortened and wrapped around the band.


closeup of headband:


Day Five: the lane bryant silky dress that I love!!!





Details:
Silky awesome dress: Lane Bryant, 14/16, current
Cardigan: Kersh, xl, bought years ago. Very tight, only works with dresses that have no sleeves or are silky.
Regular old black trouser socks
Boots: Target Kady... sensing a trend? I think I've worn these every day for 2 months.
Necklace: urban outfitters years ago, though you can find reasonable facsimiles all over etsy

Day Six: The clingy cheap jersey dress from Old Navy



I'd seriously ditch this dress if it wasn't such a great color. I still may. It just clings in all the wrong places, but it looks great with a variety of belts and cardigans, and wearing a slip underneath helps with the clinging somewhat.

Details:
Dress: Old Navy 1x
Cardigan: Target mustard cardigan of love!! xxl
gold and ivory leather belt: target 2xl, current
My feet are cut off, but I'll bet you can guess what boots I'm wearing :)

Advent of dresses: Days 1-3

(crossposted over at fatshionista.livejournal.com)

Inspired by Lilli over at frocksandfroufrou, I decided a few days into December to wear a different dress every day until the end of the year. I counted in my closet, and I'm fortunate to own 25 dresses (many of which I got through sales posts!), but I only wear about half of those regularly. I decided this would be a good way for me to try out some older or rarely worn dresses again, and to winterize some summer ensembles.

So, here goes - the first three days of my project! Expect about 5 more posts chronicling days 4-18, at which point it will be January and I'll be glad to rewear some of my faves again :)

Your model is:
5'9", 240 lbs last I checked, about a 1-2x in dresses, a solid 22 in jeans.

Day one:

Details:
Dress: Speed control via Ross, 1x
Cardigan: Target, merona, xxl (current)
Boots: the beloved Kady boots in black, size 11, Target
headband: by VieModerne on etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/VieModerne)


Closeup of my awesome face!


Day two:

You can really tell the days that Bob gets home in time to take my pic vs. me having to do it myself with the timer. This is a timer day.

Details:
Dress: Avenue, this summer, 18/20. THIS IS MY FAVORITE DRESS EVAR!!!
Boots: Target Kady brown boots, size 11
Cardigan: Target merona xl, few years old

Day three:



I love this ensemble! Usually I don't match my socks to my outfit so visibly, but I thought this was cute and not too much.
Details:
Dress: Target merona xl, actually too small, makes my boobs hurt
Tank underneath: old navy xl, years old
Cardigan: Target merona xl, years old
Boots: Luccheses, bought at a real cowboy store in Austin Texas. I am so proud of these boots. Men's size 10.


Has anyone else done something creative to force yourself to wear the clothes that maybe aren't your favorites? Though the dresses above are all faves, you guys will get to see some that I have hardly or never worn, so stay tuned!

Outfit of the day: mobile chowdown edition

After my Advent of Dresses posts over at fatshionista (I will probably cross post them here now!), I was honestly getting kind of sick of dresses. And cardigans. So I've decided to deliberately put together outfits that don't include a cardigan. But here's one more dress :)!

This dress is too short to wear by itself, but paired with leggings I feel more comfortable.



Details:
Black long sleeved turtleneck dress: Old Navy XL, years old
Black coat: Target XXL, last winter
Black leggings: Duo maternity 2x, from sales post
Black boots: Target Kady size 11
Black dog: Waffles, pom/schipperke mix
necklace: gift from husband on wedding day, it's a tiny copper book that opens like a locket



No, not pregnant. But maternity leggings are COMFY!

A new member of the family

And no, I'm not pregnant.



We adopted a dog from People United for Pets, a nonprofit that rescues dogs from shelters and helps find them forever homes. We are very excited to welcome Waffles into our lives. She is a 6 year old pomeranian, and is super chill, love peanut butter, and also loves curling up around my boots after I take them off. A girl after my own heart, because shoes are AWESOME.

Outfit of the day

So, I wanted to let you all in on a new little obsession of mine. It's the Fatshionista Livejournal community. Lovely people of all shapes and plus sizes post thoughts and ideas, and also pictures of what outfits they have worn and where they got them. I've posted a few OOTDs (that's "outfit of the day" to you) myself, and wanted to cross link them for posterity:

My first OOTD post

OOTD: vintage dress from etsy seller Thrush

That is all.

Housewifish

So, I'm baking bread tonight. I found this awesome recipe via my fat-blogging friends at Random Quorum. The bread recipe was made last night, and is currently rising in a bowl with a cute dish towel thrown over it at home. I will "punch the dough down" and let it rise for 2 more hours, then bake it and enjoy delicious bread with butter and all manner of toppings on it.

After that, I'll churn some butter and darn Bob's socks. (hint: I've done one of these already in my married life).

Update:

A surprise trip

From Portland july 4th 2009

To portland! I tasked Bob (ok, I nudged him, much gentler than a tasking), by saying "plan a surprise weekend trip for us for the 4th". And he did! We woke up earlier friday morning (we both had the day off) and set off in Bob's car. I had no idea where we were going, he said to pack an overnight bag, that I didn't need a bathing suit or a passport. So I knew we weren't going to canada, and was pretty sure we weren't flying because he didn't mention it. Once we got on I-5 heading south (Actually, a little before that), I guessed that maybe we were going to Portland.

We had such a great time - we stayed at the Ace Hotel, which is where we stayed on our road trip up, in a really sweet suite room (see that, sweet suite? huh?). Bob planned an awesome itinerary that included the Escher exhibit at the Portland Art Museum. We also went to this really cool museum of forestry in the middle of this huge park/arboretum. We also hit up Powell's city of books, which was total sensory overload for a book lover like me. We were lucky to escape with only $100 spent. I'll write up the books I think as I read them. Because I'm so good at updating frequently :).

It was so much fun - my husband is the bestest. I love you baby!