Spotted and Velvet

I would never have thought of putting a scarf with a spotted animal print along with a velvet dress. Velvet is always Christmas to me and then the velvet dress goes away. Not here at the "Dress Code". They keep it into the winter and change it's affects on every day life. So grab that dress out of the back of the closet where you stored it till next Christmas, and throw and wrap a unique scarf around your neck or your waist and off you go. Velvet and valour keep you nice and warm.

BLING FOR THE SEASON

I love to dress my outfits for the season depending on the month, the holiday and or the season. My closet actually holds a few pieces of clothing I only wear around Christmas; a red sweater, a bling bling Christmas tree pin, rhinestone earrings, and a shiny rhinestone ring.

This Black Friday, I visited Old Navy and found some really cute long sleeved tee shirts with sequin, sparkles and glitter.

"Hope" "Peace" and "Love" were the words presented on these wonderful tees.
Grey, aqua, hot pink, red, green, and white were some of the colors to pick out from.
Price-$5.00. The day after Black Friday, they went up to $8.00 and then went up in price after that so as you can see Black Friday was the best day to buy these. I did not show up at 6:00 am. I went late afternoon and did miss out on some inexpensive items.

My favorite was the grey tee with "Hope" on it with a sparkly diamond ring. XS and S were the only sizes-see, if I had gone at 6:00 am, I would have been able to get one:)
The day after Black Friday was my hit though. I ran back just in case, just in hope that I would find one. Yup, someone left a L behind. Three dollars more but I knew this tee will be one of my favorites and never go out of style, and if it does, I will just sew up a tee shirt pillow.

Just a reminder-buy some woolite and wash your items on a delicate setting especially the more fragile and less expensive tees that may shrink or lose their glitter.

Wear your tee under a jean jacket, throw on a vintage pin on your lapel and you look Christmasy. I did that with my grey "Hope" tee.

My hot pink "LOVE" tee that I got for $5.00 I wore under my black wool coat, threw on my hotpink and yellow green scarf, hot pink leather gloves and I have just dressed up my jeans for a night out with my hubby. Your shoes can make a difference. A Pair of flats can make your outfit more casual and your heels a dress up.

Your tee can be worn with a dressy skirt and then casual it down with a corderoy jacket and winter scarf. Great for the office.

Jewelry I Received As Gifts-NECKLACES

My mom has known that I always loved jewelry.

Since I was a little girl, she would fill my Christmas stocking with jewelry, Avon perfume, magazines and all sorts of little trinkets. Unfortunately, I did not keep all of the jewelry, but I still have beads and medallions that she gave me for Christmas of the 1980's.

They are perfect to wear today.

The style of 2010 is wearing all sorts of necklaces together, whether the beads match or not. Try it. It may seem a bit gaudy, but it is fun.

An old lady gave me earrings and necklaces when I was two years old. I used to keep them all in an old ladies pocketbook. I would empty the pocketbook, put on the jewelry, take it off, put it on, put it back in the pocketbook. I thought I was such a big lady back then.

I guess it has not changed since I was two.:)

Clothing At Rockport

I just love going to Rockport in the fall season. Why? Because the stores have their fall sales and you can get some of the nicest items for %50 or more off. Each clothing items is a bit different than when you are shopping in the mall stores or maybe it is just because I am at Rockport and it is the beach that things look different.

The Blue Lantern is an asian style store where I usually buy a pair of earrings, scarf or headband. They have beautiful gowns, pocketbooks and unusual tops.

The autumn season is also wonderful to shop in these small shops for Christmas gifts because there are no rushes, large crowds and you get it done early to enjoy your cooking and company.

Do you with a budget though or you could go crazy! Over-spending