April 1, 2013: Spring Beginnings!

And so begins my grand endeavor into the world of blogginess! As much as I always have fancied myself a writer, I was never one for fashion and outfit creations until recently. Who knows, was probably brought about by my internship office being surrounded by so many stores that are nirvana to a professional penny-pincher like myself.

Today was the first day of my spring class quarter, so seemed like an ideal time to kick off my blog, made double by the unexpectedly fantastic weather today. Groundhog-dude, looks like you're finally getting around to a correct forecast for us Pennsylvania folks!

With a few exceptions, my goal for this blog is to share outfits composed entirely of items for under $25. This will run up closer to $30 or occasionally more for shoes in certain instances, though I do contain myself in that respect as well. If I happen to sport footwear with an abnormally high price tag for me, nine times out of eight it was provided by la madre (single child syndrome, guilt!)

Anyhoo, today's nifty ensemble was inspired by one of my favorite paint-monkeys, Mr. Monet. Couldn't pass up this gorgeous skirt when I saw it; I'm sure if ol' Claude had been a Claudia, he would have whipped this up for him-her-self.

Quite the match, no?

Having a bit of an Elvis moment today, with some blue...almost suede shoes. Was torn between black-tights-blue-shoes and blue-tights-black-shoes, but this seemed less overbearing; let the lovely flower blots do the attention commandeering!

Expanding the skirt's blobblets into actual flowers for my little necklace. Note the unintentionally coordinating post-Easter mani!

Outfit Pieces

•  Top - PayHalf, $8
• Skirt - PayHalf, $14
• Shoes - Burlington Coat Factory, $13
• Tights - Rainbow, $4
• Belt - Eternity Fashion, $4
• Necklace - Christmas gift, store unknown

 Well, here's to seeing what you folks think of my daily dressings to come! Salud!